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             I ragguagli di Parnasso, or, Advertisements from Parnassus in two centuries : with the politick touch-stone / written originally in Italian by that famous Roman Trajano Bocalini ; and now put into English by the Right Honourable Henry, Earl of Monmouth.
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               CARENT
               NIHILO
               CARI
               DEO
            
             
               Hen
               :
               Do
               :
               Cary
               Baro
               de
               Leppington
               Comes
               Monmouthensis
               ,
               et
               honble
               :
               Ord
               :
               Balnia
               Eques
               .
            
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               Guil
               :
               Faithorne
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               :
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           
             I
             RAGGVAGLI
             DI
             PARNASSO
          
           :
           OR
           ADVERTISEMENTS
           FROM
           PARNASSUS
           ;
           IN
           TWO
           CENTVRIES
           .
           WITH
           THE
           POLITICK
           TOVCH-STONE
           .
        
         
           WRITTEN
           ORIGINALLY
           IN
           ITALIAN
           By
           that
           Famous
           ROMAN
           ,
           
             TRAFANO
             BOCALINI
          
           ;
           And
           now
           Put
           into
           ENGLISH
           By
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           HENRY
           EARL
           of
           MONMOUTH
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Humphrey
             Moseley
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Prince's
           Arms
           in
           St
           Pauls
           Church-Yard
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Heath
          
           in
           Russel-Street
           ,
           near
           the
           Piazza
           of
           Covent-Garden
           ,
           1656.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           TRANSLATORS
           EPISTLE
           TO
           HIS
           COUNTREYMEN
           THE
           READERS
           .
        
         
           THe
           Spaniard
           Mendosa
           may
           seem
           to
           have
           reason
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           when
           he
           saies
           ,
        
         
           
             El
             Ambition
             de
             la
             Emprenta
             es
             una
             Colpa
             que
             no
             basta
             arrepentirse
             :
          
        
         
           Ambition
           to
           be
           in
           Print
           ,
           is
           a
           fault
           past
           repentance
           .
           Which
           he
           goes
           about
           to
           make
           good
           ,
           by
           asserting
           ,
           that
           ,
        
         
           
             Una
             dia
             es
             siempre
             Maestro
             del
             otro
             ;
             y
             contra
             lo
             que
             si
             scribe
             oy
             ,
             estarà
             Manana
             quien
             sabe
             mas
             :
          
        
         
           One
           day
           is
           Master
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           is
           written
           to
           day
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           somebody
           who
           will
           know
           more
           to
           morrow
           .
           And
           this
           he
           likewise
           seeks
           to
           prove
           ,
           saying
           ,
        
         
           
             Y
             quien
             no
             supo
             menos
             Ayer
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           who
           knew
           not
           less
           yesterday
           ?
           But
           all
           this
           is
           but
           a
           seeming
           truth
           ,
           and
           
             nullum
             simile
             est
             idem
          
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           for
           his
           first
           Position
           ;
           If
           Knowledge
           be
           the
           thing
           of
           this
           World
           which
           is
           most
           to
           be
           aspired
           unto
           ,
           (
           as
           certainly
           it
           is
           )
           to
           impart
           this
           Knowledge
           unto
           others
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           a
           fault
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           rather
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           charity
           ,
           which
           is
           truely
           said
           to
           cover
           a
           great
           many
           faults
           .
           Does
           not
           our
           Saviour
           say
           ,
           
             No
             man
             lights
             a
             Candle
             to
             set
             it
             under
             a
             Bushel
             ?
          
           And
           if
           monopolizing
           any
           earthly
           commodity
           ,
           be
           an
           adjudged
           grievance
           ;
           to
           monopolize
           Learning
           ,
           is
           questionless
           the
           worst
           of
           monopolies
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           what
           he
           brings
           for
           proof
           of
           this
           his
           position
           ,
           may
           
           receive
           this
           answer
           :
           That
           if
           nothing
           should
           be
           written
           to
           day
           ,
           there
           would
           but
           few
           know
           more
           to
           morrow
           .
           And
           so
           likewise
           for
           answer
           to
           his
           question
           of
           our
           yesterdaies
           knowledge
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           as
           much
           as
           that
           of
           this
           day
           ,
           had
           nothing
           been
           either
           said
           or
           done
           yesterday
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           I
           am
           not
           so
           happy
           as
           to
           be
           concern'd
           herein
           ;
           who
           not
           having
           any
           thing
           of
           mine
           own
           worthy
           of
           my
           Countreymen
           ,
           doe
           but
           present
           them
           with
           that
           in
           English
           ,
           which
           was
           written
           many
           years
           ago
           in
           Italian
           ;
           and
           part
           whereof
           (
           though
           not
           above
           the
           fourth
           part
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           that
           but
           in
           part
           also
           )
           hath
           been
           formerly
           Printed
           in
           our
           Language
           by
           some
           others
           ,
           who
           may
           peradventure
           have
           forborn
           publishing
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Ragualia's
           ,
           or
           Advertisements
           ,
           which
           you
           have
           fully
           and
           faithfully
           here
           laid
           down
           before
           you
           ;
           as
           not
           thinking
           them
           all
           so
           highly
           seasoned
           ,
           nor
           so
           full
           of
           salt
           ,
           as
           those
           which
           they
           have
           pickt
           out
           ,
           and
           which
           belike
           made
           more
           for
           their
           then
           present
           purpose
           .
           But
           as
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           after
           having
           at
           the
           desire
           of
           some
           friends
           ,
           fallen
           upon
           this
           Translation
           ,
           I
           found
           so
           much
           Gusto
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           thing
           that
           without
           injury
           to
           my
           Author
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           could
           leave
           out
           ;
           as
           I
           shal
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           of
           a
           queasie
           and
           deprav'd
           stomack
           ,
           who
           shall
           not
           find
           enough
           therein
           to
           please
           their
           palats
           :
           For
           my
           Author
           is
           an
           Ambodexter
           ,
           plaies
           rarely
           well
           at
           the
           Back-Sword
           ,
           gives
           sometimes
           very
           home
           and
           sharp
           Stockadoes
           ;
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           laies
           about
           him
           hard
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           without
           any
           fear
           (
           Marry
           I
           cannot
           say
           as
           usually
           it
           follows
           )
           or
           Wit
           :
           For
           believe
           me
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           no
           lack
           of
           that
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           sufficient
           to
           please
           all
           Parties
           ,
           howsoever
           they
           stand
           affected
           .
           And
           having
           said
           this
           ,
           I
           leave
           him
           to
           your
           further
           perusal
           ,
           hoping
           that
           the
           more
           you
           read
           him
           ,
           the
           better
           you
           will
           like
           him
           ,
           as
           did
           ,
           and
           doth
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             Compatriot
             ,
             MONMOUTH
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           OF
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OF
           THE
           
             FIRST
             CENTURY
          
           OF
           ADVERTISEMENTS
           .
        
         
           
             ADVERT
             .
             1.
             
             THe
             Society
             of
             Polititians
             open
             a
             Ware-house
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             wherein
             are
             sold
             divers
             sorts
             of
             Merchandize
             ,
             very
             usefull
             for
             the
             vertuous
             living
             of
             those
             that
             are
             Learned
             .
             1
          
           
             Advert
             .
             2.
             
             The
             usual
             Guard
             of
             Pernassus
             having
             taken
             a
             Poetaster
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             banished
             Pernassus
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             ,
             found
             a
             paire
             of
             Cards
             in
             his
             Pocket
             ;
             which
             when
             Apollo
             saw
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             that
             he
             should
             read
             the
             Game
             of
             Trump
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             .
             4
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               3.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             notice
             how
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             ,
             that
             Potent
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             most
             wickedly
             assassinated
             ,
             ordered
             for
             the
             indempnity
             of
             his
             beloved
             French
             ,
             that
             powerful
             succour
             should
             be
             sent
             from
             Arcadia
             into
             France
             .
             5
          
           
             
             Advert
             .
             4.
             
             Whilst
             
               Michel
               Angelo
               Buonaroti
            
             was
             copying
             forth
             the
             ilfavoured
             fore-front
             of
             Seneca's
             House
             ,
             he
             was
             asked
             by
             
               Pierius
               Valeriano
            
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             did
             so
             ?
             And
             Buonaroti
             gives
             him
             the
             reason
             .
             7
          
           
             Advert
             .
             5.
             
             The
             contention
             which
             arose
             between
             many
             Learned
             men
             ,
             touching
             which
             is
             the
             best
             Political
             Law
             ,
             which
             the
             most
             praise-worthy
             Order
             in
             the
             flourishing
             Commonwealth
             of
             Venice
             ,
             is
             decided
             ,
             and
             fully
             ended
             by
             the
             very
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             with
             the
             joynt
             agreement
             of
             all
             the
             Learned
             men
             ,
             was
             chosen
             Umpire
             .
             8
          
           
             Advert
             .
             6.
             
             A
             learned
             Laconick
             is
             severely
             punished
             by
             the
             Laconick
             Senat
             ,
             for
             not
             having
             used
             requisite
             brevity
             in
             his
             discourse
             .
             14
          
           
             Advert
             .
             7.
             
             The
             Censors
             of
             Learning
             do
             severely
             punish
             one
             of
             their
             Associates
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             more
             mature
             years
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             pleased
             with
             Italian
             Poetry
             .
             15
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               8.
               
               Apuleius
            
             his
             Golden
             Ass
             ,
             and
             Plautus
             his
             Asinaria
             ,
             complain
             to
             Apollo
             of
             their
             Masters
             great
             severity
             ,
             and
             receive
             no
             very
             pleasing
             answer
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Advert
             .
             9.
             
             A
             Summary
             of
             what
             the
             Learned
             in
             Sciences
             have
             sowed
             and
             reaped
             .
             16
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               10.
               
               Menante
            
             comes
             into
             the
             Politicians
             Ware-House
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Merchandizes
             which
             the
             Learned
             buy
             there
             ,
             he
             studies
             how
             to
             know
             the
             quality
             of
             their
             Wits
             .
             17
          
           
             Advert
             11.
             
             The
             excellent
             vertue
             of
             loyalty
             and
             faithfulness
             being
             secretly
             departed
             from
             
               Pernassus
               ,
               Apollo
            
             ,
             when
             he
             knew
             where
             she
             had
             hid
             her self
             ,
             sent
             the
             Muses
             ,
             Melpomene
             &
             Thalia
             ,
             to
             perswade
             her
             to
             return
             .
             21
          
           
             Advert
             .
             12.
             
             In
             the
             General
             Diet
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             appointed
             by
             Apollo
             to
             be
             held
             in
             Helicon
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             mens
             expectations
             ,
             decrees
             Eternity
             to
             the
             name
             of
             
               Vicenzo
               Pinti
            
             ,
             called
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Knight
             of
             the
             Lute
             .
             22
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               13.
               
               John
               Francisco
               Peranda
            
             with
             much
             ado
             gets
             leave
             of
             Apollo
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             despiseth
             Fracastoro's
             proffer
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             restored
             him
             to
             his
             eyesight
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             lost
             .
             23
          
           
             Advert
             .
             14.
             
             The
             Italian
             Academies
             send
             Commissioners
             into
             Pernassus
             to
             obtain
             some
             remedy
             from
             Apollo
             for
             their
             corruptions
             ;
             and
             find
             the
             business
             impossible
             to
             be
             effected
             .
             25
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               15.
               
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             being
             accused
             before
             Apollo
             of
             two
             fowle
             Vices
             which
             were
             commonly
             found
             in
             all
             the
             Sects
             of
             Moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             doth
             excellently
             well
             defend
             his
             own
             Cause
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             of
             his
             Associates
             .
             26
          
           
             Advert
             .
             16.
             
             Ambassadors
             are
             sent
             from
             the
             College
             of
             Gardners
             ,
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             obtain
             some
             Instrument
             from
             him
             ,
             whereby
             they
             might
             without
             any
             cost
             or
             charge
             ,
             cleanse
             their
             Gardens
             of
             all
             improfit
             able
             hearbs
             ,
             and
             are
             laught
             at
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             27
          
           
             Advert
             .
             17.
             
             A
             doubt
             arising
             upon
             the
             truth
             of
             an
             usual
             saying
             ,
             That
             a
             man
             must
             eat
             a
             peck
             of
             salt
             with
             another
             ,
             before
             he
             can
             perfectly
             know
             him
             .
             Apollo
             makes
             the
             point
             be
             argued
             in
             a
             general
             Assembly
             of
             Learned
             men
             ,
             which
             he
             causeth
             to
             be
             called
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
             28
          
           
             Advert
             .
             18.
             
             The
             Hircanians
             send
             Ambassadors
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             be
             resolved
             by
             his
             Majesty
             in
             the
             Important
             Article
             ,
             Whether
             it
             be
             lawful
             for
             the
             people
             to
             kill
             a
             Tyrant
             ?
             29
          
           
             
             
               Advert
               .
               19.
               
               Nero
            
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             for
             a
             very
             singular
             commendation
             given
             him
             by
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             rewards
             him
             with
             a
             gift
             of
             25
             Mules
             laden
             with
             Crowns
             of
             Gold.
             30
          
           
             Advert
             .
             20.
             
             The
             Vertuosi
             visit
             the
             chief
             Church
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             begg
             of
             God
             an
             important
             favour
             .
             31
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               21.
               
               Apollo
            
             ,
             to
             encourage
             Senators
             of
             Free
             Countries
             ,
             to
             cultivate
             Liberty
             ,
             without
             affecting
             Tyranny
             ,
             causeth
             an
             exceeding
             wofull
             spectacle
             to
             be
             shewn
             in
             Melpomene's
             Amphitheatre
             .
             32
          
           
             Advert
             .
             22.
             
             The
             Inthroned
             cademians
             ,
             having
             admitted
             the
             chief
             she-Poets
             ,
             or
             Poetesses
             into
             
               Pernassus
               ,
               Apollo
            
             commands
             that
             they
             be
             taken
             from
             thence
             .
             34
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               23.
               
               Justus
               Lipsius
            
             being
             solemnly
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             after
             his
             entrance
             ,
             did
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             mens
             expectation
             ,
             accuse
             Tacitus
             for
             being
             impious
             ,
             and
             reaps
             but
             little
             credit
             thereby
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Advert
             24.
             
             A
             mournful
             day
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             commemoration
             of
             the
             unhappy
             Introduction
             of
             the
             Grace-Cup
             .
             40
          
           
             Advert
             .
             25.
             
             The
             principal
             Monarchies
             abiding
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             ask
             the
             Illustrious
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             by
             what
             means
             she
             obtains
             the
             benefit
             of
             so
             exquisite
             secrecy
             ,
             and
             such
             exact
             obedience
             from
             her
             Nobility
             ?
             And
             received
             from
             her
             their
             desired
             satisfaction
             .
             41
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               26
               Francis
            
             the
             first
             ,
             that
             Potent
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             meeting
             the
             Lady
             Philosophy
             naked
             ,
             profered
             her
             his
             Royal
             Mantle
             ;
             which
             would
             not
             be
             accepted
             .
             43
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               27.
               
               Apollo
            
             complains
             bitterly
             of
             the
             muses
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             inspire
             many
             mean
             wits
             with
             Poetical
             fury
             ;
             and
             they
             defend
             themselves
             excellently
             well
             .
             44
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               28.
               
               Torquato
               Tasso
            
             presents
             Apollo
             with
             his
             Poem
             of
             
               Giurusalemme
               Liberata
            
             ,
             or
             Godfrey
             of
             Bullen
             ;
             For
             which
             
               Lodovico
               Castelvetro
            
             and
             Aristotle
             ,
             are
             severely
             reprehended
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             45
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               29.
               
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             is
             chosen
             Prince
             of
             Lesbos
             ;
             whither
             being
             come
             his
             success
             proves
             not
             good
             .
             47
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               30.
               
               Apollo
            
             being
             aware
             of
             the
             great
             disorder
             occasioned
             amongst
             men
             by
             the
             flight
             of
             Fidelity
             ;
             By
             assistance
             of
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             sublimest
             heroick
             vertues
             ,
             procures
             her
             return
             to
             Fernassus
             .
             51
          
           
             Advert
             .
             31.
             
             In
             the
             time
             of
             Carneval
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             Pernassus
             run
             Races
             ,
             an●…
             make
             other
             demonstrations
             of
             mirth
             and
             jollity
             .
             52
          
           
             Advert
             .
             32.
             
             The
             Militia
             of
             Ianisaries
             ,
             seeing
             one
             of
             their
             souldiers
             ill
             rewarded
             ,
             mutiny
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             are
             by
             Apollo
             quieted
             .
             56
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               33.
               
               Apollo
            
             f●…ees
             
               Carlo
               Sigonio
            
             ,
             and
             
               Dionigi
               Atanigi
            
             ,
             the
             first
             being
             accused
             of
             Ingratitude
             by
             
               Pietro
               Vittorio
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             by
             
               Hanibal
               Caro.
            
             58
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               34.
               
               Publius
               Terentius
            
             being
             by
             Order
             from
             
               Giasone
               del
               Maino
            
             ,
             an
             Urban
             Pretor
             ,
             charged
             with
             Fornication
             ,
             is
             by
             Apollo
             freed
             ,
             with
             much
             derision
             to
             the
             Pretor
             .
             60
          
           
             Advert
             .
             35.
             
             Publick
             Audience
             is
             given
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             wherein
             by
             wise
             answers
             ,
             he
             decide
             ▪
             many
             affairs
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             .
             61
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               36.
               
               Harpocrates
            
             being
             found
             by
             Apollo
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ,
             is
             driven
             out
             of
             Pernassus
             .
             73
          
           
             Advert
             .
             37.
             
             A
             Learned
             Roman
             desires
             a
             Receipt
             from
             
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               make
            
             him
             forget
             certain
             great
             injuries
             which
             he
             had
             received
             at
             a
             great
             
             Prince
             his
             Court.
             His
             Majesty
             gives
             him
             some
             of
             the
             water
             of
             Lethe
             to
             drink
             ;
             but
             with
             bad
             succes
             .
             74
          
           
             Advert
             .
             38.
             
             The
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             is
             accused
             before
             Apollo
             to
             have
             Idolatrized
             a
             Favorite
             of
             his
             ,
             for
             having
             advanced
             a
             faithful
             Secretary
             to
             the
             highest
             State-preferments
             ;
             and
             he
             defends
             his
             cause
             excellen●…ly
             well
             .
             75
          
           
             Advert
             .
             39.
             
             The
             people
             of
             the
             Island
             of
             Mitilene
             ,
             their
             Prince
             being
             dead
             without
             issue
             ,
             argue
             whether
             it
             will
             be
             better
             for
             them
             to
             chuse
             a
             new
             Prince
             ,
             or
             to
             set
             up
             Liberty
             in
             their
             Countrey
             .
             78
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               40.
               
               James
               Creyton
               ,
            
             a
             Scotchman
             ,
             having
             incenst
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             by
             a
             proud
             defiance
             ,
             was
             so
             shamed
             by
             them
             through
             a
             bitter
             jest
             ,
             as
             without
             ending
             the
             dispute
             ,
             they
             forced
             him
             to
             forgo
             Pernassus
             .
             82
          
           
             Advert
             .
             41.
             
             After
             strict
             examination
             of
             such
             as
             were
             to
             be
             chosen
             ,
             the
             List
             of
             Governors
             is
             filled
             up
             in
             Pernassus
             .
             83
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               42.
               
               Argus
            
             makes
             proffer
             of
             himself
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             to
             guard
             the
             Virginity
             of
             their
             Illustrious
             Commonwealth
             ;
             and
             his
             offer
             is
             not
             acc●…pted
             .
             88
          
           
             Advert
             .
             43.
             
             The
             Florentines
             in
             their
             Pastime
             called
             the
             Calcio
             ,
             admit
             of
             a
             spruce
             ●…orreign
             Courtier
             ,
             who
             wins
             the
             Prize
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               44.
               
               Batista
               Platina
            
             being
             bastinadoed
             by
             
               Agustino
               Niso
            
             ,
             complains
             to
             Apollo
             (
             little
             to
             his
             reputation
             )
             of
             the
             injury
             received
             90
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               45.
               
               Apollo
            
             knowing
             what
             mischief
             over-much
             riches
             causes
             to
             Poets
             ,
             exhorts
             the
             magnanimous
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Francis
            
             the
             first
             ,
             to
             moderate
             his
             profuse
             liberality
             which
             he
             used
             towards
             them
             .
             91
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               46.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             found
             out
             the
             first
             Inventor
             of
             Guns
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             about
             to
             punish
             him
             severe●…y
             for
             his
             fault
             therein
             committed
             ;
             the
             Artificer
             defends
             himself
             very
             well
             .
             92
          
           
             Advert
             .
             47.
             
             The
             Roman
             Monarchy
             desire
             to
             be
             resolved
             by
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             in
             a
             Politick
             Doubt
             ;
             and
             receive
             full
             satisfaction
             therein
             by
             Melibeus
             ,
             the
             Mantuan
             Shepherd
             ,
             who
             was
             casually
             there
             .
             94
          
           
             Advert
             .
             48.
             
             The
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Focide
             ,
             decide
             the
             mystery
             of
             an
             Host
             ;
             and
             find
             the
             keeping
             of
             an
             Inn
             to
             be
             a
             Noble
             Heroick
             Vertue
             .
             97
          
           
             Advert
             .
             49.
             
             A
             Literato
             severely
             punished
             for
             saying
             that
             Duels
             were
             somet●…
             necessary
             .
             98
          
           
             Advert
             .
             50.
             
             The
             ●…ukes
             ,
             Marquisses
             ,
             and
             other
             Titulati
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             complain
             grievously
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             their
             honorable
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             should
             be
             given
             to
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             and
             Physick
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Advert
             .
             51
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Marquiss
             who
             caused
             his
             Genealogy
             to
             be
             made
             by
             
               Scipio
               Ammerati
            
             ,
             found
             himself
             so
             ill
             dealt
             with
             by
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             re-demands
             the
             reward
             he
             gave
             h●…m
             .
             101
          
           
             Advert
             .
             52.
             
             A
             dispute
             arising
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             touching
             the
             truth
             of
             certain
             sayings
             and
             speeches
             of
             wisemen
             ,
             their
             true
             meanings
             were
             argued
             and
             resolved
             in
             the
             General
             Dyet
             celebrated
             in
             Helicon
             .
             102
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               53.
               
               Apollo
            
             at
             last
             grants
             admittance
             into
             Pernassus
             to
             
               Francisco
               Sforza
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Millan
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             long
             denied
             to
             do
             ,
             upon
             a
             hard
             condition
             ,
             which
             h●…
             accepted
             of
             .
             105
          
           
             Advert
             54
             A
             dangerous
             contention
             which
             arose
             amongst
             the
             Pedagogs
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             upon
             a
             very
             slight
             occasion
             ,
             is
             appeased
             by
             Apollo
             .
             107
          
           
             Advert
             .
             55.
             
             For
             remedy
             of
             many
             disorders
             which
             are
             found
             in
             History
             ,
             a
             
             General
             Assembly
             of
             Historians
             being
             summoned
             ,
             Apollo
             publisheth
             a
             severe
             Edict
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             many
             Historians
             are
             reprehended
             for
             their
             errors
             .
             107
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               56.
               
               Apollo
            
             ,
             to
             secure
             the
             Rivers
             of
             his
             State
             from
             Piracy
             ,
             makes
             
               Bernardo
               Capello
            
             General
             of
             the
             Ionick
             Sea
             ,
             an
             gives
             him
             excellent
             direct●…ons
             .
             112
          
           
             Advert
             .
             57.
             
             The
             Prince
             of
             Epire's
             first
             son
             being
             born
             ▪
             he
             is
             thereat
             so
             afflicted
             ,
             as
             he
             forbids
             that
             any
             shews
             of
             joy
             be
             made
             for
             it
             in
             his
             State.
             113
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               58.
               
               Apollo
            
             erects
             a
             new
             Tribunal
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             flatterers
             ;
             but
             succeeds
             very
             unfortunately
             therein
             .
             114
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               59.
               
               Apollo
            
             being
             very
             far
             in
             love
             with
             Tasso's
             good
             conditions
             ,
             creates
             him
             Prince-Poet
             ,
             and
             Lord
             High-Constable
             of
             Italian
             Poetry
             .
             116
          
           
             Advert
             .
             60.
             
             A
             Literato
             desires
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             Art
             of
             Memory
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             is
             laught
             at
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             118
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               61
               Juven●…l
            
             refuseth
             a
             challenge
             given
             him
             by
             
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             ,
             to
             contend
             with
             him
             in
             Satyrical
             Poetry
             .
             119
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               62.
               
               Domitio
               Corbulone
            
             being
             severely
             prosecuted
             by
             the
             Quarantia
             Criminale
             (
             a
             Venetian
             Magistracy
             ,
             consisting
             of
             forty
             men
             )
             for
             some
             words
             spoken
             by
             him
             in
             his
             Government
             of
             Pindo
             ,
             which
             were
             formerly
             declared
             by
             Apollo's
             publick
             Edict
             ,
             to
             be
             Tyrannical
             ;
             is
             at
             last
             ac●…uitted
             with
             much
             praise
             .
             121
          
           
             Advert
             .
             63.
             
             The
             Chaire
             of
             private
             Tranquillity
             being
             void
             by
             Diogenes
             the
             Cynicks
             promotion
             to
             a
             higher
             degree
             ,
             Apollo
             offers
             it
             to
             the
             famous
             ●…hilosopher
             Crates
             ;
             who
             refuseth
             it
             .
             122
          
           
             Advert
             .
             64.
             
             Many
             people
             having
             wasted
             themselves
             in
             keeping
             great
             Tables
             ,
             and
             going
             gloriously
             attired
             ▪
             desire
             their
             Princes
             to
             make
             a
             Pragmatical
             Law
             for
             the
             moderation
             of
             such
             expences
             ;
             but
             obtain
             not
             their
             suit
             .
             123
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               64.
               
               Johannes
               Bodinus
            
             presents
             Apollo
             with
             his
             six
             Books
             of
             his
             Commonwealth
             ;
             wherein
             it
             being
             found
             that
             he
             approves
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             is
             sentenced
             to
             be
             burn'd
             .
             124
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               65.
               
               Apollo
            
             punisheth
             a
             Poet
             severely
             ,
             for
             having
             been
             so
             desperate
             as
             to
             blaspheme
             .
             129
          
           
             Advert
             .
             66.
             
             The
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             visit
             the
             Temple
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             ,
             whom
             they
             thank
             for
             the
             great
             charity
             which
             she
             hath
             shewn
             to
             mankind
             130
          
           
             Advert
             .
             67.
             
             The
             most
             excellent
             
               Paolo
               Peruta
            
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             declares
             in
             the
             publick
             Politick
             Schools
             ,
             what
             the
             genuine
             signification
             is
             ,
             of
             that
             Precept
             in
             Policy
             ,
             That
             to
             Reigne
             securely
             ,
             the
             people
             must
             be
             kept
             under
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Advert
             .
             68.
             
             A
             Noble
             born
             Laconick
             Senator
             ,
             having
             committed
             a
             great
             fault
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             thinks
             it
             wisdom
             to
             pass
             by
             it
             .
             132
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               69.
               
               Andrea
               Alciati
            
             finding
             himself
             injuriously
             persecuted
             ▪
             in
             his
             place
             of
             Magistracy
             ,
             flies
             for
             help
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             but
             finds
             none
             .
             133
          
           
             Advert
             .
             70.
             ●…he
             Lady
             
               Victoria
               Colonna
            
             begs
             of
             Apollo
             in
             name
             of
             all
             the
             Feminine
             Sex
             ,
             that
             such
             married
             men
             as
             are
             Adulterers
             ,
             may
             suffer
             the
             like
             infamy
             as
             unchast
             wives
             do
             .
             135
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               71.
               
               Cesar
            
             having
             taxed
             
               Marcus
               Brutus
            
             of
             ingratitude
             ,
             in
             a
             full
             Assembly
             of
             great
             Personages
             ,
             they
             challenge
             one
             another
             .
             136
          
           
             
             Advert
             .
             72.
             
             Certain
             subjects
             desire
             their
             Princes
             that
             the
             infinite
             multitude
             of
             Laws
             which
             they
             live
             under
             ,
             may
             be
             reduced
             to
             a
             lesser
             number
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Governors
             of
             Provinces
             may
             be
             forbidden
             to
             publish
             every
             day
             new
             Proclamations
             .
             139
          
           
             Advert
             .
             73.
             
             The
             Vertuosi
             of
             Italy
             beg
             of
             
               Apollo
               ▪
            
             that
             Philosophy
             may
             be
             treated
             on
             in
             the
             Italian
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             are
             denied
             their
             request
             .
             141
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               74.
               
               Apollo
            
             shews
             unto
             his
             Literati
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             the
             Latine
             Sentence
             ,
             
               Homo
               longus
               ,
               raro
               sapiens
            
             ,
             A
             tall
             man
             is
             seldom
             wise
             .
          
           
             Advert
             .
             75.
             
             The
             
               Ruota
               di
               Parnasso
            
             having
             decided
             a
             Point
             in
             difference
             between
             the
             Military
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             Literation
             the
             Military
             mens
             behalf
             ,
             are
             aware
             of
             their
             error
             ,
             and
             withdraw
             their
             Sentence
             .
             143
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               76.
               
               Aristotle
            
             being
             besieged
             in
             his
             Countrey-House
             by
             many
             Princes
             ,
             is
             by
             them
             forced
             to
             revoke
             his
             Definition
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             .
             144
          
           
             Advert
             .
             77.
             
             By
             Order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             a
             general
             Reformation
             of
             the
             world
             is
             published
             by
             the
             seven
             Wise
             men
             of
             Greece
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             other
             Literati
             .
             146
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               78.
               
               Apollo
            
             hearing
             of
             the
             happy
             alliance
             of
             the
             two
             illustrious
             daughters
             of
             Charls
             Emanuel
             with
             the
             two
             Noble
             Princes
             of
             Mantua
             and
             Modena
             ,
             commands
             that
             extraordinary
             demonstrations
             of
             joy
             be
             made
             thro●…ghout
             his
             whole
             Dominions
             .
             162
          
           
             Advert
             79.
             
             The
             antient
             Commonwealth
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             Modern
             Vene●…ian
             Liberty
             ,
             argue
             together
             ,
             w●…at
             the
             true
             rewards
             of
             honour
             be
             ,
             by
             which
             well
             ordered
             Commonwealths
             do
             acknowledge
             the
             worth
             of
             their
             well-deserving
             Senators
             .
             164
          
           
             Advert
             .
             80.
             
             The
             people
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             after
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ran
             away
             from
             them
             ,
             chuse
             
               Anna
               Momorancy
            
             ,
             by
             Apollos
             appointment
             ,
             for
             their
             Prince
             .
             167
          
           
             Advert
             81.
             
             The
             excellent
             B●…lognian
             Physitian
             ,
             
               Jovanni
               Zecca
            
             ,
             sels
             in
             Pernassus
             the
             true
             Antidote
             again●…
             the
             French
             Pox.
             168
          
           
             Advert
             .
             82.
             
             The
             Literati
             of
             Parnassus
             do
             with
             great
             solemnity
             ,
             celebrate
             the
             Holy
             day
             dedicated
             to
             the
             laudable
             Lawrel-Leaves
             .
             169
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               83.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             highly
             commended
             the
             King
             of
             Spains
             Decree
             ,
             That
             no
             Advocates
             nor
             Proctor
             should
             go
             into
             the
             Indies
             :
             The
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             quarrel
             grievously
             with
             his
             Majesty
             for
             it
             .
             171
          
           
             Advert
             .
             84.
             
             The
             chiefest
             Literati
             of
             Pernassus
             desire
             Apollo
             that
             Tacitus
             may
             re-compose
             those
             Books
             of
             his
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             which
             are
             lost
             .
             172
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               85.
               
               Apollo
            
             being
             advertised
             that
             ignorant
             men
             took
             up
             arms
             against
             Learning
             ,
             puts
             himself
             in
             posture
             to
             defend
             his
             Ver●…uosi
             .
             173
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               86.
               
               Justus
               Lipsius
               ,
            
             to
             make
             amends
             for
             his
             fault
             in
             having
             accused
             Tacitus
             ,
             is
             so
             intent
             thereupon
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             accused
             before
             Apollo
             to
             have
             idolatrized
             him
             ;
             for
             which
             ,
             after
             a
             seigned
             punishment
             ,
             he
             is
             at
             last
             praised
             and
             admired
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             175
          
           
             Advert
             .
             87.
             
             The
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             being
             much
             intreated
             by
             her
             chiefest
             Princes
             ,
             and
             by
             Apollo's
             self
             to
             pardon
             the
             injuries
             done
             by
             those
             Italian
             Commanders
             who
             took
             up
             arms
             against
             her
             ,
             in
             assistance
             of
             Forreign
             Nations
             ▪
             denies
             to
             do
             it
             .
             171
          
           
             Advert
             .
             88.
             
             The
             whole
             generation
             of
             sheep
             ,
             send
             their
             publike
             Ambassadors
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             make
             their
             desires
             known
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             a●…d
             to
             have
             sharp
             teeth
             ,
             and
             long
             horns
             ,
             and
             their
             desire
             is
             laughed
             at
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             173
          
           
             
             
               Advert
               .
               89.
               
               Nicholas
               Machiavel
            
             being
             banished
             Pernassus
             upon
             pain
             of
             death
             ,
             was
             found
             hidden
             in
             a
             friends
             Library
             ,
             for
             which
             his
             former
             sentence
             of
             being
             burn'd
             was
             executed
             .
             175
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               90.
               
               Apollo
            
             visits
             the
             Prisons
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             visitation
             dispatches
             the
             causes
             of
             many
             Literati
             accused
             of
             sundry
             faults
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             for
             debt
             .
             177
          
           
             Advert
             .
             91.
             
             A
             great
             Prince
             in
             discharge
             of
             a
             Vow
             that
             he
             had
             made
             ,
             carries
             a
             rich
             Vessel
             to
             the
             Temple
             ;
             which
             the
             Priest
             receiving
             with
             shew
             of
             great
             sadness
             ;
             the
             Prince
             desires
             the
             reason
             thereof
             ;
             and
             receives
             satisfaction
             .
             188
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               92.
               
               Apollo
            
             forbids
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             to
             fatten
             hogs
             any
             more
             ;
             and
             being
             earnestly
             intreated
             to
             revoke
             that
             his
             Decree
             ,
             denies
             it
             .
             189
          
           
             Advert
             93.
             
             It
             being
             observed
             that
             
               Pero
               Trasea
            
             ,
             in
             company
             of
             his
             son
             in
             Law
             Elvidius
             Priseo
             ,
             frequented
             the
             houses
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Poetesses
             of
             Pernassus
             ;
             he
             is
             severely
             reprehended
             for
             it
             by
             
               Apollo
               ib.
            
             
          
           
             Advert
             .
             94.
             
             A
             chief
             Senator
             of
             Poland
             ,
             whilst
             he
             corrects
             another
             Senator
             ,
             who
             is
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             ,
             is
             made
             aware
             that
             he
             himself
             is
             he
             who
             goes
             astray
             ,
             and
             needs
             amendment
             .
             191
          
           
             Advert
             .
             95.
             
             A
             controversie
             arising
             between
             the
             Governors
             of
             Pindo
             ,
             and
             of
             Libetro
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             Iurisdiction
             :
             Apollo
             punisheth
             them
             both
             .
             192
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               96.
               
               Apollo
            
             sentenceth
             
               Hanibal
               Caro
            
             to
             pay
             his
             forfeited
             security
             ,
             for
             the
             wounds
             which
             he
             gave
             Castelvetro
             .
             193
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               97.
               
               Dante
               Aligieri
            
             being
             assaulted
             by
             night
             in
             his
             Countrey-house
             ,
             and
             ill
             used
             by
             some
             disguised
             Vertuosi
             ,
             is
             relieved
             by
             the
             great
             French
             Ronsard
             .
             194
          
           
             Advert
             .
             98.
             
             All
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             world
             beseech
             Apollo
             that
             he
             will
             insert
             into
             their
             people
             the
             love
             of
             their
             Countrey
             .
             195
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               99.
               
               Apollo
            
             makes
             a
             general
             hunting
             of
             Pismires
             and
             Tortoises
             ,
             as
             being
             both
             of
             them
             beasts
             of
             evil
             example
             to
             mankind
             .
             196
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               100.
               
               Apollo
            
             refuseth
             to
             receive
             a
             Censure
             presented
             him
             by
             a
             Literato
             ,
             which
             was
             made
             upon
             the
             Poem
             of
             an
             Italian
             Vertuosi
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           Of
           the
           CONTENTS
           of
           the
           Second
           CENTURY
           of
           ADVERTISEMENTS
           .
        
         
           
             
               ADVERT
               .
               1.
            
             
             THe
             Province
             of
             Phosides
             ,
             doth
             by
             her
             Ambassadors
             complain
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesties
             Officers
             do
             not
             any
             whit
             observe
             their
             priviledges
             ;
             and
             are
             not
             only
             not
             listened
             to
             in
             what
             they
             do
             say
             ;
             but
             receive
             a
             harsh
             answer
             .
             199
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               2.
               
               Apollo
            
             makes
             use
             of
             the
             unfortunate
             Count
             St
             Paul
             ,
             to
             frighten
             the
             Nobility
             in
             Kingdoms
             from
             rebelling
             against
             their
             natural
             Lords
             ,
             at
             the
             pressure
             of
             forreign
             Princes
             .
             200
          
           
             Advert
             3.
             
             Great
             Euclid
             ,
             for
             having
             distasted
             some
             powerfull
             men
             ,
             is
             cruelly
             beaten
             by
             their
             Bravoes
             .
             201
          
           
             Advert
             .
             4.
             
             In
             a
             Duel
             which
             hapned
             between
             an
             Italian
             Poet
             ,
             and
             a
             Vertuosi
             of
             Spain
             ,
             the
             Spaniard
             being
             wounded
             to
             death
             ,
             did
             so
             gallant
             an
             action
             before
             he
             expired
             ,
             as
             Apollo
             gave
             order
             that
             he
             should
             be
             solemnly
             buried
             at
             the
             publick
             charge
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               5.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             used
             great
             diligence
             to
             come
             by
             any
             of
             the
             Idols
             of
             Princes
             ,
             proceeds
             with
             severity
             against
             one
             ,
             who
             fell
             in●…
             the
             Iudges
             power
             .
             203
          
           
             Advert
             .
             6.
             
             All
             the
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             affrighted
             at
             the
             over-great
             power
             and
             successful
             proceedings
             of
             the
             German
             Commonwealths
             ,
             consult
             in
             a
             general
             Diet
             ,
             how
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             being
             in
             time
             oppressed
             by
             them
             205
          
           
             Advert
             .
             7
             The
             people
             of
             Phosides
             ,
             treating
             how
             they
             might
             rise
             in
             Rebellion
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Relation
             which
             their
             Ambassadors
             made
             unto
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             formerly
             sent
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             pray
             hat
             their
             priviledges
             might
             be
             observed
             :
             the
             remedy
             fittest
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             such
             a
             disorder
             ,
             is
             discussed
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Council
             .
             219
          
           
             Adver
             .
             8.
             
             A
             great
             controversie
             arising
             in
             point
             of
             precedency
             ,
             between
             the
             Prince
             of
             Bisagnano
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             
               Juliano
               Corbelli
            
             of
             St
             
               Marino
               .
               
               Apollo
            
             refers
             the
             consideration
             thereof
             to
             the
             Congregation
             of
             Ceremonies
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             decided
             .
             220
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               9.
               
               Apollo
            
             publisheth
             a
             very
             severe
             Edict
             against
             some
             Literati
             ,
             who
             under
             a
             cloke
             of
             feigned
             picty
             ,
             cover
             downright
             avarice
             .
             221
          
           
             Advert
             .
             10.
             
             The
             City
             Pretor
             ,
             or
             chief
             Iustice
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             complains
             bitterly
             before
             Apollo
             of
             the
             Triumviri
             ;
             a
             Magistracy
             newly
             instituted
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             in
             an
             Edict
             of
             theirs
             published
             against
             Minius
             ,
             and
             other
             Ministers
             of
             Princes
             obscenities
             ,
             they
             have
             violated
             his
             Iurisdiction
             .
             222
          
           
             Advert
             .
             11.
             
             The
             Inhabitants
             of
             Phocides
             fall
             into
             open
             rebellion
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             the
             Priviledges
             of
             their
             Country
             ●…re
             not
             observed
             by
             Apollo's
             Officers
             ;
             they
             are
             pacified
             by
             a
             Senator
             ,
             and
             send
             new
             Ambassadors
             to
             his
             Majesty
             .
             223
          
           
             Advert
             .
             12.
             
             Whilst
             some
             Poets
             paralleld
             the
             greatness
             of
             Rome
             with
             that
             of
             Naples
             ,
             a
             dangerous
             dispute
             arose
             between
             them
             ;
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             his
             Vertuosi
             might
             know
             what
             to
             say
             and
             believe
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             commits
             the
             cause
             to
             the
             Rota
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             who
             decide
             it
             .
             226
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               13.
               
               Theodoricus
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             King
             of
             Italy
             ,
             having
             oft-times
             prest
             very
             much
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             is
             a
             waies
             denied
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             for
             a
             very
             important
             reason
             .
             227
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               14.
               
               Apollo
            
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             usual
             custom
             of
             the
             first
             day
             of
             every
             month
             ,
             hears
             the
             Petitions
             of
             such
             as
             desire
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             228
          
           
             Advert
             .
             15.
             
             At
             a
             publick
             meeting
             ,
             Force
             (
             contrary
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             the
             Plebeian
             Court
             )
             pretending
             to
             take
             place
             of
             Reputation
             ;
             that
             beautiful
             Lady
             ,
             with
             excellent
             resolution
             ,
             finds
             a
             remedy
             for
             her
             reputation
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             great
             hazard
             .
             246
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               16.
               
               Giovan
               Francisco
               Pico
               ,
            
             Count
             of
             Mirandola
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             the
             more
             quietly
             attend
             his
             studies
             ,
             entreats
             
               Monsignor
               Dino
               da
               Mugello
            
             ,
             Auditor
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             that
             the
             Reformers
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             too
             great
             noise
             which
             they
             alwaies
             make
             in
             their
             profession
             ,
             may
             be
             removed
             further
             from
             his
             neighbourhood
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             heard
             in
             his
             desire
             .
             247
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               17.
               
               Tacitus
            
             being
             excluded
             from
             out
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             Commonwealths
             of
             Europe
             ,
             makes
             a
             grievous
             complaint
             to
             Apollo
             ;
             and
             is
             by
             them
             with
             much
             honour
             received
             again
             ,
             and
             much
             made
             of
             .
             249
          
           
             Advert
             18.
             
             The
             blindman
             of
             Forli
             ,
             that
             famous
             Italian
             Mountebank
             ,
             being
             ,
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             the
             Senat
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             admitted
             by
             Apollo
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             is
             by
             his
             Majesty
             put
             upon
             an
             imployment
             of
             importance
             .
             250
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               19.
               
               Luigi
               Alemanni
            
             having
             in
             an
             elegant
             Oration
             set
             forth
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             French
             Nation
             ,
             repented
             that
             his
             action
             afterward
             ,
             and
             desired
             leave
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             Recantation
             ;
             but
             was
             not
             permitted
             so
             to
             do
             .
             252
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               20.
               
               Corbulone
            
             having
             with
             much
             honour
             ended
             his
             prefixt
             time
             of
             Government
             in
             Pindo
             ,
             a
             Patent
             to
             continue
             the
             same
             Iurisdiction
             for
             one
             year
             longer
             ,
             is
             graciously
             sent
             him
             by
             Apollo
             ;
             which
             he
             refuseth
             to
             accept
             of
             .
             253
          
           
             
             
               Advert
               .
               21
               Sebastian
               Veneri
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             after
             his
             admittance
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             desires
             Apollo
             that
             he
             may
             have
             the
             precedency
             given
             him
             before
             Hereditary
             Kings
             and
             Monarchs
             ;
             and
             obtains
             a
             favourable
             Decree
             from
             his
             Majesty
             254
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               22.
               
               Apollo
            
             being
             greatly
             moved
             to
             compassion
             ,
             by
             seeing
             a
             poor
             souldier
             ,
             who
             had
             lost
             both
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             Wars
             ,
             go
             a
             begging
             ,
             doth
             sharply
             reprehend
             Princes
             for
             their
             ingratitude
             to
             Military
             men
             .
             256
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               23.
               
               Apollo
            
             greatly
             compassionating
             the
             lamentable
             shipwrack
             which
             his
             Vertuosi
             make
             in
             great
             Princes
             Courts
             ,
             to
             secure
             their
             Navigation
             ,
             commands
             some
             of
             the
             chief
             Literati
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             Card
             whereby
             men
             may
             sail
             by
             land
             .
             257
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               24.
               
               Ariadeno
               Barbarossa
            
             being
             driven
             by
             a
             sudden
             storm
             ,
             splits
             upon
             the
             
               Scogli
               Cursolari
            
             ,
             and
             
               Maturino
               Romagasso
            
             ,
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             of
             the
             Gulf
             of
             Lepanto
             ,
             endeavours
             his
             escape
             ,
             when
             he
             might
             have
             taken
             him
             prisoner
             .
             262
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               25.
               
               Epictetus
            
             ,
             a
             Stoick
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             finding
             his
             Sect
             to
             grow
             much
             deformed
             ,
             asks
             leave
             of
             Apollo
             to
             ground
             a
             new
             Sect
             of
             Reformed
             Stoicks
             ;
             and
             is
             rather
             reprehended
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             then
             commended
             .
             263
          
           
             Advert
             .
             26.
             
             The
             Nobility
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             any
             longer
             to
             indure
             the
             insolency
             of
             the
             Commons
             ,
             who
             Governed
             the
             State
             ,
             send
             Ambassadors
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             obtain
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             may
             Govern
             them
             ;
             and
             receive
             a
             gracious
             answer
             .
             265
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               27.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             for
             a
             just
             cause
             removed
             
               Gulielmo
               Budeo
            
             from
             the
             Lord
             Treasures
             place
             ,
             confers
             the
             aforesaid
             place
             upon
             
               Diego
               Covarruvia
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Spanish
             Literato
             ,
             and
             Dean
             of
             the
             College
             of
             the
             Grand
             Sages
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             though
             he
             was
             much
             gainsaid
             therein
             by
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             .
             266
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               28.
               
               Monsieur
               Jovanni
               de
               la
               Casa
            
             having
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             his
             most
             useful
             Galateo
             ,
             meets
             with
             great
             difficulties
             in
             many
             Nations
             ,
             in
             having
             it
             observed
             .
             269
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               29.
               
               Apollo
            
             finding
             that
             wicked
             men
             ,
             by
             making
             use
             of
             the
             sword
             of
             Iustice
             to
             injure
             honest
             men
             ,
             do
             make
             his
             Tribunals
             become
             very
             hatefull
             ,
             to
             remedy
             so
             great
             a
             disorder
             ,
             institutes
             a
             Committee
             of
             the
             greatest
             subjects
             of
             this
             State
             ;
             but
             hath
             but
             bad
             success
             therein
             .
             272
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               30.
               
               Marcus
               Brutus
            
             desires
             
               Lucius
               Brutus
            
             ,
             to
             shew
             him
             the
             perfections
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             which
             he
             so
             happily
             brought
             to
             pass
             against
             the
             Tarquins
             ;
             and
             the
             Imperfections
             of
             that
             Conspiracy
             which
             he
             so
             miserably
             executed
             upon
             Cesar.
             And
             receives
             desired
             satisfaction
             from
             him
             .
             273
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               31.
               
               Marcus
               Cato
            
             having
             ,
             to
             the
             infinite
             dislike
             of
             Princes
             ,
             writ
             the
             word
             Libera
             underneath
             the
             Motto
             ,
             
               Pugna
               pro
               Patria
            
             ,
             which
             was
             set
             upon
             his
             Gate
             ,
             is
             commanded
             by
             Apollo
             to
             put
             it
             out
             .
             275
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               32.
               
               Socrates
            
             being
             found
             dead
             in
             the
             morning
             on
             his
             bed
             ,
             Apollo
             useth
             all
             possible
             diligence
             to
             learn
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             so
             sudden
             a
             death
             .
             276
          
           
             Advert
             .
             33.
             
             The
             Hereditary
             Princes
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             do
             very
             much
             press
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             the
             Emperor
             Tiberius
             may
             be
             removed
             from
             their
             Classis
             ,
             and
             placed
             in
             that
             of
             Tyrants
             ;
             and
             he
             defends
             his
             cause
             victoriously
             
             before
             his
             Majesty
             .
             277
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               34.
               
               Hippocrates
            
             having
             advised
             Apollo
             how
             to
             prevent
             the
             frequent
             deaths
             of
             sick
             folks
             ,
             occasioned
             through
             the
             ignorance
             of
             Physicians
             ,
             and
             proving
             unfortunate
             in
             that
             his
             advice
             ,
             is
             in
             great
             danger
             of
             being
             severely
             punished
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             282
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               35.
               
               Francisco
               Mauro
               ,
            
             a
             Noble
             Italian
             Poet
             ,
             having
             married
             the
             most
             vertuous
             Lady
             ,
             
               Laura
               Terecino
            
             ,
             is
             soon
             after
             jealous
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             kils
             her
             .
             284
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               36.
               
               Thais
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             Curtizan
             of
             the
             Comick
             Poets
             ,
             is
             at
             last
             ,
             though
             after
             much
             debate
             ,
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ;
             who
             ,
             much
             to
             Apollo's
             satisfaction
             ,
             tels
             what
             good
             she
             hopes
             to
             bring
             to
             his
             Court.
             286
          
           
             Advert
             .
             37.
             
             The
             Ambassadors
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             Marca
             being
             sent
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             in
             a
             publick
             Audience
             ,
             complain
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             of
             an
             unfortunate
             affair
             which
             hath
             befalne
             his
             Inhabitants
             of
             that
             Province
             ;
             for
             which
             Apollo
             provides
             sufficient
             remedy
             ,
             with
             singular
             demonstration
             of
             true
             love
             and
             affection
             .
             289
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               38.
               
               Gonzalvo
               Ferrante
               Cordova
               ,
            
             desires
             Apollo
             that
             the
             Title
             of
             Magno
             ,
             or
             Great
             ,
             may
             be
             confirmed
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             being
             granted
             his
             request
             ,
             rece●…ves
             a
             very
             u
             satisfactory
             answer
             .
             290
          
           
             Advert
             .
             39.
             
             Many
             of
             the
             French
             Nobility
             intreat
             their
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             according
             as
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Commonwealths
             doe
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             lawfull
             for
             them
             to
             use
             Merchandizing
             ;
             and
             are
             by
             her
             shamefully
             denied
             .
             293
          
           
             Advert
             .
             40.
             
             The
             Honourable
             Title
             of
             Messere
             being
             faln
             into
             a
             miserable
             condition
             ,
             is
             shamefully
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             received
             into
             Rome
             (
             as
             it
             is
             thought
             it
             should
             be
             )
             for
             its
             last
             refuge
             hath
             its
             recourse
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             assignes
             it
             a
             very
             satisfactory
             abode
             .
             295
          
           
             Advert
             .
             41.
             
             The
             Censors
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             having
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             published
             a
             rigorous
             Edict
             against
             Hypocrites
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             moderate
             it
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             weighty
             particular
             discovered
             unto
             them
             by
             Plato
             .
             296
          
           
             Advert
             .
             42.
             
             The
             Immense
             bulk
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ,
             which
             was
             thought
             by
             the
             wise
             men
             to
             be
             everlasting
             ,
             doth
             now
             of
             it self
             so
             destroy
             it self
             ,
             as
             it
             threatens
             present
             ruine
             .
             297
          
           
             Advert
             .
             43.
             
             The
             Prince
             of
             Helicon
             desires
             by
             an
             Ambassador
             of
             his
             ,
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             priviledg
             of
             ordaining
             birthright
             amongst
             the
             Nobles
             of
             his
             State
             ;
             which
             his
             Majesty
             denies
             to
             grant
             .
             298
          
           
             Advert
             .
             44.
             
             The
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             being
             accused
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             for
             having
             with
             exquisite
             deligence
             caused
             two
             of
             the
             prime
             subjects
             of
             his
             new
             Principality
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             slain
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             secretly
             buried
             in
             their
             very
             prisons
             ,
             defends
             himself
             stoutly
             before
             Apollo
             .
             301
          
           
             Advert
             .
             45.
             
             A
             chief
             subject
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             being
             hired
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             at
             a
             great
             salary
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             know
             the
             right
             cause
             why
             that
             Pension
             was
             given
             him
             ,
             doth
             magnanimously
             refuse
             it
             .
             303
          
           
             Advert
             .
             46.
             
             The
             tenth
             of
             
               June
               is
            
             observed
             as
             a
             sad
             and
             mournful
             day
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             memory
             of
             the
             unfortunate
             loss
             of
             the
             Decads
             of
             
               Titus
               Livy
            
             .
             304
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               47.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             appointed
             Hospitals
             to
             every
             Nation
             ,
             for
             
             their
             fools
             ,
             puts
             down
             that
             of
             Florence
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             few
             fools
             that
             are
             found
             amongst
             the
             Florentines
             ,
             and
             adds
             the
             revenue
             thereof
             to
             the
             Lombards
             Hospital
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             greater
             number
             of
             fools
             that
             flock
             thither
             ,
             was
             run
             far
             in
             Arrears
             .
             305
          
           
             Apollo's
             Sea-Captains
             ,
             having
             in
             one
             of
             their
             Assemblies
             made
             many
             useful
             Decrees
             for
             their
             Militia
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             orders
             that
             they
             be
             made
             known
             to
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             commands
             the
             punctual
             observancy
             of
             them
             .
             306
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               49.
               
               Natalis
               Comes
               ,
            
             an
             Historian
             ,
             is
             severely
             punished
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             for
             having
             said
             somewhat
             in
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             which
             did
             hainously
             offend
             his
             Majesty
             .
             307
          
           
             Advert
             .
             50.
             
             The
             chief
             Monarchies
             of
             Europe
             and
             Asia
             ,
             which
             now
             reside
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             fall
             sick
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             instant
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             to
             be
             cured
             by
             
               Esculapius
               ,
               Hippocrates
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             able
             Physician
             ,
             they
             are
             restored
             to
             their
             health
             by
             a
             skilful
             Farrier
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Advert
             .
             51.
             
             The
             Achaians
             being
             much
             incensed
             against
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             for
             his
             cruel
             proceeding
             against
             their
             two
             Chieftains
             ,
             take
             up
             arms
             ,
             and
             drive
             him
             out
             of
             their
             State.
             309
          
           
             Advert
             .
             52.
             
             An
             Italian
             Gentleman
             ,
             for
             having
             lost
             much
             bloud
             in
             the
             service
             of
             a
             great
             Prince
             ,
             is
             honoured
             by
             him
             with
             a
             Noble
             Order
             of
             Knighthood
             ,
             who
             being
             but
             slightly
             esteemed
             of
             by
             those
             of
             his
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             asks
             Apollo
             by
             what
             reasons
             he
             may
             satisfie
             those
             his
             deriders
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             the
             more
             richly
             rewarded
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             was
             paid
             in
             honour
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             Gold
             or
             Silver
             .
             311
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               53.
               
               Apollo
            
             finding
             that
             his
             having
             allowed
             the
             use
             of
             the
             80
             part
             of
             one
             grain
             of
             hypocrisie
             to
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             had
             wrought
             very
             bad
             effects
             ,
             does
             not
             only
             recall
             that
             his
             favour
             by
             publick
             Edict
             ,
             but
             thunders
             out
             exceeding
             severe
             punishments
             against
             hypocrites
             .
             312
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               54.
               
               Guiccardine
            
             having
             spoken
             many
             things
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             Marquiss
             of
             Piscara
             ,
             in
             an
             Assembly
             of
             divers
             Vertuosi
             ,
             that
             renowned
             Commander
             doth
             sufficiently
             justifie
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             .
             314
          
           
             Advert
             .
             55.
             
             The
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             being
             accused
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             for
             having
             with
             exquisite
             diligence
             caused
             two
             of
             the
             prime
             subjects
             of
             his
             new
             Principality
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             slain
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             secretly
             buried
             in
             their
             very
             prisons
             ,
             defends
             himself
             stoutly
             before
             Apollo
             .
             301
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               55.
               
               Giovan
               Francisco
               Pico
               ,
            
             not
             being
             able
             to
             reconcile
             the
             differences
             between
             Plato
             and
             
               Aristotle
               ,
               Apollo
            
             commands
             those
             two
             great
             Philosophers
             to
             end
             the
             business
             in
             a
             publick
             Disputation
             ;
             and
             being
             therein
             obey'd
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             notwithstanding
             part
             friends
             .
             319
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               56.
               
               Gonsalvo
               Ferrante
               Cordua
               ,
            
             not
             having
             obtained
             the
             confirmation
             of
             his
             desired
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             ,
             from
             the
             reverend
             College
             of
             Historians
             ,
             demands
             another
             place
             in
             Pernassus
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             is
             likewise
             excluded
             .
             321
          
           
             Advert
             .
             57.
             
             A
             Barque
             loaded
             with
             inventors
             of
             new
             grievances
             running
             shipwrack
             upon
             the
             shore
             of
             Lepanto
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             treats
             them
             well
             ,
             though
             he
             do
             greatly
             abominate
             such
             like
             men
             .
             323
          
           
             Advert
             .
             58.
             
             By
             Letters
             intercepted
             ,
             which
             were
             sent
             by
             an
             express
             from
             some
             Princes
             to
             the
             Lake
             of
             Avernus
             ,
             people
             come
             to
             know
             that
             the
             enmities
             wh●…ch
             are
             seen
             to
             reign
             in
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             occasioned
             by
             the
             cunning
             of
             their
             Princes
             .
             324
          
           
             
             Advert
             .
             59.
             
             The
             Prince
             of
             the
             Laconicks
             Nephew
             ,
             b●…ing
             after
             his
             Uncles
             death
             ;
             to
             return
             to
             a
             private
             Fortune
             ,
             shews
             no
             well
             composed
             minde
             in
             making
             so
             dangerous
             a
             passage
             .
             326
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               60.
               
               Antonio
               Perez
            
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             having
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             his
             Book
             of
             Relations
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             does
             not
             only
             refuse
             to
             receive
             it
             :
             but
             commands
             it
             to
             be
             presently
             burn'd
             .
             328
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               61.
               
               Apollo
            
             ,
             to
             afford
             pastime
             to
             his
             Literati
             ,
             makes
             two
             useful
             Scenes
             be
             represented
             upon
             Melpomene's
             Theatre
             :
             in
             one
             of
             which
             he
             shews
             the
             lesser
             Princes
             with
             what
             wariness
             they
             ought
             to
             preserve
             themselves
             from
             a
             greater
             Potentate
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             lets
             Senators
             of
             Republicks
             know
             how
             ill
             advised
             they
             are
             ,
             who
             through
             partiality
             ,
             side
             with
             a
             subject
             of
             their
             own
             faction
             ,
             who
             notoriously
             aims
             at
             Tyranny
             .
             329
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               62.
               
               Lewis
               de
               la
               Tremoglia
               ,
            
             a
             Noble
             French
             Baron
             ,
             renounceth
             his
             Nobility
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             priviledges
             which
             he
             thereby
             enjoyed
             ,
             in
             presence
             of
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             France
             .
             332
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               63.
               
               Don
               Ferrante
               Gonsaga
            
             being
             Governor
             of
             Corinthus
             ,
             is
             exhorted
             by
             
               Domitio
               Corbulone
            
             ,
             severely
             to
             resent
             a
             great
             excess
             ,
             committed
             by
             a
             chief
             personage
             of
             that
             City
             :
             which
             Counsel
             Gonsaga
             wisely
             refutes
             .
             333
          
           
             Advert
             .
             64.
             
             The
             Prince
             of
             Macedon
             accuseth
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Athens
             of
             Treason
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             are
             freed
             from
             that
             imputation
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Councel
             of
             War.
             335
          
           
             Advert
             .
             65.
             
             A
             Shop-keeper
             is
             condemned
             to
             the
             Gallies
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             that
             he
             was
             seised
             on
             by
             the
             Serjeants
             ,
             not
             being
             so
             much
             as
             examined
             .
             3●…7
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               66.
               
               Bernardino
               Rota
               ,
            
             a
             famous
             Neapolitan
             Poet
             ,
             being
             greatly
             beloved
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             all
             professions
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             is
             accused
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             for
             having
             purchased
             so
             general
             a
             good
             liking
             by
             some
             ill
             means
             .
             338
          
           
             Advert
             .
             67.
             
             A
             Carpenter
             being
             cudgeled
             somewhat
             severely
             for
             having
             uttered
             certain
             insolent
             words
             against
             the
             most
             noble
             Scaliger
             ,
             to
             his
             greater
             calamity
             ,
             complains
             first
             of
             him
             to
             the
             Lord
             chief
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             appeals
             to
             Apollo
             .
             339
          
           
             Advert
             .
             68.
             
             The
             great
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             the
             first
             ,
             having
             said
             in
             a
             great
             Assembly
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             that
             the
             Mahometan
             Religion
             was
             nothing
             but
             Policy
             ,
             proves
             by
             excellent
             reasons
             to
             the
             very
             teeth
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             ,
             who
             complained
             hainously
             thereof
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             said
             nothing
             but
             truth
             .
             341
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               69.
               
               Anneus
            
             Seneca
             ,
             after
             having
             read
             Moral
             Philosophy
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             obtains
             a
             Writ
             of
             Ease
             from
             Apollo
             ;
             and
             being
             desirous
             to
             endow
             the
             Philosophy-School
             with
             a
             rich
             Revenue
             ,
             is
             not
             suffered
             by
             his
             Majesty
             so
             to
             do
             .
             345
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               70.
               
               Diego
               Covarruvia
               ,
            
             after
             having
             for
             a
             short
             space
             exercised
             the
             place
             of
             his
             Majesties
             chief
             Treasurer
             ,
             betakes
             himself
             to
             the
             Stoicks
             Sect.
             346
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               71.
               
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             being
             imprisoned
             at
             the
             complaint
             of
             some
             great
             Princes
             ,
             for
             having
             made
             some
             Politick
             Spectacles
             ,
             which
             were
             very
             prejudicious
             to
             their
             Government
             ,
             is
             freed
             by
             Apollo
             .
             347
          
           
             Advert
             .
             72.
             
             Many
             Carriers
             ,
             who
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             brought
             great
             store
             of
             Beans
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             are
             taken
             prisoners
             by
             the
             scouts
             .
             349
          
           
             
             
               Advert
               .
               73.
               
               Seneca
            
             having
             bought
             great
             store
             of
             Poultrey
             in
             a
             Countrey-house
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             lies
             in
             the
             Gnides
             Territories
             ,
             those
             people
             come
             to
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             that
             his
             forestalling
             the
             Market
             .
             350
          
           
             Advert
             .
             74.
             
             The
             Grand-child
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             the
             Laconicks
             ,
             asks
             counsel
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             what
             course
             he
             should
             take
             to
             live
             with
             reputation
             in
             Laconia
             .
             351
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               75.
               
               Isabella
            
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             Dutchess
             of
             Milan
             ,
             being
             continually
             prosecuted
             by
             adverse
             Fortune
             ,
             is
             brought
             to
             a
             very
             unhappy
             condition
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Ephesus
             .
             352
          
           
             Advert
             .
             76.
             
             Many
             of
             the
             Literati
             who
             do
             much
             apprehend
             the
             severity
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             which
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             is
             now
             in
             Treaty
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             do
             seditiously
             rise
             in
             rebellion
             against
             the
             Reformers
             ;
             and
             his
             Majesty
             appeaseth
             the
             tumult
             by
             applying
             a
             fitting
             remedy
             .
             353
          
           
             Advert
             .
             77.
             
             Many
             Princes
             believing
             that
             the
             disorder
             of
             their
             Courts
             ,
             which
             were
             abandoned
             by
             Courtiers
             ,
             proceeded
             from
             the
             injurious
             speeches
             used
             by
             
               Cesar
               Caparoli
            
             ,
             in
             his
             Chapter
             
               Della
               Corte
            
             ,
             desire
             Apollo
             that
             it
             may
             be
             remedied
             ,
             and
             obtain
             their
             desire
             .
             357
          
           
             Adve●…t
             .
             78.
             
             Learned
             Seneca
             ,
             seeing
             that
             his
             late
             Reformation
             of
             his
             former
             too
             splendid
             way
             of
             living
             ,
             was
             ill
             taken
             by
             the
             Universality
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             distributes
             his
             immense
             riches
             in
             a
             work
             which
             was
             greatly
             commended
             by
             all
             men
             .
             358
          
           
             Advert
             .
             79.
             
             Some
             Princes
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             having
             spent
             a
             great
             mass
             of
             wealth
             n
             a
             stinking
             sort
             of
             Merchaudize
             ,
             and
             having
             thereby
             incurred
             great
             debts
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             confess
             themselves
             Bankrupts
             ,
             and
             to
             leave
             Pernassus
             .
             359
          
           
             Advert
             .
             80.
             
             Certain
             prime
             Politicians
             of
             Pernassus
             pray
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             to
             tell
             them
             the
             true
             reason
             why
             she
             makes
             short
             war
             with
             her
             enemies
             ,
             and
             are
             by
             her
             satisfied
             .
             361
          
           
             Advert
             .
             81.
             
             The
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             after
             having
             paid
             in
             the
             accustomed
             Donative
             of
             a
             million
             of
             conceits
             to
             his
             Majesties
             Treasurer
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             wont
             ,
             ask
             a
             favour
             of
             him
             .
             363
          
           
             Advert
             .
             82.
             
             The
             Arcadians
             being
             up
             in
             arms
             against
             their
             Prince
             for
             certain
             new
             Taxes
             imposed
             upon
             them
             ,
             he
             wisely
             appeaseth
             them
             by
             delivering
             up
             unto
             them
             ,
             him
             who
             had
             perswaded
             him
             thereunto
             .
             364
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               83.
               
               Marcus
               Portius
               Cato
               ,
            
             whilst
             he
             reprehends
             
               Salustius
               Crispus
            
             for
             flattering
             the
             Emperor
             Tiberius
             ,
             is
             severely
             taxed
             by
             him
             for
             beingtoo
             obstinate
             .
             366
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               84.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             by
             a
             new
             Edict
             inhibited
             Poets
             to
             make
             use
             of
             any
             fabulous
             creature
             in
             their
             Verses
             ,
             at
             the
             fervent
             intreaties
             of
             the
             Poets
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             revokes
             the
             said
             Edict
             .
             368
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               85.
               
               Giovangirolimo
               Aquaviva
               ,
            
             having
             overcome
             a
             very
             great
             difficulty
             ,
             is
             with
             much
             honour
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             369
          
           
             Advert
             .
             86.
             
             The
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             to
             revenge
             himself
             by
             way
             of
             Law
             ,
             upon
             a
             chief
             Senator
             of
             State
             ,
             for
             some
             private
             distastes
             that
             he
             had
             taken
             at
             him
             ,
             commanded
             
               Fleminio
               Cartaro
            
             ,
             his
             Iudge
             of
             Assize
             ,
             to
             proceed
             severely
             against
             him
             upon
             some
             heads
             which
             he
             would
             give
             him
             and
             he
             denies
             to
             obey
             him
             .
             371
          
           
             Advert
             .
             87.
             
             Some
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             having
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             a
             Book
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             not
             approving
             of
             the
             definition
             of
             State
             therein
             given
             ,
             publish
             a
             new
             one
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             much
             displeasing
             to
             those
             Princes
             .
             372
          
           
             
             
               Advert
               .
               88.
               
               Marcantonio
               Moreto
            
             desires
             Apollo
             that
             he
             may
             have
             leave
             to
             make
             an
             Oration
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             ●…lemency
             of
             the
             most
             glorious
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Henry
            
             the
             fourth
             ;
             but
             is
             denied
             it
             .
             375
          
           
             Advert
             .
             89.
             
             A
             Literato
             presents
             Apollo
             with
             an
             Oration
             made
             by
             him
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ;
             which
             is
             laid
             aside
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             not
             grounded
             upon
             truth
             .
             377
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               90.
               
               Christopher
               Columbus
               ,
            
             and
             other
             famous
             discoverers
             of
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             desire
             Apollo
             that
             Immortality
             may
             be
             aecreed
             them
             for
             their
             noble
             daring
             ;
             but
             are
             denied
             it
             .
             378
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               91.
               
               Sigismond
            
             King
             of
             Polonia
             ,
             prefers
             a
             Paladine
             to
             the
             prime
             dignities
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             who
             proving
             persidious
             ,
             the
             Polack
             Nobility
             ,
             thinking
             the
             publick
             reputation
             was
             concern'd
             in
             this
             private
             Palatines
             misdemeanor
             ,
             revenge
             themselves
             severely
             upon
             him
             .
             382
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               92.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             a
             notorious
             hypocrite
             in
             his
             hands
             ,
             punisheth
             him
             severely
             .
             383
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               93.
               
               Apuleius
            
             his
             Ass
             having
             given
             his
             Master
             two
             kicks
             in
             the
             breast
             ,
             is
             severely
             punished
             by
             him
             .
             384
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               94.
               
               Paulus
               Jovius
            
             presents
             Apollo
             with
             his
             most
             elegant
             Histories
             ,
             which
             give
             full
             satisfaction
             to
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             College
             of
             Vertuosi
             ;
             and
             notwithstanding
             some
             opposition
             that
             is
             made
             ,
             he
             is
             admitted
             with
             great
             applause
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             386
          
           
             Advert
             .
             95.
             
             A
             very
             famous
             Literato
             ,
             who
             was
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             Iudges
             of
             Assise
             for
             being
             a
             pratler
             ,
             is
             freed
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             not
             guilty
             of
             such
             a
             crime
             .
             388
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               96.
               
               Philip
            
             the
             second
             ,
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             being
             offended
             at
             what
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             had
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             concerning
             his
             Government
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             whilst
             he
             seeks
             to
             revenge
             himself
             upon
             that
             his
             Minister
             of
             State
             ,
             is
             sent
             for
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             acquainted
             with
             what
             had
             past
             ,
             and
             is
             by
             him
             pacified
             .
             389
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               97.
               
               Pompey
            
             the
             great
             having
             invited
             many
             noble
             Lords
             of
             Rome
             to
             be
             present
             at
             the
             dedication
             of
             the
             magnificent
             Theatre
             which
             he
             had
             built
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             they
             refuse
             to
             come
             .
             391
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               98.
               
               Peter
               Aretine
            
             being
             again
             assaulted
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             lewd
             conditions
             of
             that
             Satyrical
             vitious
             Poet
             ,
             commanded
             that
             no
             process
             should
             be
             made
             upon
             that
             Riot
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Advert
               .
               99.
               
               Apollo
            
             having
             received
             news
             by
             an
             express
             Poet
             ,
             whereas
             he
             was
             much
             rejoyced
             ,
             communicates
             it
             to
             his
             Literati
             with
             great
             Iubile
             .
             392
          
           
             Advert
             .
             100.
             
             A
             more
             then
             usual
             sweet
             Odor
             issuing
             from
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             ,
             Apollo
             goes
             himself
             in
             person
             thither
             to
             discover
             the
             miracle
             ,
             and
             soon
             finds
             the
             occasion
             of
             so
             great
             a
             novelty
             .
             394
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           TABLE
           of
           the
           CONTENTS
           of
           the
           POLITICK
           TOUCHSTONE
           .
        
         
           
             Why
             the
             Neapolitans
             are
             so
             strangely
             opprest
             ,
             and
             hardly
             treated
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             .
             395
          
           
             Genua
             excuses
             her
             freedom
             in
             Pernassus
             .
             396
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             complains
             that
             her
             falshoods
             are
             discovered
             .
             398
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             comes
             to
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             desires
             Apollo
             to
             be
             cured
             of
             an
             Issue
             ;
             but
             is
             dismist
             by
             the
             Politick
             Physitians
             .
             400
          
           
             A
             Secretary
             of
             Monsieur
             de
             Guise
             is
             punished
             for
             having
             spoken
             amiss
             .
             405
          
           
             The
             Spaniards
             endeavour
             the
             getting
             of
             Savioneda
             ,
             but
             in
             vain
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Moore
            
             ,
             an
             Englishman
             ,
             asks
             Apollo
             when
             Heresies
             will
             cease
             .
             406
          
           
             The
             French
             desire
             Apollo
             that
             he
             will
             teach
             them
             the
             true
             Spanish
             Perfume
             for
             Gloves
             .
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             goes
             to
             the
             Oracle
             of
             Delphos
             ,
             to
             know
             whether
             she
             shall
             ever
             obtain
             the
             Universal
             Monarchy
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ;
             and
             receives
             a
             negative
             answer
             .
             407
          
           
             Philip
             the
             second
             ,
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             after
             some
             dispute
             concerning
             his
             Title
             ,
             enters
             in
             great
             state
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             409
          
           
             All
             Princes
             ,
             Commonwealths
             ,
             and
             States
             ,
             are
             justly
             weighed
             in
             the
             scales
             by
             
               Lorenzo
               de
               Medici
            
             .
             410
          
           
             Why
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             Spain
             withdrew
             her self
             into
             her
             Palace
             .
             417
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             being
             arrived
             at
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             complementing
             with
             
               Prospero
               Colonna
            
             ,
             he
             falls
             to
             cuffs
             with
             him
             about
             Titles
             ,
             whereof
             he
             had
             defrauded
             the
             Colonnesi
             .
             418
          
           
             Boccace
             is
             assassina●…ed
             by
             Salviati
             .
             422
          
           
             The
             Sicilian
             Ambassadors
             cannot
             obtain
             audience
             from
             Apollo
             ;
             but
             are
             disgracefully
             driven
             away
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             
               Sigismondo
               Battori
            
             hath
             learne
             the
             Latine
             Tongue
             .
             424
          
           
             The
             French
             are
             freed
             out
             of
             the
             mad
             mens
             Hospital
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             .
             425
          
           
             Some
             for
             examples
             sake
             are
             made
             a
             spectacle
             to
             the
             people
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             A
             discovery
             made
             ,
             that
             the
             Spanish
             Officers
             are
             wholly
             concern'd
             in
             their
             own
             profits
             .
             426
          
           
             Maximilian
             the
             Emperor
             is
             advertised
             of
             the
             tumults
             sprung
             up
             amongst
             his
             sons
             .
             427
          
           
             The
             Dogs
             in
             the
             Indies
             are
             grown
             Wolves
             .
             ib.
             
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             visits
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             there
             pass
             between
             them
             Complements
             full
             of
             kindness
             .
             429
          
           
             The
             Monarchy
             of
             Spain
             throws
             her
             Physician
             out
             of
             the
             window
             .
             430
          
           
             The
             Cardinal
             of
             Toledo's
             Summa
             is
             not
             admitted
             into
             the
             Library
             of
             Pernassus
             .
             431
          
           
             Almansor
             ,
             that
             was
             King
             of
             the
             Moors
             ,
             meeting
             with
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             they
             two
             fall
             a
             weeping
             ,
             and
             rehearse
             their
             miseries
             brought
             upon
             them
             by
             the
             oppression
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             .
             432
          
           
             The
             
               Conte
               di
               Fuentes
            
             is
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             437
          
           
             All
             the
             States
             of
             the
             world
             are
             censur'd
             in
             Pernassus
             for
             their
             errors
             .
             439
          
           
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             invites
             the
             Cardinal
             of
             Toledo
             to
             be
             Secretary
             of
             State
             :
             who
             refuseth
             :
             and
             why
             .
             450
          
           
             Apollo
             detesteth
             the
             means
             that
             are
             recommended
             to
             him
             ,
             for
             getting
             of
             monies
             .
             451
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           FIRST
           INFORMATION
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               Society
               of
               Polititians
               open
               a
               Ware-House
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               Wherein
               are
               sold
               divers
               sorts
               of
               Merchandize
               ,
               very
               usefull
               for
               the
               vertuous
               living
               of
               those
               that
               are
               Learned
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Business
             so
             many
             Moneths
             in
             Agitation
             between
             the
             Society
             of
             Polititians
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Ministri
               Camerali
            
             ,
             touching
             the
             opening
             of
             a
             Publick
             Ware
             house
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             with
             large
             Priviledges
             for
             Polititians
             ,
             was
             the
             last
             Week
             fully
             concluded
             ;
             and
             they
             yesterday
             made
             a
             Glorious
             Shew
             in
             the
             Piazza
             ,
             of
             all
             such
             things
             as
             men
             stand
             most
             in
             need
             of
             :
             Wherefore
             Menante
             thinks
             not
             much
             to
             acquaint
             you
             here
             with
             the
             chiefest
             of
             them
             ,
             firmly
             believing
             ,
             that
             all
             gallant
             men
             will
             be
             pleased
             with
             the
             notice
             thereof
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             great
             store
             of
             Stuffing
             ,
             or
             Bombast
             ,
             not
             prized
             by
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             highly
             esteemed
             by
             understanding
             Courtiers
             ,
             is
             sold
             in
             this
             Ware-house
             :
             For
             those
             of
             great
             capacity
             ,
             know
             that
             the
             shavings
             of
             those
             finest
             Clothes
             which
             wise
             men
             weave
             with
             the
             superfine
             Wool
             of
             forbearance
             ,
             serves
             to
             stuff
             up
             the
             Pack-Saddles
             of
             Slavery
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             sit
             the
             more
             easily
             upon
             the
             backs
             of
             those
             wretched
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             not
             gall
             their
             lean
             sides
             so
             horribly
             ,
             as
             the
             sides
             of
             some
             are
             seen
             to
             be
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             be
             known
             to
             detest
             labour
             ,
             are
             perswaded
             notwithstanding
             to
             go
             to
             Court
             ,
             with
             assured
             hopes
             of
             spending
             their
             time
             there
             merrily
             ,
             and
             to
             command
             others
             ,
             though
             they
             themselves
             serve
             .
             It
             is
             very
             observable
             ,
             that
             some
             young
             men
             ,
             though
             they
             live
             at
             home
             in
             the.
             Fathers
             houses
             ,
             have
             bought
             good
             store
             of
             this
             pretious
             Stuffing
             ,
             to
             bolster
             up
             some
             smal
             Pack
             saddles
             ,
             which
             they
             make
             use
             of
             in
             private
             houses
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             not
             come
             like
             raw
             Colts
             unto
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             
             that
             when
             they
             shall
             first
             undergo
             that
             weighty
             Pack-saddle
             of
             Court
             servitude
             ,
             they
             may
             not
             commit
             those
             senceless
             absurdities
             ,
             which
             cause
             the
             Court
             Colt-breakers
             ,
             to
             lash
             them
             with
             bitter
             distastes
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             inure
             them
             to
             that
             toilsom
             slavery
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             likewise
             sold
             in
             the
             same
             Ware-house
             ,
             store
             of
             Pensils
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             excellent
             for
             those
             Princes
             ,
             who
             upon
             urgent
             occasions
             are
             forced
             to
             paint
             white
             for
             black
             unto
             the
             people
             :
             And
             although
             this
             be
             a
             Merchandize
             proper
             onely
             for
             Princes
             ,
             yet
             do
             these
             false
             Cheaters
             provide
             themselves
             thereof
             ,
             who
             setting
             their
             best
             leg
             forward
             ,
             mind
             only
             mocking
             and
             cosenage
             ,
             and
             to
             feed
             the
             silly
             multitude
             with
             fair
             words
             ,
             and
             foul
             deeds
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             also
             abundance
             of
             Spectacles
             ,
             very
             wonderfull
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             use
             :
             Some
             of
             them
             serve
             to
             give
             light
             to
             those
             libidinous
             men
             ,
             who
             amidst
             their
             goatish
             lusts
             ,
             grow
             so
             short
             sighted
             ,
             as
             they
             cannot
             discern
             between
             honour
             and
             shame
             ,
             not
             know
             a
             friend
             from
             an
             enemy
             ,
             a
             meer
             stranger
             from
             a
             Kinsman
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             else
             to
             which
             respect
             ought
             to
             be
             given
             .
             So
             great
             is
             the
             riddance
             which
             these
             Polititians
             make
             of
             these
             kind
             of
             Spectacles
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             evidently
             known
             that
             few
             men
             see
             well
             in
             carnal
             affairs
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             other
             Spectacles
             of
             a
             clear
             contrary
             operation
             ,
             which
             keep
             men
             from
             seeing
             the
             light
             ;
             and
             the
             Polititians
             affirm
             ,
             that
             though
             they
             be
             generally
             good
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             particularly
             more
             useful
             for
             Courtiers
             ,
             then
             those
             which
             enlarge
             the
             sight
             .
             For
             many
             loathsom
             things
             present
             themselves
             often
             to
             the
             sight
             of
             worthy
             men
             ;
             upon
             which
             ,
             if
             you
             shall
             turn
             your
             back
             ,
             you
             may
             peradventure
             draw
             upon
             you
             the
             ill
             will
             of
             Potent
             men
             ;
             and
             to
             behold
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             martyrize
             ones
             self
             .
             He
             who
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             puts
             a
             pair
             of
             these
             miraculous
             Spectacles
             upon
             his
             nose
             ,
             shall
             thereby
             free
             himself
             from
             the
             trouble
             of
             seeing
             the
             naucious
             things
             of
             this
             wicked
             and
             corrupted
             world
             ,
             and
             shall
             make
             the
             foolish
             rabble
             believe
             that
             he
             eyes
             them
             very
             accuratly
             .
          
           
             Others
             serve
             to
             preserve
             the
             sight
             of
             unworthy
             men
             ,
             who
             the
             very
             day
             that
             they
             have
             received
             any
             new
             dignity
             ,
             lean
             towards
             ingratitude
             .
             The
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ware-house
             say
             that
             they
             are
             made
             of
             the
             tenacious
             memory
             of
             benefits
             received
             ,
             and
             past
             friendships
             .
          
           
             But
             very
             miraculous
             is
             the
             workmanship
             of
             those
             Spectacles
             which
             make
             Fleas
             appear
             to
             be
             Elephants
             ,
             and
             Pigmies
             Giants
             ;
             these
             are
             greedily
             bought
             up
             by
             great
             Personages
             ,
             who
             putting
             them
             upon
             the
             noses
             of
             unfortunate
             Courtiers
             ,
             do
             thereby
             work
             such
             an
             alteration
             in
             the
             eye-sight
             of
             those
             wretches
             ,
             as
             ,
             if
             their
             Lord
             do
             but
             lay
             his
             hand
             upon
             their
             shoulders
             ,
             or
             do
             but
             cast
             an
             artificial
             smile
             upon
             them
             ,
             they
             take
             it
             as
             acceptably
             as
             a
             reward
             of
             500
             hundred
             Crowns
             a
             year
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Spectacles
             lately
             invented
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             are
             bought
             at
             the
             dearest
             rates
             by
             men
             of
             highest
             rank
             ,
             which
             they
             give
             to
             their
             Servants
             ,
             thereby
             making
             rewards
             and
             dignities
             appear
             near
             unto
             them
             ,
             which
             their
             sight
             cannot
             reach
             unto
             ,
             and
             which
             peradventure
             they
             shall
             never
             arrive
             at
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             sold
             Moreover
             in
             the
             same
             Shop
             (
             but
             at
             a
             very
             dear
             rate
             )
             Humane
             Eyes
             ,
             which
             are
             of
             admirable
             use
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             beleived
             how
             much
             men
             better
             their
             own
             affairs
             ,
             when
             they
             look
             upon
             them
             with
             the
             eyes
             of
             other
             men
             .
             Nay
             the
             very
             Polititians
             themselves
             affirm
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             cannot
             arrive
             at
             that
             so
             excellent
             vertue
             so
             much
             endeavored
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             of
             
               Nosce
               te
               ipsum
            
             by
             any
             other
             instrument
             better
             then
             by
             these
             .
          
           
           
             There
             are
             certain
             Compasses
             also
             sold
             in
             the
             same
             Shop
             ,
             not
             made
             of
             Silver
             ,
             Brass
             ,
             or
             steel
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             purest
             interest
             of
             unspotted
             reputation
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             found
             in
             point
             of
             honour
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             exceeding
             good
             to
             measure
             a
             mans
             own
             actions
             by
             :
             For
             it
             is
             known
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             Compasses
             made
             of
             the
             base
             materials
             of
             Capriciousness
             ,
             and
             of
             sole
             Interest
             ,
             prove
             not
             just
             to
             those
             who
             in
             all
             their
             affairs
             desire
             to
             draw
             paralel
             lines
             .
             These
             Compasses
             are
             excellently
             good
             for
             those
             who
             know
             how
             to
             use
             them
             exactly
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             just
             latitude
             of
             those
             ditches
             which
             other
             men
             out
             of
             honour
             are
             forced
             to
             leap
             clean
             over
             ,
             so
             to
             keep
             from
             falling
             into
             the
             midst
             ,
             and
             from
             burying
             themselves
             shamefully
             in
             the
             mire
             of
             Indiscretion
             .
             Nor
             can
             Scapethrifts
             who
             have
             but
             the
             purse
             of
             a
             private
             man
             ,
             yet
             will
             spend
             like
             a
             Prince
             ,
             learn
             the
             requisite
             vertue
             of
             cutting
             their
             Coats
             according
             to
             their
             cloath
             ,
             by
             any
             instrument
             better
             then
             by
             this
             .
             They
             do
             likewise
             sell
             Mathematical
             Instruments
             ,
             used
             by
             Surveyors
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             necessary
             perfectly
             to
             deliniate
             those
             with
             whom
             one
             hath
             to
             treat
             in
             great
             affairs
             ,
             or
             to
             impart
             important
             secrets
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Shop
             vents
             likewise
             great
             store
             of
             certain
             Iron
             Instruments
             ,
             not
             unlike
             such
             as
             are
             used
             by
             Surgeans
             and
             Tooth-drawers
             ;
             and
             they
             serve
             to
             enlarge
             the
             jawes
             of
             unfortunate
             Courtiers
             ,
             who
             being
             to
             make
             vertue
             of
             necessity
             ,
             are
             oft-times
             forced
             to
             swallow
             down
             great
             Pompions
             ,
             instead
             of
             little
             Mastick
             Pils
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             likewise
             great
             store
             of
             Besoms
             ,
             made
             of
             Circumspection
             ,
             which
             the
             wariest
             Courtiers
             make
             provision
             of
             ,
             diligently
             to
             clense
             the
             staires
             both
             morning
             and
             evening
             ,
             from
             those
             dangerous
             beans
             scattered
             thereupon
             by
             such
             malignant
             people
             ,
             who
             delighting
             more
             in
             spoyling
             other
             mens
             affairs
             ,
             then
             in
             accommodating
             their
             own
             ,
             practice
             nothing
             but
             how
             to
             break
             the
             neck
             of
             reputation
             of
             men
             of
             honour
             .
          
           
             There
             you
             may
             likewise
             have
             (
             but
             at
             the
             weight
             of
             Gold
             )
             very
             fine
             Ink
             ,
             which
             being
             well
             made
             use
             of
             upon
             paper
             ,
             by
             the
             labour
             of
             learned
             Writers
             ,
             serves
             to
             imbalm
             and
             perfume
             the
             dead
             bodies
             of
             vertuous
             men
             ;
             whereas
             the
             bodies
             of
             the
             ignorant
             cast
             forth
             a
             horrible
             stench
             ,
             and
             are
             soon
             turned
             to
             ashes
             :
             and
             by
             this
             Ink
             only
             are
             the
             names
             of
             learned
             men
             eternized
             in
             memory
             ,
             when
             the
             like
             of
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             perish
             as
             soon
             as
             their
             eyes
             are
             closed
             :
             A
             Balsom
             certainly
             of
             more
             then
             humane
             vertue
             ,
             since
             those
             who
             anoynt
             themselves
             therewith
             ,
             live
             after
             death
             ,
             and
             parting
             only
             with
             their
             body
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             abide
             there
             eternally
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             Writings
             .
          
           
             These
             Polititians
             enrich
             themselves
             likewise
             much
             by
             an
             Oyle
             which
             they
             sell
             ,
             which
             hath
             sundry
             times
             been
             experimented
             to
             be
             good
             for
             the
             strengthening
             of
             Courtiers
             stomacks
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             without
             weakening
             the
             complexion
             of
             Patients
             ,
             these
             unfortunate
             people
             may
             chearfully
             digest
             the
             bitter
             distastes
             which
             they
             are
             so
             often
             enforced
             to
             swallow
             down
             at
             Court.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             likewise
             sold
             in
             little
             Glass
             Viols
             (
             of
             which
             Menante
             ,
             who
             writes
             these
             things
             ,
             had
             the
             good
             fortune
             to
             come
             by
             some
             very
             cheap
             )
             odoriferous
             humane
             sweat
             ,
             very
             admirable
             to
             perfume
             those
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             fragrancy
             of
             the
             Musk
             ,
             and
             Civet
             of
             their
             honourable
             labours
             ,
             desire
             to
             appear
             amongst
             the
             learned
             with
             pen
             in
             hand
             .
          
           
             The
             same
             Shop
             vents
             much
             Pa●…te-royal
             ,
             very
             good
             to
             sharpen
             the
             appetite
             of
             certain
             obstinate
             Stoicks
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             greedily
             swallow
             down
             the
             loathsom
             things
             of
             this
             world
             ;
             which
             ,
             though
             they
             nauseate
             
             others
             very
             much
             ,
             and
             go
             absolutely
             against
             the
             stomacks
             of
             good
             men
             ;
             yet
             some
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             draw
             upon
             them
             the
             displeasure
             of
             powerfull
             men
             ,
             and
             so
             disorder
             their
             own
             affairs
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             seem
             very
             desirous
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             hunger
             after
             them
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             moreover
             in
             this
             Shop
             many
             Boxes
             of
             perfumed
             Comfeits
             ,
             very
             good
             to
             sweeten
             the
             breath
             of
             such
             Councellers
             ,
             Secretaries
             ,
             and
             Senators
             ,
             as
             are
             bound
             to
             suffer
             their
             secrets
             to
             putrifie
             in
             their
             bodies
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             room
             apart
             ,
             they
             sell
             Horse
             .
             Trammels
             ,
             made
             of
             Iron
             of
             maturity
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             be
             abhorred
             by
             some
             foolish
             people
             ,
             as
             Instruments
             fit
             for
             Beasts
             ,
             yet
             advized
             men
             have
             purchased
             them
             so
             much
             credit
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             bought
             at
             dear
             rates
             by
             those
             forward
             and
             precipitate
             Wits
             ,
             who
             strangely
             apprehending
             the
             juditious
             maturity
             of
             the
             weekly
             Carrier
             ,
             delight
             in
             speedily
             dispatching
             their
             affairs
             by
             the
             Post.
             
          
           
             But
             there
             is
             no
             Merchandize
             in
             this
             Ware-House
             which
             sels
             better
             ,
             then
             certain
             Fans
             ,
             not
             made
             of
             the
             Feathers
             of
             Ostriches
             or
             Peacocks
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             better
             coloured
             Bird
             ,
             but
             of
             Herbs
             and
             Flowres
             ;
             and
             because
             
               Andrew
               Matthiolo
            
             ,
             the
             Delfick
             Herbarist
             ,
             found
             out
             amongst
             those
             Flowres
             and
             Herbs
             ,
             the
             Infernal
             Wolfebane
             ,
             the
             wary
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             have
             clearly
             discovered
             ,
             that
             those
             mysterious
             Fans
             serve
             not
             to
             coole
             ones
             self
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             Summer
             ,
             but
             to
             drive
             those
             troublesome
             flies
             from
             ones
             nose
             ,
             which
             some
             unadvised
             men
             indeavouring
             to
             chase
             away
             violently
             with
             a
             Dagger
             ,
             have
             shamefully
             cut
             their
             own
             noses
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               usual
               Guard
               of
               Parnassus
               having
               taken
               a
               Poetaster
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               banished
               Parnassus
               ,
               upon
               pain
               of
               death
               ,
               found
               a
               Paire
               of
               Cards
               in
               his
               Pocket
               ;
               which
               when
               Apollo
               saw
               ,
               he
               gave
               order
               that
               he
               should
               read
               the
               Game
               of
               Trump
               in
               the
               publick
               Schools
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             the
             end
             that
             the
             ignorant
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             by
             their
             sottishness
             of
             soul
             ,
             may
             not
             profane
             the
             vertuous
             Habitations
             of
             
               Parnassus
               ,
               Apollo
            
             sent
             many
             years
             agoe
             for
             two
             Companies
             of
             Riming
             Poets
             from
             Sicily
             ,
             who
             were
             very
             fortunate
             in
             their
             Meeter
             ,
             and
             had
             their
             conceits
             at
             their
             fingers
             ends
             ,
             whose
             Office
             was
             to
             scoure
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             keep
             the
             fields
             free
             .
             These
             some
             eight
             daies
             agoe
             took
             a
             Poetaster
             prisoner
             ,
             who
             was
             banished
             from
             Parnassus
             upon
             forfeiture
             of
             life
             if
             he
             should
             ever
             return
             thether
             ;
             and
             who
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             interdicted
             the
             use
             of
             Books
             ,
             or
             exercise
             of
             Pen
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             seen
             every
             day
             ,
             in
             despite
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             in
             Scorn
             of
             the
             Soveraign
             Muses
             ,
             to
             defile
             paper
             with
             Verses
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             pretend
             to
             the
             sublime
             name
             of
             Poet.
             The
             misdements
             of
             this
             fellow
             were
             much
             aggravated
             by
             a
             pair
             of
             Cards
             ,
             which
             the
             Sergeants
             ,
             whilst
             they
             were
             searching
             him
             ,
             found
             in
             his
             pocket
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             conducing
             only
             to
             vice
             ,
             are
             capitally
             condemned
             :
             They
             being
             therefore
             
             forthwith
             brought
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             was
             strangely
             astonished
             at
             the
             bruitishness
             of
             the
             invention
             found
             out
             by
             vitious
             men
             ,
             to
             spend
             their
             time
             ,
             and
             waste
             their
             reputation
             and
             means
             :
             but
             his
             Majestie
             did
             much
             more
             wonder
             ,
             when
             he
             understood
             that
             the
             foolishness
             of
             these
             men
             was
             arived
             at
             that
             height
             ,
             that
             they
             called
             that
             play
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             in
             so
             very
             great
             earnest
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             thought
             it
             a
             delight
             ,
             sport
             ,
             and
             pastime
             ,
             to
             hazard
             that
             money
             which
             is
             purchased
             with
             so
             much
             labour
             ,
             and
             which
             serves
             for
             so
             many
             things
             ,
             as
             without
             it
             ,
             Aristotle
             would
             be
             thought
             ignorant
             by
             the
             modern
             world
             ,
             and
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             a
             Plebeian
             .
             Apollo
             asked
             this
             man
             ,
             what
             Game
             he
             used
             to
             play
             most
             at
             ?
             Who
             answering
             ,
             Trump
             ;
             Apollo
             commanded
             him
             to
             play
             at
             it
             ;
             which
             when
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             Apollo
             penetrating
             into
             the
             deep
             mysteries
             thereof
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             That
             the
             Game
             of
             Trump
             ,
             was
             the
             true
             Court-Philosophy
             ;
             a
             Science
             necessary
             for
             all
             men
             to
             learn
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             live
             blockishly
             .
             And
             appearing
             much
             displeased
             at
             the
             affront
             done
             this
             man
             ,
             he
             first
             honoured
             him
             with
             the
             name
             of
             Vertuoso
             ;
             and
             then
             causing
             him
             to
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             he
             commanded
             the
             Beadles
             ,
             that
             the
             next
             morning
             a
             particular
             Colledge
             should
             be
             opened
             ,
             where
             ,
             with
             the
             Sallary
             of
             500
             Crowns
             a
             year
             ,
             for
             the
             general
             good
             ,
             this
             rare
             man
             might
             read
             the
             most
             excellent
             Game
             of
             Trump
             ;
             and
             commanded
             upon
             great
             penalty
             ,
             that
             the
             Platonicks
             ,
             Peripateticks
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             the
             Moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             should
             learn
             so
             requisite
             a
             Science
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             might
             not
             forget
             it
             ,
             he
             ordered
             them
             to
             study
             that
             Game
             one
             hour
             every
             day
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             learneder
             sort
             thought
             it
             very
             strange
             that
             it
             should
             be
             possible
             to
             gather
             any
             thing
             that
             was
             advantagious
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             from
             a
             base
             Game
             ,
             used
             only
             in
             Ale-houses
             ;
             yet
             knowing
             that
             his
             Majesty
             did
             never
             command
             any
             thing
             which
             made
             not
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             they
             so
             willingly
             obeyed
             him
             ,
             as
             that
             School
             was
             much
             frequented
             .
             But
             when
             the
             Learned
             found
             out
             the
             deep
             Mysteries
             ,
             the
             hidden
             secrets
             ,
             and
             the
             admirable
             cunning
             of
             the
             excellent
             Game
             of
             Trump
             ,
             they
             extolled
             his
             Majesties
             Judgement
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             eighth
             heaven
             ,
             celebrating
             and
             magnifying
             every
             where
             ,
             that
             neither
             Philosophy
             ,
             nor
             Poetry
             ,
             nor
             Astrologie
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             other
             most
             esteemed
             Sciences
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             miraculous
             Game
             of
             Trump
             ,
             did
             teach
             (
             and
             more
             particularly
             ,
             such
             as
             had
             business
             in
             Court
             )
             the
             most
             important
             secret
             ,
             that
             every
             the
             least
             Trump
             ,
             did
             take
             all
             the
             best
             Coat-Cards
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Third
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               notice
               how
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               ,
               that
               Potent
               King
               of
               France
               ,
               was
               most
               wickedly
               Assassinated
               ,
               ordered
               for
               the
               indempnity
               of
               his
               beloved
               French
               ,
               that
               powerfull
               Succour
               should
               be
               sent
               from
               Arcadia
               into
               France
               .
            
          
           
             ON
             the
             two
             and
             twentieth
             of
             this
             present
             Moneth
             ,
             late
             at
             night
             ;
             Apollo
             heard
             by
             an
             express
             Post
             ,
             sent
             with
             all
             speed
             from
             the
             University
             
             of
             Paris
             ,
             the
             sad
             news
             of
             the
             murder
             committed
             upon
             the
             glorious
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Henry
            
             the
             fourth
             ;
             which
             news
             did
             so
             afflict
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             as
             in
             testimony
             of
             his
             inward
             grief
             ,
             he
             presently
             vailed
             his
             face
             with
             a
             thick
             dark
             cloud
             ,
             from
             which
             for
             three
             whole
             daies
             he
             showred
             down
             great
             store
             of
             tears
             :
             And
             all
             the
             Letterati
             ,
             both
             Spaniards
             ,
             English
             ,
             Flemmish
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             and
             Italians
             ,
             did
             with
             abundance
             of
             tears
             ,
             bewaile
             the
             unfortunate
             mischance
             of
             so
             great
             a
             King.
             It
             must
             not
             be
             here
             forgot
             that
             Apollo
             amidst
             his
             deepest
             sighes
             ,
             was
             heard
             to
             break
             forth
             into
             these
             words
             ,
             That
             the
             world
             was
             come
             to
             the
             poynt
             of
             being
             ready
             to
             return
             to
             its
             first
             Principles
             ,
             since
             the
             wicked
             perfidiousness
             of
             some
             was
             grown
             to
             that
             height
             of
             impiety
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             expose
             their
             lives
             to
             the
             Hangmans
             hands
             ,
             rather
             to
             purchase
             bad
             ,
             than
             good
             Fame
             .
          
           
             Two
             daies
             after
             the
             Posts
             arival
             ,
             solemn
             Obsequies
             were
             ordered
             for
             so
             mighty
             a
             Monarch
             ;
             so
             as
             not
             only
             all
             Parnassus
             was
             covered
             with
             blacks
             ,
             but
             every
             of
             the
             Letterati
             put
             on
             his
             long
             mourning
             Weede
             .
             And
             to
             shew
             to
             all
             the
             sacred
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             that
             the
             Father
             of
             Learning
             was
             departed
             this
             world
             ,
             the
             Mecenas
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Muses
             themselves
             ,
             did
             with
             dishevel'd
             hair
             ,
             assist
             at
             the
             Obsequies
             in
             widowy
             apparel
             :
             A
             piece
             of
             sorrow
             not
             seen
             in
             Parnassus
             since
             the
             death
             of
             
               Octavianus
               Augustus
            
             .
             The
             Learned
             of
             all
             the
             Colledges
             ,
             and
             several
             Sects
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             made
             above
             two
             hundred
             mournfull
             Orations
             ;
             and
             yet
             of
             all
             the
             vertues
             of
             so
             great
             a
             King
             ,
             his
             more
             then
             humane
             Valor
             was
             only
             praised
             ;
             and
             t
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             many
             sighs
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             the
             Orators
             were
             scarce
             heard
             :
             So
             as
             Apollo
             esteeming
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             cruelty
             to
             rub
             the
             sore
             of
             so
             bitter
             a
             wound
             by
             continual
             remembrance
             ,
             as
             was
             done
             by
             Scollership
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             he
             commanded
             that
             the
             Obsequies
             of
             so
             magnanimous
             a
             King
             ,
             should
             be
             no
             farther
             proceeded
             in
             ,
             since
             such
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             was
             the
             loss
             ,
             as
             ,
             lest
             the
             world
             might
             live
             in
             perpetual
             affliction
             ,
             men
             should
             strive
             soon
             to
             forget
             it
             :
             and
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Heroick
             Vertues
             of
             this
             invincible
             King
             ,
             were
             arived
             at
             such
             a
             height
             of
             Eminency
             ,
             as
             they
             stood
             no
             more
             in
             need
             of
             being
             praised
             by
             men
             .
             And
             for
             that
             the
             noble
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             may
             vie
             and
             weigh
             even
             with
             Greece
             it self
             in
             point
             of
             Learning
             (
             as
             is
             clearly
             testified
             by
             the
             Delfick
             Library
             ,
             so
             fully
             fraught
             with
             infinite
             Labours
             of
             the
             French
             Vertuosi
             )
             for
             the
             Indempnity
             of
             that
             florishing
             Kingdom
             ,
             so
             dear
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             .
             And
             for
             the
             better
             safety
             of
             his
             beloved
             French
             ,
             Apollo
             commanded
             that
             60000
             Pack-Horses
             should
             immediately
             be
             sent
             from
             Arcadia
             into
             France
             :
             Some
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             wondred
             much
             at
             this
             his
             Majesties
             resolution
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             France
             ,
             which
             was
             furnished
             with
             so
             numerous
             and
             so
             noble
             a
             Cavalry
             ,
             as
             that
             she
             did
             not
             only
             nor
             know
             nor
             fear
             danger
             ,
             but
             did
             so
             farr
             despise
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             she
             went
             in
             quest
             thereof
             even
             by
             night
             ,
             with
             the
             Lanthorn
             of
             her
             undaunted
             heart
             ,
             that
             having
             with
             her
             invincible
             Sword
             won
             so
             famous
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             she
             would
             be
             so
             well
             able
             to
             maintain
             her self
             in
             this
             her
             present
             misfortune
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             Arcadian
             Pack-Horses
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             .
             That
             his
             beloved
             French
             in
             this
             their
             Modern
             calamity
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             better
             security
             of
             their
             flourishing
             Kingdom
             ,
             needed
             no
             armed
             Cavalry
             ;
             but
             that
             since
             the
             peace
             and
             quiet
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             did
             chiefly
             depend
             upon
             the
             unity
             of
             their
             Natives
             ,
             that
             this
             peace
             and
             unity
             could
             not
             be
             better
             come
             by
             ,
             by
             any
             other
             means
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             perpetual
             remembrance
             of
             the
             miserable
             wasting
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             cruel
             
             sacking
             of
             their
             Cities
             ,
             of
             the
             woful
             loss
             they
             had
             undergon
             ,
             not
             onely
             of
             means
             ,
             but
             of
             reputation
             in
             their
             last
             40
             years
             civil
             wars
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             was
             so
             good
             to
             put
             them
             still
             in
             mind
             of
             these
             so
             sad
             afflictions
             ,
             as
             these
             Pack-horses
             ,
             which
             by
             instinct
             of
             nature
             ,
             did
             detest
             passing
             a
             second
             time
             by
             the
             same
             way
             ,
             wherin
             formerly
             they
             had
             run
             hazard
             of
             breakng
             their
             necks
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Fourth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Whilst
               
                 Michel
                 Angelo
                 Buonaroti
              
               was
               coppying
               forth
               the
               ilfavoured
               fore-front
               of
               
                 Anneus
                 Seneca's
              
               House
               ,
               he
               was
               asked
               by
               
                 Pierius
                 Valeriano
              
               ,
               wherefore
               he
               did
               so
               ?
               And
               Buonaroti
               gives
               him
               this
               reason
               ,
            
          
           
             ALthough
             the
             habitation
             of
             
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             ,
             for
             pleasantness
             of
             situation
             ,
             beautiful
             Gardens
             ,
             abundance
             of
             fresh
             and
             clear
             waters
             ,
             multitude
             of
             Lodgings
             ,
             good
             both
             for
             Summer
             and
             Winter
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             other
             exquisite
             delights
             which
             may
             be
             imagined
             for
             humane
             accommodation
             ,
             may
             compare
             in
             all
             points
             to
             Neros
             famous
             house
             of
             Gold
             ,
             yet
             the
             forefront
             thereof
             is
             like
             the
             rotten
             rack
             of
             a
             Carriers
             Stable
             :
             Yet
             did
             the
             famous
             
               Michel
               Angelo
               Buonaroti
            
             draw
             out
             the
             designe
             thereof
             the
             other
             day
             ;
             which
             when
             
               Pierius
               Valeriano
            
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             passing
             by
             ,
             saw
             ,
             he
             wondred
             very
             much
             ,
             that
             so
             famous
             an
             Architecter
             should
             mispend
             his
             time
             in
             drawing
             so
             loathsome
             a
             thing
             ;
             which
             made
             him
             ask
             Buonaroti
             ,
             what
             singular
             thing
             he
             could
             see
             in
             that
             Frontispiece
             ,
             which
             deserved
             the
             Pensil
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             man
             as
             himself
             ?
             To
             which
             ,
             as
             the
             same
             Pierius
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             answered
             in
             these
             words
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             The
             skilful
             do
             so
             clearly
             discern
             in
             this
             Front
             which
             appears
             to
             you
             so
             ugly
             ,
             all
             the
             rules
             of
             Dorick
             ,
             Tomick
             ,
             Corinthian
             Architecture
             ,
             and
             of
             Composts
             which
             are
             ,
             and
             yet
             appear
             not
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             opinion
             of
             Vitruvius
             himself
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             added
             as
             the
             eight
             ,
             to
             the
             seven
             Wonders
             of
             the
             world
             .
             My
             most
             vertuous
             
               Iohnghirollimo
               Aquaviva
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Atri
             ,
             commanded
             me
             to
             draw
             this
             copy
             which
             you
             see
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             intends
             to
             send
             it
             to
             Naples
             ,
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Barons
             there
             ,
             who
             are
             his
             good
             friends
             ,
             and
             who
             being
             besotted
             with
             the
             vanity
             of
             seeming
             to
             be
             more
             then
             what
             they
             are
             ,
             have
             very
             much
             need
             ocularly
             to
             discover
             in
             the
             workmanship
             of
             this
             fore-front
             ,
             how
             wise
             men
             govern
             their
             affairs
             ,
             who
             are
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             appear
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             fifth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Contention
               which
               arose
               between
               many
               learned
               men
               ,
               touching
               which
               is
               the
               best
               Political
               law
               ,
               which
               the
               most
               praise-worthy
               Order
               in
               the
               flourishing
               Commonwealth
               of
               Venice
               ,
               is
               decided
               ,
               and
               fully
               ended
               by
               the
               very
               Venetian
               liberty
               ,
               which
               with
               the
               joint
               agreement
               of
               all
               the
               learned
               men
               ,
               was
               chosen
               Umpire
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             gallant
             Dispute
             which
             arose
             some
             six
             dayes
             ago
             between
             some
             Letterati
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             deserves
             to
             be
             written
             ;
             who
             whilst
             they
             were
             discoursing
             of
             the
             famous
             Order
             ,
             gallant
             Laws
             ,
             and
             other
             rare
             Institutions
             ,
             which
             maintain
             the
             Illustrious
             Republick
             of
             Venice
             in
             so
             great
             luster
             ,
             there
             arose
             variety
             of
             Opinions
             between
             them
             which
             deserved
             the
             greatest
             commendation
             :
             and
             for
             that
             every
             one
             of
             these
             Vertuosie
             defended
             their
             own
             Opinion
             as
             the
             best
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             so
             great
             a
             difference
             might
             be
             quietly
             decided
             ,
             they
             joyned
             unanimously
             in
             this
             resolution
             ;
             that
             they
             would
             all
             of
             them
             personally
             appear
             before
             the
             most
             Illustrious
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             would
             first
             make
             known
             their
             several
             sences
             ,
             and
             would
             afterwards
             acquiesce
             in
             her
             judgement
             .
             This
             was
             then
             made
             known
             to
             that
             Illustrious
             Lady
             ,
             who
             was
             gratiosluy
             pleased
             to
             give
             those
             Vertuosi
             what
             satisfaction
             they
             desired
             .
          
           
             
               Peter
               Crenitus
            
             spoke
             first
             ,
             and
             said
             :
             That
             since
             it
             was
             agreed
             upon
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             all
             sublunary
             things
             ,
             are
             first
             born
             ,
             grow
             ,
             and
             increase
             afterwards
             ,
             and
             in
             process
             of
             time
             decay
             ;
             it
             seemed
             very
             strange
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             onely
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Venice
             ,
             was
             seen
             still
             to
             flourish
             the
             more
             ,
             the
             elder
             it
             grew
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             and
             wholesome
             Institutions
             ,
             which
             after
             a
             relaxation
             ,
             are
             at
             last
             quite
             forgotten
             in
             other
             Principallities
             ,
             were
             known
             to
             increase
             in
             vigour
             ,
             and
             exactness
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             more
             diligently
             ,
             and
             readily
             observed
             only
             in
             Venice
             :
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             that
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             those
             reformations
             of
             Government
             ,
             those
             reassumings
             of
             State
             were
             never
             seen
             ,
             which
             with
             infinite
             tumults
             the
             Roman
             and
             Florentine
             Commonwealths
             had
             so
             often
             used
             :
             it
             being
             the
             peculiar
             vertue
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Senate
             ,
             to
             perpetuate
             her self
             in
             her
             flourishing
             liberty
             ,
             by
             the
             punctual
             observance
             of
             her
             ancient
             laws
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             defects
             not
             being
             seen
             in
             Venice
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             appears
             other
             Potentates
             know
             not
             how
             to
             shun
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             diligence
             though
             never
             so
             exquisite
             ,
             doth
             soon
             terminate
             in
             that
             supine
             negligence
             ,
             which
             bereaves
             all
             Principalities
             both
             of
             liberty
             and
             life
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             might
             assuredly
             affirm
             that
             thorough
             such
             wisdome
             ,
             the
             Republick
             of
             Venice
             should
             last
             as
             long
             as
             the
             world
             did
             .
          
           
             Next
             spake
             
               Angelo
               Politiano
            
             ,
             saying
             ;
             That
             he
             admired
             the
             wise
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             for
             what
             
               Peter
               Crinito
            
             had
             related
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             thousand
             other
             most
             excellent
             orders
             :
             but
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             a
             very
             rare
             thing
             ,
             that
             an
             Aristocratical
             Commonwealth
             ,
             the
             true
             foundation
             whereof
             was
             held
             by
             the
             most
             understanding
             Writers
             upon
             Common-wealths
             ,
             
             to
             consist
             in
             the
             parity
             of
             means
             amongst
             the
             Nobility
             ;
             could
             be
             so
             long
             maintained
             in
             so
             much
             peace
             and
             greatness
             ,
             in
             that
             disproportionable
             inequality
             of
             riches
             which
             was
             apparently
             seen
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             ;
             in
             which
             though
             there
             were
             the
             two
             so
             hazardous
             extreams
             of
             immense
             wealth
             ,
             and
             great
             poverty
             ,
             yet
             that
             defect
             did
             not
             appear
             in
             Venice
             ,
             which
             humane
             laws
             seem
             not
             able
             to
             inhibit
             ,
             that
             the
             rich
             should
             trample
             upon
             the
             poor
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             did
             greatly
             envy
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             wealthy
             ,
             yet
             either
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             immense
             charity
             which
             reigns
             in
             all
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             towards
             the
             publick
             liberty
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             very
             great
             riches
             of
             those
             that
             possessed
             them
             were
             not
             made
             use
             of
             to
             the
             injury
             of
             inferiours
             ;
             the
             poor
             as
             well
             as
             the
             wealthy
             did
             live
             peacefully
             and
             modestly
             together
             in
             that
             happy
             Country
             .
          
           
             After
             Politiano
             spoke
             
               Pierio
               Valeriano
            
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             onely
             miracle
             which
             was
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             was
             the
             rare
             and
             miraculous
             situation
             of
             her
             Metrapolitan
             City
             ,
             from
             which
             he
             thought
             that
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             ought
             immediately
             to
             acknowledge
             the
             great
             benefit
             of
             their
             glorious
             liberty
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             hath
             still
             preserved
             them
             from
             the
             forces
             of
             many
             forraign
             Princes
             ,
             who
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             put
             upon
             them
             the
             chain
             of
             servitude
             .
          
           
             Then
             said
             
               Iulius
               Scalager
            
             ,
             that
             the
             stupendiousness
             of
             the
             Venetian
             liberty
             ,
             which
             fild
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             wonder
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             Nobility
             which
             sate
             at
             the
             Healm
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             patiently
             pay
             the
             ancient
             grievous
             taxes
             of
             the
             publick
             Treasury
             ,
             but
             with
             incredible
             readiness
             did
             oft
             times
             impose
             new
             ones
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             which
             were
             afterwards
             rigorously
             exacted
             by
             the
             receivers
             :
             and
             that
             it
             had
             been
             often
             seen
             that
             the
             Noble
             Venetians
             ,
             upon
             any
             urgent
             occasion
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             lay
             any
             new
             impositions
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             would
             open
             their
             own
             Coffers
             ;
             and
             did
             this
             in
             so
             ample
             a
             manner
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             strange
             alacrity
             for
             the
             publick
             liberty
             ,
             as
             this
             action
             deserved
             the
             preheminence
             over
             all
             the
             miracles
             which
             were
             observed
             to
             be
             in
             the
             fortunate
             Venetian
             freedome
             ;
             as
             that
             which
             made
             it
             appear
             clearly
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             fully
             indued
             with
             that
             excellent
             quality
             which
             doth
             eternise
             Republicks
             ,
             of
             having
             their
             Nobility
             so
             hugely
             in
             love
             with
             living
             free
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             chearfully
             prefer
             the
             publick
             interest
             before
             their
             own
             profit
             .
          
           
             Next
             said
             
               Bernardo
               Tasso
            
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             lived
             long
             in
             Venice
             ,
             where
             he
             found
             nothing
             to
             be
             more
             wondred
             at
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             those
             very
             noble
             Venetians
             ,
             who
             did
             so
             much
             delight
             in
             pleasures
             ,
             pastimes
             and
             Idleness
             ,
             govern
             the
             publick
             affairs
             with
             such
             gallantry
             ,
             as
             they
             seemed
             to
             others
             to
             be
             men
             of
             exemplary
             lives
             ,
             and
             Lords
             born
             to
             perpetual
             labour
             .
          
           
             When
             Tasso
             had
             done
             ,
             
               Francisco
               Berny
            
             according
             to
             his
             wonted
             pleasantness
             ,
             which
             did
             much
             delight
             the
             Venetian
             liberty
             ,
             said
             ;
             That
             the
             rarest
             and
             most
             admirable
             thing
             ,
             that
             great
             wits
             were
             to
             admire
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             was
             that
             all
             the
             Channels
             of
             that
             City
             being
             full
             of
             Gudgins
             ,
             the
             Venetian
             Senators
             did
             notwithstanding
             take
             so
             few
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             deservedly
             held
             by
             all
             Nations
             to
             be
             the
             salt
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             Then
             Sabilico
             followed
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             whilst
             he
             writ
             the
             Venetian
             History
             ,
             having
             diligently
             observed
             the
             excellent
             institutions
             of
             that
             glorious
             liberty
             ,
             he
             found
             nothing
             more
             to
             wonder
             at
             therein
             ,
             then
             that
             the
             publick
             Treasury
             should
             be
             so
             faithfully
             managed
             ,
             even
             by
             needy
             Senators
             ;
             as
             to
             have
             their
             hands
             greased
             with
             one
             penny
             of
             St.
             Marks
             ,
             was
             held
             
             by
             the
             Nobility
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             a
             capital
             excess
             ,
             but
             great
             infamy
             .
          
           
             
               Iaccopo
               Sanazzarro
            
             said
             then
             ,
             that
             it
             appeared
             strange
             to
             him
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             that
             there
             being
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             but
             of
             mean
             fortunes
             ,
             they
             did
             notwithstanding
             with
             incredible
             patience
             tolerate
             their
             private
             miseries
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             in
             a
             thought
             ,
             coveting
             the
             mass
             of
             publick
             wealth
             ,
             by
             those
             seditious
             Frumentary
             ,
             and
             Agrarian
             Laws
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             famous
             Commonwealth
             of
             Rome
             was
             so
             much
             vexed
             by
             her
             Citizens
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             a
             thing
             praise
             worthy
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             in
             Venice
             ,
             the
             poor
             Nobleman
             strove
             only
             through
             vertue
             and
             worth
             to
             comfort
             himself
             amidst
             his
             miseries
             ;
             studdying
             to
             make
             himself
             worthy
             to
             be
             imployed
             by
             his
             Country
             in
             advantagious
             imployments
             ;
             which
             made
             that
             vertue
             ,
             worth
             and
             honesty
             ,
             served
             instead
             of
             a
             rich
             Patrimony
             to
             the
             poor
             Noble
             Venetian
             .
          
           
             
               Iovanni
               Ioviano
               Pontano
            
             added
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             had
             been
             said
             was
             very
             miraculous
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             greatest
             thing
             which
             he
             had
             alwaies
             observed
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             immense
             wealth
             ,
             which
             some
             of
             the
             Nobility
             possessed
             ,
             did
             not
             puff
             them
             up
             with
             pride
             and
             vain
             glory
             ,
             as
             many
             were
             seen
             to
             be
             in
             other
             Commonwealths
             ;
             that
             therefore
             it
             was
             a
             rare
             custome
             in
             Venice
             ,
             that
             such
             Senatours
             who
             were
             as
             rich
             as
             Princes
             ,
             knew
             how
             to
             live
             at
             home
             in
             their
             own
             houses
             like
             private
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             differ
             at
             all
             in
             the
             Piazza's
             from
             the
             poorest
             men
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Venetians
             onely
             know
             how
             to
             separate
             the
             evils
             of
             ambition
             and
             pride
             ,
             and
             the
             being
             attended
             by
             multitudes
             of
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             Citizens
             ,
             from
             great
             riches
             ,
             which
             the
             famous
             Roman
             liberty
             either
             could
             not
             ,
             or
             would
             not
             prohibit
             in
             Caesar
             ,
             in
             Pompey
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             other
             wealthy
             Senators
             .
          
           
             When
             Pontano
             had
             ended
             his
             discourse
             ,
             the
             Commendador
             
               Hannibal
               Caro
            
             said
             ,
             that
             above
             all
             other
             stupendious
             things
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Venice
             ,
             he
             had
             alwayes
             much
             admired
             to
             see
             the
             mighty
             Prince
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             liberty
             ,
             observed
             with
             so
             much
             obsequiousness
             ,
             reverence
             ,
             King-like
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             Citizen
             Authority
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             coherence
             of
             so
             great
             veneration
             ,
             with
             limited
             Authority
             ,
             the
             long
             extent
             of
             the
             Prince
             his
             Empire
             ,
             with
             modesty
             ,
             was
             a
             temper
             not
             known
             to
             the
             wisdome
             of
             the
             ancient
             Legislators
             of
             former
             Republicks
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             happily
             practised
             onely
             by
             the
             Venetian
             Senate
             .
          
           
             
               Bartolomeo
               Cavalcanti
            
             replyed
             next
             ,
             that
             as
             Pontano
             had
             observed
             it
             for
             a
             great
             rarity
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             that
             store
             of
             wealth
             did
             not
             make
             rich
             Senators
             wise
             ,
             so
             was
             it
             a
             much
             greater
             portent
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             orders
             of
             that
             excelse
             liberty
             ,
             the
             sacred
             laws
             of
             that
             eternal
             Commonwealth
             were
             such
             ,
             as
             even
             the
             chiefest
             Places
             ,
             did
             not
             fasten
             any
             thing
             of
             ambition
             or
             pride
             to
             them
             who
             did
             exercise
             them
             with
             great
             authority
             ;
             a
             particularity
             the
             more
             worthy
             of
             observation
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             like
             was
             never
             seen
             in
             whatsoever
             other
             Principallity
             ,
             or
             well
             constituted
             Common-wealth
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             thing
             which
             did
             directly
             oppugne
             nature
             .
             And
             that
             when
             he
             was
             in
             Venice
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             admire
             the
             rich
             Treasure
             of
             St.
             Mark
             ,
             the
             Arsenal
             ,
             the
             grand
             Cannale
             ,
             with
             the
             stately
             Palaces
             of
             the
             Cornari
             ,
             Grimani
             ,
             Foscari
             ,
             and
             other
             magnificent
             buildings
             ,
             built
             at
             vast
             expence
             in
             that
             miraculous
             City
             ,
             wonders
             onely
             obvious
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             ordinary
             men
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             appeared
             marvelous
             to
             him
             to
             see
             
               Signior
               Sebastiano
               Vinieri
            
             ,
             lately
             General
             of
             so
             powerful
             a
             Fleet
             ,
             so
             famous
             for
             the
             glorious
             Naval
             Victory
             which
             he
             obtained
             against
             the
             Turks
             ,
             to
             return
             a
             private
             man
             to
             Venice
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             the
             Piazza
             with
             that
             decent
             Modesty
             ,
             as
             he
             appeared
             
             not
             to
             differ
             in
             any
             thing
             from
             those
             Senators
             who
             never
             stird
             from
             the
             City
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             a
             singular
             thing
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Venetian
             Common-wealth
             ,
             the
             Nobles
             therof
             could
             behave
             themselves
             so
             modestly
             and
             civilly
             at
             home
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             were
             imployed
             abroad
             in
             important
             Magistracy
             ,
             and
             great
             commands
             ,
             could
             with
             splendid
             and
             Princely
             liberality
             make
             themselves
             known
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             barely
             Citizens
             of
             a
             well
             regulated
             Republick
             ,
             but
             men
             born
             to
             command
             those
             who
             were
             descended
             from
             Royal
             bloud
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             he
             believed
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Nation
             in
             the
             world
             that
             knew
             better
             how
             to
             obey
             modestly
             ,
             and
             command
             gallantly
             ,
             then
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             :
             A
             thing
             so
             true
             ,
             that
             whereas
             in
             other
             states
             ,
             they
             were
             forced
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             publick
             Magistrates
             to
             put
             their
             Senators
             in
             mind
             with
             what
             magnificency
             of
             spirit
             they
             should
             make
             good
             the
             Majesty
             of
             their
             publick
             imployments
             ;
             the
             Venetian
             Senate
             had
             several
             times
             been
             necessitated
             to
             make
             severe
             Laws
             to
             inhibit
             those
             who
             did
             exercise
             any
             authority
             or
             jurisdiction
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             the
             using
             of
             any
             splendid
             Magnificency
             .
          
           
             Thus
             said
             Cavalcanti
             ,
             when
             
               Flavio
               Biondo
            
             added
             ;
             That
             when
             he
             was
             in
             Venice
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             amazed
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             meer
             Aristocrasie
             ,
             the
             Citizens
             and
             Plebeains
             lived
             with
             such
             satisfaction
             in
             that
             happy
             Country
             ,
             as
             that
             for
             many
             months
             that
             he
             tarried
             there
             ,
             he
             could
             never
             discern
             whether
             the
             publick
             Venetian
             Liberty
             was
             better
             beloved
             ,
             and
             held
             dearer
             by
             the
             Nobility
             which
             commanded
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             bare
             common
             sort
             of
             Citizens
             who
             obeyed
             .
          
           
             Then
             followed
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
            
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             to
             himself
             ,
             but
             to
             many
             great
             Princes
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             discoursed
             at
             large
             of
             the
             miraculous
             Government
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             it
             seemed
             very
             strange
             that
             the
             Senat
             of
             that
             Commonwealth
             studied
             nothing
             more
             then
             peace
             ,
             and
             yet
             with
             great
             vigilancy
             and
             asseduity
             did
             perpetually
             prepare
             for
             Warr
             ;
             and
             that
             Armed
             Peace
             was
             only
             seen
             in
             the
             flourishing
             Venetian
             State.
             
          
           
             Iovius
             was
             followed
             by
             
               Iohn
               Bocatchio
            
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             true
             Salt
             which
             preserved
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             from
             the
             putrifaction
             and
             corruption
             of
             all
             abuse
             ,
             was
             that
             Supreme
             Queen
             of
             all
             Laws
             ,
             that
             excellent
             Institution
             ,
             so
             inviolably
             observed
             by
             her
             ,
             that
             neither
             the
             greatness
             of
             Parentage
             ,
             abundance
             of
             wealth
             ,
             nor
             the
             merits
             of
             fore-Fathers
             were
             considered
             in
             the
             preferment
             of
             Senators
             to
             high
             places
             ,
             but
             the
             sole
             worth
             of
             him
             who
             pretended
             to
             the
             Magistracy
             ,
             was
             weighed
             :
             whence
             it
             was
             that
             there
             was
             many
             vitious
             and
             ignorant
             Gentlemen
             of
             Venice
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             most
             vertuous
             and
             well-deserving
             commanded
             ,
             and
             governed
             with
             that
             wisdom
             which
             was
             known
             to
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             But
             
               Leonardo
               Aretine
            
             ,
             after
             having
             much
             commended
             Bocatchios
             opinion
             ,
             added
             ,
             that
             the
             excellent
             custom
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             in
             not
             conferring
             places
             upon
             her
             Nobility
             by
             skips
             and
             leaps
             ,
             but
             by
             degrees
             and
             gradation
             ,
             was
             that
             sound
             Basis
             whereon
             the
             greatness
             and
             eternity
             of
             such
             Liberty
             was
             grounded
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             an
             excellent
             rule
             ,
             that
             whatsoever
             Noble
             man
             would
             arive
             at
             the
             Supreme
             Dignities
             ,
             he
             must
             even
             from
             his
             youth
             begin
             at
             the
             meanest
             Magistracies
             :
             A
             wholsom
             custom
             which
             produceth
             the
             important
             effect
             of
             maintaining
             that
             true
             and
             essential
             equality
             amongst
             the
             Nobles
             of
             an
             Aristocracy
             ,
             which
             makes
             Liberty
             long-liv'd
             :
             For
             with
             those
             that
             understand
             State
             Affairs
             ,
             the
             parity
             of
             wealth
             is
             not
             that
             which
             equals
             Senators
             in
             a
             Commonwealth
             ;
             but
             the
             making
             all
             the
             Nobles
             march
             on
             towards
             the
             grandeur
             of
             the
             highest
             Dignities
             ,
             
             beginning
             at
             the
             meanest
             Imployments
             .
             A
             Law
             well
             worthy
             the
             Venetian
             Wisdom
             ;
             which
             because
             the
             ancient
             Roman
             Commonwealth
             did
             want
             ,
             her
             Liberty
             was
             but
             short-liv'd
             ,
             and
             yet
             was
             still
             molested
             with
             dangerous
             infirmities
             ,
             and
             tumultuous
             insurrections
             .
             For
             the
             base
             abuse
             of
             giving
             the
             Consulship
             of
             a
             Free
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             places
             in
             the
             Army
             ,
             to
             Pompey
             and
             Cesar
             ,
             and
             other
             rich
             Subjects
             in
             the
             prime
             of
             their
             youth
             ,
             was
             no
             better
             then
             to
             deal
             with
             them
             rather
             like
             men
             born
             of
             Royal
             bloud
             ,
             like
             Lords
             and
             Masters
             of
             their
             Countries
             Liberty
             ,
             then
             like
             Senators
             of
             a
             well
             regulated
             Republick
             .
             For
             since
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             truth
             ,
             that
             that
             is
             a
             well
             ordered
             Commonwealth
             ,
             where
             the
             hopes
             of
             some
             yet
             higher
             dignity
             remains
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             worthyest
             Senators
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             great
             merit
             ,
             which
             may
             serve
             for
             sharp
             spurs
             to
             such
             as
             are
             ambitious
             of
             glory
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             make
             haste
             in
             the
             streight
             path
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             the
             sooner
             arive
             at
             the
             Gole
             of
             the
             desired
             Magistracy
             ;
             what
             greater
             preferment
             remained
             to
             be
             hoped
             for
             in
             their
             age
             ,
             by
             Cesar
             and
             Pompey
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             youth
             obtained
             from
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Rome
             ,
             not
             without
             much
             imprudency
             ,
             the
             highest
             honours
             ,
             and
             supremest
             dignities
             ,
             then
             that
             absolute
             Tyrannical
             Power
             ,
             to
             which
             Cesar
             openly
             ,
             and
             Pompey
             more
             cunningly
             did
             afterwards
             aspire
             ?
             A
             great
             mis-government
             ,
             and
             from
             which
             the
             famous
             Roman
             Liberty
             might
             presage
             her
             death
             .
          
           
             Though
             the
             most
             glorious
             Venetian
             Liberty
             gave
             great
             signes
             that
             she
             was
             very
             well
             pleased
             with
             Aratines
             opinion
             ,
             she
             notwithstanding
             commanded
             the
             remainder
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             to
             speak
             theirs
             .
             Then
             thus
             began
             
               Benedetto
               Varchi
            
             ;
             My
             Republick
             of
             Florence
             ,
             which
             never
             had
             the
             luck
             to
             work
             peace
             and
             union
             between
             her
             noble
             Families
             ,
             and
             that
             mutual
             love
             which
             doth
             perpetuate
             the
             liberty
             of
             Commonwealths
             ,
             was
             at
             last
             compelled
             to
             fall
             into
             servitude
             .
             Wherefore
             this
             appears
             to
             me
             to
             be
             the
             rarest
             of
             humane
             Miracles
             ,
             that
             a
             noble
             Venetian
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             highly
             offended
             by
             the
             murder
             of
             his
             children
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             own
             person
             ,
             being
             more
             violently
             wrought
             upon
             by
             his
             fervent
             charity
             towards
             the
             freedom
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             then
             frighted
             by
             the
             rigor
             of
             Magistrates
             ,
             can
             with
             a
             free
             soul
             put
             on
             the
             hard
             resolution
             of
             forgiving
             his
             enemy
             (
             at
             that
             very
             instant
             )
             the
             injury
             which
             he
             hath
             received
             .
             Certainly
             a
             most
             admirable
             resolution
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             worthy
             of
             wonder
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             is
             evidently
             seen
             ,
             that
             the
             noble
             Venetian
             knows
             how
             to
             trust
             the
             Senat
             willingly
             with
             the
             revenge
             of
             any
             injury
             he
             can
             receive
             ,
             when
             sensual
             men
             are
             very
             loath
             to
             remit
             the
             like
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             receive
             all
             that
             we
             have
             of
             good
             .
          
           
             Thus
             said
             Varchi
             ,
             when
             
               Lodovico
               Dolci
            
             added
             ,
             That
             if
             that
             were
             true
             ,
             which
             is
             confessed
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             rarest
             and
             most
             considerable
             vertue
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             able
             with
             ease
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             danger
             ,
             to
             disarm
             his
             Captain
             General
             ,
             and
             to
             receive
             perfect
             obedience
             from
             him
             ,
             even
             then
             when
             he
             knew
             he
             was
             sent
             for
             back
             by
             an
             incensed
             Prince
             ,
             and
             one
             who
             did
             much
             suspect
             his
             Loyalty
             ;
             his
             opinion
             was
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             other
             things
             which
             the
             rest
             had
             mentioned
             of
             rare
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             this
             was
             to
             be
             preferred
             ,
             That
             she
             did
             not
             only
             with
             great
             ease
             ,
             disarm
             her
             Captain
             Generals
             at
             Sea
             ;
             but
             that
             when
             her
             chiefest
             Ministers
             knew
             that
             the
             Senat
             was
             highly
             displeased
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             they
             were
             sure
             to
             be
             severely
             punished
             :
             though
             they
             were
             absent
             well
             arm'd
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             command
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             so
             happen
             that
             they
             should
             be
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             State
             ,
             they
             would
             with
             great
             readiness
             obey
             ,
             and
             laying
             
             down
             their
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Authority
             of
             Chief
             Magistrates
             ,
             hasten
             to
             Venice
             to
             receive
             Judgement
             from
             their
             friends
             and
             kin●…ed
             ,
             though
             it
             might
             cost
             them
             their
             lives
             .
             The
             examples
             whereof
             had
             been
             so
             often
             seen
             in
             Venice
             in
             his
             time
             ,
             as
             it
             had
             filled
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             wonder
             .
             That
             therefore
             he
             thought
             he
             might
             justly
             say
             he
             should
             be
             much
             injured
             ,
             if
             the
             so
             great
             Authority
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             the
             so
             great
             submission
             ,
             obedience
             ,
             and
             unheard
             of
             charity
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             to
             the
             Publick
             Liberty
             ,
             were
             not
             preferred
             before
             all
             those
             admirable
             Laws
             ,
             and
             excellent
             Institutions
             ,
             which
             others
             had
             spoken
             of
             before
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             S●…ene
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             without
             replying
             any
             one
             word
             to
             these
             Vertuosi
             ,
             had
             heard
             all
             these
             her
             so
             many
             lawdable
             Customs
             ,
             and
             her
             so
             many
             miraculous
             Prerogatives
             ,
             said
             to
             
               Lodovico
               ●…olci
            
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             was
             very
             considerable
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             was
             a
             benefit
             which
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperors
             likewise
             enjoyed
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             acknowledged
             all
             her
             Grandesta
             from
             one
             only
             Prerogative
             ,
             which
             she
             was
             exactly
             Mistress
             of
             ,
             and
             wherein
             she
             knew
             she
             did
             excell
             all
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             all
             Commonwealths
             ,
             as
             well
             past
             as
             present
             ;
             which
             had
             not
             yet
             been
             touched
             upon
             by
             any
             of
             those
             Vertuosi
             .
          
           
             Then
             said
             
               Dionigi
               Antonigi
            
             ,
             That
             the
             greatest
             wonder
             ,
             and
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             praised
             even
             to
             the
             skies
             ,
             was
             ,
             To
             see
             that
             the
             dreadful
             Tribunal
             of
             the
             Councel
             of
             Ten
             ,
             and
             the
             Supreme
             Magistracy
             of
             the
             State-Inquisitors
             ,
             could
             with
             three
             Balleting
             Balls
             ,
             easily
             bury
             alive
             any
             Cesar
             or
             Pompey
             ,
             which
             began
             to
             discover
             himself
             in
             that
             well-governed
             State.
             
          
           
             Attonigi
             had
             no
             sooner
             spoke
             his
             opinion
             ,
             but
             
               Ierolimo
               Mercuriali
            
             added
             ,
             That
             whilst
             he
             exercised
             his
             charge
             of
             reading
             in
             the
             so
             famous
             Schools
             of
             Physick
             in
             Padua
             ,
             it
             happened
             that
             some
             Plebeians
             in
             Venice
             ,
             being
             gon
             according
             to
             their
             custom
             ,
             to
             the
             Sea-side
             to
             sollace
             themselves
             with
             some
             young
             Courtisans
             which
             they
             had
             carried
             along
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             beaten
             by
             some
             Noble
             Venetians
             ,
             as
             the
             former
             betaking
             themselves
             unto
             their
             swords
             ,
             slew
             one
             of
             the
             others
             ,
             and
             handled
             the
             rest
             but
             ill
             .
             For
             which
             fault
             ,
             being
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             Judges
             ,
             those
             Plebeians
             ,
             although
             they
             saw
             all
             the
             Judges
             in
             the
             power
             of
             the
             offended
             Nobility
             ,
             yet
             they
             hoped
             so
             much
             in
             the
             uprightness
             of
             the
             Senat
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             exact
             Justice
             of
             the
             Tribunals
             for
             offences
             ,
             as
             they
             stuck
             not
             to
             make
             their
             appearance
             ,
             and
             go
             to
             Prison
             :
             Nor
             were
             they
             deceived
             in
             their
             opinion
             ;
             for
             the
             Judges
             finding
             by
             the
             defence
             which
             they
             made
             ,
             how
             they
             had
             been
             molested
             by
             those
             Noble
             Venetians
             ,
             they
             were
             as
             innocent
             ,
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             to
             the
             eternal
             glory
             of
             the
             uncorrupt
             Venetian
             Justice
             .
             And
             that
             it
             was
             a
             prodigie
             not
             formerly
             seen
             ,
             and
             which
             could
             not
             be
             believed
             ,
             but
             by
             those
             that
             practised
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             Noble
             man
             ,
             though
             of
             powerfull
             Parentage
             ,
             famous
             for
             his
             riches
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Authority
             through
             the
             honours
             he
             had
             received
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             the
             Citizen
             proved
             the
             harder
             adversary
             in
             pleading
             ,
             than
             the
             Noble
             man.
             And
             that
             if
             the
             Politick
             Precept
             written
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             was
             true
             ,
             That
             Aristocrasies
             never
             died
             when
             the
             young
             Nobility
             used
             Modesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Tribunals
             maintained
             equal
             Justice
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             see
             when
             the
             most
             happy
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             severe
             in
             punishing
             the
             licentiousness
             of
             her
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             so
             exquisitly
             just
             in
             her
             Tribunals
             ,
             should
             ever
             have
             an
             end
             .
          
           
             Learned
             
               Ermolao
               Barbaro
            
             would
             be
             the
             last
             that
             spake
             ,
             who
             said
             ;
             That
             Tyranny
             being
             then
             introduced
             in
             free
             Countries
             ,
             when
             the
             most
             important
             secrets
             of
             Commonwealths
             was
             communicated
             but
             to
             a
             few
             Senators
             ,
             
             the
             excellent
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             to
             shun
             splitting
             upon
             so
             dangerous
             a
             Rock
             ,
             communicated
             secrets
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             most
             important
             business
             of
             her
             State
             discust
             in
             the
             Supreme
             Magistracy
             of
             the
             Pregadi
             :
             Wherein
             were
             above
             250
             Senators
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             seemed
             very
             strange
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Venice
             could
             find
             that
             secrecy
             in
             so
             great
             a
             number
             of
             Senators
             ,
             which
             Princes
             did
             often
             in
             vain
             endeavor
             with
             such
             diligence
             ,
             and
             through
             such
             liberal
             gifts
             ,
             in
             one
             sole
             Secretary
             ,
             and
             a
             couple
             of
             Councellers
             .
          
           
             Then
             did
             the
             most
             excellent
             Lady
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             rest
             her
             hand
             upon
             
               Ermolao
               Barbaro's
            
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ;
             You
             have
             found
             out
             that
             pretious
             Jewel
             ,
             which
             I
             so
             much
             glory
             in
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             I
             deserve
             to
             be
             envied
             by
             all
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             secrecy
             is
             no
             less
             necessary
             for
             the
             well
             governing
             of
             States
             ,
             then
             good
             councel
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Sixth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             :
          
           
             
               A
               Learned
               Laconick
               is
               severely
               punished
               by
               the
               Laconick
               Senat
               ,
               for
               not
               having
               used
               requisite
               brevity
               in
               his
               discourse
               .
            
          
           
             THat
             unluckie
             Laconick
             Letterato
             ,
             who
             exprest
             that
             in
             three
             words
             ,
             which
             was
             judged
             by
             the
             Laconick
             Senat
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             said
             in
             two
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             reputed
             a
             more
             then
             Capital
             fault
             ,
             by
             those
             Laconicks
             who
             are
             more
             penurious
             of
             words
             ,
             then
             courteous
             men
             are
             of
             pence
             ;
             after
             eight
             moneths
             long
             and
             teadious
             imprisonment
             ,
             received
             his
             sentence
             five
             daies
             agoe
             ;
             which
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             read
             only
             once
             over
             the
             Warr
             of
             Pisa
             ,
             written
             by
             Guicchardino
             ;
             the
             Laconick
             read
             over
             the
             first
             leaf
             with
             much
             agony
             ;
             but
             so
             horribly
             teadious
             did
             that
             rabble
             of
             discourse
             appear
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             unfortunate
             wretch
             threw
             himself
             down
             before
             his
             Judges
             feet
             ,
             who
             had
             sentenced
             him
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             entreated
             them
             that
             they
             would
             condemn
             him
             to
             row
             in
             the
             Gallies
             during
             life
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             immure
             him
             between
             two
             Walls
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             mercies
             sake
             they
             would
             flea
             him
             alive
             ;
             for
             to
             read
             those
             endless
             discourses
             ,
             those
             so
             teadious
             Councels
             ,
             those
             empty
             Harangues
             made
             at
             the
             taking
             in
             of
             a
             Pigeon-house
             ,
             was
             a
             punishment
             which
             surpast
             all
             the
             bitter
             pains
             of
             child-birth
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             most
             cruel
             deaths
             that
             ever
             the
             pittiless
             Perillus
             could
             think
             upon
             ,
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             most
             cruel
             Tyrants
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Seventh
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Censors
               of
               Learning
               do
               severely
               punish
               one
               of
               their
               Associates
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               more
               mature
               years
               ,
               seemed
               to
               be
               pleased
               with
               Italian
               Poetry
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Vertuoso
             was
             taken
             yesterday
             by
             the
             Marshals
             belonging
             to
             the
             Court
             of
             the
             Censors
             of
             Learning
             ,
             who
             was
             found
             with
             his
             spectacles
             on
             his
             nose
             ,
             reading
             some
             Italian
             Poetry
             ;
             and
             this
             morning
             early
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             received
             three
             sound
             lashes
             with
             a
             cord
             first
             ,
             and
             was
             afterward
             told
             ,
             that
             being
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             of
             the
             age
             of
             55
             years
             ,
             he
             should
             learn
             to
             apply
             himself
             to
             graver
             studies
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             reading
             of
             those
             Madrigals
             ,
             Songs
             ,
             and
             Sonnets
             ,
             to
             be
             idlely
             spent
             by
             those
             spruce
             Youngsters
             ,
             in
             whom
             those
             things
             were
             tolerated
             ,
             which
             were
             severely
             punished
             in
             old
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Eighth
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apuleius
               his
               Golden
               Ass
               ,
               and
               Plantus
               his
               Assinaria
               ,
               complain
               to
               Apollo
               of
               their
               Masters
               great
               severity
               ,
               and
               receive
               no
               very
               pleasing
               answer
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             eight
             of
             this
             present
             moneth
             ,
             Apuleius
             his
             glorious
             Golden
             Asse
             ,
             and
             the
             famous
             Assinaria
             of
             Plantus
             ,
             appear'd
             before
             Apollos
             Majesty
             ;
             to
             whom
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Pack-Horses
             ,
             they
             joyntly
             said
             ,
             That
             if
             those
             creatures
             deserved
             to
             be
             better
             treated
             ,
             which
             were
             of
             little
             charge
             ,
             and
             much
             use
             ,
             they
             had
             more
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             their
             Masters
             ,
             than
             any
             other
             beasts
             ;
             for
             though
             by
             their
             perpetual
             labour
             ,
             they
             bore
             the
             greatest
             weight
             in
             their
             Masters
             house
             ,
             both
             by
             day
             and
             night
             ;
             and
             for
             their
             food
             were
             contented
             with
             a
             little
             course
             grass
             and
             water
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             a
             Holy
             day
             when
             they
             got
             but
             a
             little
             bran
             ;
             yet
             they
             were
             so
             indiscreetly
             dealt
             withall
             through
             their
             Masters
             ingratitude
             and
             cruelty
             ,
             as
             that
             miserable
             beasts
             that
             they
             were
             ,
             they
             became
             the
             spectacle
             of
             all
             brutish
             usage
             ;
             and
             that
             since
             they
             could
             not
             mollifie
             their
             Masters
             cruelty
             by
             humble
             prostrating
             of
             their
             service
             ,
             they
             did
             in
             all
             submission
             beseech
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             some
             bounds
             ,
             though
             not
             utter
             period
             ,
             might
             be
             put
             to
             their
             Ass
             like
             sufferings
             ,
             he
             would
             vouchsafe
             to
             command
             their
             Masters
             to
             use
             more
             gratitude
             ,
             atleast
             more
             humanity
             to
             so
             meritorious
             beasts
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             severity
             used
             by
             Masters
             to
             their
             Pack-Horses
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             so
             much
             complained
             ,
             arose
             not
             from
             their
             Masters
             cruelty
             ,
             since
             there
             was
             none
             that
             hated
             the
             profit
             of
             his
             own
             Patrimony
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             was
             occasioned
             through
             the
             great
             sloathfulness
             ,
             and
             
             monstrous
             dulness
             of
             the
             Pack-Horses
             :
             For
             which
             their
             Masters
             were
             forced
             by
             store
             of
             bastenadoes
             to
             egg
             them
             on
             to
             do
             that
             which
             they
             had
             not
             spirit
             enough
             to
             do
             by
             any
             vivacity
             of
             their
             own
             wit
             :
             And
             that
             they
             who
             would
             judge
             aright
             of
             the
             cruelties
             used
             to
             any
             whosoever
             ,
             must
             not
             regard
             so
             much
             his
             genius
             ,
             who
             useth
             severity
             ,
             as
             the
             parties
             condition
             who
             complains
             of
             ill
             usage
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Ninth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Sommary
               of
               what
               the
               Learned
               in
               Sciences
               have
               sowed
               and
               reaped
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Harvest
             is
             already
             over
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             encrease
             of
             this
             year
             is
             brought
             by
             the
             Possessers
             thereof
             into
             their
             Grainaries
             ;
             which
             though
             it
             hath
             been
             various
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             grounds
             ,
             and
             condition
             of
             seed
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             thereupon
             sown
             ;
             yet
             the
             Harvest
             may
             be
             said
             in
             general
             ,
             to
             be
             penurious
             .
             Since
             by
             the
             publick
             calamity
             of
             mankind
             ,
             peoples
             wits
             are
             become
             steril
             and
             barren
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             is
             the
             aire
             and
             earth
             .
             Those
             who
             have
             sowed
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             have
             usually
             had
             a
             great
             encrease
             ,
             and
             many
             are
             much
             enriched
             thereby
             ,
             particularly
             those
             who
             have
             cultivated
             the
             fields
             in
             the
             Common
             Pleas
             ;
             their
             Harvest
             is
             so
             plentifull
             ,
             as
             it
             yields
             fifty
             for
             one
             .
             Greater
             things
             have
             been
             seen
             in
             the
             fruitfull
             fields
             of
             the
             Courts
             at
             Rome
             ,
             where
             particularly
             
               Silvestro
               Aldobrandini
            
             ,
             and
             
               Markantonio
               Borghese
            
             ,
             two
             Roman
             Advocates
             ,
             each
             of
             whose
             sons
             were
             Popes
             ,
             having
             sowed
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Law
             with
             much
             cost
             ,
             and
             infinite
             labour
             ,
             and
             watered
             it
             with
             their
             sweat
             ,
             have
             filled
             their
             Granaries
             with
             rich
             treasure
             ,
             and
             their
             sons
             who
             have
             practised
             the
             same
             Husbandry
             ,
             have
             thereby
             purchased
             Principalities
             for
             their
             Families
             ,
             and
             Divine
             Dignities
             for
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             have
             sowed
             the
             study
             of
             Phisick
             ,
             have
             likewise
             had
             a
             good
             harvest
             ;
             but
             not
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             for
             it
             gives
             only
             twelve
             for
             one
             .
             The
             Plowers
             of
             Poetry
             have
             seen
             their
             fields
             make
             a
             beautifull
             shew
             in
             the
             Spring
             of
             their
             age
             ,
             and
             had
             great
             reason
             to
             expect
             a
             rich
             harvest
             ;
             but
             when
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             the
             season
             of
             earing
             began
             ,
             they
             saw
             their
             sweat
             and
             labours
             dissolve
             all
             into
             leaves
             and
             flowres
             ;
             so
             as
             having
             laboured
             in
             vain
             ,
             the
             Poets
             find
             themselves
             pil'd
             and
             pol'd
             ,
             not
             having
             meat
             to
             eat
             :
             Wherefore
             this
             sort
             of
             Husbandry
             ,
             as
             being
             more
             for
             appearance
             then
             profit
             ,
             is
             almost
             given
             over
             :
             But
             little
             Greek
             hath
             been
             sown
             ,
             there
             being
             in
             these
             times
             but
             small
             vent
             thereof
             ;
             which
             may
             peradventure
             be
             occasioned
             because
             the
             bread
             which
             is
             made
             of
             such
             grain
             ,
             although
             it
             hath
             formerly
             been
             the
             daily
             food
             of
             a
             numerous
             Nation
             ,
             it
             seems
             notwithstanding
             that
             it
             proves
             hard
             of
             digestion
             to
             the
             squeasie
             stomacks
             of
             modern
             weak-wits
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             some
             of
             the
             more
             Learned
             sort
             have
             only
             sowed
             so
             much
             thereof
             in
             their
             Gardens
             as
             will
             serve
             for
             their
             houshold
             expence
             ,
             and
             rather
             not
             to
             appear
             ignorant
             ,
             than
             to
             seem
             learned
             ;
             and
             to
             maintain
             Seed
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             make
             Merchandize
             
             thereof
             .
             The
             Seed
             of
             Hebrew
             is
             almost
             quite
             lost
             ;
             for
             it
             being
             no
             longer
             in
             use
             ,
             there
             are
             but
             very
             few
             that
             sow
             any
             ;
             and
             certainly
             it
             redounds
             much
             to
             the
             general
             shame
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             this
             tongue
             is
             not
             ambitiously
             aspired
             unto
             ,
             since
             God
             by
             his
             speaking
             in
             that
             Language
             ,
             hath
             given
             it
             so
             great
             reputation
             .
          
           
             The
             Husbandmen
             of
             Philosophy
             have
             even
             lost
             their
             seed
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             world
             is
             about
             to
             give
             over
             such
             Merchandize
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             requireth
             the
             fruitfull
             fields
             of
             subtile
             wits
             ,
             and
             infinite
             study
             to
             make
             it
             grow
             and
             come
             to
             maturity
             ;
             and
             since
             it
             yields
             but
             little
             fruit
             ,
             and
             but
             very
             few
             buyers
             of
             that
             little
             ,
             to
             intend
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             loose
             the
             Principal
             .
             They
             who
             have
             sowed
             good
             turns
             (
             contrary
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             many
             )
             have
             had
             a
             most
             plentifull
             harvest
             :
             and
             certainly
             such
             seed
             is
             as
             pretious
             as
             wonderfull
             :
             For
             ,
             of
             many
             bushels-full
             thereof
             ,
             if
             one
             onely
             grain
             spring
             up
             and
             prosper
             ,
             it
             yields
             so
             abundant
             an
             encrease
             to
             the
             Husbandman
             ,
             as
             it
             makes
             him
             rich
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             only
             magnanimous
             minds
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             great
             liberality
             ,
             attend
             the
             most
             noble
             Husbandry
             of
             sowing
             Benefits
             ;
             for
             the
             costive
             avaricious
             men
             ,
             whose
             greediness
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             reap
             before
             they
             sow
             ,
             dare
             not
             venture
             to
             throw
             that
             seed
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             which
             they
             see
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             lost
             .
             Those
             who
             have
             sown
             threats
             and
             injurious
             words
             ,
             have
             reaped
             great
             store
             of
             actual
             offences
             ;
             the
             sowers
             of
             curses
             ,
             reap
             great
             store
             of
             maledictions
             .
             Those
             likewise
             who
             have
             sown
             tribulation
             ,
             have
             reaped
             so
             plentifull
             a
             harvest
             of
             Thorns
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             filled
             their
             Granaries
             therewithall
             ,
             even
             up
             to
             the
             top
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             use
             ,
             and
             from
             those
             that
             shall
             descend
             from
             them
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             sixtieth
             generation
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Tenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Menante
               comes
               into
               the
               Politians
               Ware-House
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Merchandizes
               which
               the
               Learned
               buy
               there
               ,
               he
               studies
               how
               to
               know
               the
               quality
               of
               their
               Wits
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             make
             an
             exact
             judgement
             of
             every
             mans
             genius
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             behooffull
             to
             frequent
             those
             places
             where
             vertuous
             exercises
             are
             used
             ,
             and
             those
             Shops
             wherein
             vitious
             things
             are
             sold
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             them
             that
             frequent
             them
             .
             For
             Libraries
             serve
             as
             well
             to
             make
             known
             the
             lovers
             of
             Learning
             ,
             as
             living
             riotously
             denotes
             out
             Gamsters
             ,
             or
             Cooks
             Shops
             Gluttons
             ;
             nor
             is
             there
             a
             better
             way
             to
             discover
             vain
             men
             ,
             then
             to
             frequent
             Barbers
             shops
             often
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             who
             those
             Ganemedes
             are
             ,
             who
             those
             Narcissi
             ,
             who
             having
             the
             patience
             to
             sit
             two
             hours
             under
             the
             Barbers
             hands
             ,
             will
             be
             trim'd
             with
             such
             exquisite
             diligence
             ,
             as
             they
             spend
             more
             time
             in
             turning
             up
             their
             beard
             ,
             then
             a
             faire
             Lady
             doth
             in
             dressing
             her
             head
             :
             they
             think
             that
             every
             hair
             which
             stands
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             will
             make
             them
             appear
             so
             many
             fowle
             fiends
             when
             they
             are
             in
             company
             .
             Menante
             therefore
             ,
             who
             is
             very
             well
             acquainted
             with
             this
             piece
             of
             skill
             ,
             entertains
             himself
             often
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Ware-House
             opened
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             by
             the
             Colledg
             
             of
             Polititians
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             doth
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             come
             to
             know
             the
             genius
             of
             many
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             by
             the
             qualities
             of
             Ware
             which
             they
             buy
             there
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             afterwards
             give
             a
             more
             exact
             account
             thereof
             to
             his
             friends
             and
             acquaintance
             .
          
           
             Three
             daies
             since
             
               Iohn
               Baptista
               Sanga
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Secretary
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             happened
             into
             this
             the
             Polititians
             Shop
             ,
             who
             asked
             one
             of
             the
             young
             men
             if
             they
             had
             any
             Cole
             to
             sell
             ,
             or
             no
             ?
             He
             was
             answered
             ,
             yes
             :
             and
             straightway
             some
             Cole
             was
             shewed
             him
             ;
             which
             when
             the
             Courtier
             saw
             ,
             he
             agreed
             upon
             the
             price
             ,
             and
             bought
             forty
             load
             thereof
             .
             Menante
             wondred
             to
             see
             the
             Courtier
             buy
             so
             great
             a
             quantity
             of
             Cole
             ,
             which
             he
             knew
             was
             very
             disproportionable
             for
             him
             ,
             who
             kept
             but
             one
             servant
             ;
             and
             being
             very
             well
             acquainted
             with
             this
             Sanga
             ,
             he
             with
             great
             confidence
             asked
             him
             ,
             why
             ,
             having
             none
             but
             himself
             and
             servant
             in
             the
             house
             ,
             he
             made
             so
             great
             provision
             of
             Cole
             ?
             To
             the
             which
             Sanga
             freely
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             burnt
             no
             wood
             in
             his
             Kitchin.
             Menante
             then
             asked
             him
             whether
             he
             did
             it
             for
             that
             he
             found
             it
             cheaper
             to
             burn
             Cole
             ?
             To
             the
             which
             Sanga
             freely
             answered
             ;
             That
             living
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             measure
             his
             affairs
             by
             the
             surplusage
             of
             his
             reputation
             ,
             not
             by
             sparing
             money
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             hated
             wood-fires
             because
             they
             made
             a
             great
             smoak
             ,
             and
             but
             little
             live
             coles
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             burning
             of
             cole
             was
             very
             good
             for
             those
             that
             did
             not
             love
             their
             porredg
             should
             smell
             of
             smoke
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             did
             not
             desire
             that
             the
             quality
             of
             his
             victuals
             should
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             those
             hounds
             which
             are
             only
             good
             at
             smelling
             out
             what
             men
             do
             by
             the
             smoke
             of
             his
             Kitchin-Chimney
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             copious
             adorning
             of
             his
             Table
             .
          
           
             Next
             to
             
               Sanga
               ,
               Epictetus
            
             entred
             the
             Shop
             ,
             a
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             soul
             ,
             is
             of
             high
             esteem
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             therefore
             very
             well
             known
             ,
             admired
             ,
             and
             observed
             by
             Menante
             .
             This
             man
             desired
             the
             Foremen
             of
             the
             Shop
             that
             they
             would
             shew
             him
             all
             the
             sorts
             of
             Furs
             ,
             or
             fur'd
             Garments
             that
             they
             had
             ;
             and
             immediately
             they
             brought
             unto
             him
             many
             Minerver
             skins
             ,
             Sables
             ,
             and
             other
             very
             pretious
             Furs
             ;
             which
             notwithstanding
             this
             Philosopher
             liked
             not
             ;
             and
             therefore
             told
             a
             very
             spruce
             Polititian
             who
             looked
             to
             the
             venting
             of
             Wares
             ,
             that
             the
             skins
             they
             shewed
             were
             too
             glorious
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             for
             his
             purpose
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             desired
             some
             such
             Furr
             as
             they
             wore
             ,
             who
             would
             appear
             to
             be
             good
             men
             .
             When
             the
             Polititian
             knew
             what
             Epictetus
             would
             be
             at
             ,
             he
             led
             him
             into
             a
             Room
             apart
             from
             the
             Ware-house
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             came
             out
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             clad
             in
             a
             Lizards
             skin
             ,
             lined
             with
             Lambskins
             .
             And
             Epictetus
             having
             put
             the
             Lizards
             skin
             inward
             and
             the
             Lambskin
             outward
             ,
             Menante
             ran
             after
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             he
             had
             put
             his
             Garment
             on
             the
             wrong
             side
             outwards
             .
             But
             he
             was
             much
             amazed
             ,
             when
             that
             wise
             Philosopher
             ,
             after
             having
             smiled
             a
             little
             at
             him
             ,
             answered
             ,
             It
             may
             be
             my
             Menante
             ,
             that
             you
             know
             how
             to
             put
             on
             Spanish
             Buskins
             ,
             but
             not
             how
             to
             wear
             these
             skins
             :
             This
             Robe
             is
             worne
             as
             you
             see
             ,
             the
             Lizards
             skin
             must
             be
             worn
             inward
             ;
             I
             should
             never
             attain
             the
             end
             of
             my
             intents
             ,
             if
             any
             one
             hair
             thereof
             appear
             without
             .
          
           
             Menante
             then
             returned
             into
             the
             Shop
             ,
             where
             he
             found
             a
             great
             Prince
             ,
             who
             desired
             to
             be
             shewn
             some
             
               Ramaivoli
               da
               Ministrare
            
             :
             And
             because
             they
             shewed
             only
             four
             ,
             he
             desired
             them
             to
             bring
             all
             they
             had
             in
             the
             shop
             ;
             which
             was
             forthwith
             done
             .
             The
             Prince
             drew
             then
             from
             out
             his
             bosom
             a
             lift
             of
             all
             his
             servants
             names
             ,
             which
             were
             in
             all
             320.
             and
             first
             did
             exactly
             examin
             the
             condition
             of
             every
             several
             Courtier
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             their
             deserts
             ,
             
             bought
             for
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             particular
             Ramaivoli
             ;
             very
             great
             ones
             were
             chosen
             for
             those
             of
             great
             deserts
             ,
             and
             much
             lesser
             for
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             Menante
             observed
             it
             for
             a
             great
             rarity
             ,
             that
             the
             Ramaivoli
             of
             some
             ancient
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             old
             servants
             ,
             who
             despising
             the
             Prince
             his
             service
             had
             behaved
             themselves
             negligently
             in
             their
             several
             places
             ,
             were
             very
             little
             .
             Certainly
             a
             singular
             piece
             of
             justice
             ,
             to
             measure
             a
             Courtiers
             merits
             more
             by
             the
             assiduety
             of
             his
             service
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             length
             of
             time
             which
             he
             hath
             been
             at
             Court.
             Menante
             ,
             who
             wondred
             much
             at
             the
             bestowing
             of
             so
             many
             Ramaivoli
             ,
             told
             that
             Prince
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             ought
             particular
             service
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             other
             great
             Princes
             ,
             he
             had
             observed
             that
             Cooks
             made
             use
             of
             one
             only
             ;
             wherewith
             ,
             not
             with
             many
             scruples
             ,
             but
             at
             their
             own
             discretion
             ,
             they
             did
             dish
             up
             their
             porredg
             .
             Then
             said
             the
             Prince
             unto
             Menante
             ,
             Friend
             ,
             I
             my self
             have
             observed
             that
             way
             of
             proceeding
             which
             you
             speak
             of
             ,
             till
             now
             ;
             but
             with
             very
             bad
             consequence
             :
             For
             having
             made
             use
             of
             very
             unequal
             dishes
             in
             serving
             out
             porredg
             to
             my
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             giving
             it
             out
             to
             them
             only
             as
             I
             liked
             ,
             I
             have
             unwisely
             kindled
             in
             them
             a
             fire
             of
             such
             jealousie
             ,
             rancor
             ,
             and
             hatred
             ,
             as
             they
             mist
             but
             a
             little
             of
             utterly
             undoing
             me
             and
             my
             State
             :
             A
             fault
             which
             hath
             made
             me
             see
             clearly
             ,
             that
             a
             Prince
             who
             will
             have
             faithfull
             servants
             ,
             and
             carefull
             Officers
             ,
             must
             resolve
             to
             be
             just
             in
             his
             ministring
             unto
             them
             :
             For
             Courtiers
             greedily
             longing
             to
             taste
             of
             the
             porredg
             of
             their
             Princes
             favour
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             their
             fellows
             porrenger
             run
             over
             with
             fat
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             empty
             and
             lean
             ,
             they
             turn
             the
             love
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             bear
             unto
             their
             Master
             ,
             into
             hatred
             ,
             their
             observance
             into
             disrespect
             ,
             their
             service
             into
             disservice
             ;
             and
             grow
             the
             more
             incenst
             against
             their
             Lords
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             impute
             the
             so
             unequal
             dishing
             up
             of
             their
             porredg
             ,
             more
             to
             want
             of
             love
             ,
             ingratitude
             ,
             and
             partiality
             ,
             then
             to
             inconsiderateness
             .
             And
             in
             such
             like
             injustice
             ,
             they
             complain
             more
             of
             the
             scarcity
             of
             their
             Masters
             good
             graces
             ,
             then
             of
             their
             own
             small
             pittance
             .
             And
             to
             pretend
             that
             a
             Courtier
             ,
             whose
             leggs
             his
             Prince
             shall
             cut
             off
             with
             the
             sword
             of
             disgraces
             ,
             should
             speedily
             run
             to
             do
             him
             service
             ,
             is
             as
             great
             a
             piece
             of
             folly
             ,
             as
             is
             theirs
             who
             intending
             to
             make
             their
             horse
             run
             the
             faster
             ,
             hold
             in
             his
             bridle
             .
          
           
             This
             Prince
             was
             no
             sooner
             gone
             out
             of
             the
             shop
             ,
             but
             another
             man
             entred
             ,
             who
             desired
             that
             he
             might
             see
             some
             Clokes
             which
             would
             hang
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             to
             buy
             such
             a
             one
             .
             Forthwith
             divers
             were
             brought
             unto
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             could
             not
             dislike
             ,
             neither
             for
             colour
             nor
             cloath
             ;
             only
             they
             were
             all
             of
             them
             too
             short
             .
             This
             man
             was
             of
             somewhat
             a
             low
             stature
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             Clokes
             should
             prove
             too
             short
             for
             him
             ,
             which
             were
             long
             enough
             to
             reach
             to
             the
             heels
             of
             the
             talest
             size
             of
             men
             ,
             seemed
             strange
             to
             Menante
             .
             Wherefore
             coming
             up
             to
             this
             stranger
             ,
             he
             asked
             him
             who
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             of
             what
             profession
             ?
             To
             which
             the
             other
             freely
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Sicilian
             ;
             and
             that
             having
             built
             and
             finished
             two
             Gallies
             at
             his
             own
             charge
             ,
             he
             meant
             to
             put
             to
             Sea
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             gain
             by
             Freebooting
             ;
             but
             because
             he
             knew
             that
             trade
             was
             very
             hatefull
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             but
             of
             small
             reputation
             to
             him
             that
             used
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             provide
             himself
             of
             a
             long
             Cloke
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             cover
             his
             intention
             ,
             and
             the
             Interest
             which
             moved
             him
             to
             take
             up
             that
             occupation
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             pretence
             might
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             taken
             it
             up
             only
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             hated
             Learning
             .
             When
             Menante
             had
             heard
             this
             ,
             he
             boldly
             said
             to
             the
             Sicilian
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             but
             lose
             his
             labour
             ,
             for
             that
             all
             the
             Gloath
             made
             in
             England
             ,
             was
             not
             sufficient
             to
             make
             such
             long
             Clokes
             
             for
             Pyrats
             ,
             but
             that
             two
             handfuls
             and
             a
             half
             of
             Thieves
             Leggs
             would
             still
             be
             seen
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             a
             Vertuosi
             came
             into
             the
             Shop
             ,
             who
             desired
             to
             see
             some
             yard
             wands
             ,
             whereof
             many
             were
             presently
             shewed
             him
             ;
             one
             of
             which
             he
             seemed
             to
             like
             ;
             and
             as
             he
             was
             about
             to
             pay
             for
             it
             ,
             his
             servant
             told
             him
             that
             he
             needed
             not
             to
             be
             at
             that
             expence
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             a
             very
             just
             yard
             at
             home
             .
             To
             which
             his
             Master
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             yard
             which
             he
             had
             at
             home
             ,
             was
             just
             enough
             for
             himself
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             measuring
             others
             ,
             he
             clearly
             saw
             that
             it
             was
             needfull
             to
             use
             forreign
             yards
             ;
             for
             having
             had
             some
             occasion
             of
             measuring
             the
             stomack
             of
             forreiners
             with
             the
             yard
             wand
             of
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             candor
             of
             his
             own
             soul
             ,
             he
             found
             he
             was
             much
             mistaken
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             Menante
             saw
             
               Lorenzo
               Gambara
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Briscian
             Poet
             ,
             enter
             the
             Shop
             ,
             who
             seeing
             a
             beautifull
             Indian
             Parret
             sitting
             upon
             a
             bench
             ,
             seemed
             so
             delighted
             to
             hear
             her
             speak
             ,
             as
             he
             asked
             her
             price
             ;
             and
             was
             told
             that
             it
             would
             be
             150
             Crowns
             .
             Gambara
             ,
             who
             if
             he
             could
             have
             made
             his
             bargen
             well
             ,
             might
             have
             had
             the
             Parret
             much
             cheaper
             ,
             said
             he
             did
             not
             dislike
             the
             price
             ;
             but
             the
             mischief
             was
             ,
             he
             had
             nat
             so
             much
             ready
             money
             ;
             wherefore
             instead
             of
             ready
             money
             ,
             he
             would
             give
             them
             the
             Bed
             he
             lay
             on
             ,
             the
             Curtains
             ,
             and
             other
             Furniture
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             to
             be
             prized
             by
             two
             indifferent
             men
             .
             And
             the
             bargain
             being
             soon
             accepted
             of
             by
             those
             of
             the
             Shop
             ,
             Gambara
             took
             the
             Parret
             to
             carry
             her
             home
             .
             Which
             when
             Menante
             saw
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             scandalized
             at
             the
             Poets
             so
             rash
             resolution
             ,
             having
             till
             then
             ,
             taken
             him
             for
             a
             man
             of
             good
             understanding
             ;
             and
             therefore
             pitying
             his
             simplicity
             ,
             he
             asked
             him
             why
             he
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             clothes
             he
             wore
             ,
             seemed
             not
             to
             have
             money
             to
             cast
             away
             ,
             should
             out
             of
             an
             humor
             of
             having
             a
             Parret
             ,
             not
             only
             foolishly
             bereave
             himself
             of
             his
             houshold-stuff
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             his
             very
             bed
             ,
             the
             only
             repose
             for
             bodily
             labour
             ,
             and
             the
             labour
             of
             the
             mind
             .
             To
             which
             he
             answered
             ,
             Know
             my
             good
             friend
             ,
             that
             to
             purchase
             so
             pretious
             a
             Jewel
             as
             this
             Parret
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             only
             deprive
             my self
             of
             all
             my
             worldly
             wealth
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             sell
             my self
             to
             my
             skin
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             slave
             in
             the
             Gallies
             ,
             rather
             then
             miss
             her
             .
             I
             am
             a
             Lombard
             born
             ,
             given
             to
             the
             usual
             defect
             of
             those
             of
             my
             Nation
             ,
             of
             having
             a
             free
             tongue
             ,
             and
             a
             clear
             heart
             ;
             Noble
             vertues
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             but
             now
             great
             faults
             ,
             and
             which
             have
             caused
             much
             harm
             in
             Courts
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             to
             amend
             by
             buying
             this
             pretious
             bird
             ;
             which
             will
             teach
             me
             the
             vertue
             which
             is
             unknown
             to
             us
             Lombards
             ,
             and
             but
             too
             well
             known
             and
             practised
             by
             other
             Nations
             ,
             of
             suppressing
             the
             true
             sense
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             of
             speaking
             only
             such
             words
             as
             please
             others
             ,
             and
             which
             are
             got
             without
             book
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Eleventh
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               excellent
               Vertue
               of
               Loyalty
               and
               Faithfulness
               being
               secretly
               departed
               from
               
                 Parnassus
                 ,
                 Apollo
              
               ,
               when
               he
               knew
               where
               she
               had
               hid
               her self
               ,
               sent
               the
               Muses
               ,
               Melpomene
               and
               Thalia
               ,
               to
               perswade
               her
               to
               return
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Noble
             Palace
             of
             Fidelity
             ,
             which
             was
             formerly
             frequented
             by
             Princes
             ,
             chief
             Officers
             ,
             and
             abundance
             of
             the
             Senators
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             Commonwealths
             ,
             is
             of
             late
             so
             little
             frequented
             ,
             as
             it
             appears
             to
             be
             the
             house
             of
             desolation
             :
             In
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             18
             of
             this
             present
             month
             ,
             the
             abode
             of
             so
             excellent
             a
             Vertue
             was
             seen
             to
             be
             shut
             up
             :
             Which
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             Apollo
             heard
             of
             ,
             he
             commanded
             that
             the
             Gates
             should
             be
             broken
             open
             ,
             and
             that
             Fidelities
             self
             should
             be
             asked
             the
             reason
             of
             so
             great
             a
             novelty
             .
             His
             Majesties
             command
             was
             forthwith
             obeyed
             ;
             and
             the
             house
             was
             found
             to
             be
             totally
             void
             of
             Inhabitants
             .
             Which
             when
             the
             Vertuosi
             heard
             ,
             they
             put
             on
             mourning
             weeds
             ,
             sprinkled
             themselves
             over
             with
             ashes
             ,
             and
             made
             other
             demonstrations
             of
             true
             sorrow
             ;
             and
             Apollo
             in
             particular
             was
             so
             much
             grieved
             ,
             and
             those
             very
             effects
             of
             inward
             sorrow
             were
             discerned
             in
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             shewed
             when
             the
             sad
             and
             memorable
             accident
             hapned
             of
             his
             son
             Phaeton
             .
             And
             his
             Majesty
             very
             well
             knowing
             that
             all
             humane
             Government
             would
             be
             quite
             overthrown
             ,
             when
             the
             firm
             foundation
             of
             Fidelity
             which
             sustains
             ,
             so
             great
             a
             building
             should
             fail
             ,
             he
             immediately
             caused
             Proclamations
             to
             be
             every
             where
             made
             ,
             wherein
             he
             granted
             even
             to
             the
             ignorant
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             others
             that
             were
             incapable
             of
             the
             noble
             Prerogative
             of
             living
             with
             honor
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             men
             ,
             a
             hundred
             years
             of
             immortality
             ,
             to
             be
             given
             to
             whosoever
             should
             find
             out
             where
             so
             renowned
             a
             Vertue
             had
             hid
             her self
             .
             And
             he
             gave
             Letters
             Patents
             for
             the
             making
             good
             his
             word
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Bank
             of
             
               Homer
               ,
               Virgil
               ,
               Livie
            
             ,
             and
             of
             wealthy
             Tacetus
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             chief
             Merchants
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             pretious
             Ink
             ,
             doe
             use
             the
             noble
             Traffick
             of
             eternizing
             peoples
             names
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             other
             men
             .
             The
             largeness
             of
             the
             reward
             ,
             invited
             many
             to
             go
             in
             search
             of
             her
             ;
             and
             much
             diligence
             being
             used
             in
             the
             pursuit
             ,
             The
             Royal
             Majesty
             of
             Fidelity
             was
             found
             in
             the
             Dog-Kennel
             of
             that
             famous
             Hunter
             Acteon
             ,
             and
             the
             beautifull
             Adonis
             .
             This
             so
             strange
             news
             was
             quickly
             brought
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             immediately
             dispatched
             away
             the
             two
             Learned
             Muses
             ,
             Melpomene
             and
             Thalia
             ,
             with
             charge
             to
             bring
             her
             from
             that
             place
             so
             unworthy
             of
             her
             presence
             ,
             and
             to
             re-conduct
             her
             to
             her
             wonted
             habitation
             ;
             but
             all
             was
             in
             vain
             ,
             for
             that
             famous
             Princess
             bitterly
             bewailing
             her
             own
             unfortunate
             condition
             ;
             Say
             (
             said
             she
             )
             you
             Divine
             Goddesses
             ,
             to
             my
             Lord
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             fraud
             who
             hath
             ever
             been
             my
             capital
             enemy
             ,
             hath
             at
             last
             got
             the
             victory
             ,
             in
             the
             dispute
             which
             hath
             been
             perpetually
             had
             between
             her
             and
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             base
             self-interest
             ,
             which
             in
             these
             unfortunate
             times
             doth
             tyrannize
             over
             the
             souls
             in
             all
             the
             best
             Nations
             ,
             hath
             banished
             me
             from
             out
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             ,
             which
             was
             formerly
             wholly
             mine
             .
             Let
             his
             Majesty
             likewise
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             world
             
             is
             so
             sunk
             in
             the
             mud
             of
             filthy
             pollution
             ,
             as
             that
             Fidelity
             which
             hath
             been
             alwaies
             resolute
             to
             serve
             her
             Prince
             honourably
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             effusion
             of
             her
             last
             drop
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             emission
             of
             her
             utmost
             spirits
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             formerly
             so
             admired
             and
             coveted
             ,
             is
             now
             accounted
             a
             foolish
             and
             vain
             ostentation
             ;
             and
             tell
             him
             ,
             That
             to
             have
             a
             fradulent
             soul
             ,
             full
             fraught
             with
             perfideousness
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             use
             all
             execrable
             infidelity
             ,
             thereby
             the
             better
             to
             fit
             ones
             self
             to
             the
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             and
             person
             ,
             is
             now
             a
             daies
             cryed
             up
             for
             wisdom
             ,
             sagacity
             ,
             and
             wariness
             of
             wit
             ;
             and
             unfortunate
             I
             ,
             nautiated
             to
             see
             such
             approbrious
             things
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             put
             on
             the
             resolution
             you
             see
             ,
             to
             live
             amongst
             these
             dogs
             ,
             amongst
             which
             I
             now
             fully
             find
             that
             faithfulness
             toward
             their
             Masters
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             alwaies
             so
             much
             laboured
             to
             ingraff
             in
             the
             self-interessed
             and
             perfidious
             heart
             of
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             Twelfth
             ADVERTISMENT
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               General
               Diet
               ●…f
               the
               Learned
               ,
               appointed
               by
               Apollo
               to
               be
               held
               in
               Helicon
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               contrary
               to
               all
               mens
               expectations
               ,
               decrees
               Eternity
               to
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Vincenzo
                 Pinti
              
               ,
               called
               in
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
               ,
               the
               Knight
               of
               the
               Lute
               .
            
          
           
             T
             Is
             four
             moneths
             since
             Apollo
             intimated
             the
             holding
             of
             the
             general
             Diet
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             on
             the
             eight
             of
             the
             present
             at
             Helicon
             ;
             where
             all
             the
             Poet-Princes
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             Vertuosies
             Universities
             ,
             being
             met
             together
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             in
             the
             great
             Hall
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             sate
             under
             his
             Cloath
             of
             State
             ,
             of
             transplendent
             Eternity
             ,
             invironed
             by
             the
             most
             Illustrious
             Muses
             .
             And
             because
             Apollo
             had
             given
             notice
             in
             his
             Edicts
             ,
             whereby
             he
             specified
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             Diet
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             done
             it
             to
             give
             Eternity
             to
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Vertuoso
             whom
             he
             would
             propound
             unto
             them
             .
             Divers
             were
             the
             opinions
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             touching
             who
             it
             should
             be
             that
             he
             would
             nominate
             ;
             but
             the
             most
             general
             opinion
             pitcht
             upon
             
               Iustus
               Lipius
            
             ,
             a
             Flemish
             Gentleman
             ,
             whose
             Writings
             filled
             Parnassus
             with
             such
             fragrancy
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             provoked
             in
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             rather
             a
             ravenous
             desire
             of
             devouring
             them
             ,
             then
             an
             appetite
             to
             taste
             them
             .
             Others
             said
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             publick
             entry
             should
             be
             made
             ,
             and
             audience
             given
             in
             the
             great
             Hall
             ,
             Eternity
             should
             be
             given
             to
             the
             most
             famous
             name
             of
             the
             most
             Illustrious
             and
             vertuous
             Cardinal
             
               Serafino
               Olivieri
            
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Modern
             Scholers
             ,
             who
             being
             lately
             come
             to
             the
             Confines
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             was
             met
             with
             unaccustomed
             demonstrations
             of
             honour
             ,
             by
             most
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             wondred
             that
             a
             man
             who
             had
             been
             imployed
             all
             his
             life-time
             in
             the
             laborious
             charge
             of
             the
             
               Rota
               Romana
            
             ,
             the
             Court
             of
             Exchequer
             ,
             could
             come
             to
             the
             exact
             knowledge
             of
             Divinity
             and
             Philosophy
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             the
             prime
             Lawyer
             of
             his
             time
             ,
             a
             famous
             Mathematician
             ,
             able
             Astrologer
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             verst
             in
             the
             Greek
             as
             Latine
             Tongue
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             made
             the
             wonder
             greater
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             a
             Prelat
             so
             skilfull
             in
             so
             many
             Sciences
             ,
             so
             full
             of
             vertues
             ,
             should
             die
             a
             learner
             ;
             for
             thinking
             that
             he
             knew
             but
             little
             ,
             he
             in
             his
             eightieth
             year
             of
             age
             
             began
             to
             learn
             the
             Arabick
             Tongue
             .
             The
             reputation
             of
             so
             noble
             a
             Personage
             was
             increased
             by
             his
             famous
             Library
             ,
             the
             which
             was
             yet
             more
             famous
             ,
             for
             having
             a
             Master
             more
             learned
             then
             all
             his
             Books
             ;
             whilst
             the
             reverend
             Colledg
             of
             Vertuosi
             stood
             expecting
             ,
             which
             of
             these
             two
             so
             famous
             men
             should
             be
             named
             ,
             Apollo
             propounded
             
               Vincenzo
               Pinti
            
             ,
             called
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Knight
             of
             the
             Lute
             ,
             for
             his
             excellent
             skill
             on
             that
             Instrument
             .
             The
             Vertuosi
             were
             so
             astonished
             at
             the
             election
             of
             so
             base
             a
             person
             ,
             as
             they
             in
             all
             humility
             told
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             willingly
             obey
             his
             commands
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             only
             desired
             to
             put
             his
             Majestie
             in
             mind
             that
             his
             most
             faithfull
             Colledg
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             were
             unwilling
             to
             admit
             of
             a
             Fidler
             into
             their
             Society
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             foresaw
             that
             the
             Colledg
             would
             wonder
             at
             this
             his
             choice
             ,
             yet
             wished
             them
             willingly
             to
             decree
             Immortality
             to
             this
             man
             ,
             for
             he
             knew
             how
             to
             command
             what
             was
             necessary
             ,
             though
             it
             appeared
             strange
             to
             them
             :
             the
             business
             was
             then
             carried
             by
             a
             secret
             scrutiny
             ,
             and
             Eternity
             was
             favourably
             decreed
             to
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Knight
             of
             the
             Lute
             ,
             who
             was
             forthwith
             brought
             into
             the
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             by
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Ceremony
             .
             Then
             said
             Apollo
             to
             the
             Knight
             ;
             You
             Vincenzo
             ,
             are
             the
             first
             of
             your
             Profession
             that
             was
             ever
             admitted
             into
             this
             learned
             Colledg
             ;
             an
             honour
             reserved
             only
             for
             those
             who
             by
             their
             perpetual
             pains
             taking
             ,
             are
             come
             by
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Learning
             ;
             but
             the
             present
             necessity
             of
             your
             person
             hath
             forced
             us
             to
             take
             this
             resolution
             :
             See
             therefore
             that
             you
             teach
             both
             Princes
             and
             privat
             men
             the
             necessary
             art
             of
             tuning
             Lutes
             ,
             wherein
             many
             are
             so
             ignorant
             ,
             as
             they
             break
             the
             strings
             by
             scruing
             them
             up
             too
             high
             ;
             and
             some
             humorous
             phantastical
             mad
             wits
             are
             more
             particularly
             recommended
             to
             you
             ,
             and
             which
             I
             am
             certain
             you
             will
             meet
             withall
             ,
             who
             being
             obstinately
             resolved
             to
             make
             the
             great
             Base
             strings
             act
             the
             part
             of
             Trebles
             ,
             they
             do
             so
             strangely
             stretch
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             be
             very
             great
             and
             strong
             ,
             yet
             they
             break
             them
             ,
             and
             quite
             ruine
             the
             Lutes
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Thirteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 John
                 Francisco
                 Peranda
              
               with
               much
               ado
               gets
               leave
               of
               Apollo
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               and
               despiseth
               
                 Jerolomo
                 Fracasto●…o's
              
               p●…ffer
               ,
               who
               would
               have
               restored
               him
               to
               his
               eyesight
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             it
             be
             many
             years
             since
             Signior
             
               Iohn
               Francisco
               Perando
            
             did
             much
             solicite
             his
             Majestie
             that
             he
             might
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             used
             great
             means
             to
             obtain
             his
             request
             ,
             yet
             Apollo
             would
             never
             give
             way
             thereunto
             ;
             for
             since
             he
             brought
             nothing
             into
             Parnassus
             but
             a
             volumn
             of
             his
             Letters
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             who
             is
             much
             nauceared
             with
             such
             Compos●…urs
             ,
             said
             that
             he
             was
             resolved
             rather
             to
             throw
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             infinite
             volumns
             of
             Letters
             which
             were
             in
             the
             Library
             ,
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             add
             one
             new
             one
             to
             it
             .
             For
             nothing
             but
             writings
             of
             Invention
             ,
             and
             Nocturnal
             Labours
             being
             received
             into
             the
             Delfick
             Library
             ,
             the
             innumerable
             
             volumns
             of
             Letters
             that
             were
             there
             were
             but
             troublesom
             ,
             and
             took
             up
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             room
             .
             And
             that
             all
             men
             being
             full
             of
             ambition
             and
             vain
             glory
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             Modern
             writing
             being
             reduced
             to
             the
             naked
             speaking
             what
             they
             think
             ,
             without
             any
             artifice
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             be
             but
             few
             men
             who
             want
             business
             ,
             and
             who
             cannot
             write
             ,
             the
             easie
             admittance
             of
             every
             one
             that
             writes
             Letters
             ,
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             would
             occasion
             so
             great
             an
             inconvenience
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             meanly
             learned
             ,
             would
             print
             great
             volumns
             of
             his
             own
             Letters
             ,
             only
             to
             make
             the
             miseries
             and
             base
             affairs
             of
             his
             own
             house
             known
             :
             An
             error
             of
             the
             greater
             consequence
             ,
             for
             that
             immortality
             is
             not
             sold
             at
             so
             cheap
             a
             rate
             in
             Parnassus
             :
             And
             that
             to
             these
             so
             many
             respects
             ,
             it
             was
             yet
             further
             added
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             discovered
             many
             had
             been
             so
             ambitiously
             presumptious
             ,
             as
             to
             publish
             false
             Letters
             written
             to
             such
             a
             King
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             great
             Prince
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             never
             seen
             ,
             nor
             had
             ever
             had
             any
             business
             with
             them
             ;
             a
             falshood
             the
             more
             worthy
             consideration
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             all
             true
             Letters
             ,
             the
             vivacity
             of
             an
             unlooked
             for
             conceit
             ,
             sprang
             from
             the
             reallity
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             was
             that
             which
             was
             admired
             ;
             whereas
             feigned
             Letters
             were
             alwaies
             full
             of
             affectation
             ,
             a
             thing
             so
             much
             abhorred
             by
             good
             wits
             .
             The
             noble
             Caitaneans
             ,
             did
             notwithstanding
             so
             much
             favour
             this
             their
             servant
             ,
             as
             they
             overcame
             all
             these
             difficulties
             ;
             moreover
             they
             made
             it
             appear
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             Letters
             that
             had
             been
             yet
             printed
             ,
             Peranda's
             deserved
             the
             first
             place
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             testimony
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             there
             were
             many
             of
             Peranda's
             Letters
             appertaining
             to
             History
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             very
             acceptable
             to
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             he
             granted
             his
             request
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             the
             first
             place
             amongst
             all
             the
             Italian
             Secretaries
             .
             And
             though
             in
             honouring
             this
             Vertuoso
             ,
             Apollo
             (
             according
             to
             his
             custom
             )
             had
             respect
             only
             to
             his
             merits
             ,
             there
             were
             notwithstanding
             some
             lavish
             tongues
             which
             durst
             affirm
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             done
             in
             favour
             to
             the
             Illustrious
             Cardinal
             
               Henry
               Caietan
            
             ,
             a
             Prince
             who
             for
             the
             magnificency
             of
             his
             Works
             ,
             for
             his
             undaunted
             courage
             ,
             his
             laudable
             customs
             ,
             candid
             genius
             ,
             purity
             of
             soul
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             the
             most
             excellent
             gifts
             of
             Nature
             wherewith
             he
             was
             richly
             adorned
             ,
             is
             usually
             called
             his
             Majesties
             best
             beloved
             .
          
           
             It
             must
             not
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             that
             when
             (
             according
             to
             custom
             )
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             were
             permitted
             to
             pass
             their
             censures
             upon
             Perandas
             writings
             ,
             
               Claudeus
               Ptolomeus
            
             said
             that
             they
             deserved
             to
             be
             corrected
             ,
             because
             there
             were
             many
             words
             in
             them
             which
             were
             not
             Tuscan
             .
             But
             the
             Censurer
             bad
             Ptolomeus
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             learned
             writing
             ,
             the
             Ingenious
             Vertuosi
             noted
             the
             conceptions
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             only
             malignant
             Pedants
             who
             censured
             words
             .
             And
             Peranda
             having
             lost
             his
             eye-sight
             some
             years
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             
               Ierollomo
               Fracastoro
            
             proferred
             to
             restore
             him
             to
             his
             sight
             again
             ;
             which
             if
             he
             should
             effect
             ,
             Peranda
             promised
             him
             500
             crowns
             for
             his
             Cure.
             The
             Phisitian
             being
             then
             to
             do
             his
             work
             ,
             Peranda
             was
             set
             down
             in
             a
             chaire
             ,
             and
             asked
             the
             Phisitian
             whether
             all
             things
             were
             in
             readiness
             wherewith
             to
             restore
             his
             eye-sight
             ?
             The
             Phisitian
             said
             there
             was
             nothing
             wanting
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             all
             his
             Instruments
             and
             Plasters
             .
             These
             things
             which
             you
             have
             named
             ,
             said
             Peranda
             ,
             do
             but
             little
             import
             towards
             giving
             me
             that
             comfort
             which
             I
             desire
             by
             my
             eye
             sight
             :
             Tell
             me
             ,
             how
             goes
             the
             world
             ?
             Even
             as
             it
             did
             ,
             said
             the
             Phisitian
             ,
             when
             you
             fell
             blind
             .
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             replies
             Peranda
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             lay
             out
             my
             money
             in
             recovery
             of
             that
             eye-sight
             which
             I
             willingly
             lost
             that
             I
             might
             not
             see
             the
             present
             world
             drowned
             in
             those
             inormious
             and
             hatefull
             loathsomnesses
             ,
             which
             do
             so
             much
             nauceate
             good
             mens
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Fourteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Italian
               Academies
               send
               Commissioners
               into
               Parnassus
               to
               obtain
               some
               remedy
               from
               Apollo
               for
               their
               corruptions
               ;
               and
               find
               the
               business
               impossible
               to
               be
               effected
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Commissioners
             sent
             to
             this
             Court
             from
             the
             Italian
             Academies
             ,
             had
             not
             audience
             till
             the
             twentieth
             of
             the
             present
             month
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             they
             told
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             the
             fundamental
             Principles
             of
             all
             Academies
             being
             excellently
             good
             and
             vertuous
             ,
             the
             Schollers
             were
             at
             first
             very
             studious
             ,
             and
             diligent
             in
             their
             disputations
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             learned
             exercises
             ;
             but
             that
             this
             so
             ardent
             desire
             of
             knowledge
             did
             with
             time
             so
             cool
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             also
             those
             vertuous
             exercises
             ;
             that
             whereas
             at
             first
             Academies
             were
             frequented
             by
             privat
             men
             ,
             and
             held
             in
             great
             reputation
             by
             Princes
             ;
             in
             process
             of
             time
             they
             grew
             so
             forsaken
             and
             despised
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             often
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             discouragement
             of
             Learning
             ,
             been
             inhibited
             ;
             as
             proving
             rather
             prejudicial
             ,
             than
             advantagious
             .
             And
             that
             though
             many
             remedies
             had
             been
             applyed
             to
             this
             evil
             ,
             yet
             none
             of
             them
             had
             procured
             the
             desired
             operation
             :
             Wherefore
             the
             Italian
             Academies
             being
             much
             devoted
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             have
             recourse
             to
             him
             ,
             whom
             they
             did
             humbly
             beseech
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             give
             them
             some
             preservative
             Medicine
             against
             so
             great
             corruption
             .
             These
             Commissioners
             were
             very
             graciously
             received
             ,
             and
             listened
             to
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             recommended
             the
             business
             to
             the
             Reformers
             of
             Learning
             :
             To
             whom
             when
             the
             Commissioners
             came
             ,
             they
             found
             them
             so
             imployed
             in
             the
             important
             business
             which
             they
             are
             perpetually
             troubled
             with
             ,
             
               di
               far
               delle
               sancie
               fuse
            
             ,
             with
             making
             much
             of
             nothing
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             excused
             themselves
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             then
             at
             leasure
             to
             attend
             that
             business
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Commissioners
             returned
             again
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             referred
             them
             to
             the
             Regio
             Collateral
             ;
             where
             the
             Academies
             demands
             were
             often
             disputed
             and
             discust
             ;
             and
             yesterday
             they
             had
             for
             their
             last
             answer
             ,
             That
             all
             those
             Gentlemen
             after
             much
             debate
             and
             proposals
             ,
             were
             at
             last
             resolved
             that
             the
             saying
             was
             true
             ,
             that
             
               Omnia
               orta
               occidunt
               ,
               &
               aucta
               senes●…unt
               .
            
             Wherefore
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             prevent
             ,
             but
             that
             a
             pair
             of
             shooes
             ,
             how
             neat
             and
             spruce
             soever
             they
             were
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             should
             in
             process
             of
             time
             become
             torne
             and
             ilfavoured
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             lovers
             of
             Learning
             should
             be
             very
             diligent
             ,
             in
             suddenly
             suppressing
             whatsoever
             Academy
             had
             swarved
             too
             farr
             from
             the
             good
             Rules
             of
             its
             first
             Institution
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             found
             new
             ones
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             world
             (
             little
             to
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             )
             might
             not
             be
             full
             of
             unprofitable
             Academies
             ,
             but
             might
             alwaies
             enjoy
             the
             benefit
             which
             it
             receives
             from
             good
             ones
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Fifteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Anneus
                 Seneca
              
               being
               accused
               before
               Apollo
               of
               two
               fowle
               Vices
               which
               were
               commonly
               found
               in
               all
               the
               Sects
               of
               Moral
               Philosophers
               ;
               doth
               excellently
               well
               defend
               his
               own
               Cause
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               of
               his
               Associates
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             last
             night
             ,
             to
             the
             infinite
             wonder
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             
               Parnassus
               ,
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             ,
             that
             Prince
             of
             Moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             one
             so
             well
             beloved
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             was
             made
             prisoner
             ;
             various
             were
             the
             discourses
             which
             so
             great
             a
             novelty
             occasioned
             .
             Some
             thought
             that
             it
             might
             be
             ,
             for
             that
             his
             Majestie
             would
             have
             him
             give
             a
             very
             particular
             account
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             by
             what
             Philosphical
             precepts
             he
             had
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             of
             his
             serving
             Nero
             ,
             gotten
             the
             worth
             of
             seven
             millions
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             by
             which
             so
             great
             riches
             ,
             he
             had
             cast
             so
             fowle
             a
             shame
             upon
             that
             poverty
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             moderation
             of
             mind
             ,
             which
             in
             his
             writings
             he
             had
             made
             so
             particular
             profession
             of
             .
             A
             thing
             so
             much
             the
             more
             scandalous
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             many
             Historians
             ,
             it
             plainly
             appeared
             he
             had
             been
             a
             frequent
             cheater
             of
             Legacies
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             fowlly
             extorted
             from
             wealthy
             men
             .
             Others
             said
             that
             he
             was
             imprisoned
             for
             the
             Adultery
             which
             some
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             say
             he
             committed
             with
             Agrepina
             ;
             and
             many
             were
             of
             opinion
             that
             it
             was
             for
             having
             been
             cause
             of
             the
             Pysonian
             Conspiracy
             against
             Nero
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             firmly
             held
             that
             Seneca
             had
             not
             only
             a
             hand
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             had
             so
             fowlly
             given
             himself
             over
             to
             ambition
             ,
             as
             after
             so
             great
             a
             fault
             committed
             ,
             he
             had
             suffered
             himself
             to
             be
             perswaded
             he
             might
             become
             Emperor
             .
             Nor
             were
             there
             wanting
             those
             who
             constantly
             affirmed
             that
             Apollo
             was
             exceeding
             angly
             with
             this
             Philosopher
             ,
             for
             that
             Nero
             himself
             had
             confest
             that
             the
             wicked
             Paracide
             which
             he
             had
             committed
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             done
             by
             Sencca's
             knowledge
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             perswasion
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             love
             he
             bore
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             him
             commit
             so
             horrid
             a
             wickedness
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             ascertain
             his
             own
             so
             unexhaustable
             riches
             which
             he
             had
             accumulated
             to
             his
             own
             shame
             ,
             and
             his
             Masters
             prejudice
             .
             But
             after
             his
             examination
             ,
             Seneca
             found
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             he
             ,
             but
             all
             his
             fellow
             moral
             Philosophers
             were
             accused
             for
             having
             very
             much
             scandalized
             all
             men
             by
             two
             fowl
             vices
             which
             they
             are
             given
             unto
             above
             above
             all
             other
             men
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             being
             revengefull
             ,
             and
             ingratefull
             .
             T
             is
             said
             that
             Seneca
             acknowledged
             these
             accusations
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             ,
             nor
             the
             rest
             of
             moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             what
             was
             laid
             to
             their
             charge
             ,
             since
             even
             thereby
             their
             goodness
             did
             manifestly
             appear
             ;
             for
             good
             men
             never
             offend
             any
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             since
             they
             gave
             no
             occasion
             of
             being
             injured
             ,
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             held
             strange
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             more
             mindfull
             of
             injuries
             received
             ,
             then
             other
             men
             ,
             it
             being
             common
             amongst
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             know
             not
             how
             to
             pardon
             injuries
             ,
             who
             best
             know
             they
             never
             deserved
             them
             .
             And
             that
             likewise
             for
             ingratitude
             which
             moral
             Philosophers
             were
             daily
             seen
             to
             use
             towards
             their
             benefactors
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             blockishness
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             was
             every
             where
             affirmed
             by
             their
             illwillers
             ,
             but
             that
             therein
             the
             candor
             
             and
             great
             goodness
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             was
             clearly
             discern'd
             :
             For
             moral
             Philosophers
             being
             guided
             in
             all
             their
             actions
             by
             their
             very
             cautious
             souls
             ,
             did
             know
             by
             the
             instinct
             of
             Nature
             that
             all
             the
             good
             and
             graces
             which
             they
             in
             this
             world
             did
             receive
             from
             men
             ,
             did
             proceed
             from
             the
             all-powerful
             hand
             of
             God
             ;
             it
             was
             therefore
             no
             wonder
             that
             they
             did
             not
             own
             them
             from
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Sixteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Ambassadors
               are
               sent
               from
               the
               Colledg
               of
               Gardners
               ,
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               obtain
               some
               Instrument
               from
               him
               ,
               whereby
               they
               might
               without
               any
               cost
               or
               charge
               ,
               cleanse
               their
               Gardens
               of
               all
               improfitable
               hearbs
               ,
               and
               are
               laught
               at
               by
               his
               Majestie
               .
            
          
           
             AMbassadors
             from
             all
             the
             Gardners
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             come
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             have
             acquainted
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             were
             it
             either
             from
             the
             bad
             conditions
             of
             their
             seed
             ,
             the
             naughtiness
             of
             the
             soyle
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             evil
             celestial
             influences
             ,
             so
             great
             abundance
             of
             weeds
             grew
             up
             in
             their
             Gardens
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             any
             longer
             able
             to
             undergoe
             the
             charges
             they
             were
             at
             in
             weeding
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             of
             cleansing
             their
             Gardens
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             forced
             either
             to
             give
             them
             over
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             inhaunce
             the
             price
             of
             their
             Pompions
             ,
             Cabiges
             ,
             and
             other
             hearbs
             ,
             unless
             his
             Majestie
             would
             help
             them
             to
             some
             Instrument
             ,
             by
             means
             whereof
             they
             might
             not
             be
             at
             such
             excessive
             charge
             in
             keeping
             their
             Gardens
             :
             His
             Majestie
             did
             much
             wonder
             at
             this
             the
             Gardners
             foolish
             request
             ,
             and
             being
             full
             of
             indignation
             ,
             answered
             their
             Ambassadors
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             tell
             those
             that
             sent
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             use
             their
             accustomed
             manual
             Instruments
             ,
             their
             spades
             and
             mathooks
             ,
             for
             no
             better
             could
             be
             found
             ,
             nor
             wished
             for
             ,
             and
             cease
             from
             demanding
             such
             impertinent
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             Ambassadors
             did
             then
             couragiously
             reply
             ,
             that
             they
             made
             this
             request
             ,
             being
             moved
             thereunto
             by
             the
             great
             benefit
             which
             they
             saw
             his
             Majestie
             had
             been
             pleased
             to
             grant
             to
             Princes
             ,
             who
             to
             purge
             their
             States
             from
             evil
             weeds
             ,
             and
             seditious
             plants
             ,
             which
             to
             the
             great
             misfortune
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             do
             grow
             there
             in
             such
             abundance
             ,
             had
             obtained
             the
             miraculous
             Instruments
             of
             Drum
             and
             Trumpet
             ,
             at
             the
             sound
             whereof
             ,
             Mallows
             ,
             Henbane
             ,
             Dogs-caul
             ,
             and
             other
             pernitious
             plants
             of
             unusefull
             persons
             ,
             doe
             of
             themselves
             willingly
             forsake
             the
             ground
             ,
             to
             make
             room
             for
             Lettice
             ,
             Burnet
             ,
             Sorrel
             ,
             and
             other
             usefull
             hearbs
             of
             Artificers
             and
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             wither
             of
             themselves
             and
             die
             ,
             amongst
             the
             brakes
             and
             brambles
             out
             of
             the
             Garden
             (
             their
             Country
             )
             the
             which
             they
             did
             much
             prejudice
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Gardners
             would
             esteem
             it
             great
             happiness
             if
             they
             could
             obtain
             such
             an
             Instrument
             from
             his
             Majestie
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             if
             Princes
             could
             as
             easily
             discern
             seditious
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             unworthy
             to
             live
             in
             this
             worlds
             Garden
             ,
             as
             Gardners
             might
             know
             nettles
             and
             henbane
             ,
             from
             spinnage
             and
             lettice
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             onely
             given
             them
             halters
             and
             axes
             for
             their
             instruments
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             true
             pickaxes
             by
             which
             the
             seditious
             
             herbs
             (
             Vagabonds
             ,
             which
             being
             but
             the
             useless
             luxuries
             of
             humane
             Fecundity
             ,
             deserve
             not
             to
             eat
             bread
             )
             may
             be
             rooted
             up
             .
             But
             since
             all
             men
             were
             made
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             good
             could
             not
             be
             known
             from
             the
             bad
             ,
             by
             the
             leaves
             of
             face
             ,
             or
             stalks
             of
             stature
             ;
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Drum
             and
             Trumpets
             were
             granted
             for
             publick
             peace-sake
             to
             Princes
             ,
             the
             sound
             whereof
             was
             chearfully
             followed
             by
             such
             plants
             as
             took
             delight
             in
             dying
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             gibbets
             ,
             wholsom
             herbs
             should
             not
             be
             extirpated
             instead
             of
             such
             as
             were
             venemous
             .
          
           
             The
             Ambassadors
             would
             have
             replyed
             again
             ;
             but
             Apollo
             with
             much
             indignation
             ,
             bad
             them
             hold
             their
             peace
             ,
             and
             charged
             them
             to
             be
             gon
             from
             Parnassus
             with
             all
             speed
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             altogether
             impertinent
             and
             ridiculous
             to
             compare
             the
             purging
             of
             the
             world
             from
             seditious
             spirits
             ,
             with
             the
             weeding
             of
             noysom
             hearbs
             out
             of
             a
             Garden
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Seventeenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               doubt
               arising
               upon
               the
               truth
               of
               a
               usual
               Saying
               ,
               That
               a
               man
               must
               eat
               a
               peck
               of
               Salt
               with
               another
               ,
               before
               he
               can
               perfectly
               know
               him
               .
               Apollo
               makes
               the
               point
               be
               argued
               in
               a
               general
               Assembly
               of
               Learned
               men
               which
               he
               causeth
               to
               be
               called
               for
               that
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             common
             saying
             ,
             That
             to
             know
             a
             man
             exactly
             ,
             one
             must
             eat
             a
             peck
             of
             salt
             with
             him
             ,
             being
             questioned
             by
             some
             Vertuosi
             ,
             Apollo
             being
             unwilling
             that
             the
             Addages
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             which
             are
             general
             Rules
             ,
             and
             inviolable
             Laws
             ,
             by
             which
             his
             Vertuosi
             steer
             their
             lives
             ;
             being
             I
             say
             ,
             unwilling
             that
             the
             truth
             of
             them
             should
             be
             any
             waies
             scrupled
             at
             ;
             many
             daies
             since
             made
             it
             be
             disputed
             very
             exactly
             and
             diligently
             in
             a
             general
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             :
             Where
             this
             saying
             was
             proved
             to
             be
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             the
             Assembly
             were
             of
             opinion
             that
             half
             a
             peck
             more
             should
             be
             added
             to
             the
             former
             dose
             ;
             grounding
             their
             Judgements
             upon
             this
             apparent
             reason
             ,
             That
             the
             shamefull
             vice
             of
             dissembling
             ,
             and
             infamous
             practice
             of
             hypocrisie
             being
             known
             daily
             to
             encrease
             amongst
             men
             ,
             it
             stood
             with
             all
             the
             grounds
             of
             good
             Arithmatick
             ,
             that
             as
             corruptions
             encreased
             in
             wicked
             men
             ,
             necessary
             remedies
             should
             be
             multiplyed
             by
             the
             Learned
             ,
             whereby
             stoutly
             to
             resist
             vice
             in
             its
             rise
             .
             But
             not
             so
             farr
             to
             shame
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             as
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             whilst
             the
             malady
             of
             vice
             encresed
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             remedies
             grew
             less
             ,
             the
             wiser
             sort
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             thought
             it
             not
             good
             to
             alter
             the
             ancient
             measure
             ;
             wherefore
             it
             was
             generally
             concluded
             by
             them
             all
             ,
             that
             the
             saying
             was
             very
             true
             ,
             for
             what
             concerned
             men
             ;
             but
             was
             very
             false
             in
             women
             ,
             who
             without
             eating
             either
             salt
             or
             oyle
             ,
             knew
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             their
             husbands
             the
             first
             night
             they
             lay
             with
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Eighteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Hircanians
               send
               Ambassadors
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               be
               resolved
               by
               his
               Majestie
               in
               the
               Important
               Article
               ,
               Whether
               it
               be
               lawfull
               for
               the
               people
               to
               kill
               a
               Tyrant
               ?
            
          
           
             AMbassadors
             came
             the
             19
             of
             this
             present
             monenth
             from
             the
             Warlike
             Nation
             of
             Hircania
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             where
             two
             daies
             after
             they
             had
             Audience
             given
             them
             in
             great
             pomp
             by
             his
             Royal
             Majestie
             :
             For
             the
             Vertuosi
             being
             very
             desirous
             to
             see
             the
             Customs
             and
             Habits
             of
             Forreiners
             ,
             came
             in
             great
             numbers
             to
             honour
             Personages
             so
             quallified
             .
             The
             Ambassadors
             being
             brought
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             of
             them
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             famous
             Nation
             of
             Hircania
             being
             at
             present
             miserably
             opprest
             by
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             with
             unheard
             of
             cruelty
             did
             Tyrannize
             over
             them
             ,
             had
             been
             perswaded
             by
             the
             fame
             of
             his
             Majesties
             wise
             and
             true
             answers
             ,
             to
             send
             them
             so
             farr
             a
             Journey
             as
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             only
             to
             know
             the
             true
             decission
             of
             that
             weighty
             Question
             ,
             Whether
             or
             no
             it
             were
             lawfull
             for
             the
             common
             people
             to
             kill
             a
             Tyrant
             ?
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             how
             strangely
             Apollo
             was
             incenst
             to
             hear
             such
             a
             question
             propounded
             ;
             he
             was
             so
             mightily
             moved
             to
             anger
             against
             those
             Ambassadors
             ,
             as
             giving
             no
             other
             answer
             ,
             he
             straitway
             rose
             up
             in
             an
             unwonted
             fury
             ,
             and
             commanded
             ,
             that
             for
             example
             to
             others
             who
             should
             dare
             to
             propound
             so
             pernitiously
             seditious
             doubts
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             immediately
             drag'd
             out
             of
             the
             Hall
             ;
             which
             was
             accordingly
             done
             .
             Such
             an
             action
             appeared
             so
             hidious
             to
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             and
             the
             Senat
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             as
             not
             any
             one
             of
             them
             durst
             intercede
             with
             his
             Majestie
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             these
             unfortunate
             Ambassadors
             .
             But
             Apollo
             seeing
             much
             confusion
             and
             amazement
             in
             the
             faces
             of
             his
             beloved
             Muses
             ,
             and
             Vertuosi
             ,
             said
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             too
             slightly
             revenged
             himself
             upon
             those
             Ambassadors
             ,
             for
             this
             their
             so
             scandalous
             and
             perfidious
             demand
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             was
             not
             only
             not
             lawfull
             for
             the
             people
             to
             dispute
             so
             seditious
             an
             Article
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             should
             keep
             it
             like
             fire
             ,
             from
             entring
             into
             their
             brests
             ,
             since
             such
             a
             doubt
             would
             be
             apt
             to
             cause
             more
             mischief
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             Paris
             his
             Apple
             had
             done
             .
             For
             those
             that
             were
             born
             in
             a
             Republicks
             Liberty
             ,
             had
             no
             occasion
             to
             raise
             any
             such
             Dispute
             ;
             since
             in
             a
             free
             Country
             ,
             every
             light
             shadow
             ,
             little
             semblance
             farr-fetcht
             suspition
             ,
             or
             least
             jealousie
             that
             a
             Senator
             should
             affect
             to
             Tyrannize
             over
             his
             free
             Country
             ,
             was
             sufficient
             to
             cause
             revenge
             be
             taken
             by
             a
             halter
             or
             hatchet
             ,
             without
             cavelling
             upon
             such
             foolish
             words
             ,
             and
             calling
             in
             question
             a
             business
             of
             so
             great
             importance
             ;
             for
             in
             a
             well
             governed
             Commonwealth
             ,
             if
             a
             Senator
             should
             incur
             any
             such
             suspition
             ,
             any
             colour
             ,
             shew
             ,
             or
             suspition
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             remote
             ,
             ought
             to
             serve
             for
             so
             convincing
             proofs
             ,
             as
             the
             party
             accused
             must
             first
             be
             hanged
             ,
             and
             his
             process
             to
             be
             made
             afterwards
             by
             usual
             course
             of
             Law.
             But
             that
             in
             Monarchies
             ,
             where
             the
             base
             Plebeians
             were
             incapable
             of
             themselves
             to
             discern
             between
             a
             lawfull
             Prince
             and
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             they
             ought
             ,
             for
             the
             great
             commodity
             which
             the
             peoples
             ignorance
             gives
             to
             such
             as
             are
             ambitious
             ,
             seditious
             ,
             lovers
             of
             novelty
             ,
             and
             
             such
             as
             dispair
             of
             their
             own
             affairs
             ,
             of
             painting
             out
             wicked
             Tyrants
             for
             legitimate
             Princes
             ,
             and
             legitimate
             Princes
             for
             cruel
             Tyrants
             ;
             to
             keep
             the
             world
             from
             slaughter
             and
             execrable
             confusion
             ,
             they
             ought
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             according
             to
             Tacitus
             his
             precept
             ;
             
               Bonos
               Imperatores
               voto
               expetere
               qualescunque
               tollerare
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Hist.
            
             To
             pray
             for
             good
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             bear
             with
             any
             .
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             his
             innate
             goodness
             cannot
             endure
             that
             any
             should
             part
             distasted
             from
             him
             ,
             though
             they
             by
             their
             impertinencies
             have
             given
             occasion
             of
             offence
             ,
             commanded
             that
             the
             Ambassadors
             should
             be
             sent
             for
             back
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             appeared
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             he
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             Beloved
             Hercanians
             ,
             To
             people
             who
             love
             to
             live
             peacefully
             ,
             
               Ferenda
               Regum
               ingenia
               ,
               nec
               usui
               crebras
               mutationes
               ,
               Tacit.
               lib.
               12.
               
               Ann.
            
             Princes
             humors
             are
             to
             be
             born
             withall
             ,
             and
             then
             especially
             when
             they
             are
             occasioned
             by
             puniard
             ,
             venem
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             mischievous
             machination
             :
             For
             the
             alwaies
             just
             God
             being
             the
             only
             competent
             Judge
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             continually
             carried
             about
             by
             seditious
             men
             ,
             you
             ought
             ,
             
               Quomodo
               sterilitatem
               ,
               aut
               nimios
               imbres
               ,
               &
               cetera
               Naturae
               mala
               ,
               ita
               luxum
               ,
               vel
               avaritium
               Dominantium
               Tollerare
               .
            
             To
             tollerate
             the
             luxury
             or
             avarice
             of
             Soveraigns
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             barrenness
             ,
             too
             much
             rain
             ,
             and
             other
             evil
             of
             Nature
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Ninteenth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Nero
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               for
               a
               very
               singular
               commendation
               given
               him
               by
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               ,
               rewards
               him
               with
               a
               gift
               of
               25
               Mules
               loaden
               with
               Crowns
               of
               Gold.
               
            
          
           
             VEry
             Singular
             is
             the
             news
             which
             happened
             this
             very
             week
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             of
             25
             Mules
             loaded
             with
             Gold
             ,
             which
             Nero
             the
             Emperor
             sent
             to
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             :
             All
             the
             Vertuosi
             were
             much
             astonished
             at
             so
             rich
             a
             present
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             ran
             to
             Tacitus
             his
             house
             ,
             some
             to
             know
             the
             true
             worth
             of
             so
             much
             treasure
             ;
             others
             to
             know
             what
             had
             occasioned
             so
             rich
             a
             gift
             ;
             and
             they
             found
             that
             the
             reward
             came
             to
             1250000
             crowns
             which
             Nero
             gave
             for
             the
             praise
             which
             the
             Historian
             gave
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             that
             Nero
             had
             not
             
               infra
               servos
               Ingenium
               ,
               Tacit.
               Annal.
               lib.
            
             13.
             
             The
             most
             learned
             of
             this
             State
             said
             ,
             that
             though
             Nero's
             gift
             was
             very
             splendid
             ,
             yet
             Tacetus
             had
             deserved
             much
             more
             from
             him
             in
             that
             excellent
             praise
             which
             he
             gave
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             genius
             was
             not
             to
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             base
             Dominion
             of
             a
             servant
             ,
             was
             more
             worth
             then
             many
             rich
             Treasures
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             but
             few
             Princes
             that
             deserve
             such
             praise
             .
             On
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             the
             learned
             thought
             that
             reward
             did
             so
             farr
             exceed
             Tacetus
             his
             merit
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             stick
             to
             speak
             ill
             of
             so
             heroick
             an
             action
             ,
             terming
             it
             one
             of
             Neroes
             prodigallities
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             those
             inconsiderate
             profuseness
             used
             by
             shallow
             pated
             Princes
             ,
             when
             by
             giving
             past
             number
             or
             measure
             ,
             they
             deserve
             rather
             to
             be
             esteemed
             foolish
             squanderers
             ,
             then
             vertuously
             liberal
             .
             Wherefore
             these
             men
             ,
             more
             moved
             out
             of
             envy
             to
             Tacitus
             ,
             then
             out
             of
             any
             love
             they
             bore
             to
             Neroes
             honor
             ,
             told
             Nero
             ,
             that
             most
             of
             the
             
             learned
             in
             Parnassus
             did
             not
             approve
             that
             he
             should
             reward
             two
             or
             three
             bare
             words
             written
             by
             the
             Historian
             ,
             with
             so
             great
             a
             mass
             of
             money
             ,
             who
             had
             said
             so
             many
             obsenities
             to
             his
             prejudice
             ,
             as
             did
             totally
             obscure
             that
             praise
             which
             he
             had
             so
             highly
             rewarded
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             Neros
             answer
             was
             ;
             That
             as
             excellent
             Picture-drawers
             did
             the
             better
             set
             off
             the
             figures
             which
             they
             draw
             ,
             by
             dark
             shadows
             ,
             so
             true
             Historians
             ,
             by
             the
             liberal
             mention
             of
             vices
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             bare
             imperfection
             of
             Heroes
             ,
             whosememories
             they
             doe
             by
             their
             writings
             eternize
             ,
             purchase
             believe
             of
             the
             praises
             which
             they
             give
             them
             ,
             no
             more
             shamefull
             invectives
             being
             to
             be
             spoken
             of
             Princes
             ,
             then
             exagerated
             praises
             ,
             without
             making
             any
             mention
             of
             those
             defects
             which
             are
             so
             joyned
             to
             humanity
             ;
             which
             when
             they
             are
             truely
             related
             ,
             they
             were
             true
             testimonies
             of
             the
             writers
             impartiallity
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             he
             did
             the
             more
             value
             the
             imputation
             written
             of
             him
             by
             Tacetus
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             praise
             which
             he
             gave
             him
             ,
             did
             exceed
             all
             the
             shamefull
             things
             which
             he
             could
             possibly
             write
             of
             him
             :
             For
             as
             all
             the
             most
             exquisite
             vertues
             which
             a
             Prince
             can
             be
             indued
             with
             ,
             were
             directly
             darkned
             if
             he
             suffered
             under
             the
             execrable
             vice
             of
             subjecting
             himself
             to
             a
             servant
             ,
             so
             the
             vertue
             of
             knowing
             how
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             those
             that
             serve
             ,
             did
             so
             well
             quallifie
             any
             whatsoever
             Prince
             ,
             as
             the
             splendor
             of
             so
             sublime
             a
             vertue
             ,
             did
             sufficiently
             cover
             the
             fowlest
             faults
             :
             And
             that
             all
             this
             was
             not
             without
             good
             reason
             ;
             for
             as
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             deny
             but
             that
             the
             unfortunate
             man
             who
             undid
             himself
             in
             seeking
             the
             Philosophers
             stone
             by
             his
             Furnaces
             and
             Limbecks
             ,
             was
             a
             mad
             man
             fit
             to
             be
             chained
             up
             ;
             so
             it
             must
             be
             confest
             that
             the
             Prince
             who
             having
             made
             an
             ignorant
             servant
             of
             his
             ,
             a
             Golden
             Ox
             ,
             did
             adore
             him
             like
             an
             Idol
             ,
             was
             of
             necessity
             to
             be
             esteemed
             a
             fool
             past
             all
             recovery
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Twentieth
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vertuosi
               visit
               the
               chief
               Church
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               and
               begg
               of
               God
               an
               important
               favour
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             being
             the
             first
             day
             of
             April
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             the
             Illustrious
             Poets
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             the
             Muses
             ,
             went
             to
             visit
             the
             chief
             Temple
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             devotion
             beseeched
             Gods
             Divine
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             vouchsafe
             for
             his
             mercies
             sake
             ,
             to
             preserve
             his
             faithfull
             Vertuosi
             from
             the
             lies
             of
             such
             persons
             ,
             who
             being
             wholly
             composed
             of
             malignity
             ,
             are
             notwithstanding
             held
             by
             Princes
             to
             be
             exact
             honest
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               incourage
               Senators
               of
               Free
               Countries
               ,
               to
               cultivate
               Liberty
               ,
               without
               affecting
               Tyranny
               ,
               causeth
               an
               exceeding
               wofull
               spectacle
               to
               be
               shewn
               in
               Melpomene's
               Amphitheater
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             firmly
             believing
             ,
             that
             in
             free
             Countries
             ,
             more
             then
             in
             any
             other
             sort
             of
             Government
             ,
             Laws
             are
             instituted
             for
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             that
             therein
             men
             set
             their
             minds
             more
             to
             undertake
             ;
             and
             to
             perform
             gallant
             works
             ,
             and
             that
             learned
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             all
             civil
             Pollicy
             do
             there
             florish
             most
             ;
             doth
             much
             abhor
             those
             Tyrants
             who
             commit
             outrages
             upon
             the
             Liberty
             of
             a
             well
             regulated
             Commonwealth
             :
             As
             those
             who
             to
             maintain
             an
             usurped
             Power
             ,
             are
             bound
             to
             hate
             men
             of
             great
             worth
             ,
             and
             to
             persecute
             their
             excellent
             vertues
             with
             the
             same
             severity
             ,
             with
             the
             which
             Lawfull
             Princes
             punish
             vice
             ;
             and
             though
             their
             genius
             lead
             them
             to
             encline
             to
             clemency
             ,
             they
             are
             notwithstanding
             necessitated
             to
             use
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             to
             Govern
             the
             State
             vitiously
             ,
             it
             being
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             
               Nemo
               unquam
               Imperium
               flagitio
               quaesitum
               bonis
               artibus
               exercuit
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
            
             No
             man
             did
             ever
             Govern
             that
             Empire
             well
             ,
             which
             he
             came
             by
             ill
             .
             His
             Majestie
             ,
             to
             affright
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             free
             Countries
             from
             committing
             like
             wickednesse
             ,
             caused
             the
             Senators
             that
             were
             resident
             in
             that
             State
             ,
             to
             meet
             yesterday
             in
             Melpomenes
             stately
             Theatre
             ;
             and
             having
             made
             Cesar
             the
             Dictator
             appear
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Theatre
             ,
             he
             brought
             in
             his
             sister
             Actia
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Nephew
             Augustus
             ,
             and
             his
             daughter
             Iulia
             ,
             and
             the
             children
             which
             she
             had
             by
             her
             husband
             
               Marcus
               Agrippa
               ,
               Lucius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Gaius
               Cesar
               ,
               Agrippa
               Posthumus
               ,
               Giulia
               ,
            
             and
             Agrippina
             ,
             with
             the
             numerous
             issue
             that
             the
             latter
             bore
             to
             her
             so
             famous
             husband
             Germanicus
             .
             It
             was
             a
             sad
             and
             miserable
             spectacle
             to
             Cesar
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             by
             his
             prodigious
             ambition
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             only
             drawn
             on
             his
             own
             cruel
             death
             ,
             but
             had
             totally
             extinguished
             his
             bloud
             ,
             which
             happened
             in
             a
             short
             time
             after
             :
             For
             certainly
             it
             was
             a
             very
             compassionate
             spectacle
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             of
             so
             copious
             an
             offspring
             as
             proceeded
             from
             his
             eldest
             sister
             Octavia
             ,
             and
             Giulia
             ,
             daughter
             to
             Augustus
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             who
             had
             not
             ended
             their
             lives
             ,
             either
             by
             poyson
             ,
             sword
             ,
             famin
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             miserable
             death
             .
             To
             this
             Cesar's
             so
             great
             heart-grief
             ,
             was
             added
             the
             immence
             rage
             which
             assailed
             him
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             which
             he
             had
             purchased
             to
             his
             so
             great
             reputation
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             effusion
             of
             his
             bloud
             ,
             should
             passe
             after
             Augustus
             his
             death
             ,
             into
             that
             cruel
             and
             bloud-thirsty
             Family
             of
             the
             Claudii
             ,
             which
             did
             so
             detestably
             persecute
             the
             bloud
             of
             the
             Giulii
             ,
             from
             whom
             they
             had
             inherited
             so
             glorious
             an
             Empire
             .
             Nor
             was
             the
             Compunction
             less
             which
             this
             so
             very
             sad
             sight
             caused
             in
             all
             the
             lookers
             on
             ;
             for
             thereby
             the
             usual
             calamity
             of
             Tyrants
             was
             recal'd
             into
             their
             minds
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             only
             unable
             to
             evade
             Divine
             inevitable
             Justice
             of
             laying
             the
             foundations
             of
             new
             Tyranny
             ,
             by
             their
             own
             violent
             deaths
             ,
             but
             that
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             still
             severe
             in
             punishing
             the
             wickedness
             of
             ambitious
             men
             ,
             would
             not
             permit
             that
             his
             progeny
             who
             had
             dared
             to
             undertake
             so
             horrid
             an
             excess
             ,
             should
             
             long
             enjoy
             the
             power
             of
             State
             which
             had
             been
             so
             ignominiously
             gotten
             :
             and
             which
             by
             divine
             providence
             fell
             soon
             into
             the
             power
             of
             a
             family
             ,
             who
             forced
             by
             good
             policy
             ,
             to
             extinguish
             the
             first
             Tyrants
             whole
             race
             ,
             took
             publick
             revenge
             for
             subjugated
             liberty
             .
             Moreover
             it
             was
             a
             calamity
             which
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             cruellest
             men
             that
             were
             in
             that
             Theater
             could
             not
             behold
             ,
             not
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             most
             ambitious
             tollerate
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             all
             Tyrannies
             are
             laid
             with
             the
             materials
             of
             so
             many
             violent
             deaths
             ,
             which
             the
             unslackt
             lime
             of
             such
             wicked
             injustice
             with
             the
             sand
             of
             so
             many
             horrible
             cruelties
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             water
             of
             large
             lakes
             of
             humane
             blood
             :
             whilst
             all
             the
             Vertuosie
             wept
             to
             see
             this
             so
             lamentable
             Spectacle
             ,
             Apollo
             said
             with
             so
             fearful
             a
             voice
             ,
             as
             infused
             terrour
             into
             every
             one
             ;
             behold
             said
             he
             ,
             you
             Tyrants
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             desirous
             of
             Soveraignty
             ,
             these
             that
             you
             have
             here
             before
             your
             eyes
             are
             the
             ends
             of
             your
             proud
             thoughts
             ;
             in
             these
             unfortunate
             Tragedies
             does
             the
             longing
             ,
             and
             immoderate
             thirst
             which
             such
             as
             you
             have
             over
             dominion
             terminate
             ;
             and
             those
             who
             have
             impiously
             made
             themselves
             Masters
             of
             their
             Countries
             liberty
             ,
             bring
             their
             families
             to
             this
             greatness
             that
             you
             see
             .
             Thou
             Caesar
             ,
             who
             by
             thy
             wicked
             going
             about
             to
             inslave
             the
             so
             Noble
             Roman
             republick
             didst
             make
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             thou
             either
             didst
             not
             know
             ,
             or
             didst
             not
             fear
             God
             ,
             see
             and
             behold
             to
             what
             height
             of
             infelicity
             he
             is
             able
             to
             bring
             thee
             ,
             and
             all
             thine
             .
          
           
             Though
             Caesar
             gave
             apparent
             signes
             that
             he
             was
             much
             confused
             and
             afflicted
             to
             hear
             these
             words
             ;
             yet
             Apollo
             the
             more
             to
             rent
             in
             pieces
             the
             soul
             of
             this
             ambitious
             man
             ,
             and
             to
             comfort
             his
             Vertuosie
             ,
             who
             were
             much
             afflicted
             at
             this
             so
             horrid
             sight
             ,
             and
             to
             encourage
             Senators
             to
             preserve
             the
             liberty
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             commanded
             that
             the
             humane
             Neptune
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             the
             alwaies
             glorious
             Prince
             
               Andrea
               d'Oria
            
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             Theater
             ,
             with
             all
             his
             most
             excellent
             family
             .
             Whereupon
             Caesar
             ,
             beholding
             the
             happiness
             of
             that
             renowned
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             those
             Senators
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Genoa
             were
             esteemed
             ,
             honour'd
             and
             observed
             ,
             as
             mindful
             of
             the
             great
             benefit
             which
             they
             had
             received
             from
             that
             new
             founder
             of
             their
             new
             liberty
             ;
             and
             that
             that
             Prince
             of
             every
             happy
             memory
             ,
             had
             left
             so
             glorious
             a
             fame
             of
             his
             modesty
             behind
             him
             in
             those
             Citizens
             ;
             the
             envy
             he
             bore
             to
             the
             Grandezza
             of
             those
             Heroes
             did
             torment
             him
             more
             then
             his
             own
             misfortune
             :
             and
             he
             then
             knew
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             and
             those
             that
             descended
             from
             him
             had
             conquerd
             France
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             done
             better
             ,
             and
             more
             advisedly
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             undertaken
             ,
             as
             did
             that
             glorious
             Prince
             
               Andrea
               d'Oria
            
             ,
             to
             reestablish
             the
             liberty
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             which
             was
             faln
             into
             the
             disorder
             of
             a
             confused
             Dimocrasie
             ,
             and
             to
             beat
             down
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             that
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             with
             those
             very
             weapons
             with
             which
             he
             had
             trampled
             upon
             the
             Senates
             authority
             :
             and
             to
             have
             planted
             a
             perfect
             Aristocracy
             in
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             won
             unto
             himself
             the
             high
             Title
             ,
             and
             glorious
             prerogative
             of
             being
             the
             second
             founder
             of
             the
             Roman
             liberty
             ,
             by
             the
             doing
             whereof
             ,
             he
             and
             his
             posterity
             mought
             have
             been
             as
             famous
             in
             Rome
             ,
             as
             the
             Family
             of
             the
             Dorii
             shall
             ever
             be
             glorious
             in
             the
             Noble
             Republick
             of
             Genoa
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             the
             world
             shall
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Inthroned
               Academians
               ,
               having
               admitted
               the
               chief
               she-Poets
               ,
               or
               Poetesses
               into
               
                 Parnassus
                 ,
                 Apollo
              
               commands
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               taken
               from
               thence
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             inthroned
             Academians
             ,
             contrary
             to
             their
             ancient
             Institutions
             ,
             did
             some
             few
             months
             since
             admit
             into
             their
             Academy
             the
             Vertuous
             Ladies
             ,
             
               Victoria
               Colonna
               ,
               Veronica
               Gambera
               ,
               Laura
               Teracina
               ,
            
             and
             other
             famous
             Lady-Poets
             of
             Parnassus
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             with
             so
             great
             applause
             of
             the
             Vertuosie
             ,
             as
             the
             Academians
             set
             on
             fire
             by
             the
             beauty
             of
             those
             Ladies
             ,
             were
             not
             onely
             very
             frequent
             at
             their
             learned
             exercises
             ;
             but
             did
             every
             day
             publish
             such
             Poesie
             ,
             as
             made
             the
             very
             Muses
             wonder
             :
             but
             it
             was
             not
             long
             ere
             his
             Majesty
             smelt
             a
             very
             displeasing
             savour
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             commanded
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             inthroned
             ,
             by
             no
             means
             to
             admit
             any
             longer
             such
             like
             parties
             :
             For
             he
             had
             found
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             Womens
             true
             Poetry
             consisted
             in
             their
             Needle
             and
             Spindle
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             learned
             exercises
             of
             Women
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Virtuosie
             ,
             was
             like
             the
             sporting
             and
             playing
             of
             Dogs
             ,
             which
             after
             a
             while
             ends
             in
             getting
             upon
             one
             anothers
             backs
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXIII
             ADVERISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Justus
                 Lipsius
              
               being
               solemnly
               admitted
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               the
               next
               day
               after
               his
               entrance
               ,
               did
               ,
               contrary
               to
               all
               mens
               expectation
               ,
               accuse
               Tacitus
               for
               being
               impius
               ,
               and
               reaps
               but
               little
               credit
               thereby
            
          
           
             
               JUstus
               Lipsius
            
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             formerly
             said
             )
             arrived
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             upon
             the
             confines
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             whose
             writings
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             presently
             voted
             worthy
             to
             be
             read
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             deservedly
             placed
             amongst
             the
             eternal
             labours
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Library
             ;
             and
             that
             consequently
             eternity
             should
             be
             decreed
             unto
             his
             name
             in
             full
             Senate
             ,
             with
             as
             plenary
             prerogative
             as
             hath
             at
             any
             time
             been
             granted
             by
             this
             State
             to
             any
             other
             Subject
             ,
             yet
             the
             publick
             entrance
             of
             a
             person
             so
             highly
             qualified
             was
             deferred
             till
             Tuseday
             was
             sevennight
             last
             ;
             because
             the
             noble
             Flemish
             Nation
             would
             signalize
             her self
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             with
             extraordinary
             demonstration
             of
             honour
             to
             this
             her
             Citizen
             :
             wherefore
             they
             erected
             many
             Triumphant
             Arches
             with
             much
             splendor
             and
             magnificency
             in
             the
             chiefest
             places
             of
             Pernassus
             .
             The
             Cavalcata
             was
             remarkable
             ;
             for
             many
             of
             the
             Learned
             in
             all
             Sciences
             favoured
             this
             Senator
             ,
             who
             having
             received
             from
             his
             Majesty
             the
             noble
             title
             of
             Vniversall
             
             in
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             every
             one
             thought
             he
             was
             knowing
             in
             an
             things
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             wondred
             when
             they
             saw
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             very
             first
             meeting
             Lipsius
             saluted
             the
             Noblest
             Romans
             who
             went
             to
             meet
             him
             ,
             by
             name
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             particularly
             known
             them
             .
             His
             learned
             writings
             were
             carryed
             by
             
               Caius
               Valerius
               Patercolus
            
             ,
             who
             though
             his
             age
             had
             made
             him
             lame
             ,
             yet
             to
             shew
             himself
             thankful
             to
             Lipsius
             for
             some
             good
             turn
             he
             had
             received
             from
             him
             ,
             did
             beg
             this
             favour
             of
             his
             Majesty
             .
             By
             express
             order
             from
             
               Apollo
               ,
               Lipsius
            
             rode
             in
             the
             midst
             between
             moral
             Seneca
             ,
             and
             politick
             Tacitus
             ;
             but
             a
             great
             uprore
             was
             likely
             to
             have
             risen
             hereupon
             ;
             for
             Tacitus
             having
             alwaies
             formerly
             granted
             the
             right
             hand
             to
             Seneca
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             prerogative
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             his
             reputation
             in
             the
             most
             prised
             Sciences
             ;
             yet
             he
             did
             so
             hotly
             contest
             with
             him
             for
             it
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             as
             upon
             the
             noise
             thereof
             all
             the
             learned
             Moralists
             running
             in
             to
             aid
             Seneca
             ,
             and
             a
             squadron
             of
             Polititians
             to
             assist
             Tacitus
             ,
             it
             was
             feared
             some
             great
             scandal
             might
             be
             occasioned
             thereby
             :
             but
             the
             Moralists
             struck
             saile
             ,
             for
             they
             knew
             that
             if
             it
             should
             come
             to
             blowes
             ,
             they
             should
             not
             be
             able
             long
             to
             resist
             those
             insolent
             Polititians
             ,
             who
             not
             having
             any
             regard
             to
             what
             is
             just
             or
             honest
             ,
             thought
             it
             not
             dishonourable
             ,
             but
             rather
             great
             worth
             to
             overthrow
             their
             enemies
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             by
             treachery
             :
             but
             all
             the
             business
             was
             quieted
             upon
             the
             appearance
             of
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Ceremonies
             ,
             who
             by
             order
             from
             the
             honourable
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Censors
             ,
             said
             to
             Seneca
             ,
             that
             since
             Sciences
             ,
             as
             fruits
             in
             Rome
             ,
             and
             fish
             in
             Venice
             ,
             had
             their
             seasons
             ,
             he
             might
             do
             wel
             to
             yeild
             the
             right
             hand
             for
             that
             time
             to
             Tacitus
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             most
             apparent
             injury
             which
             he
             should
             thereby
             receive
             ,
             he
             should
             solace
             himself
             with
             the
             remembrance
             of
             what
             honours
             had
             been
             done
             unto
             him
             in
             the
             better
             times
             of
             his
             former
             daies
             ;
             wherein
             those
             very
             self-same
             moral
             Sciences
             ,
             which
             in
             these
             present
             unfortunate
             times
             are
             reputed
             meere
             predantickness
             ,
             and
             old
             mouldy
             things
             ,
             were
             in
             so
             great
             esteem
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             were
             valued
             as
             the
             very
             pretious
             jewel
             of
             all
             learning
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             this
             present
             age
             ,
             which
             consists
             wholly
             of
             self
             interest
             and
             violence
             ,
             did
             so
             highly
             exalt
             the
             practice
             of
             Policy
             ,
             as
             that
             by
             scandalous
             example
             it
             permitted
             Peripatetical
             Philosophie
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             supream
             Ladie
             of
             all
             humane
             Sciences
             ,
             to
             be
             troden
             underfoot
             .
             Seneca
             obeyed
             the
             Censors
             command
             ,
             but
             much
             against
             his
             will
             ;
             for
             moral
             Philosophers
             who
             make
             so
             great
             shew
             of
             seeming
             humility
             ,
             are
             even
             borne
             with
             intence
             ambition
             .
          
           
             When
             Lipsius
             was
             come
             to
             the
             
               Foro
               Delphico
            
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             permitted
             to
             see
             the
             splendor
             of
             his
             Majesty
             in
             open
             air
             ,
             nor
             was
             he
             met
             and
             received
             at
             the
             foot
             of
             the
             Pallace
             staires
             by
             the
             Muses
             ;
             for
             those
             who
             write
             inventions
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             and
             who
             are
             beloved
             by
             Apollo
             and
             the
             Muses
             are
             onely
             thought
             worthy
             of
             those
             singular
             favours
             :
             whereas
             Lipsius
             his
             learned
             writings
             were
             onely
             found
             to
             be
             laborious
             ,
             and
             miraculous
             for
             the
             variety
             of
             reading
             that
             was
             in
             them
             ;
             a
             thing
             so
             common
             to
             all
             the
             Trans-Alpine
             writers
             ,
             whose
             braines
             are
             thought
             to
             lye
             in
             their
             backs
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             usual
             with
             Italians
             ,
             whose
             braines
             lye
             in
             their
             heads
             ,
             to
             invent
             alwaies
             new
             things
             ,
             and
             to
             labour
             with
             matter
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Mine
             of
             their
             owne
             ingeniosity
             ,
             with
             much
             sweat
             and
             toyl
             ,
             nor
             with
             stuff
             ,
             borrowed
             from
             other
             Writers
             ;
             it
             being
             a
             thing
             thought
             belonging
             to
             beggerly
             ,
             botchers
             ,
             and
             to
             broken
             Criticks
             ,
             to
             peice
             out
             the
             tatterd
             Gownes
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             but
             to
             cut
             out
             new
             clothes
             ,
             after
             a
             new
             manner
             ,
             and
             with
             imbroideries
             not
             formerly
             seen
             ,
             a
             thing
             belonging
             to
             an
             experienced
             and
             skilful
             Tailor
             Somsay
             that
             Lipsius
             was
             thus
             smally
             favoured
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             that
             
             they
             were
             offended
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             having
             indued
             him
             with
             so
             noble
             a
             Talent
             ,
             as
             he
             might
             like
             a
             Tacitist
             have
             written
             the
             civil
             wars
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             a
             thing
             so
             much
             desired
             by
             the
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ;
             yet
             he
             for
             certain
             respects
             which
             his
             Majesty
             held
             unworthy
             ,
             had
             hitherto
             resisted
             the
             inspiration
             given
             him
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             divine
             Goddesses
             :
             but
             this
             last
             is
             a
             suspition
             grounded
             onely
             upon
             likelyhoods
             ,
             whereas
             the
             former
             is
             sustained
             by
             Truth
             .
             Apollo
             stood
             to
             see
             this
             Cavalcata
             in
             his
             little
             Cabinet
             ,
             which
             stands
             close
             by
             Auroras
             lodging
             ,
             and
             which
             Italian
             Poets
             call
             the
             celestical
             Balcony
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             clad
             in
             a
             white
             Cloude
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             upon
             like
             occasions
             is
             usual
             )
             just
             when
             Lipsius
             enterd
             the
             
               Foro
               Delfico
            
             ,
             was
             by
             a
             western
             wind
             a
             little
             rarified
             ;
             so
             as
             his
             Majesty
             by
             the
             spendor
             of
             one
             only
             beam
             with
             which
             he
             beheld
             this
             his
             Vertuoso
             ,
             cleansed
             him
             from
             all
             the
             stains
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             which
             till
             then
             remained
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             become
             a
             perfect
             Litterato
             .
             When
             Lipsius
             was
             afterwards
             come
             into
             the
             great
             Hall
             where
             Audience
             is
             given
             ;
             just
             as
             he
             began
             his
             Oration
             ,
             with
             humble
             thanks
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             for
             the
             incomparable
             grace
             he
             had
             vouchsafed
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             sore
             mischance
             which
             befell
             the
             learned
             Pausanias
             ,
             a
             Greek
             Writer
             ,
             who
             was
             sate
             on
             the
             Cronologist
             Classis
             ;
             where
             he
             fell
             into
             so
             deep
             a
             sound
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             thought
             dead
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             reverend
             Cosmographists
             ran
             to
             help
             him
             ,
             Pausanias
             familiar
             friends
             said
             ,
             that
             that
             accident
             might
             be
             occasioned
             by
             meer
             weakness
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             being
             late
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             refresht
             his
             soul
             in
             his
             Library
             ,
             as
             he
             used
             to
             do
             before
             he
             came
             out
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             by
             taking
             two
             spoonfuls
             of
             Conserves
             made
             of
             Pindarus
             his
             Poesies
             ;
             but
             Euterpe
             whose
             humble
             servant
             Pausanias
             professeth
             himself
             to
             be
             ,
             sprinkling
             two
             of
             Thucidides
             substantial
             sentences
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             made
             that
             vertue
             return
             into
             him
             which
             was
             almost
             lost
             .
             Then
             Pausanius
             ,
             not
             considering
             how
             great
             a
             fault
             he
             committed
             in
             hindring
             Lipsius
             from
             ending
             his
             Oration
             :
             O
             devouring
             Time
             (
             exclaimed
             he
             ,
             being
             overcome
             with
             greif
             of
             soul
             )
             O
             envious
             old
             age
             ,
             which
             by
             your
             sharp
             and
             biting
             teeth
             ,
             consume
             even
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             were
             made
             by
             men
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             for
             ever
             live
             upon
             the
             earth
             ;
             how
             is
             it
             possible
             that
             the
             vicissitude
             of
             things
             should
             be
             so
             certainly
             affixt
             to
             the
             variation
             of
             time
             ,
             as
             that
             my
             beloved
             Greece
             ,
             formerly
             the
             mother
             of
             Learning
             ,
             the
             Queen
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             the
             honoured
             and
             safe
             habitation
             of
             liberal
             Arts
             ,
             the
             Garden
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             natural
             Country
             of
             the
             famous
             Vertuosi
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Learning
             ,
             the
             onely
             place
             in
             the
             world
             eternized
             by
             my
             pen
             ,
             should
             now
             be
             wholly
             become
             ignorance
             ,
             totally
             savedg
             ,
             uninhabited
             ,
             and
             so
             dismantled
             of
             all
             those
             both
             publick
             and
             private
             edifices
             ,
             wherewith
             thou
             didst
             formerly
             so
             much
             abound
             ,
             as
             now
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             thee
             but
             poor
             Cottages
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             famous
             Athenian
             Orators
             ,
             Phylosophers
             and
             Historians
             ,
             are
             become
             in
             these
             our
             unfortunate
             daies
             ,
             base
             Oile-men
             in
             Constantinople
             :
             whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             ;
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             time
             was
             nothing
             but
             soletary
             woods
             ,
             incumbred
             with
             marish
             grounds
             ,
             full
             of
             savedg
             beasts
             ,
             and
             men
             more
             savedg
             ,
             where
             nothing
             was
             to
             be
             seen
             but
             hideous
             Caverns
             ,
             poor
             Cottages
             ,
             inhabited
             by
             beggers
             ,
             should
             now
             be
             become
             a
             very
             fruitful
             ,
             beautiful
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             Province
             ;
             inhabited
             by
             civil
             ,
             wealthy
             and
             industrious
             men
             ,
             full
             of
             noble
             Cities
             ,
             adorned
             with
             both
             publick
             and
             private
             edifices
             ,
             very
             sumptuously
             built
             ;
             and
             which
             makes
             the
             wonder
             the
             greater
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             be
             a
             happy
             Country
             ,
             where
             the
             learning
             of
             the
             ancient
             Greeks
             and
             Latins
             ,
             seem
             to
             have
             tane
             up
             her
             eternal
             abode
             :
             all
             the
             learned
             Grecians
             ,
             as
             
             
               Aristotle
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Demosthenes
            
             ,
             and
             Pindorus
             ,
             were
             so
             moved
             at
             what
             Pausanius
             had
             said
             ,
             as
             also
             many
             others
             who
             could
             not
             forbear
             shedding
             of
             tears
             ;
             but
             before
             Lipsius
             his
             Ceremonies
             could
             be
             compleated
             ,
             fell
             into
             so
             great
             lamentations
             ,
             as
             being
             followed
             therein
             by
             the
             other
             Vertuosi
             ;
             Lipsius
             ,
             who
             knew
             that
             his
             Oration
             could
             not
             be
             heard
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             noise
             which
             those
             sighs
             and
             groans
             made
             ,
             came
             down
             from
             his
             seat
             ,
             being
             satisfied
             for
             the
             injury
             which
             Pausanius
             had
             given
             him
             by
             that
             interruption
             ,
             with
             the
             consolation
             he
             received
             from
             the
             Encomium
             he
             had
             made
             of
             his
             Country
             the
             Flemmish
             Nation
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             believed
             by
             all
             the
             Learned
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             that
             great
             intimacy
             and
             friendship
             was
             contracted
             between
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             and
             
               Giustus
               Lipsius
            
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             many
             reciprocal
             courtesies
             which
             had
             past
             between
             them
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             the
             Learned
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             the
             contrary
             happened
             :
             For
             two
             daies
             since
             ,
             Lipsius
             accused
             Tacitus
             for
             having
             said
             some
             very
             impious
             words
             in
             his
             first
             Book
             of
             Histories
             .
             His
             Majestie
             much
             incenst
             to
             hear
             such
             an
             accusation
             ,
             commanded
             Tacitus
             to
             appear
             before
             him
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             his
             defence
             ;
             Tacitus
             obeyed
             this
             command
             with
             such
             undaunted
             alacrity
             ,
             as
             his
             learned
             Friends
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             much
             astonished
             ,
             were
             greatly
             cheered
             .
             I
             ,
             who
             give
             you
             an
             account
             of
             these
             Informations
             ,
             was
             present
             when
             
               Beato
               Renano
            
             ,
             and
             
               Flavio
               Orsino
            
             ,
             both
             of
             them
             being
             Tacitus
             his
             good
             friends
             ,
             drew
             Lipsius
             aside
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             entreated
             him
             that
             he
             would
             desist
             from
             that
             accusation
             ,
             which
             would
             prove
             a
             great
             dishonour
             to
             himself
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             not
             be
             able
             to
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             and
             would
             prove
             very
             unfortunate
             if
             he
             should
             prove
             it
             :
             For
             Tacitus
             being
             the
             first
             Politick
             Baron
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             therefore
             much
             followed
             by
             potent
             men
             ,
             who
             have
             long
             hands
             ,
             and
             short
             consciences
             ,
             they
             would
             certainly
             in
             time
             work
             their
             revenge
             .
             To
             this
             Lipsius
             answered
             ,
             that
             howsoever
             he
             would
             discharge
             his
             conscience
             ;
             which
             being
             said
             ,
             he
             appeared
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             where
             came
             likewise
             Tacitus
             attended
             by
             the
             most
             pollisht
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             Court.
             Then
             Lipsius
             thus
             began
             ;
             That
             he
             was
             a
             friend
             to
             Socrates
             ,
             a
             friend
             to
             Plato
             ,
             but
             a
             greater
             friend
             to
             Truth
             .
             Here
             Tacitus
             interrupted
             him
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             leave
             those
             preambles
             ,
             which
             smelt
             so
             rammish
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             and
             fall
             roundly
             to
             his
             Impeachment
             ,
             for
             his
             fellow
             Polititians
             could
             not
             with
             patience
             hear
             premeditated
             preludiums
             from
             them
             from
             whom
             they
             expected
             fowle
             performances
             .
             Then
             replyed
             Lipsius
             ,
             You
             in
             your
             first
             Book
             of
             History
             have
             taken
             the
             freedom
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             God
             cares
             not
             otherwise
             for
             mans
             welfare
             ,
             then
             in
             what
             concerns
             punishment
             ;
             a
             conceit
             so
             much
             the
             more
             impious
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             would
             be
             a
             great
             fault
             in
             an
             earthly
             Prince
             ,
             much
             more
             in
             God
             (
             whose
             peculiar
             Vertue
             ,
             Mercy
             is
             ,
             and
             Charity
             to
             all
             mankind
             )
             to
             say
             a
             thing
             so
             exorbitantly
             wicked
             .
             Your
             very
             words
             (
             said
             he
             )
             are
             these
             ;
             
               Nec
               enim
               unquam
               attrocioribus
               Populi
               Romani
               Cladibus
               ,
               magisve
               justis
               judiciis
               approbatum
               est
               ,
               non
               esse
               Cura
               Deis
               securitatem
               nostram
               ,
               esse
               Ultionem
               .
               Tacit
               ,
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
               
            
          
           
             T
             is
             true
             that
             you
             may
             plead
             in
             excuse
             of
             this
             your
             great
             fault
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             led
             thereinto
             by
             unwary
             Lucan
             ,
             who
             having
             said
             the
             same
             thing
             before
             you
             ,
             wrot
             these
             Verses
             :
          
           
             
             
               Foelix
               Roma
               quidem
               ,
               Civesque
               habitura
               superbos
               :
            
             
               Si
               libertatis
               superis
               ,
               tam
               Cura
               placeret
               ,
            
             
               Quam
               vindict
               a
               placet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Blest
               Rome
               ,
               great
               Citizens
               might
               well
               have
               had
               ,
            
             
               Had
               the
               Gods
               minded
               her
               good
               as
               well
               as
               bad
               .
            
          
           
             When
             Tacitus
             had
             heard
             this
             ,
             It
             grieves
             me
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             my
             Lipsius
             ,
             that
             you
             who
             have
             boasted
             your self
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Oracle
             of
             my
             obscurest
             meanings
             ,
             have
             so
             grosly
             erred
             in
             a
             poynt
             which
             so
             much
             imports
             my
             reputation
             .
             For
             those
             words
             of
             mine
             which
             you
             have
             now
             recited
             ,
             are
             so
             farr
             from
             being
             impious
             and
             wicked
             ,
             as
             you
             accuse
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             prove
             them
             to
             be
             pious
             and
             holy
             :
             and
             that
             you
             may
             know
             I
             speak
             truth
             ,
             I
             will
             by
             a
             circumlocution
             of
             many
             words
             ,
             interpret
             that
             my
             conceit
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             my
             custom
             ,
             being
             exprest
             in
             few
             ,
             you
             cannot
             conceive
             .
             After
             having
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             my
             Histories
             ,
             acquainted
             the
             Reader
             with
             what
             I
             intended
             to
             treat
             of
             in
             my
             whole
             Work
             ,
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             undertook
             a
             labour
             full
             of
             various
             chances
             ;
             
               Atrox
               praeliis
               ,
               discors
               seditionibus
               ,
               ipsa
               etiam
               pace
               savum
               ,
               Quatuor
               Principes
               ferro
               interempti
               ,
               tria
               Bella
               Civilia
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Cruelty
             in
             Wars
             ,
             seditious
             discord
             ,
             savageness
             even
             in
             peace
             ,
             four
             Princes
             assassinated
             ,
             three
             civil
             Wars
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             When
             I
             had
             related
             the
             great
             calamities
             and
             miseries
             which
             the
             Romans
             suffered
             after
             Nero's
             death
             ,
             I
             said
             they
             were
             so
             many
             in
             number
             ,
             and
             such
             in
             quality
             ,
             as
             it
             had
             never
             at
             any
             time
             been
             better
             verified
             ,
             by
             the
             bitter
             sufferings
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             and
             by
             Divine
             Justice
             ,
             that
             that
             same
             God
             who
             had
             formerly
             so
             favoured
             and
             protected
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             as
             being
             as
             it
             were
             inamored
             of
             their
             greatness
             ,
             it
             seemed
             his
             only
             care
             was
             ,
             to
             render
             them
             perpetually
             victorious
             ,
             triumphant
             ,
             and
             Masters
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             was
             seen
             so
             to
             change
             his
             mind
             after
             Nero's
             death
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             evidently
             appear
             ;
             
               Non
               esse
               Curae
               Deis
               securitatem
               nostram
               :
            
             which
             is
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             quite
             given
             over
             the
             care
             of
             their
             welfare
             ;
             
               esse
               ultionem
            
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             minded
             only
             to
             take
             revenge
             for
             the
             great
             distastes
             which
             they
             had
             given
             him
             .
             Is
             it
             then
             Lipsius
             !
             a
             wicked
             conception
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             excesses
             committed
             by
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             both
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Nero
             ,
             Gods
             care
             of
             protecting
             them
             from
             all
             evil
             ,
             was
             turned
             to
             severe
             Justice
             in
             afflicting
             them
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             misery
             .
             The
             thing
             which
             you
             have
             said
             (
             said
             Lipsius
             )
             is
             very
             pious
             ;
             but
             it
             doth
             not
             square
             with
             the
             words
             which
             I
             accuse
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             which
             will
             then
             receive
             the
             interpretation
             and
             sence
             which
             you
             give
             them
             ,
             when
             the
             words
             ,
             
               securitatem
               nostram
            
             were
             only
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ;
             but
             they
             being
             universal
             ,
             it
             is
             apparent
             that
             you
             comprehend
             all
             mankind
             :
             That
             by
             the
             word
             Nostram
             ,
             upon
             which
             I
             perceive
             you
             chiefly
             ground
             your self
             (
             replyed
             Tacitus
             )
             I
             only
             understood
             the
             people
             of
             
               Rome
               ,
               Lucan
            
             makes
             it
             clear
             unto
             you
             ,
             who
             you
             were
             pleased
             to
             say
             ,
             led
             me
             into
             this
             error
             ;
             he
             expressing
             my
             very
             conceit
             in
             Verse
             ,
             mentions
             only
             the
             Romans
             ;
             affirming
             that
             Rome
             would
             have
             been
             perpetually
             happy
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             kept
             with
             her
             Citizens
             in
             continual
             glory
             ,
             if
             God
             Almighty
             had
             been
             as
             well
             pleased
             to
             preserve
             her
             in
             her
             ancient
             Liberty
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             to
             revenge
             himself
             of
             her
             .
             And
             do
             not
             you
             think
             it
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             Lipsius
             ,
             that
             the
             Romans
             ,
             who
             could
             never
             put
             a
             period
             to
             the
             insatiat
             ambition
             which
             they
             
             had
             to
             rule
             over
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             did
             so
             provoke
             Gods
             anger
             against
             them
             ,
             by
             laying
             so
             many
             Noble
             Monarchies
             and
             gallant
             Commonwealths
             dessolate
             ,
             by
             having
             plundred
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             filled
             it
             with
             fire
             and
             bloud
             ,
             to
             satiate
             their
             unquenchable
             thirst
             after
             wealth
             ,
             as
             after
             having
             delivered
             them
             over
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             cruel
             Tyrants
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             made
             tryal
             of
             the
             most
             deplorable
             miseries
             ,
             he
             at
             last
             permitted
             ,
             that
             by
             exemplary
             shame
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             trampled
             upon
             by
             the
             most
             barbarous
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             ?
             Certainly
             a
             most
             unfortunate
             end
             ;
             but
             much
             merited
             by
             the
             Roman
             ambition
             ,
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             avarice
             :
             precipices
             into
             which
             the
             Divine
             Majestie
             of
             God
             causes
             those
             Empires
             to
             fall
             ,
             which
             know
             not
             how
             to
             prefix
             bounds
             to
             their
             insatiate
             desire
             of
             Reigne
             .
             But
             to
             make
             your
             error
             appear
             yet
             more
             clear
             unto
             you
             ,
             Do
             you
             remember
             ,
             Lipsius
             ,
             that
             ever
             I
             made
             use
             of
             that
             word
             ,
             Nostram
             ,
             or
             Nostri
             ,
             in
             any
             other
             part
             of
             my
             Writings
             ?
             I
             remember
             (
             said
             he
             )
             that
             you
             mention
             how
             Tiridates
             ,
             King
             of
             Armenia
             ,
             who
             was
             sent
             to
             Rome
             by
             Corbalone
             ,
             to
             acquit
             himself
             before
             Nero
             ,
             of
             some
             imputations
             that
             were
             laid
             upon
             him
             ,
             did
             capitulate
             with
             Corbalone
             before
             he
             took
             his
             journey
             ,
             that
             no
             servitude
             at
             all
             should
             be
             made
             to
             appear
             in
             him
             Tiradates
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             be
             made
             to
             lay
             down
             arms
             any
             where
             during
             his
             journey
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             admitted
             to
             visit
             the
             Governors
             of
             the
             Countries
             ,
             without
             being
             kept
             out
             of
             dores
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             might
             be
             suffered
             to
             keep
             the
             same
             grandezza
             in
             ceremonious
             observances
             ,
             as
             did
             the
             Consuls
             ;
             which
             way
             of
             proceeding
             was
             laughed
             at
             by
             Corbalone
             ,
             and
             esteemed
             a
             barbarous
             vain-glory
             ,
             as
             you
             your self
             do
             in
             these
             words
             publish
             ;
             
               Silicet
               externae
               superbiae
               sueto
               ,
               non
               erat
               notitia
               nostri
               :
               apud
               quos
               jus
               Imperii
               valet
               ,
               innania
               transmittantur
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               15.
               
               Annal.
            
             Doubtless
             ,
             by
             one
             accustomed
             to
             forrein
             pride
             ,
             no
             notice
             was
             taken
             of
             us
             :
             Needless
             things
             are
             forborn
             amongst
             those
             that
             stand
             upon
             the
             right
             of
             Empire
             .
             And
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             relating
             how
             much
             the
             discord
             of
             her
             enemies
             made
             for
             the
             quiet
             and
             greatness
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             
               Maneat
               quaeso
               ,
               duretque
               gentibus
               ,
               si
               non
               amor
               nostri
               ,
               at
               certe
               odium
               sui
               quando
               vergentibus
               Imperii
               satis
               nihil
               jam
               praestare
               Fortuna
               majus
               potest
               quam
               Hostium
               discordia
               .
               Tacit.
               de
               Morib
               .
               Germ.
            
             Let
             there
             I
             pray
             continue
             amongst
             the
             Nations
             if
             not
             a
             love
             of
             us
             ,
             at
             least
             a
             hatred
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             since
             to
             the
             declining
             fate
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             Fortune
             can
             now
             grant
             nothing
             greater
             then
             her
             enemies
             discord
             .
             Then
             said
             Tacitus
             ,
             Do
             you
             believe
             ,
             Lipsius
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             words
             ,
             
               non
               erat
               notitia
               nostri
            
             ,
             and
             
               si
               non
               Amor
               nostri
            
             ,
             I
             did
             intend
             all
             mankind
             ,
             or
             only
             the
             people
             of
             
               Rome
               ?
               Lipsius
            
             then
             grew
             pale
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             now
             my
             Tacitus
             ,
             perceive
             my
             error
             ,
             I
             humbly
             crave
             your
             pardon
             ,
             and
             freely
             confess
             ,
             that
             the
             more
             your
             Writings
             are
             read
             ,
             the
             less
             are
             they
             understood
             ,
             and
             that
             your
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             are
             not
             to
             be
             read
             by
             a
             meer
             Gramarian
             ,
             such
             a
             one
             as
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               mournfull
               day
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               in
               commemoration
               of
               the
               unhappy
               Introduction
               of
               the
               Grace-Cup
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             first
             day
             of
             May
             (
             a
             day
             by
             all
             Nations
             consecrated
             to
             Jollities
             )
             is
             so
             sad
             a
             day
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             as
             not
             only
             the
             Muses
             ,
             Poets
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             are
             clad
             in
             Mourning
             ,
             but
             the
             publick
             Market
             places
             ,
             open
             Tarraces
             ,
             and
             Schools
             of
             Learning
             ,
             are
             all
             covered
             with
             Blacks
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             appears
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             
               Pollidore
               Virgil
            
             ,
             on
             this
             day
             of
             unhappy
             memory
             ,
             first
             through
             the
             ambition
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             then
             through
             the
             foolish
             vain-glory
             of
             privat
             people
             ,
             the
             pestiferous
             use
             of
             the
             Grace-Cup
             was
             introduced
             .
             Never
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             the
             Learned
             ,
             did
             there
             happen
             so
             sad
             a
             calamity
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             more
             bitterly
             bewailed
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             then
             the
             direfull
             spectacle
             of
             beholding
             that
             pretious
             Liquor
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             the
             only
             delight
             of
             Tables
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             eating
             would
             be
             a
             laborious
             task
             ,
             fit
             only
             for
             Porters
             ,
             cruelly
             driven
             from
             the
             Table
             ;
             and
             certainly
             not
             without
             reason
             :
             For
             what
             greater
             misery
             can
             befall
             mankind
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             reduced
             to
             drink
             according
             to
             another
             mans
             discretion
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             that
             sad
             condition
             ,
             even
             to
             beg
             for
             Gods
             sake
             a
             glass
             of
             Wine
             from
             a
             mean
             servant
             ,
             who
             many
             times
             minds
             thee
             not
             ,
             and
             oft-times
             does
             not
             hear
             thee
             ,
             which
             that
             a
             man
             might
             live
             as
             long
             as
             Nestor
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             alwaies
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             or
             hold
             it
             to
             his
             mouth
             ?
             And
             what
             more
             cruel
             means
             could
             there
             be
             invented
             to
             torment
             a
             gallant
             man
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             him
             stint
             his
             drinking
             when
             a
             savory
             bit
             hath
             provoked
             a
             lusty
             thirst
             in
             him
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             a
             spectacle
             able
             to
             make
             a
             man
             die
             for
             anger
             ,
             to
             see
             drink
             brought
             sometimes
             in
             too
             little
             a
             glass
             ,
             oft-times
             half
             empty
             ,
             and
             in
             so
             unequal
             a
             thirst
             ,
             to
             drink
             still
             the
             same
             measure
             ?
             And
             which
             makes
             the
             grievance
             the
             greater
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             Wine
             alwaies
             changed
             ?
             For
             the
             gluttonous
             ,
             and
             wicked
             Butlers
             cannot
             be
             perswaded
             to
             bring
             out
             their
             best
             Wines
             to
             Feasts
             ,
             but
             keep
             it
             for
             themselves
             .
             In
             this
             the
             Literatie's
             so
             great
             affliction
             ,
             the
             glorious
             German
             Nation
             ,
             which
             is
             free
             from
             so
             severe
             a
             slavery
             ,
             pittying
             the
             misery
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             Itallians
             ,
             and
             French
             ,
             moved
             a
             Treaty
             with
             the
             Princes
             ,
             to
             exterminate
             from
             out
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             known
             pernitious
             practice
             of
             the
             Grace-Cup
             :
             But
             the
             Princes
             answered
             resolutely
             ,
             They
             would
             never
             give
             way
             that
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Bottle-house
             should
             be
             taken
             from
             their
             Festivals
             .
             And
             though
             to
             facilitate
             the
             business
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             it
             was
             propounded
             that
             Wine
             should
             stand
             still
             upon
             the
             Tables
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             alwaies
             be
             good
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Butteries
             ,
             or
             Bottle-houses
             ,
             
               Si
               facesse
               la
               speca
               delle
               minestre
               che
               spesse
               volte
               ammorbano
               di
               caccio
               riscaldato
            
             ;
             They
             should
             spend
             their
             porredg
             seasoned
             with
             tosted
             cheefe
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             not
             listned
             unto
             :
             So
             as
             the
             business
             apappearing
             to
             be
             desperate
             ,
             
               Andrea
               Marone
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Brescian
             Poet
             ,
             stept
             forth
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             the
             Learned
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             did
             very
             fluently
             on
             the
             sudden
             make
             a
             stout
             invective
             against
             so
             cruel
             an
             invention
             in
             Heroick
             Verse
             ;
             and
             proved
             conclusively
             by
             the
             authority
             of
             
               Esculapius
               ,
               Hippocrates
               ,
               Galen
            
             ,
             and
             other
             famous
             Phisitians
             ,
             
             that
             Hectick
             Feavers
             and
             Tissicks
             ,
             which
             were
             but
             little
             known
             before
             ,
             were
             mightily
             encreased
             by
             the
             sorrowfull
             introduction
             of
             the
             Grace-Cup
             ,
             and
             the
             three-ounce
             glasses
             .
             For
             those
             silly
             people
             who
             were
             foolishly
             perswaded
             to
             drink
             by
             the
             ounce
             ,
             drunk
             but
             by
             scruples
             ,
             thereby
             purchasing
             unto
             themselves
             pale
             and
             weak
             complexions
             ;
             whence
             it
             happened
             ,
             that
             in
             these
             present
             times
             ,
             wherein
             the
             vanity
             of
             good
             breeding
             was
             more
             respected
             ,
             then
             substantial
             drinking
             with
             chearfulness
             ,
             the
             strong
             complexion
             of
             old
             lusty
             men
             was
             wholly
             lost
             .
             In
             the
             end
             of
             his
             Oration
             ,
             this
             Poetical
             Orator
             averred
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             the
             Muses
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             custom
             of
             drinking
             great
             carrowses
             was
             given
             over
             ,
             the
             race
             of
             Homers
             and
             Virgils
             was
             wholly
             lost
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             was
             pester'd
             with
             hide-bound
             Poets
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               principal
               Monarchies
               abiding
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               ask
               the
               Illustrious
               Venetian
               Liberty
               ,
               by
               what
               means
               she
               obtains
               the
               benefit
               of
               so
               equisite
               secrecy
               ,
               and
               such
               exact
               obedience
               from
               her
               Nobility
               ?
               And
               received
               from
               her
               their
               desired
               satisfaction
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             controversie
             which
             arose
             some
             few
             daies
             since
             amongst
             divers
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             decided
             (
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             )
             by
             the
             Illustrious
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             hath
             afforded
             this
             State
             of
             Parnassus
             much
             occasion
             of
             discourse
             .
             But
             more
             particularly
             it
             raised
             such
             an
             envy
             in
             the
             powerfull
             Monarchies
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
               France
               ,
               England
            
             ,
             and
             Poland
             ,
             as
             two
             daies
             since
             they
             went
             to
             the
             aforesaid
             Liberty
             of
             Venice
             ,
             and
             told
             her
             that
             they
             wondred
             very
             much
             to
             see
             that
             she
             should
             find
             such
             faithfull
             secrecy
             in
             all
             her
             Nobility
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             very
             much
             desired
             (
             but
             all
             in
             vain
             )
             to
             obtain
             so
             much
             from
             one
             single
             Secretary
             ,
             and
             a
             pair
             of
             Councellers
             :
             A
             calamity
             affirmed
             by
             these
             powerfull
             Queens
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             much
             the
             greater
             ,
             as
             that
             in
             this
             present
             fraudulent
             age
             ,
             the
             first
             weapons
             which
             some
             Princes
             use
             to
             draw
             against
             their
             enemies
             ,
             was
             to
             corrupt
             other
             Potentates
             chief
             Officers
             with
             vast
             sums
             of
             Gold
             ;
             they
             therefore
             desired
             to
             know
             of
             her
             ,
             by
             what
             means
             she
             in
             her
             weightiest
             affairs
             obtained
             so
             much
             secrecy
             from
             her
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             such
             obedience
             also
             in
             the
             certain
             danger
             of
             their
             ruine
             ?
             To
             this
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             answered
             ,
             That
             she
             did
             allure
             her
             Nobility
             to
             the
             vertue
             of
             Secrecy
             by
             rewards
             ,
             and
             frighted
             them
             from
             the
             vice
             of
             disobedience
             by
             punishments
             .
             The
             aforesaid
             Monarchies
             replyed
             ,
             That
             they
             likewise
             made
             use
             of
             the
             same
             means
             ,
             yet
             could
             not
             compass
             the
             same
             ends
             .
             That
             ,
             said
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             is
             because
             the
             rewards
             given
             by
             Monarchies
             ,
             are
             poor
             ,
             and
             the
             punishments
             slight
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             those
             which
             were
             practised
             in
             well
             governed
             Commonwealths
             .
             To
             this
             ,
             answer
             was
             made
             ,
             That
             Monarchies
             could
             affirm
             the
             contrary
             ;
             for
             the
             rewards
             of
             free
             Countries
             ,
             compared
             with
             the
             profuse
             liberallity
             which
             great
             Kings
             use
             towards
             their
             chief
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ,
             was
             but
             beggery
             :
             
             For
             it
             was
             never
             known
             that
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             rewarded
             the
             fidelity
             of
             any
             of
             her
             Senators
             with
             the
             rich
             Donatives
             of
             Castles
             ,
             Citadels
             ,
             Cities
             ,
             and
             other
             Noble
             and
             rich
             Fee-Farms
             ,
             with
             which
             Princes
             did
             often
             remunerate
             their
             Ministers
             of
             State
             ;
             the
             greatest
             rewards
             used
             by
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             to
             her
             most
             meritorious
             Senators
             being
             to
             promote
             them
             to
             greater
             Magistracies
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             their
             having
             taken
             much
             pains
             ere
             they
             could
             come
             by
             it
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             her
             imployments
             being
             rather
             expencefull
             then
             profitable
             ,
             they
             only
             brought
             with
             them
             an
             increase
             of
             reputation
             .
             That
             then
             for
             the
             poynt
             of
             punishment
             ,
             certainly
             punishments
             inflicted
             by
             the
             resolute
             will
             of
             Princes
             for
             great
             offences
             ,
             were
             incomparably
             more
             severe
             and
             dreadfull
             then
             those
             which
             were
             decreed
             against
             a
             Senator
             by
             any
             Senat
             ,
             which
             were
             usually
             rather
             mild
             and
             circumspectious
             ,
             then
             precipitate
             and
             cruel
             :
             And
             that
             there
             was
             a
             great
             disproportion
             between
             a
             Prince
             who
             judged
             his
             Vassal
             ,
             and
             a
             Senator
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             sufferage
             punisht
             his
             equal
             ,
             his
             friend
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             own
             bloud
             .
             That
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             used
             no
             worser
             Gibbits
             ,
             Gallowses
             ,
             Fetters
             ,
             Ropes
             ,
             nor
             fire
             in
             their
             Nobilities
             misdemerits
             ,
             then
             were
             used
             in
             
               Spain
               ,
               France
               ,
               England
            
             ,
             and
             Poland
             ,
             unless
             it
             were
             the
             
               Cavala
               Orfano
            
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Venetians
             utmost
             severity
             .
             That
             if
             Kings
             had
             not
             that
             Channel
             in
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             they
             could
             notwithstanding
             sew
             up
             their
             disloyal
             Officers
             in
             sacks
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             thrown
             into
             deep
             Rivers
             and
             Wells
             .
          
           
             The
             Illustrious
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             did
             then
             smile
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             in
             lieu
             of
             those
             Fee-Farm
             Rents
             which
             Princes
             bestow
             with
             such
             a
             limited
             authority
             upon
             their
             well
             deserving
             servants
             ,
             she
             gave
             unto
             her
             Loyal
             and
             obedient
             Nobles
             ,
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               Candia
               ,
               Corfu
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Islands
             subject
             to
             her
             Dominions
             ,
             the
             States
             of
             
               Dalmatia
               ,
               Istria
               ,
               Freuli
               ,
               Padua
               ,
               Vicenza
               ,
               Verona
               ,
               Brescia
               ,
               Bergamo
               ,
               Crema
               ,
            
             and
             that
             most
             majestical
             Miracle
             of
             the
             most
             Royal
             Cities
             ,
             Venice
             :
             And
             all
             this
             with
             full
             authority
             to
             command
             and
             govern
             them
             absolutely
             ;
             so
             as
             her
             Nobility
             were
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             as
             privat
             men
             ,
             but
             as
             Kings
             ,
             and
             great
             Princes
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             weighty
             affairs
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             were
             faithfull
             to
             themselves
             ;
             whereas
             the
             servants
             of
             Princes
             were
             faithfull
             to
             others
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             detestation
             which
             the
             Noble
             Venetians
             had
             of
             selling
             the
             Commonwealths
             secrets
             to
             forrein
             Princes
             ,
             arose
             from
             the
             infinite
             disproportion
             between
             what
             they
             should
             lose
             by
             their
             fellonious
             dealing
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             got
             by
             their
             Loyalty
             :
             That
             there
             was
             no
             proportion
             or
             comparison
             between
             the
             remorse
             which
             a
             Minister
             of
             State
             feels
             for
             having
             betrayed
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             the
             fear
             a
             Senator
             had
             to
             be
             unfaithfull
             to
             his
             free
             Country
             :
             Because
             to
             be
             unfaithfull
             to
             others
             ,
             was
             to
             betray
             himself
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             rewards
             which
             Princes
             give
             to
             their
             Secretaries
             ,
             and
             other
             State-Ministers
             ,
             did
             often
             produce
             pernitious
             effects
             ,
             and
             clean
             contrary
             to
             the
             intention
             of
             the
             givers
             :
             For
             that
             they
             did
             not
             only
             make
             the
             Officer
             grow
             more
             coole
             in
             his
             Masters
             service
             ,
             since
             he
             had
             nothing
             more
             to
             hope
             for
             from
             him
             ;
             but
             that
             Princes
             minds
             being
             so
             mutable
             ,
             and
             the
             plots
             of
             their
             Court-rivals
             so
             frequent
             ,
             it
             often
             hapned
             that
             the
             servant
             sought
             by
             his
             disloyalty
             ,
             and
             by
             suppressing
             his
             Master
             ;
             to
             secure
             that
             reward
             ,
             which
             by
             his
             good
             service
             he
             had
             got
             .
             All
             which
             were
             pernitious
             effects
             ,
             and
             wherein
             their
             rewards
             fell
             so
             much
             the
             shorter
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Patrimony
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             encreasing
             alwaies
             with
             the
             greatness
             of
             their
             Empire
             ,
             the
             love
             of
             their
             Senators
             
             was
             daily
             encreased
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             and
             their
             charity
             towards
             the
             weal-publick
             .
             Then
             she
             said
             ,
             the
             disproportion
             in
             punishments
             between
             her
             and
             Monarchies
             ,
             was
             far
             greater
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             often
             had
             experience
             ,
             that
             when
             her
             Nobles
             have
             even
             been
             in
             arms
             ,
             and
             much
             importun'd
             by
             forrein
             Princes
             ,
             if
             she
             should
             but
             mention
             unto
             them
             the
             Senats
             displeasure
             ,
             and
             their
             degradation
             from
             Nobility
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             any
             Venetian
             Senator
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             with
             unspeakable
             chearfull
             obedience
             hasten
             to
             Venice
             ,
             with
             firm
             resolution
             rather
             to
             lose
             his
             life
             between
             two
             pillars
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             deprived
             of
             that
             Liberty
             which
             is
             so
             highly
             valued
             by
             generously
             minded
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             not
             any
             Senator
             of
             Venice
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             willingly
             suffer
             death
             ,
             rather
             then
             put
             himself
             in
             subjection
             to
             any
             whatsoever
             forrein
             Prince
             .
             The
             reason
             why
             ,
             because
             the
             Noble
             Venetian
             was
             a
             Fish
             which
             being
             born
             in
             those
             Waters
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             could
             not
             live
             out
             of
             Venice
             ,
             in
             the
             element
             of
             servitude
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Francis
               the
               First
               ,
               that
               Potent
               King
               of
               France
               ,
               meeting
               the
               Lady
               Philosophy
               naked
               ,
               profered
               her
               his
               Royal
               Mantle
               ;
               which
               would
               not
               be
               accepted
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             bountifull
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Francis
            
             the
             First
             ,
             met
             casually
             yesterday
             the
             Lady
             Philosophy
             ,
             leaning
             upon
             Aristotle
             and
             Plato
             ,
             as
             she
             went
             sporting
             her self
             in
             Parnassus
             :
             And
             seeing
             her
             to
             be
             naked
             ,
             the
             King
             had
             a
             strange
             compunction
             of
             mind
             to
             see
             that
             the
             very
             Queen
             of
             all
             human
             Sciences
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             abound
             in
             all
             the
             most
             exquisite
             delights
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             poor
             ,
             as
             that
             she
             should
             not
             have
             wherewithall
             to
             cover
             her self
             .
             Wherefore
             that
             magnanimous
             King
             ,
             throwing
             off
             his
             Royal
             Cloak
             or
             Mantle
             ,
             which
             was
             all
             imbroidered
             with
             Flowre-de-Luces
             made
             of
             Diamonds
             ,
             would
             therewithall
             have
             covered
             that
             beautifull
             Lady
             ;
             when
             first
             having
             rendred
             all
             due
             thanks
             to
             so
             great
             a
             King
             ,
             for
             so
             courteous
             an
             offer
             ,
             she
             said
             ,
             That
             she
             who
             had
             no
             shame
             to
             hide
             ,
             nor
             deformities
             to
             cover
             ,
             might
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             her
             reputation
             ,
             walk
             naked
             in
             Parnassus
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               complains
               bitterly
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               inspire
               many
               mean
               wits
               with
               Poetical
               fury
               ;
               and
               they
               defend
               themselves
               excellently
               well
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             finding
             the
             products
             of
             Modern
             Italian
             Poets
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             very
             imperfect
             in
             Similies
             ,
             Metaphors
             ,
             Allegories
             ,
             Hyperboles
             ,
             and
             other
             figurative
             expressions
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             deck
             and
             adorn
             their
             learned
             Poems
             ,
             sent
             two
             daies
             agoe
             for
             the
             Muses
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             bitterly
             complained
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             Noble
             Poetical
             Fury
             was
             inspired
             into
             certain
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             who
             not
             able
             to
             undergo
             the
             labour
             of
             purchasing
             by
             their
             perpetual
             study
             ,
             the
             perfection
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             published
             poor
             Poems
             ,
             by
             which
             that
             Poetry
             lost
             much
             reputation
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             delight
             of
             Learning
             ,
             the
             only
             recreation
             of
             the
             Learneds
             labours
             ,
             the
             very
             restorative
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             the
             Jewel
             of
             all
             Liberal
             Arts
             ;
             not
             without
             much
             imputation
             of
             blame
             to
             them
             the
             Muses
             ,
             who
             were
             desired
             by
             the
             choicest
             Vertuosi
             ,
             that
             Poetical
             fury
             might
             only
             be
             inspired
             into
             laborious
             wits
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             in
             love
             with
             Learning
             ,
             and
             who
             might
             make
             themselves
             worthy
             to
             receive
             so
             singular
             a
             grace
             from
             them
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             that
             Polyhimnia
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Muses
             ,
             answered
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             That
             they
             ,
             in
             the
             inspiring
             of
             Poetical
             Fury
             ,
             and
             the
             flowing
             vein
             of
             elegant
             Verses
             into
             others
             ,
             were
             alwaies
             used
             to
             have
             respect
             to
             the
             fruitfulness
             ,
             and
             natural
             vivacity
             of
             mens
             wits
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Majestie
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             the
             gift
             of
             Poetical
             fury
             must
             of
             necessity
             precede
             the
             knowledgs
             of
             Arts
             ,
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             Learning
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             those
             who
             should
             have
             received
             so
             particular
             a
             favour
             from
             the
             Muses
             ,
             might
             afterwards
             improve
             the
             Talent
             which
             was
             given
             them
             ,
             by
             perpetual
             study
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             beloved
             Pindarus
             ,
             when
             they
             first
             inspired
             him
             with
             Poetical
             fury
             ,
             he
             was
             altogether
             void
             of
             all
             those
             pretious
             Sciences
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             afterwards
             did
             so
             richly
             adorn
             himself
             .
             When
             Polyhimnia
             had
             thus
             ended
             ,
             Erato
             added
             ,
             that
             the
             bad
             Poems
             of
             some
             late
             Italian
             Vertuosi
             ,
             was
             not
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             idleness
             of
             the
             Poets
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             misery
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             wherein
             none
             of
             those
             liberal
             Mecena's
             being
             to
             be
             found
             ,
             who
             were
             formerly
             the
             maintainers
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             such
             Sciences
             were
             now
             only
             prized
             by
             modern
             men
             ,
             as
             brought
             with
             them
             certain
             and
             present
             advantage
             ;
             not
             such
             as
             brought
             only
             delight
             and
             reputation
             ;
             an
             unhappiness
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             why
             in
             this
             present
             age
             ,
             such
             studies
             were
             only
             plyed
             ,
             as
             serve
             to
             feed
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             those
             not
             regarded
             which
             only
             feed
             the
             soul.
             Whence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             even
             they
             ,
             the
             Muses
             ,
             were
             with
             much
             sorrow
             ,
             forced
             every
             day
             to
             see
             that
             those
             very
             elevated
             and
             noblest
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             most
             intirely
             love
             ,
             and
             into
             whom
             they
             had
             inspired
             all
             the
             most
             excellent
             Poetical
             fury
             that
             they
             were
             able
             ,
             did
             rather
             violently
             resist
             the
             gift
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             and
             the
             instigation
             of
             their
             minds
             ,
             bigg
             with
             Verse
             ,
             then
             pursue
             it
             .
             And
             that
             therefore
             the
             best
             Italian
             Wits
             ,
             being
             forced
             ,
             even
             for
             necessity
             of
             bread
             ,
             to
             abandon
             the
             noble
             study
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             
             to
             which
             they
             were
             naturally
             addicted
             ,
             did
             so
             greedily
             thrust
             themselves
             into
             more
             gainfull
             studies
             ,
             as
             that
             a
             noble
             Italian
             Wit
             ,
             even
             then
             when
             he
             was
             most
             inflam'd
             with
             the
             composure
             of
             an
             elegant
             Stanza
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             forgo
             that
             his
             laudable
             labour
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             getting
             of
             a
             couple
             of
             crowns
             to
             turn
             Advocate
             in
             a
             civil
             case
             at
             Law.
             That
             if
             his
             beloved
             Virgil
             did
             by
             his
             taking-Verses
             ,
             so
             much
             increase
             the
             honour
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             it
             was
             because
             he
             was
             perpetually
             encouraged
             by
             Augustus
             his
             bounty
             .
             That
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             modern
             Poets
             to
             cultivate
             by
             their
             assiduous
             studies
             ,
             those
             fields
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             which
             produced
             nothing
             but
             barren
             brakes
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             even
             broke
             the
             hearts
             of
             her
             and
             of
             her
             fellow-Muses
             ,
             to
             put
             his
             Majestie
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             
               Iovan
               Andrea
               dell
               '
               Anguilara
            
             ,
             a
             noble
             Italian
             Poet
             ,
             died
             for
             meer
             want
             in
             a
             Lodging
             in
             the
             Street
             
               Torre
               di
               Nona
            
             ,
             at
             Rome
             ;
             and
             that
             Sanazzarro
             being
             reduced
             to
             a
             great
             scarcity
             of
             all
             necessaries
             ,
             died
             mad
             in
             the
             same
             City
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Lodovicus
               Ariosto
            
             ,
             and
             
               Torquatus
               Tasso
            
             ,
             resplendent
             lights
             of
             Italian
             Poetry
             ,
             were
             so
             hardly
             dealt
             withall
             by
             the
             avarice
             and
             ingratitude
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             saw
             them
             enter
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             without
             Clokes
             ,
             and
             with
             tattered
             clothes
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Torquato
                 Tasso
              
               presents
               Apollo
               with
               his
               Poem
               of
               
                 Giurusalemme
                 Liberata
              
               ,
               or
               Godfrey
               of
               Bullen
               ,
               For
               which
               
                 Lodovico
                 Castelvetro
              
               ,
               and
               Aristotle
               ,
               are
               severely
               reprehended
               by
               his
               Majestie
               .
            
          
           
             
               TOrquato
               Tasso
            
             ,
             two
             daies
             after
             his
             admittance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             presented
             his
             learned
             and
             elegant
             Poem
             of
             
               Giurusalemme
               Liberata
            
             before
             Apollos
             feet
             ,
             and
             desired
             that
             if
             it
             should
             be
             thought
             worthy
             ,
             it
             might
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             be
             consecrated
             to
             immortality
             .
             Apollo
             gratiously
             received
             the
             Poem
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             custom
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             gave
             it
             to
             the
             Reformer
             of
             the
             Library
             (
             who
             at
             this
             present
             is
             
               Lodovico
               Castelvetro
            
             )
             that
             it
             might
             be
             renewed
             .
             After
             two
             months
             space
             ,
             Tasso
             applyed
             himself
             to
             Castelvetro
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             having
             diligently
             perused
             his
             Poem
             ,
             he
             found
             not
             that
             he
             had
             therein
             observed
             the
             Rules
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             published
             by
             Aristotle
             :
             That
             therefore
             he
             did
             not
             think
             it
             fit
             to
             be
             placed
             amongst
             the
             publick
             Writers
             of
             the
             Delfick
             Library
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             might
             do
             well
             to
             amend
             those
             errors
             ,
             and
             then
             return
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             again
             renew
             it
             .
          
           
             Tasso
             was
             much
             astonished
             at
             this
             unexpected
             answer
             ;
             wherefore
             being
             incenst
             ,
             he
             forthwith
             went
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             with
             much
             labour
             ,
             and
             infinite
             pains-taking
             ,
             he
             had
             composed
             the
             aforesaid
             Poem
             ,
             in
             the
             weaving
             whereof
             ,
             he
             had
             only
             observed
             the
             Talent
             which
             Nature
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             and
             which
             his
             Caliope
             had
             inspired
             into
             him
             :
             Wherein
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             fulfilled
             all
             the
             duties
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Majestie
             having
             prescribed
             no
             Laws
             thereunto
             ,
             he
             knew
             not
             with
             what
             authority
             Aristotle
             had
             published
             any
             rules
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             it
             :
             And
             that
             he
             never
             
             having
             heard
             that
             there
             was
             any
             other
             Lord
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             but
             his
             Majestie
             his
             fault
             in
             not
             having
             observed
             Aristotles
             Rules
             ,
             was
             an
             error
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             any
             malice
             .
             By
             these
             words
             of
             
               Tasso
               ,
               Apollo
            
             was
             as
             highly
             offended
             against
             Aristotle
             ,
             as
             Princes
             use
             to
             be
             when
             their
             Authority
             is
             intrench
             upon
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             as
             he
             forthwith
             commanded
             the
             Guard
             of
             German
             Poets
             to
             bring
             that
             bold
             Philosopher
             bound
             unto
             him
             ;
             which
             they
             did
             .
             Apollo
             with
             an
             incenst
             countenance
             ,
             and
             irritated
             voice
             ,
             asked
             Aristotle
             ,
             whether
             he
             had
             been
             so
             shamefully
             impudent
             ,
             as
             to
             dare
             to
             prescribe
             Laws
             ,
             and
             publish
             Rules
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             to
             the
             high
             conceptions
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             had
             alwaies
             been
             pleased
             that
             there
             should
             be
             an
             absolute
             liberty
             of
             writing
             and
             inventing
             .
             For
             the
             lively
             wits
             of
             his
             Literati
             being
             loose
             from
             any
             tie
             of
             rule
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             the
             chains
             of
             precepts
             ,
             did
             greatly
             to
             his
             contentment
             ,
             every
             day
             ,
             enrich
             the
             Schools
             and
             Libraries
             with
             gallant
             Composures
             ,
             woven
             with
             new
             and
             curious
             inventions
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             make
             the
             wits
             of
             conceited
             Poets
             ,
             subject
             to
             the
             bondage
             of
             Law
             and
             Rules
             ,
             was
             to
             infringe
             the
             Grandezza
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             from
             the
             alluring
             delights
             of
             their
             products
             ,
             and
             greatly
             to
             inslave
             the
             wits
             of
             learned
             men
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             handled
             their
             pen
             with
             wonted
             and
             unbridled
             liberty
             ,
             they
             divulged
             such
             writings
             ,
             as
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             novelty
             and
             elegancy
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             afford
             delight
             to
             him
             and
             his
             beloved
             Muses
             ,
             but
             even
             admiration
             ;
             as
             was
             evidently
             seen
             in
             the
             Advertisements
             of
             a
             Modern
             ,
             Menante
             ,
             wherein
             under
             Metaphors
             and
             jesting
             Tales
             (
             a
             new
             invention
             )
             important
             politick
             affairs
             ,
             and
             choice
             moral
             precepts
             ,
             were
             couched
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Poem
             of
             his
             beloved
             Tasso
             ,
             being
             received
             by
             the
             general
             good
             applause
             of
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             it
             did
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             punctually
             observed
             all
             the
             rules
             of
             exquisite
             Poetry
             that
             could
             be
             prescribed
             .
             Poor
             Aristotle
             trembled
             at
             the
             hearing
             of
             these
             words
             ,
             and
             humbly
             beseeched
             his
             Majestie
             that
             he
             would
             commiserate
             his
             old
             age
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             a
             Philosopher
             as
             he
             ,
             might
             not
             suffer
             for
             anothers
             ignorance
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             writ
             the
             rules
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             not
             in
             that
             sence
             in
             which
             it
             was
             afterwards
             understood
             by
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             as
             if
             without
             observing
             his
             rules
             and
             precepts
             ,
             no
             Poem
             could
             possibly
             arive
             at
             perfection
             ;
             but
             that
             only
             to
             facilitate
             the
             Art
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             he
             had
             shewed
             the
             way
             wherein
             the
             best
             Poets
             had
             walked
             :
             That
             the
             only
             fault
             which
             he
             had
             committed
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             he
             humbly
             craved
             his
             Majesties
             pardon
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             having
             found
             long
             before
             ,
             that
             the
             ignorant
             took
             those
             his
             observations
             for
             Laws
             ,
             and
             peremptory
             precepts
             ,
             blinded
             with
             that
             ambition
             which
             robs
             all
             men
             of
             their
             eye
             sight
             ;
             for
             that
             that
             error
             had
             encreased
             his
             honour
             and
             reputation
             ,
             he
             had
             given
             his
             Majestie
             thereby
             so
             high
             a
             displeasure
             :
             And
             that
             he
             confest
             that
             the
             brains
             of
             high
             strained
             Poets
             might
             write
             Poems
             so
             absolutely
             perfect
             ,
             as
             they
             might
             serve
             others
             for
             Rules
             and
             Laws
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             without
             keeping
             his
             Laws
             and
             precepts
             :
             And
             that
             the
             truth
             of
             this
             that
             he
             had
             said
             was
             clearly
             proved
             by
             the
             Politicks
             which
             he
             had
             published
             ,
             which
             in
             comparison
             to
             the
             madly
             wrested
             Reason
             of
             State
             which
             was
             now
             practised
             by
             many
             ,
             was
             meer
             foppery
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               is
               chosen
               Prince
               of
               Lesbos
               ;
               whither
               being
               come
               ,
               his
               success
               proves
               not
               good
            
          
           
             TWo
             months
             ago
             the
             Prince
             of
             Lesbos
             departed
             this
             life
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Electors
             of
             that
             State
             ,
             who
             as
             every
             one
             knows
             ,
             obey
             an
             Elective
             Prince
             ,
             sent
             Ambassadors
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             desiring
             him
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             name
             a
             man
             unto
             them
             worthy
             of
             so
             high
             preferment
             ,
             and
             they
             would
             willingly
             chuse
             him
             for
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             .
             Many
             worthy
             Letterati
             were
             propounded
             by
             Apollo
             ;
             the
             Ambassadors
             thought
             ,
             that
             since
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             was
             famed
             farr
             above
             all
             others
             for
             matter
             of
             Policy
             ,
             he
             was
             fittest
             to
             be
             chosen
             .
             But
             before
             the
             business
             passed
             any
             further
             ,
             they
             went
             to
             visit
             him
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             should
             chuse
             him
             for
             their
             Prince
             ,
             how
             he
             would
             govern
             them
             :
             Tacitus
             speaking
             at
             large
             unto
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             himself
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             knew
             what
             his
             abilities
             were
             in
             the
             well
             governing
             a
             State
             ;
             since
             the
             whole
             world
             set
             such
             an
             estimation
             upon
             his
             writings
             ,
             as
             he
             thought
             he
             might
             justly
             boast
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             governed
             by
             the
             modern
             Princes
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             rules
             of
             his
             Politicks
             :
             That
             having
             shewn
             others
             the
             true
             practice
             of
             the
             most
             exact
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             they
             might
             easily
             believe
             he
             should
             know
             better
             then
             any
             other
             ,
             how
             to
             put
             it
             in
             execution
             in
             his
             own
             State.
             And
             though
             upon
             this
             occasion
             he
             durst
             undertake
             upon
             the
             sudden
             ,
             in
             their
             presence
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             compleat
             discourse
             upon
             the
             means
             that
             were
             to
             be
             used
             by
             a
             Prince
             who
             would
             govern
             an
             Elective
             Kingdom
             well
             ,
             yet
             to
             let
             them
             see
             that
             he
             with
             much
             reason
             was
             acknowledged
             by
             the
             most
             understanding
             Polititians
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Master
             of
             that
             Art
             ,
             he
             would
             tell
             them
             in
             two
             words
             ,
             what
             satisfaction
             he
             intended
             to
             give
             them
             in
             his
             Government
             .
             Which
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             diligently
             imitate
             the
             late
             Prince
             in
             those
             actions
             which
             he
             should
             know
             gave
             content
             unto
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             exceedingly
             detest
             him
             in
             those
             which
             they
             were
             displeased
             with
             .
             He
             then
             added
             ,
             That
             what
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             was
             the
             very
             extract
             of
             all
             true
             Policy
             ,
             the
             quintescence
             distilled
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             only
             by
             him
             thought
             upon
             ;
             and
             that
             relying
             much
             upon
             them
             ,
             he
             had
             imparted
             unto
             them
             this
             secret
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             were
             made
             common
             ,
             Shop-keepers
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             meanest
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             would
             know
             how
             to
             rule
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             govern
             Empires
             .
          
           
             The
             Ambassadors
             were
             much
             pleased
             with
             what
             Tacitus
             had
             said
             ,
             and
             did
             assure
             him
             that
             he
             should
             be
             the
             man
             that
             should
             be
             chosen
             ;
             they
             only
             advertised
             him
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             should
             be
             created
             their
             Prince
             ,
             it
             would
             behove
             him
             to
             speak
             in
             a
             more
             usual
             stile
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             the
             better
             understood
             by
             the
             people
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             so
             learned
             as
             those
             of
             Parnassus
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             Tacitus
             answered
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             one
             like
             him
             ,
             who
             profest
             to
             speak
             more
             sentences
             then
             words
             ,
             to
             speak
             obscurely
             ;
             for
             sententious
             meanings
             ,
             and
             politick
             precepts
             ,
             lost
             much
             reputation
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             spoken
             in
             trivial
             Latin
             :
             And
             he
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             not
             communicate
             that
             political
             Science
             to
             the
             base
             rabble-rout
             ,
             which
             ought
             
             only
             to
             be
             known
             to
             great
             Kings
             ,
             used
             that
             manner
             of
             Language
             ;
             that
             therefore
             his
             conceptions
             were
             understood
             only
             by
             the
             choicest
             wits
             ,
             whose
             accurate
             pallats
             were
             able
             to
             rellish
             them
             ;
             yet
             for
             the
             general
             good
             of
             those
             that
             understood
             but
             little
             ,
             he
             would
             bring
             with
             him
             for
             his
             Interpreters
             ,
             
               Mercerus
               ,
               Lipsius
               ,
               Fulvius
               Orsinus
               ,
            
             and
             that
             he
             would
             bring
             with
             him
             as
             far
             as
             from
             Italy
             ,
             the
             most
             affable
             
               Courtius
               Pecchena
            
             ,
             whom
             Ferdinand
             the
             great
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             ,
             the
             best
             Scollar
             that
             ever
             came
             out
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             Schoole
             ,
             had
             offered
             him
             ,
             whensoever
             he
             should
             have
             occasion
             to
             use
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Ambassadors
             returned
             to
             Lesbos
             much
             satisfied
             with
             these
             answers
             ,
             and
             made
             such
             relation
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             miraculous
             wisdom
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             general
             applause
             of
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             he
             was
             presently
             chosen
             ,
             and
             declared
             Prince
             .
             But
             the
             success
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             Government
             in
             his
             Principality
             ,
             proved
             clean
             contrary
             to
             the
             expectation
             which
             was
             had
             of
             him
             :
             For
             soon
             after
             he
             had
             taken
             possession
             ,
             he
             began
             first
             to
             sow
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             nourish
             great
             discord
             between
             the
             Nobility
             and
             the
             common
             people
             :
             and
             because
             the
             Nobility
             was
             of
             more
             worth
             ,
             and
             better
             advised
             then
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             who
             were
             kept
             under
             by
             the
             power
             of
             great
             ones
             ,
             Tacitus
             secretly
             and
             cunningly
             adheared
             to
             the
             weaker
             side
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             people
             growing
             very
             bold
             with
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             stout
             assistance
             which
             they
             received
             from
             the
             Prince
             ,
             they
             exercised
             bruitish
             insolencies
             ,
             by
             means
             whereof
             ,
             in
             less
             then
             a
             months
             space
             ,
             a
             dreadfull
             fire
             of
             civil
             Warr
             was
             kindled
             in
             
               Lesbos
               .
               Tacitus
            
             this
             mean
             while
             appearing
             in
             publick
             to
             be
             a
             well-wisher
             to
             the
             general
             peace
             ,
             interposed
             himself
             as
             a
             mediator
             to
             compose
             those
             differences
             ,
             which
             in
             privat
             he
             wished
             might
             never
             have
             an
             end
             ;
             and
             shewed
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             zealous
             of
             all
             their
             goods
             ,
             as
             he
             became
             the
             absolute
             arbitrator
             of
             the
             differences
             between
             both
             sides
             :
             And
             making
             use
             of
             the
             calamities
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             an
             instrument
             whereby
             to
             agrandize
             his
             Authority
             ,
             he
             first
             infused
             great
             fear
             into
             the
             people
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             be
             quickly
             cut
             in
             pieces
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             not
             all
             the
             sooner
             find
             out
             some
             remedy
             for
             their
             preservation
             .
             By
             this
             means
             he
             easily
             obtained
             their
             good
             wils
             ,
             that
             a
             Militia
             of
             forrein
             Souldiers
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             Metropolitan
             City
             ,
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             being
             over-powered
             by
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             which
             Militia
             he
             honested
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Souldiers
             of
             Peace
             :
             And
             they
             ,
             with
             approbation
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             were
             permitted
             to
             be
             armed
             ,
             under
             pretence
             ,
             that
             by
             them
             he
             would
             curb
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             were
             already
             grown
             too
             insolent
             .
             The
             Souldiers
             were
             three
             thousand
             in
             number
             ,
             and
             an
             intiment
             confident
             of
             Tacitus
             was
             by
             him
             given
             them
             for
             their
             chief
             Commander
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             be
             faithfull
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             serve
             him
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             he
             obliged
             them
             not
             only
             by
             othes
             ,
             gifts
             ,
             and
             all
             demonstrations
             of
             liberality
             ;
             but
             made
             them
             as
             partial
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             hatefull
             to
             the
             Nobility
             and
             common
             people
             ,
             by
             permitting
             them
             to
             commit
             all
             sorts
             of
             cruelty
             and
             plunder
             against
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Commons
             of
             
               Lesbos
               ,
               Tacitus
            
             being
             thus
             fortified
             in
             his
             power
             and
             greatness
             ,
             did
             in
             a
             few
             daies
             fill
             the
             Senat
             and
             City
             Lesbos
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             whole
             State
             ,
             with
             Promooters
             and
             Spies
             ,
             which
             he
             incensed
             against
             the
             chiefest
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             who
             under
             pretence
             of
             divers
             faults
             ,
             were
             bereft
             of
             their
             Estates
             and
             imployments
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             exalted
             and
             agrandized
             their
             accusers
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             chief
             men
             of
             the
             Senat
             ,
             some
             through
             avarice
             ,
             some
             through
             ambition
             ,
             and
             very
             many
             to
             save
             their
             own
             lives
             ,
             became
             wicked
             Ministers
             
             of
             their
             Princes
             cruelty
             and
             ambition
             ,
             by
             accusing
             ,
             and
             falsly
             calumniating
             the
             greatest
             Subjects
             of
             the
             State.
             Moreover
             ,
             such
             Senators
             as
             he
             knew
             he
             could
             not
             oppress
             by
             false
             accusations
             ,
             he
             imployed
             them
             abroad
             in
             forrein
             Negotiations
             ,
             which
             were
             expensive
             ,
             and
             could
             cause
             no
             jealousies
             ;
             then
             by
             little
             and
             little
             he
             disarmed
             under
             colour
             of
             various
             pretence
             ,
             the
             ancient
             Officers
             who
             had
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Militia
             ,
             and
             put
             their
             arms
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             such
             as
             were
             affectionate
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             whilst
             by
             this
             deep
             and
             wicked
             cunning
             ,
             he
             abased
             the
             powerful
             ,
             he
             exalted
             new
             men
             ,
             chosen
             out
             of
             the
             meanest
             sort
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             who
             did
             wholly
             depend
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             Senators
             ,
             and
             other
             supream
             Magistrates
             .
             Then
             under
             colour
             of
             securing
             the
             State
             from
             being
             invaded
             by
             forrein
             Princes
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             begirt
             it
             round
             with
             strong
             Citadels
             ,
             which
             he
             put
             into
             the
             custody
             of
             forreiners
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             friends
             .
             And
             because
             he
             could
             not
             endure
             that
             the
             people
             and
             Nobility
             should
             be
             armed
             ,
             and
             knew
             that
             to
             disarm
             them
             ,
             would
             be
             a
             dangerous
             business
             ,
             he
             made
             use
             of
             a
             safe
             way
             to
             disarm
             his
             Subjects
             by
             long
             peace
             ,
             by
             idleness
             ,
             or
             wantonness
             ,
             and
             by
             using
             severe
             justice
             upon
             such
             as
             did
             any
             waies
             dispute
             these
             their
             necessary
             recentments
             :
             And
             totally
             to
             irradicate
             all
             vertue
             from
             out
             his
             Subjects
             souls
             ,
             he
             caused
             costly
             Theaters
             to
             be
             built
             in
             the
             chiefest
             Cities
             ,
             wherein
             pastimes
             ,
             Comedies
             ,
             Huntings
             ,
             and
             other
             delightfull
             spectacles
             ,
             were
             perpetually
             represented
             ,
             by
             the
             over-much
             use
             whereof
             the
             people
             and
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             gave
             over
             their
             ancient
             care
             of
             publick
             affairs
             ,
             and
             the
             thought
             of
             Military
             exercises
             :
             And
             as
             one
             who
             knew
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             to
             come
             by
             his
             desired
             end
             of
             erecting
             a
             Tyrannical
             Government
             over
             a
             people
             who
             were
             born
             free-men
             ,
             and
             had
             long
             lived
             in
             liberty
             ,
             it
             was
             requisite
             to
             glut
             them
             with
             perpetual
             plenty
             and
             abundance
             ,
             Tacitus
             gave
             himself
             wholly
             to
             provide
             that
             great
             store
             of
             all
             good
             things
             ,
             should
             alwaies
             be
             found
             in
             his
             State.
             
          
           
             Thus
             farr
             Tacitus
             his
             affairs
             past
             on
             successfully
             ;
             but
             when
             he
             would
             go
             about
             the
             last
             precept
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             by
             laying
             snares
             for
             the
             lives
             of
             some
             great
             Senators
             which
             he
             was
             jealous
             of
             ,
             he
             contracted
             so
             cruel
             and
             so
             universal
             a
             hatred
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             lest
             he
             might
             be
             opprest
             by
             a
             great
             conspiracy
             which
             he
             found
             was
             plotted
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             fled
             disguised
             six
             daies
             since
             from
             Lesbos
             ,
             and
             returned
             to
             lead
             a
             privat
             life
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             His
             Nephew
             Pliny
             ,
             who
             as
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             know
             ,
             was
             always
             the
             best
             friend
             that
             ever
             Tacitus
             had
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             that
             came
             to
             visit
             him
             ;
             he
             with
             a
             Roman
             freedom
             ,
             greatly
             reprehended
             his
             friend
             ,
             that
             having
             prescribed
             such
             approved
             Rules
             of
             well
             governing
             States
             ,
             to
             others
             ,
             he
             himself
             should
             prove
             so
             unfortunate
             in
             his
             Principality
             of
             Lesbos
             .
             The
             same
             Pliny
             relates
             that
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             gave
             him
             these
             very
             words
             for
             answer
             ;
             Heaven
             (
             my
             Pliny
             )
             is
             not
             so
             far
             distant
             from
             earth
             ,
             nor
             doth
             snow
             so
             far
             differ
             in
             colour
             from
             cole
             ,
             as
             the
             exercise
             of
             Empire
             is
             far
             from
             ,
             and
             unlike
             unto
             the
             Theory
             of
             Politick
             Precepts
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Rules
             of
             Reason
             of
             State
             :
             For
             that
             sentence
             which
             in
             Galba's
             person
             I
             teach
             Piso
             ,
             and
             which
             hath
             won
             me
             so
             much
             credit
             amongst
             men
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             thought
             to
             be
             the
             answer
             of
             an
             Oracle
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             ignorant
             think
             may
             easily
             be
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             hath
             in
             the
             use
             thereof
             proved
             very
             unfortunate
             to
             me
             :
             The
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             the
             Metamorphosis
             is
             too
             great
             ,
             when
             from
             being
             a
             privat
             man
             ,
             one
             becomes
             a
             Prince
             .
             And
             know
             Pliny
             ,
             that
             privat
             men
             hate
             and
             detest
             many
             things
             as
             great
             defects
             ,
             and
             apparent
             vices
             in
             Princes
             ,
             which
             are
             vertuous
             and
             excellent
             perfections
             .
             I
             tell
             thee
             this
             ,
             for
             that
             
             when
             I
             was
             first
             chosen
             Prince
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             I
             was
             resolved
             to
             steer
             the
             Navigation
             of
             my
             Principality
             by
             the
             assured
             North
             star
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             sentence
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             diligently
             informed
             my self
             of
             all
             my
             Predicessors
             actions
             ,
             firmly
             resolving
             to
             imitate
             him
             in
             those
             which
             were
             praised
             ,
             and
             to
             shun
             those
             which
             were
             blamed
             in
             him
             :
             I
             knew
             that
             he
             had
             greatly
             offended
             the
             Senat
             by
             assuming
             too
             much
             Authority
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             had
             taken
             unto
             himself
             the
             affairs
             of
             all
             the
             Magistrates
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             as
             little
             more
             then
             the
             bare
             name
             of
             Magistracy
             remained
             unto
             them
             .
             I
             found
             he
             was
             much
             hated
             for
             the
             little
             esteem
             he
             made
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             he
             would
             have
             all
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             Senat
             depend
             upon
             him
             :
             And
             I
             knew
             also
             ,
             that
             in
             his
             austeere
             manner
             of
             life
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             appeared
             he
             desired
             to
             govern
             the
             State
             of
             Lesbos
             rather
             by
             absolute
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             hereditary
             Prince
             ,
             then
             as
             an
             elective
             Lord
             by
             limited
             Authority
             ,
             he
             had
             distasted
             all
             men
             .
             Whilst
             I
             was
             a
             privat
             man
             ,
             I
             thought
             this
             way
             of
             Government
             to
             be
             bruitish
             ,
             and
             altogether
             Tyrannical
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             resolved
             to
             shun
             it
             .
             But
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             first
             houre
             took
             upon
             me
             my
             Principality
             ,
             I
             found
             those
             my
             first
             wholsom
             resolutions
             to
             be
             so
             grub'd
             up
             and
             eradicated
             by
             the
             cursed
             power
             of
             Rule
             ,
             as
             to
             say
             it
             properly
             unto
             you
             ,
             
               Vi
               Dominationis
               convulsus
               &
               mutatus
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Annall
               .
            
             I
             began
             to
             think
             those
             my
             Predicessors
             actions
             ,
             which
             whilst
             I
             was
             a
             privat
             man
             ;
             I
             esteemed
             so
             foolish
             ,
             insolent
             ,
             and
             Tyrannical
             ,
             to
             be
             excellently
             good
             ,
             and
             not
             things
             done
             out
             of
             phancy
             ,
             or
             by
             chance
             ,
             but
             good
             precepts
             politick
             resolutions
             ,
             and
             necessary
             State-Reason
             :
             So
             as
             not
             able
             any
             waies
             to
             resist
             the
             violent
             ambition
             of
             Government
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             should
             be
             baser
             then
             a
             Pack-bearer
             ,
             if
             I
             did
             not
             arrogate
             unto
             my self
             the
             whole
             power
             of
             command
             in
             Lesbos
             ,
             where
             the
             Prince
             lives
             with
             much
             limited
             Authority
             ;
             which
             my
             inordinate
             desire
             did
             occasion
             that
             bad
             satisfaction
             in
             the
             Senat
             ,
             and
             whole
             people
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             me
             run
             upon
             the
             Rock
             which
             you
             see
             .
             All
             which
             disorders
             (
             my
             Pliny
             )
             are
             occasioned
             not
             through
             my
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             through
             my
             knowing
             too
             much
             :
             For
             in
             the
             Principality
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             where
             people
             live
             between
             Liberty
             and
             Slavery
             ,
             
               Nec
               totam
               Libertatem
               ,
               nec
               totam
               Servitutem
               patipossunt
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
            
             They
             can
             neither
             endure
             to
             be
             wholly
             slaves
             ,
             nor
             wholly
             free
             .
             He
             who
             will
             Reigne
             long
             quietly
             there
             ,
             must
             not
             only
             resolve
             to
             leave
             things
             as
             he
             found
             them
             ,
             but
             must
             be
             of
             a
             peacefull
             spirit
             ,
             so
             farr
             from
             ambition
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             may
             be
             able
             to
             put
             in
             practice
             the
             hard
             precept
             ,
             of
             living
             himself
             ,
             and
             suffering
             others
             to
             live
             :
             so
             as
             men
             who
             are
             absolutely
             Polititians
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             who
             are
             incited
             by
             nature
             to
             affect
             sole
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             who
             will
             measure
             all
             things
             by
             their
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             prove
             very
             unfortunate
             in
             Elective
             Principalities
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               being
               aware
               of
               the
               great
               disorder
               occasioned
               amongst
               men
               by
               the
               flight
               of
               Fidelity
               ;
               By
               assistance
               of
               the
               Muses
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               sublimest
               Heroick
               Vertues
               ,
               procures
               her
               return
               to
               Parnassus
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             cannot
             be
             said
             by
             the
             tongue
             of
             man
             ,
             how
             greatly
             Apollo
             was
             troubled
             at
             the
             secret
             and
             sudden
             departure
             from
             Parnassus
             some
             weeks
             since
             (
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             )
             of
             the
             Illustrious
             Vertue
             ,
             Fidelity
             :
             For
             his
             Majestie
             could
             not
             with
             patience
             think
             that
             the
             world
             should
             be
             deprived
             of
             so
             beautifull
             a
             Princess
             :
             His
             afflictions
             were
             increased
             by
             hearing
             of
             the
             great
             disorders
             which
             arose
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             between
             the
             people
             and
             sacred
             Friendship
             ,
             the
             only
             delight
             of
             man-kind
             ;
             since
             she
             saw
             her self
             forsaken
             by
             Fidelity
             ,
             lest
             she
             might
             receive
             some
             fowl
             affront
             from
             Fraud
             ,
             she
             would
             no
             longer
             live
             amongst
             men
             ,
             who
             being
             freed
             from
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegeance
             to
             their
             Princes
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             severe
             bond
             of
             love
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             are
             bound
             unto
             their
             privat
             friends
             ,
             they
             grew
             so
             very
             perfidious
             ,
             and
             so
             savagely
             seditious
             ,
             as
             allowing
             all
             sorts
             of
             wickedness
             to
             be
             lawfull
             ,
             they
             drive
             away
             pure
             Fidelity
             by
             treachery
             ,
             from
             human
             familiarity
             ,
             and
             holy
             peace
             by
             sedition
             ,
             filling
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             bloud
             ,
             theft
             ,
             and
             all
             perfidious
             and
             cruel
             confusion
             .
             Apollo
             was
             moreover
             perpetually
             troubled
             with
             the
             just
             Appeals
             of
             Princes
             ,
             who
             publickly
             protested
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             Subjects
             hainous
             infidelity
             ,
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             forgo
             the
             Government
             of
             man-kind
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             thought
             it
             necessary
             (
             as
             a
             remedy
             for
             so
             great
             disorder
             )
             to
             call
             a
             Diet
             of
             the
             States-General
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             on
             the
             twentieth
             of
             the
             last
             month
             ,
             whither
             he
             summoned
             the
             Princes
             Poets
             ,
             and
             the
             Deputies
             of
             all
             vertuous
             Nations
             ;
             who
             not
             failing
             to
             appear
             on
             the
             prefixt
             day
             ,
             such
             hatred
             was
             discovered
             in
             many
             people
             against
             their
             Princes
             ,
             as
             they
             said
             openly
             ,
             that
             not
             through
             any
             disloyalty
             ,
             but
             that
             driven
             by
             dispair
             ,
             they
             had
             for
             ever
             banisht
             that
             Loyalty
             from
             out
             their
             hearts
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             being
             very
             prejuditial
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             were
             resolved
             never
             any
             more
             to
             acknowledge
             ;
             by
             reason
             that
             it
             was
             basely
             abused
             by
             many
             Princes
             .
             For
             in
             times
             past
             Subjects
             Loyalty
             served
             as
             a
             means
             to
             force
             Princes
             to
             barter
             civil
             and
             courteous
             proceedings
             ,
             with
             their
             peoples
             faithful
             service
             ;
             but
             now
             they
             saw
             clearly
             that
             the
             vertue
             of
             humble
             and
             prostrate
             obedience
             ,
             was
             accounted
             the
             baseness
             of
             an
             abject
             mind
             ;
             and
             the
             merit
             of
             a
             voluntary
             and
             uncorrupt
             Loyalty
             ,
             necessity
             of
             service
             .
             By
             which
             fowle
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             publick
             disorders
             were
             so
             far
             advanced
             ,
             as
             many
             were
             forced
             to
             put
             on
             the
             resolution
             which
             now
             was
             seen
             ,
             only
             that
             Capricious
             Princes
             might
             clearly
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Authority
             of
             commanding
             was
             soon
             lost
             ,
             when
             the
             ill
             usage
             of
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             ingratitude
             towards
             them
             ,
             had
             so
             exceeded
             all
             humane
             patience
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             made
             Nations
             which
             were
             naturally
             well
             disposed
             to
             obey
             ,
             resolve
             to
             admit
             of
             no
             more
             Masters
             ,
             but
             rather
             hazard
             themselves
             in
             a
             free
             Government
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             so
             undervalued
             ,
             rent
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             
             dealt
             with
             by
             Princes
             .
             Though
             the
             anger
             of
             Princes
             towards
             their
             people
             was
             great
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             distastes
             greater
             ,
             yet
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             ,
             assisted
             by
             the
             Heroick
             Vertues
             ,
             who
             laboured
             very
             much
             to
             bring
             a
             business
             of
             so
             great
             concernment
             to
             a
             happy
             end
             ,
             did
             at
             last
             by
             their
             dexterity
             ,
             mollifie
             and
             appease
             the
             minds
             of
             incenst
             Princes
             ,
             and
             the
             hearts
             of
             venomed
             people
             :
             And
             the
             Diet
             was
             dissolved
             upon
             these
             Articles
             of
             agreement
             ;
             That
             the
             people
             should
             solemnly
             promise
             to
             admit
             again
             of
             Loyalty
             into
             their
             bosoms
             ,
             and
             swear
             to
             make
             her
             absolute
             Mistress
             of
             their
             hearts
             :
             And
             that
             Princes
             should
             be
             bound
             to
             banish
             avarice
             and
             cruelty
             from
             out
             their
             breasts
             ,
             and
             possess
             their
             souls
             fully
             with
             liberality
             and
             clemency
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             things
             that
             made
             Subjects
             loyal
             and
             obedient
             .
             Since
             it
             plainly
             appeared
             by
             authenticate
             faith
             ,
             and
             was
             witnessed
             by
             
               Gaius
               Plinius
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             Natural
             Historians
             ,
             That
             sheep
             which
             did
             so
             willingly
             obey
             their
             Shepherds
             ,
             did
             infinitely
             abhor
             Butchers
             :
             And
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             make
             Doggs
             (
             though
             naturally
             very
             faithfull
             and
             loving
             to
             men
             )
             wag
             their
             tails
             ,
             and
             leap
             about
             them
             ,
             who
             gave
             them
             more
             blowes
             then
             bits
             of
             bread
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               In
               the
               time
               of
               Carneval
               ,
               the
               Vertuosi
               in
               Parnassus
               run
               races
               ,
               and
               make
               other
               demonstrations
               of
               mirth
               ,
               and
               jollitie
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             time
             of
             the
             Vertuosi's
             festivals
             ,
             and
             publick
             rejoycings
             being
             come
             ,
             Apollo
             caused
             Macrobius
             to
             publish
             by
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             ,
             in
             the
             Chaire
             appropriated
             thereunto
             ,
             
               Aulus
               Gelius
            
             his
             Saturnalia
             (
             whom
             the
             reformers
             of
             the
             modern
             Pedantry
             call
             
               Messer
               Agillio
            
             )
             his
             pleasant
             Attick
             Nights
             ;
             and
             the
             pleasant
             genial
             or
             jovial
             dayes
             of
             
               Alessandro
               de
               gli
               Alessandri
            
             ,
             and
             finally
             the
             merry
             Bacchenalia
             of
             the
             Romans
             ,
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             supream
             Princes
             of
             Learning
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             festival
             and
             merry
             daies
             ,
             and
             consecrated
             by
             the
             Genius
             of
             gallant
             men
             :
             and
             by
             his
             Majesties
             particular
             edict
             it
             was
             commanded
             that
             they
             should
             be
             chearfully
             celebrated
             by
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             which
             inhabit
             Parnassus
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             institutions
             and
             customes
             of
             their
             several
             Countries
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             this
             so
             joyfull
             news
             was
             made
             known
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             the
             rich
             publick
             Libraries
             were
             opened
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             the
             famous
             Libraries
             of
             privat
             men
             ,
             into
             which
             during
             those
             daies
             of
             jubile
             ,
             it
             was
             lawfull
             for
             every
             one
             to
             enter
             ,
             to
             come
             out
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             tarry
             there
             as
             long
             as
             they
             listed
             ,
             to
             surfet
             by
             their
             perpetual
             reading
             upon
             the
             savory
             viands
             which
             the
             Vertuosi
             have
             first
             seasoned
             ,
             and
             then
             disht
             up
             at
             the
             plentifull
             Table
             of
             their
             Composures
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             an
             honourable
             and
             a
             joyfull
             spectacle
             to
             see
             the
             publick
             invitations
             made
             by
             Plato
             ,
             by
             Athenaeus
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             great
             Princes
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             streets
             and
             houses
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             where
             the
             Vertuosi
             drank
             deeply
             of
             the
             Falerno
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             filled
             their
             bellies
             till
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             burst
             with
             good
             Discipline
             .
             Only
             the
             Doctors
             of
             
             Law
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Shop
             of
             their
             Tribunals
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             litigious
             Traffick
             shut
             ,
             were
             sad
             ,
             and
             died
             for
             hunger
             amidst
             such
             plenty
             of
             savory
             meats
             ,
             and
             abundance
             of
             merriments
             :
             For
             meer
             Pettifoggers
             being
             many
             ages
             before
             declared
             by
             his
             Majestie
             to
             be
             meere
             Asses
             ,
             he
             inhibited
             them
             to
             feed
             upon
             the
             sweet
             food
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             Philosophy
             ,
             Poetry
             ,
             Astrology
             ,
             and
             other
             savory
             Sciences
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             acutest
             Wits
             do
             only
             feed
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Pettifoggers
             were
             seen
             ,
             much
             to
             their
             shame
             ,
             to
             go
             through
             Kitchins
             licking
             of
             Ladles
             ,
             whereas
             other
             Scienced
             men
             were
             served
             with
             all
             the
             delicacies
             of
             Learning
             ;
             and
             then
             it
             was
             that
             high-minded
             spirits
             did
             detest
             the
             sordid
             study
             of
             Law-Cases
             ,
             and
             great
             Volumes
             of
             trivial
             Law
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             being
             only
             able
             to
             fatten
             the
             fowle
             great
             body
             of
             Wealth
             ,
             makes
             curious
             wits
             die
             of
             the
             Hectick
             Feaver
             :
             But
             above
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             the
             invitation
             made
             by
             Pliny
             ,
             was
             the
             most
             famous
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             most
             learned
             in
             all
             Sciences
             that
             were
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             being
             come
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             satisfied
             according
             to
             their
             several
             pallats
             ,
             with
             costly
             and
             pleasant
             Cates.
             And
             though
             at
             that
             splendid
             Feast
             they
             did
             for
             the
             most
             part
             only
             eat
             and
             swallow
             Gudgins
             ,
             yet
             were
             they
             all
             so
             well
             drest
             ,
             and
             handsomly
             disht
             in
             by
             that
             copious
             .
             Wit
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             eaten
             by
             all
             the
             Guest
             with
             much
             delight
             ,
             praised
             for
             their
             excellency
             ,
             and
             taken
             for
             truths
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             day
             of
             the
             Feast
             there
             appeared
             two
             load
             of
             Neapolitan
             Villanelle
             Fruits
             of
             Parthenope
             ,
             which
             for
             being
             come
             from
             that
             vertuous
             Climat
             ,
             were
             suddenly
             bought
             up
             and
             eaten
             by
             the
             hunger-starv'd
             wits
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ;
             but
             because
             through
             their
             much
             slipperiness
             ,
             or
             glibness
             ,
             they
             occasioned
             dangerous
             Fluxes
             in
             most
             that
             eat
             them
             ,
             such
             impurities
             were
             forthwith
             forbidden
             by
             the
             Censors
             to
             be
             any
             more
             brought
             into
             Parnassus
             .
             The
             same
             day
             Tansillus
             clad
             like
             a
             Gardner
             ,
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             a
             basket
             full
             of
             Neapolitan
             Brocali
             ,
             the
             excellencies
             whereof
             he
             did
             so
             exagerate
             in
             four
             Stanzas
             which
             he
             on
             the
             sudden
             recited
             ,
             as
             having
             perswaded
             his
             Majestie
             to
             taste
             them
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             by
             the
             very
             smell
             he
             found
             them
             to
             be
             ordinary
             Coleworts
             ,
             he
             turned
             towards
             Tansillus
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             All
             your
             Poetry
             will
             never
             make
             your
             Neapolitan
             Brocali
             prove
             any
             thing
             bu●…
             common
             Coleworts
             ;
             and
             Coleworts
             do
             not
             deserve
             the
             praise
             of
             so
             much
             prittle
             prattle
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             ,
             a
             handsom
             Peasant
             of
             Ferrara
             ,
             called
             
               Pastor
               Fido
            
             ,
             presented
             his
             Majestie
             with
             an
             odoriferous
             handsom
             Tart
             :
             Apollo
             not
             staying
             for
             the
             usual
             hour
             of
             dinner
             ,
             fell
             to
             eat
             it
             with
             such
             an
             appetite
             in
             the
             open
             street
             ,
             as
             he
             lickt
             his
             lips
             and
             fingers
             ends
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Countrey-fashion
             ,
             when
             he
             tasted
             the
             Pastoral
             Tart
             ;
             and
             seemed
             so
             delighted
             with
             that
             food
             ,
             as
             he
             thought
             it
             not
             only
             good
             manners
             ,
             but
             even
             requisite
             to
             give
             part
             thereof
             to
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             ,
             left
             that
             they
             ,
             who
             are
             alwaies
             big
             with
             Verse
             ,
             by
             longing
             to
             taste
             thereof
             ,
             might
             miscarry
             ,
             or
             might
             be
             delivered
             of
             a
             Poem
             marked
             with
             some
             fowl
             spot
             of
             ignorance
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Muses
             ,
             being
             called
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             did
             together
             with
             Apollo
             ,
             eat
             the
             Tart
             of
             that
             fortunate
             Shepheard
             with
             such
             delight
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             who
             stood
             looking
             on
             ,
             longed
             very
             much
             to
             taste
             so
             savory
             a
             thing
             .
             Wherefore
             his
             Majestie
             gave
             every
             one
             of
             them
             a
             piece
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             the
             Tart
             was
             so
             commended
             ,
             as
             they
             all
             confest
             there
             could
             nothing
             of
             more
             delicate
             in
             that
             kind
             be
             eaten
             .
             There
             was
             only
             one
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             who
             said
             it
             nauseated
             him
             ,
             as
             being
             too
             Melli●…uous
             ;
             to
             whom
             Apollo
             ,
             being
             much
             incensed
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             sweetness
             was
             the
             friend
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             that
             those
             that
             
             were
             not
             mightily
             delighted
             therewithall
             ,
             had
             a
             depraved
             taste
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             certainly
             a
             malignant
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             not
             confess
             that
             that
             delicate
             Tart
             ,
             being
             seasoned
             with
             more
             conceptions
             then
             words
             ,
             was
             raised
             up
             with
             the
             Paste
             of
             Capons
             skins
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             made
             himself
             to
             be
             known
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             sowre
             detractors
             ,
             who
             blinded
             by
             envy
             ,
             blame
             such
             things
             as
             are
             to
             be
             imitated
             by
             extraordinarily
             fruitfull
             wits
             :
             But
             his
             Majesties
             anger
             ,
             and
             the
             dread
             which
             the
             Vertuoso
             was
             in
             ,
             were
             turned
             to
             laughter
             ,
             when
             the
             Tart
             being
             wholly
             eaten
             ,
             
               Signco●…
               Giovandalla
               Casa
            
             ,
             took
             the
             Plate
             whereon
             it
             stood
             ,
             and
             licking
             it
             with
             equal
             greediness
             and
             unmannerliness
             ,
             told
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Muses
             ,
             that
             in
             things
             that
             do
             ravish
             with
             delight
             ,
             men
             were
             not
             Masters
             of
             themselves
             ,
             nor
             could
             they
             remember
             Gallateo's
             rules
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             time
             of
             Carneval
             ,
             it
             was
             lawfull
             to
             commit
             exorbitances
             .
          
           
             His
             Majestie
             went
             afterwards
             about
             the
             
               Foro
               Massimo
            
             ,
             and
             was
             much
             delighted
             to
             see
             every
             corner
             full
             of
             canvasing
             and
             disputations
             ,
             and
             the
             Piazza
             throng'd
             with
             Orators
             ,
             who
             made
             Learned
             Orations
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             Learned
             Sciences
             ;
             and
             bitter
             invectives
             against
             ignorance
             .
             Some
             phantastical
             Italian
             Poets
             added
             to
             his
             Majesties
             mirth
             ,
             many
             of
             which
             being
             mounted
             upon
             benches
             ,
             sung
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Verses
             ex
             tempore
             ,
             which
             shewed
             they
             could
             not
             imitate
             the
             Latine
             Poets
             ,
             who
             through
             difficulty
             of
             feet
             ,
             by
             which
             their
             Verses
             walk
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             goe
             leasurely
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             Apollo
             dismist
             the
             Muses
             ,
             who
             went
             sporting
             themselves
             for
             many
             hours
             through
             the
             gladsom
             street
             with
             their
             inamored
             Poets
             ;
             and
             were
             much
             delighted
             in
             Mauro's
             shop
             ,
             wherein
             were
             great
             store
             of
             large
             and
             little
             beans
             ,
             with
             which
             some
             of
             those
             Dieties
             cram'd
             their
             bellies
             full
             :
             And
             it
             was
             noted
             for
             a
             very
             strange
             thing
             ,
             that
             they
             liked
             the
             empty
             husks
             better
             then
             those
             that
             had
             kernels
             in
             them
             .
             They
             then
             cast
             their
             eye
             upon
             Monsieur
             Casa's
             Oven
             ;
             they
             entred
             where
             Varchi
             was
             kneading
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             went
             into
             the
             shop
             where
             
               Iovan
               Baptista
               Marini
            
             made
             Spanish
             Buskins
             ,
             whereof
             whilst
             Coppetta
             would
             have
             puld
             on
             one
             ,
             and
             it
             proving
             to
             be
             very
             streight
             ,
             he
             used
             violence
             in
             plucking
             of
             it
             on
             ,
             that
             he
             tore
             it
             ,
             so
             as
             (
             which
             occasioned
             much
             laughter
             in
             the
             ,
             rest
             )
             he
             pulled
             off
             one
             of
             the
             straps
             ,
             and
             gave
             a
             strapping
             fart
             .
          
           
             As
             Apollo
             returned
             afterwards
             to
             his
             Royal
             Palace
             ,
             some
             Courtiers
             of
             great
             Princes
             desired
             they
             might
             have
             leave
             to
             make
             some
             Mascherades
             ;
             to
             whom
             his
             Majestie
             answered
             ,
             That
             they
             needed
             not
             to
             mask
             or
             disguise
             their
             faces
             ,
             for
             that
             their
             souls
             were
             so
             well
             masked
             ,
             as
             they
             might
             go
             any
             where
             safely
             ,
             for
             he
             assured
             them
             they
             could
             not
             be
             known
             ,
             neither
             by
             the
             eye
             ,
             nor
             yet
             by
             the
             judgement
             of
             any
             man
             ,
             how
             wise
             soever
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             ,
             according
             to
             custom
             ,
             they
             ran
             Races
             with
             their
             Coaches
             ;
             and
             it
             fell
             out
             odly
             amongst
             those
             of
             four
             wheels
             ,
             for
             many
             Charrets
             appearing
             at
             the
             first
             starting
             with
             new
             wheels
             well
             greased
             ,
             and
             swift
             horses
             ,
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             appeared
             there
             with
             a
             three-wheel'd
             Charret
             ,
             swathed
             round
             about
             ,
             and
             drawn
             by
             lean
             weather-wrung-Jades
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             hired
             .
             And
             then
             it
             was
             that
             Tacitus
             made
             his
             skill
             appear
             ;
             for
             being
             started
             ,
             whilst
             all
             the
             other
             skilfull
             Coachmen
             belaboured
             themselves
             in
             the
             Cource
             ,
             and
             deafned
             all
             the
             lookers
             on
             with
             the
             noise
             they
             made
             in
             whipping
             their
             horses
             ,
             and
             speaking
             unto
             them
             ,
             crying
             ,
             stand
             up
             ;
             Tacitus
             very
             tacitly
             ,
             no
             waies
             discomposing
             himself
             ,
             by
             his
             rare
             dexterity
             ,
             and
             admirable
             skill
             ,
             did
             so
             seasonably
             switch
             and
             put
             on
             his
             horses
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             
             judiciously
             guide
             his
             disordered
             Charret
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             come
             to
             the
             Staff
             or
             Post
             ,
             before
             the
             other
             fleeter
             Charrets
             had
             driven
             two
             thirds
             of
             the
             way
             .
             Whereby
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             discerned
             how
             much
             the
             dexterity
             of
             a
             juditious
             wit
             ,
             exceeds
             strength
             or
             force
             in
             all
             things
             in
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             the
             wisest
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             carry
             on
             their
             business
             handsomly
             ,
             with
             skill
             and
             dexterity
             ,
             are
             fit
             to
             bring
             any
             disordered
             enterprize
             to
             a
             good
             end
             .
             The
             Vertuosi
             were
             not
             so
             much
             delighted
             in
             seeing
             the
             Courtiers
             run
             on
             foot
             naked
             :
             For
             they
             were
             much
             troubled
             to
             see
             what
             injustice
             was
             used
             in
             the
             inequality
             of
             the
             starting-places
             ;
             which
             the
             ignoble
             and
             poor
             Vertuosi
             took
             from
             farr
             off
             ;
             whereas
             they
             that
             were
             noble
             and
             wealthy
             ,
             were
             so
             near
             the
             staff
             ,
             as
             without
             running
             ,
             they
             might
             touch
             it
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             but
             put
             forth
             their
             hand
             :
             So
             as
             by
             such
             inequality
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             rather
             a
             thing
             purchast
             by
             fortune
             ,
             then
             gotten
             by
             industrious
             labour
             ,
             when
             at
             Court
             a
             poor
             Litterato
             comes
             by
             the
             staff
             of
             honor
             and
             Supream
             dignities
             .
             Yet
             in
             this
             last
             Race
             it
             was
             observed
             ,
             that
             many
             Noble
             and
             rich
             men
             came
             behind
             ,
             and
             the
             poor
             mean
             runners
             won
             the
             reward
             :
             And
             though
             some
             say
             they
             did
             it
             through
             the
             humorousness
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             by
             favors
             backt
             by
             Court
             ;
             yet
             the
             more
             judicious
             sort
             affirm
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             necessary
             for
             such
             who
             by
             their
             dexterity
             and
             fair
             behaviour
             ,
             know
             how
             to
             gain
             their
             Princes
             love
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             wit
             to
             arive
             at
             highest
             preferments
             from
             them
             ,
             to
             have
             good
             legs
             to
             run
             withall
             .
             But
             great
             was
             the
             mirth
             which
             was
             caused
             in
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             a
             chance
             which
             hapned
             between
             two
             very
             noted
             Personages
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             it
             often
             falls
             out
             )
             whilst
             the
             one
             thought
             to
             keep
             the
             other
             back
             ,
             they
             justled
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             grew
             so
             angry
             ,
             as
             giving
             over
             the
             chief
             business
             of
             who
             should
             win
             the
             Race
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             way
             (
             which
             was
             very
             dirty
             )
             they
             indiscreetly
             fell
             together
             by
             the
             ears
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             cruelly
             bespattered
             one
             another
             ,
             by
             foul
             accusations
             ,
             and
             shamefull
             calumnies
             ,
             they
             became
             a
             ridiculous
             spectacle
             to
             the
             lookers
             on
             ;
             and
             for
             their
             greater
             shame
             ,
             were
             hist
             at
             by
             them
             .
             This
             ,
             though
             it
             appeared
             ridiculous
             to
             the
             foolish
             rabble
             ,
             was
             notwithstanding
             thought
             so
             worthy
             consideration
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             being
             very
             exemplary
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             that
             it
             should
             be
             cut
             in
             Marble
             by
             Praxiteles
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             serve
             everlastingly
             for
             a
             Lesson
             to
             wrangling
             Courtiers
             .
             It
             merits
             memory
             ,
             that
             whilst
             
               Servius
               Honoratus
            
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Barbary
             Horse
             which
             won
             the
             Race
             ,
             went
             crying
             through
             Parnassus
             (
             as
             the
             custom
             is
             )
             Long
             live
             Virgil
             ,
             that
             gallant
             Personage
             ,
             who
             counts
             that
             shame
             ,
             which
             other
             Poets
             account
             glory
             ,
             caused
             Servius
             to
             be
             bastinadoed
             by
             his
             servant
             Daretes
             ;
             for
             which
             act
             ,
             though
             Apollo
             was
             much
             troubled
             at
             it
             ,
             Virgil
             justified
             himself
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             left
             such
             memory
             behind
             him
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             his
             name
             ought
             to
             be
             exalted
             and
             celebrated
             for
             his
             own
             worth
             ,
             not
             for
             the
             gallantry
             of
             a
             horse
             .
             Of
             former
             years
             the
             Prizes
             were
             readily
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             ceremony
             given
             to
             those
             that
             won
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             Governor
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Urban
             Pretor
             ;
             but
             this
             year
             Apollo
             would
             give
             them
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             :
             Wherefore
             he
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             intimated
             to
             all
             the
             Potentates
             that
             were
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             by
             the
             publick
             Parators
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             appear
             in
             the
             Royal
             Hall
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             present
             at
             so
             important
             a
             ceremony
             :
             It
             seemed
             a
             great
             novelty
             to
             those
             Princes
             ,
             to
             hear
             that
             his
             Majesty
             would
             have
             those
             Princes
             who
             were
             summoned
             only
             upon
             weighty
             occasions
             ,
             assist
             at
             an
             action
             which
             in
             former
             years
             was
             thought
             but
             mean.
             Yet
             his
             Majesties
             commands
             being
             upon
             pain
             of
             punishment
             ,
             they
             all
             appeared
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             said
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             my
             Lords
             ,
             that
             you
             very
             
             much
             wonder
             why
             I
             my self
             should
             now
             do
             that
             with
             so
             much
             solemnity
             ,
             which
             formerly
             was
             performed
             by
             my
             Officers
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             ceremony
             :
             But
             because
             not
             only
             all
             your
             happiness
             ,
             but
             even
             all
             the
             greatest
             satisfaction
             which
             the
             the
             people
             over
             whom
             you
             command
             ,
             does
             depend
             on
             this
             sole
             action
             ;
             for
             your
             own
             advantage
             I
             would
             have
             you
             present
             at
             it
             .
             Learn
             then
             of
             me
             ,
             all
             you
             Rulers
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             to
             banish
             all
             privat
             passions
             from
             out
             your
             hearts
             ;
             and
             in
             rewarding
             those
             that
             serve
             you
             ,
             govern
             your selves
             by
             their
             deserts
             ,
             not
             by
             your
             own
             humors
             ,
             and
             giving
             (
             as
             you
             see
             me
             do
             now
             )
             the
             prize
             of
             dignities
             ,
             and
             reward
             of
             honours
             to
             those
             who
             by
             their
             honorable
             and
             laborious
             course
             of
             life
             have
             deserved
             them
             ,
             you
             and
             your
             posterity
             will
             reigne
             happily
             for
             ever
             :
             When
             by
             doing
             otherwise
             ,
             you
             will
             dishonour
             your selves
             ,
             ruine
             your
             States
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             Princes
             ,
             which
             now
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             wil
             in
             time
             run
             evident
             danger
             of
             becoming
             privat
             foot
             Souldiers
             ,
             only
             for
             that
             you
             would
             be
             inamored
             of
             stinking
             carrion
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Militia
               of
               Ianisaries
               ,
               seeing
               one
               of
               their
               Souldiers
               ill
               rewarded
               ,
               mutiny
               in
               the
               Ottoman
               Monarchy
               ,
               and
               are
               by
               Apollo
               quieted
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             the
             great
             terror
             of
             all
             the
             Potentates
             of
             this
             State
             of
             Parnassus
             in
             the
             Ottaman
             Quarter
             such
             an
             uproar
             arose
             ,
             as
             Alarms
             were
             given
             throughout
             the
             whole
             City
             ;
             and
             that
             potent
             Signory
             presently
             drew
             forth
             her
             numerous
             Armies
             ,
             and
             as
             if
             she
             would
             come
             to
             a
             general
             battle
             ,
             she
             ordered
             them
             in
             divers
             squadrons
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Germans
             ,
             Spaniards
             ,
             and
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             ,
             growing
             very
             jealous
             ,
             took
             up
             arms
             also
             ,
             and
             sent
             out
             their
             Scouts
             to
             learn
             the
             reason
             of
             those
             rumors
             ;
             who
             brought
             back
             word
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             Militia
             of
             Janisaries
             were
             mutinied
             against
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             presently
             advertised
             thereof
             by
             the
             Pretorian
             Bands
             of
             Satirical
             Poets
             who
             keep
             
               Corps
               de
               Gard
            
             continually
             in
             
               Foro
               Delfico
            
             ,
             caused
             the
             uprore
             to
             be
             quieted
             ,
             and
             then
             gave
             command
             that
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             Commanders
             of
             the
             Janisaries
             who
             had
             mutinied
             ,
             should
             appear
             before
             him
             :
             And
             because
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             Janisaries
             would
             present
             themselves
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             multitudes
             of
             men
             ,
             they
             were
             told
             by
             the
             Lyrick
             Poets
             ,
             who
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             Porters
             ,
             that
             in
             such
             occasion
             of
             tumults
             ,
             people
             came
             modestly
             attended
             to
             Princes
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             with
             his
             chief
             Visier
             ,
             and
             the
             Gianasary
             who
             had
             been
             the
             occasion
             of
             this
             uprore
             ,
             without
             any
             other
             company
             ,
             were
             admitted
             unto
             his
             Majesties
             Audience
             .
             Apollo
             demanded
             of
             the
             Janisary
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             that
             Tumult
             ?
             Who
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             a
             Spahi
             ,
             with
             evident
             danger
             of
             losing
             their
             lives
             ,
             had
             taken
             by
             surprise
             the
             important
             Town
             of
             Testis
             in
             Persia
             :
             for
             which
             action
             ,
             which
             was
             of
             infinite
             advantage
             to
             the
             Ottaman
             Empire
             ,
             the
             Spahi
             was
             largely
             rewarded
             by
             being
             made
             Captain
             General
             of
             the
             Asian
             Cavallery
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             who
             had
             merited
             
             as
             much
             ,
             as
             the
             Spahi
             was
             so
             ingratefully
             dealt
             withall
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             only
             made
             
               Spahi
               della
               Porta
            
             ;
             which
             fowle
             partiallity
             was
             so
             much
             detested
             by
             the
             whole
             Militia
             of
             Janiaries
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             joyntly
             taken
             up
             Arms
             to
             revenge
             so
             great
             an
             injury
             .
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             this
             ,
             turned
             to
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             told
             her
             that
             he
             much
             wondred
             why
             such
             a
             Princesse
             as
             she
             who
             professed
             to
             recompence
             the
             worth
             and
             merit
             of
             her
             souldiers
             with
             infinite
             rewards
             ,
             had
             shewed
             her self
             so
             partial
             towards
             that
             Janisary
             .
             To
             which
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             answered
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             not
             so
             highly
             rewarded
             the
             Janisary
             as
             he
             had
             done
             the
             Spahi
             (
             though
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             it
             became
             him
             so
             to
             have
             done
             )
             out
             of
             an
             important
             reason
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             well
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             she
             took
             the
             young
             sons
             of
             her
             Christian
             Subjects
             ,
             whereof
             he
             made
             three
             choices
             ;
             making
             such
             as
             were
             of
             best
             natural
             parts
             ,
             a
             Seminary
             of
             youths
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             came
             to
             years
             of
             being
             imployed
             ,
             they
             were
             placed
             in
             several
             services
             of
             the
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             about
             the
             very
             person
             of
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperors
             ;
             and
             to
             these
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             more
             mature
             years
             ,
             the
             Government
             of
             Provinces
             was
             given
             ,
             the
             care
             of
             Armies
             ,
             and
             the
             absolute
             command
             of
             his
             greatest
             Empire
             .
             That
             out
             of
             the
             second
             choice
             he
             made
             his
             mighty
             Horse-Militia
             ,
             and
             his
             
               Gentil
               husmini
               della
               Porta
            
             ,
             called
             Spahi
             .
             And
             out
             of
             the
             third
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             refuge
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             weakest
             natural
             parts
             ,
             he
             formed
             his
             formidable
             Militia
             of
             Janisaries
             .
             And
             if
             it
             should
             so
             fall
             out
             ,
             that
             a
             Spahi
             should
             by
             his
             worth
             exceed
             the
             expectation
             which
             was
             had
             of
             him
             (
             as
             was
             seen
             in
             the
             Spahi
             who
             had
             surprised
             the
             Fort
             of
             
               Testis
               )
            
             ,
             he
             was
             admitted
             into
             the
             first
             rank
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             should
             happen
             that
             any
             extraordinary
             worth
             should
             be
             found
             in
             a
             Janisary
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             might
             have
             done
             some
             act
             of
             much
             merit
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             never
             raised
             to
             any
             higher
             degree
             by
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperors
             ,
             than
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             Spahi
             .
             And
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             this
             his
             resolution
             was
             ready
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             first
             Seminary
             of
             Bassaes
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             second
             of
             the
             Spahi
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             of
             the
             Janisaries
             ,
             every
             one
             of
             them
             abundantly
             loving
             the
             brethren
             of
             their
             own
             Classis
             ,
             to
             give
             the
             command
             of
             Armies
             ,
             or
             Government
             of
             Provinces
             to
             men
             of
             the
             first
             or
             second
             Seraglio
             ,
             who
             were
             very
             few
             in
             comparison
             of
             the
             Janisarie
             Militia
             ,
             was
             no
             waies
             dangerous
             ;
             but
             that
             to
             intrust
             places
             of
             jelousie
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Captain
             ,
             or
             other
             Officer
             ,
             who
             was
             come
             out
             of
             the
             Janisarian
             body
             ,
             would
             be
             an
             indiscreet
             and
             dangerous
             advice
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             retinue
             of
             so
             dreadfull
             a
             Militia
             that
             such
             a
             Subject
             would
             have
             :
             And
             so
             much
             the
             more
             ,
             for
             that
             whereas
             the
             Bassa's
             and
             Spahi's
             being
             men
             highly
             minded
             ,
             and
             who
             do
             not
             willingly
             subject
             themselves
             to
             their
             equals
             ,
             live
             continually
             in
             strife
             ,
             jelousies
             ,
             and
             emulation
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             pretences
             to
             the
             same
             preferments
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Janisaries
             ,
             as
             being
             an
             ignorant
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             live
             in
             greater
             union
             ,
             but
             would
             greatly
             admire
             ,
             love
             ,
             and
             even
             adore
             those
             who
             by
             their
             extraordinary
             worth
             ,
             were
             got
             out
             of
             their
             Classis
             .
             That
             therefore
             ,
             to
             advance
             one
             to
             the
             Supream
             power
             of
             a
             General
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             followed
             and
             beloved
             by
             so
             mighty
             a
             Militia
             ,
             would
             be
             no
             better
             then
             to
             nurse
             up
             a
             serpent
             in
             ones
             bosom
             ,
             which
             did
             misbecome
             a
             wise
             Prince
             to
             do
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperors
             held
             it
             for
             an
             infallible
             maxim
             in
             Policy
             .
             That
             that
             Militia
             on
             which
             the
             perpetuity
             ,
             greatness
             and
             selicity
             of
             an
             Empire
             was
             grounded
             ,
             should
             be
             commanded
             in
             chief
             by
             a
             foreiner
             ;
             who
             would
             be
             obeyed
             by
             the
             Army
             ,
             or
             rather
             out
             of
             the
             reverence
             which
             the
             Souldiers
             bear
             unto
             their
             Prince
             ,
             then
             for
             any
             merit
             ,
             Valor
             ,
             Nobility
             ,
             or
             attendance
             they
             should
             find
             in
             the
             
             reiner
             .
             When
             Apollo
             had
             heard
             this
             justification
             made
             by
             the
             Ottaman
             Empire
             ,
             he
             did
             so
             much
             admire
             her
             wisdom
             ,
             as
             he
             commanded
             that
             Janisary
             to
             be
             quiet
             :
             And
             turning
             to
             some
             Vertuosi
             that
             stood
             by
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             without
             reading
             wicked
             Bodine
             ,
             or
             mischievous
             Machiavil
             ,
             he
             found
             who
             was
             a
             perfect
             Polititian
             ;
             since
             such
             barbarous
             Princes
             ,
             and
             who
             profess
             utter
             enmity
             to
             Learning
             ;
             were
             the
             Kings
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             the
             exact
             understanding
             how
             to
             govern
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             exquisite
             practice
             of
             the
             best
             State-Reason
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               frees
               Carlo
               Sigonio
               ,
               and
               Dionigi
               Atanigi
               ,
               
                 the
                 first
                 being
                 accused
                 of
                 Ingratitude
                 by
              
               Pietro
               Vittorio
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 by
              
               Hannibal
               Caro.
               
            
          
           
             VVHilst
             Apollo
             sate
             this
             morning
             in
             the
             Tribunal
             of
             Gratitude
             ,
             in
             the
             company
             of
             the
             other
             Judges
             ,
             
               Carlo
               Sigonio
            
             ,
             a
             Learned
             Noble
             man
             of
             Modena
             ,
             was
             brought
             before
             his
             Majestie
             by
             the
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Prison
             ,
             fast
             bound
             ;
             whom
             
               Piero
               Vittorio
            
             a
             Florentine
             ,
             complained
             against
             bitterly
             ,
             for
             that
             this
             Sigonio
             being
             seased
             on
             by
             the
             Sargeants
             ,
             who
             were
             carrying
             him
             to
             prison
             for
             a
             debt
             of
             a
             thousand
             Duckets
             which
             he
             ought
             to
             
               Paulo
               Manutio
            
             ,
             he
             ,
             to
             keep
             his
             friend
             from
             suffering
             such
             an
             affront
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             prejudice
             of
             long
             imprisonment
             ,
             had
             with
             such
             liberality
             ,
             as
             was
             more
             then
             he
             could
             well
             do
             ,
             disburst
             the
             thousand
             Duckets
             to
             Manutio
             ,
             which
             having
             afterwards
             re-demanded
             of
             Sigonio
             ,
             he
             had
             set
             several
             times
             for
             the
             payment
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             Sigonio
             still
             broke
             his
             word
             ,
             so
             as
             finding
             himself
             at
             last
             abused
             ,
             he
             was
             inforced
             much
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             to
             imprison
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             seeing
             his
             former
             friendship
             strengthened
             by
             so
             great
             a
             courtesie
             ,
             was
             turned
             into
             hatred
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             grieved
             that
             Sigonio
             in
             so
             just
             a
             cause
             should
             so
             often
             falcifie
             his
             promise
             ;
             he
             therefore
             desired
             ,
             that
             as
             an
             unacknowledging
             and
             ungratefull
             man
             ,
             he
             might
             receive
             condign
             punishment
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             Gratitude
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             did
             so
             little
             value
             Vittorio's
             Impeachment
             ,
             as
             openly
             taking
             upon
             him
             Sigonios
             protection
             ,
             he
             said
             that
             they
             broke
             their
             words
             who
             did
             not
             fulfil
             such
             things
             as
             were
             in
             their
             power
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             the
             promise
             of
             paying
             of
             monies
             upon
             a
             prefixt
             day
             ,
             they
             were
             only
             to
             blame
             ,
             who
             coyning
             monies
             by
             the
             malignity
             of
             a
             lying
             intention
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             meer
             want
             of
             coyne
             ,
             did
             not
             make
             good
             their
             promise
             .
             Then
             turning
             to
             Vittorio
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             courtesie
             he
             had
             done
             to
             Sigonio
             ,
             was
             one
             of
             those
             whereof
             the
             obligation
             of
             Gratitude
             was
             lost
             ,
             when
             all
             that
             was
             rigorously
             exacted
             ,
             which
             was
             known
             to
             be
             deserved
             by
             a
             friend
             :
             For
             such
             courtesies
             as
             did
             exceed
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             receiver
             ,
             were
             done
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             only
             to
             discover
             their
             magnanimous
             liberal
             mind
             ,
             and
             only
             the
             more
             to
             oblige
             a
             man
             :
             and
             that
             great
             good
             turns
             done
             to
             such
             friends
             as
             were
             of
             ability
             ,
             were
             sufficiently
             
             rewarded
             by
             purchase
             of
             the
             fame
             of
             being
             Bountifull
             and
             Liberal
             .
          
           
             As
             Apollo
             had
             ended
             this
             cause
             ,
             the
             Impeachment
             was
             heard
             which
             the
             Commendador
             
               Hannibal
               Caro
            
             made
             against
             
               Dionigi
               Atonigi
            
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             alleadged
             ,
             That
             when
             
               Mario
               Molza
            
             died
             for
             having
             had
             to
             do
             with
             too
             many
             women
             ,
             he
             left
             a
             little
             daughter
             of
             his
             to
             his
             custody
             ,
             which
             when
             she
             came
             to
             be
             sixteen
             years
             old
             ,
             he
             gave
             to
             wife
             to
             Atonigi
             with
             a
             Portion
             of
             40000
             Crowns
             :
             In
             which
             resolution
             ,
             the
             violence
             of
             his
             affection
             to
             Atonigi
             ,
             had
             overcome
             the
             consideration
             of
             his
             beggerly
             estate
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             have
             kept
             him
             from
             making
             that
             alliance
             .
             And
             that
             Atonigi
             being
             thus
             well
             dealt
             withall
             by
             his
             dear
             friend
             ,
             was
             not
             ashamed
             in
             recompence
             of
             so
             great
             a
             good
             turn
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             it
             by
             the
             beggerly
             gift
             of
             a
             douzen
             shirts
             ,
             and
             four
             hand-towels
             :
             And
             that
             after
             so
             great
             ingratitude
             ,
             the
             very
             marriage
             day
             he
             had
             very
             discourteously
             forbidden
             him
             his
             house
             ;
             he
             then
             added
             with
             tears
             in
             his
             eies
             ,
             that
             he
             having
             bred
             up
             that
             young
             woman
             as
             if
             she
             had
             been
             his
             own
             beloved
             daughter
             ,
             she
             likewise
             loved
             him
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             her
             father
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             see
             himself
             deprived
             of
             her
             so
             dearly
             prized
             conversation
             ,
             was
             the
             thing
             of
             the
             world
             that
             did
             most
             torment
             him
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             Caro
             ,
             That
             doubtlesly
             Atonigi
             had
             done
             amiss
             ;
             and
             therefore
             commanded
             ,
             that
             to
             compleat
             the
             gift
             of
             twelve
             shirts
             ,
             and
             four
             hand-towels
             ,
             he
             should
             immediately
             add
             a
             douzen
             handkerchifs
             ,
             and
             eight
             night-caps
             ,
             with
             which
             demonstration
             of
             gratefulness
             ,
             Caro
             should
             think
             himself
             well
             rewarded
             by
             Atonigi
             .
             When
             Caro
             heard
             this
             judgement
             given
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             only
             (
             as
             it
             became
             him
             to
             have
             been
             )
             not
             appeased
             ,
             but
             growing
             very
             outragious
             ,
             he
             freely
             said
             ,
             That
             in
             this
             discourteous
             act
             of
             
               Atonigi
               ,
               Tacitus
            
             his
             Sentence
             was
             proved
             very
             true
             upon
             himself
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               Benificiaeo
               usque
               laeta
               sunt
               ,
               dum
               videntur
               exolviposse
               ,
               ubi
               multum
               antevenere
               ,
               pro
               gratia
               odium
               redditur
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4
               :
               Ann.
               
            
          
           
             Benefits
             are
             so
             long
             welcom
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             any
             appearance
             of
             a
             possibility
             of
             repayment
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             is
             much
             exceeded
             ,
             hatred
             is
             repaid
             instead
             of
             love
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             hearing
             this
             ,
             answered
             Caro
             somewhat
             angerly
             ,
             That
             Tacitus
             his
             Sentence
             was
             very
             true
             ,
             but
             very
             badly
             understood
             by
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             many
             others
             :
             For
             great
             benefits
             were
             usually
             seen
             to
             berepaid
             with
             infinite
             ingratitude
             ,
             more
             through
             the
             impertinency
             of
             the
             Benifactor
             in
             exacting
             Gratitunde
             of
             anothers
             Obligation
             ,
             then
             through
             the
             discourtesie
             of
             the
             receiver
             .
             Then
             growing
             more
             incenst
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             said
             to
             Caro
             ,
             Do
             not
             you
             know
             ,
             Signor
             Hanibal
             ,
             that
             the
             extraordinary
             affection
             which
             Guardians
             bear
             their
             women-Wards
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             once
             grown
             into
             their
             teens
             ,
             is
             usually
             turned
             into
             libidinous
             love
             ?
             And
             are
             you
             one
             of
             those
             special
             Officers
             ,
             whereof
             I
             have
             known
             divers
             ,
             That
             for
             having
             helpt
             a
             friend
             to
             a
             rich
             wife
             ,
             will
             be
             paid
             for
             their
             good
             turn
             ,
             by
             a
             nights
             lodging
             with
             the
             Bride
             ?
             And
             in
             so
             many
             years
             as
             you
             have
             lived
             in
             the
             well
             pollisht
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             have
             not
             you
             learnt
             ,
             that
             as
             well
             wives
             ,
             as
             Principalities
             ,
             cannot
             be
             given
             to
             a
             friend
             ,
             with
             intension
             of
             reserving
             the
             use
             of
             them
             to
             ones
             self
             ,
             without
             running
             apparent
             danger
             of
             having
             the
             difference
             decided
             by
             the
             sword
             ?
             Then
             Apollo
             said
             thus
             to
             Atonigi
             ;
             My
             beloved
             Dionigi
             ,
             injoy
             thy
             dear
             wife
             in
             peace
             and
             quiet
             ;
             and
             if
             Caro
             shall
             at
             any
             time
             tax
             thee
             of
             ingratitude
             ,
             call
             you
             him
             Impertinent
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             shall
             give
             him
             his
             due
             name
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Publius
                 Terentius
              
               being
               by
               order
               from
               
                 Giasone
                 dol
                 Maino
              
               ,
               an
               Urban
               Pretor
               ,
               charged
               with
               Fornication
               ;
               is
               by
               Apollo
               freed
               ,
               with
               much
               derision
               to
               the
               Pretor
               .
            
          
           
             
               PUblius
               Terentius
            
             lives
             in
             a
             little
             ,
             but
             very
             well
             accommodated
             house
             in
             the
             quarters
             of
             the
             Commick
             Poets
             attended
             only
             by
             his
             maid-servant
             Bacchide
             ,
             and
             Davus
             his
             man-servant
             .
             And
             though
             Bacchide
             in
             the
             flowre
             of
             her
             age
             was
             very
             handsom
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             friend
             of
             Terentius
             ,
             &
             of
             many
             other
             Commick
             Poets
             ,
             yet
             now
             being
             very
             old
             ,
             and
             therefore
             somewhat
             deform'd
             ,
             she
             lives
             modestly
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             scandal
             ,
             in
             Terentius
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             without
             offence
             unto
             the
             neighbours
             .
             But
             some
             ten
             daies
             since
             ,
             
               Giasone
               Mayno
            
             a
             Modern
             Pretor
             of
             Urban
             ,
             commanded
             Terentius
             upon
             a
             certain
             penalty
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             put
             Bacchide
             out
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             so
             free
             himself
             from
             the
             shame
             of
             keeping
             a
             publick
             Concubin
             .
             Terentius
             did
             not
             only
             not
             obey
             this
             command
             ,
             but
             refused
             to
             pay
             the
             amercement
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Pretor
             gave
             order
             for
             arresting
             his
             body
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             yesterday
             taken
             ;
             whereat
             Apollo
             was
             so
             highly
             offended
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             in
             publick
             ,
             that
             even
             in
             Parnassus
             the
             wicked
             abuse
             was
             brought
             in
             ,
             by
             his
             rather
             malitious
             then
             ignorant
             Officers
             ,
             of
             being
             quick-sighted
             in
             appearance
             ;
             but
             blind
             in
             the
             substance
             of
             affairs
             .
             Wherefore
             giving
             order
             that
             Terentius
             should
             be
             forthwith
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             he
             caused
             Giasone
             ,
             to
             the
             infinite
             shame
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Lawyer
             ,
             to
             be
             cast
             into
             the
             same
             Prison
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             only
             publickly
             disgrace
             him
             ,
             by
             taking
             from
             him
             the
             place
             of
             Pretor
             ,
             but
             did
             exceedingly
             grieve
             him
             by
             substituting
             
               Philippo
               Decio
            
             in
             his
             place
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             capital
             enemy
             .
             And
             Decio
             being
             gone
             yesterday
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             receive
             the
             Mace
             and
             Tipstaff
             ,
             the
             particular
             ensignes
             of
             the
             Pretorian
             Dignity
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             learn
             that
             by
             Giasons
             punishment
             ,
             that
             good
             Judges
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             administration
             of
             Justice
             ,
             did
             mind
             more
             the
             pleasing
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             making
             merry
             with
             men
             ,
             the
             Alessi
             were
             first
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             dores
             of
             respected
             Poets
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Bacchidi
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Publick
               Audience
               is
               given
               by
               Apollo
               ,
               wherein
               by
               wise
               Answers
               ,
               he
               decides
               many
               Affairs
               of
               his
               Vertuosi
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             contentment
             of
             Princes
             who
             love
             to
             see
             their
             people
             well
             satisfied
             ,
             consisting
             chiefly
             in
             the
             often
             hearing
             all
             mens
             grievances
             ;
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             boot
             with
             his
             other
             often
             Audiences
             ,
             gives
             publick
             Audience
             every
             Thursday
             in
             his
             great
             Hall
             ,
             attended
             by
             his
             Senats
             ,
             Collaterals
             ,
             and
             full
             Parliaments
             of
             this
             Court.
             And
             because
             that
             therein
             vertuous
             resolutions
             are
             had
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             worthy
             to
             be
             known
             by
             those
             who
             living
             far
             from
             this
             State
             ,
             have
             the
             curiosity
             to
             hear
             news
             from
             
               Parnassus
               ;
               Menante
            
             ,
             who
             was
             present
             at
             the
             last
             Audience
             ,
             expresly
             that
             he
             might
             satisfie
             his
             Customers
             ,
             will
             now
             give
             you
             a
             true
             relation
             of
             all
             the
             chief
             things
             that
             hapned
             there
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             who
             addrest
             themselves
             to
             Apollo
             in
             this
             Audience
             ,
             were
             two
             honourable
             Ambassadors
             ,
             who
             told
             his
             Majestie
             that
             they
             were
             sent
             from
             mankind
             ,
             who
             weary
             of
             the
             necessity
             they
             were
             in
             ,
             of
             eating
             every
             morning
             and
             evening
             ,
             did
             much
             bewail
             ,
             that
             human
             Wit
             ,
             so
             highly
             indued
             ,
             and
             capable
             of
             understanding
             and
             knowing
             all
             things
             ,
             who
             together
             with
             their
             mothers
             milk
             ,
             did
             drink
             in
             the
             unexplicable
             curiosity
             of
             still
             Learning
             ,
             should
             notwithstanding
             be
             wholly
             busied
             in
             fordid
             occupation
             of
             cultivating
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             painfull
             exercises
             ,
             only
             to
             provide
             food
             for
             himself
             ,
             as
             bruit
             beasts
             do
             ;
             that
             therefore
             they
             were
             sent
             to
             his
             Majestie
             to
             ask
             councel
             ,
             whether
             mankind
             should
             do
             well
             to
             beg
             of
             Gods
             Divine
             Majestie
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             grant
             men
             the
             benefit
             of
             living
             long
             without
             meat
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             done
             to
             Dormise
             ,
             Snakes
             ,
             Bears
             ,
             and
             otheir
             Animals
             .
             A
             thing
             which
             they
             desired
             ,
             only
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             with
             a
             fasting
             mind
             or
             stomack
             ,
             which
             doth
             so
             much
             better
             the
             operations
             of
             the
             Intellect
             ,
             apply
             themselves
             to
             the
             study
             of
             all
             those
             Sciences
             which
             belonged
             properly
             to
             men
             .
          
           
             This
             request
             which
             was
             thought
             to
             be
             very
             honorable
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             vertuous
             zeal
             ,
             by
             all
             that
             heard
             it
             ,
             was
             much
             derided
             by
             Apollo
             ;
             who
             answered
             the
             Ambassadors
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             through
             strange
             conceits
             ,
             and
             extravagant
             novelties
             ,
             thought
             to
             new
             mould
             the
             world
             ,
             did
             alwaies
             fancy
             unto
             themselves
             ridiculous
             things
             .
             And
             then
             he
             asked
             the
             Ambassadors
             what
             obligation
             the
             earch
             had
             to
             so
             great
             a
             God.
             The
             Ambassadors
             answered
             ,
             she
             was
             bound
             to
             propuce
             green
             grass
             and
             plants
             .
             Apollo
             reply'd
             ,
             If
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             Why
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             6000
             years
             and
             more
             ,
             that
             the
             earth
             had
             absolutely
             obeyed
             the
             will
             of
             her
             Creator
             ,
             were
             there
             no
             Woods
             seen
             but
             on
             Mountains
             and
             in
             desert
             places
             ?
             The
             Ambassadors
             said
             ,
             this
             was
             because
             men
             for
             their
             plowing
             (
             which
             was
             the
             sustenance
             of
             mans
             life
             )
             did
             with
             their
             Axes
             cut
             down
             the
             Woods
             in
             such
             places
             as
             were
             aft
             to
             bear
             Corn.
             Apollo
             asked
             them
             then
             again
             ,
             To
             what
             case
             the
             world
             would
             be
             reduced
             ,
             if
             husbandmen
             had
             not
             weeded
             and
             purged
             it
             of
             such
             superfluous
             plants
             as
             the
             earth
             produced
             ?
             The
             Ambassadors
             answered
             ,
             That
             then
             
             doubtless
             the
             world
             would
             be
             so
             overgrown
             with
             wood
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             be
             uninhabitable
             .
             Apollo
             asked
             once
             more
             ,
             whether
             they
             did
             believe
             that
             men
             did
             busie
             themselves
             in
             cutting
             down
             of
             Woods
             ,
             rather
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             that
             free
             commerce
             might
             be
             had
             among
             Nations
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             might
             reap
             the
             abundance
             of
             fruit
             which
             the
             earth
             produced
             ,
             being
             sown
             and
             planted
             by
             mans
             industry
             ?
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Ambassadors
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             the
             great
             abundance
             of
             pleasant
             Products
             which
             by
             mans
             industry
             the
             earth
             brought
             forth
             ,
             made
             the
             noble
             Art
             of
             Husbandry
             appear
             not
             painfull
             ,
             but
             full
             of
             delight
             .
             The
             Ambassadors
             having
             clearly
             learnt
             by
             this
             Answer
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             precedent
             Interrogatives
             made
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             if
             men
             did
             neither
             eat
             nor
             drink
             ,
             the
             world
             would
             be
             so
             ful
             of
             Woods
             and
             Forrests
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             rather
             be
             a
             fitting
             habitations
             for
             Bears
             ,
             Wolves
             ,
             and
             other
             wild
             Beasts
             ,
             then
             for
             men
             ,
             departed
             the
             audience
             much
             confused
             .
          
           
             They
             being
             gone
             ,
             
               Menenius
               Agrippa
            
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             happily
             ended
             the
             important
             and
             difficult
             business
             of
             making
             peace
             between
             the
             Senat
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             who
             being
             distasted
             ,
             had
             withdrawn
             themselves
             into
             the
             Aventine
             Mountain
             ;
             That
             he
             might
             purcase
             more
             Grace
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             a
             more
             honorable
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             acquainted
             him
             now
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             bethought
             himself
             of
             another
             handsom
             story
             ;
             by
             which
             he
             hoped
             to
             agree
             the
             great
             disunion
             between
             the
             Hollanders
             and
             the
             Spaniard
             .
             Apollo
             laught
             to
             hear
             this
             ,
             and
             answered
             Menenius
             .
             That
             mens
             humors
             were
             so
             alter'd
             in
             process
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             hatred
             was
             grounded
             so
             inveteraly
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             not
             only
             rediculous
             tales
             were
             not
             able
             to
             appease
             those
             obstinate
             people
             ,
             nor
             make
             them
             lay
             down
             their
             perfidiousness
             which
             they
             proposed
             unto
             themselves
             when
             first
             they
             rebel'd
             ,
             of
             purchasing
             their
             Liberty
             at
             the
             price
             of
             bloud
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             die
             in
             the
             quarrel
             :
             but
             neither
             were
             the
             sad
             Tragedies
             able
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             which
             to
             that
             purpose
             had
             been
             represented
             upon
             the
             Scene
             of
             the
             Low-Countries
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             for
             above
             the
             space
             of
             fifty
             years
             .
          
           
             Menenio
             being
             departed
             with
             this
             little
             satisfaction
             ;
             
               Paolo
               Vitelli
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             conductor
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Florence
             ,
             appeared
             with
             his
             head
             cut
             off
             (
             a
             most
             horrid
             spectacle
             )
             in
             the
             Audience
             ;
             who
             complained
             bitterly
             of
             that
             Republick
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             a
             precipitous-manner
             ,
             without
             any
             confession
             made
             by
             himself
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             his
             friends
             (
             who
             were
             imprisoned
             for
             his
             sake
             )
             which
             did
             any
             waies
             prejudice
             his
             innocency
             ,
             he
             out
             of
             slight
             suspitions
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             suffered
             to
             speak
             for
             himself
             ,
             had
             his
             head
             struck
             off
             in
             Florence
             the
             very
             next
             morning
             after
             his
             imprisonment
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Judgement
             was
             hastned
             ,
             not
             for
             that
             the
             importancy
             of
             the
             fact
             was
             such
             as
             could
             brook
             no
             delay
             ;
             but
             to
             hinder
             the
             intercession
             of
             great
             Princes
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             moved
             to
             assist
             him
             .
             Apollo
             seemed
             much
             to
             abhor
             that
             Judgement
             ;
             and
             because
             he
             greatly
             loved
             ,
             and
             admired
             the
             worth
             of
             that
             Military
             man
             ,
             he
             desired
             the
             Judges
             that
             they
             would
             give
             their
             opinions
             in
             the
             case
             .
             Who
             when
             they
             had
             heard
             the
             relation
             of
             the
             process
             ,
             gave
             sentence
             for
             Vitelli's
             innocency
             :
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             by
             publick
             decree
             did
             restore
             Vitelli
             to
             his
             former
             ancient
             reputation
             .
             Paolo
             thanked
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             very
             humbly
             beseeched
             him
             ,
             that
             for
             his
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             other
             Commonwealths
             from
             giving
             such
             precipitous
             Judgements
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             shew
             some
             rigorous
             rescentment
             against
             the
             Florentines
             .
             Apollo
             wisht
             Vitelli
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             for
             that
             his
             son
             
             Alessandro
             making
             use
             of
             the
             fair
             occasion
             which
             fell
             into
             his
             hands
             after
             the
             death
             of
             Duke
             Alexander
             ,
             had
             so
             revenged
             his
             fathers
             death
             ,
             as
             had
             infinitely
             surpassed
             all
             the
             tearms
             of
             the
             Guardian-ship
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             impeached
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             Apollo
             had
             given
             satisfaction
             to
             
               Vitelli
               ,
               Carmagnuolo
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Venetian
             Captain
             ,
             who
             had
             likewise
             been
             beheaded
             ,
             complained
             bitterly
             before
             his
             Majesty
             against
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             vain
             suspitions
             had
             unjustly
             taken
             off
             his
             head
             :
             And
             then
             he
             delivered
             his
             Process
             and
             his
             Sentence
             into
             Apollo's
             hands
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             without
             either
             receiving
             or
             perusing
             the
             process
             ,
             willed
             Carmagnuolo
             to
             rest
             content
             ,
             for
             no
             Review
             ,
             nor
             yet
             appeal
             was
             allowed
             of
             ,
             from
             any
             sentence
             maturely
             given
             by
             an
             Aristocratical
             Senat
             (
             as
             was
             that
             of
             Venice
             )
             out
             of
             the
             great
             presumption
             he
             had
             of
             her
             exact
             administration
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Carmagnuolo
             being
             gon
             from
             the
             audience
             ,
             an
             African
             (
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             every
             one
             )
             was
             seen
             to
             enter
             the
             Hall
             ,
             leading
             in
             his
             hand
             a
             lusty
             Lyon
             ,
             by
             a
             little
             chain
             ,
             which
             Lyon
             was
             so
             very
             tame
             ,
             as
             it
             fawn'd
             upon
             its
             Master
             like
             a
             little
             whelp
             .
             This
             man
             presenting
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Hanibal
             the
             Carthaginian
             ,
             gave
             him
             that
             Lyon
             ,
             which
             his
             Majesty
             was
             very
             well
             pleased
             withall
             ;
             who
             asked
             the
             African
             what
             art
             he
             had
             used
             to
             tame
             ,
             so
             fierce
             ,
             ravenous
             ,
             jealous
             ,
             and
             cruel
             a
             Beast
             ?
             The
             African
             answered
             ,
             By
             feeding
             him
             continually
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             .
             Apollo
             turned
             then
             towards
             the
             Princes
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             that
             Audience
             ,
             were
             there
             in
             great
             numbers
             ,
             and
             said
             unto
             them
             ,
             Learn
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             by
             the
             miracle
             of
             this
             Lyon
             which
             you
             see
             is
             become
             so
             tame
             ,
             that
             fair
             treatment
             doth
             domestichize
             even
             savage
             beasts
             ;
             doe
             you
             the
             like
             by
             your
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             not
             come
             hardly
             by
             their
             food
             ,
             through
             your
             angersom
             Taxes
             upon
             things
             necessary
             for
             human
             life
             ;
             for
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             be
             beloved
             ,
             served
             ,
             and
             honoured
             by
             your
             own
             natural
             Subjects
             only
             ,
             but
             even
             by
             the
             most
             Forrein
             and
             Barbarous
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             two
             armed
             foot-Souldiers
             appeared
             in
             the
             Audience
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             had
             presented
             his
             Majesty
             with
             their
             credential
             Letters
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             having
             forsaken
             their
             Country
             ,
             wives
             ,
             children
             ,
             and
             means
             ,
             to
             serve
             Princes
             ,
             without
             any
             respect
             to
             their
             own
             lives
             ;
             that
             whilst
             they
             bore
             arms
             in
             the
             most
             remote
             Wars
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             not
             only
             cruel
             ,
             but
             inhuman
             Military
             Laws
             ,
             they
             were
             cruelly
             slain
             ,
             hung
             up
             upon
             trees
             ,
             shot
             to
             death
             ,
             by
             their
             Superiors
             ,
             even
             for
             the
             smallest
             faults
             .
             And
             that
             through
             the
             unheard
             of
             cruelty
             of
             Modern
             Commanders
             ,
             the
             ancient
             punishment
             for
             shaping
             out
             of
             their
             quarters
             ,
             of
             having
             their
             share
             of
             provant
             in
             Barley
             ,
             and
             other
             less
             severe
             executions
             ,
             being
             now
             no
             longer
             in
             use
             ,
             every
             least
             misdemeanor
             ,
             were
             it
             but
             of
             omission
             ,
             was
             punisht
             with
             death
             ;
             and
             not
             he
             who
             understood
             ,
             or
             knew
             most
             ,
             was
             thought
             the
             best
             Judge
             in
             the
             Camp
             ,
             but
             he
             who
             was
             most
             resolute
             in
             executing
             cruelty
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             inhumanity
             of
             Military
             Laws
             was
             grown
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             the
             circumspection
             ,
             equity
             ,
             and
             consideration
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             who
             judge
             not
             beasts
             ,
             but
             men
             ,
             was
             esteemed
             poorness
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             idle
             folly
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             universality
             of
             Souldiers
             so
             sorely
             afflicted
             ,
             did
             humbly
             beseech
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             order
             the
             moderation
             of
             so
             inhuman
             Laws
             .
             There
             was
             not
             any
             one
             in
             the
             Audience
             ,
             how
             severe
             soever
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             mov'd
             to
             hear
             the
             barbarity
             of
             these
             Military
             Laws
             :
             Only
             Apollo
             shewed
             no
             compunction
             ,
             but
             with
             an
             angry
             countenance
             ,
             
             thus
             answered
             those
             souldiers
             ;
             Who
             forceth
             you
             to
             forgo
             your
             own
             homes
             ,
             and
             to
             change
             the
             wholsom
             human
             Laws
             under
             which
             you
             are
             born
             ,
             with
             those
             severe
             ones
             which
             are
             practised
             in
             War
             ?
             He
             who
             falls
             down
             of
             himself
             ,
             deserves
             not
             to
             be
             raised
             up
             ,
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             mercy
             to
             be
             hoped
             for
             from
             one
             who
             is
             so
             very
             cruel
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             This
             request
             having
             received
             its
             answer
             ,
             much
             to
             the
             delight
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             that
             were
             at
             the
             Audience
             ,
             the
             famous
             Printers
             appeared
             before
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             namely
             ,
             
               Sebastian
               Grifo
               ,
               Guilielmo
               Ruell
            
             of
             
               Lyons
               ,
               Christofano
               Plautino
            
             of
             Antwerp
             ,
             the
             Giunti
             of
             
               Florence
               ,
               Giolito
               ,
               Valgresi
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             from
             Venice
             ;
             and
             amongst
             these
             the
             learned
             
               Aldo
               Manutio
            
             did
             not
             disdain
             to
             make
             one
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             his
             fellows
             ,
             told
             Apollo
             ;
             That
             of
             all
             Modern
             Inventions
             found
             out
             by
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             ,
             he
             thought
             the
             precedency
             ought
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Press
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             use
             and
             admirable
             felicity
             thereof
             :
             A
             benefit
             ,
             which
             had
             the
             ancient
             Litterati
             had
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             so
             lamented
             the
             burning
             of
             former
             Libraries
             ;
             and
             that
             now
             the
             Press
             had
             not
             only
             for
             ever
             secured
             the
             past
             and
             present
             labours
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             but
             had
             made
             the
             way
             to
             Learning
             much
             more
             easie
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             Majesties
             State
             wanting
             so
             excellent
             an
             invention
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             so
             please
             ,
             they
             would
             for
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             bring
             it
             upon
             their
             own
             cost
             and
             charges
             ,
             into
             
               Parnassus
               .
               Apollo
            
             absolutely
             refused
             that
             offer
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             men
             praised
             the
             Art
             of
             Printing
             upon
             very
             indiscreet
             grounds
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             that
             that
             had
             infinitely
             obscured
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             :
             For
             having
             made
             Libraries
             more
             numerous
             then
             good
             ,
             they
             were
             admired
             only
             by
             the
             ignorant
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             with
             infinite
             labour
             ,
             the
             writings
             of
             other
             men
             were
             copyed
             out
             by
             the
             pen
             ,
             such
             as
             deserved
             not
             to
             pass
             through
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             Litterati
             ,
             they
             and
             their
             shame
             died
             in
             the
             house
             of
             their
             unfortunate
             Author
             :
             whereas
             now
             so
             great
             abundance
             of
             foolish
             and
             ignorant
             volumes
             were
             printed
             ,
             as
             that
             Libraries
             were
             shamefully
             cram'd
             with
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             little
             reputation
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Litterati
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             unexhausted
             store
             which
             were
             printed
             of
             the
             learned
             labours
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             the
             
               Homers
               ,
               Virgils
               ,
               Ciceros
            
             divine
             and
             painfull
             labours
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             miracle
             of
             their
             wits
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             shewn
             to
             men
             only
             upon
             some
             particular
             daies
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             were
             polluted
             by
             flies
             and
             moths
             in
             every
             Book
             binders
             shop
             :
             That
             therefore
             they
             might
             be
             gon
             when
             they
             pleased
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             by
             no
             means
             admit
             of
             the
             break-neck
             of
             the
             too
             ambitious
             Litterati
             into
             Parnassus
             .
          
           
             Presently
             after
             this
             ,
             Seneca
             the
             Moralist
             appeared
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             who
             had
             caused
             his
             cruel
             enemy
             
               Publio
               Suilio
            
             to
             be
             personally
             cited
             before
             that
             Audience
             ;
             and
             rather
             in
             rage
             then
             anger
             ,
             complained
             of
             certain
             injurious
             words
             which
             that
             man
             had
             spoken
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             his
             reputation
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             pressed
             that
             he
             might
             be
             punished
             as
             a
             slanderer
             .
             Apollo
             commanded
             Suilio
             to
             repeat
             the
             words
             by
             which
             Seneca
             took
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             highly
             injured
             .
             Suilio
             confest
             ingeniously
             ,
             that
             moved
             thereunto
             rather
             out
             of
             truth
             ,
             then
             any
             privat
             hatred
             ,
             upon
             a
             certain
             occasion
             which
             arose
             ,
             he
             had
             reproached
             Seneca
             with
             these
             words
             used
             by
             him
             ,
             
               Qua
               sapientia
               ,
               Quibus
               Philosophorum
               preceptis
               ;
               intra
               quadrienium
               regia
               amicitiae
               ,
               ter
               millies
               sestertium
               paravisset
               ?
               Romae
               testamenta
               ,
               &
               orbos
               velut
               Indagine
               ejus
               capi
               .
               Italiam
               &
               Provincias
               ,
               immenso
               fenore
               hauriri
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               13.
               
               Annall
               .
            
          
           
             Seneca
             perceiving
             that
             Apollo
             was
             very
             much
             scandalized
             at
             the
             excessive
             
             getting
             of
             seven
             millions
             and
             a
             half
             of
             monies
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             world
             knew
             his
             wealth
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             very
             great
             ,
             proceeded
             not
             from
             any
             greedy
             desire
             he
             had
             of
             riches
             ,
             but
             from
             Neros
             meer
             liberality
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             approve
             of
             Senecas
             excuse
             ,
             said
             freely
             to
             him
             ,
             That
             the
             floud
             of
             that
             his
             immence
             wealth
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             shamefull
             in
             such
             a
             Philosoper
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             especially
             when
             gotten
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             eye
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             have
             received
             troubled
             waters
             from
             the
             torrents
             of
             fowl
             industry
             .
             To
             which
             Seneca
             answered
             ,
             That
             his
             condition
             was
             not
             to
             be
             considered
             according
             to
             Suilios
             rotten
             tongue
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             accustomed
             to
             lying
             ,
             as
             he
             lived
             only
             by
             the
             infamous
             practice
             of
             slander
             and
             back-biting
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             so
             much
             praised
             and
             admired
             writings
             which
             he
             had
             published
             .
             Suilio
             finding
             himself
             thus
             bitterly
             offended
             by
             Seneca
             ,
             answered
             boldly
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             the
             pen
             which
             exactly
             shew'd
             what
             men
             were
             ,
             but
             the
             leading
             of
             their
             lives
             :
             For
             works
             ,
             not
             words
             ,
             were
             the
             true
             touchstone
             whereby
             to
             know
             the
             true
             allay
             of
             mens
             genius
             .
             Seneca
             being
             about
             to
             reply
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             nauseated
             by
             that
             hatefull
             difference
             ,
             turned
             towards
             him
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             say
             no
             more
             ;
             for
             great
             riches
             gotten
             by
             any
             whosoever
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             brought
             but
             little
             of
             reputation
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             behooved
             of
             necessity
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             sweet
             of
             so
             rich
             treasure
             ,
             the
             sowre
             of
             publick
             mumurs
             should
             be
             added
             .
             At
             last
             ,
             fetching
             a
             deep
             sigh
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             Apollo
             said
             ,
             I
             heartily
             wish
             ,
             O
             Seneca
             ,
             that
             either
             thou
             hadst
             never
             been
             born
             ,
             or
             that
             thou
             hadst
             not
             left
             the
             seed
             of
             so
             many
             punctual
             followers
             of
             thy
             behaviour
             .
             Seneca
             quitted
             the
             Audience
             with
             this
             but
             smally
             satisfactory
             resolution
             .
             When
             the
             two
             Noble
             Princesses
             ,
             the
             Roman
             Lucrece
             ,
             and
             
               Katherin
               Sforza
            
             ,
             bowed
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             Lucretia
             (
             to
             whose
             share
             it
             fell
             to
             speak
             first
             )
             said
             ,
             That
             by
             witness
             of
             all
             Historians
             who
             had
             written
             the
             affairs
             of
             Rome
             ,
             the
             fowle
             outrage
             which
             Tarquin
             the
             proud
             had
             done
             her
             ,
             having
             been
             the
             only
             powerfull
             cause
             why
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Rome
             was
             turned
             into
             so
             famous
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             so
             much
             celebrated
             throughout
             the
             world
             ,
             she
             had
             not
             notwithstanding
             obtained
             so
             honourable
             a
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             as
             she
             thought
             she
             deserved
             ,
             and
             which
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             was
             due
             unto
             her
             :
             And
             that
             Helen
             of
             Greece
             ,
             who
             compared
             to
             her
             ,
             had
             been
             the
             occasion
             of
             but
             trivial
             novelties
             ,
             had
             obtained
             a
             much
             higher
             place
             .
             She
             therefore
             desired
             ,
             that
             if
             his
             Majestie
             should
             think
             she
             had
             suffered
             wrong
             ,
             she
             might
             be
             righted
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             Lucretia
             ,
             That
             the
             change
             of
             the
             Roman
             servitude
             into
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             the
             driving
             of
             the
             Tarquins
             out
             of
             Rome
             ,
             was
             attributed
             to
             the
             outrage
             done
             to
             her
             ,
             by
             those
             only
             who
             understood
             but
             little
             of
             the
             worlds
             affairs
             ;
             but
             that
             those
             who
             saw
             further
             into
             State-affairs
             ,
             knew
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             the
             Tarquins
             lost
             so
             famous
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             when
             by
             their
             bad
             comportments
             they
             made
             themselves
             so
             hatefull
             to
             the
             Plebeians
             ,
             on
             whose
             good
             will
             their
             greatness
             was
             grounded
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             hard
             to
             bring
             such
             a
             Kingdom
             as
             was
             that
             of
             the
             Romans
             (
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             infinite
             priviledges
             it
             enjoyed
             ,
             might
             be
             said
             to
             live
             in
             a
             sort
             of
             Liberty
             )
             to
             receive
             total
             bondage
             ,
             without
             openly
             provoking
             the
             enmity
             of
             the
             Senat
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             whole
             Roman
             Nobility
             ,
             which
             were
             by
             natural
             instinct
             given
             to
             be
             very
             desirous
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             consequently
             very
             jealous
             of
             their
             Countries
             Priviledges
             .
             That
             therefore
             the
             Tarquins
             ,
             though
             undergoing
             some
             indignities
             ,
             ought
             tenaciously
             to
             have
             endeavored
             the
             not
             losing
             the
             affection
             of
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             was
             that
             which
             did
             not
             only
             maintain
             them
             in
             power
             ,
             but
             which
             
             might
             have
             setled
             them
             in
             a
             perfect
             Monarchy
             :
             which
             leaning-stock
             ,
             when
             through
             their
             ignorance
             they
             lost
             ,
             they
             gave
             a
             fitting
             occasion
             for
             the
             Nobility
             to
             joyn
             upon
             any
             the
             least
             accident
             which
             might
             occur
             with
             the
             common
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             up
             arms
             aaainst
             them
             ,
             just
             as
             it
             fell
             out
             by
             the
             outrage
             which
             they
             had
             committed
             against
             her
             .
             He
             further
             told
             Lucretia
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             should
             obtain
             from
             him
             the
             Place
             in
             Parnassus
             which
             she
             desired
             ,
             she
             would
             only
             have
             taught
             people
             the
             trivial
             document
             ,
             that
             Princes
             in
             their
             lust
             ought
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             staining
             the
             bloud
             of
             their
             great
             ones
             ;
             but
             that
             being
             in
             the
             place
             she
             was
             in
             ,
             she
             clearly
             proved
             that
             important
             Politick
             Precept
             ,
             That
             when
             a
             Prince
             knows
             not
             how
             to
             keep
             the
             Nobility
             and
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             divided
             ,
             and
             hath
             not
             wit
             enough
             to
             make
             either
             the
             one
             or
             the
             other
             of
             them
             greatly
             partial
             to
             himself
             ,
             but
             through
             ignorance
             makes
             both
             of
             them
             his
             enemies
             ;
             it
             is
             as
             easie
             to
             drive
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             to
             throw
             down
             an
             Oak
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ,
             whose
             roots
             are
             first
             cut
             away
             .
          
           
             With
             this
             answer
             Lucretia
             was
             dismist
             the
             Audience
             ,
             when
             
               Catherin
               Sforsa
            
             ,
             Princess
             of
             Imola
             and
             Forli
             ,
             told
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             her
             husband
             being
             cruelly
             murthered
             by
             the
             conspiracy
             of
             some
             of
             her
             disloyal
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             the
             Castle
             holding
             out
             for
             her
             ,
             she
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             both
             her
             State
             and
             her
             own
             person
             might
             not
             fall
             into
             her
             enemies
             power
             ,
             made
             them
             believe
             that
             she
             would
             deliver
             up
             the
             Castle
             to
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             permit
             her
             to
             go
             thereinto
             ,
             that
             so
             she
             might
             make
             her
             Souldiers
             give
             way
             to
             the
             surrendring
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             their
             security
             ,
             she
             would
             deliver
             up
             her
             little
             children
             as
             Hostages
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             she
             was
             got
             into
             the
             Castle
             ,
             she
             from
             off
             the
             Walls
             threatned
             the
             Conspirators
             with
             condign
             punishment
             for
             the
             wickedness
             they
             had
             committed
             :
             Wherefore
             the
             Conspirators
             seeing
             themselves
             thus
             deceived
             ,
             protested
             openly
             ,
             That
             unless
             she
             would
             deliver
             up
             the
             Castle
             unto
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             cut
             her
             children
             in
             pieces
             before
             her
             face
             :
             That
             she
             was
             not
             at
             all
             astonished
             at
             these
             their
             horrid
             threats
             ,
             but
             plucking
             up
             her
             clothes
             ,
             and
             shewing
             them
             her
             privacies
             ,
             she
             bad
             them
             do
             what
             they
             would
             with
             her
             children
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             still
             the
             mould
             to
             cast
             others
             in
             .
             For
             which
             her
             resolution
             ,
             she
             was
             highly
             commended
             by
             all
             Historians
             .
             She
             desired
             that
             Apollo
             would
             poynt
             out
             for
             her
             what
             place
             he
             should
             best
             please
             ,
             in
             Parnassus
             .
          
           
             The
             Judges
             differed
             much
             in
             their
             opinions
             concerning
             this
             demand
             ;
             some
             of
             them
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             an
             act
             of
             shameless
             and
             affronted
             impudency
             .
             But
             Apollo
             affirming
             ,
             that
             to
             keep
             still
             within
             the
             terms
             of
             modesty
             ,
             was
             the
             duty
             of
             privat
             women
             ,
             said
             that
             Princesses
             who
             were
             descended
             of
             high
             and
             Noble
             bloud
             ,
             upon
             any
             weighty
             occasions
             which
             should
             occur
             unto
             them
             ,
             were
             bound
             to
             shew
             manliness
             .
             The
             vote
             given
             by
             Cino
             of
             Pistoia
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             is
             not
             to
             be
             past
             over
             in
             silence
             ,
             who
             said
             ;
             That
             that
             place
             was
             worthy
             to
             be
             seen
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             was
             come
             that
             famous
             Champion
             
               Iovanni
               d'
               Medici
            
             ,
             Father
             to
             that
             great
             Cosmo
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             the
             happy
             Founder
             of
             the
             flourishing
             Tuscan
             Monarchy
             ,
             from
             which
             Italy
             now
             receives
             so
             great
             splendor
             and
             ornament
             ,
             hath
             deserved
             immortal
             fame
             and
             glory
             throughout
             all
             ages
             .
          
           
             
               Katherin
               Sforza
            
             having
             obtained
             the
             favor
             she
             desired
             ,
             a
             Court-Notary
             drew
             near
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             acquainted
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             
               Giovan
               Pico
            
             ,
             Count
             of
             Mirandola
             ,
             that
             Phenix
             of
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             only
             ornament
             of
             all
             vertue
             being
             some
             few
             daies
             sithence
             departed
             this
             life
             ,
             had
             by
             his
             last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             ,
             left
             a
             Legacy
             of
             threescore
             and
             ten
             thousand
             Crowns
             ,
             
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             to
             some
             such
             pious
             use
             as
             his
             Majesty
             should
             please
             to
             appoint
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             being
             told
             this
             ,
             forthwith
             commanded
             that
             an
             Hospital
             for
             the
             incureable
             ,
             should
             be
             built
             with
             those
             monies
             ,
             where
             all
             diligent
             care
             and
             charity
             should
             be
             used
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             such
             as
             were
             sick
             of
             Ambition
             ,
             an
             infirmity
             from
             which
             those
             that
             were
             affected
             with
             it
             ,
             could
             never
             free
             themselves
             ,
             
               Licineo
               Mecenate
            
             ,
             the
             delight
             of
             that
             State
             ,
             whose
             house
             is
             a
             secure
             haven
             for
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             a
             sanctuary
             for
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             said
             then
             ,
             that
             he
             by
             the
             disposal
             of
             his
             whole
             Patrimony
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             having
             deserved
             the
             Prerogative
             that
             all
             such
             as
             use
             any
             extraordinary
             liberality
             towards
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             should
             be
             called
             Mecenati
             ,
             was
             much
             grieved
             that
             his
             name
             should
             be
             irregularly
             and
             lavishly
             used
             ,
             by
             mean
             and
             hunger-starv'd
             foolish
             Scholars
             ,
             for
             some
             little
             reward
             which
             they
             might
             receive
             from
             Princes
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             was
             much
             troubled
             at
             Mecenates
             complaint
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             end
             that
             that
             glorious
             Title
             might
             be
             perpetually
             maintained
             in
             its
             due
             decorum
             ,
             he
             decreed
             that
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             no
             man
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             infamy
             ,
             should
             presume
             to
             give
             the
             honorable
             title
             of
             Mecenas
             to
             any
             Prince
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             had
             not
             formerly
             received
             costly
             and
             curious
             food
             and
             rayment
             during
             life
             .
          
           
             Then
             great
             Tamberlan
             the
             Scythian
             appeared
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             so
             great
             pomp
             ,
             as
             gave
             much
             delight
             to
             all
             the
             Audience
             ,
             who
             were
             likewise
             very
             much
             pleased
             with
             the
             novelty
             of
             his
             phantastical
             face
             and
             habit
             .
             This
             truely
             singular
             man
             who
             had
             the
             vain
             glory
             to
             be
             called
             the
             Emperor
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             having
             (
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             his
             Nation
             )
             only
             bowed
             his
             head
             a
             little
             to
             Apollo
             by
             way
             of
             salute
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             who
             by
             his
             worth
             had
             raised
             himself
             from
             the
             mean
             condition
             of
             a
             shepheard
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             greatness
             ,
             as
             to
             have
             formed
             a
             vast
             Empire
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             the
             man
             alone
             ,
             who
             of
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             had
             discomfeited
             the
             numerous
             Ottaman
             Armies
             in
             open
             field
             ,
             and
             taken
             the
             Prince
             of
             so
             dreadful
             an
             Empire
             prisoner
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             obtain
             a
             fitting
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             was
             not
             satisfied
             ,
             but
             rather
             thought
             himself
             much
             injured
             by
             finding
             himself
             placed
             in
             the
             Classis
             of
             famous
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             that
             (
             which
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             very
             well
             deserved
             to
             be
             )
             of
             Founders
             of
             great
             Kingdoms
             ,
             wherein
             he
             found
             
               Romulus
               ,
               Caesar
               ,
               Pharamond
               ,
               Ottaman
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             placed
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             Tamberlan
             ,
             That
             great
             difference
             being
             put
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             between
             overrunning
             a
             number
             of
             great
             Kingdoms
             with
             numerous
             forces
             ,
             and
             the
             founding
             of
             an
             Empire
             ,
             he
             did
             ill
             to
             pretend
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Founders
             of
             Monarchies
             ,
             which
             was
             only
             granted
             to
             such
             ,
             who
             to
             the
             worth
             of
             knowing
             how
             to
             purchase
             ,
             had
             the
             singular
             wisdom
             joyned
             ,
             of
             knowing
             how
             to
             maintain
             .
             For
             the
             gallantry
             of
             many
             Souldiers
             shared
             in
             acquisitions
             ,
             but
             the
             safe
             preserving
             of
             what
             was
             got
             ,
             shewed
             the
             exquisite
             wisdom
             of
             one
             only
             Prince
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Prerogative
             of
             Founders
             of
             Kingdoms
             was
             only
             granted
             in
             Parnassus
             to
             such
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             well
             joyned
             the
             Vertue
             of
             Maintaining
             ,
             to
             the
             Valor
             of
             Archieving
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             so
             well
             ordered
             and
             established
             the
             States
             which
             they
             had
             won
             ,
             as
             to
             transmit
             them
             happily
             over
             to
             the
             third
             Heir
             .
             A
             thing
             which
             had
             been
             so
             little
             observed
             by
             him
             ,
             as
             even
             his
             own
             immediate
             sons
             could
             not
             keep
             the
             States
             which
             he
             had
             won
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             so
             much
             bloud
             ;
             and
             that
             according
             to
             Tacitus
             his
             Precept
             ,
             neither
             Prince
             ,
             nor
             any
             privat
             Captain
             ,
             who
             would
             win
             the
             fame
             of
             being
             wise
             and
             advised
             in
             the
             mannaging
             of
             
             Arms
             ,
             ought
             
               Nova
               moliri
               ,
               nisi
               prioribus
               firmatis
               :
            
             attempt
             new
             things
             ,
             unless
             they
             had
             setled
             former
             :
             for
             he
             ,
             
               Longinquis
               itineribus
               percursando
               ,
               quae
               conservari
               nequibant
            
             ;
             following
             after
             what
             was
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             ,
             had
             imitated
             those
             base
             smel-feasts
             ,
             who
             eating
             more
             then
             they
             could
             well
             digest
             ,
             were
             with
             shame
             compelled
             to
             cast
             up
             what
             they
             had
             eaten
             .
             And
             that
             though
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             at
             his
             first
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             had
             extraordinarily
             affected
             the
             same
             Prerogative
             of
             a
             Founder
             of
             new
             Monarchies
             ;
             yet
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             indiscreet
             way
             of
             warfaring
             in
             Asia
             (
             which
             he
             rather
             overrun
             as
             a
             ringleader
             of
             robbers
             ,
             then
             subjugating
             as
             a
             great
             King
             ,
             by
             the
             true
             rules
             of
             Military
             Art
             )
             he
             could
             not
             obtain
             it
             .
          
           
             Tamberlan
             went
             much
             afflicted
             from
             the
             Audience
             ,
             when
             
               Alexander
               Vellutelli
            
             appeared
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             presented
             his
             Majestie
             with
             his
             Commentary
             upon
             Petrarks
             Sonnets
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             before
             he
             would
             take
             the
             Book
             ,
             asked
             Vellutello
             what
             stile
             he
             had
             used
             in
             commenting
             upon
             the
             rhimes
             of
             that
             excellent
             Poet.
             And
             Vellutello
             answering
             ,
             That
             first
             he
             endeavored
             to
             shew
             the
             occasion
             why
             the
             Sonnet
             was
             made
             ,
             and
             that
             afterwards
             he
             gave
             the
             true
             signification
             of
             the
             words
             ,
             and
             made
             known
             the
             Poets
             conceit
             ;
             Apollo
             bad
             him
             keep
             his
             Commentaries
             to
             himself
             ;
             for
             ,
             for
             his
             part
             he
             loved
             those
             Commentators
             upon
             Poets
             ,
             which
             discovered
             unto
             the
             Reader
             the
             Authors
             subtilty
             in
             weaving
             of
             his
             Poem
             ;
             who
             shewed
             wherein
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Verse
             lay
             ,
             which
             were
             his
             flourishes
             ,
             which
             his
             Figures
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             other
             Poetical
             beauties
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Italian
             Poems
             were
             so
             perspicuous
             of
             themselves
             ,
             as
             they
             needed
             not
             any
             such
             Commentators
             ,
             who
             supplyed
             only
             the
             base
             Office
             of
             interpreting
             words
             to
             gross
             and
             ignorant
             people
             .
          
           
             Vellutello
             received
             this
             very
             small
             satisfaction
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             when
             a
             certain
             Personage
             appeared
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             commanded
             the
             famous
             Province
             of
             Pamphillia
             ,
             had
             willingly
             given
             over
             his
             command
             ,
             meerly
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             of
             living
             retiredly
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             desired
             that
             the
             same
             place
             might
             be
             alloted
             to
             him
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             which
             those
             Vertuosi
             enjoy
             ,
             who
             have
             proved
             by
             their
             actions
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             Masters
             of
             that
             excellent
             Vertue
             of
             Moderation
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             this
             man
             ,
             That
             Kingdoms
             are
             sometimes
             renounced
             by
             vertue
             of
             a
             soul
             inamor'd
             of
             that
             felicity
             which
             men
             enjoy
             in
             a
             vertuous
             privat
             life
             ;
             oft-times
             to
             satisfie
             sons
             who
             are
             arived
             at
             years
             fitting
             to
             rule
             people
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             to
             shun
             the
             tumults
             of
             rebellion
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             fear
             of
             some
             potent
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             not
             seldom
             through
             unaptness
             for
             government
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             would
             be
             informed
             what
             was
             fitting
             to
             be
             done
             in
             this
             weighty
             business
             ,
             by
             examiners
             deputed
             to
             the
             like
             affairs
             ;
             who
             if
             they
             should
             find
             that
             he
             had
             done
             so
             gallant
             an
             action
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             so
             strongly
             withstood
             by
             Humane
             nature
             ,
             as
             to
             relinquish
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             mearly
             out
             of
             a
             well
             disposed
             mind
             ,
             he
             would
             willingly
             grant
             him
             a
             sublime
             place
             amongst
             those
             other
             Demi-gods
             ,
             who
             had
             preferred
             the
             peace
             of
             a
             private
             life
             ,
             before
             the
             hazards
             of
             reigning
             ;
             and
             he
             should
             be
             the
             more
             content
             to
             do
             this
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             execrable
             ambition
             of
             reigning
             was
             so
             disproportionably
             now
             increased
             amongst
             men
             ,
             as
             that
             to
             come
             by
             Kingdoms
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             onely
             gladly
             imbrace
             any
             whatsoever
             wicked
             enterprizes
             ,
             but
             all
             means
             which
             were
             used
             to
             compass
             so
             abominable
             ends
             ,
             were
             by
             men
             esteemed
             to
             be
             good
             and
             vertuous
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             infinitely
             wicked
             and
             inhumane
             ;
             that
             if
             they
             should
             find
             he
             had
             renounced
             Government
             ,
             either
             to
             please
             his
             Children
             ,
             grown
             already
             fit
             for
             rule
             ;
             or
             that
             he
             might
             see
             the
             succession
             of
             his
             
             Empire
             settled
             in
             his
             blood
             during
             his
             own
             life
             ,
             he
             would
             give
             him
             an
             honourable
             place
             amongst
             those
             prudent
             Princes
             ,
             who
             by
             quickly
             giving
             over
             their
             States
             to
             their
             children
             ,
             have
             known
             how
             to
             shun
             coming
             to
             some
             woful
             end
             with
             them
             ,
             who
             were
             become
             impatient
             of
             living
             a
             private
             life
             :
             But
             if
             it
             should
             be
             found
             ,
             that
             being
             under
             the
             great
             weight
             of
             Government
             ,
             wherein
             men
             ought
             to
             shew
             the
             greatest
             worth
             ,
             he
             had
             renounced
             his
             Kingdom
             out
             of
             poorness
             of
             spirit
             ,
             incapable
             of
             such
             greatness
             ,
             he
             might
             then
             return
             back
             again
             :
             For
             the
             true
             moderation
             of
             the
             soul
             being
             seen
             in
             gallantly
             undergoing
             cases
             of
             adversity
             ,
             not
             in
             losing
             a
             mans
             self
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             his
             Parnassus
             was
             very
             unlike
             those
             wicked
             times
             of
             
               Nero.
               Quibus
               inertia
               pro
               sapientia
               suit
               .
               Tacit.
               vitae
               Agricoll
               :
            
             when
             slothfulness
             was
             taken
             for
             wisdom
             .
          
           
             Presently
             after
             the
             Duke
             of
             Rhodes
             ,
             a
             man
             not
             well
             thought
             of
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             apparent
             foul
             vices
             ,
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             grievously
             complained
             of
             the
             lewd
             life
             that
             his
             people
             led
             ;
             for
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             Gluttony
             ,
             Lust
             ,
             Implacable
             Enmity
             ,
             by
             which
             his
             Subjects
             made
             the
             streets
             run
             with
             humane
             blood
             ,
             did
             very
             much
             reign
             in
             his
             State
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             moneys
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             spend
             vertuously
             in
             feeding
             their
             families
             ,
             they
             viciously
             threw
             them
             away
             at
             dice
             ,
             the
             very
             seminary
             of
             contention
             ;
             and
             such
             severe
             punishments
             as
             keep
             men
             from
             doing
             ill
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             not
             proving
             any
             ways
             valid
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             so
             great
             an
             infirmity
             in
             his
             state
             ,
             he
             humbly
             beseeched
             his
             Majestie
             for
             some
             opportune
             remedy
             to
             this
             his
             so
             great
             necessity
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             the
             Duke
             ,
             That
             it
             being
             impossible
             but
             that
             people
             should
             be
             their
             Princes
             Apes
             ,
             he
             might
             compass
             his
             desired
             end
             ,
             when
             abandoning
             the
             Idleness
             ,
             lust
             ,
             play
             ,
             and
             bloody
             customs
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             was
             so
             greatly
             given
             ,
             he
             would
             amend
             his
             own
             ways
             ;
             for
             the
             best
             Bezar
             to
             cure
             the
             members
             of
             a
             languishing
             body
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             the
             ill-affected
             head
             ,
             it
             not
             being
             possible
             but
             that
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             himself
             lives
             devilishly
             ,
             should
             have
             worse
             Devils
             then
             himself
             to
             his
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             This
             Prince
             being
             gone
             ,
             a
             young
             Stoick
             ,
             of
             appearing
             civil
             behaviour
             ,
             complained
             grievously
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             whilst
             being
             yet
             but
             a
             novice
             ,
             he
             was
             ,
             without
             any
             reason
             ,
             expelled
             the
             house
             wherein
             he
             had
             much
             desired
             to
             spend
             all
             his
             days
             .
             Apollo
             inquired
             of
             Epictetus
             ,
             who
             was
             there
             present
             ,
             wherefore
             the
             Stoicks
             of
             his
             sect
             had
             dismist
             that
             young
             novice
             .
             Epictetus
             answered
             ,
             Because
             for
             six
             moneths
             space
             that
             that
             young
             man
             had
             been
             a
             novice
             ,
             not
             the
             least
             imperfection
             could
             be
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             though
             all
             his
             proceedings
             had
             been
             narrowly
             pryed
             into
             by
             many
             of
             his
             sect
             .
             Apollo
             hearing
             this
             ,
             seemed
             much
             to
             abhor
             the
             nature
             of
             that
             young
             man
             (
             who
             appeared
             to
             the
             whole
             Audience
             to
             be
             very
             modest
             and
             well
             composed
             )
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             must
             certainly
             have
             devilish
             vices
             hid
             within
             him
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             the
             excellent
             vertue
             of
             discovering
             some
             of
             those
             imperfections
             ,
             which
             all
             men
             that
             were
             made
             of
             flesh
             did
             so
             abound
             in
             the
             very
             first
             day
             of
             their
             conversation
             with
             other
             men
             .
          
           
             Thus
             was
             the
             young
             Stoick
             dismist
             when
             
               Giacomo
               〈◊〉
            
             came
             in
             a
             great
             heat
             into
             the
             hall
             ,
             and
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             being
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             Genoeses
             to
             write
             the
             story
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             he
             was
             persecuted
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             accused
             of
             viciousness
             ,
             and
             at
             once
             lost
             both
             his
             life
             and
             his
             reputation
             ,
             onely
             for
             that
             some
             of
             them
             found
             him
             resolute
             to
             obey
             the
             truth
             in
             things
             that
             were
             past
             ,
             with
             that
             liberty
             which
             becomes
             〈◊〉
             
             Historian
             ,
             without
             respect
             of
             persons
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             belief
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             seem
             not
             any
             ways
             to
             compassionate
             what
             had
             be●…en
             this
             his
             Vertuoso
             ▪
             but
             in
             a
             resenting
             manner
             told
             Buonfadio
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             fault
             for
             which
             he
             was
             proceeded
             against
             was
             false
             ,
             yet
             he
             had
             deserved
             to
             be
             treated
             as
             he
             had
             been
             by
             the
             Genoeses
             ,
             for
             his
             foul
             indiscretion
             .
             For
             to
             profess
             that
             a
             man
             will
             write
             things
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             great
             parsonages
             ,
             whilst
             they
             and
             their
             children
             are
             alive
             ,
             though
             the
             things
             he
             write
             be
             true
             ,
             was
             rather
             an
             act
             of
             imprudency
             and
             rashness
             ,
             then
             of
             an
             incorrupted
             mind
             ,
             that
             greatly
             loves
             truth
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             was
             a
             greater
             fool
             who
             believed
             he
             could
             save
             his
             life
             from
             the
             anger
             of
             a
             powerful
             man
             ,
             whose
             reputation
             he
             had
             asperst
             with
             his
             pen
             ,
             though
             but
             slightly
             ,
             much
             more
             if
             he
             should
             wholly
             dishonour
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             Historians
             might
             do
             very
             wisely
             to
             imitate
             Grape-gatherers
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             had
             skill
             in
             fruits
             ,
             who
             knowing
             they
             stould
             not
             please
             men
             if
             plucking
             unripe
             grapes
             from
             the
             vines
             ,
             and
             green
             apples
             from
             apple-trees
             ,
             they
             should
             bring
             them
             to
             the
             Market
             ,
             had
             that
             requisite
             patience
             (
             which
             would
             likewise
             very
             well
             become
             Historians
             )
             to
             stay
             till
             time
             might
             bring
             things
             to
             perfection
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             great
             master
             of
             wise
             Historians
             ,
             Tacitus
             ,
             when
             in
             his
             writings
             he
             mentioned
             those
             great
             Senators
             who
             
               Tiberio
               regnante
               penam
               vell
               Infamiam
               subire
               ,
            
             who
             underwent
             punishment
             or
             disgrace
             in
             Tiberius
             his
             reign
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             any
             posterity
             living
             ,
             wisely
             took
             his
             pen
             from
             off
             his
             paper
             ,
             chusing
             rather
             to
             erre
             against
             the
             Laws
             of
             History
             ,
             then
             to
             prejudice
             the
             reputation
             of
             such
             families
             ,
             who
             were
             known
             to
             value
             nothing
             so
             much
             as
             their
             honour
             ;
             for
             that
             singular
             man
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             a
             thing
             of
             too
             eminent
             danger
             to
             an
             Historian
             ,
             
               Nimis
               ex
               propinquo
               diversa
               arguere
            
             .
             Tacit.
             lib.
             4.
             
             Annal.
             to
             contradict
             actions
             too
             near
             at
             hand
             .
             Buonfadio
             went
             away
             much
             afflicted
             from
             the
             Audience
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             publick
             reprehension
             ;
             when
             with
             unspeakable
             gravity
             Zeno
             the
             great
             founder
             of
             the
             sect
             of
             Stoicks
             ,
             drew
             near
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             saluted
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             being
             to
             go
             upon
             a
             far
             Ambassy
             ,
             for
             affairs
             much
             importing
             the
             Prince
             of
             Guido
             ,
             he
             desired
             to
             take
             his
             leave
             of
             Apollo's
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             to
             kiss
             his
             hands
             ,
             before
             he
             took
             his
             journey
             .
             Apollo
             perceiving
             that
             the
             Prince
             of
             Guido
             was
             himself
             present
             at
             the
             Audience
             ,
             asked
             him
             with
             a
             very
             angry
             countenance
             ,
             If
             there
             were
             not
             other
             Litterati
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             upon
             that
             his
             occasion
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             were
             one
             of
             those
             Princes
             ,
             who
             through
             avarice
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             a
             malitious
             intent
             of
             being
             able
             to
             break
             his
             word
             with
             less
             danger
             ,
             committed
             such
             indignities
             ,
             as
             to
             send
             Stoicks
             to
             lie
             at
             Inns.
             His
             Majestie
             complained
             afterwards
             very
             much
             of
             the
             Stoicks
             ,
             who
             making
             open
             profession
             to
             have
             abandoned
             ambition
             ,
             and
             all
             worldly
             pomp
             ,
             did
             not
             withstanding
             wind
             themselves
             so
             willingly
             into
             State
             affairs
             ,
             wherein
             great
             impieties
             being
             often
             times
             committed
             ,
             it
             were
             an
             excellent
             thing
             that
             they
             were
             not
             onely
             negociated
             by
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             but
             even
             not
             known
             unto
             them
             .
             Then
             turning
             to
             Zeno
             ,
             he
             in
             a
             no
             less
             angry
             manner
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             promist
             before
             both
             God
             and
             man
             to
             attend
             one
             profession
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             afterwards
             publikely
             undertake
             another
             imployment
             ,
             it
             was
             an
             action
             of
             infinite
             scandal
             ▪
             and
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             the
             founder
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             sect
             ▪
             should
             ,
             by
             greatly
             abhorring
             the
             Courts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             by
             sequestring
             himself
             wholly
             from
             their
             affairs
             ,
             make
             Tacitus
             rather
             appear
             alyar
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             a
             Teller
             of
             truth
             ,
             who
             had
             termed
             the
             Stoick
             
             sect
             ,
             Arrogant
             .
             
               Et
               quae
               turbidos
               ,
               &
               negotiorum
               appetentes
               faciat
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Annal
               :
            
             which
             makes
             men
             turbulent
             ,
             and
             desirous
             of
             business
             .
          
           
             Zeno
             was
             thus
             dismist
             the
             Audience
             with
             scorn
             ,
             when
             many
             Princes
             together
             in
             company
             presented
             themselves
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             love
             to
             learn
             Sciences
             as
             well
             as
             did
             the
             other
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             esteem
             the
             liberal
             Arts
             very
             highly
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             mountain
             of
             vertue
             being
             very
             steep
             and
             craggy
             ,
             it
             was
             so
             difficult
             to
             get
             to
             the
             Top
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             lovers
             of
             learning
             weakening
             always
             their
             stomacks
             ,
             disturbing
             their
             heads
             ,
             breaking
             sometimes
             the
             vain
             of
             their
             breasts
             ,
             and
             spoiling
             their
             eye-sight
             ,
             the
             Litterati
             were
             generally
             seen
             to
             fall
             into
             the
             dangerous
             diseases
             of
             Hectick
             feavers
             ,
             Tisicks
             ,
             and
             into
             Hypocondriacal
             indispositions
             ;
             that
             therefore
             they
             humbly
             desired
             his
             Majestie
             that
             he
             would
             be
             graciously
             pleased
             so
             to
             facilitate
             the
             way
             unto
             this
             mountains
             top
             ,
             as
             Princes
             who
             were
             not
             accustomed
             to
             such
             insufferable
             labours
             ,
             might
             have
             some
             encouragement
             to
             arrive
             at
             the
             top
             of
             it
             .
             To
             these
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             onely
             means
             whereby
             to
             make
             the
             way
             to
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             easie
             ,
             was
             the
             fervent
             love
             of
             learning
             ,
             the
             taking
             delight
             in
             reading
             the
             fruitful
             labours
             of
             his
             Litterati
             ,
             and
             to
             study
             out
             of
             pleasure
             ;
             but
             that
             Princes
             being
             accustomed
             by
             their
             moneys
             to
             possess
             at
             night
             whatsoever
             of
             exquisite
             they
             had
             desired
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             would
             likewise
             possess
             themselves
             of
             the
             precious
             treasures
             of
             Sciences
             in
             their
             pastimes
             and
             idle
             delights
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             did
             abhor
             such
             things
             as
             were
             onely
             to
             be
             come
             by
             by
             labour
             and
             toil
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             famous
             
               Francisco
               Maria
               della
               ●…overe
            
             ,
             ought
             to
             incourage
             them
             to
             clime
             the
             mountain
             :
             who
             thinking
             learning
             the
             onely
             recreation
             of
             elevated
             souls
             ,
             the
             delight
             and
             sole
             contentment
             of
             great
             men
             ,
             was
             ,
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             ,
             to
             the
             honour
             of
             Italian
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             singular
             glory
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ,
             become
             the
             most
             universal
             and
             best
             grounded
             Litterato
             which
             the
             present
             time
             had
             in
             all
             the
             choicest
             Sciences
             ;
             he
             therefore
             wisht
             them
             not
             to
             think
             the
             study
             of
             learning
             so
             hard
             a
             business
             ,
             nor
             so
             laborious
             a
             thing
             but
             pleasant
             past
             me
             and
             recreation
             ,
             and
             that
             so
             they
             might
             as
             easily
             come
             to
             the
             Mountains
             top
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             made
             the
             journey
             in
             a
             coach
             with
             six
             horses
             .
          
           
             These
             Princes
             seemed
             to
             depart
             very
             well
             satisfied
             with
             this
             answer
             ;
             when
             
               Luca
               Guarico
            
             appearing
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             foretold
             
               Iovanni
               Bentivoglio
            
             ,
             that
             
               Bolognian
               Tyrant
            
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             that
             year
             be
             driven
             out
             of
             his
             Country
             ;
             which
             accordingly
             succeeded
             ,
             Bentivoglio
             had
             inhumanely
             made
             him
             be
             ceased
             on
             by
             Sergeants
             ,
             and
             caused
             him
             to
             have
             fifty
             lusty
             stripes
             given
             him
             with
             a
             rope
             ;
             which
             having
             much
             discomposed
             all
             his
             bones
             ,
             had
             also
             wounded
             his
             reputation
             .
             He
             therefore
             desired
             his
             Majestie
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             rescent
             that
             high
             peice
             of
             injustice
             in
             such
             sort
             as
             he
             should
             best
             like
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             seemed
             to
             all
             men
             rather
             to
             laugh
             at
             the
             harm
             and
             〈◊〉
             that
             was
             done
             to
             this
             man
             ,
             then
             any
             way
             to
             compassionate
             him
             ;
             and
             asked
             by
             what
             art
             of
             Divination
             he
             had
             foretold
             this
             calamity
             to
             
               Bentivoglio
               ?
               Guarico
            
             answered
             ,
             By
             the
             excellent
             Science
             of
             Judicial
             Astrologie
             which
             he
             had
             very
             much
             studied
             .
             Apollo
             replyed
             ,
             Why
             did
             not
             the
             same
             Astrology
             which
             made
             you
             foresee
             other
             mens
             misfortunes
             ,
             admonish
             you
             of
             your
             own
             mishaps
             ?
             Guarico
             answered
             ,
             Because
             through
             his
             
             Parents
             negligence
             ,
             he
             knew
             not
             what
             day
             he
             was
             born
             on
             .
             Apollo
             then
             laught
             ,
             and
             greatly
             despising
             Guarico's
             vain
             and
             unfortunate
             study
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             great
             fool
             ,
             and
             worthy
             the
             misfortune
             which
             had
             befallen
             him
             ;
             for
             wise
             men
             hated
             to
             be
             the
             first
             bringer
             of
             ill
             news
             ,
             even
             to
             men
             of
             the
             meanest
             sort
             ,
             much
             more
             to
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             ears
             were
             so
             delicate
             ,
             as
             they
             delighted
             in
             nothing
             but
             good
             news
             ;
             wherefore
             it
             was
             better
             to
             flatter
             them
             ,
             by
             foretelling
             them
             a
             long
             and
             happy
             life
             ,
             and
             to
             assure
             them
             that
             they
             should
             quickly
             enjoy
             many
             things
             which
             they
             desired
             ,
             and
             be
             very
             happy
             .
             For
             to
             foretel
             Princes
             who
             were
             jealous
             of
             their
             lives
             and
             good
             fortunes
             ,
             that
             their
             death
             was
             near
             at
             hand
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             bad
             accidents
             ,
             and
             to
             profess
             the
             doing
             of
             this
             by
             a
             false
             Art
             ,
             which
             onely
             became
             foolish
             people
             ,
             was
             to
             shew
             that
             a
             man
             did
             desire
             all
             those
             misfortunes
             should
             befal
             them
             which
             he
             did
             prognosticate
             .
             Guarico
             was
             no
             sooner
             dispatcht
             ,
             but
             Count
             S.
             Paul
             appeared
             ,
             a
             noble
             Prince
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             sorely
             complained
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             against
             Lodowick
             the
             eleventh
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             after
             having
             pardoned
             him
             ,
             and
             sealed
             his
             pardon
             with
             many
             oathes
             ,
             had
             made
             his
             head
             be
             struck
             off
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             with
             much
             cruelty
             ,
             answered
             the
             Count
             ,
             That
             he
             ought
             not
             to
             blame
             King
             Lodowick
             so
             much
             for
             this
             his
             misfortune
             ,
             as
             his
             own
             imprudency
             ;
             for
             when
             Subjects
             arrive
             once
             at
             so
             great
             rashness
             as
             to
             take
             up
             arms
             against
             their
             Lords
             and
             Masters
             ,
             they
             were
             very
             great
             fools
             if
             they
             did
             trust
             them
             at
             any
             time
             after
             .
             For
             nothing
             of
             more
             shameful
             being
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             a
             State
             ,
             then
             that
             a
             man
             should
             walk
             therein
             who
             had
             plotted
             his
             Princes
             death
             and
             the
             ruine
             of
             his
             State
             ;
             all
             Princes
             thought
             it
             less
             shameful
             to
             break
             their
             words
             ,
             then
             to
             live
             with
             such
             a
             blur
             in
             their
             face
             .
             That
             therefore
             they
             onely
             ought
             to
             confide
             in
             such
             like
             pardons
             as
             made
             a
             Prince
             be
             praised
             for
             clemency
             ;
             but
             that
             for
             such
             as
             brought
             shame
             with
             them
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             trust
             no
             more
             unto
             them
             then
             to
             a
             rotten
             rope
             .
          
           
             As
             Apollo
             was
             a
             little
             advanced
             ,
             
               Iovan-paolo
               Lancellotto
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Perugian
             Lawyer
             ,
             appeared
             ,
             who
             presented
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             his
             compleat
             commentaries
             which
             he
             had
             lately
             made
             upon
             his
             admirable
             Canonical
             Institution
             .
             This
             noble
             Vertuoso
             was
             chearfully
             and
             lovingly
             received
             by
             his
             Majestie
             :
             yet
             Apollo
             told
             him
             ,
             He
             had
             been
             very
             ill
             advised
             to
             gloss
             upon
             the
             Argument
             of
             his
             well
             filed
             Institution
             ,
             for
             such
             eminent
             wits
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             were
             absolutely
             Masters
             of
             the
             Matters
             which
             they
             write
             upon
             ,
             using
             very
             artificially
             a
             succinct
             and
             pithy
             brevity
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             gave
             others
             the
             substance
             and
             quintescence
             ,
             by
             them
             extracted
             not
             without
             much
             pains
             from
             the
             difficultest
             Sciences
             shewed
             ,
             and
             that
             much
             to
             their
             honour
             ,
             that
             they
             writ
             to
             such
             as
             were
             learned
             ,
             who
             did
             fully
             understand
             the
             subject
             they
             treated
             on
             ;
             which
             leaving
             without
             any
             Commentaries
             ,
             they
             made
             it
             appear
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             what
             seemed
             hard
             and
             obscure
             to
             others
             ,
             was
             very
             easie
             and
             clear
             to
             themselves
             :
             That
             if
             it
             hapned
             afterwards
             that
             other
             Vertuosi
             commenting
             upon
             the
             learned
             labours
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             for
             the
             publike
             benefit
             of
             the
             lovers
             of
             learning
             ,
             they
             did
             so
             wittily
             adorn
             them
             with
             various
             acceptions
             of
             several
             significations
             ,
             as
             they
             made
             them
             oft
             times
             speak
             excellent
             things
             ,
             and
             which
             their
             Authors
             never
             dreamt
             of
             ,
             as
             it
             luckily
             befel
             Aristotle
             ,
             illustrated
             by
             Averoe's
             his
             eminent
             wit
             ;
             and
             Homer
             ,
             who
             being
             most
             happy
             of
             all
             other
             writers
             ,
             in
             having
             learned
             Commentators
             ,
             was
             very
             much
             inriched
             by
             the
             learned
             labours
             of
             other
             men
             .
          
           
           
             The
             last
             that
             appeared
             was
             
               Claudius
               Nero
            
             the
             Emperor
             ;
             who
             signified
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             being
             at
             last
             aware
             of
             his
             wife
             Agrippina's
             shameful
             incontinency
             ,
             who
             blinded
             by
             the
             violent
             ambition
             of
             Government
             had
             given
             her self
             over
             to
             the
             imbracements
             of
             his
             base
             servant
             Pa●…antes
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             take
             such
             revenge
             upon
             her
             ,
             as
             the
             world
             saw
             he
             had
             done
             upon
             Messalina
             ,
             who
             had
             likewise
             been
             an
             unchaste
             wife
             of
             his
             .
             But
             that
             this
             wicked
             woman
             ,
             being
             gotten
             into
             Thali●…'s
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             a
             safe
             sanctuary
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             great
             respect
             which
             was
             given
             to
             that
             Illustrious
             Muse
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             get
             Agrippina
             into
             his
             hands
             .
             He
             therefore
             earnestly
             desired
             his
             Majestie
             to
             command
             that
             that
             dishonourable
             woman
             might
             be
             put
             out
             from
             thence
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             he
             might
             wash
             away
             the
             shameful
             stain
             wherewith
             she
             had
             tainted
             his
             reputation
             .
             Apollo
             was
             never
             seen
             to
             rage
             more
             ,
             no
             〈◊〉
             when
             in
             the
             fiery
             house
             of
             Leo
             ,
             then
             at
             this
             〈◊〉
             of
             the
             Emperor
             〈◊〉
             :
             to
             whom
             with
             a
             threatning
             voyce
             and
             gesture
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             He
             might
             do
             well
             to
             hasten
             quickly
             out
             of
             that
             Audience
             ▪
             for
             he
             whose
             first
             wi●…e
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             ,
             fell
             by
             marrying
             another
             into
             the
             same
             ●…it
             of
             Infamy
             ,
             deserved
             rather
             to
             be
             buried
             there
             alive
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             holpen
             out
             by
             any
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Harpocrates
               being
               found
               by
               Apollo
               to
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               is
               driven
               out
               of
               Pernassus
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             morning
             Apollo
             sent
             for
             Harpocrates
             ,
             that
             great
             M●…ster
             of
             Silence
             ,
             to
             come
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             still
             admired
             his
             perpetural
             Taceturnety
             ,
             but
             that
             now
             he
             much
             desired
             to
             hear
             him
             discourse
             ,
             for
             that
             silence
             was
             to
             be
             wondered
             at
             in
             him
             ,
             who
             upon
             occasion
             could
             give
             content
             to
             the
             curious
             Litterati
             ,
             by
             his
             copious
             speaking
             .
             Harpocrates
             hearing
             this
             ,
             shrunk
             up
             his
             shoulders
             ,
             and
             made
             signs
             that
             he
             could
             not
             speak
             .
             Apollo●…ad
             ●…ad
             him
             lay
             aside
             his
             affected
             silence
             ,
             and
             discourse
             upon
             some
             elegant
             subject
             .
             Harpocrates
             still
             continued
             to
             put
             his
             finger
             to
             his
             mouth
             .
             When
             Apollo
             ,
             with
             somewhat
             an
             angry
             countenance
             ,
             commanded
             him
             to
             speak
             ;
             Harpocrates
             drew
             then
             near
             to
             his
             Majesties
             ear
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             very
             submiss
             voyce
             said
             ▪
             That
             the
             world
             was
             grown
             so
             depraved
             in
             its
             customs
             ,
             ●…as
             they
             deserved
             chiefly
             to
             be
             esteemed
             wise
             ,
             who
             had
             eyes
             to
             see
             ,
             judgement
             to
             observe
             ,
             and
             mouth
             to
             hold
             their
             peace
             .
             Apollo
             being
             mightily
             offended
             at
             this
             Answer
             ,
             turned
             to
             those
             that
             were
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             He
             had
             at
             last
             discovered
             that
             Harpocrates
             was
             a
             piece
             of
             useless
             flesh
             ,
             and
             commanded
             him
             to
             be
             packing
             out
             of
             Pernassus
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             discovered
             him
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             gross
             pated
             coxcombs
             ,
             whereof
             there
             were
             very
             many
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             under
             colour
             of
             a
             vertuous
             silence
             ,
             did
             hide
             and
             palliate
             gross
             Ignorance
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               learned
               Roman
               desires
               a
               receipt
               from
               Apollo
               to
               make
               him
               forget
               certain
               great
               injuries
               which
               he
               had
               received
               at
               a
               great
               Prince
               his
               Court.
               His
               Majestie
               gives
               him
               some
               of
               the
               water
               of
               Lethe
               to
               drink
               ,
               but
               with
               bad
               faccess
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             learned
             Roman
             who
             some
             days
             ago
             came
             to
             Pernassus
             ,
             had
             Audience
             given
             him
             yesterday
             by
             Apollo
             .
             To
             whom
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             much
             disquieted
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             divers
             injuries
             which
             he
             had
             received
             from
             ●…undry
             of
             his
             ill-wishers
             in
             a
             great
             Prince
             his
             Court
             ▪
             
               Dove
               le
               persecutio
               〈◊〉
               s●…●…ssercitano
               co●…
               artificii
               di
               ●…essanta
               Cara●…
               ,
            
             where
             persecutions
             are
             exercised
             cunningly
             ,
             and
             to
             an
             excessive
             height
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             for
             that
             he
             could
             not
             be
             revenged
             without
             pulling
             greater
             ruine
             upon
             himself
             ,
             then
             what
             his
             enemies
             had
             occasioned
             him
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             found
             not
             that
             he
             had
             so
             vertuous
             a
             soul
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             on
             the
             generous
             resolution
             of
             pardoning
             offences
             :
             Wherefore
             to
             free
             himself
             from
             the
             hellish
             torment
             which
             he
             continually
             lived
             in
             ,
             he
             addrest
             himself
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             humbly
             beseeching
             him
             that
             he
             would
             prescribe
             him
             som
             receit
             ,
             whereby
             he
             might
             cleanse
             his
             soul
             from
             the
             many
             passions
             of
             Hatred
             ,
             wherewith
             it
             was
             foully
             polluted
             .
             Apollo
             appeared
             clearly
             to
             commisserate
             this
             Gentlemans
             unhappiness
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             as
             he
             commanded
             a
             great
             bowl
             of
             the
             water
             of
             Lethe
             to
             be
             given
             him
             to
             drink
             ,
             so
             prepared
             ,
             as
             it
             should
             make
             hateful
             things
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             but
             should
             in
             no
             sort
             prejudice
             the
             remembrance
             of
             benefits
             received
             .
             The
             Gentleman
             drunk
             up
             the
             water
             with
             much
             greediness
             ;
             which
             to
             the
             great
             wonder
             of
             all
             men
             was
             found
             to
             have
             the
             vertue
             onely
             of
             making
             him
             forget
             such
             injuries
             as
             he
             had
             received
             from
             men
             of
             a
             inferior
             fortune
             then
             he
             was
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             which
             he
             had
             received
             from
             his
             betters
             ,
             were
             rather
             more
             deeply
             graven
             in
             his
             mind
             then
             forgotten
             .
             Whereupon
             many
             began
             to
             murmure
             ,
             that
             that
             vertue
             was
             not
             found
             in
             the
             Lethean
             waters
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             so
             much
             discourst
             of
             by
             the
             Poets
             .
             When
             his
             Majestie
             did
             assertain
             them
             all
             ,
             that
             the
             waters
             of
             Lethe
             had
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             ever
             have
             the
             same
             vertue
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             had
             not
             wrought
             the
             desired
             effect
             in
             that
             Gentleman
             ,
             because
             men
             nobly
             born
             ,
             and
             of
             generous
             hearts
             ,
             did
             usually
             write
             injuries
             received
             from
             mean
             men
             ,
             in
             sand
             ;
             but
             over
             hand
             blows
             given
             by
             men
             of
             power
             ,
             in
             characters
             never
             to
             be
             blotted
             out
             ;
             for
             that
             it
             became
             Nobility
             to
             forget
             offences
             out
             of
             magnanimity
             ,
             not
             to
             pardon
             them
             out
             of
             ▪
             necessity
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Laconia
               is
               accused
               before
               Apollo
               to
               have
               Idolatrized
               a
               Favorite
               of
               his
               ,
               for
               having
               advanced
               a
               faithful
               Secretary
               to
               the
               highest
               State-preferments
               ;
               and
               he
               defends
               his
               cause
               excellently
               well
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             now
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             hath
             so
             highly
             exalted
             a
             subject
             of
             his
             (
             for
             whom
             he
             hath
             a
             great
             affection
             )
             from
             a
             low
             and
             mean
             fortune
             ,
             to
             the
             highest
             State-dignities
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             not
             only
             admitted
             him
             into
             the
             Laconick
             Senat
             (
             a
             preferment
             ambitiously
             coveted
             for
             the
             eminency
             thereof
             ,
             even
             by
             great
             Princes
             )
             but
             having
             infinitely
             enriched
             him
             by
             giving
             him
             great
             revenues
             ,
             hath
             made
             him
             be
             as
             much
             honoured
             ,
             and
             respected
             as
             highly
             as
             any
             whatsoever
             Personage
             of
             the
             State.
             This
             famous
             Duke
             was
             accused
             before
             Apollo
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             ,
             by
             those
             who
             did
             much
             envy
             the
             advancement
             of
             this
             his
             servant
             ,
             for
             idolatrizing
             a
             Favorite
             .
             Apollo
             being
             highly
             incenst
             against
             this
             Prince
             for
             so
             hainous
             a
             fault
             ,
             without
             further
             informing
             himself
             (
             as
             upon
             all
             occasions
             he
             is
             used
             to
             do
             )
             of
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             impaachment
             ,
             sent
             immediately
             for
             
               Luigi
               Pulci
            
             ,
             Provost-Marshal
             of
             this
             State
             ▪
             and
             threatned
             to
             punish
             him
             severely
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             not
             within
             half
             an
             hour
             bring
             the
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             a
             prisoner
             unto
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             most
             shameful
             manner
             he
             could
             devise
             .
             Pulci
             did
             diligently
             obey
             ,
             for
             he
             dragg'd
             that
             Prince
             along
             immediately
             before
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             loaded
             with
             irons
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             presently
             advertised
             of
             this
             Attachment
             by
             an
             express
             Messenger
             ,
             gave
             order
             that
             the
             greatest
             bel
             should
             be
             rung
             ,
             whereby
             the
             
               Quarantia
               Criminale
            
             should
             be
             summoned
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             ;
             whither
             the
             Duke
             being
             brought
             ,
             Apollo
             having
             himself
             acquainted
             him
             with
             the
             fault
             which
             was
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             told
             him
             in
             a
             very
             angry
             manner
             ,
             That
             he
             aforded
             him
             onely
             one
             half
             hours
             space
             to
             make
             his
             defence
             in
             :
             And
             in
             the
             interim
             (
             as
             if
             the
             Prince
             his
             case
             had
             been
             altogether
             desperate
             )
             he
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             condemned
             to
             eternal
             infamy
             ,
             who
             having
             committed
             so
             foul
             an
             Indignity
             ,
             as
             to
             adore
             a
             servant
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             was
             not
             worthy
             to
             live
             amongst
             the
             vertuous
             Princes
             of
             the
             Phebean
             Court.
             The
             Duke
             began
             then
             thus
             to
             defend
             himself
             ,
             Most
             mighty
             Sir
             ,
             and
             Father
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             I
             have
             so
             arm'd
             my
             conscience
             with
             the
             breast-plate
             of
             Innocency
             ,
             and
             have
             behaved
             my self
             so
             vertuously
             in
             all
             my
             actions
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             more
             then
             certain
             that
             I
             have
             never
             deserved
             ill
             at
             your
             Majesties
             hands
             ,
             nor
             am
             I
             any
             whit
             affrighted
             at
             your
             Majesties
             anger
             ,
             nor
             at
             this
             precipitate
             Judgment
             ,
             that
             the
             horrible
             sentence
             of
             my
             Infamy
             should
             precede
             the
             Cognizance
             of
             my
             cause
             :
             I
             onely
             wonder
             to
             see
             ,
             what
             I
             thought
             never
             to
             have
             seen
             ,
             that
             the
             foulness
             of
             an
             Impeachment
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             justest
             of
             Tribunals
             ,
             as
             this
             is
             ,
             should
             be
             able
             so
             greatly
             to
             indanger
             the
             reputation
             of
             one
             of
             my
             condition
             .
             But
             I
             rest
             pacified
             with
             Gods
             will
             ,
             who
             will
             have
             the
             gold
             of
             Innocency
             refined
             in
             the
             fire
             of
             Calumny
             ,
             by
             the
             Test
             of
             Persecution
             .
             I
             freely
             confess
             unto
             your
             Majestie
             ,
             That
             I
             have
             exalted
             my
             Friend
             much
             more
             then
             my
             accusers
             have
             informed
             against
             me
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             my
             action
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             made
             by
             relation
             to
             appear
             so
             hainous
             to
             your
             Majestie
             ,
             I
             am
             onely
             sorry
             that
             I
             
             have
             not
             shew'd
             my self
             so
             grateful
             to
             this
             my
             friend
             ,
             as
             his
             deserts
             challenge
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             been
             .
             And
             if
             those
             who
             accuse
             me
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             prodigallity
             ,
             of
             Giddy-headedness
             ,
             and
             of
             poorness
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             born
             to
             serve
             servants
             ,
             did
             not
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             blinded
             with
             malice
             and
             envy
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             a
             Courtier
             greatly
             beloved
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             by
             his
             Master
             ,
             but
             would
             with
             an
             unbyassed
             mind
             consider
             the
             merits
             of
             Court
             Favorites
             ,
             they
             would
             stile
             that
             vertuous
             liberality
             ,
             which
             they
             now
             call
             Vicious
             Prodigallity
             ;
             those
             gifts
             the
             debt
             of
             Gratitude
             ,
             which
             they
             term
             inconsiderate
             actions
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             vertuous
             affection
             ,
             to
             which
             they
             attribute
             the
             Infamy
             of
             Idolatrizing
             Minions
             .
             But
             it
             appertains
             not
             to
             common
             men
             to
             penetrate
             ,
             
               Abditos
               principis
               Sensus
               ,
               et
               si
               quid
               ocultius
               parant
               .
            
             Tacit.
             lib.
             6.
             
             Annal.
             into
             the
             secret
             of
             Princes
             .
             Whence
             it
             falls
             out
             that
             ignorant
             men
             call
             Vertuous
             Gratitude
             ,
             the
             effect
             of
             an
             abject
             mind
             .
             The
             Principality
             of
             Laconia
             (
             as
             is
             very
             well
             known
             to
             your
             Majestie
             )
             is
             elective
             ;
             wherein
             the
             neighbouring
             Princes
             have
             always
             had
             a
             greater
             stroke
             then
             he
             who
             was
             Governor
             ,
             not
             onely
             out
             of
             the
             common
             end
             of
             all
             elective
             Princes
             ,
             in
             procuring
             potent
             Friends
             to
             those
             of
             their
             blood
             ,
             after
             their
             own
             death
             ;
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             adherence
             which
             Forreign
             Princes
             have
             for
             no
             small
             ends
             ,
             with
             such
             Senators
             as
             have
             the
             prerogative
             of
             chusing
             a
             new
             Prince
             :
             whose
             followers
             they
             work
             upon
             by
             those
             means
             ,
             which
             are
             too
             well
             known
             to
             all
             men
             .
             And
             your
             Majestie
             likewise
             knows
             ,
             that
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macedonia
             had
             by
             his
             subtilty
             got
             so
             great
             a
             Power
             in
             my
             State
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             far
             encreased
             in
             strength
             above
             all
             the
             Grecian
             Princes
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             not
             onely
             the
             sole
             Arbitrator
             of
             all
             Greece
             ,
             but
             aspired
             at
             an
             universal
             Monarchy
             :
             It
             is
             moreover
             known
             to
             your
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Prince
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             of
             taking
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Laconia
             into
             his
             protection
             ,
             did
             with
             deep
             designs
             labour
             their
             suppression
             :
             And
             because
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epires
             greatness
             kept
             him
             from
             achieving
             so
             high
             designs
             ,
             he
             either
             totally
             to
             remove
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             to
             weaken
             that
             obstacle
             very
             much
             ,
             did
             occasion
             those
             Insurrections
             of
             the
             Commonalty
             ,
             and
             Rebellions
             of
             the
             Nobles
             in
             the
             Principality
             of
             Epire
             (
             more
             by
             his
             gold
             and
             underhand
             dealing
             ,
             then
             by
             open
             force
             of
             arms
             )
             which
             did
             so
             much
             weaken
             the
             State
             of
             Epire.
             And
             I
             will
             not
             here
             repeat
             (
             since
             it
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             to
             all
             men
             )
             how
             my
             wise
             Predecessor
             ,
             knowing
             that
             the
             suppression
             of
             Epire
             was
             a
             manifest
             may
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Laconick
             Empire
             ,
             resolved
             openly
             to
             assist
             afflicted
             Epire
             with
             puissant
             Forces
             ,
             so
             to
             secure
             himself
             from
             the
             ambition
             of
             ●…o
             potent
             an
             Enemy
             ;
             and
             how
             that
             that
             good
             Prince
             whilst
             he
             had
             these
             wise
             considerations
             dyed
             ;
             not
             without
             great
             presumptions
             that
             he
             was
             poysoned
             by
             the
             procurement
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             able
             to
             endure
             that
             the
             division
             of
             Epire
             (
             which
             he
             thought
             so
             sure
             )
             should
             be
             hindered
             .
             In
             this
             unhappy
             crisis
             of
             affairs
             ,
             I
             had
             this
             dignity
             conferred
             upon
             me
             ;
             and
             that
             I
             might
             not
             come
             byso
             unhappy
             an
             end
             as
             my
             Predecessor
             did
             ,
             I
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             my
             Principality
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             of
             a
             remiss
             spirit
             ,
             and
             totally
             incapable
             of
             the
             great
             affairs
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             onely
             busied
             my self
             in
             reforming
             the
             Magistrates
             of
             my
             Dominion
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             abuses
             ,
             and
             other
             vices
             of
             my
             people
             ,
             appearing
             publikely
             to
             be
             a
             main
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             but
             inwardly
             knowing
             very
             well
             ,
             whither
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macidonia's
             plots
             tended
             .
             And
             knowing
             that
             whatsoever
             evil
             befel
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             tended
             to
             the
             lessening
             of
             me
             ,
             I
             put
             on
             a
             resolution
             of
             assisting
             
             him
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             establish
             my
             own
             State
             which
             was
             in
             manifest
             danger
             :
             But
             to
             secure
             my
             life
             from
             those
             misfortunes
             whereinto
             my
             predecessor
             fell
             ,
             I
             was
             forced
             to
             be
             very
             secret
             in
             my
             proceedings
             .
             And
             it
             is
             well
             known
             to
             your
             Majestie
             ,
             as
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             these
             honorable
             Judges
             ,
             that
             amongst
             many
             imperfections
             of
             elective
             Kingdoms
             ,
             the
             greatest
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             less
             enjoy
             the
             so
             important
             benefit
             of
             secrecy
             in
             their
             State-Ministers
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             sort
             of
             Principality
             :
             for
             mens
             manners
             are
             so
             depraved
             ,
             as
             that
             such
             as
             are
             Senators
             ,
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             greedy
             Merchants
             in
             their
             high
             places
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             strive
             to
             reap
             all
             possible
             advantage
             .
          
           
             Finding
             my self
             in
             such
             straits
             at
             the
             entrance
             into
             my
             Principality
             ,
             and
             knowing
             that
             for
             certain
             I
             was
             to
             split
             upon
             the
             rock
             of
             infidelity
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             in
             a
             business
             of
             this
             weight
             ,
             make
             use
             of
             those
             ordinary
             Secretaries
             ,
             who
             I
             knew
             for
             certain
             ,
             were
             long
             since
             pensioners
             to
             forrein
             Princes
             ;
             Great
             God
             (
             from
             whose
             goodness
             I
             acknowledge
             this
             great
             mercy
             )
             opened
             my
             understanding
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             he
             who
             propounded
             unto
             me
             ,
             this
             my
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             say
             servant
             (
             for
             I
             have
             found
             such
             singular
             worth
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             will
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             be
             stiled
             by
             so
             base
             a
             name
             )
             but
             dear
             friend
             ;
             and
             to
             him
             who
             had
             served
             me
             with
             all
             fidelity
             for
             eight
             years
             space
             ,
             whilst
             I
             led
             a
             privat
             life
             ,
             I
             discovered
             that
             secret
             of
             my
             heart
             ,
             which
             I
             thought
             very
             dangerous
             ever
             to
             have
             dreamt
             of
             .
             And
             then
             I
             was
             aware
             that
             the
             excellency
             and
             chiefest
             praise
             of
             a
             Secretary
             ,
             did
             not
             consist
             (
             as
             many
             men
             believe
             )
             in
             knowing
             how
             to
             speak
             eloquently
             ,
             but
             how
             faithfully
             to
             be
             silent
             .
             And
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             because
             I
             so
             happily
             made
             use
             of
             this
             my
             Officer
             in
             the
             important
             business
             which
             I
             had
             in
             hand
             ,
             as
             I
             luckily
             deceived
             the
             subtile
             Prince
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             which
             no
             wit
             ,
             how
             cunning
             so
             ever
             ,
             could
             do
             at
             any
             time
             before
             .
             And
             by
             means
             of
             this
             my
             so
             faithful
             Secretary
             ,
             I
             succored
             that
             Prince
             my
             friend
             ,
             whom
             I
             publickly
             profest
             to
             persecute
             ,
             no
             man
             ever
             penetrating
             into
             my
             Councel
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             had
             fortunate
             success
             in
             the
             mystery
             of
             cheating
             and
             abusing
             ,
             even
             those
             who
             make
             publick
             profession
             to
             be
             Masters
             of
             that
             Art
             ;
             and
             by
             this
             handsom
             under-hand-dealing
             ,
             I
             have
             reduced
             the
             formerly
             ruinous
             and
             precipitate
             state
             of
             Epire
             ,
             into
             the
             condition
             that
             now
             it
             is
             :
             It
             being
             risen
             from
             so
             deplorable
             a
             condition
             ,
             to
             the
             high
             pitch
             of
             being
             the
             only
             true
             Arbitrator
             of
             whole
             Greece
             .
             And
             the
             Macedonians
             who
             had
             fancied
             unto
             themselves
             universal
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             who
             thought
             to
             have
             sipt
             up
             every
             mans
             State
             in
             less
             then
             a
             months
             time
             ,
             are
             fallen
             from
             this
             their
             height
             of
             hopes
             ,
             into
             the
             pit
             of
             desperation
             ,
             and
             quite
             giving
             over
             their
             ambitious
             conceits
             of
             possessing
             themselves
             of
             other
             mens
             States
             ,
             have
             much
             ado
             to
             preserve
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             this
             ,
             ran
             joyfully
             to
             embrace
             the
             Prince
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             tenderness
             ,
             spake
             thus
             unto
             him
             ;
             You
             ,
             Duke
             of
             that
             noble
             Nation
             ,
             who
             express
             much
             in
             few
             words
             ,
             have
             had
             to
             doe
             with
             a
             man
             of
             such
             worth
             ,
             and
             one
             ,
             who
             to
             say
             truth
             ,
             hath
             very
             few
             that
             are
             like
             him
             ,
             amongst
             all
             the
             Laconick
             Senators
             ;
             I
             mean
             this
             friend
             of
             yours
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             should
             give
             unto
             him
             your
             whole
             State
             ,
             you
             would
             notwithstanding
             die
             ungratefull
             .
             For
             in
             these
             unfortunate
             times
             ,
             wherein
             through
             the
             perfidiousness
             of
             many
             ,
             Princes
             secrets
             are
             sold
             by
             the
             candle
             ,
             to
             who
             will
             bid
             highest
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             servant
             who
             in
             weighty
             affairs
             proves
             faithful
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             cannot
             be
             so
             much
             rewarded
             as
             he
             deserves
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               People
               of
               the
               Island
               of
               Mitilene
               ,
               their
               Prince
               being
               dead
               without
               issue
               ,
               argue
               whether
               it
               will
               be
               better
               for
               them
               to
               chuse
               a
               new
               Prince
               ,
               or
               to
               set
               up
               Liberty
               in
               their
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             famous
             Island
             of
             Mitilene
             ,
             whose
             natural
             Prince
             did
             not
             only
             die
             lately
             himself
             ,
             but
             together
             with
             his
             life
             ,
             left
             the
             whole
             Royal
             Line
             extinguished
             ;
             being
             without
             a
             Prince
             to
             Govern
             them
             ,
             disputed
             in
             many
             of
             their
             Congregations
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             better
             for
             them
             to
             live
             still
             under
             a
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             chuse
             a
             new
             Prince
             ,
             or
             put
             on
             that
             noble
             resolution
             which
             had
             made
             so
             many
             people
             fortunate
             ,
             of
             erecting
             a
             Free
             State.
             Great
             and
             dangerous
             contentions
             arose
             touching
             a
             business
             of
             this
             weight
             ;
             and
             t
             is
             said
             that
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Citizens
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             Congregation
             that
             was
             assembled
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             spake
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Beloved
               fellow-Citizens
               ,
               Of
               all
               the
               felicities
               which
               men
               receive
               from
               God
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               two
               are
               the
               greatest
               ;
               That
               they
               are
               born
               men
               ,
               not
               Beasts
               ;
               and
               free
               ,
               not
               slaves
               .
               And
               surely
               there
               is
               good
               reason
               for
               this
               ;
               for
               what
               greater
               happiness
               can
               any
               man
               receive
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               then
               to
               obey
               only
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               and
               men
               ?
               What
               Jewel
               is
               to
               be
               compared
               to
               the
               rich
               Treasure
               full
               of
               all
               the
               most
               pretious
               Oriental
               Stones
               ,
               of
               securing
               life
               ,
               means
               ,
               and
               reputation
               from
               the
               will
               of
               one
               particular
               man
               ,
               inclined
               to
               commit
               so
               many
               impertinent
               things
               ?
               None
               that
               is
               here
               ,
               acknowledgeth
               Liberty
               to
               be
               more
               lovely
               then
               my self
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               a
               pretious
               gift
               ,
               which
               immortal
               God
               bestowes
               of
               meer
               grace
               on
               those
               whom
               he
               loves
               ;
               he
               who
               knows
               not
               this
               ,
               I
               pronounce
               him
               to
               be
               blind
               ,
               him
               a
               fool
               who
               doth
               not
               highly
               esteem
               it
               ,
               and
               him
               an
               enemy
               to
               himself
               and
               Countrey
               ,
               who
               doth
               not
               heartily
               endeavor
               it
               .
               But
               my
               dear
               friends
               ,
               you
               must
               consider
               ,
               that
               as
               those
               pretious
               stones
               are
               most
               esteemed
               of
               ,
               which
               are
               rareliest
               found
               amongst
               men
               ;
               so
               we
               must
               grant
               that
               perfect
               Liberty
               is
               a
               pretious
               Jewel
               ,
               and
               much
               desired
               by
               mankind
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               rarely
               found
               amongst
               men
               .
               And
               know
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               Carbuncle
               and
               Diamond
               are
               created
               by
               an
               absolute
               heavenly
               vertue
               ,
               and
               such
               counterfeit
               stones
               are
               poor
               and
               base
               ,
               which
               men
               make
               in
               imitation
               of
               the
               Divine
               Artificer
               ;
               so
               Liberty
               may
               be
               rather
               said
               to
               be
               a
               Divine
               Manifacture
               ,
               then
               any
               humane
               work
               .
               If
               it
               were
               possible
               to
               Institute
               a
               Free
               State
               so
               easily
               as
               I
               perceive
               you
               imagin
               ,
               there
               where
               Monarchy
               hath
               a
               long
               time
               reigned
               ,
               since
               Liberty
               is
               a
               thing
               so
               much
               desired
               by
               all
               men
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               no
               Monarchy
               left
               in
               the
               world
               :
               For
               people
               to
               come
               by
               so
               great
               a
               happiness
               ,
               would
               all
               of
               them
               lay
               claim
               to
               Liberty
               .
               And
               yet
               since
               there
               are
               many
               Monarchies
               ,
               and
               but
               few
               Commonwealths
               ,
               we
               must
               needs
               see
               ,
               that
               to
               erect
               Liberty
               in
               a
               Country
               ,
               is
               rather
               an
               impossible
               then
               a
               difficult
               thing
               ,
               and
               a
               gift
               which
               ought
               rather
               to
               be
               beg'd
               of
               God
               by
               prayer
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               hoped
               for
               from
               any
               humane
               wisdom
               :
               Nor
               be
               not
               moved
               by
               the
               example
               of
               so
               many
               Commonwealths
               ,
               which
               with
               so
               much
               happiness
               to
               those
               people
               ,
               
               are
               lately
               instituted
               in
               Germany
               :
               For
               examples
               square
               not
               ,
               unless
               where
               the
               same
               circumstances
               agree
               ▪
               Too
               great
               is
               the
               disproporion
               between
               the
               Germans
               (
               who
               are
               born
               in
               a
               sort
               of
               middle
               Liberty
               ,
               from
               which
               condition
               ,
               passage
               is
               easily
               made
               to
               intire
               Liberty
               )
               and
               us
               ,
               who
               having
               alwaies
               undergon
               all
               servitude
               from
               our
               Princes
               ,
               are
               so
               〈◊〉
               from
               being
               able
               to
               purchase
               perfect
               Liberty
               ,
               as
               we
               cannot
               pass
               from
               this
               ,
               into
               the
               other
               extream
               ,
               without
               exposing
               our selves
               and
               Country
               to
               manifest
               ruine
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               grant
               that
               some
               Princes
               prove
               sometime
               phantastical
               ,
               insolent
               ,
               very
               beasts
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               is
               a
               species
               of
               great
               felicity
               to
               secure
               ones
               self
               from
               these
               evils
               ;
               but
               say
               you
               with
               me
               ,
               That
               there
               is
               not
               a
               more
               phantastical
               ,
               insolent
               ,
               or
               bestial
               Government
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               then
               that
               of
               an
               ill
               ordered
               Commonwealth
               ,
               of
               a
               free
               tumultuous
               State.
               All
               who
               have
               written
               ,
               or
               reason'd
               of
               Politick
               Affairs
               ,
               confess
               that
               a
               people
               like
               us
               ,
               born
               ,
               bred
               up
               ,
               and
               who
               have
               lived
               even
               to
               their
               decrepid
               age
               in
               servitude
               ,
               are
               altogether
               uncapable
               of
               living
               free
               .
               Commonwealths
               being
               more
               formed
               by
               the
               good
               condition
               of
               Citizens
               dispositions
               ,
               proportioned
               to
               live
               free
               ,
               then
               by
               Laws
               :
               For
               as
               a
               new
               Vine
               soon
               grows
               dry
               if
               it
               be
               planted
               by
               an
               aged
               Tree
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               does
               grow
               up
               prosperously
               ,
               and
               bring
               forth
               fruit
               in
               great
               abundance
               if
               it
               be
               placed
               near
               a
               plant
               ,
               which
               as
               if
               it
               were
               her
               husband
               ,
               is
               of
               like
               age
               with
               it self
               ▪
               so
               the
               new
               Vine
               of
               Liberty
               scorns
               to
               take
               root
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               forth
               satisfactory
               fruit
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               placed
               near
               an
               antient
               Tree
               of
               a
               people
               grown
               old
               in
               servitude
               .
               For
               the
               ambition
               of
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               sedition
               of
               the
               common
               people
               who
               are
               capital
               enemies
               to
               living
               free
               ,
               would
               for
               certain
               so
               suck
               up
               the
               radical
               moysture
               which
               gives
               life
               to
               the
               new
               Vine
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               in
               a
               short
               time
               make
               it
               wither
               and
               become
               dry
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               truth
               which
               I
               relate
               ,
               is
               evidently
               seen
               in
               the
               as
               perspicuous
               ,
               as
               rare
               example
               of
               all
               the
               past
               and
               present
               Liberties
               of
               the
               immortal
               Venetian
               Commonwealth
               ,
               which
               being
               planted
               whilst
               yet
               a
               young
               Vine
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               little
               bush
               of
               the
               Venetian
               people
               ,
               though
               born
               but
               a
               little
               before
               in
               those
               moorish
               and
               fennish
               grounds
               ,
               takes
               such
               deep
               and
               strong
               root
               ,
               as
               it
               now
               gives
               savory
               fruits
               of
               secure
               Liberty
               to
               its
               Citizens
               .
               It
               is
               folly
               for
               us
               to
               hope
               for
               alteration
               of
               Customs
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               changed
               so
               easily
               as
               apparrel
               :
               For
               mans
               genius
               affecting
               quietness
               in
               all
               its
               operations
               ,
               a
               soul
               which
               knows
               how
               to
               submit
               it self
               to
               a
               Citizen
               ,
               who
               though
               his
               superior
               in
               being
               a
               Magistrate
               ,
               is
               yet
               his
               inferior
               in
               all
               other
               respects
               ;
               how
               being
               rich
               and
               young
               ,
               to
               honour
               a
               poor
               old
               man
               with
               submission
               ,
               to
               bestow
               all
               his
               love
               upon
               his
               Country
               (
               next
               to
               his
               God
               )
               yea
               rather
               then
               upon
               his
               children
               or
               wealth
               ,
               ▪
               to
               preser
               the
               publick
               good
               before
               privat
               interest
               ;
               to
               judge
               uprightly
               in
               civil
               and
               criminal
               affairs
               between
               friends
               and
               parents
               ,
               to
               tremble
               at
               the
               severity
               of
               the
               Laws
               in
               a
               ●…ee
               State
               ;
               to
               possess
               the
               wealth
               of
               a
               Prince
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               mind
               of
               a
               privat
               man
               ,
               so
               far
               to
               mortifie
               himself
               ,
               as
               humbly
               to
               begg
               the
               favorable
               vote
               of
               his
               inferior
               ;
               and
               finally
               to
               have
               the
               taceturnity
               in
               publick
               affairs
               ,
               and
               to
               possess
               all
               those
               habits
               worthy
               of
               a
               free-man
               ,
               which
               are
               observed
               to
               be
               so
               exactly
               in
               every
               Noble
               Venetian
               ;
               is
               a
               Doctrine
               which
               is
               not
               learnt
               by
               Books
               ▪
               nor
               by
               the
               mouthes
               of
               men
               ;
               but
               which
               is
               brought
               from
               the
               womb
               ;
               and
               suckt
               in
               with
               the
               mothers
               milk
               ,
               by
               such
               as
               are
               born
               in
               Free
               Countries
               .
            
          
           
             
               If
               (
               as
               I
               understand
               many
               of
               you
               are
               minded
               to
               do
               )
               you
               will
               send
               to
               
               Venice
               ,
               to
               receive
               the
               Laws
               of
               living
               free
               ,
               from
               that
               excellent
               Commonwealth
               ,
               doubtlesly
               rare
               ones
               will
               be
               given
               you
               ;
               but
               Laws
               ,
               no
               less
               then
               habits
               ,
               do
               not
               square
               with
               ●…ll
               men
               .
               God
               would
               be
               too
               gracious
               to
               men
               if
               they
               were
               permitted
               ,
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               Iuly
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               scorched
               by
               the
               Sun
               ,
               to
               go
               into
               the
               Woods
               ,
               and
               take
               from
               thence
               the
               greatest
               Plane-tree
               which
               they
               should
               find
               there
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               it
               into
               their
               own
               Gardens
               ,
               so
               to
               enjoy
               the
               shade
               thereof
               .
               Liberty
               ,
               like
               a
               young
               Tree
               ,
               planted
               amongst
               men
               ,
               is
               very
               hard
               to
               rear
               up
               ;
               for
               it
               must
               be
               continually
               watered
               with
               new
               Laws
               ,
               according
               to
               occasion●…
               which
               every
               day
               arise
               ,
               and
               prun'd
               by
               severe
               Justice
               .
               Nor
               must
               men
               be
               impatient
               in
               these
               cases
               ;
               for
               no
               man
               enjoys
               the
               noon-day-comfort
               of
               a
               great
               Tree
               standing
               in
               his
               Court-yard
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               first
               planted
               but
               a
               little
               sprig
               by
               his
               great
               great
               Gandfathers
               .
               And
               it
               hath
               been
               Gods
               will
               ,
               that
               Trees
               and
               Commonwealths
               ,
               should
               with
               much
               difficulty
               arive
               at
               long
               life
               ,
               and
               be
               long
               in
               bringing
               forth
               their
               fruits
               .
               And
               very
               exceeding
               great
               pains
               and
               labour
               was
               taken
               to
               make
               that
               very
               Plant
               of
               the
               glorious
               Venetian
               Liberty
               ,
               what
               the
               world
               sees
               it
               now
               to
               be
               ;
               and
               those
               Ancients
               who
               planted
               it
               ,
               partook
               of
               no
               good
               thereby
               ,
               but
               only
               pain
               and
               toyle
               in
               bringing
               it
               up
               ;
               whereas
               now
               their
               twentieth
               generation
               enjoy
               the
               verdure
               ,
               the
               noon-day-comfort
               and
               freshness
               thereof
               .
               For
               though
               it
               be
               above
               ●…100
               years
               since
               it
               was
               planted
               in
               those
               Washes
               ,
               yet
               is
               it
               not
               so
               long
               since
               it
               became
               so
               perfect
               ,
               and
               so
               secure
               a
               Plant
               of
               true
               Liberty
               ,
               as
               that
               it
               fears
               not
               the
               wind
               of
               forrein
               Princes
               pride
               ,
               nor
               the
               frost
               of
               Domestick
               seditions
               :
            
          
           
             
               Add
               to
               these
               things
               (
               my
               fellow-Citizens
               )
               that
               it
               is
               not
               so
               much
               the
               Laws
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               very
               good
               ones
               ,
               nor
               yet
               the
               other
               particulars
               which
               I
               have
               touched
               upon
               ,
               which
               have
               maintained
               ,
               do
               maintain
               ,
               and
               will
               maintain
               the
               Venetian
               Commonwealth
               in
               perpetual
               greatness
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               miraculous
               and
               singular
               situation
               of
               those
               Marish
               and
               Fenny
               grounds
               ,
               which
               we
               cannot
               partake
               of
               .
               All
               that
               understand
               any
               thing
               in
               State-affairs
               ,
               confess
               that
               the
               Senat
               is
               the
               Heart
               and
               Fountain
               of
               Life
               of
               every
               Free
               State.
               Skilful
               Fencers
               ,
               when
               they
               will
               overthrow
               their
               enemy
               with
               few
               blows
               ,
               make
               a
               thrust
               at
               their
               heart
               ;
               and
               Princes
               who
               have
               en-deavored
               to
               subdue
               Commonwealths
               ,
               have
               made
               their
               first
               blow
               at
               the
               Metropolitan
               City
               of
               the
               Free
               State
               ,
               only
               to
               dissipate
               the
               Senat
               ;
               for
               these
               are
               the
               mortal
               wounds
               which
               kill
               all
               ,
               even
               the
               most
               potent
               Liberties
               :
               For
               the
               Senat
               being
               routed
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               heart
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               struck
               through
               ,
               it
               dies
               immediately
               .
               An
               imperfection
               which
               Monarchies
               have
               not
               ,
               the
               greatness
               of
               whose
               Empire
               is
               alwaies
               where
               the
               Kings
               person
               is
               ;
               as
               the
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               made
               proof
               of
               ,
               who
               by
               his
               taking
               of
               Paris
               ,
               did
               rather
               accelerate
               his
               own
               death
               ,
               then
               hasten
               on
               his
               own
               greatness
               .
               The
               Dictator
               Cesar
               proves
               this
               which
               I
               affirm
               ,
               to
               be
               true
               :
               Who
               to
               Tyrannize
               over
               his
               Country
               ,
               made
               himself
               Master
               of
               Rome
               (
               which
               Pompey
               was
               very
               indiscreet
               in
               abandoning
               )
               only
               that
               he
               might
               defeat
               the
               Senat
               :
               A
               thing
               which
               Hanibal
               ,
               the
               true
               Master
               of
               Militia
               ,
               and
               sole
               honor
               of
               Africa
               ,
               knew
               before
               him
               ,
               and
               endeavored
               it
               ,
               but
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               effect
               it
               :
               And
               which
               after
               him
               ,
               the
               Emperor
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               that
               Founder
               of
               the
               greatness
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               ,
               knew
               very
               well
               how
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               did
               practice
               it
               against
               the
               Florentines
               and
               the
               〈◊〉
               .
            
          
           
             
               This
               mortal
               wound
               could
               never
               be
               given
               to
               the
               State
               of
               Venice
               ,
               whose
               Metropolis
               ,
               where
               the
               Senat
               abides
               ,
               is
               fortified
               ,
               and
               armed
               with
               
               the
               proof-Armor
               of
               Marishes
               and
               Washes
               ▪
               wherefore
               I
               think
               I
               may
               conclude
               ,
               that
               their
               wils
               are
               good
               ,
               who
               desire
               to
               bring
               in
               Liberty
               of
               living
               Free
               in
               our
               Country
               ;
               but
               their
               wisdom
               is
               but
               weak
               :
               And
               that
               they
               who
               are
               for
               a
               Prince
               ,
               intend
               well
               ,
               and
               are
               excellently
               well
               advised
               ;
               and
               in
               taking
               a
               resolution
               in
               this
               our
               so
               weighty
               business
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               all
               to
               remember
               ,
               that
               the
               Florentine
               Nobility
               ,
               which
               through
               the
               impertinency
               of
               the
               seditious
               people
               ,
               could
               never
               bring
               in
               a
               perfect
               form
               of
               living
               free
               in
               their
               Country
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               any
               longer
               to
               undergo
               the
               cruel
               and
               bloudy
               insolences
               of
               the
               base
               Plebeians
               ,
               were
               forced
               to
               call
               in
               a
               forrein
               Tyrant
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Atene
               ,
               only
               that
               by
               extraordinary
               severity
               ,
               he
               might
               afflict
               the
               common
               people
               of
               Florence
               ,
               who
               did
               so
               abuse
               their
               Liberty
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             these
             reasons
             were
             thought
             very
             efficacious
             by
             the
             wiser
             sort
             ,
             yet
             could
             they
             not
             make
             the
             people
             resolve
             upon
             chusing
             a
             new
             Prince
             :
             Wherefore
             the
             business
             was
             carried
             ,
             for
             living
             free
             ,
             and
             that
             Ambassadors
             should
             be
             sent
             to
             Venice
             to
             receive
             the
             Laws
             of
             living
             free
             ,
             from
             that
             Commonwealth
             ,
             which
             was
             suddenly
             done
             .
             The
             Ambassadors
             were
             received
             and
             welcom'd
             by
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             with
             incredible
             magnificency
             ,
             and
             the
             Venetian
             Government
             ,
             Orders
             and
             Laws
             were
             shewn
             unto
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             Ambassadors
             caused
             to
             be
             exactly
             copied
             out
             ,
             and
             registred
             ,
             and
             so
             departed
             .
             And
             being
             returned
             to
             Mitilene
             ,
             they
             made
             their
             Report
             ,
             and
             read
             in
             publick
             Senat
             ,
             the
             Laws
             which
             they
             had
             brought
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             gave
             very
             bad
             satisfaction
             to
             all
             the
             common
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             :
             For
             the
             people
             could
             by
             no
             means
             indure
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Venetian
             Laws
             they
             should
             be
             excluded
             from
             publick
             Government
             ,
             saying
             that
             that
             Country
             merited
             not
             to
             be
             called
             Free
             ,
             where
             all
             did
             not
             command
             :
             And
             the
             wealthier
             Nobility
             being
             accustomed
             under
             Monarchy
             ,
             to
             purchase
             favors
             from
             the
             Favorits
             ,
             and
             to
             obtain
             places
             of
             Magistracy
             (
             which
             they
             did
             shamefully
             execute
             )
             from
             their
             Princes
             ,
             storm'd
             ,
             and
             said
             publickly
             ,
             That
             that
             was
             a
             most
             unfortunate
             Country
             ,
             where
             men
             were
             inhibited
             the
             making
             free
             use
             of
             their
             monies
             ;
             which
             was
             purchased
             by
             industrious
             men
             at
             the
             cost
             of
             so
             much
             sweat
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             buy
             meat
             and
             clothes
             ,
             but
             to
             purchase
             therewith
             such
             things
             which
             encreased
             reputation
             :
             And
             that
             it
             was
             much
             better
             for
             Citizens
             to
             be
             ruled
             over
             by
             a
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             good
             will
             might
             be
             won
             by
             a
             thousand
             several
             waies
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             govern'd
             by
             inexorable
             Laws
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             administred
             by
             a
             numerous
             Senat
             ;
             where
             a
             little
             not
             being
             sufficient
             ,
             and
             enough
             not
             being
             alwaies
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             whereby
             to
             make
             so
             many
             prevaricate
             and
             break
             the
             Laws
             ,
             it
             might
             truely
             be
             said
             to
             be
             incorruptible
             .
             And
             that
             under
             Monarchies
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             of
             the
             Nobility
             did
             from
             the
             first
             ,
             execute
             the
             prime
             places
             of
             the
             Principality
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             Commonwealths
             it
             was
             sad
             for
             them
             to
             begin
             together
             with
             the
             meanest
             Senators
             ,
             at
             the
             lowest
             imployments
             ,
             and
             come
             slowly
             by
             degrees
             to
             places
             of
             highest
             dignity
             :
             That
             it
             required
             more
             then
             the
             usual
             years
             of
             man
             to
             arive
             at
             the
             supreamest
             preferments
             ;
             and
             the
             rigor
             of
             bestovving
             places
             of
             Magistracy
             only
             according
             to
             mens
             meer
             merit
             ,
             vvas
             a
             Precept
             first
             invented
             by
             Tyrants
             ,
             to
             keep
             potent
             men
             lovv
             ,
             and
             to
             exalt
             the
             mean.
             
          
           
             But
             amongst
             all
             these
             bad
             satisfactions
             ,
             nothing
             distasted
             three
             parts
             of
             four
             of
             the
             Nobility
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             severe
             Magistracy
             of
             the
             Censors
             ,
             which
             they
             heard
             was
             used
             by
             the
             Venetians
             ,
             who
             perpetually
             did
             severely
             and
             strictly
             examin
             all
             mens
             behaviours
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             said
             freely
             ,
             
             that
             if
             the
             Nobility
             were
             so
             severely
             proceeded
             with
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             the
             Noble
             Venetians
             were
             slaves
             amidst
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             of
             Miteline
             free
             amidst
             their
             servitude
             ,
             for
             very
             dread
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             all
             ,
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             cryed
             out
             ,
             Monarchy
             ,
             Monarchy
             :
             And
             that
             if
             any
             one
             would
             set
             up
             Liberty
             in
             Mitilene
             ,
             let
             them
             burn
             all
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             ;
             for
             such
             understood
             that
             to
             be
             perfect
             Liberty
             ,
             where
             none
             obeyed
             ,
             all
             commanded
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             did
             what
             he
             list
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XL.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 James
                 Creyton
              
               ,
               a
               Scotchman
               ,
               having
               incenst
               the
               Vertuosi
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               by
               a
               proud
               defyance
               ,
               was
               so
               shamed
               by
               them
               through
               a
               bitter
               jest
               ,
               as
               without
               ending
               the
               dispute
               ,
               they
               forced
               him
               to
               forgo
               Parnassus
               .
            
          
           
             
               JAmes
               Creyton
            
             ,
             a
             Scotchman
             ,
             the
             Prodigie
             of
             Nature
             for
             Learning
             ,
             came
             some
             daies
             ago
             to
             this
             Court
             with
             such
             vain-glorious
             pomp
             ,
             and
             self-oftentation
             ,
             as
             moved
             as
             much
             nauseousness
             in
             the
             compleatest
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             as
             wonder
             in
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             usually
             ignorant
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             a
             young
             fellow
             of
             but
             25
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             should
             pretend
             to
             be
             exactly
             knowing
             in
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             when
             the
             chiefest
             Vertuosi
             know
             the
             continual
             study
             of
             80
             years
             is
             but
             a
             short
             time
             to
             be
             Master
             of
             one
             only
             Science
             .
             This
             Creyton
             the
             next
             day
             after
             his
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             caused
             a
             paper
             to
             be
             fixed
             upon
             the
             Gates
             of
             all
             the
             Colledges
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Pillars
             of
             all
             the
             Delfick
             Portici
             ,
             wherein
             in
             large
             Capital
             Letters
             these
             words
             were
             written
             ,
             
               Nos
               Iacobus
               Crytonius
               ,
               Scotus
               ,
               cujuscumque
               rei
               propositae
               ex
               improviso
               respondebimus
               .
            
             We
             
               Iames
               Creyton
            
             ,
             a
             Scothman
             ,
             will
             answer
             ex
             tempore
             to
             whatsoever
             shall
             be
             propounded
             ,
             This
             bold
             defiance
             ,
             which
             was
             thought
             by
             many
             to
             be
             very
             arrogant
             ,
             did
             so
             nettle
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             them
             framed
             Arguments
             even
             in
             the
             hardest
             Sciences
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             thought
             to
             choak
             him
             at
             very
             first
             .
             But
             an
             acute
             Satyrical
             Poet
             bereft
             the
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Litterati
             of
             the
             pleasure
             of
             that
             dispute
             :
             For
             the
             very
             night
             after
             the
             posting
             up
             of
             this
             defiance
             ,
             he
             underwrit
             in
             those
             very
             papers
             ,
             these
             sharp
             words
             :
             And
             he
             that
             will
             see
             it
             ,
             let
             him
             go
             to
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Faulcon
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             shewn
             him
             .
             Creyton
             was
             so
             stung
             with
             this
             biting
             Jest
             ,
             as
             he
             presently
             departed
             from
             Parnassus
             ,
             much
             ashamed
             and
             confused
             ;
             having
             first
             made
             known
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             thought
             he
             could
             no
             longer
             appear
             with
             his
             honour
             amongst
             those
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             had
             done
             him
             the
             affront
             to
             deal
             with
             him
             as
             with
             a
             Juglar
             and
             Mountebank
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               After
               strict
               examination
               of
               such
               as
               were
               to
               be
               chosen
               ,
               the
               List
               of
               Governors
               is
               filled
               up
               in
               Parnassus
               .
            
          
           
             AFter
             long
             expectation
             ,
             the
             distribution
             of
             the
             Governments
             of
             this
             State
             was
             yesterday
             published
             with
             general
             satisfaction
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             imagined
             what
             diligence
             and
             circumspection
             was
             used
             by
             his
             Majesty
             and
             his
             State-Ministers
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             them
             :
             For
             first
             they
             were
             carefull
             to
             chuse
             old
             men
             to
             govern
             the
             people
             ,
             only
             that
             
               I
               Polledri
               non
               habbiano
               a
               por
               bardella
               a
               Cozzoni
               ,
            
             Coults
             might
             not
             put
             Tramels
             upon
             their
             Pacers
             :
             And
             it
             was
             a
             thing
             worth
             much
             consideration
             ,
             that
             of
             so
             many
             as
             put
             for
             it
             ,
             they
             chose
             only
             men
             of
             slow
             Wits
             ,
             cold
             Natures
             ,
             such
             as
             were
             perplext
             and
             irresolute
             in
             all
             their
             actions
             ,
             and
             drousie
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             point
             of
             appearing
             foolish
             ;
             whereas
             they
             excluded
             those
             who
             for
             the
             vivacity
             of
             their
             spirits
             ,
             seemed
             fit
             to
             have
             been
             preferred
             before
             them
             .
             And
             this
             was
             done
             because
             those
             wise
             men
             who
             were
             chosen
             to
             examin
             ,
             verily
             believe
             ,
             that
             bold
             ,
             and
             over-lively
             wits
             are
             not
             very
             fit
             to
             govern
             others
             ,
             they
             themselves
             standing
             in
             need
             of
             a
             bit
             and
             Caveson
             ,
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             falling
             into
             ditches
             ;
             for
             experience
             hath
             taught
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             such
             men
             ,
             with
             their
             too
             irresolute
             wits
             ,
             do
             rather
             disquiet
             people
             ,
             then
             prove
             Instruments
             of
             keeping
             them
             in
             that
             peace
             and
             good
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             their
             chiefest
             care
             who
             are
             the
             Governors
             of
             Provinces
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             those
             Electors
             hold
             it
             for
             an
             infallible
             Maxim
             ,
             That
             he
             succeeds
             best
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Cities
             ,
             who
             being
             of
             a
             slower
             wit
             ,
             and
             setled
             mind
             ,
             knows
             best
             how
             to
             fit
             himself
             for
             making
             his
             abode
             there
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             the
             signe
             of
             an
             Inn
             :
             For
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             is
             much
             ruled
             by
             it self
             ,
             is
             much
             disquieted
             and
             imbroyled
             by
             the
             chymera's
             of
             some
             sharp
             wits
             ,
             who
             being
             overwise
             in
             all
             their
             waies
             ,
             
               Intempestivis
               remediis
               delicta
               accendunt
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               13.
               
               Annal.
            
             Make
             things
             worse
             by
             unseasonable
             remedies
             .
             Hence
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             strict
             examination
             that
             was
             made
             in
             this
             so
             weighty
             business
             ,
             the
             ignorant
             were
             not
             excluded
             ,
             but
             only
             those
             who
             were
             too
             wise
             ,
             and
             who
             having
             their
             heads
             full
             of
             querks
             ,
             and
             new
             inventions
             ,
             are
             enemies
             to
             those
             ancient
             Customs
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             people
             being
             accustomed
             ,
             think
             themselves
             wronged
             by
             being
             bettered
             by
             new
             Laws
             .
             'Ts
             true
             ,
             they
             studied
             to
             find
             out
             flexible
             people
             ,
             of
             easie
             and
             supple
             wits
             ,
             who
             could
             accommodate
             their
             own
             Nature
             to
             that
             of
             others
             ;
             nor
             did
             they
             admit
             of
             any
             Officer
             who
             had
             not
             past
             four
             years
             in
             the
             study
             of
             that
             important
             Philosophy
             ,
             of
             living
             ,
             and
             suffering
             to
             live
             :
             A
             Basis
             whereon
             all
             peoples
             quiet
             ,
             and
             the
             assurance
             of
             all
             good
             Government
             which
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             the
             good
             Governor
             of
             aProvince
             ,
             is
             securely
             grounded
             ;
             in
             whom
             they
             thought
             not
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Laws
             and
             Statutes
             to
             be
             so
             necessary
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             should
             be
             verst
             in
             that
             gentle
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             dexterity
             of
             judgement
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             registred
             in
             Books
             .
             A
             Consideration
             so
             much
             the
             more
             necessary
             ,
             for
             that
             some
             Lawyers
             who
             have
             had
             the
             Governments
             of
             several
             Provinces
             ,
             have
             behaved
             themselves
             but
             foolishly
             therein
             :
             Witness
             Bartolo
             ,
             the
             very
             light
             
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             who
             with
             all
             his
             Legal
             knowledge
             ,
             was
             forc'd
             to
             leap
             out
             of
             the
             window
             at
             the
             
               Palazzo
               di
               Todi
            
             ,
             to
             shun
             being
             seized
             on
             by
             those
             who
             could
             no
             longer
             endure
             his
             Impertinencies
             ;
             who
             had
             a
             fair
             tongue
             ,
             but
             foolish
             pate
             .
             And
             it
             is
             very
             certain
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             drive
             avvay
             certain
             great
             beastly
             fellows
             ,
             even
             with
             Bastenadoes
             ,
             who
             proudly
             playing
             the
             Peacocks
             ,
             and
             publikely
             professing
             severity
             ,
             delight
             much
             with
             their
             grave
             looks
             to
             threaten
             men
             with
             death
             in
             publike
             assemblies
             :
             and
             they
             excluded
             from
             all
             hopes
             of
             Government
             ,
             brutish
             Busirides
             ,
             who
             thirsting
             after
             humane
             blood
             ,
             think
             they
             can
             mend
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             Pillories
             ,
             Gallowses
             and
             Axes
             :
             but
             they
             mightily
             loved
             those
             who
             laboured
             more
             to
             inhibit
             them
             to
             punish
             faults
             ,
             and
             who
             underwrite
             Capital
             sentences
             in
             ink
             ,
             made
             of
             Tears
             .
             The
             next
             day
             after
             the
             publication
             of
             the
             bestowing
             of
             Governments
             ,
             all
             the
             Provosts
             came
             before
             the
             
               Regio
               Collaterale
            
             ,
             where
             Apollo
             was
             in
             person
             ,
             and
             there
             with
             solemn
             ceremonies
             ,
             they
             made
             oath
             between
             his
             Majesties
             hands
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             leave
             the
             world
             in
             the
             same
             happy
             condition
             as
             they
             found
             it
             ;
             it
             being
             high
             treason
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             where
             Tacitus
             his
             rule
             is
             observed
             
               (
               that
               super
               omnibus
               negotiis
               ,
               melius
               atque
               rectius
               olim
               provisum
               ,
               et
               que
               converterentur
               ,
               in
               deterius
               mutari
               .
               Tac.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Annal.
            
             That
             better
             provision
             was
             made
             for
             all
             things
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             and
             all
             alterations
             made
             since
             have
             proved
             to
             the
             worse
             )
             to
             make
             any
             the
             least
             Innovation
             in
             Governments
             .
          
           
             These
             oathes
             being
             taken
             ,
             the
             great
             Delfick
             Chancellor
             ,
             placed
             in
             a
             high
             seat
             ,
             said
             ,
             You
             Gentlemen
             Officers
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             pleasure
             is
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             places
             which
             are
             bestowed
             upon
             you
             ,
             you
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             a
             strict
             care
             to
             your
             ways
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             swell
             not
             so
             with
             ambition
             as
             to
             play
             Rex
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             remember
             you
             are
             but
             counterfeit
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             Empire
             is
             but
             weak
             ,
             grounded
             upon
             a
             frail
             sheet
             of
             paper
             ,
             and
             fortified
             by
             a
             little
             wax
             .
             Then
             
               Marcus
               Tullius
               Cicero
            
             made
             an
             Oration
             in
             praise
             of
             those
             new
             Officers
             ,
             affirming
             that
             they
             were
             so
             wise
             and
             good
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             able
             to
             new
             mould
             the
             world
             .
             And
             this
             oration
             being
             ended
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             with
             a
             pleasing
             countenance
             ,
             did
             with
             his
             own
             hands
             give
             every
             one
             of
             them
             their
             Letters
             Patents
             ,
             and
             commanded
             them
             to
             go
             presently
             to
             their
             several
             charges
             .
             It
             was
             a
             thing
             which
             caused
             astonishment
             in
             all
             men
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             their
             Patents
             were
             delivered
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             formerly
             clear
             and
             serene
             face
             towards
             those
             his
             Officers
             ,
             was
             changed
             into
             a
             dreadful
             &
             angry
             aspect
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             hated
             them
             deadly
             ,
             and
             the
             civilities
             ,
             proffers
             ,
             and
             friendly
             demonstrations
             of
             those
             
               signori
               del
               Collaterale
            
             ,
             were
             changed
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             eye
             into
             Threats
             and
             Accusations
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             as
             they
             themselves
             who
             had
             been
             so
             very
             circumspect
             in
             making
             that
             election
             ,
             swore
             to
             every
             one
             that
             those
             Officers
             were
             a
             company
             of
             greedy
             companions
             ,
             publike
             sellers
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Birds
             of
             prey
             ;
             and
             before
             they
             departed
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             an
             Urtamartino
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Stable
             ,
             was
             given
             to
             those
             who
             were
             Governors
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Provinces
             ,
             an
             Instrument
             thought
             necessary
             by
             all
             wise
             men
             ,
             to
             beat
             down
             some
             imperious
             fellows
             ,
             who
             defiring
             to
             domineer
             in
             other
             mens
             houses
             ,
             do
             with
             ready
             money
             purchase
             hatred
             ,
             laying
             the
             blame
             of
             all
             their
             impertinences
             ,
             insolences
             and
             ill
             usage
             committed
             against
             the
             master
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             upon
             their
             own
             discomposed
             and
             hasty
             nature
             .
             I
             was
             told
             by
             very
             credible
             people
             ,
             that
             after
             this
             
               Salustius
               Crispo
            
             President
             of
             the
             Collaterale
             ,
             taking
             the
             Governour
             
             of
             Libetro
             (
             whom
             he
             much
             favoured
             and
             loved
             )
             aside
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             do
             well
             to
             be
             very
             negligent
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             but
             be
             exquisitely
             diligent
             in
             the
             end
             thereof
             ;
             remembring
             always
             ,
             that
             to
             begin
             ones
             Imployments
             
               Acribus
               Innitiis
               ,
               I●…ioso
               fine
               .
               Tac.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Annal.
            
             with
             strict
             beginnings
             ,
             and
             neglective
             end
             ,
             was
             to
             imitate
             the
             Asses
             Trot
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             usual
             to
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             officers
             ;
             that
             in
             his
             administration
             of
             justice
             in
             things
             of
             dispute
             between
             ordinary
             people
             ,
             he
             should
             do
             them
             exact
             right
             without
             any
             respect
             of
             persons
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             controversies
             which
             might
             arise
             between
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             or
             people
             of
             better
             rank
             ,
             he
             should
             use
             the
             dexterity
             of
             a
             wary
             judgement
             ,
             with
             the
             rigour
             of
             Justice
             ,
             remembring
             always
             that
             the
             accusations
             of
             powerful
             men
             were
             so
             hateful
             to
             Princes
             as
             they
             besprinkled
             the
             Officers
             Garments
             with
             certain
             spots
             and
             stains
             of
             bad
             impression
             ,
             which
             could
             never
             be
             washt
             away
             with
             any
             sope
             of
             Innocency
             ;
             that
             therefore
             with
             such
             he
             should
             so
             use
             the
             buckler
             of
             dexterity
             ,
             with
             the
             sword
             of
             justice
             ,
             as
             no
             wounds
             of
             distaste
             might
             be
             given
             or
             received
             by
             either
             party
             :
             for
             it
             being
             requisite
             for
             Princes
             ,
             for
             their
             own
             affairs
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             Nobility
             satisfied
             ,
             the
             Officer
             must
             know
             exactly
             the
             art
             of
             drawing
             rotten
             teeth
             with
             a
             piece
             of
             cotton
             ;
             that
             in
             his
             Government
             he
             should
             strive
             
               Omnia
               scire
               ,
               sed
               non
               omnia
               exequi
               ,
               Tacit.
               vita
               Agric.
            
             to
             know
             all
             things
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             put
             all
             things
             in
             execution
             ;
             for
             to
             go
             about
             to
             wash
             a
             Blackmoor
             white
             ,
             were
             to
             play
             the
             mad
             man
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             this
             so
             corrupt
             Age
             ,
             Officers
             might
             do
             more
             wisely
             to
             bear
             with
             some
             ancient
             disorders
             in
             the
             people
             ,
             then
             with
             very
             little
             of
             satisfaction
             ,
             to
             afflict
             ones
             self
             ,
             with
             introducing
             good
             where
             it
             was
             not
             welcome
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             shun
             contentions
             with
             neighbour
             Officers
             ,
             who
             were
             subjects
             to
             the
             same
             Prince
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             differences
             as
             he
             could
             neither
             cloak
             nor
             shun
             ,
             he
             should
             like
             a
             Gown-man
             defend
             them
             with
             his
             pen
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             should
             neither
             seek
             for
             ,
             nor
             yet
             shun
             differences
             with
             neighbouring
             Princes
             :
             but
             defend
             such
             as
             should
             arise
             ,
             like
             a
             Souldier
             with
             his
             sword
             ,
             observing
             still
             the
             temper
             ,
             as
             to
             shew
             reverence
             towards
             forreign
             Princes
             ,
             and
             zeal
             towards
             his
             own
             Prince
             :
             that
             being
             placed
             in
             Government
             to
             decide
             quarrels
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             an
             end
             to
             other
             mens
             differences
             ,
             he
             should
             keep
             himself
             from
             kindling
             new
             ones
             ,
             as
             he
             would
             do
             from
             fire
             ,
             holding
             it
             for
             a
             certain
             rule
             ,
             that
             Officers
             won
             infinite
             reputation
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             that
             they
             were
             set
             upon
             ,
             they
             could
             resolve
             to
             give
             over
             with
             loss
             :
             
               Mercè
               che
               delle
               mosche
               pigliate
               con
               le
               natiche
               ,
               mai
               non
               si
               trovo
               chi
               facesse
               utila
               ritratto
               :
            
             and
             that
             he
             should
             think
             that
             nothing
             did
             more
             shew
             an
             Officers
             lightness
             ,
             then
             to
             seem
             greedy
             of
             disputes
             and
             quarrels
             ,
             whereof
             wise-men
             would
             give
             fourteen
             to
             the
             dozen
             ;
             that
             in
             some
             things
             he
             should
             do
             well
             to
             prefer
             the
             publike
             peace
             ,
             before
             the
             rigor
             of
             Justice
             ,
             taught
             by
             books
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             never
             be
             over
             angry
             ,
             for
             any
             whatsoever
             Impertenency
             which
             should
             be
             seen
             or
             heard
             of
             in
             his
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             could
             not
             do
             this
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             onely
             forbear
             from
             acting
             ,
             but
             even
             from
             speaking
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             Anger
             ;
             and
             should
             recommend
             the
             consideration
             of
             all
             things
             to
             cool
             blood
             ;
             that
             in
             vveighty
             affairs
             he
             should
             avoid
             to
             appear
             undaunted
             ,
             bold
             and
             resolute
             ,
             but
             take
             pleasure
             in
             taking
             the
             crab
             out
             of
             his
             hole
             vvith
             his
             Princes
             hand
             ,
             armed
             vvith
             the
             Gantlet
             of
             Authority
             ;
             for
             though
             the
             Officer
             had
             authority
             to
             act
             ,
             ●…tvvas
             notvvithstanding
             good
             often
             times
             ,
             not
             to
             use
             that
             authority
             :
             that
             he
             should
             avoid
             such
             Governments
             ,
             
             as
             he
             vvould
             do
             precipices
             ,
             vvhere
             any
             of
             the
             Blood-Royal
             lived
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             the
             kindred
             of
             Court-Favorites
             ;
             which
             vvere
             the
             Silla
             and
             Caribdis
             ,
             and
             inevitable
             quicksand
             of
             ruine
             to
             all
             Officers
             :
             and
             that
             he
             should
             not
             be
             ambitious
             of
             governing
             in
             Provinces
             ,
             vvherein
             vvere
             many
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             to
             govern
             vvhom
             ,
             vvas
             to
             lead
             a
             heard
             of
             Foxes
             ,
             and
             a
             flock
             of
             Hens
             to
             feed
             ,
             and
             be
             bound
             to
             bring
             them
             all
             back
             again
             to
             their
             folds
             at
             night
             :
             but
             that
             he
             should
             esteem
             such
             Governments
             best
             ,
             which
             being
             full
             of
             mean
             and
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             received
             full
             satisfaction
             if
             they
             had
             plenty
             of
             bread
             in
             their
             market-places
             :
             that
             he
             should
             keep
             conversation
             and
             acquaintance
             at
             large
             with
             all
             that
             were
             in
             his
             Government
             ,
             but
             stri
             ct
             friendship
             with
             none
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             avoid
             that
             retiredness
             which
             made
             men
             be
             hated
             ,
             and
             that
             domestical
             familiarity
             ,
             which
             caused
             scorn
             ,
             but
             use
             such
             gravity
             as
             purchased
             love
             and
             respect
             to
             the
             Officer
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             abhor
             to
             converse
             with
             base
             men
             ,
             and
             communicate
             onely
             with
             persons
             of
             his
             own
             profession
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             be
             wary
             of
             making
             any
             one
             his
             friend
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             might
             not
             at
             the
             very
             same
             instant
             become
             a
             capital
             enemy
             ,
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             himself
             ;
             for
             in
             Officers
             houses
             mushromes
             grew
             in
             an
             instant
             to
             be
             as
             high
             as
             Ciprus
             Trees
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             by
             all
             means
             shun
             having
             to
             do
             with
             those
             great
             ones
             in
             Cities
             ,
             who
             love
             to
             have
             many
             followers
             ,
             and
             make
             profession
             of
             Arms
             ;
             for
             that
             Giddy-headed
             Officers
             cannot
             more
             shamefully
             nurse
             up
             a
             Serpent
             in
             their
             bosoms
             ,
             then
             by
             lending
             an
             ear
             to
             the
             intercessions
             which
             such
             men
             make
             for
             unruly
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             imprisoned
             for
             seditious
             faults
             ;
             every
             one
             being
             ready
             to
             spend
             their
             lives
             in
             his
             service
             ,
             who
             hath
             once
             saved
             them
             :
             that
             in
             publike
             Audiences
             he
             ●…hould
             observe
             great
             gravity
             speak
             little
             ,
             but
             resolutely
             ,
             imploying
             his
             ears
             more
             then
             his
             tongue
             in
             such
             places
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             there
             shun
             to
             argue
             the
             points
             of
             reason
             with
             Advocates
             ;
             for
             an
             ignorant
             man
             that
             speaks
             ,
             knowing
             better
             what
             he
             hath
             to
             say
             ,
             then
             a
             learned
             man
             that
             listens
             unto
             him
             ;
             an
             Officer
             who
             will
             on
             the
             sudden
             argue
             a
             case
             with
             an
             advocate
             ,
             cannot
             make
             good
             his
             reputation
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             hav●…ng
             first
             studied
             the
             business
             ,
             comes
             prepared
             ,
             without
             being
             so
             insolent
             as
             to
             use
             his
             authority
             instead
             of
             reason
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             praise
             ,
             and
             yet
             shun
             the
             hateful
             and
             foolish
             customs
             of
             Provinces
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             patiently
             bear
             with
             the
             stinking
             pride
             of
             Advocates
             ,
             and
             the
             affronted
             impertinencies
             of
             Proctors
             ,
             and
             maintain
             their
             honour
             in
             publike
             ,
             whose
             faults
             he
             might
             correct
             in
             private
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             practice
             that
             golden
             sentence
             of
             
               Tacitus
               ,
               Utilissimus
               idem
               ,
               ac
               brevissimus
               bonarum
               ,
               malarumque
               rerum
               delectus
               ,
               cogitare
               quid
               aut
               nolueris
               sub
               alio
               Principe
               ,
               aut
               volueris
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               hist.
            
             It
             is
             the
             most
             useful
             and
             ready
             choice
             of
             both
             good
             and
             bad
             things
             ,
             to
             consider
             what
             you
             like
             or
             dislike
             under
             another
             Prince
             ;
             with
             such
             circumspection
             ,
             as
             to
             shun
             a
             defect
             in
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             fall
             himself
             into
             the
             other
             extream
             .
             As
             a
             certain
             Prince
             had
             foolishly
             done
             ,
             who
             to
             avoid
             the
             over
             much
             pleasantness
             which
             was
             blamed
             in
             his
             Predecessor
             ,
             betook
             himself
             to
             unheard
             of
             severities
             ;
             that
             he
             might
             account
             business
             his
             pastime
             ,
             eminent
             spirits
             making
             the
             pleasure
             they
             take
             in
             commanding
             and
             exercising
             authority
             over
             others
             ,
             serve
             instead
             of
             Picquet
             or
             Lurch
             :
             that
             he
             should
             be
             more
             careful
             in
             well
             governing
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             then
             in
             curbing
             seditions
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             for
             that
             Provincialists
             are
             more
             troubled
             at
             the
             immodesty
             of
             an
             Officers
             favorite
             ,
             then
             at
             a
             foul
             insolency
             
             committed
             by
             a
             Townsman
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             abhor
             forestalling
             of
             Markets
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             esteem
             those
             hisCapital
             enemies
             who
             should
             propound
             unto
             him
             such
             unlawful
             gains
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             firmly
             believe
             that
             the
             onely
             gainful
             merchandize
             becoming
             an
             honorable
             Officer
             ,
             was
             to
             engage
             himself
             deeply
             in
             the
             Traffick
             of
             purchasing
             glory
             and
             honor
             ;
             by
             which
             rising
             still
             to
             higher
             preferments
             ,
             he
             in
             a
             short
             time
             would
             abound
             in
             wealth
             and
             reputation
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             shun
             prodigallity
             a●…d
             avarice
             (
             shameful
             extreams
             in
             Officers
             )
             that
             he
             should
             set
             aside
             one
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             day
             for
             the
             dispatch
             of
             civil
             causes
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             fourt
             part
             in
             deciding
             criminal
             affairs
             ,
             &
             the
             rest
             in
             being
             hospital
             ,
             on
             which
             an
             Officers
             reputation
             did
             wholly
             depend
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             always
             have
             an
             eye
             to
             his
             Judges
             hands
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             not
             resolve
             any
             thing
             in
             difficult
             affairs
             ,
             before
             he
             were
             fully
             possest
             of
             the
             whole
             business
             ;
             for
             sudden
             resolutions
             were
             very
             dangerous
             in
             such
             like
             cases
             :
             and
             that
             he
             should
             always
             behave
             himself
             so
             therein
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             did
             rather
             grieve
             to
             have
             done
             too
             little
             ,
             then
             too
             much
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             so
             accommodate
             his
             own
             genius
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             those
             of
             the
             Province
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             gentle
             with
             those
             that
             were
             pleasant
             and
             peaceful
             ,
             and
             severe
             with
             those
             that
             were
             stubborn
             and
             seditious
             ;
             that
             above
             all
             things
             he
             should
             curb
             the
             insolencies
             of
             Sergeants
             and
             Marshals-men
             ,
             who
             in
             many
             places
             are
             grown
             so
             insufferably
             bold
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             not
             onely
             caused
             wicked
             scandals
             to
             Princes
             ,
             who
             in
             all
             other
             respects
             are
             glorious
             and
             happy
             ,
             but
             have
             rendred
             such
             States
             hateful
             where
             the
             bridle
             hath
             been
             let
             loose
             to
             such
             like
             Rascals
             ,
             wholly
             made
             up
             of
             insolency
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             ill
             advised
             who
             gave
             much
             authority
             to
             one
             who
             knew
             not
             what
             discretion
             meant
             ;
             that
             not
             to
             appear
             foolish
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             acquaint
             his
             Prince
             with
             every
             trivial
             affair
             ,
             nor
             keep
             from
             him
             the
             knowledge
             of
             things
             of
             importance
             ,
             least
             he
             might
             be
             thought
             to
             neglect
             him
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             believe
             that
             wary
             Judges
             did
             threaten
             more
             then
             punish
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             not
             forget
             ,
             that
             Officers
             govern
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             subject
             to
             a
             thousand
             imperfections
             ,
             infinitely
             addicted
             to
             errour
             ,
             and
             not
             Angels
             ,
             who
             cannot
             sin
             ;
             that
             therefore
             in
             his
             Government
             he
             should
             rather
             affect
             to
             be
             reputed
             pleasing
             then
             cruel
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             avoid
             Baals
             ,
             and
             publique
             Feasts
             ,
             which
             do
             abase
             the
             Personages
             of
             Officers
             ;
             that
             in
             the
             shameful
             faults
             of
             Noblemen
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             severe
             against
             the
             Delinquents
             person
             ,
             not
             touching
             upon
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             Family
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             many
             times
             rather
             wink
             at
             carnal
             faults
             ,
             then
             seem
             over
             desirous
             to
             punish
             them
             ;
             that
             by
             wisely
             appearing
             pleased
             ,
             he
             should
             rather
             make
             the
             world
             believe
             that
             his
             subjects
             were
             good
             ,
             then
             make
             them
             become
             such
             through
             rigour
             ;
             for
             those
             that
             boast
             they
             have
             hanged
             I
             know
             not
             how
             many
             hundred
             men
             in
             their
             Governments
             ,
             glory
             in
             their
             infamy
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A●…gus
               makes
               proffer
               of
               himself
               to
               the
               Dukes
               of
               Venice
               ,
               to
               guard
               the
               Virginity
               of
               their
               illustrious
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               his
               offer
               is
               not
               accepted
               .
            
          
           
             ARGUS
             never
             had
             any
             imployment
             in
             Pernassus
             till
             now
             ,
             since
             he
             proved
             so
             unfortunate
             in
             watching
             fair
             Io
             ;
             for
             though
             many
             great
             Princes
             would
             by
             large
             salaries
             have
             hired
             him
             to
             guard
             their
             Ladies
             honour
             ,
             he
             hath
             always
             refused
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             the
             care
             of
             any
             Ladies
             reputation
             ,
             having
             clearly
             found
             in
             Io's
             unfortunate
             business
             ,
             that
             women
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             lewdly
             inclined
             ,
             or
             are
             strongly
             solicited
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             secured
             ,
             no
             not
             by
             a
             thousand
             Argusses
             :
             Yet
             of
             late
             days
             ,
             being
             very
             needy
             ,
             he
             offered
             himself
             to
             
               Andrea
               Gritti
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             Venetian
             State
             ,
             to
             guard
             their
             beautiful
             liberty
             ,
             so
             as
             he
             might
             be
             well
             paid
             for
             his
             pains
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             bind
             himself
             to
             keep
             continually
             ninety
             eight
             of
             his
             hundred
             eyes
             awake
             to
             watch
             over
             that
             illustrious
             Princess
             .
             Argus
             was
             graciously
             listened
             unto
             by
             Gritti
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Venice
             ,
             who
             first
             presented
             him
             with
             a
             purse
             full
             of
             many
             millions
             of
             Crowns
             ,
             which
             they
             said
             they
             gave
             him
             for
             the
             good
             will
             that
             they
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             had
             no
             need
             of
             his
             ayd
             in
             this
             affair
             ;
             for
             their
             liberty
             needed
             not
             his
             hundred
             eyes
             to
             guard
             her
             honour
             ,
             her
             own
             chaste
             inclination
             being
             sufficient
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             assisted
             by
             the
             six
             eys
             ,
             by
             the
             vigilant
             and
             dreadful
             Magistracy
             of
             the
             three
             State-Inquisitors
             ,
             who
             wrought
             so
             by
             the
             sword
             of
             justice
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             continually
             brandish
             over
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             Libenus
             ,
             as
             that
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             though
             she
             be
             exceeding
             fair
             ,
             was
             looked
             upon
             with
             chast
             eyes
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             most
             ambitiously
             lustful
             ,
             and
             coveted
             with
             a
             perfect
             Platonick
             love
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Florentines
               in
               their
               pastime
               called
               the
               Calcio
               ,
               admit
               of
               a
               Spruce
               Forreign
               Courtier
               ,
               who
               wins
               the
               Prize
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Noble
             Florentines
             plaid
             the
             last
             Tuesday
             at
             the
             Calcio
             in
             the
             Phebean
             field
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             Litterati
             of
             Pernassus
             came
             to
             see
             ;
             and
             though
             some
             ,
             to
             whom
             it
             was
             a
             new
             sight
             to
             see
             many
             of
             those
             Florentine
             Gentlemen
             fall
             to
             down
             right
             cuffs
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             that
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             in
             that
             which
             was
             but
             play
             and
             sport
             ,
             was
             too
             harsh
             ,
             and
             not
             severe
             enough
             in
             a
             real
             combat
             ;
             yet
             the
             Vertuosi
             took
             delight
             to
             see
             it
             ,
             for
             many
             praised
             the
             Gamesters
             swift
             running
             ,
             their
             nimble
             leaping
             ,
             and
             
             their
             strength
             ;
             others
             were
             very
             well
             pleased
             with
             the
             invention
             of
             the
             Game
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             good
             to
             breed
             up
             youth
             to
             run
             ,
             leap
             and
             wrastle
             ;
             and
             many
             believed
             this
             to
             be
             the
             cause
             why
             it
             was
             instituted
             in
             that
             formerly
             so
             famous
             Commonwealth
             :
             but
             the
             quicker
             sighted
             Politicians
             ,
             argued
             from
             the
             going
             together
             by
             ears
             of
             those
             young
             Florentines
             ,
             that
             some
             great
             mysterie
             lay
             concealed
             in
             that
             sport
             ;
             for
             that
             Common-wealths
             are
             fuller
             of
             intestine
             hatred
             ,
             and
             hidden
             ranchor
             of
             spirit
             ,
             then
             are
             Monarchies
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             continual
             flocking
             to
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             frequent
             denials
             which
             are
             given
             to
             Senators
             of
             such
             places
             as
             they
             desire
             ,
             receiving
             doubtlesly
             more
             distastes
             thereby
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             then
             is
             observed
             to
             fall
             out
             between
             people
             who
             live
             in
             a
             Monarchy
             ;
             and
             it
             being
             impossible
             but
             that
             some
             violent
             passion
             of
             anger
             must
             burst
             forth
             in
             a
             liberty
             full
             of
             distastes
             ,
             the
             Politicians
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Florence
             had
             done
             very
             well
             and
             wisely
             in
             introducing
             the
             Calcio
             amongst
             her
             Citizens
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             having
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             giving
             four
             or
             five
             good
             round
             buffets
             in
             the
             face
             to
             those
             to
             whom
             they
             bare
             ill
             will
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             sport
             ,
             they
             might
             the
             better
             afterwards
             appease
             their
             anger
             .
             An
             evaporation
             which
             if
             it
             should
             be
             had
             upon
             another
             occasion
             by
             a
             dagger
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             much
             indangered
             the
             publike
             liberty
             .
             The
             same
             Politicians
             affirm
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             Sancsi
             introduced
             the
             famous
             
               Gioco
               della
               pugna
            
             in
             their
             Commonwealth
             ,
             and
             the
             Venesians
             the
             assaulting
             of
             the
             bridge
             in
             theirs
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             end
             but
             this
             .
             But
             it
             hapned
             that
             a
             spruce
             Courtier
             who
             was
             a
             Spectator
             at
             this
             sport
             ,
             being
             asked
             by
             that
             famous
             
               Pietro
               Caponi
            
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             bold
             answer
             he
             gave
             to
             a
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             won
             eternal
             fame
             ,
             how
             he
             liked
             their
             Calcio
             ;
             who
             answered
             ,
             The
             sport
             was
             very
             pleasant
             ,
             but
             that
             those
             Florentines
             did
             not
             play
             well
             .
             And
             the
             Game
             of
             Calcio
             being
             particular
             to
             the
             Florentine
             Nation
             ,
             and
             altogether
             unknown
             in
             ●…ther
             parts
             ,
             Caponi
             thought
             the
             Courtier
             had
             said
             amiss
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             asked
             him
             ,
             Whether
             he
             thought
             he
             could
             play
             better
             ?
             The
             Courtier
             answered
             freely
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             would
             permit
             him
             to
             play
             with
             them
             ,
             he
             would
             teach
             those
             Florentine
             Gentlemen
             the
             true
             art
             how
             to
             take
             the
             ball
             ,
             how
             to
             ●…un
             with
             it
             ,
             how
             to
             repulse
             the
             wrastlers
             dextrously
             ,
             who
             would
             take
             it
             away
             ,
             and
             other
             excellent
             master
             like
             tricks
             .
             Caponi
             laught
             to
             hear
             the
             Courtier
             boast
             thus
             ,
             and
             having
             acquainted
             all
             the
             Florentine
             Gamesters
             with
             what
             he
             said
             ,
             they
             joyntly
             invited
             him
             to
             play
             .
             The
             Courtier
             made
             himself
             ready
             ,
             and
             entred
             the
             lists
             ;
             where
             the
             Florentines
             promising
             themselvs
             much
             pastime
             in
             buffetting
             and
             abusing
             him
             ,
             made
             him
             a
             round
             ,
             and
             presently
             the
             Ball
             was
             thrown
             up
             in
             the
             ayr
             by
             men
             appointed
             thereunto
             :
             which
             came
             no
             sooner
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             nimble
             Courtier
             ran
             towards
             it
             ,
             and
             having
             taken
             it
             up
             ,
             clap
             it
             under
             his
             left
             arm
             ;
             those
             of
             the
             contrary
             party
             ran
             to
             take
             it
             away
             from
             him
             :
             but
             he
             with
             great
             strength
             justled
             one
             ,
             and
             thrust
             away
             another
             ;
             and
             whereas
             the
             Florentines
             ,
             who
             were
             masters
             of
             the
             sport
             ,
             thought
             to
             have
             thrown
             him
             down
             ,
             they
             were
             thrown
             down
             themselves
             ;
             for
             the
             sturdy
             Courtier
             did
             so
             freely
             lay
             about
             him
             on
             all
             sides
             with
             his
             arm
             ,
             shoulders
             ,
             head
             ,
             and
             every
             part
             of
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             made
             all
             keep
             aloof
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Florentines
             of
             the
             adverse
             part
             ,
             were
             thrown
             to
             the
             ground
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             them
             received
             such
             blows
             on
             their
             breasts
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             hardly
             breathe
             for
             a
             good
             while
             after
             .
             And
             the
             Courtier
             having
             overcome
             all
             that
             withstood
             him
             ,
             threw
             the
             ball
             over
             the
             lists
             ,
             and
             won
             the
             Prize
             .
             At
             which
             he
             
             Florentines
             were
             so
             astonished
             ,
             as
             they
             took
             a
             solemn
             oath
             never
             to
             admit
             of
             any
             Courtier
             more
             to
             play
             with
             them
             ;
             as
             those
             who
             in
             running
             had
             winged
             heels
             ;
             and
             are
             rather
             Devils
             then
             men
             in
             justling
             ,
             thrusting
             ,
             making
             men
             keep
             back
             ,
             and
             making
             room
             for
             themselves
             in
             croudes
             ,
             and
             making
             way
             there
             ,
             where
             people
             flock
             most
             ;
             in
             the
             art
             of
             never
             suffering
             the
             ball
             to
             fall
             to
             the
             ground
             when
             they
             have
             gotten
             it
             ,
             nor
             ever
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             giving
             their
             adversaries
             such
             deadly
             squelches
             as
             they
             shall
             never
             rise
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Batista
                 Platina
              
               ,
               being
               bastenado'd
               by
               
                 Agustino
                 Niso
              
               ,
               complains
               to
               Apollo
               (
               little
               to
               his
               reputation
               )
               of
               the
               injury
               received
               .
            
          
           
             
               BAtista
               Platina
            
             ,
             who
             keeps
             the
             Pastrey
             shop
             in
             the
             corner
             of
             the
             Herb-market
             as
             he
             the
             other
             day
             was
             raising
             a
             piece
             of
             dainty
             Paste
             ,
             
               Agustino
               Niso
               da
               Sessa
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             Neapolitan
             Philosopher
             entred
             his
             shop
             ,
             and
             took
             up
             the
             rowling
             pin
             wherewith
             Platina
             made
             his
             Paste
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             cudgel
             him
             with
             it
             ,
             as
             certainly
             he
             would
             have
             slain
             him
             ,
             had
             not
             some
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             heard
             the
             noise
             ,
             run
             in
             ,
             and
             hindred
             him
             .
             Platina
             being
             thus
             ill
             dealt
             withal
             ,
             caused
             himself
             to
             be
             brought
             before
             Apollo
             ;
             to
             whom
             he
             sorely
             complained
             of
             Niso
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             not
             so
             much
             grieved
             at
             the
             blows
             he
             had
             received
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             had
             never
             deserved
             to
             be
             so
             foully
             affronted
             by
             that
             Philosopher
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             always
             so
             deerly
             loved
             .
             Apollo
             did
             with
             much
             grief
             rescent
             Niso's
             extravagancy
             ,
             and
             gave
             order
             for
             him
             to
             be
             forthwith
             sent
             for
             :
             who
             when
             he
             appeared
             ,
             was
             ask'd
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             what
             had
             moved
             him
             so
             to
             dishonour
             such
             a
             Vertuoso
             as
             
               Platina
               .
               Niso
            
             boldly
             replyed
             ,
             That
             by
             reason
             of
             Platina's
             evil
             proceeding
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             so
             to
             revenge
             a
             shameful
             slash
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             given
             him
             over
             the
             face
             from
             one
             ear
             to
             another
             .
             Platina
             with
             tears
             ,
             said
             to
             Niso
             ,
             I
             have
             always
             admired
             your
             worth
             Agustino
             ,
             and
             loved
             you
             as
             dearly
             as
             my
             own
             soul
             ,
             and
             you
             ,
             without
             any
             cause
             ,
             have
             offended
             your
             friend
             ,
             whom
             you
             were
             bound
             to
             love
             and
             reward
             .
             Niso
             turned
             then
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             being
             desirous
             some
             few
             days
             before
             to
             give
             a
             private
             supper
             to
             some
             Neapolitan
             Vertuosi
             ,
             had
             sent
             to
             Platina's
             shop
             for
             a
             Veal
             Pye
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             presently
             paid
             ;
             and
             that
             Platina
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             never
             offend
             ,
             had
             to
             no
             end
             placed
             his
             Arms
             over
             his
             shop
             door
             ,
             whereby
             he
             had
             published
             him
             throughout
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             useless
             persons
             ,
             who
             delighting
             in
             Gluttony
             ,
             study
             nothing
             but
             how
             to
             eat
             vvell
             .
             Platina
             excused
             himself
             ,
             and
             said
             that
             he
             had
             placed
             his
             arms
             over
             his
             door
             ,
             to
             honour
             him
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             infamy
             to
             him
             .
             Apollo
             then
             bad
             Platina
             hold
             his
             peace
             ;
             for
             you
             (
             said
             he
             )
             have
             well
             deserved
             the
             mischief
             vvhich
             hath
             befallen
             you
             ;
             for
             the
             arms
             of
             men
             of
             honor
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             a
             Philolosophers
             
             as
             is
             my
             beloved
             Niso
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             seen
             in
             Libraries
             ,
             no●…
             i●…
             Cooks
             shops
             ,
             vvhere
             none
             but
             those
             of
             smell
             feasts
             ought
             to
             ha●…g
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             fouller
             defect
             nor
             vice
             ,
             then
             to
             study
             hovv
             to
             please
             the
             pallat
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             base
             and
             shameful
             profession
             to
             hunt
             after
             good
             victuals
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               knowing
               what
               mischief
               over-much
               riches
               causes
               to
               Poets
               ,
               exhorts
               the
               Magnanimous
               King
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Francis
              
               the
               first
               ,
               to
               moderate
               his
               profuse
               liberallity
               which
               he
               used
               towards
               them
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Illustrious
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Francis
            
             the
             first
             ,
             he
             ,
             who
             whilst
             he
             lived
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             place
             learning
             on
             his
             right
             hand
             ,
             but
             always
             saluted
             the
             Litterati
             by
             taking
             off
             his
             hat
             ;
             whom
             he
             so
             loved
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             enriched
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             so
             as
             by
             authentick
             faith
             made
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             it
             appears
             ;
             that
             so
             great
             a
             King
             was
             the
             first
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             profuse
             liberality
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             that
             his
             Noble
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             ,
             had
             planted
             such
             learning
             there
             ,
             as
             taking
             deep
             root
             afterwards
             ,
             hath
             brought
             forth
             infinite
             volumes
             of
             the
             labours
             of
             the
             learned
             French
             ,
             which
             have
             much
             enriched
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             ;
             and
             that
             using
             still
             the
             same
             bounty
             to
             such
             as
             lovelearning
             ,
             he
             feeds
             a
             great
             many
             of
             the
             Litterati
             very
             plentifully
             in
             his
             Royal
             Palace
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             pays
             very
             liberal
             provisions
             .
          
           
             A
             magnanimity
             and
             Splendor
             ,
             which
             till
             now
             was
             very
             pleasing
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             much
             to
             his
             discontentment
             ,
             is
             come
             at
             last
             to
             the
             knowledge
             that
             this
             Kings
             munificence
             towards
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             produces
             bad
             effects
             ;
             for
             that
             over-much
             riches
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             custom
             ,
             begins
             to
             blemish
             the
             souls
             of
             many
             Vertuosi
             ,
             with
             such
             vices
             as
             luxury
             and
             ease
             bring
             with
             them
             ,
             which
             have
             so
             produced
             the
             Moth
             of
             idleness
             even
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             as
             that
             many
             famous
             Poets
             have
             so
             far
             given
             over
             their
             studies
             ,
             as
             even
             Ovid
             himself
             ,
             who
             formerly
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             men
             did
             every
             day
             inrich
             the
             Delfick
             Liberary
             with
             some
             one
             Elogie
             or
             other
             ,
             since
             he
             grew
             into
             so
             domestical
             acquaintance
             with
             so
             great
             a
             King
             ,
             suffered
             nothing
             to
             proceed
             from
             his
             pen
             in
             a
             whole
             year
             ,
             save
             four
             Epigrams
             made
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             four
             seasons
             of
             the
             year
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             perceiving
             that
             this
             Kings
             liberallity
             towards
             his
             Vertuosi
             occasioned
             even
             the
             overthrow
             of
             learning
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             intents
             and
             perpetual
             desire
             which
             they
             have
             to
             learn
             still
             somew●…at
             whilst
             they
             are
             poor
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             extinguished
             ,
             sent
             two
             days
             since
             for
             King
             Francis
             ,
             whom
             he
             told
             ,
             that
             he
             much
             loved
             and
             admired
             the
             great
             Liberallity
             which
             he
             used
             towards
             his
             Vertuosi
             ;
             but
             that
             for
             the
             indempnity
             of
             Sciences
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             will
             him
             to
             be
             more
             moderate
             therein
             ;
             for
             that
             Learning
             ,
             which
             is
             born
             and
             bred
             in
             poverty
             ,
             was
             requisitely
             
             to
             live
             therein
             ,
             as
             in
             her
             particular
             Element
             :
             That
             therefore
             he
             should
             not
             permit
             Poets
             to
             purchase
             any
             thing
             by
             his
             Royal
             Munificence
             ,
             but
             meat
             and
             cloathing
             ;
             the
             one
             modest
             ,
             the
             other
             mean
             :
             For
             that
             he
             clearly
             perceived
             ,
             that
             they
             in
             the
             abundance
             of
             bodily
             wealth
             ,
             grew
             poor
             in
             the
             like
             of
             their
             souls
             ,
             vitious
             amidst
             riches
             ,
             in
             delitiousness
             ,
             idle
             ;
             or
             that
             the
             like
             disorder
             was
             found
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             was
             observed
             to
             be
             in
             hens
             ,
             which
             ,
             the
             fatter
             they
             are
             ,
             lay
             the
             fewer
             eggs
             ;
             Poets
             being
             like
             crickets
             ,
             who
             sing
             not
             but
             out
             of
             meer
             necessity
             :
             And
             that
             they
             follow
             not
             the
             chase
             ,
             like
             dogs
             ,
             for
             pleasure
             ;
             but
             like
             Falcons
             and
             Goshawks
             ,
             for
             meer
             hungar
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               found
               out
               the
               first
               Inventor
               of
               Guns
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               about
               to
               punish
               him
               severely
               for
               his
               fault
               therein
               committed
               ;
               The
               Artificer
               defends
               himself
               very
               well
               .
            
          
           
             T
             Is
             now
             some
             fifty
             years
             since
             
               Polidor
               Virgil
            
             had
             a
             Pension
             given
             him
             by
             his
             Majesty
             of
             twenty
             Crowns
             a
             month
             ,
             together
             with
             maintenance
             for
             himself
             ,
             two
             servants
             ,
             and
             their
             horses
             ,
             ;
             only
             that
             he
             might
             endeavor
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Inventors
             of
             all
             things
             which
             had
             been
             thought
             upon
             by
             extraordinary
             Wits
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             man
             :
             For
             Apollo
             thought
             such
             men
             deserved
             so
             well
             for
             their
             industry
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             were
             to
             be
             kept
             in
             perpetual
             memory
             .
             And
             his
             Majesty
             being
             infinitely
             troubled
             that
             the
             Art
             of
             Warfaring
             (
             which
             was
             alwaies
             cruel
             )
             should
             now
             be
             arived
             at
             so
             great
             a
             height
             therein
             ,
             by
             the
             new
             Invention
             of
             Guns
             ,
             as
             that
             in
             all
             late
             Wars
             much
             more
             use
             was
             made
             of
             fire
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             sword
             :
             And
             being
             grieved
             even
             to
             the
             very
             heart
             ,
             that
             so
             many
             men
             should
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             and
             Cities
             ruined
             in
             a
             short
             time
             by
             this
             diabolical
             Invention
             ,
             he
             commanded
             
               Pollidor
               Virgil
            
             ,
             that
             with
             all
             speed
             he
             should
             find
             him
             out
             (
             if
             at
             least
             so
             devilish
             an
             Instrument
             could
             be
             found
             out
             by
             any
             humane
             creature
             )
             who
             had
             the
             cruel
             heart
             to
             introduce
             a
             scourge
             amongst
             men
             ,
             so
             like
             to
             dreadful
             Thunder
             .
          
           
             Pollidor
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             short
             time
             did
             not
             only
             learn
             that
             the
             Inventors
             of
             Guns
             was
             a
             Dutchman
             ;
             but
             found
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             delivered
             him
             alive
             into
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Court.
             Apollo
             being
             hereat
             overjoy'd
             ,
             commanded
             the
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             do
             exemplary
             Justice
             upon
             this
             so
             cruel
             enemy
             to
             mankind
             .
             These
             gave
             sentence
             immediately
             ,
             that
             the
             Dutchman
             should
             be
             put
             alive
             into
             a
             Cannon
             ,
             to
             which
             fire
             being
             given
             ,
             he
             might
             be
             torn
             in
             pieces
             by
             his
             own
             hellish
             Invention
             .
             All
             things
             tending
             thereunto
             were
             already
             in
             order
             ,
             and
             the
             unhappy
             Dutchman
             was
             brought
             to
             punishment
             ,
             when
             in
             those
             his
             last
             streights
             he
             intreated
             that
             he
             might
             be
             permitted
             to
             speak
             but
             a
             word
             or
             two
             before
             his
             Majestie
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             .
             He
             had
             his
             desire
             granted
             ;
             and
             being
             brought
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             spake
             thus
             ;
             Illustrious
             King
             of
             Light
             !
             shall
             he
             
             be
             condemn'd
             to
             so
             cruel
             a
             punishment
             by
             your
             Majesties
             Judges
             ,
             who
             are
             esteemed
             to
             be
             just
             by
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             hath
             laboured
             to
             deserve
             favour
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             will
             from
             men
             ,
             by
             inventing
             things
             beneficial
             for
             mankind
             ?
             It
             is
             the
             intention
             ,
             purpose
             ,
             and
             mind
             of
             a
             man
             that
             makes
             the
             fault
             ,
             which
             ,
             whatsoever
             excess
             may
             insue
             upon
             any
             mans
             work
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             not
             imputed
             to
             any
             one
             whose
             will
             was
             good
             ,
             and
             his
             intention
             holy
             .
          
           
             I
             call
             God
             to
             witness
             ,
             and
             your
             Majesties
             own
             light
             ,
             which
             sees
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             I
             did
             not
             invent
             Guns
             to
             afflict
             mankind
             (
             as
             I
             find
             many
             do
             wrongfully
             think
             )
             but
             out
             of
             zeal
             ,
             charity
             ,
             and
             piety
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             mischief
             hath
             since
             insued
             thereby
             ,
             it
             was
             more
             then
             I
             intended
             :
             For
             being
             vexed
             at
             the
             very
             soul
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             ambition
             and
             avarice
             of
             those
             that
             rule
             ,
             men
             were
             by
             divers
             waies
             drawn
             ,
             will
             they
             ,
             nil
             they
             ,
             to
             the
             slaughter
             of
             War
             ,
             I
             bethought
             my self
             ,
             that
             people
             could
             not
             receive
             a
             greater
             benefit
             from
             any
             one
             ,
             then
             to
             acquit
             the
             world
             of
             the
             vast
             expence
             of
             bloud
             occasioned
             by
             War
             ;
             being
             very
             sure
             ,
             that
             if
             Princes
             should
             want
             souldiers
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             wage
             War
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             would
             content
             themselves
             with
             their
             own
             fortunes
             ,
             when
             man
             to
             man
             with
             their
             weapons
             in
             their
             hand
             ,
             they
             must
             overcome
             that
             enemy
             ,
             whose
             State
             they
             would
             usurp
             .
             For
             the
             danger
             of
             losing
             their
             lives
             ,
             would
             make
             them
             lay
             aside
             the
             insatiable
             ambition
             which
             they
             have
             of
             domineering
             over
             the
             whole
             world
             .
             To
             arive
             then
             at
             this
             so
             holy
             end
             ,
             and
             wherein
             I
             thought
             the
             whole
             felicity
             of
             mankind
             did
             consist
             ,
             I
             bethought
             my self
             of
             this
             invention
             of
             Guns
             ,
             firmly
             believing
             ,
             that
             out
             of
             horror
             of
             this
             so
             dreadfull
             Instrument
             ,
             all
             men
             would
             be
             so
             terrified
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             abominate
             the
             mystery
             of
             War.
             I
             did
             the
             rather
             believe
             this
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             saw
             men
             were
             mightily
             affrighted
             with
             Thunder
             from
             Heaven
             ,
             though
             they
             knew
             that
             God
             in
             his
             mercy
             makes
             more
             Thunder
             be
             heard
             for
             terror
             ,
             then
             Bolts
             seen
             for
             punishment
             ;
             that
             notwithstanding
             many
             when
             they
             see
             the
             lightning
             which
             precedes
             the
             thunder
             ,
             run
             into
             corners
             to
             hide
             themselves
             ;
             nay
             others
             have
             built
             themselves
             Chambers
             of
             Iron
             for
             security
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             did
             firmly
             believe
             that
             no
             man
             would
             ever
             be
             so
             rash
             or
             cruel
             to
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             expose
             his
             life
             to
             the
             manifest
             danger
             of
             death
             ,
             by
             incountring
             with
             earthly
             Thunder
             ,
             so
             like
             in
             all
             respects
             to
             the
             Thunder
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             levelled
             at
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             not
             to
             affright
             ,
             but
             to
             kill
             him
             .
             If
             the
             contrary
             to
             what
             I
             believed
             ,
             have
             since
             fallen
             out
             ,
             and
             if
             men
             be
             grown
             so
             superlatively
             foolish
             and
             cruel
             to
             themselves
             ,
             as
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             appear
             gallant
             ,
             to
             go
             even
             with
             delight
             against
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             I
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             other
             mens
             rashness
             and
             beastiallity
             ?
          
           
             Apollo
             was
             so
             moved
             to
             hear
             this
             Dutchman
             so
             gallantly
             defend
             himself
             ,
             as
             turning
             his
             punishment
             into
             favour
             ,
             he
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             rather
             rewarded
             then
             censured
             ;
             and
             with
             tears
             in
             his
             eyes
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             beastiallity
             who
             dare
             sell
             their
             lives
             for
             the
             poor
             price
             of
             six
             pence
             a
             day
             ,
             he
             was
             compelled
             to
             be
             pleas'd
             that
             cruel
             inventions
             should
             daily
             more
             increase
             ,
             whereby
             to
             rid
             the
             earth
             of
             this
             lewd
             sort
             of
             men
             ;
             and
             since
             that
             neither
             fire
             nor
             sword
             were
             able
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             the
             Majesty
             of
             his
             Creator
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             once
             more
             open
             the
             Chateracts
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             quickly
             powre
             down
             new
             deluges
             of
             water
             upon
             the
             earth
             ,
             to
             wash
             those
             wicked
             men
             from
             off
             the
             earth
             (
             without
             harming
             such
             as
             love
             peace
             )
             who
             forgetting
             that
             they
             are
             obliged
             to
             multiply
             mankind
             ,
             have
             taken
             upon
             them
             the
             cruel
             trade
             of
             annihilating
             it
             by
             fire
             and
             sword
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             XLVII
             ▪
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Roman
               Monarchy
               desire
               to
               be
               resolved
               by
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               in
               a
               Politick
               Doubt
               ;
               and
               receive
               full
               satisfaction
               therein
               by
               Melibeus
               ,
               the
               Mantuan
               Shepherd
               ,
               who
               was
               casually
               there
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Illustrious
             Roman
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             before
             it
             was
             trampled
             upon
             by
             the
             barbarous
             Northern
             Nations
             ,
             lived
             here
             in
             Parnassus
             in
             that
             height
             of
             glory
             ,
             which
             no
             other
             human
             worth
             could
             ever
             arive
             at
             ;
             under
             pretence
             of
             going
             a
             hunting
             ,
             went
             in
             disguise
             the
             other
             day
             to
             find
             out
             
               Co●…nelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             recreation
             was
             retired
             to
             his
             Countrey-house
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             come
             to
             him
             only
             to
             be
             resolved
             in
             a
             Doubt
             which
             had
             a
             long
             time
             troubled
             her
             mind
             ,
             the
             which
             she
             had
             conferred
             about
             with
             many
             other
             great
             Polititians
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             received
             such
             satisfaction
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             she
             hoped
             to
             do
             from
             him
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             greatest
             Statist
             and
             Arch-Flamming
             of
             all
             Modern
             Policy
             .
             And
             that
             the
             business
             which
             so
             much
             troubled
             them
             ,
             was
             ,
             That
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Egypt
               ,
               Soria
               ,
            
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Immence
             States
             which
             she
             possest
             in
             
               Asia
               ,
               Africa
            
             ,
             and
             Europe
             ,
             were
             of
             themselves
             formidable
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             before
             they
             were
             joyned
             to
             her
             but
             that
             being
             all
             of
             them
             united
             in
             her
             person
             ,
             instead
             of
             strengthening
             her
             ,
             they
             had
             made
             her
             weaker
             then
             she
             was
             before
             ;
             a
             thing
             which
             they
             did
             the
             more
             wonder
             at
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             was
             evidently
             know
             ,
             that
             many
             threads
             made
             a
             strong
             Rope
             ,
             and
             many
             little
             twigs
             a
             strong
             rafter
             ;
             and
             yet
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Principalities
             being
             joyned
             together
             ,
             had
             not
             formed
             that
             eternal
             and
             great
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             men
             did
             expect
             ?
          
           
             Tacitus
             answered
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             question
             was
             of
             weight
             ,
             and
             therefore
             deserved
             to
             be
             maturely
             consulted
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             return
             the
             next
             day
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             where
             when
             he
             should
             have
             cast
             his
             eye
             over
             his
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             ,
             he
             believed
             he
             should
             thereout
             draw
             such
             an
             answer
             ,
             as
             would
             give
             her
             Majestie
             full
             satisfaction
             .
             The
             Roman
             Monarchy
             was
             very
             well
             pleased
             with
             this
             Answer
             ;
             and
             just
             as
             she
             was
             going
             to
             take
             her
             leave
             and
             be
             gon
             ,
             Melibeus
             ,
             that
             famous
             Shepherd
             ,
             who
             had
             brought
             a
             dish
             of
             Curds
             and
             Cream
             ,
             and
             two
             new
             Cheeses
             that
             very
             morning
             ,
             as
             a
             present
             to
             Tacitus
             ,
             and
             had
             heard
             the
             question
             asked
             by
             that
             great
             Monarchy
             ,
             desired
             her
             that
             she
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             stay
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             would
             instantly
             give
             full
             satisfaction
             to
             her
             in
             that
             which
             she
             desired
             to
             know
             :
          
           
             Tacitus
             and
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             smiled
             upon
             Melibeus
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             and
             go
             look
             to
             his
             sheep
             ,
             for
             that
             was
             his
             profession
             .
             Melibeus
             then
             boldly
             answered
             ,
             That
             no
             sort
             of
             men
             whatsoever
             knew
             better
             how
             to
             discourse
             of
             ,
             and
             resolve
             State-affairs
             ,
             then
             Shepherds
             ;
             That
             Princes
             should
             be
             happy
             if
             they
             used
             the
             same
             charity
             in
             governing
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             shepherds
             do
             in
             feeding
             their
             flocks
             ,
             and
             the
             people
             most
             happy
             if
             they
             would
             imitate
             sheep
             in
             their
             obedience
             to
             their
             Princes
             .
             Tacitus
             and
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             marvailed
             much
             at
             this
             bold
             and
             resolute
             answer
             of
             this
             Shepherd
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             bad
             him
             freely
             make
             his
             conceit
             
             known
             :
             With
             which
             permission
             Melibeus
             thus
             began
             ;
          
           
             Most
             powerfull
             Queen
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             is
             well
             known
             to
             my
             Virgil
             )
             am
             a
             shepherd
             of
             Mantua
             ,
             and
             I
             should
             much
             injure
             this
             my
             gray
             head
             and
             beard
             which
             you
             see
             ,
             if
             I
             were
             not
             absolute
             Master
             of
             my
             profession
             .
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             that
             in
             so
             many
             years
             that
             I
             have
             had
             the
             charge
             of
             sheep
             ,
             I
             have
             clearly
             learnt
             ,
             that
             a
             shepherds
             power
             and
             greatness
             ,
             consists
             not
             (
             as
             many
             that
             are
             covetous
             and
             ambitious
             believe
             )
             in
             having
             many
             millions
             of
             sheep
             ;
             but
             only
             in
             having
             so
             many
             as
             a
             good
             shepherd
             may
             keep
             with
             his
             eye
             ,
             govern
             with
             his
             rod
             ,
             and
             rule
             with
             his
             whistle
             .
             And
             the
             reason
             is
             apparent
             ;
             for
             shepherds
             are
             beggers
             when
             they
             have
             too
             few
             sheep
             :
             for
             great
             poverty
             forceth
             him
             to
             milk
             them
             too
             dry
             ,
             and
             to
             shear
             them
             too
             close
             .
             Shepherds
             are
             alwaies
             wealthy
             and
             happy
             in
             a
             mean
             (
             wherein
             all
             perfection
             consists
             )
             whereas
             in
             Immensity
             they
             run
             certain
             danger
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             to
             govern
             such
             a
             number
             of
             sheep
             as
             is
             disproportionable
             to
             the
             forces
             of
             any
             one
             man.
             Whence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             silly
             sheep
             ,
             when
             in
             too
             numerous
             flocks
             ,
             first
             grow
             lean
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             necessity
             die
             ,
             through
             the
             meer
             carelesness
             of
             him
             that
             looks
             unto
             them
             .
             This
             disorder
             is
             occasioned
             ,
             for
             that
             flocks
             of
             too
             disproportionate
             a
             greatness
             ,
             instead
             of
             good
             institutions
             ,
             are
             full
             of
             fowl
             confusions
             ;
             and
             the
             Proverb
             frequently
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             and
             diligently
             observed
             by
             us
             shepherds
             ,
             is
             true
             ,
             That
             a
             few
             sheep
             will
             not
             supply
             the
             necessities
             of
             a
             Shepherds
             Cottage
             ;
             many
             will
             ;
             and
             infinity
             beget
             confusion
             ;
             and
             are
             rather
             prejuditial
             ,
             than
             of
             use
             .
          
           
             Princes
             and
             Commonwealths
             were
             happy
             if
             they
             had
             the
             property
             of
             Cammels
             ,
             to
             stoop
             down
             humbly
             to
             the
             ground
             to
             take
             up
             the
             load
             of
             Government
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             could
             put
             a
             period
             to
             their
             pride
             and
             ambition
             ,
             by
             rising
             up
             on
             their
             legs
             ,
             and
             not
             suffering
             any
             more
             load
             to
             be
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             know
             they
             have
             sufficient
             for
             their
             strength
             to
             bear
             :
             but
             men
             do
             all
             their
             life-time
             ,
             long
             to
             grasp
             a
             great
             stack
             of
             Hay
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             at
             one
             burthen
             carry
             it
             all
             home
             to
             their
             own
             Barns
             ;
             which
             falling
             afterwards
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             they
             find
             that
             after
             so
             much
             industry
             and
             pains
             ,
             they
             have
             laboured
             in
             vain
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             for
             1600
             and
             odd
             years
             that
             I
             have
             been
             a
             Shepherd
             in
             Arcadia
             ,
             I
             never
             had
             in
             my
             Penfolds
             above
             500
             Sheep
             ,
             which
             affording
             me
             the
             certain
             gain
             of
             500
             crowns
             a
             year
             ,
             I
             have
             still
             been
             held
             to
             be
             very
             fortunate
             by
             all
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             .
             I
             therefore
             think
             that
             shepherd
             unhappy
             ,
             who
             being
             blinded
             by
             avarice
             ,
             thinks
             to
             grow
             rich
             in
             one
             day
             ,
             by
             having
             many
             flocks
             of
             sheep
             ,
             which
             not
             being
             able
             all
             of
             them
             to
             be
             looked
             unto
             by
             the
             Masters
             eye
             (
             which
             is
             that
             which
             fattens
             the
             sheep
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             the
             flocks
             chiefest
             felicity
             )
             he
             commits
             them
             to
             the
             custody
             of
             careless
             boys
             ,
             and
             oft-times
             rents
             them
             out
             to
             cruel
             Shepherds
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             greediness
             to
             reap
             a
             little
             Interest
             more
             then
             the
             sheep
             can
             yield
             ,
             do
             lose
             the
             Principal
             .
             Neither
             have
             there
             wanted
             amongst
             us
             shepherds
             those
             Alexanders
             the
             great
             ,
             who
             to
             asswage
             their
             thirst
             of
             Government
             ,
             have
             not
             been
             ashamed
             to
             ask
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             create
             new
             Worlds
             .
             For
             in
             our
             Arcadia
             was
             one
             Menalcas
             ,
             one
             that
             did
             alwaies
             envy
             me
             ,
             and
             was
             my
             mortal
             enemy
             ;
             who
             thinking
             he
             should
             be
             able
             to
             crush
             me
             if
             he
             could
             get
             more
             sheep
             then
             I
             had
             ,
             was
             not
             content
             with
             500
             sheep
             which
             he
             had
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             might
             make
             himself
             absolute
             Monarch
             of
             all
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             ,
             took
             up
             money
             at
             use
             ,
             sold
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Patrimony
             ,
             and
             having
             got
             together
             a
             good
             sum
             of
             money
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             three
             flocks
             of
             sheep
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             consisting
             of
             500
             from
             
               Spain
               ,
               France
            
             ,
             and
             England
             ,
             where
             he
             knew
             the
             best
             sheep
             were
             ,
             and
             paid
             excessively
             for
             their
             transporting
             ;
             
             which
             being
             strangers
             ,
             and
             not
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Shepherd
             ,
             nor
             yet
             understanding
             his
             voice
             nor
             whistle
             ,
             they
             were
             but
             ill-favoredly
             led
             to
             their
             pasture
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             brought
             back
             again
             at
             night
             to
             their
             folds
             .
             Wherefore
             Menalcas
             ,
             to
             bring
             his
             sheep
             to
             better
             obedience
             ,
             which
             went
             still
             wandring
             up
             and
             down
             ,
             set
             dogs
             upon
             them
             ;
             which
             not
             being
             known
             to
             the
             sheep
             ,
             were
             alwaies
             hated
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             the
             more
             incenst
             ,
             for
             that
             to
             their
             natural
             hatred
             ,
             they
             added
             offences
             ;
             which
             begot
             such
             obstinacy
             ,
             dispair
             ,
             and
             disobedience
             in
             the
             sheeps
             hearts
             ,
             as
             they
             began
             infinitely
             to
             abhor
             their
             shepherds
             ,
             and
             the
             being
             guarded
             by
             dogs
             .
             Moreover
             when
             they
             found
             they
             were
             to
             be
             milkt
             or
             shorne
             ,
             they
             hid
             themselves
             in
             woods
             ;
             and
             then
             it
             was
             that
             all
             the
             shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             ,
             knew
             that
             dispair
             may
             make
             Conies
             turn
             Lions
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Spanish
             sheep
             grew
             so
             inraged
             ,
             as
             they
             even
             ventur'd
             to
             bite
             the
             shepherds
             ;
             the
             French
             kickt
             the
             pail
             down
             with
             their
             feet
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             been
             miklt
             ;
             and
             the
             English
             sheep
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             obey
             strange
             shepherds
             ,
             nor
             have
             their
             wool
             torn
             off
             by
             unknown
             dogs
             ,
             forbore
             to
             graze
             ,
             chusing
             rather
             to
             die
             for
             hunger
             ,
             then
             to
             live
             in
             that
             slavery
             .
             It
             was
             more
             strange
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             profit
             of
             Cheese
             ,
             Wool
             ,
             and
             Lambs
             ,
             which
             those
             forrein
             sheep
             so
             willingly
             yielded
             to
             their
             own
             Country
             shepherds
             ,
             were
             with
             so
             ill-will
             paid
             to
             Menalcas
             ,
             as
             thinking
             they
             were
             not
             only
             ill
             treated
             ,
             but
             tyrannically
             massacred
             ,
             they
             seemed
             to
             be
             glad
             that
             they
             were
             become
             barren
             ,
             and
             laught
             to
             see
             their
             shepherd
             undone
             .
          
           
             Menalcas
             being
             exceedingly
             afflicted
             at
             this
             novelty
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             send
             to
             Switzerland
             for
             a
             new
             regiment
             of
             dogs
             ,
             to
             bring
             his
             sheep
             to
             better
             obedience
             ;
             which
             remedy
             proved
             both
             chargeable
             and
             unfortunate
             ;
             for
             these
             dogs
             growing
             so
             cruel
             to
             the
             sheep
             ,
             as
             even
             to
             worry
             them
             ,
             and
             eat
             them
             up
             ;
             this
             cruelty
             wrought
             such
             effect
             in
             the
             sheep
             ,
             as
             they
             began
             resolutely
             to
             throw
             off
             all
             obedience
             .
             So
             as
             afflicted
             Menalcas
             fell
             at
             last
             into
             the
             misfortune
             of
             listning
             to
             a
             Florentine
             ,
             a
             damn'd
             Master
             of
             Policy
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             wary
             shepherds
             had
             no
             better
             way
             to
             make
             forrein
             sheep
             which
             were
             disobedient
             ,
             serviceable
             unto
             them
             ,
             then
             by
             keeping
             them
             poor
             and
             lean
             ;
             which
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             was
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             proved
             so
             prejuditial
             both
             to
             the
             sheep
             and
             sheepherd
             ,
             as
             Menalcas
             could
             not
             get
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Cheese
             ,
             nor
             half
             a
             tod
             of
             wool
             from
             his
             sheep
             ,
             and
             the
             sheep
             died
             for
             want
             of
             meat
             .
             And
             in
             one
             months
             space
             ,
             Menalcas
             lost
             both
             his
             Interest
             and
             Principal
             ;
             and
             (
             which
             caused
             much
             mirth
             in
             all
             the
             Arcadian
             shepherds
             )
             from
             being
             a
             happy
             shepherd
             of
             a
             noble
             flock
             ,
             fell
             ,
             through
             his
             greedy
             ambition
             to
             be
             a
             woful
             Merchant
             of
             sheep-skins
             :
             A
             great
             misfortune
             ,
             wholly
             occasioned
             through
             the
             ignorance
             that
             men
             have
             of
             shepherds
             Arethmatick
             ,
             which
             differs
             so
             from
             the
             Merchant-like
             Arethmatick
             used
             in
             other
             affairs
             ,
             as
             Menalcas
             who
             gained
             500
             crowns
             a
             year
             by
             500
             sheep
             ,
             fell
             far
             short
             of
             getting
             a
             thousand
             ,
             by
             a
             thousand
             .
             For
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             in
             common
             Arethmatick
             twice
             five
             ,
             makes
             ten
             ,
             and
             thrice
             five
             ,
             fifteen
             ,
             and
             so
             forward
             ;
             but
             in
             Pastoral
             Arethmatick
             ,
             twice
             five
             ,
             makes
             three
             ,
             thrice
             five
             makes
             one
             ,
             and
             four
             times
             five
             ,
             makes
             that
             cypher
             which
             ruins
             as
             many
             as
             by
             grasping
             at
             too
             much
             ,
             holds
             fast
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vertuosi
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               in
               the
               Assembly
               of
               Focide
               ,
               decide
               the
               mystery
               of
               an
               Host
               ;
               and
               find
               the
               keeping
               of
               an
               Inn
               to
               be
               a
               Noble
               Heroi●…k
               Vertue
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             Assembly
             which
             some
             daies
             past
             was
             celebrated
             in
             Focide
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             for
             decission
             of
             some
             Controversies
             which
             arose
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             it
             was
             resolved
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             Inn
             keeping
             was
             not
             a
             sordid
             occupation
             ,
             but
             a
             most
             worthy
             Heroick
             vertue
             ,
             only
             fit
             for
             such
             high
             spirited
             men
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             worth
             ,
             who
             born
             to
             be
             liberal
             and
             splendid
             ,
             cannot
             endure
             that
             their
             purses
             should
             be
             strung
             with
             avarice
             ,
             nor
             that
             the
             Coffers
             wherein
             they
             keep
             their
             Gold
             lockt
             up
             with
             the
             key
             of
             niggerliness
             ;
             for
             they
             think
             that
             the
             use
             of
             money
             serves
             for
             nothing
             ,
             but
             the
             more
             to
             inable
             gallant
             men
             to
             do
             gallant
             things
             .
             The
             wonder
             was
             yet
             the
             greater
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             concur'd
             so
             unanimously
             in
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             as
             it
             mist
             but
             a
             little
             ,
             that
             this
             vocation
             ,
             held
             at
             first
             so
             sordid
             ,
             was
             not
             added
             as
             an
             eight
             to
             the
             seven
             Liberal
             Sciences
             .
             The
             meaner
             sort
             of
             the
             Litterati
             could
             hardly
             believe
             that
             this
             Paradox
             was
             approved
             by
             the
             noblest
             sort
             of
             Parnassus
             :
             For
             
               Aristotle
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Averoes
               ▪
            
             and
             many
             other
             antient
             Litterati
             of
             the
             first
             Classis
             ,
             did
             highly
             praise
             this
             resolution
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             confessing
             all
             ,
             that
             no
             nobler
             art
             ,
             no
             more
             honorabler
             exercise
             ,
             nor
             greater
             advantage
             could
             be
             had
             or
             made
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             Inn-keeping
             :
             Alwaies
             provided
             that
             they
             should
             be
             very
             circumspect
             in
             lodging
             certain
             quallified
             passengers
             ,
             who
             upon
             occasions
             which
             daily
             occur
             ,
             might
             with
             half
             a
             penful
             of
             ●…nk
             ▪
             and
             one
             little
             word
             ,
             make
             their
             Host
             happy
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             pay
             for
             their
             supper
             and
             horse
             meat
             ,
             but
             make
             good
             the
             losses
             he
             had
             suffered
             by
             such
             as
             feed
             upon
             other
             mens
             costs
             ,
             and
             pass
             for
             noddies
             .
          
           
             Presently
             upon
             this
             Declaration
             ,
             many
             generously
             minded
             men
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             formerly
             verst
             in
             the
             Noble
             Husbandry
             of
             sowing
             good
             turns
             ,
             and
             reaping
             gratitude
             ,
             betook
             themselves
             to
             the
             chief
             high-waies
             ,
             where
             they
             have
             built
             commodious
             Inns
             to
             take
             Sturgeons
             with
             Pilcherts
             .
             And
             
               Alberto
               Pio
               ,
               Conte
               de
               Carpi
               ,
            
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Councel
             of
             State
             ,
             dispatcht
             away
             an
             express
             by
             Post
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             his
             Nephew
             
               Octavius
               Aquaviva
            
             ,
             who
             was
             then
             in
             the
             Court
             at
             Rome
             ,
             with
             this
             news
             .
             This
             nobly
             minded
             Prince
             ,
             and
             worthy
             successor
             to
             his
             vertuous
             forefathers
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             read
             the
             Letter
             of
             so
             high
             advertisement
             ,
             took
             Post
             ,
             and
             riding
             to●…ds
             the
             high-way
             which
             leads
             from
             Rome
             to
             Tus●…ny
             ,
             did
             ●…mmediately
             erect
             a
             publick
             and
             Royal
             〈◊〉
             in
             Viterbo
             ,
             with
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             blew
             Lyon
             ,
             where
             he
             nobly
             treated
             all
             the
             Princes
             ,
             and
             other
             gallant
             Gentlemen
             that
             past
             by
             that
             way
             ;
             and
             did
             this
             with
             such
             Host-like
             chearfulness
             ,
             as
             having
             twice
             lodged
             Cardinal
             
               Nicolas
               Sfondrato
            
             very
             ▪
             suddenly
             ,
             the
             said
             Cardinal
             being
             afterwards
             made
             Pope
             ,
             remembring
             how
             good
             cheer
             his
             Host
             had
             made
             him
             at
             Viterbo
             ,
             and
             considering
             the
             Noble
             bloud
             ,
             and
             great
             worth
             and
             me●…s
             which
             did
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             so
             great
             a
             
             Prelate
             ,
             he
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             to
             Rome
             ,
             and
             discoursing
             with
             him
             of
             what
             he
             had
             eaten
             at
             his
             Inn
             ,
             did
             gratefully
             requite
             him
             with
             a
             sallet
             of
             boyl'd
             succory
             ,
             a
             dish
             of
             delicate
             porredg
             ,
             with
             Wardens
             rosted
             in
             the
             embers
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Cardinals
             Cap
             ,
             in
             despight
             of
             some
             poorly
             conditioned
             fellows
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             ashamed
             to
             give
             scurvy
             nic-names
             to
             the
             accommodation
             which
             we
             receive
             by
             being
             well
             lodged
             ,
             and
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             esteemed
             a
             great
             happiness
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Litterato
               severely
               punished
               for
               saying
               that
               Duels
               were
               sometimes
               necessary
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Argumentation
             had
             three
             daies
             ago
             between
             certain
             Litter●…
             in
             the
             Peripatetick
             Portico
             ,
             whether
             his
             Majestie
             had
             done
             well
             or
             no
             ,
             to
             forbid
             Duels
             upon
             so
             severe
             penalties
             ,
             was
             very
             remarkable
             for
             the
             m●…fortune
             it
             occasioned
             to
             some
             :
             For
             the
             Disputation
             was
             no
             sooner
             ended
             ,
             but
             those
             who
             had
             held
             that
             oft-times
             such
             differences
             might
             arise
             between
             souldiers
             and
             other
             persons
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             to
             be
             decided
             but
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             Duels
             were
             necessary
             ,
             were
             seised
             upon
             and
             condemned
             to
             the
             Gallies
             .
             The
             wonder
             of
             this
             so
             sudden
             sentence
             was
             increased
             ,
             it
             being
             clearly
             seen
             ,
             that
             even
             Justice
             her self
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             known
             to
             shew
             any
             passion
             in
             any
             whatsoever
             occasion
             ,
             did
             not
             at
             this
             time
             conceal
             her
             anger
             against
             those
             that
             were
             sentenced
             .
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             wisest
             of
             this
             Court
             say
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             much
             reason
             to
             appear
             so
             incensed
             ,
             since
             her
             reputation
             was
             so
             deeply
             concern'd
             by
             those
             who
             had
             dared
             to
             affirm
             that
             it
             was
             possible
             for
             some
             differences
             to
             fall
             out
             amongst
             men
             ,
             as
             were
             not
             to
             be
             decided
             by
             her
             Laws
             ,
             without
             the
             use
             of
             Duels
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             L.
             ADVERISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Dukes
               ,
               Marquisses
               ,
               and
               other
               Titulati
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               complain
               grievously
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               their
               honorable
               Title
               of
               Excellency
               ,
               should
               be
               given
               to
               Doctors
               of
               Law
               ,
               and
               Physick
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Duke
             of
             Aganippe's
             wife
             fell
             sick
             the
             last
             week
             of
             a
             dangerous
             Feaver
             ;
             he
             therefore
             forthwith
             called
             together
             a
             Colledg
             of
             the
             best
             Physitians
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             wherein
             for
             his
             better
             satisfaction
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             
             present
             himself
             .
             And
             it
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             whilst
             these
             Physitians
             were
             arguing
             the
             business
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             they
             gave
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             to
             one
             another
             :
             Whereat
             the
             Duke
             was
             so
             scandalized
             ,
             as
             not
             being
             able
             to
             endure
             that
             so
             high
             a
             Title
             ,
             and
             which
             in
             this
             our
             age
             is
             so
             ambi●…ously
             coveted
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             should
             be
             frequently
             used
             by
             those
             thread-bare
             Doctors
             ;
             not
             tarrying
             to
             hear
             their
             result
             ,
             departed
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             find
             out
             divers
             Princes
             to
             whom
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             is
             given
             ;
             and
             told
             them
             they
             must
             make
             head
             ,
             and
             no
             waies
             tollerate
             that
             so
             ●…ignal
             a
             Title
             should
             be
             abused
             by
             Doctors
             of
             ●…aw
             and
             Physick
             .
             The
             Princes
             were
             so
             wel
             pleased
             with
             this
             motion
             ,
             as
             ●…y
             immediately
             presented
             themselves
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             complained
             grievously
             that
             the
             Princely
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             should
             be
             used
             by
             those
             Doctors
             ,
             for
             whom
             the
             Title
             of
             Sir
             ,
             or
             Master
             ,
             was
             too
             much
             .
             Apollo
             gave
             them
             no
             other
             answer
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             should
             send
             for
             the
             parties
             to
             appear
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             .
             So
             as
             the
             Doctors
             of
             both
             these
             professions
             appeared
             the
             next
             day
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             (
             the
             Princes
             their
             adversaries
             being
             present
             )
             said
             it
             was
             well
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             Lawyers
             and
             Physitians
             were
             in
             the
             world
             long
             before
             there
             were
             any
             Dukes
             or
             Princes
             ,
             who
             had
             their
             beginnings
             only
             since
             the
             Goths
             ,
             and
             other
             barbarous
             Nations
             passing
             into
             Italy
             ,
             divided
             it
             amongst
             them
             ,
             into
             petty
             Principalities
             ,
             till
             when
             the
             names
             of
             Dukes
             ,
             Marquisses
             ,
             and
             Earls
             were
             never
             heard
             of
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             and
             Physick
             ,
             from
             the
             first
             plantation
             of
             Learning
             ,
             had
             the
             Title
             of
             excellency
             given
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             ever
             since
             peacefully
             possest
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             first
             Titolati
             which
             were
             seen
             in
             Italy
             ,
             took
             upon
             them
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             thing
             which
             was
             highly
             esteemed
             of
             by
             Lawyers
             and
             Physitians
             ;
             and
             that
             since
             the
             Titolati
             were
             of
             much
             later
             standing
             then
             Doctors
             ,
             no
             Justice
             would
             permit
             that
             the
             latter
             should
             deprive
             the
             more
             ancient
             ,
             of
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             :
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Princes
             their
             adversaries
             thought
             that
             that
             〈◊〉
             was
             of
             less
             repute
             for
             being
             used
             to
             Sholars
             ,
             they
             might
             leave
             it
             ,
             and
             take
             to
             themselves
             one
             which
             they
             should
             like
             better
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             were
             very
             sorry
             ,
             that
             in
             these
             Modern
             times
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             should
             be
             of
             so
             small
             esteem
             ,
             as
             it
             should
             be
             accounted
             a
             dishonour
             that
             Physitians
             and
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             should
             use
             the
             Title
             of
             excellency
             ,
             which
             the
             ancient
             Dukes
             took
             from
             Doctors
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             which
             they
             did
             much
             value
             .
             And
             then
             they
             added
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             eternal
             glory
             of
             Learning
             and
             to
             incourage
             men
             to
             learn
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             the
             rewards
             of
             honorable
             Studies
             ought
             rather
             to
             be
             increased
             then
             diminished
             .
             To
             this
             the
             Princes
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             first
             foundation
             laid
             by
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             that
             the
             Titolati
             had
             taken
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             from
             them
             ,
             was
             false
             ▪
             for
             that
             the
             most
             of
             them
             had
             purchast
             it
             at
             deer
             rates
             from
             Supream
             Princes
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Doctors
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             if
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             at
             dear
             rates
             ,
             made
             for
             any
             advantage
             in
             this
             dispute
             ,
             the
             Doctors
             of
             both
             these
             professions
             might
             say
             that
             they
             had
             paid
             dearly
             for
             the
             degree
             of
             Doctor
             ,
             which
             brought
             with
             it
             the
             ●…itle
             of
             Excellency
             to
             the
             Colledg
             which
             had
             given
             them
             that
             Degree
             .
             The
             Princes
             reply'd
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             contempt
             and
             derision
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             very
             strange
             that
             Doctors
             should
             pretend
             to
             parallel
             their
             excellencies
             which
             might
             cost
             them
             50
             crowns
             ,
             with
             that
             of
             Dukes
             and
             Princes
             which
             required
             many
             thousands
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             one
             and
             the
             others
             excellency
             ,
             was
             easily
             discerned
             by
             the
             difference
             of
             the
             price
             .
             It
             appeared
             strange
             to
             
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             the
             Princes
             should
             presume
             to
             enjoy
             the
             name
             of
             Excellency
             at
             a
             dear
             rate
             :
             and
             he
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             by
             their
             monies
             had
             purchased
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Estate
             which
             they
             possest
             ,
             not
             the
             vain-glorious
             Title
             .
             But
             that
             Doctors
             who
             did
             first
             possess
             the
             substance
             of
             learning
             by
             their
             perpetual
             labour
             and
             watchings
             ,
             might
             justly
             say
             that
             they
             had
             purchast
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             when
             they
             parted
             with
             their
             monies
             for
             the
             Degree
             of
             Doctor
             .
             To
             this
             the
             Princes
             answered
             with
             a
             deep
             sigh
             fetcht
             even
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             their
             heart
             ,
             that
             his
             Majestie
             was
             in
             the
             wrong
             ;
             for
             many
             of
             them
             had
             purchast
             the
             Title
             without
             any
             State
             ;
             when
             to
             a
             Castle
             or
             place
             wh●…
             they
             had
             enjoy'd
             from
             their
             Supreme
             Prince
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             Baron
             or
             Lord
             ,
             they
             had
             purchast
             the
             Title
             of
             Duke
             or
             Prince
             ,
             only
             that
             they
             might
             be
             honoured
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             much
             distasted
             hereat
             ,
             as
             he
             presently
             made
             an
             Edict
             ,
             whereby
             he
             commanded
             all
             Kings
             and
             Emperors
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             future
             they
             should
             abstain
             from
             such
             like
             Mercandize
             ,
             as
             from
             a
             thing
             unlawfull
             ;
             and
             granted
             all
             Priviledges
             and
             Prerogatives
             which
             the
             Law
             by
             way
             of
             charity
             doth
             afford
             to
             Widows
             ,
             Orphans
             ,
             Idiots
             ,
             and
             other
             miserable
             people
             in
             demanding
             full
             restitution
             
               ex
               capite
               enormissimae
               saesionis
            
             ,
             to
             those
             silly
             people
             who
             would
             throw
             away
             their
             money
             to
             buy
             smoak
             without
             roast-meat
             .
             Then
             to
             rid
             himself
             of
             this
             troublesom
             controversie
             between
             the
             Princes
             and
             Doctors
             ,
             he
             referred
             it
             to
             the
             Tribunal
             of
             the
             sage
             Grandees
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             who
             upon
             hearing
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             were
             to
             determin
             it
             :
             Before
             whom
             when
             the
             Dukes
             and
             Doctors
             appeared
             ,
             after
             two
             hours
             dispute
             ,
             those
             Judges
             gave
             sentence
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             which
             was
             used
             by
             Doctors
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             Princes
             ,
             was
             of
             the
             same
             matter
             ,
             quality
             and
             substance
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             the
             goods
             of
             Fortune
             which
             was
             honoured
             in
             Princes
             with
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             and
             in
             Doctors
             ,
             those
             of
             the
             mind
             .
             The
             Dukes
             thought
             then
             that
             the
             sentence
             was
             favorable
             on
             their
             behalf
             ;
             wherefore
             with
             a
             scornful
             smile
             they
             said
             to
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             These
             Judges
             have
             cleared
             the
             question
             once
             for
             ever
             .
             At
             the
             hearing
             whereof
             ,
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             who
             smiled
             inwardly
             at
             the
             simplicity
             of
             these
             Titolati
             ,
             not
             to
             give
             themselves
             any
             further
             trouble
             ,
             answered
             nothing
             .
             But
             when
             the
             Princes
             had
             conferred
             with
             their
             Learned
             Councel
             ,
             who
             told
             them
             that
             the
             sentence
             made
             for
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             they
             prest
             his
             Majestie
             that
             they
             might
             be
             suffered
             to
             appeal
             :
             Apollo
             troubled
             at
             the
             Princes
             pressures
             ,
             bad
             them
             be
             quiet
             ;
             for
             they
             vilified
             the
             Title
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             who
             bought
             it
             with
             their
             monies
             ;
             not
             they
             who
             had
             won
             by
             their
             labour
             and
             study
             :
             And
             that
             if
             the
             Dukes
             ,
             and
             other
             T●…tolati
             would
             purchase
             infinite
             honor
             to
             themselves
             ,
             they
             should
             open
             their
             purses
             ,
             and
             by
             rewarding
             the
             Professers
             of
             Learning
             acquire
             unto
             themselves
             the
             Title
             of
             Liberal
             ;
             which
             with
             men
             of
             sound
             judgement
             ,
             and
             perfect
             understanding
             ,
             was
             thought
             to
             be
             much
             above
             that
             of
             Excellency
             ,
             Highness
             ,
             nay
             even
             that
             of
             Cesars
             sacred
             Imperial
             Majesty
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LI.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Marquiss
               who
               caused
               his
               Genealogy
               to
               be
               made
               by
               
                 Scipio
                 Ammerati
              
               ,
               found
               himself
               so
               ill
               dealt
               with
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               he
               redemands
               the
               reward
               he
               gave
               him
               .
            
          
           
             AT
             
               Scipio
               Ammerato's
            
             first
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             he
             opened
             a
             publick
             shop
             ,
             where
             he
             still
             professes
             the
             mystery
             of
             making
             Genealogies
             ,
             and
             Pedigrees
             for
             principal
             Families
             ,
             at
             which
             he
             is
             so
             expert
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             the
             chief
             work
             in
             this
             Court
             of
             that
             nature
             .
             Wherefore
             some
             months
             ago
             a
             Marquiss
             of
             some
             condition
             desired
             him
             that
             he
             would
             draw
             a
             Pedigree
             of
             all
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             endeavor
             carefully
             to
             find
             out
             the
             first
             original
             thereof
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             would
             not
             be
             unthankful
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             in
             part
             of
             payment
             he
             presently
             gave
             him
             200
             crowns
             of
             Gold.
             Ammerato
             spent
             divers
             months
             in
             this
             business
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             found
             all
             that
             was
             possible
             to
             be
             found
             of
             that
             Lords
             Family
             ,
             and
             drew
             it
             up
             into
             an
             exact
             form
             .
             By
             that
             Genealogy
             it
             was
             seen
             that
             this
             Lords
             Predicessors
             had
             been
             Marquisses
             for
             above
             one
             hundred
             years
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             first
             of
             his
             Family
             that
             possessed
             any
             Estate
             was
             a
             Captain
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             good
             service
             done
             to
             an
             Emperor
             of
             Germany
             ,
             had
             a
             Castle
             given
             him
             ,
             which
             was
             called
             Marquiss
             .
             Ammeratus
             found
             that
             this
             Captains
             Father
             was
             a
             Physitian
             ,
             that
             this
             Physitian
             was
             the
             son
             of
             a
             Notary
             ,
             that
             the
             Father
             of
             this
             Notary
             was
             an
             Oyl-man
             ,
             descended
             from
             a
             Serjeant
             ,
             who
             for
             some
             roguery
             was
             hanged
             ;
             that
             this
             Serjeant
             was
             son
             to
             a
             Matrix-maker
             ,
             who
             was
             descended
             from
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             who
             for
             having
             conspired
             against
             his
             Prince
             ,
             was
             put
             to
             death
             :
             Whose
             son
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             very
             young
             ,
             being
             sent
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Savoy
             to
             shift
             for
             himself
             ,
             was
             taken
             into
             the
             house
             of
             meer
             charity
             by
             the
             said
             Matrix-maker
             ,
             who
             having
             taught
             him
             his
             Art
             ,
             adopted
             him
             his
             son
             .
             The
             Gentleman
             of
             Savoy
             was
             son
             to
             a
             great
             Count
             ,
             whose
             Father
             ,
             Grand-father
             ,
             great
             Grand-father
             ,
             and
             great
             great
             Grand-father
             had
             been
             of
             good
             esteem
             in
             that
             County
             ,
             which
             was
             purchast
             by
             a
             Courtier
             ,
             a
             great
             favorit
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             that
             time
             .
             This
             Courtier
             was
             found
             by
             authentick
             Records
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             son
             of
             a
             certain
             Jew
             ,
             whose
             name
             was
             Salamon
             ,
             who
             becoming
             afterwards
             a
             Christian
             ,
             was
             called
             Arnoldo
             ;
             and
             this
             Jew
             being
             come
             from
             Rhodes
             ,
             his
             pedigree
             could
             be
             no
             further
             pried
             into
             :
             Ammirato
             having
             arived
             at
             this
             ,
             presented
             the
             Lord
             with
             this
             Genealogy
             ;
             who
             seeing
             the
             great
             bulk
             thereof
             ,
             not
             looking
             into
             the
             contents
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             well
             satisfied
             ,
             and
             gave
             Ammirato
             a
             thousand
             crowns
             .
             But
             when
             he
             read
             the
             loathsomness
             of
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             the
             mean
             condition
             of
             divers
             who
             were
             registered
             in
             his
             Genealogy
             ,
             he
             returned
             to
             Ammirato
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             instead
             of
             an
             honorable
             pedigree
             which
             he
             had
             desired
             him
             to
             make
             ,
             he
             had
             composed
             an
             infamous
             Libel
             against
             him
             .
             Then
             giving
             him
             back
             his
             Genealogy
             ,
             re-demanded
             the
             moneys
             which
             he
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             he
             used
             to
             reward
             those
             who
             would
             cover
             his
             shame
             ,
             not
             those
             who
             would
             lay
             it
             open
             to
             the
             world
             .
             But
             he
             was
             soon
             quieted
             ,
             when
             Ammirato
             told
             him
             he
             should
             do
             wisely
             in
             not
             being
             over-curious
             in
             seeking
             
             far
             into
             the
             Antiquity
             of
             his
             house
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             wheel
             of
             this
             world
             turning
             continually
             round
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             short
             space
             of
             time
             laying
             those
             low
             ,
             who
             a
             little
             before
             were
             at
             the
             highest
             pitch
             ,
             they
             who
             were
             too
             ambitiously
             desirous
             to
             know
             who
             their
             progenitors
             were
             from
             the
             flood
             ,
             would
             find
             many
             in
             their
             Genealogy
             stained
             with
             the
             like
             blemishes
             as
             his
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               dispute
               arising
               amongst
               the
               Vertuosio
               touching
               the
               truth
               of
               certain
               Sayings
               and
               Speeches
               of
               wise
               men
               ,
               their
               true
               meanings
               were
               argued
               and
               resolved
               in
               the
               General
               Dyet
               celebrated
               in
               Helicon
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Sayings
             ,
             Sentences
             and
             Answers
             of
             the
             wise
             ,
             are
             the
             Laws
             ,
             Acts
             ,
             and
             Statutes
             which
             are
             observed
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             this
             State
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Apollo
             is
             very
             careful
             that
             they
             may
             be
             perfectly
             true
             ,
             and
             exactly
             good
             .
             And
             because
             many
             days
             since
             a
             great
             dispute
             arose
             amongst
             the
             Literati
             touching
             the
             truth
             of
             some
             of
             them
             ;
             according
             to
             custom
             ,
             in
             a
             business
             of
             so
             great
             weight
             ,
             the
             General
             Diet
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             was
             intimated
             in
             Helicon
             :
             Wherein
             the
             first
             thing
             that
             was
             called
             in
             question
             was
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             the
             common
             saying
             was
             true
             ,
             That
             wise
             men
             and
             fools
             are
             cozened
             by
             fair
             words
             and
             foul
             deeds
             .
             Many
             were
             for
             the
             Affirmative
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             cunning
             of
             divers
             modern
             wits
             was
             arrived
             at
             that
             height
             of
             double
             dealing
             ,
             as
             there
             were
             many
             good
             people
             ,
             who
             being
             fed
             with
             good
             words
             ,
             were
             afterwards
             paid
             with
             bad
             performances
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             daily
             seen
             ,
             that
             double
             dealers
             did
             by
             their
             fallacious
             speeches
             turn
             and
             winde
             plain
             meaning
             men
             as
             they
             listed
             ,
             and
             led
             them
             by
             the
             nose
             at
             their
             pleasure
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             held
             generally
             to
             be
             wise
             men
             .
             Yet
             it
             was
             resolved
             by
             the
             major
             part
             of
             the
             Dyet
             ,
             that
             in
             times
             past
             the
             saying
             was
             allovv'd
             of
             with
             much
             reason
             ,
             and
             practised
             as
             a
             true
             one
             ;
             but
             that
             novv
             adays
             by
             the
             overdaring
             boldness
             of
             dissemblers
             ,
             vvho
             vvere
             openly
             seen
             to
             cheat
             and
             cozen
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             simplest
             ,
             and
             very
             Ideots
             vvere
             so
             opened
             ,
             as
             believing
             onely
             such
             things
             as
             they
             savv
             plainly
             by
             noon-day
             ,
             and
             touched
             vvith
             their
             hands
             ,
             none
             but
             fools
             vvere
             cheated
             vvith
             good
             vvords
             and
             bad
             deeds
             ;
             for
             vvise
             men
             vvho
             vvere
             avvare
             of
             these
             vvicked
             mens
             vvays
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             not
             at
             all
             believe
             them
             ,
             but
             holding
             them
             to
             be
             Crosbiters
             and
             Cutpurses
             .
             shunn'd
             them
             as
             they
             vvould
             do
             the
             Plague
             :
             So
             as
             such
             as
             these
             being
             upbraided
             with
             their
             double
             dealing
             ,
             durst
             no
             longer
             shevv
             their
             faces
             amongst
             honest
             men
             ;
             but
             like
             Ovvls
             and
             Bats
             ,
             appeared
             onely
             by
             night
             ,
             to
             hide
             their
             shame
             by
             darkness
             .
             It
             vvas
             next
             taken
             into
             consideration
             ,
             vvhether
             the
             proverb
             ,
             
               Omne
               solum
               Forti
               patria
               est
            
             ,
             To
             a
             stout
             man
             all
             the
             vvorld
             is
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             vvere
             absolutely
             true
             or
             no.
             The
             first
             day
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             vvholly
             spent
             in
             hot
             disputation
             upon
             this
             point
             ,
             the
             Dyet
             seemed
             to
             think
             it
             vvas
             a
             great
             error
             to
             question
             a
             Sentence
             ,
             vvhich
             till
             then
             vvas
             held
             undeniable
             by
             the
             unanimous
             consent
             of
             all
             Schools
             ;
             since
             
             it
             vvas
             plainly
             seen
             ,
             that
             gallant
             and
             worthy
             men
             were
             cherished
             and
             welcome
             vvheresoever
             they
             came
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             Prophet
             being
             approved
             of
             in
             his
             ovvn
             Countrey
             ,
             men
             highly
             minded
             ,
             and
             of
             generous
             spirits
             ,
             had
             reason
             to
             account
             that
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             vvhere
             their
             vvorth
             vvas
             valued
             ;
             and
             vvhere
             ,
             vvithout
             being
             envyed
             by
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             every
             man
             was
             valued
             according
             to
             his
             true
             vvorth
             ,
             that
             they
             onely
             should
             esteem
             that
             for
             their
             Countrey
             wherein
             they
             were
             born
             ,
             whose
             foolish
             behaviours
             abroad
             made
             them
             be
             accounted
             odious
             foreigners
             ;
             yet
             the
             adverse
             party
             had
             the
             better
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             saying
             was
             repealed
             as
             false
             :
             For
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             the
             Dyet
             ,
             it
             was
             found
             to
             be
             directly
             contrary
             to
             the
             Divine
             will
             of
             God
             :
             For
             God
             being
             pleased
             ,
             for
             reasons
             unknown
             to
             man
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             whole
             fabrick
             of
             the
             earth
             of
             a
             like
             fertillity
             and
             pleasantness
             ;
             and
             yet
             it
             being
             his
             will
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             barren
             mountains
             should
             be
             as
             well
             inhabited
             by
             men
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             fruitful
             valleys
             ,
             and
             the
             scorch'd
             and
             frozen
             climates
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Temperate
             ,
             he
             with
             wisdom
             worthy
             of
             himself
             ,
             did
             infuse
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             so
             excessive
             a
             love
             unto
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             thereby
             obfuscating
             his
             judgement
             and
             understanding
             ;
             as
             he
             hath
             taken
             from
             man
             the
             knowledge
             of
             better
             ,
             who
             still
             thinks
             that
             Countrey
             the
             most
             delicious
             where
             he
             is
             born
             :
             A
             love
             so
             necessary
             ,
             as
             were
             humane
             creatures
             deprived
             thereof
             ,
             they
             would
             abandon
             the
             Craggy
             Alpes
             ,
             the
             frozen
             Northern
             parts
             ,
             and
             the
             scorched
             Southern
             ones
             ,
             and
             with
             infinite
             confusion
             flock
             all
             of
             them
             to
             the
             temperate
             Countreys
             of
             Europe
             and
             Asia
             ;
             and
             that
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             creatures
             did
             clearly
             evidence
             this
             ,
             who
             governing
             themselves
             by
             natural
             precepts
             ,
             were
             seen
             to
             live
             perpetually
             in
             those
             Countreys
             wherein
             they
             were
             bred
             ;
             and
             though
             they
             were
             swift
             of
             wing
             ,
             and
             fleet
             of
             foot
             ,
             yet
             they
             were
             contented
             with
             the
             small
             circuit
             of
             their
             own
             Countrey
             .
             That
             therefore
             Hares
             ,
             when
             hunted
             from
             their
             seats
             by
             dogs
             ,
             in
             flying
             from
             them
             are
             so
             frighted
             with
             the
             sight
             of
             new
             Countreys
             as
             fearing
             new
             places
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             hounds
             teeth
             ,
             they
             return
             to
             dye
             where
             they
             were
             first
             started
             .
             That
             the
             curiosity
             of
             man
             had
             observed
             ,
             that
             Swallows
             by
             so
             long
             a
             Tract
             both
             by
             sea
             and
             land
             ,
             return
             to
             build
             their
             nests
             in
             the
             same
             place
             from
             whence
             they
             went
             the
             year
             before
             .
             After
             this
             averdment
             ,
             it
             was
             much
             disputed
             by
             the
             Deputies
             of
             the
             Dyet
             ,
             whether
             the
             proverb
             
               Festina
               lente
            
             ,
             were
             true
             or
             no
             ?
             And
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             being
             impossible
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             both
             to
             run
             and
             walk
             slowly
             ,
             the
             proverb
             contained
             contrarieties
             ,
             and
             was
             therefore
             impossible
             to
             be
             put
             in
             practise
             ;
             for
             slowness
             could
             not
             consist
             with
             swiftness
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             use
             mature
             deliberation
             ,
             where
             precipitation
             was
             wisdom
             .
             And
             in
             this
             particular
             Tacitus
             his
             opinion
             was
             much
             approved
             ,
             who
             freely
             said
             ,
             that
             
               Nullus
               cunctationis
               locus
               est
               in
               co
               concilio
               ,
               quod
               non
               potest
               ●…duri
               ,
               nisi
               peractum
               :
               quia
               non
               cunctatione
               op●…s
               ubi
               per●…tior
               fit
               quies
               quam
               Temeritas
               .
               Tacit.
               lib
               1.
               
               Histor.
            
             there
             is
             no
             room
             for
             delay
             in
             that
             advice
             ,
             which
             admits
             not
             of
             praise
             till
             it
             be
             executed
             ;
             for
             where
             pawsing
             is
             more
             dangerous
             then
             rashness
             ,
             there
             needs
             no
             delay
             .
             In
             this
             variety
             of
             opinion
             ,
             the
             Dyet
             that
             they
             might
             maturely
             resolve
             the
             business
             ,
             caused
             the
             Emperor
             
               Flavius
               Vespatianus
            
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             ,
             whom
             they
             demanded
             in
             what
             sense
             he
             who
             first
             used
             that
             saying
             
               Festina
               lente
            
             ,
             dict
             understand
             it
             ;
             and
             whether
             by
             those
             words
             he
             would
             teach
             others
             Mature
             haste
             .
             To
             this
             Vespatian
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             set
             up
             the
             Impress
             of
             the
             Anchor
             and
             the
             Do●…phin
             ,
             with
             the
             
             motto
             which
             was
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             in
             that
             sense
             which
             was
             afterwards
             commonly
             given
             unto
             it
             ;
             for
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             many
             occasions
             might
             happen
             ,
             wherein
             precipitation
             was
             to
             be
             esteemed
             great
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             first
             to
             act
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             argue
             and
             resolve
             .
             But
             that
             by
             
               Festina
               lente
            
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             wisely
             admonished
             his
             Romans
             
               Lente
               Festinare
            
             ,
             to
             be
             flower
             in
             making
             feasts
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             Rome
             where
             there
             were
             many
             Beagles
             which
             were
             very
             well
             sented
             to
             find
             out
             wild
             beasts
             ,
             though
             in
             never
             so
             secure
             a
             harbour
             ;
             and
             great
             store
             of
             swift-Greyhounds
             ,
             and
             abundance
             of
             those
             two
             legged
             Animals
             ,
             who
             being
             of
             a
             wilde
             nature
             ,
             
               Fiunt
               occupantis
            
             ,
             have
             no
             certain
             owner
             ,
             the
             too
             frequent
             use
             of
             feasts
             was
             nothing
             else
             but
             to
             hunt
             for
             Horns
             ,
             and
             fill
             ones
             budget
             with
             them
             .
             After
             this
             Interpretation
             of
             his
             impress
             ,
             given
             by
             Vespatian
             ,
             which
             was
             fully
             satisfactory
             to
             the
             whole
             Dyet
             .
             It
             was
             propounded
             ,
             whether
             the
             usual
             proverb
             ,
             
               Rosso
               Mal
               pel●…
            
             ,
             beware
             of
             a
             red
             head
             were
             true
             or
             no
             ?
             And
             because
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             those
             that
             have
             red
             hair
             drink
             most
             ,
             and
             therefore
             are
             accounted
             brave
             fellows
             ,
             jovial
             companions
             ,
             truth
             tellers
             ,
             and
             pleasantly
             disposed
             ,
             no
             ways
             revengeful
             nor
             cruel
             ,
             but
             much
             given
             to
             pastime
             ;
             red
             hair
             seemed
             to
             be
             best
             ,
             for
             those
             who
             desired
             to
             appear
             before
             men
             with
             countenances
             which
             might
             purchase
             them
             good
             will
             and
             credit
             amongst
             men
             .
             The
             Dyet
             did
             unanimously
             vote
             for
             the
             repealing
             of
             the
             proverb
             ,
             and
             vvith
             a
             joynt
             vote
             declared
             it
             to
             be
             false
             .
             When
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             that
             the
             decree
             vvas
             entring
             ,
             the
             vertuous
             Lady
             
               Victoria
               Colonna
            
             ,
             vvho
             in
             the
             Dyet
             represented
             the
             vvhole
             University
             of
             Poetesses
             ,
             briskly
             opposed
             it
             ,
             and
             caused
             the
             vvhole
             Dyet
             to
             alter
             their
             opinion
             .
             For
             she
             told
             them
             ,
             That
             they
             had
             revoked
             the
             truest
             saying
             that
             ever
             proceeded
             from
             the
             mouth
             of
             any
             vvise
             Philosopher
             :
             For
             (
             said
             she
             )
             the
             proverb
             
               Rosso
               mal
               pelo
            
             ,
             did
             not
             vvarn
             men
             (
             as
             it
             vvas
             commonly
             believed
             )
             to
             bevvare
             of
             red
             hair
             ,
             but
             vvomen
             ,
             and
             especially
             married
             vvives
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             by
             all
             means
             avoid
             it
             ,
             as
             a
             treacherous
             hair
             .
             For
             there
             being
             but
             fevv
             men
             of
             that
             complexion
             ,
             if
             one
             of
             them
             chance
             to
             be
             more
             then
             ordinary
             gracious
             with
             a
             Lady
             ,
             he
             is
             sooner
             taken
             notice
             of
             for
             a
             Whore-master
             ,
             then
             those
             vvhose
             more
             ordinary
             hair
             serves
             to
             cloak
             their
             knavery
             .
             The
             interpretation
             given
             by
             the
             Lady
             Victoria
             ,
             appeared
             to
             the
             vvhole
             Dyet
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             and
             vvorthy
             the
             judgement
             of
             so
             noble
             a
             Poetess
             .
             So
             as
             vvhen
             this
             controversie
             vvas
             ended
             ,
             the
             great
             Delfick
             Chancellour
             questioned
             the
             saying
             ,
             
               Ubi
               Bonum
               ibi
               patria
            
             ,
             great
             diligence
             vvas
             used
             in
             the
             discussing
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             :
             and
             the
             Literati
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Humane
             felicity
             ,
             consisting
             in
             the
             vvealth
             vvhich
             men
             possess
             ,
             they
             knevv
             not
             v●…hy
             that
             should
             not
             be
             esteemed
             a
             mans
             happiest
             Countrey
             ,
             vvhere
             his
             greatest
             riches
             lay
             ,
             for
             the
             Countrey
             vvhere
             men
             live
             by
             their
             labour
             ,
             and
             by
             vvages
             purchast
             by
             svveat
             ,
             vvas
             by
             vvise
             men
             esteemed
             an
             unfortunate
             abode
             ,
             not
             a
             delicious
             Countrey
             .
             It
             vvas
             notvvithstanding
             unanimously
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             That
             in
             former
             times
             the
             proverb
             vvas
             held
             to
             be
             very
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             these
             days
             ,
             vvherein
             the
             ravenous
             nails
             of
             Fischi
             ,
             Promoters
             vvere
             grovvn
             longer
             then
             Vultures
             clavvs
             ,
             or
             Lyons
             pavvs
             ,
             and
             vvherein
             great
             revenues
             ,
             upon
             occasion
             of
             any
             Delinquency
             imputed
             to
             vvealthy
             men
             ,
             served
             of
             times
             for
             conclusive
             proofs
             ,
             and
             undeniable
             arguments
             ,
             to
             enrich
             Princes
             Treasury
             by
             confiscasions
             ,
             it
             vvas
             a
             blessed
             thing
             to
             live
             in
             Italy
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             mans
             estate
             in
             Iapan
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               at
               last
               grants
               admittance
               into
               Parnassus
               to
               
                 Francisco
                 Sforza
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Milan
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               long
               denyed
               to
               do
               ,
               upon
               a
               hard
               condition
               ,
               which
               he
               accepted
               of
               .
            
          
           
             COunt
             
               Fr.
               Sforza
            
             ,
             he
             who
             by
             his
             extraordinary
             military
             valor
             purchast
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Millan
             ,
             whereby
             he
             rendred
             his
             Family
             as
             famous
             and
             honourable
             as
             the
             like
             of
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             .
             Though
             140
             years
             be
             past
             ,
             since
             at
             the
             great
             desire
             of
             the
             Souldiery
             and
             Literati
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             the
             confines
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             never
             suffered
             by
             Apollo
             to
             enter
             into
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             chiefest
             Princes
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             did
             always
             admire
             the
             great
             worth
             of
             so
             gallant
             a
             man
             ,
             have
             perpetually
             interceded
             for
             him
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             notwithstanding
             ,
             without
             ever
             making
             the
             cause
             known
             ,
             hath
             always
             denyed
             him
             that
             favour
             .
             But
             being
             prest
             thereunto
             much
             more
             then
             usually
             eight
             moneths
             ago
             by
             Lodowick
             the
             eleventh
             ,
             King
             of
             
               France
               .
               Apollo
            
             answered
             resolutely
             ,
             That
             he
             infinitely
             loved
             Sforza's
             worth
             and
             extraordinary
             merit
             ,
             but
             that
             for
             good
             respects
             he
             would
             not
             admit
             so
             scandalous
             a
             man
             into
             Parnassus
             .
             To
             this
             that
             King
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             knowing
             ,
             couragiously
             answered
             ,
             that
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Dukes
             extraordinary
             military
             valour
             ,
             his
             excellency
             in
             councel
             ,
             his
             singular
             dexterity
             ,
             his
             quick
             dispatch
             ,
             his
             continually
             uncorrupted
             faith
             ,
             and
             his
             other
             heroick
             vertues
             ,
             wherein
             he
             did
             so
             abound
             ,
             he
             thought
             that
             the
             true
             Patron
             of
             worthy
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             the
             Idea
             of
             a
             Prince
             greatly
             wise
             in
             peace
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             valliant
             in
             war
             ,
             was
             rather
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             then
             any
             thing
             that
             was
             scandalous
             .
             To
             this
             reply
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             gain-say
             the
             Dukes
             great
             deserts
             ;
             but
             that
             man
             beginning
             happily
             already
             to
             discern
             the
             false
             Alchimy
             of
             the
             Militia
             ,
             and
             the
             unhappy
             use
             of
             the
             Souldiers
             craft
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             by
             admitting
             of
             the
             Duke
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             renew
             the
             reputation
             of
             rash
             and
             hiddy
             giddy
             men
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             foolish
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             for
             their
             greater
             calamities
             ,
             were
             more
             encouraged
             to
             despise
             the
             danger
             of
             Navigation
             ,
             for
             one
             onely
             ship
             that
             returned
             safe
             into
             the
             haven
             ,
             then
             they
             were
             terrified
             for
             1000
             that
             were
             sunk
             in
             the
             sea
             .
             Apollo
             added
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             more
             desirous
             to
             admit
             the
             Duke
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             then
             the
             Duke
             was
             to
             be
             there
             :
             Wherefore
             he
             wish'd
             King
             Lewis
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             very
             willingly
             grant
             his
             request
             ,
             if
             at
             his
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             he
             would
             onely
             bring
             such
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             had
             come
             to
             an
             unfortunate
             end
             in
             the
             pay
             they
             took
             from
             the
             Sforzeses
             Militia
             .
             The
             Duke
             thought
             this
             condition
             to
             be
             hard
             and
             shameful
             ;
             and
             was
             long
             in
             dispute
             with
             him self
             ,
             whether
             he
             should
             accept
             of
             it
             or
             no
             ;
             for
             the
             desire
             of
             glory
             pleaded
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             but
             then
             he
             was
             deterd
             to
             know
             that
             the
             Militia
             promising
             so
             fairly
             ,
             and
             coming
             off
             so
             ill
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             bring
             with
             him
             the
             unfortunate
             attendance
             of
             those
             that
             were
             miserable
             ,
             and
             much
             to
             be
             bemoned
             .
             In
             this
             so
             great
             doubt
             ,
             this
             Heroes
             endelss
             desire
             of
             glory
             got
             the
             upperhand
             ;
             wherefore
             
             he
             signified
             to
             Apollo
             by
             his
             Secretary
             Simonetta
             ,
             that
             he
             willingly
             accepted
             of
             what
             was
             proffered
             him
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             ;
             and
             Apollo
             immediately
             appointed
             a
             day
             for
             his
             entrance
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             19
             of
             this
             present
             moneth
             .
             When
             the
             Princes
             and
             famous
             Commanders
             of
             this
             Court
             knew
             this
             the
             Dukes
             resolution
             ,
             they
             were
             much
             troubled
             thereat
             ,
             and
             left
             nothing
             undone
             to
             make
             him
             change
             his
             resolution
             ,
             which
             they
             knew
             was
             to
             bring
             great
             prejudice
             to
             the
             whole
             Militia
             .
             But
             the
             Duke
             ,
             standing
             still
             stedfast
             to
             his
             resolution
             ,
             resolutely
             answered
             those
             Princes
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             fully
             resolved
             to
             purchase
             a
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             at
             what
             rate
             soever
             ,
             let
             whatsoever
             mischief
             befal
             the
             mysterie
             of
             war.
             For
             that
             Fisher-man
             was
             not
             to
             be
             esteemed
             ungrateful
             to
             his
             occupation
             ,
             who
             being
             grown
             very
             wealthy
             by
             the
             great
             gain
             he
             had
             got
             by
             Fishing
             ,
             burnt
             his
             boat
             ,
             and
             tore
             his
             nets
             .
             He
             presently
             therefore
             called
             for
             such
             as
             he
             did
             most
             confide
             in
             ,
             whom
             he
             commanded
             to
             muster
             together
             all
             those
             Souldiers
             who
             had
             miscarryed
             in
             the
             Sforzese
             Militia
             ,
             which
             were
             a
             very
             infinite
             number
             ;
             and
             the
             next
             Wednesday
             about
             6
             a
             clock
             ,
             the
             Duke
             all
             armed
             made
             his
             entrance
             :
             never
             was
             there
             a
             sadder
             nor
             more
             woful
             spectacle
             beheld
             :
             For
             it
             exceeded
             all
             the
             greatest
             miseries
             ,
             and
             made
             tears
             to
             fall
             even
             from
             the
             hardest
             hearted
             men
             ,
             to
             see
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             young
             men
             ,
             well
             provided
             of
             fortunes
             ,
             who
             lived
             at
             ease
             ,
             enjoying
             all
             delights
             in
             their
             fathers
             houses
             ,
             dead
             of
             hunger
             ,
             and
             starved
             in
             Hospitals
             ;
             some
             lying
             dead
             in
             ditches
             ,
             many
             on
             the
             high-ways
             ,
             and
             an
             infinite
             number
             drown'd
             ,
             serving
             for
             food
             to
             dogs
             and
             fishes
             ,
             others
             all
             rent
             with
             wounds
             ,
             some
             trod
             to
             death
             by
             horses
             ,
             others
             begging
             their
             bred
             by
             the
             high-way
             ,
             not
             having
             received
             sufficient
             recompence
             from
             those
             Princes
             in
             whose
             service
             they
             had
             lost
             their
             blood
             ,
             and
             exposed
             their
             lives
             to
             a
             thousand
             dangers
             ,
             to
             carry
             them
             back
             to
             their
             own
             houses
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             so
             unfortunately
             forgon
             .
             And
             every
             one
             wept
             when
             they
             saw
             a
             yong
             Gentleman
             of
             about
             twenty
             years
             old
             ,
             who
             being
             shot
             into
             the
             eye
             by
             a
             cross-bow
             arrow
             ,
             whereof
             he
             dyed
             ,
             and
             who
             having
             been
             told
             by
             
               Guido
               Bonati
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Astrologer
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             would
             be
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             keep
             in
             his
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             he
             might
             assuredly
             live
             to
             be
             fouscorce
             year
             old
             ;
             the
             same
             
               Guido
               Bonati
            
             tenderly
             imbracing
             him
             ,
             said
             ,
             O
             unfortunate
             young
             lad
             ,
             Why
             wert
             thou
             so
             foolish
             as
             to
             sell
             60
             years
             of
             life
             for
             sixpence
             ?
             Then
             fearful
             curses
             were
             heard
             against
             the
             first
             introducers
             of
             war.
             The
             next
             day
             after
             the
             Dukes
             entry
             ,
             the
             most
             accomplished
             Literati
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             that
             there
             was
             no
             difference
             between
             the
             miseries
             of
             war
             and
             Courtiers
             unhappiness
             .
             For
             if
             war
             were
             miserable
             ,
             Courts
             were
             nothing
             but
             afflictions
             ;
             if
             Souldiers
             were
             unhappy
             ,
             Courtiers
             were
             unfortunate
             ;
             that
             therefore
             since
             the
             sad
             spectacle
             of
             Duke
             Sforza's
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             had
             infused
             such
             dread
             into
             all
             the
             Militia
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             abhorr'd
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             equally
             advantagious
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             when
             any
             Courtier
             were
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             was
             risen
             from
             a
             mean
             condition
             to
             the
             supremest
             dignities
             ,
             he
             should
             (
             as
             the
             Duke
             had
             been
             )
             be
             accompanied
             by
             all
             those
             miserable
             Courtiers
             ,
             who
             suffering
             under
             the
             Avarice
             and
             ingratitude
             of
             several
             Princes
             ,
             dyed
             despairing
             .
             This
             advice
             was
             rejected
             by
             Apollo
             as
             pernitious
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             that
             men
             had
             more
             need
             be
             incouraged
             to
             go
             to
             Court
             ,
             then
             terrified
             from
             going
             thither
             ;
             for
             though
             but
             few
             came
             by
             any
             dignities
             ,
             wealth
             or
             honor
             ,
             yet
             all
             of
             them
             inriched
             their
             souls
             with
             the
             purchase
             of
             several
             vertues
             ;
             which
             was
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             
             he
             thought
             he
             deserved
             not
             the
             name
             of
             a
             compleat
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             having
             spent
             many
             years
             in
             Court
             ,
             had
             not
             been
             Scozzonato
             ,
             had
             not
             learnt
             his
             lesson
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LIV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               dangerous
               contention
               which
               arose
               amongst
               the
               Pedagogs
               in
               Parnassus
               upon
               a
               very
               ssight
               occasion
               ,
               is
               appeased
               by
               Apollo
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             about
             eight
             of
             the
             clock
             a
             great
             alarm
             was
             sounded
             in
             the
             Gramarian
             Quarters
             ,
             which
             made
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             run
             to
             see
             what
             the
             matter
             might
             be
             :
             and
             they
             found
             that
             the
             Schoolmasters
             ,
             Panegyrical
             writers
             and
             Commentarors
             ,
             were
             fallen
             so
             foully
             together
             by
             the
             ears
             in
             Brigadoes
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             much
             ado
             to
             part
             them
             The
             dispute
             which
             arose
             between
             them
             was
             ,
             Whether
             the
             word
             Consumptum
             were
             to
             be
             written
             with
             a
             P
             ,
             or
             onely
             with
             a
             T.
             Apollo
             was
             much
             troubled
             at
             this
             dispute
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             the
             mean
             cause
             of
             the
             quarrel
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             
               Paulus
               Manutius
            
             (
             vvho
             vvas
             thought
             to
             be
             a
             chief
             actor
             in
             this
             brabble
             )
             hit
             Lambino
             in
             the
             face
             (
             vvho
             stifly
             maintained
             the
             contrary
             opinion
             )
             with
             a
             Roman
             stone
             ,
             vvhereon
             Consumptum
             vvas
             vvritten
             vvith
             a
             P
             ,
             vvherevvith
             he
             broke
             his
             nose
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             vvho
             vvas
             at
             first
             much
             incensed
             at
             the
             Pedanticks
             mean
             folly
             ,
             vvas
             so
             highly
             scandalized
             at
             this
             nevv
             excess
             ,
             as
             he
             commanded
             the
             Pretor
             Urbano
             to
             rid
             Parnassus
             of
             that
             Sottish
             crevv
             of
             Pedants
             .
             But
             aftervvards
             ,
             at
             the
             intreaties
             of
             
               Cicero
               ,
               Quintillian
            
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             vvho
             interceded
             for
             those
             bravvling
             people
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             those
             Pedanticks
             could
             not
             fall
             out
             for
             any
             matter
             of
             moment
             ,
             vvho
             vvere
             onely
             acquainted
             vvith
             slight
             affairs
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             vvas
             appeased
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               For
               remeady
               of
               many
               disorders
               which
               are
               found
               in
               History
               ,
               a
               General
               Assembly
               of
               Historians
               being
               summoned
               ,
               Apollo
               publisheth
               a
               severe
               Edict
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               many
               Historians
               are
               reprehended
               for
               their
               errors
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             General
             Assembly
             of
             all
             Historians
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             intimated
             some
             moneths
             ago
             by
             the
             Censors
             ,
             by
             express
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             meet
             in
             Delos
             ,
             vvas
             ended
             tvvo
             days
             ago
             ,
             much
             to
             his
             Maj.
             satisfaction
             ,
             by
             reason
             
             of
             the
             excellent
             orders
             that
             therein
             vvere
             established
             in
             a
             business
             ,
             wherein
             the
             eternal
             Fame
             of
             those
             things
             consist
             ,
             which
             are
             composed
             by
             gallant
             men
             .
             This
             caused
             the
             more
             general
             content
             in
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             for
             that
             modern
             Writers
             have
             strayed
             far
             from
             those
             laws
             which
             they
             devoutly
             promised
             to
             observe
             when
             they
             took
             the
             oath
             of
             Historians
             before
             Apollo
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             importance
             of
             the
             business
             doth
             deserve
             it
             ,
             Menante
             will
             not
             grudge
             to
             give
             you
             the
             very
             Edict
             which
             was
             published
             yesterday
             morning
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             by
             the
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             in
             the
             Market
             places
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             posted
             upon
             all
             the
             Colledge
             gates
             of
             this
             State.
             
          
           
             We
             Phoebus
             ,
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             Emperor
             of
             the
             fixed
             Stars
             ,
             King
             of
             Planets
             ,
             Prince
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Light
             ,
             Marquis
             of
             Generation
             ,
             and
             Earl
             of
             all
             visible
             things
             ;
             To
             all
             our
             faithful
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             well-beloved
             Literati
             ,
             health
             .
             We
             having
             much
             to
             our
             displeasure
             found
             ,
             that
             many
             modern
             Historians
             have
             much
             wandred
             from
             that
             way
             of
             truth
             ,
             which
             was
             walked
             in
             to
             the
             publique
             good
             of
             others
             and
             their
             private
             honor
             ,
             by
             our
             faithful
             Pen-men
             
               Dionysius
               ,
               Livy
               ,
               Salust
               ,
               Tacitus
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             future
             Ages
             which
             do
             so
             eagerly
             read
             History
             ,
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             find
             truth
             from
             the
             pens
             of
             faithful
             Writers
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             abused
             by
             lies
             given
             out
             unto
             them
             by
             flattering
             and
             malicious
             ignorant
             Historians
             ,
             do
             by
             this
             our
             Edict
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             continue
             for
             ever
             ,
             call
             into
             the
             memory
             ,
             and
             give
             notice
             to
             all
             those
             who
             undertake
             the
             noble
             work
             to
             eternize
             by
             their
             writings
             the
             actions
             of
             famous
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             always
             remember
             ,
             that
             being
             to
             write
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             to
             those
             that
             are
             to
             come
             ,
             they
             publish
             writings
             full
             of
             that
             Historical
             truth
             ,
             which
             renders
             the
             names
             of
             sincere
             Pen
             men
             glorious
             and
             eternal
             to
             future
             ages
             :
             And
             that
             they
             should
             value
             the
             blame
             and
             threats
             of
             such
             as
             are
             justly
             taxed
             for
             their
             unworthy
             actions
             ,
             but
             as
             dung
             ;
             there
             being
             no
             more
             woful
             folly
             ,
             then
             continually
             to
             labor
             with
             pen
             in
             hand
             how
             to
             shame
             themselves
             ,
             by
             writing
             falsehoods
             ,
             without
             any
             advantage
             to
             those
             whom
             they
             flatter
             ,
             declaring
             ,
             that
             to
             publish
             false
             Histories
             ,
             is
             to
             assassinate
             the
             Vertuosi
             who
             read
             them
             :
             And
             therefore
             our
             will
             and
             pleasure
             is
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             run
             into
             so
             enormous
             excesses
             ,
             be
             irremissably
             punish'd
             by
             the
             like
             assassination
             .
             And
             because
             it
             is
             apparent
             that
             Princes
             have
             arrogated
             so
             much
             authority
             even
             over
             the
             free
             pens
             of
             Historians
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             suffer
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             written
             of
             them
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             fully
             to
             their
             satisfaction
             (
             a
             pretension
             which
             hath
             so
             banished
             historical
             truth
             from
             the
             pens
             of
             writers
             )
             as
             the
             great
             wits
             of
             our
             choicest
             Vertuosi
             being
             frighted
             by
             the
             base
             fawnings
             whereby
             modern
             Princes
             will
             be
             flattered
             ,
             the
             weighty
             imployment
             of
             writing
             History
             ,
             reserved
             onely
             for
             the
             choicest
             Pen-men
             ,
             is
             now
             adays
             (
             to
             the
             great
             shame
             of
             the
             present
             age
             and
             infinite
             damage
             of
             the
             future
             )
             fallen
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             ignorant
             people
             :
             We
             therefore
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             foul
             disorder
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             put
             Princes
             in
             mind
             ,
             That
             their
             Authority
             ceasing
             with
             their
             lives
             ,
             they
             are
             fools
             if
             they
             believe
             they
             are
             able
             after
             their
             deaths
             to
             hinder
             our
             Vertuosi
             from
             writing
             the
             truth
             of
             their
             actions
             to
             future
             times
             .
             And
             we
             do
             more
             particularly
             advertise
             the
             same
             Princes
             ,
             That
             their
             valliant
             carrying
             of
             themselves
             in
             affairs
             which
             require
             freedom
             ,
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             our
             faithful
             Historians
             ,
             esteeming
             themelves
             offended
             by
             so
             much
             severity
             ,
             out
             of
             meer
             rage
             of
             revenge
             ,
             after
             he
             lives
             of
             such
             Emperors
             ,
             write
             rather
             Invectives
             then
             Histories
             ,
             as
             
             the
             Emperors
             
               Tiberius
               ,
               〈◊〉
               ,
               〈◊〉
            
             and
             〈◊〉
             ,
             have
             to
             their
             great
             shame
             ●…ound
             .
             And
             to
             obviate
             the
             great
             inconvenience
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             their
             ignorance
             ▪
             who
             in
             these
             modern
             times
             do
             〈◊〉
             the
             worth
             of
             History
             by
             their
             Sottish
             writings
             ,
             o●…
             will
             and
             pleasure
             is
             and
             we
             do
             expresly
             command
             ,
             That
             hereafter
             no
             man
             ,
             of
             what
             degree
             o●…
             condition
             soever
             he
             be
             ,
             shall
             dare
             to
             write
             History
             ,
             unless
             he
             be
             first
             approved
             of
             for
             purity
             of
             language
             ,
             by
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
            
             ;
             for
             ●…ence
             by
             Livy
             ;
             for
             policy
             ,
             by
             Tacitus
             ;
             for
             the
             good
             understanding
             of
             Princes
             interest
             ,
             by
             Guicchardin
             .
             And
             more
             over
             under
             pain
             of
             perpetual
             infamy
             ,
             we
             do
             expresly
             prohibit
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             the
             writing
             particular
             Histories
             of
             any
             whatsoever
             City
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             some
             Empire
             ,
             Kingdom
             ▪
             or
             great
             Province
             :
             And
             this
             we
             do
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             precious
             jewel
             of
             Time
             be
             not
             mispent
             in
             mean
             things
             ,
             both
             by
             him
             that
             writes
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             that
             reads
             .
             And
             for
             the
             same
             reason
             we
             ordain
             ,
             That
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             lawful
             for
             any
             writer
             ,
             to
             publish
             the
             life
             of
             any
             Commander
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             commanded
             in
             chief
             in
             some
             Armies
             ,
             or
             had
             deserved
             his
             pay
             twenty
             times
             told
             ,
             won
             some
             Provinces
             ,
             besieged
             and
             taken
             some
             strong
             holds
             ,
             and
             have
             sought
             two
             set
             battels
             at
             least
             in
             open
             fields
             .
             And
             to
             take
             away
             all
             abuses
             that
             may
             be
             committed
             by
             ambitious
             men
             ,
             we
             declare
             ,
             That
             those
             whose
             lives
             any
             one
             shall
             undertake
             to
             write
             ,
             have
             the
             same
             requisite
             parts
             as
             were
             in
             Bellisarius
             ,
             in
             Narsetes
             ,
             in
             Godfrey
             of
             Bullen
             ,
             in
             
               Alexander
               Fernese
            
             .
             And
             to
             rid
             the
             world
             as
             much
             as
             may
             be
             of
             a
             certain
             arrogant
             Ambition
             which
             is
             known
             to
             reign
             in
             many
             ,
             we
             likewise
             command
             .
             That
             it
             be
             not
             lawful
             to
             write
             any
             particular
             History
             of
             any
             Family
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             made
             appear
             to
             our
             Colledge
             for
             History
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             maintained
             it self
             famous
             and
             illustrious
             in
             the
             world
             for
             full
             five
             hundred
             years
             ,
             with
             plenty
             of
             Personages
             who
             have
             put
             a
             period
             to
             important
             wars
             ,
             and
             honourable
             undertakings
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             this
             particular
             they
             take
             our
             glorious
             and
             well-beloved
             Families
             of
             the
             
               Orsina's
               ,
               Caietans
            
             and
             Collenesses
             for
             their
             examples
             .
             And
             because
             it
             is
             well
             known
             by
             many
             former
             examples
             ,
             that
             to
             suffer
             an
             ambitious
             man
             to
             write
             his
             own
             acts
             ,
             is
             to
             put
             a
             naked
             sword
             into
             a
             mad
             mans
             hands
             ,
             we
             do
             expresly
             command
             ,
             That
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             lawful
             for
             any
             one
             to
             write
             any
             Commentary
             or
             formal
             Story
             of
             his
             own
             life
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             given
             in
             sufficient
             security
             to
             contain
             himself
             within
             the
             terms
             of
             modestie
             and
             truth
             ;
             and
             unless
             he
             be
             declared
             by
             our
             Colledge
             of
             Historians
             to
             be
             so
             eminent
             a
             Personage
             ,
             as
             his
             actions
             deserve
             to
             be
             consecrated
             to
             Immortality
             for
             the
             good
             of
             future
             ages
             .
             And
             to
             extirpate
             the
             wicked
             vice
             of
             Flattery
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             to
             the
             which
             (
             to
             our
             infinite
             grief
             )
             we
             see
             our
             Vertuosi
             are
             much
             inclined
             ,
             we
             do
             expresly
             command
             ,
             That
             it
             be
             not
             lawful
             for
             any
             writer
             to
             publish
             the
             life
             of
             any
             whatsoever
             Hero
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             Emperor
             or
             King
             ,
             before
             he
             be
             dead
             ,
             allowing
             mention
             of
             men
             whilst
             alive
             to
             be
             onely
             made
             in
             general
             Histories
             ,
             or
             in
             some
             short
             particular
             Elogies
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             to
             shun
             the
             infinite
             follies
             which
             are
             daily
             seen
             in
             many
             Histories
             ,
             our
             express
             wil
             &
             pleasure
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             not
             lawful
             for
             any
             writer
             to
             compose
             the
             Historie
             of
             any
             particular
             foreign
             Nation
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             lived
             for
             the
             space
             of
             twenty
             years
             in
             that
             Countrey
             ,
             whose
             Story
             he
             will
             write
             .
             And
             for
             the
             like
             reason
             we
             do
             forbid
             any
             whatsoever
             Vertuosi
             to
             undertake
             to
             write
             History
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             travelled
             many
             Provinces
             ;
             unless
             he
             have
             been
             Secretary
             or
             Counsellour
             to
             some
             great
             Prince
             ,
             or
             be
             not
             Senator
             to
             some
             famous
             Common-wealth
             ;
             
             and
             chiefly
             unless
             he
             have
             spent
             two
             third
             parts
             of
             his
             life
             in
             following
             Courts
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             judged
             to
             be
             the
             more
             requisite
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             our
             Delfick
             Library
             we
             find
             some
             Histories
             written
             by
             Courtiers
             ,
             who
             are
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             the
             purity
             of
             Languages
             and
             of
             all
             the
             most
             important
             precepts
             of
             the
             Art
             of
             writing
             History
             ;
             but
             so
             abounding
             in
             smart
             politick
             precepts
             ,
             as
             they
             make
             clearly
             appear
             that
             it
             is
             the
             particular
             vertue
             of
             accomplished
             Courtiers
             to
             publish
             to
             posterity
             ,
             not
             such
             things
             as
             they
             have
             gathered
             up
             by
             hear-say
             ,
             but
             the
             most
             hidden
             intrinsical
             meanings
             of
             Princes
             ,
             which
             they
             by
             their
             quick
             speculative
             wits
             have
             known
             how
             to
             penetrate
             into
             .
             And
             because
             in
             many
             volumenous
             Histories
             ,
             we
             read
             bitter
             invectives
             against
             the
             Nation
             which
             is
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             place
             where
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             History
             lives
             ,
             we
             do
             here
             renew
             our
             Edicts
             published
             in
             this
             particular
             some
             years
             ago
             ;
             wherein
             for
             the
             indemnity
             of
             Historical
             truth
             from
             the
             blames
             imputed
             by
             one
             Nation
             to
             another
             adverse
             Nation
             ,
             we
             have
             ordained
             ,
             That
             an
             abatement
             shall
             be
             allowed
             of
             60
             
               per
               cent
            
             .
             And
             because
             we
             are
             assured
             ,
             That
             the
             sad
             loss
             to
             learning
             ,
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             our
             beloved
             
               Livies
               pretius
               Dechads
            
             ,
             is
             occasioned
             soly
             by
             
               Lucius
               Florus
            
             ,
             we
             do
             expresly
             command
             ,
             That
             from
             henceforth
             it
             be
             not
             lawful
             for
             any
             one
             to
             epitomize
             or
             write
             a
             breviate
             of
             the
             writings
             of
             any
             whatsoever
             Historian
             .
             So
             also
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             plenary
             power
             that
             we
             have
             over
             learning
             ,
             we
             forbid
             all
             our
             Vertuosi
             ,
             at
             any
             time
             hereafter
             to
             write
             the
             universal
             History
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             particular
             Nation
             ,
             which
             like
             the
             famous
             Romans
             ,
             French
             or
             Saracins
             have
             done
             gallant
             acts
             ,
             compendiously
             ,
             or
             in
             small
             volumes
             ;
             as
             many
             have
             done
             to
             little
             or
             no
             purpose
             ,
             who
             have
             written
             the
             actions
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             world
             to
             their
             own
             times
             ,
             in
             a
             few
             sheets
             ;
             experience
             having
             taught
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             reading
             of
             things
             so
             succinctly
             written
             ,
             is
             altogether
             unuseful
             ,
             it
             being
             unpossible
             to
             reap
             that
             abundant
             fruit
             ,
             which
             is
             tasted
             in
             particular
             Histories
             ,
             where
             not
             meerly
             
               res
               gesta
            
             ,
             the
             thing
             done
             is
             related
             ,
             but
             the
             reasons
             and
             counsels
             thereof
             .
             In
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             we
             put
             the
             reverend
             Preisthood
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             they
             attend
             to
             the
             reading
             and
             writing
             of
             sacred
             things
             ;
             and
             leave
             the
             writing
             of
             profane
             Histories
             to
             those
             lay
             people
             ,
             who
             think
             it
             a
             meretorious
             truth
             not
             a
             sinful
             murmuring
             ,
             to
             asperse
             the
             actions
             of
             Princes
             ,
             or
             private
             men
             ,
             who
             have
             done
             things
             amiss
             .
             Given
             at
             our
             Zodiack
             ,
             the
             20
             day
             after
             our
             entrance
             into
             Libra
             ,
             the
             year
             of
             our
             laborious
             course
             ,
             5570.
             
          
           
             After
             the
             publication
             of
             so
             severe
             an
             Edict
             ,
             it
             was
             whispered
             in
             this
             Court
             (
             but
             because
             the
             business
             was
             carryed
             very
             secretly
             ;
             and
             Menante
             ,
             who
             advertiseth
             nothing
             but
             truths
             ,
             tells
             it
             not
             for
             an
             assured
             verity
             )
             that
             many
             Historians
             ,
             yea
             even
             of
             the
             first
             Classis
             ,
             were
             severely
             reprehended
             :
             For
             t
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
            
             was
             commanded
             ,
             that
             within
             twenty
             days
             he
             should
             not
             fail
             to
             add
             the
             breaking
             open
             of
             the
             Roman
             Exchequer
             in
             his
             Commentary
             ,
             punctually
             as
             it
             passed
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             therein
             mention
             certain
             other
             particulars
             ,
             which
             being
             more
             then
             meanly
             loathsom
             ,
             he
             had
             forborn
             to
             relate
             ,
             lest
             it
             might
             entrench
             too
             nearly
             upon
             himself
             .
             That
             
               uetonius
               Tranquillus
            
             was
             severely
             reprehended
             ,
             for
             that
             having
             made
             more
             open
             profession
             then
             any
             other
             Literato
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             circumspect
             in
             his
             writings
             ,
             he
             had
             notwithstanding
             recounted
             such
             obscene
             lasciviousness
             of
             Tiberius
             ,
             of
             not
             forbearing
             in
             his
             lust
             to
             make
             use
             of
             sucking
             caildren
             ,
             pollutions
             which
             howsoever
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             
             spoken
             of
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             respect
             that
             Historians
             cannot
             affirm
             those
             lewd
             actions
             for
             truths
             ,
             which
             in
             point
             of
             lust
             are
             done
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             when
             doors
             are
             shut
             ;
             but
             for
             that
             such
             things
             (
             though
             truths
             )
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             touched
             upon
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             great
             scandal
             which
             they
             occasion
             ,
             ought
             rather
             to
             beburied
             in
             oblivion
             ,
             then
             divulged
             ;
             it
             being
             the
             end
             of
             all
             Historians
             to
             insert
             vertue
             into
             mens
             minds
             ,
             not
             to
             instruct
             vice
             .
             T
             is
             said
             indeed
             ,
             That
             Dion
             was
             told
             in
             milder
             terms
             ,
             that
             History
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             wholly
             real
             truths
             ,
             the
             very
             pitch
             of
             politick
             instructions
             ,
             needed
             not
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             the
             so
             often
             reiteration
             of
             those
             prodigies
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             had
             so
             heaped
             up
             his
             writings
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             even
             choak
             those
             that
             read
             them
             .
             And
             which
             was
             the
             more
             tedious
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             had
             exceeded
             the
             bounds
             of
             discretion
             ,
             both
             in
             their
             numbers
             and
             qualities
             :
             For
             Apollo
             his
             self
             smiled
             to
             see
             him
             write
             of
             so
             many
             showers
             of
             blood
             and
             stones
             ;
             he
             not
             remembring
             that
             he
             had
             ever
             exhaled
             such
             Meteors
             ,
             which
             were
             afterwards
             congealed
             into
             blood
             ,
             or
             turned
             into
             stones
             .
             It
             is
             said
             ,
             That
             
               Titus
               Livius
            
             ,
             the
             father
             of
             the
             Roman
             Histories
             ,
             blushed
             not
             a
             little
             at
             this
             reprehension
             which
             was
             given
             to
             Dion
             ;
             perhaps
             ,
             because
             he
             found
             himself
             guilty
             of
             the
             like
             errors
             :
             But
             it
             is
             certainly
             affirmed
             by
             all
             ,
             that
             Lampridius
             was
             severely
             proceeded
             against
             ;
             for
             by
             order
             of
             the
             whole
             congregation
             ,
             his
             Histories
             were
             turned
             back
             upon
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             freely
             told
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             go
             and
             teach
             those
             execrable
             lusts
             in
             the
             publike
             Classis
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             had
             so
             delighted
             himself
             to
             fill
             his
             shameful
             papers
             ,
             wherein
             he
             had
             written
             the
             lives
             of
             
               Heliogabalus
               ,
               Caracalla
            
             ,
             and
             other
             lascivious
             monsters
             of
             nature
             :
             It
             is
             also
             noised
             that
             Machiavel
             was
             reproved
             for
             his
             mad
             and
             desperate
             policy
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             had
             so
             freely
             filled
             his
             Histories
             ,
             and
             other
             writings
             ,
             as
             he
             openly
             manifested
             his
             desire
             was
             to
             draw
             his
             Readers
             into
             the
             same
             ditch
             of
             Impiety
             whereinto
             himself
             was
             shamefully
             fallen
             .
             T
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             next
             place
             the
             Congregation
             found
             fault
             with
             Guicchardin
             ,
             for
             his
             having
             spoken
             amiss
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             the
             which
             was
             called
             by
             the
             whole
             Assembly
             ,
             the
             Sanctuary
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             the
             true
             seat
             of
             perfect
             liberty
             ,
             the
             Bulwark
             against
             Barbarians
             ,
             the
             Mint
             of
             Libraries
             ,
             the
             salt
             of
             humane
             wisdom
             ,
             glory
             of
             the
             Italian
             Nation
             ;
             and
             many
             do
             believe
             ,
             that
             Guicchardin
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             acknowledge
             ,
             but
             bewail
             his
             error
             ,
             alledging
             for
             his
             excuse
             ,
             that
             meer
             envy
             to
             see
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             grow
             daily
             more
             glorious
             in
             her
             eternal
             liberties
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Florentines
             ,
             by
             their
             domestick
             factions
             ,
             lost
             their
             freedom
             ,
             had
             made
             him
             so
             foully
             prevaricate
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             Fame
             of
             Venice
             ,
             the
             glory
             of
             that
             excellent
             councel
             ,
             whereby
             she
             did
             (
             as
             a
             rare
             and
             onely
             example
             )
             daily
             increase
             both
             in
             State
             and
             reputation
             ,
             was
             arrived
             at
             that
             height
             of
             splendor
             ,
             as
             was
             not
             to
             be
             obscured
             by
             the
             pen
             of
             whatsoever
             passionate
             writer
             .
             It
             is
             also
             said
             ,
             That
             
               Ialiano
               Goselini
            
             .
             Secretary
             to
             the
             Senat
             of
             Millan
             was
             sent
             for
             by
             the
             Censors
             ;
             who
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             certainly
             he
             thought
             he
             spoke
             to
             drunken
             men
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             life
             wihich
             he
             writ
             of
             
               Don
               Ferrante
               Gonsaga
            
             ,
             where
             he
             makes
             mention
             of
             the
             Apostolick
             sea
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             stick
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             her
             greatness
             was
             Caesars
             particular
             care
             ;
             and
             whilst
             Goseleni
             was
             about
             to
             defend
             what
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             bid
             to
             go
             make
             Ballads
             ,
             invented
             for
             flattery
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             business
             of
             History
             to
             write
             real
             truths
             .
             And
             because
             
               Girola●…o
               Conestaggio
            
             ,
             Conestaggio
             ,
             Gentleman
             of
             Genua
             ,
             had
             taken
             his
             History
             of
             Portugal
             out
             of
             the
             Delfick
             Library
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             there
             many
             years
             before
             ,
             
             and
             had
             in
             lieu
             thereof
             given
             in
             another
             edition
             of
             the
             same
             History
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             was
             corrected
             in
             some
             places
             :
             The
             overseers
             of
             the
             Library
             ,
             finding
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             abused
             then
             corrected
             that
             edition
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             not
             reprinted
             (
             as
             he
             gave
             out
             )
             for
             the
             general
             good
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             satisfaction
             to
             some
             ,
             whose
             reputations
             were
             deservedly
             taken
             by
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             told
             ,
             That
             if
             he
             did
             not
             bring
             back
             the
             first
             edition
             into
             the
             Library
             within
             eight
             days
             ,
             the
             Assembly
             would
             put
             some
             affront
             upon
             him
             .
             For
             the
             ruine
             of
             the
             Portugueses
             being
             occasioned
             by
             those
             who
             had
             the
             care
             of
             instructing
             King
             Sebastian
             in
             his
             youth
             ,
             it
             was
             very
             necessary
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             unhappy
             end
             of
             so
             great
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             miserable
             calamities
             of
             the
             Portugueses
             ,
             Princes
             should
             be
             taught
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             learned
             masters
             which
             are
             to
             have
             the
             care
             of
             breeding
             up
             their
             children
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             Commanders
             of
             tryed
             valour
             ,
             and
             Senators
             of
             known
             Politick
             prudence
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               secure
               the
               rivers
               of
               his
               State
               from
               Pyracie
               ,
               makes
               
                 Bernardo
                 Capello
              
               General
               of
               the
               Ionick
               Sea
               ,
               and
               gives
               him
               excellent
               directions
               .
            
          
           
             APPOLLO
             being
             desirous
             to
             provide
             against
             many
             evils
             which
             Learning
             suffers
             under
             by
             the
             Frigots
             of
             ignorant
             Pyrats
             ,
             in
             the
             rivers
             of
             Corinth
             ,
             declared
             
               Bernardo
               Capella
            
             two
             days
             ago
             ,
             in
             the
             great
             Senat
             of
             Litterati
             ,
             to
             be
             Admiral
             or
             General
             of
             the
             Ionick
             Sea
             ;
             whom
             he
             strictly
             commanded
             ,
             that
             to
             that
             purpose
             he
             should
             levy
             foot
             ,
             and
             was
             content
             that
             he
             should
             take
             along
             with
             him
             some
             of
             the
             best
             born
             young
             Poets
             of
             that
             State
             ;
             who
             to
             begin
             the
             mysterie
             of
             bearing
             arms
             ,
             did
             offer
             themselves
             to
             serve
             his
             Majestie
             upon
             this
             occasion
             .
             Apollo
             afterwards
             sent
             for
             Capello
             ,
             whom
             he
             strictly
             commanded
             ,
             under
             the
             pain
             of
             being
             declared
             to
             be
             wofully
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             molest
             none
             with
             his
             Gallies
             ,
             but
             the
             Frigots
             of
             ignorant
             Pyrats
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             suffer
             Merchants
             ships
             ,
             of
             what
             Nation
             soever
             ,
             to
             go
             free
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             Merchandize
             ,
             to
             do
             them
             all
             possible
             honour
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             be
             ayding
             to
             them
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             as
             they
             well
             deserved
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             theirnoble
             industry
             ,
             men
             enjoyed
             the
             commodities
             of
             the
             remotest
             Countreys
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             zeal
             that
             his
             Majestie
             desired
             to
             shew
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             of
             defending
             his
             subjects
             and
             their
             faculties
             from
             the
             rapine
             of
             Pyrats
             ,
             might
             not
             be
             turned
             into
             a
             greater
             inconvenience
             by
             his
             filling
             the
             Seas
             with
             new
             and
             a
             worser
             sort
             of
             Sea
             Robbers
             .
          
           
             His
             Majestie
             then
             said
             ,
             It
             would
             be
             too
             shameful
             a
             thing
             that
             the
             robbing
             of
             publike
             Merchants
             ships
             should
             be
             done
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             most
             exquisitely
             vertuous
             Prince
             ,
             who
             should
             be
             much
             to
             blame
             if
             he
             imployed
             his
             prime
             Nobility
             in
             such
             an
             exercise
             ,
             wherein
             they
             should
             begin
             their
             Militia
             with
             shame
             enough
             ,
             if
             their
             first
             action
             should
             be
             to
             
             pillage
             Merchants
             ships
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             all
             the
             world
             might
             know
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             had
             no
             interest
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             weight
             ,
             save
             only
             the
             publick
             good
             ;
             he
             charged
             Capello
             to
             kill
             as
             many
             Pyrats
             as
             he
             should
             take
             ;
             not
             only
             the
             more
             to
             terrifie
             so
             pernitious
             a
             race
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             that
             so
             usefull
             a
             work
             might
             not
             by
             taking
             of
             ransoms
             ,
             be
             turned
             into
             a
             publick
             prejudicial
             Merchandice
             ;
             it
             being
             proved
             by
             many
             things
             which
             had
             hapned
             ,
             that
             such
             Pyrats
             as
             had
             first
             been
             prisoners
             ,
             and
             had
             afterwards
             purchast
             their
             Liberties
             ,
             did
             very
             willingly
             expose
             themselves
             afterwards
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             danger
             to
             reimburse
             the
             money
             which
             they
             had
             paid
             for
             their
             ransom
             .
             The
             last
             and
             chiefest
             order
             which
             his
             Majesty
             gave
             to
             Capello
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             his
             charge
             being
             only
             to
             guard
             the
             Rivers
             belonging
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             should
             keep
             himself
             from
             going
             out
             of
             them
             at
             any
             time
             ▪
             as
             he
             would
             do
             from
             fire
             ,
             lest
             he
             might
             fall
             upon
             the
             same
             shame
             as
             those
             fools
             do
             ,
             who
             forsaking
             their
             marriage-bed
             to
             commit
             adultery
             with
             other
             mens
             wives
             ,
             became
             cuckolds
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Prince
               of
               Epire's
               first
               son
               being
               born
               ,
               he
               is
               thereat
               so
               afflicted
               ,
               as
               he
               forbids
               that
               any
               shews
               of
               joy
               be
               made
               for
               it
               in
               his
               State.
               
            
          
           
             THe
             last
             Letter
             that
             came
             from
             Epire
             ,
             bears
             date
             the
             22
             of
             this
             present
             month
             ,
             and
             they
             tell
             us
             of
             the
             birth
             of
             a
             son
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ;
             and
             say
             that
             he
             being
             the
             first-born
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             that
             Country
             were
             not
             only
             exceedingly
             joyed
             to
             see
             their
             Prince
             his
             succession
             secured
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             and
             many
             of
             the
             neighbouring
             Lords
             prepared
             to
             make
             extraordinary
             demonstrations
             of
             gladness
             .
             But
             the
             Prince
             was
             the
             only
             man
             who
             in
             this
             publick
             rejoycing
             was
             so
             very
             sad
             ,
             as
             he
             forbad
             the
             Steward
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             who
             went
             to
             take
             order
             for
             the
             expence
             of
             bone-fires
             ,
             fire-works
             ,
             and
             other
             expressions
             of
             joy
             for
             the
             birth
             of
             their
             young
             Master
             ,
             to
             shew
             any
             signes
             of
             jollity
             ;
             and
             bad
             him
             make
             the
             Fountains
             run
             with
             .
             Wi●…e
             ,
             to
             proclaim
             open
             Court
             for
             forty
             daies
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             spend
             a
             hundred
             thousand
             crowns
             in
             Tilt
             and
             Turney
             ,
             when
             he
             himself
             should
             have
             a
             son
             〈◊〉
             ;
             the
             Lord
             Steward
             wondred
             much
             at
             this
             the
             Princes
             answer
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             said
             ,
             What
             means
             this
             ,
             Si●…
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             child
             that
             is
             bo●…
             your
             son
             ,
             your
             wife
             having
             brought
             him
             forth
             twelve
             months
             after
             you
             were
             married
             ▪
             I
             now
             find
             ,
             said
             the
             Prince
             ,
             that
             privat
             me●…
             are
             not
             much
             acquainted
             ●…ith
             the
             Interests
             of
             Princes
             .
             But
             to
             let
             you
             see
             that
             I
             have
             reason
             for
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             tell
             me
             how
             old
             I
             am
             ▪
             Eighteen
             the
             twel●…th
             of
             〈◊〉
             month
             ▪
             replyed
             the
             Steward
             .
             Confess
             then
             ,
             said
             the
             Prince
             ,
             that
             the
             child
             〈◊〉
             now
             born
             ,
             is
             my
             brother
             ,
             not
             my
             son
             ;
             for
             privat
             men
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             children
             from
             their
             brethren
             by
             their
             birth●…
             ;
             but
             Pri●…
             by
             〈◊〉
             age
             :
             and
             know
             that
             those
             shall
             be
             my
             best
             beloved
             sons
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             〈◊〉
             ●…o
             me
             when
             I
             shall
             be
             50
             years
             old
             ;
             and
             when
             any
             such
             shall
             be
             born
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             content
             that
             extraordinary
             joy
             shall
             be
             shewn
             :
             For
             when
             sons
             are
             born
             
             to
             a
             young
             Prince
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             bels
             should
             rather
             toll
             out
             for
             sorrow
             ,
             to
             Funerals
             ,
             than
             Trumpets
             sound
             for
             joy
             :
             A
             Prince
             who
             marries
             whilst
             he
             is
             young
             ,
             runs
             hazard
             of
             having
             a
             multitude
             of
             sons
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             stone
             of
             offence
             ,
             of
             whatsoever
             State
             ;
             this
             is
             so
             great
             a
             truth
             ,
             as
             a
             King
             can
             receive
             no
             greater
             blessing
             from
             heaven
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             but
             one
             only
             son
             alive
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             a
             Prince
             who
             hath
             many
             sons
             whilst
             he
             is
             young
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             covet
             long
             life
             ;
             for
             as
             Fathers
             desire
             to
             die
             with
             Supreme
             power
             in
             their
             hand
             ;
             so
             sons
             ,
             when
             they
             come
             to
             certain
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             have
             not
             patience
             to
             wait
             till
             the
             Fruit
             of
             Government
             grow
             to
             be
             ripe
             by
             their
             Fathers
             death
             :
             for
             many
             great
             Kings
             have
             had
             sons
             ,
             who
             blinded
             with
             a
             desire
             of
             reigning
             ,
             would
             rather
             hazard
             their
             healths
             with
             eating
             green
             Grapes
             in
             Iune
             ,
             then
             tarry
             till
             they
             should
             be
             ripe
             in
             September
             .
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             said
             the
             Steward
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             the
             condition
             of
             Princes
             is
             to
             be
             deplored
             in
             that
             ,
             wherein
             we
             privat
             men
             do
             envie
             them
             .
             Know
             then
             ,
             said
             the
             Prince
             ,
             that
             when
             my
             son
             ▪
             who
             is
             now
             born
             ,
             shall
             come
             to
             be
             one
             and
             twenty
             years
             old
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             not
             put
             him
             into
             full
             possession
             of
             this
             my
             Principality
             ,
             if
             he
             shall
             then
             chance
             to
             contrive
             any
             thing
             against
             my
             Person
             ,
             or
             my
             State
             ,
             it
             is
             I
             that
             shall
             therein
             have
             erred
             more
             then
             he
             .
             For
             it
             will
             be
             as
             great
             a
             discourtesie
             in
             me
             ,
             not
             to
             resigne
             over
             unto
             him
             my
             State
             then
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             be
             inhumanity
             in
             me
             ,
             if
             when
             I
             should
             be
             eating
             at
             a
             plentifull
             Table
             ,
             I
             should
             see
             him
             stand
             by
             ,
             ready
             to
             starve
             for
             hunger
             ,
             and
             not
             bid
             him
             eat
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               erects
               a
               new
               Tribunal
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               for
               the
               punishment
               of
               flatterers
               ;
               but
               succeeds
               very
               unfortunately
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             civil
             and
             vertuous
             life
             which
             the
             Litterati
             lead
             in
             this
             State
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             much
             to
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             severe
             punishment
             threatned
             to
             such
             as
             are
             vitiously
             given
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             great
             rewards
             held
             out
             to
             such
             as
             are
             vertuous
             ;
             nor
             yet
             to
             the
             good
             genius
             which
             the
             Litterati
             are
             generally
             of
             ,
             as
             to
             Apollos
             wisdom
             ,
             who
             hath
             appointed
             several
             distinct
             Tribunals
             for
             every
             vice
             ,
             for
             every
             fault
             omitted
             ,
             and
             Judges
             thereunto
             appropriated
             ;
             for
             his
             Majestie
             hath
             learnt
             by
             the
             late
             disorders
             ,
             that
             when
             his
             Ministers
             are
             troubled
             with
             but
             a
             few
             affairs
             ,
             they
             dispatch
             them
             accurately
             well
             ;
             whereas
             those
             that
             have
             great
             store
             of
             business
             upon
             their
             hands
             ,
             are
             neither
             speedy
             ,
             nor
             very
             just
             in
             their
             dispatches
             .
             Nor
             was
             Apollo
             aware
             ,
             till
             six
             months
             since
             ,
             of
             the
             great
             disorder
             which
             reignes
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             wherein
             many
             severe
             Tribunals
             being
             erected
             against
             all
             such
             principal
             vices
             whereinto
             men
             do
             most
             usually
             fail
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Judge
             nor
             punishment
             set
             apart
             for
             the
             vice
             of
             flattery
             ,
             which
             his
             Majestie
             doth
             so
             much
             detest
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             so
             pernitious
             both
             to
             Princes
             ,
             and
             privat
             men
             .
             So
             as
             his
             Majestie
             thought
             that
             disease
             was
             so
             generally
             diffused
             
             amongst
             men
             ,
             chiefly
             because
             there
             was
             neither
             Physitian
             ,
             nor
             Apothecary
             appropriated
             thereunto
             :
             Wherefore
             his
             Majestie
             who
             is
             alwaies
             vigilant
             in
             the
             extirpation
             of
             all
             vice
             ,
             and
             in
             procuring
             indempnity
             to
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             thought
             it
             very
             necessary
             to
             correct
             so
             great
             an
             error
             ,
             and
             to
             curb
             so
             wicked
             a
             vice
             .
             He
             therefore
             of
             his
             own
             meer
             motion
             ,
             erected
             a
             Tribunal
             six
             months
             ago
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             under
             severe
             punishments
             against
             flatterers
             :
             For
             his
             pleasure
             was
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             should
             be
             found
             guilty
             of
             so
             foul
             a
             fault
             ,
             should
             be
             tied
             to
             the
             infamous
             Chain
             which
             is
             in
             the
             chief
             Market-place
             ,
             and
             flead
             live
             by
             Marsia
             ,
             who
             was
             very
             skilful
             thereat
             ,
             having
             learnt
             it
             at
             his
             own
             charges
             :
             And
             for
             the
             more
             severe
             punishment
             of
             so
             enormous
             a
             vice
             ,
             he
             chose
             the
             chief
             Satirical
             Poets
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             as
             the
             greatest
             enemies
             of
             flatterers
             ,
             to
             be
             their
             Judges
             .
             
               Peter
               Aratine
            
             was
             made
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             ,
             Iuvenal
             the
             first
             Advocate
             ;
             Ariosto
             Attorney-General
             ;
             
               Francis
               Berna
            
             ,
             chief
             Notary
             ,
             who
             had
             
               Nicholas
               Franco
            
             ,
             and
             
               Cesar
               Caporali
            
             for
             his
             substitutes
             ;
             and
             six
             months
             being
             past
             since
             the
             erecting
             of
             the
             Tribunal
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             time
             no
             complaint
             came
             in
             against
             flatterers
             ,
             though
             flattery
             were
             seen
             to
             be
             daily
             used
             in
             
               Parnassus
               ;
               Apollo
            
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             occasion
             to
             punish
             those
             wicked
             persons
             ,
             made
             use
             of
             a
             great
             many
             Spies
             ,
             who
             diligently
             watching
             over
             them
             ,
             might
             accuse
             them
             before
             the
             Tribunal
             .
             This
             remedy
             wrought
             good
             effect
             ▪
             for
             ere
             long
             they
             found
             
               Bartolomeo
               Cavalcanti
            
             ,
             who
             flattering
             a
             foolish
             Prince
             ;
             given
             to
             hunting
             ,
             wantonness
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             delights
             ,
             neglecting
             the
             Government
             of
             his
             State
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             transferred
             the
             care
             thereof
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             one
             that
             was
             mercenary
             ,
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             very
             passionate
             ,
             he
             termed
             him
             vigilant
             ,
             indefatigable
             in
             taking
             pains
             ,
             an
             enemy
             to
             all
             pastime
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             wholly
             placed
             in
             following
             business
             .
             Cavalcanti
             was
             suddenly
             seased
             upon
             ;
             who
             upon
             examination
             ,
             presently
             confest
             all
             that
             could
             he
             desired
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Judge
             using
             all
             the
             mercy
             to
             him
             that
             could
             stand
             with
             Justice
             ,
             allowed
             him
             three
             daies
             to
             make
             his
             defence
             ,
             and
             Martia
             brandisht
             his
             knife
             about
             ,
             and
             put
             all
             other
             things
             in
             order
             ;
             when
             the
             Judge
             coming
             to
             examin
             the
             Prince
             who
             was
             flattered
             ,
             found
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             was
             notoriously
             known
             to
             be
             what
             was
             said
             of
             him
             ,
             he
             pretended
             notwithstanding
             ,
             that
             Cavalcanti
             had
             not
             only
             spoke
             truth
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             the
             praise
             which
             he
             with
             reason
             gave
             him
             ,
             he
             came
             short
             of
             his
             deserts
             :
             So
             as
             being
             asked
             if
             he
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             alleadg
             against
             Cavalcanti
             ,
             or
             whether
             he
             thought
             himself
             offended
             by
             his
             gross
             flattery
             ,
             the
             Prince
             being
             much
             incenst
             ,
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             one
             that
             had
             said
             truth
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             not
             esteem
             those
             praises
             which
             he
             ought
             to
             reward
             ,
             injuries
             :
             and
             added
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             very
             much
             wonder
             ,
             and
             was
             greatly
             scandalized
             at
             that
             new
             Tribunal
             ,
             which
             seemed
             to
             be
             invented
             rather
             to
             defame
             men
             of
             honour
             ,
             then
             to
             punish
             cheaters
             .
             Aretin
             being
             much
             moved
             at
             this
             answer
             ,
             with
             more
             freedom
             then
             became
             him
             ,
             asked
             with
             what
             face
             he
             could
             pretend
             that
             Cavalcanti
             had
             not
             lied
             basely
             in
             praising
             such
             a
             blockhead
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             so
             notoriously
             stupid
             ,
             unfit
             for
             Government
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             totally
             turned
             over
             to
             a
             vitious
             favorite
             of
             his
             ?
             The
             Prince
             hearing
             this
             ,
             advanc'd
             with
             unexpressible
             rage
             ,
             and
             told
             Aratine
             ,
          
           
             
               Tune
               dirai
               ,
               e
               farai
               tante
               ,
               e
               tante
            
             
               Lingua
               Fracida
               ,
               marcia
               ,
               senza
               sale
               ,
            
             
             
               Ch'al
               fin
               si
               trovera
               ,
               pur
               un
               pugnale
            
             
               Meglior
               di
               quel
               d'Achille
               ,
               epiu
               calzante
               .
            
             
               Saggio
               son
               Io
               ,
               et
               tu
               sei
               un
               Fortante
            
             
               Nutrito
               del
               pan
               d'altri
               ,
               del
               dir
               male
               ,
            
             
               Un
               piede
               hai
               in
               Chiasso
               ,
               l'altro
               allo
               spedale
            
             
               Stropecciato
               ,
               ignorante
               ,
               et
               arrogante
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thou
               'lt
               talk
               ,
               and
               do
               so
               many
               sottish
               things
               ,
            
             
               With
               that
               thy
               rotten
               ,
               base
               ,
               unworthy
               tongue
               ,
            
             
               As
               that
               a
               Dagger
               will
               be
               found
               ere
               long
               ,
            
             
               Better
               then
               that
               Achilles
               with
               him
               brings
               .
            
             
               I
               'm
               wise
               ,
               and
               thou
               a
               rascal
               underling
            
             
               Bred
               up
               at
               others
               Tables
               ,
               men
               t'
               abuse
               ,
            
             
               One
               foot
               i'
               th'
               Hospital
               ,
               th'
               other
               i'
               th'
               Stews
               :
            
             
               Thou
               art
               an
               arrogant
               sot
               ,
               Aratine
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Attorney-General
             ,
             the
             Notaries
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             other
             Officeres
             ,
             were
             so
             incenst
             to
             hear
             such
             words
             given
             to
             a
             Judge
             ,
             the
             Court
             sitting
             ,
             as
             they
             all
             fell
             with
             violent
             hands
             upon
             the
             Prince
             ,
             to
             carry
             him
             to
             prison
             .
             But
             he
             that
             was
             better
             at
             his
             hands
             than
             head-piece
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             defend
             himself
             ,
             but
             assisted
             by
             his
             attendance
             ,
             struck
             one
             of
             Aratines
             eyes
             almost
             out
             ,
             broke
             Iuvenals
             arm
             ,
             and
             Berna's
             jaw-bone
             ;
             and
             poor
             Ariosto
             ,
             who
             betook
             himself
             to
             his
             heels
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             the
             scuffle
             begin
             ,
             fell
             down
             the
             stairs
             ,
             and
             bruised
             himself
             terribly
             .
             When
             Apollo
             heard
             of
             this
             disorder
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             so
             much
             grieved
             at
             the
             affront
             done
             to
             the
             Tribunal
             ,
             nor
             the
             harm
             done
             to
             his
             Poets
             ,
             as
             for
             that
             he
             now
             evidently
             saw
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             cure
             for
             flattery
             ,
             nor
             no
             punishment
             to
             be
             found
             for
             it
             ,
             since
             men
             were
             become
             so
             blind
             ,
             as
             they
             esteemed
             the
             fawnings
             of
             flatteries
             ,
             not
             injuries
             ,
             but
             favours
             worthy
             of
             reward
             .
             Whereupon
             ,
             much
             to
             his
             grief
             ,
             he
             abbrogated
             the
             Tribunal
             ,
             and
             confest
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             punish
             a
             fault
             which
             no
             body
             would
             complain
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               being
               very
               far
               in
               love
               with
               
                 Torquato
                 Tasso's
              
               good
               conditions
               ,
               creates
               him
               Prince
               Poet
               ,
               and
               Lord
               High
               Constable
               of
               Italian
               Poetry
               .
            
          
           
             
               TOrquatus
               Tasso
            
             being
             every
             day
             more
             and
             more
             admired
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             for
             his
             Heroick
             and
             Lyrick
             Verses
             ,
             for
             his
             Prose
             ,
             Poetry
             ,
             and
             finally
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Compositions
             ,
             Apollo
             was
             so
             i●…mar'd
             of
             the
             smoothness
             of
             his
             pen
             ,
             of
             the
             newness
             of
             his
             conceptions
             ,
             his
             easie
             vain
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             pleasant
             wit
             ,
             as
             he
             used
             the
             other
             day
             ,
             extraordinary
             signes
             of
             affection
             towards
             him
             :
             For
             of
             his
             own
             meer
             motion
             ,
             he
             created
             him
             Prince-Poet
             ,
             and
             Lord
             High-Constable
             of
             all
             Italian
             Poetry
             :
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             with
             great
             solemnity
             ,
             gave
             him
             the
             Royal
             Ensigns
             used
             to
             be
             given
             to
             
             Poets
             Laureat
             ,
             of
             being
             allowed
             to
             keep
             Parrets
             in
             his
             windows
             ,
             and
             Apes
             at
             his
             gate
             .
             It
             is
             strange
             ,
             that
             upon
             this
             occurrency
             ,
             Tasso
             did
             not
             only
             make
             himself
             known
             to
             deserve
             the
             honour
             which
             his
             Majestie
             had
             done
             him
             ,
             but
             worthy
             of
             much
             higher
             preferments
             .
             For
             he
             did
             not
             as
             many
             others
             do
             ,
             who
             being
             exalted
             by
             Fortune
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Princes
             ,
             from
             a
             mean
             condition
             ,
             to
             Supreme
             Dignities
             ,
             think
             it
             is
             sufficient
             if
             they
             put
             on
             the
             Stately
             Robe
             of
             that
             new
             Magistracy
             ,
             though
             they
             leave
             their
             souls
             covered
             with
             an
             old
             base
             jacket
             ,
             made
             of
             course
             cloth
             ,
             and
             all
             tattered
             ;
             but
             he
             immediately
             after
             having
             received
             so
             high
             an
             honour
             ▪
             clothed
             his
             soul
             with
             those
             Heroick
             and
             Royal
             Vertues
             ,
             which
             becomes
             a
             Poet
             Laureat
             .
             For
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             that
             he
             received
             those
             Royal
             Ensignes
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             kept
             open
             Court
             in
             his
             house
             for
             40
             daies
             together
             ;
             in
             all
             which
             time
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             all
             professions
             were
             fed
             with
             such
             abundance
             and
             curiosity
             of
             delightfull
             Viands
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             Litterato
             in
             all
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             gorge
             himself
             with
             vertuous
             Composures
             ,
             more
             then
             his
             stomack
             could
             digest
             ,
             and
             who
             was
             not
             drunk
             with
             his
             savory
             conceptions
             .
             And
             all
             this
             with
             so
             great
             plenty
             of
             all
             exquisite
             Science
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             and
             all
             the
             Muses
             marvailed
             very
             much
             how
             the
             unexhausted
             multitude
             of
             so
             many
             elegant
             conceits
             ,
             disht
             in
             with
             the
             choicest
             phrases
             ,
             and
             smoothest
             way
             of
             delivery
             ,
             could
             be
             served
             out
             by
             so
             fruitfuul
             a
             wit.
             But
             during
             this
             Jubile
             ,
             and
             this
             Feassio'●…
             celebration
             ,
             which
             gave
             general
             satisfaction
             ,
             some
             pilfering
             Poets
             broke
             open
             Tassos
             most
             privat
             desk
             ,
             where
             he
             kept
             his
             choicest
             Compositions
             ,
             and
             stole
             away
             Aminta
             ,
             which
             they
             divided
             amongst
             themselves
             ;
             an
             injury
             whereat
             Tasso
             was
             so
             much
             grieved
             ,
             as
             it
             imbittered
             all
             his
             past
             delights
             .
             And
             the
             Authors
             of
             so
             shameful
             a
             theft
             being
             discovered
             ,
             and
             pursued
             by
             the
             Sergeants
             ,
             they
             fled
             into
             the
             house
             of
             immitation
             ,
             as
             into
             a
             secure
             sanctuary
             ;
             from
             whence
             they
             were
             taken
             by
             the
             Provost
             Marshal
             ,
             by
             Apollos
             express
             command
             ,
             and
             shamefully
             led
             to
             prison
             .
             And
             one
             of
             them
             being
             found
             with
             the
             Prologue
             of
             the
             said
             Pastoral
             about
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             forthwith
             punished
             according
             to
             the
             Sergeants
             custom
             ,
             and
             questioned
             
               super
               aliis
               ,
               &
               complicibus
            
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             wretch
             having
             the
             rope
             on
             ,
             named
             40
             of
             his
             companion
             pick
             pocket
             .
             Poets
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             base
             people
             ,
             who
             being
             given
             over
             to
             play
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             lewdness
             ,
             tend
             nothing
             else
             but
             to
             steal
             away
             the
             conceits
             of
             others
             labours
             ,
             making
             themselves
             merry
             therewithall
             ,
             abhorring
             to
             live
             gloriously
             in
             the
             world
             by
             the
             labour
             of
             their
             own
             studies
             .
             Urbanus
             the
             chief
             Justice
             ,
             using
             the
             due
             rigor
             of
             the
             Law
             upon
             these
             sawcy
             companions
             ,
             sentenced
             them
             to
             the
             Gallows
             ;
             and
             the
             other
             morning
             many
             Gibbits
             were
             set
             up
             in
             the
             chief
             Market-place
             ,
             at
             the
             number
             whereof
             Apollo
             being
             much
             moved
             ,
             he
             told
             the
             Judge
             ,
             that
             though
             those
             thieves
             deserved
             the
             utmost
             punishment
             ,
             he
             should
             notwithstanding
             give
             them
             some
             other
             severe
             exemplary
             chastisement
             ;
             for
             the
             detested
             cross-bars
             of
             Gallowses
             ,
             made
             Justice
             be
             interpreted
             cruelty
             :
             They
             therefore
             deserved
             the
             name
             of
             good
             Officers
             ,
             who
             made
             themselves
             known
             to
             be
             well
             sighted
             in
             forbidding
             faults
             ;
             whereas
             such
             as
             thirsted
             after
             bloud
             ,
             seemed
             to
             take
             delight
             in
             having
             Gallowses
             often
             seen
             in
             the
             Piazzas
             ,
             thinking
             that
             they
             had
             betterd
             their
             condition
             ,
             when
             they
             had
             got
             the
             name
             of
             being
             great
             Hangmen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LX.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Litterato
               desires
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               the
               Art
               of
               Memory
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               is
               laught
               at
               by
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             ON
             last
             Tuesdaies
             Audience
             ,
             a
             poor
             thread-bare
             Litterato
             presented
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             small
             learning
             ,
             he
             durst
             not
             appear
             in
             the
             common
             Schools
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             ignorance
             in
             Sciences
             proceeded
             from
             his
             very
             bad
             memory
             ;
             for
             he
             remembred
             but
             very
             little
             of
             what
             he
             read
             :
             And
             that
             having
             a
             great
             desire
             to
             be
             a
             Scholar
             ,
             he
             humbly
             craved
             some
             remedy
             which
             might
             produce
             in
             him
             as
             tenacious
             a
             memory
             as
             those
             great
             Litterati
             have
             ,
             who
             remember
             whatsoever
             they
             do
             read
             :
             And
             be
             chiefly
             desireth
             the
             gift
             of
             Local
             memory
             ,
             whereby
             he
             had
             heard
             that
             they
             reaped
             great
             honor
             who
             had
             it
             .
             Apollo
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             the
             lovers
             of
             Learning
             got
             good
             Memories
             by
             perpetual
             reading
             ;
             and
             that
             Local
             Memory
             was
             a
             thing
             onely
             practised
             by
             Mountebanks
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             Litterati
             ,
             who
             are
             sed
             with
             ostentation
             ,
             and
             a
             certain
             vain-glory
             to
             appear
             more
             then
             what
             they
             are
             ;
             and
             not
             by
             sound
             and
             well-grounded
             Schollars
             ,
             who
             esteemed
             it
             a
             ridiculous
             thing
             ,
             good
             only
             to
             make
             the
             common
             people
             wonder
             .
             The
             Petitioner
             replyed
             ,
             That
             if
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             he
             desired
             to
             better
             his
             memory
             by
             usual
             means
             .
             Apollo
             said
             again
             ,
             That
             memory
             could
             not
             be
             better
             perfected
             ,
             then
             by
             continual
             study
             ,
             and
             assured
             him
             ,
             that
             thereby
             he
             might
             compass
             his
             desire
             .
             The
             Schollar
             replyed
             again
             ,
             He
             had
             found
             the
             contrary
             :
             For
             having
             lately
             been
             very
             diligent
             in
             studying
             Virgil
             the
             miracle
             of
             the
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             he
             remembred
             but
             very
             few
             of
             those
             infinite
             delicacies
             which
             he
             had
             observed
             in
             him
             ,
             all
             which
             deserved
             never
             to
             be
             forgotten
             .
             Apollo
             was
             not
             pleased
             with
             this
             answer
             ;
             for
             with
             some
             shew
             of
             anger
             ,
             not
             usual
             with
             him
             in
             giving
             audience
             ,
             at
             which
             times
             he
             puts
             on
             miraculous
             patience
             ;
             he
             bad
             him
             go
             study
             Virgil
             again
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             remember
             much
             more
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             than
             he
             had
             done
             the
             first
             .
             Then
             turning
             to
             those
             that
             were
             near
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             hated
             their
             impertinances
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             but
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             in
             a
             Mill
             ,
             would
             come
             forth
             as
             much
             bemealed
             ,
             as
             those
             Millers
             who
             keep
             there
             day
             and
             night
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             their
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Juvinal
               refuseth
               a
               Challenge
               given
               him
               by
               
                 Francisco
                 Berni
              
               ,
               to
               contend
               with
               him
               in
               Satyrical
               Poetry
               .
            
          
           
             SOme
             Latin
             and
             Itallian
             Poets
             fell
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             ,
             a
             comparing
             the
             Itallian
             and
             Latin
             Poetry
             ,
             when
             
               Lodovico
               Ariosto
            
             thinking
             that
             the
             Latins
             did
             too
             much
             undervalue
             Itallian
             Poetry
             ,
             by
             too
             highly
             exalting
             their
             own
             ,
             said
             that
             the
             Itallians
             yielded
             to
             the
             Latins
             for
             the
             Heroick
             Verse
             ,
             which
             was
             grave
             and
             stately
             in
             the
             Latin
             tongue
             ,
             and
             did
             observe
             a
             delightful
             cadence
             ,
             by
             coupling
             the
             Dactils
             and
             Spondeas
             so
             excellently
             well
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             Lyrick
             Poetry
             ,
             he
             was
             of
             opinion
             they
             might
             march
             hand
             in
             hand
             together
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             what
             concerned
             Satyrical
             Verse
             ,
             the
             Itallians
             were
             so
             far
             advanced
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             tartness
             of
             their
             pleasant
             conceptions
             ,
             in
             the
             mordacity
             of
             their
             more
             grave
             affairs
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             easie
             expressing
             their
             conceits
             ,
             they
             far
             exceeded
             the
             Latins
             .
             The
             Latins
             approved
             not
             of
             Ariostos
             opinion
             ,
             and
             said
             in
             their
             own
             defence
             ,
             they
             saw
             not
             why
             the
             Italian
             Poets
             should
             so
             much
             presume
             upon
             their
             skill
             in
             Satyrical
             Poetry
             ,
             there
             not
             being
             any
             one
             of
             them
             who
             might
             deservedly
             be
             compared
             to
             Iuvenal
             ,
             nor
             who
             durst
             vie
             with
             
               Persius
               .
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             was
             present
             at
             this
             discourse
             ,
             who
             having
             gon
             beyond
             all
             the
             terms
             of
             the
             bitterest
             backbiting
             ,
             had
             so
             wounded
             even
             Aretines
             self
             with
             his
             cutting
             Verses
             ,
             as
             he
             bore
             the
             shamefull
             badges
             thereof
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             brest
             ,
             and
             hands
             .
             This
             man
             told
             the
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             that
             Iuvenal
             in
             respect
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             an
             ignorant
             fellow
             in
             Satyrical
             Poetry
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             would
             maintain
             this
             truth
             which
             he
             had
             spoken
             ,
             fairly
             and
             freely
             ,
             the
             first
             and
             second
             time
             ,
             and
             even
             till
             blood
             came
             ,
             in
             a
             bush
             of
             Bryars
             ,
             not
             only
             against
             Iuvinal
             ,
             but
             against
             whatsoever
             other
             Satyrical
             Poet
             ,
             yea
             though
             he
             had
             the
             advantage
             of
             a
             Commentator
             .
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             said
             how
             highly
             all
             the
             Latin
             Poets
             were
             incenst
             at
             the
             hearing
             of
             these
             words
             ;
             who
             to
             abate
             the
             edge
             of
             this
             arrogant
             mans
             too
             great
             presumption
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             the
             name
             of
             Latin
             ,
             so
             much
             injured
             ,
             they
             had
             like
             to
             have
             used
             superchery
             to
             him
             ;
             but
             
               Horatio
               Venosino
            
             ,
             desirous
             that
             this
             question
             might
             be
             fairly
             and
             honorably
             decided
             ,
             appeased
             the
             incenst
             mindes
             of
             the
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             and
             told
             Berni
             ,
             that
             he
             lied
             in
             all
             that
             he
             had
             said
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             Iuvinals
             honor
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             slandered
             a
             Poet
             whose
             pens
             he
             was
             not
             worthy
             to
             make
             clean
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             in
             Iuvinals
             name
             accepted
             the
             challenge
             .
             He
             therefore
             wisht
             him
             to
             appear
             the
             first
             day
             in
             Bellona's
             field
             ,
             with
             eights
             and
             thirds
             ,
             where
             Iuvinal
             should
             give
             him
             a
             good
             account
             of
             himself
             ,
             with
             his
             Heroick
             Verses
             in
             his
             hand
             .
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             Berni
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             his
             brother-Poets
             ,
             went
             to
             arm
             himself
             ,
             and
             Horatio
             hasted
             to
             find
             out
             Iuvinal
             ,
             whom
             he
             acquainted
             with
             all
             that
             had
             past
             between
             him
             and
             
               Barni
               .
               Iuvinal
            
             being
             astonished
             at
             the
             novelty
             of
             the
             business
             ,
             pawsed
             a
             good
             while
             ,
             then
             said
             ,
             Horatio
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             accepted
             the
             challenge
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             try
             you
             the
             business
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             I
             dare
             not
             .
             As
             for
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             I
             fear
             no
             mans
             face
             ,
             neither
             do
             I
             care
             a
             fig
             for
             a
             thousand
             ;
             but
             I
             tremble
             at
             the
             very
             naming
             of
             an
             Italian
             Satyrist
             .
             Horatio
             seeing
             his
             own
             
             honor
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             of
             all
             Latin
             Poets
             in
             such
             danger
             ,
             encouraged
             Iuvinal
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             remember
             that
             he
             was
             the
             Prince
             of
             Satyrical
             Poets
             ,
             and
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             had
             deserved
             the
             happiness
             to
             have
             Commentators
             ,
             a
             thing
             so
             much
             coveted
             by
             learned
             Poets
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             Bernies
             railing
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             there
             was
             no
             proportion
             to
             be
             held
             between
             the
             powerfull
             weapons
             of
             Heroick
             Verse
             ,
             between
             the
             excellent
             blade
             of
             the
             Latin
             tongue
             ,
             and
             the
             faint
             Italian
             Verse
             ,
             made
             by
             chance
             ,
             and
             so
             strictly
             tied
             to
             rhime
             ,
             as
             Italian
             Poets
             having
             their
             hand
             bound
             up
             with
             the
             cords
             thereof
             ,
             they
             could
             make
             no
             down-right
             blows
             ,
             nor
             lead
             a
             streight
             stockado
             ,
             as
             occasion
             should
             require
             ,
             as
             was
             clearly
             seen
             by
             Mauro
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             dangerous
             combat
             which
             he
             had
             ,
             when
             labouring
             in
             the
             bean-field
             ,
             he
             was
             set
             upon
             by
             an
             enemy
             ,
             and
             thinking
             to
             make
             a
             full
             and
             mortal
             thrust
             at
             his
             belly
             ,
             his
             rithme
             forced
             him
             to
             give
             it
             him
             on
             his
             back
             ,
             which
             purchast
             him
             the
             name
             of
             Treachery
             .
             The
             more
             the
             Venetian
             Poet
             incouraged
             and
             inheartned
             Iuvinal
             ,
             the
             more
             did
             his
             fear
             encrease
             .
             The
             news
             of
             this
             challenge
             was
             by
             this
             time
             so
             spread
             abroad
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             as
             it
             came
             to
             Apollos
             ears
             ,
             who
             was
             very
             much
             pleased
             thereat
             ,
             for
             he
             delighted
             exceedingly
             to
             see
             two
             Litterati
             buckle
             together
             in
             fury
             ,
             and
             wound
             one
             anothers
             reputation
             handsomly
             ;
             for
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             speak
             and
             write
             ,
             but
             so
             so
             in
             cold
             bloud
             ;
             but
             when
             heated
             and
             chafed
             with
             anger
             ,
             they
             do
             things
             beyond
             human
             wit
             ,
             in
             defence
             of
             their
             reputation
             ,
             and
             to
             purchase
             renown
             .
             Wherefore
             hearing
             of
             Iuvinals
             backwardness
             ,
             he
             caused
             him
             speedily
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             sharply
             upbraided
             his
             cowardliness
             ,
             and
             recommended
             the
             reputation
             of
             Latin
             Satyres
             unto
             him
             .
             Then
             Iuvinal
             said
             thus
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             the
             same
             courage
             that
             I
             formerly
             had
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             fear
             to
             encounter
             a
             dozen
             Latin
             Satyrists
             ;
             I
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             the
             excellency
             of
             Satyrical
             Poetry
             consists
             not
             in
             having
             a
             bold
             wit
             ,
             quick
             spirit
             ,
             a
             detracting
             Talent
             ,
             in
             sharp
             bitter
             reparties
             ,
             handsom
             Sonnets
             ,
             and
             ready
             replies
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             times
             wherein
             men
             live
             :
             for
             in
             corrupt
             times
             ,
             the
             vein
             of
             Satyres
             is
             very
             fluent
             ;
             and
             the
             times
             wherein
             I
             lived
             ,
             cannot
             any
             waies
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             wickedness
             and
             cosenage
             of
             this
             present
             age
             .
             If
             Berni
             should
             appear
             within
             the
             Lists
             ,
             and
             should
             assail
             me
             within
             the
             launce
             of
             modern
             vices
             ,
             such
             as
             were
             not
             known
             in
             my
             daies
             ,
             would
             he
             not
             drive
             me
             out
             of
             the
             List
             ?
             Apollo
             hearing
             this
             answer
             ,
             had
             no
             more
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             declared
             ,
             that
             though
             Iuvinal
             baulked
             the
             quarrel
             ,
             he
             suffered
             not
             in
             his
             honour
             ,
             nor
             did
             he
             do
             any
             thing
             misbecoming
             an
             honourable
             Cavalier
             Poet
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             Bernis
             wit
             that
             he
             feared
             ,
             but
             his
             corrupt
             times
             ,
             too
             unequal
             to
             those
             of
             Iuvinals
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Domitio
                 Corbulone
              
               being
               severely
               prosecuted
               by
               the
               Quarantia
               Criminale
               ,
               (
               a
               Venetian
               Magistracy
               consisting
               of
               forty
               men
               )
               for
               some
               words
               spoken
               by
               him
               in
               his
               Government
               of
               Pindo
               ,
               which
               were
               formerly
               declared
               by
               Apollo's
               publick
               Edict
               ,
               to
               be
               Tyrannical
               ;
               Is
               at
               last
               acquited
               with
               much
               praise
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             City
             of
             Pindo
             ,
             and
             all
             its
             large
             Territories
             ,
             being
             filled
             by
             great
             store
             of
             Murderers
             ,
             and
             dangerous
             factions
             (
             by
             the
             too
             much
             lenity
             of
             some
             of
             its
             late
             Governors
             )
             which
             did
             greatly
             anoy
             the
             peace
             of
             good
             men
             ;
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             curb
             the
             licentiousness
             of
             his
             most
             seditious
             Subjects
             by
             exemplary
             punishment
             ,
             sent
             severe
             
               Domitio
               Corbulone
            
             some
             two
             months
             ago
             to
             that
             Government
             :
             Who
             so
             carried
             himself
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             short
             space
             the
             people
             of
             that
             State
             were
             reduced
             from
             mighty
             seditions
             ,
             into
             a
             peaceful
             condition
             .
             And
             enquiring
             of
             some
             of
             his
             Confidents
             ,
             what
             the
             people
             thought
             of
             him
             ,
             they
             freely
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             rigorous
             proceedings
             against
             many
             ,
             had
             so
             affrighted
             the
             Uuniversality
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             hated
             by
             all
             of
             them
             .
             Corbulone
             was
             overjoyed
             at
             this
             answer
             ,
             and
             replyed
             to
             those
             his
             beloved
             friends
             in
             the
             well-known
             saying
             ,
             
               Oderint
               dum
               Metuant
            
             :
             Let
             them
             hate
             ,
             provided
             they
             fear
             .
             This
             was
             suddenly
             reported
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             a
             capital
             fault
             .
             His
             Majesty
             liked
             not
             this
             accusation
             ,
             and
             committed
             the
             examination
             thereof
             to
             the
             
               Quarantia
               Criminale
            
             :
             for
             it
             had
             been
             long
             before
             published
             by
             a
             Decree
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             That
             whatsoever
             Prince
             ,
             were
             he
             either
             legitimate
             ,
             natural
             ,
             or
             hereditary
             ,
             who
             should
             dare
             to
             use
             such
             insolent
             and
             rash
             words
             ,
             should
             be
             held
             and
             reputed
             an
             abominable
             Tyrant
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             any
             Officer
             should
             ,
             though
             at
             unawares
             ,
             let
             them
             escape
             his
             mouth
             ,
             he
             should
             suffer
             capital
             punishment
             ,
             Corbulone
             was
             therefore
             cited
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             Court
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             where
             the
             cause
             was
             severely
             canvast
             by
             the
             Judges
             :
             And
             whilst
             all
             the
             people
             of
             Parnassus
             expected
             to
             see
             some
             rigorous
             sentence
             pass
             upon
             Corbulone
             ,
             he
             was
             by
             his
             Majesties
             approbation
             ,
             gratiously
             absolved
             ,
             and
             sent
             back
             to
             his
             Government
             with
             more
             plenary
             Aurhority
             then
             before
             :
             For
             the
             Judges
             declared
             ,
             That
             such
             words
             were
             abominable
             ,
             and
             altogether
             Tyrannical
             in
             Princes
             which
             have
             the
             means
             to
             be
             gratious
             ,
             but
             very
             honorable
             in
             an
             Officers
             mouth
             ,
             who
             hath
             nothing
             in
             his
             power
             but
             the
             detested
             lash
             of
             Justice
             :
             That
             Prince
             being
             truely
             to
             be
             admired
             ,
             who
             could
             make
             himself
             be
             beloved
             by
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             reverenced
             :
             That
             Officer
             to
             be
             reputed
             very
             sufficient
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             genius
             to
             make
             himself
             be
             feared
             and
             obeyed
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Chair
               of
               privat
               Tranquillity
               being
               void
               by
               Diogenes
               the
               Cynicks
               promotion
               to
               a
               higher
               degree
               ;
               Apollo
               offers
               it
               to
               the
               famous
               Philosopher
               Crates
               ;
               who
               refuseth
               it
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Cynick
             Diogenes
             ,
             he
             who
             for
             so
             many
             years
             ,
             to
             the
             general
             advantage
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             particular
             glory
             ,
             had
             the
             publick
             Chair
             in
             these
             Schools
             ,
             wherein
             his
             Office
             was
             to
             praise
             Poverty
             ,
             Solitariness
             ,
             and
             Peace
             of
             mind
             :
             By
             whose
             perswasion
             ,
             Atalus
             ,
             the
             very
             King
             of
             Treasures
             ,
             put
             on
             that
             admirable
             resolution
             ,
             of
             forgoing
             all
             his
             riches
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             Stoick
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             was
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             great
             deserts
             ,
             exalted
             two
             months
             ago
             to
             the
             sublime
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Muses
             Arch-Flamming
             ;
             so
             as
             so
             noble
             a
             place
             being
             void
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             bestowed
             it
             upon
             the
             famous
             Crates
             ;
             who
             went
             yesterday
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             all
             mens
             expectation
             ,
             refused
             so
             noble
             a
             Chaire
             ;
             saying
             ,
             that
             the
             charge
             of
             poverty
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             souls
             peace
             ,
             being
             greatly
             injured
             by
             Diogenes
             his
             promotion
             to
             that
             immense
             dignity
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             discharge
             his
             duty
             with
             that
             fervency
             ,
             with
             that
             purity
             and
             integrity
             of
             heart
             as
             the
             place
             required
             :
             For
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             should
             undertake
             the
             imployment
             ,
             he
             should
             necessarily
             be
             so
             puft
             up
             with
             ambition
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             so
             great
             a
             desire
             to
             obtain
             the
             same
             dignity
             which
             his
             Predecessor
             had
             obtained
             ,
             as
             would
             drive
             from
             out
             his
             mind
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             well
             composed
             ,
             that
             sincerity
             which
             makes
             an
             Orator
             speak
             from
             his
             heart
             ,
             not
             from
             his
             mouth
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             necessity
             of
             his
             ambition
             ,
             and
             his
             violent
             desire
             arose
             not
             from
             any
             vice
             ,
             but
             from
             that
             laudable
             zeal
             of
             reputation
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             intense
             in
             even
             the
             most
             mortified
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             :
             For
             if
             in
             process
             of
             time
             he
             should
             not
             receive
             the
             same
             honor
             from
             his
             Majsty
             as
             Diogenes
             had
             done
             ,
             the
             world
             would
             think
             that
             the
             whole
             had
             happened
             ,
             not
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             humility
             ,
             not
             for
             that
             he
             preferred
             a
             privat
             life
             before
             publick
             Magistracy
             ,
             quiet
             before
             business
             ,
             or
             poverty
             before
             riches
             ,
             but
             because
             his
             Majestie
             had
             not
             found
             such
             deserts
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             done
             in
             Diogenes
             .
             So
             as
             having
             his
             soul
             perturbed
             by
             the
             violence
             of
             ambition
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             hope
             to
             reap
             any
             advantage
             by
             exagerating
             the
             praises
             of
             Humility
             ,
             the
             contempt
             of
             Riches
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             vanity
             of
             worldly
             Greatness
             ;
             it
             being
             impossible
             that
             any
             man
             should
             be
             so
             efficatiously
             eloquent
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             perswade
             others
             to
             that
             sort
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             the
             standers
             by
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             was
             abhor'd
             by
             the
             perswader
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               people
               having
               wasted
               themselves
               in
               keeping
               great
               Tables
               ,
               and
               going
               gloriously
               attired
               ,
               desire
               their
               Princes
               to
               make
               a
               Pragmatical
               Law
               for
               the
               Moderation
               of
               such
               expences
               ;
               but
               obtain
               not
               their
               suit
               .
            
          
           
             PEople
             subject
             to
             Princes
             who
             live
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             learning
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             luxury
             and
             vanity
             in
             apparel
             ,
             are
             so
             much
             increased
             ,
             as
             that
             there
             is
             no
             patrimony
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ,
             which
             may
             not
             be
             quite
             consumed
             in
             a
             short
             time
             by
             womens
             vanity
             ,
             and
             mens
             ambition
             ;
             and
             plainly
             seeing
             ,
             that
             bravery
             was
             grown
             to
             so
             great
             a
             height
             ,
             as
             a
             whole
             portion
             ,
             though
             very
             great
             ,
             was
             not
             sufficient
             to
             buy
             Jewels
             for
             a
             young
             maid
             that
             was
             to
             be
             married
             ;
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             why
             parents
             could
             not
             marry
             off
             their
             daughters
             :
             It
             being
             likewise
             known
             that
             delicacies
             for
             the
             pallat
             ,
             were
             oflate
             years
             so
             prodigiously
             doted
             on
             ,
             as
             modern
             gormandizing
             hath
             quite
             ruined
             those
             Families
             ,
             which
             were
             made
             great
             by
             antient
             Parcemony
             :
             They
             by
             joynt
             consent
             presented
             themselves
             all
             ,
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             before
             their
             several
             Princes
             ,
             whom
             they
             earnestly
             desired
             that
             some
             remedy
             might
             be
             found
             out
             to
             prevent
             this
             their
             so
             apparent
             ruine
             .
             All
             the
             Princes
             were
             very
             well
             pleased
             with
             this
             their
             peoples
             Petition
             ;
             and
             then
             it
             was
             that
             they
             knew
             it
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             what
             many
             have
             written
             ,
             That
             peremptory
             or
             pragmatical
             Laws
             ought
             only
             then
             to
             be
             published
             to
             the
             people
             when
             they
             themselves
             desire
             them
             :
             For
             if
             they
             be
             inacted
             against
             their
             wils
             ,
             they
             seldom
             produce
             good
             effects
             ;
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             prodigality
             never
             frightens
             scapethrifts
             ,
             till
             they
             have
             been
             acquainted
             with
             the
             hideous
             and
             dreadful
             face
             of
             poverty
             .
             All
             the
             Princes
             therefore
             by
             common
             consent
             ,
             caused
             many
             excellent
             pragmatical
             Laws
             to
             be
             made
             by
             understanding
             men
             ,
             wherein
             luxuriousness
             and
             superfluity
             being
             abridged
             ,
             nothing
             but
             decency
             was
             seen
             in
             apparel
             ,
             and
             men
             did
             eat
             to
             live
             ,
             not
             to
             ruine
             both
             their
             lives
             and
             fortunes
             by
             gluttony
             .
             And
             because
             a
             thing
             so
             much
             desired
             ,
             might
             be
             brought
             to
             pass
             ,
             the
             Princes
             gave
             order
             that
             this
             Law
             should
             be
             proclaimed
             on
             the
             18
             of
             this
             present
             moneth
             ;
             but
             the
             preceding
             night
             the
             Farmers
             of
             the
             Customs
             ,
             Toll
             takers
             and
             Excise-men
             ,
             came
             all
             of
             them
             to
             their
             several
             Princes
             ,
             and
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             published
             the
             pragmatical
             act
             ,
             which
             they
             understood
             was
             penn'd
             ,
             they
             desired
             to
             have
             abatements
             made
             of
             the
             great
             rents
             which
             they
             paid
             ;
             for
             the
             greatest
             revenues
             of
             the
             Custom
             house
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             Gabels
             arising
             out
             of
             Silks
             which
             came
             from
             Naples
             ,
             Gold-thread
             from
             Florence
             ,
             rich
             Draperies
             made
             at
             Millan
             ,
             and
             other
             accoutrements
             belonging
             to
             apparel
             and
             the
             livelihood
             of
             man
             ,
             which
             were
             brought
             from
             foreign
             parts
             ,
             the
             price
             of
             the
             Customs
             would
             fall
             infinitely
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             Law.
             
          
           
             The
             Princes
             were
             so
             confused
             to
             hear
             this
             ,
             as
             when
             the
             Deputies
             of
             the
             Nations
             came
             the
             next
             day
             to
             receive
             the
             Edict
             which
             was
             to
             be
             proclaimed
             ,
             
             they
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             having
             heard
             the
             just
             appeals
             made
             by
             the
             receivers
             of
             their
             Customs
             ,
             who
             were
             better
             verst
             in
             that
             affair
             ,
             they
             resolved
             not
             to
             impair
             themselves
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             others
             :
             That
             if
             they
             could
             invent
             any
             Law
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Princes
             interests
             were
             not
             concerned
             ,
             they
             would
             give
             them
             all
             possible
             satisfaction
             therein
             ,
             to
             witness
             the
             fatherly
             love
             they
             bore
             unto
             their
             Subjects
             ;
             but
             that
             to
             empty
             the
             publick
             purse
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             those
             of
             privat
             mens
             might
             be
             filled
             ,
             was
             a
             fraudulent
             desire
             ,
             and
             clean
             contrary
             to
             charity
             ,
             which
             thinks
             it
             a
             piece
             of
             cruelty
             to
             macerate
             ones
             self
             that
             another
             man
             might
             grow
             fat
             .
             The
             people
             departed
             much
             unsatisfied
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             peremptory
             and
             interessed
             answer
             ;
             and
             confessed
             ,
             that
             to
             go
             about
             to
             cure
             the
             peoples
             disorders
             ,
             when
             the
             medicines
             touched
             upon
             the
             common
             Taxes
             ,
             was
             to
             undertake
             to
             cure
             an
             incureable
             Cancar
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Johannes
                 Bodinus
              
               presents
               Apollo
               with
               his
               six
               Books
               of
               his
               Commonwealth
               ;
               wherein
               it
               being
               found
               that
               he
               approves
               of
               Liberty
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               he
               is
               sentenced
               to
               be
               burnt
               .
            
          
           
             
               JOhannis
               Bodinus
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             French
             Litterato
             ,
             was
             deservedly
             imprisoned
             in
             a
             dark
             Dungeon
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             the
             six
             Books
             of
             his
             Commonwealth
             ;
             for
             his
             Majesty
             would
             by
             no
             means
             permit
             that
             the
             wicked
             Tenet
             which
             he
             had
             published
             in
             his
             republick
             ,
             that
             it
             made
             much
             for
             the
             quiet
             of
             States
             ,
             to
             allow
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             should
             pass
             without
             some
             exemplary
             punishment
             ;
             an
             opinion
             which
             was
             alwaies
             held
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             best
             politick
             Litterati
             ,
             to
             be
             no
             less
             wicked
             then
             false
             ;
             as
             that
             which
             makes
             her
             desciples
             rather
             seditious
             ,
             then
             wise
             Statesmen
             ;
             nothing
             being
             more
             prejuditial
             to
             a
             Principality
             ,
             then
             the
             want
             of
             unity
             .
             Severe
             process
             was
             therefore
             made
             against
             Bodine
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             yesterday
             condemned
             in
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             to
             be
             burnt
             ,
             as
             a
             seducer
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             a
             publick
             stirrer
             up
             of
             sedition
             in
             ambitions
             men
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             notorious
             Atheist
             :
             Bodin
             craved
             mercy
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             confessing
             his
             opinion
             to
             be
             false
             and
             wicked
             ,
             and
             abjuring
             it
             as
             such
             a
             one
             ;
             but
             that
             being
             deceived
             by
             the
             Ottaman
             Empire
             ,
             wherein
             with
             much
             peace
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             all
             religions
             were
             allowed
             of
             ,
             desired
             them
             that
             they
             would
             shew
             some
             pitty
             towards
             him
             .
             The
             Judges
             were
             then
             more
             incenst
             at
             Bodin
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             deserved
             the
             greater
             punishment
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             being
             a
             Christian
             ,
             had
             dared
             to
             publish
             the
             wicked
             precepts
             ,
             especially
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             of
             those
             Turks
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             be
             abominated
             for
             their
             wicked
             impieties
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             profane
             ,
             but
             in
             sacred
             things
             .
             Yet
             before
             they
             would
             proceed
             further
             with
             Bodine
             ,
             the
             Judges
             were
             resolved
             to
             know
             of
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             ,
             how
             she
             governed
             her self
             in
             this
             particular
             ;
             intending
             ,
             by
             what
             was
             found
             out
             afterwards
             ,
             to
             impose
             the
             same
             punishment
             upon
             her
             ,
             if
             it
             should
             be
             proved
             
             that
             she
             had
             given
             so
             scandalous
             an
             example
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             to
             allow
             her
             people
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             The
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             was
             then
             sent
             for
             in
             great
             haste
             ,
             who
             was
             asked
             by
             the
             Judges
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             or
             no
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             let
             the
             reyns
             of
             Religion
             so
             loose
             in
             her
             State
             to
             her
             Subjects
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             might
             believe
             what
             he
             listed
             ?
             The
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             wondred
             much
             at
             this
             demand
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             vehemency
             answered
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             not
             so
             unexperienced
             in
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             know
             that
             the
             peace
             of
             States
             ,
             and
             the
             universal
             quiet
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             had
             by
             any
             more
             secure
             means
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             unity
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             all
             her
             Empire
             ,
             no
             other
             Religion
             was
             either
             preached
             or
             believed
             by
             her
             Mossulmans
             ,
             but
             only
             Mahometism
             .
             The
             Judges
             hearing
             so
             clear
             an
             answer
             ,
             they
             turned
             to
             Bodin
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             anger
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             That
             if
             a
             Mahometan
             ,
             ignorant
             of
             that
             true
             Divinity
             which
             discovers
             the
             greatness
             of
             God
             unto
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             of
             his
             holy
             Law
             ,
             spoke
             so
             clearly
             of
             the
             unity
             of
             Religion
             which
             was
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             an
             Empire
             ,
             what
             ought
             he
             to
             do
             who
             was
             a
             Schollar
             ,
             and
             born
             in
             the
             most
             Christian
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             ?
             To
             this
             Bodin
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             Ottaman
             Monarchy
             confessed
             with
             their
             mouthes
             the
             necessity
             of
             an
             unity
             in
             Religion
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             really
             practised
             in
             their
             States
             ,
             wherein
             were
             Christian
             Catholicks
             ,
             Hereticks
             ,
             Grecians
             ,
             Jacobines
             ,
             Nestorians
             ,
             Jews
             ,
             and
             people
             of
             many
             other
             religions
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             mistake
             .
             Thou
             knowst
             full
             little
             (
             said
             the
             Ottaman
             Empire
             to
             Bodin
             )
             of
             the
             proceedings
             touching
             religion
             ,
             which
             is
             used
             in
             my
             house
             ;
             for
             thou
             oughtest
             not
             to
             say
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             that
             I
             grant
             my
             Subjects
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             because
             men
             of
             all
             the
             several
             religions
             which
             thou
             hast
             named
             are
             seen
             in
             my
             Empire
             .
             Thou
             must
             know
             that
             I
             having
             conquered
             innumerable
             Provinces
             for
             the
             space
             of
             300
             years
             and
             more
             ,
             most
             of
             which
             were
             formerly
             Subjects
             to
             several
             Christian
             Princes
             ;
             and
             having
             found
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             people
             newly
             assubjected
             ,
             easily
             rebel
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             forced
             to
             change
             their
             religion
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             are
             more
             obstinate
             in
             defending
             the
             faith
             wherein
             they
             were
             born
             ,
             then
             in
             defending
             their
             Estates
             ,
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             lives
             ;
             I
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             govern
             in
             peace
             ,
             have
             alwaies
             used
             to
             suffer
             them
             to
             live
             in
             the
             same
             Laws
             ,
             as
             well
             sacred
             as
             civil
             ,
             wherein
             I
             found
             them
             ;
             bereaving
             only
             the
             Christian
             Latins
             of
             their
             Religion
             ,
             taking
             their
             Priests
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             forbidding
             them
             to
             rebuild
             their
             Churches
             which
             are
             fallen
             ,
             or
             to
             erect
             new
             ones
             .
             So
             by
             little
             and
             little
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             ancient
             religion
             failing
             in
             them
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             sacred
             exercises
             ,
             their
             children
             ,
             if
             not
             they
             themselves
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             their
             grand
             children
             ,
             at
             last
             become
             Mahometans
             .
             Wherein
             I
             have
             had
             so
             good
             success
             ,
             as
             the
             many
             Provinces
             which
             I
             possess
             in
             Asia
             ,
             which
             were
             formerly
             full
             of
             Christians
             ,
             are
             all
             of
             them
             now
             turned
             such
             Mahometans
             ,
             as
             my
             Emperors
             being
             used
             to
             take
             many
             children
             from
             their
             Christian
             Subjects
             ,
             wherewith
             to
             recruit
             their
             Janisary-souldiers
             ,
             there
             are
             now
             but
             very
             few
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Asia
             .
             I
             proceed
             otherwise
             in
             Greece
             ,
             for
             I
             grant
             them
             the
             free
             use
             of
             the
             Grecian
             rites
             ;
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             diversity
             is
             ,
             because
             there
             being
             no
             Grecian
             Prince
             who
             can
             cause
             jealousie
             to
             my
             greatness
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             Grecians
             which
             live
             in
             my
             Empire
             ,
             not
             being
             able
             to
             be
             fomented
             by
             any
             Prince
             of
             their
             own
             religion
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             trouble
             me
             so
             much
             as
             do
             the
             Latins
             ,
             who
             have
             many
             and
             potent
             Princes
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             cause
             I
             take
             such
             care
             to
             annihilate
             their
             religion
             .
             
             But
             I
             am
             so
             watchfull
             that
             all
             my
             Mahometan
             Subjects
             should
             punctually
             observe
             the
             Religion
             profest
             in
             my
             State
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             for
             any
             of
             them
             to
             prevaricate
             .
             I
             give
             you
             for
             a
             clear
             example
             of
             all
             this
             ,
             That
             I
             having
             the
             Persian
             ,
             who
             is
             held
             an
             Heretick
             by
             my
             Religion
             ,
             no
             Turk
             that
             is
             my
             Subject
             ,
             dare
             upon
             pain
             of
             life
             believe
             ,
             much
             less
             preach
             the
             Persian
             Faith
             ;
             nor
             is
             that
             Heresie
             permitted
             in
             my
             States
             :
             For
             though
             my
             last
             Emperors
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             divisions
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             jealousies
             which
             are
             amongst
             all
             Christian
             Princes
             ,
             might
             much
             to
             their
             advantage
             have
             made
             War
             in
             Hungary
             ,
             and
             so
             extend
             my
             Empire
             even
             to
             Austria
             ,
             the
             acquisition
             of
             which
             Province
             would
             throw
             open
             the
             Gates
             unto
             me
             ,
             to
             conquer
             Italy
             ;
             yet
             they
             have
             been
             wisely
             better
             advised
             ,
             rather
             to
             weaken
             the
             Persian
             Heretick
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             War
             upon
             the
             Christian
             Princes
             ,
             who
             being
             so
             far
             distant
             in
             poynt
             of
             belief
             ,
             from
             my
             Religion
             ,
             do
             not
             frighten
             me
             so
             much
             as
             the
             Persian
             Hereticks
             do
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             tolerating
             Infidelity
             in
             a
             State
             (
             from
             which
             the
             passage
             to
             true
             belief
             is
             so
             hard
             )
             and
             the
             permitting
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             a
             plague
             which
             so
             easily
             infects
             any
             Kingdom
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ;
             as
             the
             Germans
             ,
             English
             ,
             Flemmings
             ,
             French
             ,
             and
             others
             have
             seen
             and
             tryed
             .
             And
             know
             that
             I
             have
             rooted
             out
             all
             Sciences
             and
             Learning
             from
             out
             my
             Dominion
             ,
             only
             to
             the
             end
             that
             my
             Subjects
             may
             live
             in
             such
             simplicity
             as
             is
             most
             requisite
             for
             my
             Religion
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             purpose
             I
             have
             considerately
             ,
             and
             upon
             severe
             punishment
             ,
             inhibited
             the
             translation
             of
             my
             Alcheron
             ,
             which
             is
             written
             in
             the
             Arabick
             tongue
             ,
             into
             vulgar
             Turkish
             language
             ;
             having
             learnt
             at
             the
             cost
             of
             some
             Christian
             Kingdoms
             ,
             what
             mischief
             the
             translation
             of
             the
             Bible
             into
             vulgar
             languages
             hath
             occasioned
             ,
             which
             falling
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             I
             hear
             that
             in
             those
             parts
             where
             this
             abuse
             is
             introduced
             ,
             even
             poor
             silly
             women
             spend
             more
             time
             in
             disputes
             about
             Religion
             ,
             then
             in
             spinning
             .
             Wherefore
             to
             free
             my self
             from
             the
             evil
             of
             Heresie
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             introduced
             into
             my
             Empire
             by
             ambitious
             men
             ,
             I
             have
             commanded
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             shall
             propound
             any
             doubts
             in
             Religion
             ,
             be
             answered
             by
             the
             Scimiter
             .
             Because
             the
             Heresies
             which
             now
             reigne
             in
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             have
             opened
             all
             mens
             eyes
             ,
             so
             as
             they
             may
             discern
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             have
             first
             sowed
             them
             ,
             are
             more
             moved
             by
             ambition
             of
             governing
             the
             earth
             ,
             then
             out
             of
             charity
             (
             as
             they
             would
             make
             blockheads
             believe
             )
             of
             sending
             mens
             souls
             to
             heaven
             by
             their
             new
             positions
             .
          
           
             My
             Subjects
             sobriety
             ,
             who
             are
             all
             of
             them
             bound
             to
             drink
             water
             ,
             makes
             much
             for
             the
             keeping
             of
             my
             Territories
             from
             the
             contagion
             of
             Heresie
             ;
             and
             I
             say
             this
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             see
             the
             fire
             of
             Heresie
             amongst
             Christians
             ,
             breaks
             most
             forth
             there
             ,
             where
             they
             drink
             merriliest
             .
             I
             very
             well
             know
             that
             all
             divisions
             in
             States
             are
             very
             dangerous
             ,
             but
             especially
             those
             which
             arise
             in
             point
             of
             Religion
             ;
             because
             people
             do
             not
             only
             not
             love
             ,
             honour
             ,
             or
             faithfully
             serve
             those
             who
             are
             not
             of
             the
             same
             religion
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             hold
             them
             to
             be
             beasts
             ,
             and
             bear
             them
             that
             cruel
             hatred
             which
             we
             see
             reigns
             amongst
             Nations
             of
             different
             Religion
             .
             Add
             hereunto
             ,
             That
             as
             it
             is
             impossible
             for
             a
             man
             to
             live
             without
             a
             head
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             for
             diversity
             of
             Factions
             ;
             and
             where
             there
             are
             two
             Religions
             ,
             there
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             two
             Heads
             ;
             and
             every
             fool
             knows
             whether
             or
             no
             one
             Kingdom
             can
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             receive
             two
             Kings
             :
             And
             thou
             Bodin
             oughtest
             so
             much
             the
             less
             to
             have
             published
             the
             seditious
             opinion
             which
             hath
             caused
             thee
             so
             much
             sorrow
             ,
             for
             that
             thou
             knowst
             better
             then
             any
             other
             ,
             
             that
             the
             modern
             Heresies
             which
             now
             reign
             in
             many
             Chri●…
             Kingdoms
             ,
             have
             been
             sowed
             and
             fomented
             by
             great
             Princes
             ,
             to
             whom
             Lutherans
             ,
             Calvinists
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             like
             thy self
             ,
             have
             served
             to
             seduce
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             bawds
             to
             their
             ambition
             ;
             only
             that
             they
             may
             thereby
             be
             followed
             by
             the
             mal-content
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             greedily
             imbrace
             new
             sects
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             better
             their
             condition
             ,
             and
             by
             Plebeians
             ,
             who
             follow
             them
             out
             of
             avarice
             ,
             and
             a
             detestation
             which
             they
             bear
             to
             their
             own
             unfortunate
             condition
             .
             And
             if
             for
             the
             quiet
             of
             Empires
             ,
             all
             the
             people
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Kingdom
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             under
             one
             and
             the
             same
             human
             Law
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             for
             the
             same
             reasons
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             same
             considerations
             ,
             ought
             this
             to
             be
             endeavored
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ?
             which
             being
             bred
             with
             us
             in
             our
             mothers
             belly
             ,
             hath
             taken
             such
             deep
             rooting
             in
             our
             hearts
             ,
             as
             she
             is
             become
             the
             absolute
             Queen
             of
             all
             our
             affections
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             our
             passions
             ;
             and
             therefore
             she
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             much
             the
             better
             regulated
             in
             every
             State
             ,
             for
             that
             we
             cannot
             live
             without
             her
             ,
             nor
             can
             we
             be
             touched
             in
             any
             thing
             which
             is
             more
             ticklish
             .
             These
             things
             are
             all
             of
             them
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             boldly
             affirm
             ,
             that
             even
             bruit
             beasts
             ,
             could
             they
             speak
             ,
             or
             could
             we
             understand
             their
             yelping
             ,
             braying
             ,
             and
             other
             noises
             which
             they
             make
             ,
             would
             be
             heard
             to
             praise
             God
             ,
             even
             as
             we
             do
             ,
             who
             hath
             created
             them
             ,
             and
             who
             doth
             feed
             them
             .
             I
             remember
             ,
             that
             many
             years
             ago
             I
             heard
             a
             Polititian
             discoursing
             of
             this
             very
             Article
             ;
             and
             because
             he
             esteemed
             it
             too
             wicked
             to
             God-ward
             ,
             and
             seditious
             towards
             Princes
             ,
             I
             desired
             to
             inform
             my self
             of
             him
             ,
             whether
             there
             were
             any
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Commonwealth
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             did
             permit
             so
             wicked
             a
             thing
             in
             their
             Dominions
             ?
             And
             he
             freely
             told
             me
             ,
             That
             even
             the
             most
             modern
             Hereticks
             themselves
             ,
             who
             had
             cryed
             up
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             in
             other
             mens
             States
             ,
             would
             by
             no
             means
             allow
             of
             it
             amongst
             themselves
             :
             For
             they
             hated
             to
             see
             their
             own
             houses
             burn
             with
             the
             same
             fire
             which
             they
             by
             their
             seditions
             had
             kindled
             in
             other
             mens
             habitations
             :
             And
             of
             this
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             Geneva
             ,
             which
             I
             call
             the
             sink
             of
             all
             seditious
             impiety
             ,
             is
             an
             evident
             example
             ,
             where
             they
             who
             endeavor
             to
             raise
             new
             Heresies
             ,
             are
             condemned
             to
             be
             burnt
             .
             The
             same
             man
             told
             me
             moreover
             ,
             that
             in
             Germany
             ,
             where
             so
             many
             modern
             Heresies
             were
             invented
             in
             their
             Hans
             Towns
             ,
             only
             to
             suppress
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             ,
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             was
             permitted
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             would
             be
             evidently
             dangerous
             to
             imitate
             them
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             example
             of
             others
             would
             prove
             unfortunate
             to
             those
             who
             had
             not
             all
             the
             same
             requisite
             circumstances
             ,
             as
             those
             whom
             they
             set
             before
             them
             for
             a
             President
             .
             He
             said
             that
             the
             Hans
             Towns
             of
             Germany
             live
             without
             any
             apprehension
             of
             any
             enemy-Prince
             ,
             who
             might
             aspire
             to
             deprive
             them
             of
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             that
             their
             Emperors
             were
             weak
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             Citizens
             were
             not
             only
             by
             nature
             far
             from
             the
             ambition
             of
             Governing
             the
             Country
             ;
             but
             were
             forced
             by
             necessity
             ,
             to
             live
             and
             die
             what
             they
             were
             born
             .
             For
             if
             it
             should
             so
             fall
             out
             ,
             that
             any
             one
             to
             better
             his
             condition
             ,
             should
             presume
             to
             make
             himself
             head
             of
             any
             Heresie
             ,
             the
             power
             of
             all
             the
             other
             free
             Towns
             ,
             who
             were
             joyntly
             interessed
             in
             Liberty
             ,
             with
             that
             City
             where
             factions
             began
             to
             arise
             ,
             would
             presently
             assist
             with
             arms
             in
             hand
             to
             beat
             down
             that
             faction
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             diversity
             of
             religions
             occasioned
             in
             those
             Cities
             by
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             were
             less
             dangerous
             in
             them
             ,
             yet
             could
             it
             not
             be
             said
             that
             they
             were
             totally
             free
             ,
             nor
             that
             the
             humor
             was
             not
             pernitious
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             occasion
             deadly
             evils
             ;
             and
             that
             no
             father
             of
             a
             family
             was
             ever
             induced
             to
             set
             his
             own
             house
             one
             fire
             ,
             for
             having
             the
             means
             of
             quickly
             
             quenching
             it
             by
             a
             neighbouring
             River
             :
             But
             that
             in
             Empires
             ,
             and
             great
             Kingdoms
             it
             fared
             otherwise
             ;
             for
             in
             them
             there
             were
             oft-times
             brothers
             to
             him
             who
             Governed
             in
             Chief
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             bloud
             ;
             and
             there
             were
             alwaies
             therein
             great
             store
             of
             particular
             privat
             men
             ,
             eminent
             for
             birth
             ,
             riches
             ,
             and
             adherents
             ,
             who
             were
             all
             of
             them
             ambitious
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             a
             thirst
             of
             reigning
             ,
             thought
             any
             enterprize
             ,
             how
             desperate
             soever
             ,
             easie
             :
             And
             that
             to
             boot
             with
             these
             ,
             they
             had
             potent
             forreign
             enemies
             ,
             upon
             whom
             they
             confined
             ,
             who
             were
             more
             then
             ready
             to
             foment
             such
             heads
             of
             faction
             as
             should
             appear
             to
             arise
             ;
             as
             had
             lately
             been
             seen
             in
             France
             ,
             and
             in
             Flanders
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             well
             the
             lay
             Princes
             Electors
             ,
             as
             every
             other
             Prince
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             who
             had
             imbraced
             the
             present
             Heresies
             ,
             did
             not
             live
             with
             liberty
             of
             conscience
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             particular
             thirst
             ,
             accommodated
             to
             human
             Interest
             :
             As
             appeared
             clearly
             in
             the
             Lutheran
             impiety
             ,
             which
             taking
             its
             beginning
             in
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Saxony
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             who
             declared
             himself
             to
             be
             Head
             thereof
             ,
             might
             not
             grow
             too
             great
             ,
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Heretick
             Princes
             had
             introduced
             the
             new
             Sects
             of
             
               Calvin
               ,
               Zwinglius
            
             ,
             and
             of
             others
             in
             their
             States
             ,
             with
             such
             confusion
             to
             sacred
             things
             ,
             as
             it
             might
             be
             truely
             said
             that
             there
             was
             as
             many
             Heresies
             in
             Germany
             ,
             as
             Princes
             and
             Potentates
             that
             did
             rule
             there
             :
             And
             that
             which
             made
             me
             wonder
             most
             ,
             was
             to
             hear
             ,
             that
             some
             Subjects
             in
             Germany
             were
             forced
             to
             alter
             their
             Religion
             at
             their
             Princes
             pleasure
             ;
             an
             inconvenience
             which
             was
             seen
             to
             happen
             so
             often
             amongst
             them
             ,
             as
             some
             Cities
             have
             past
             sundry
             times
             from
             one
             Heresie
             to
             another
             in
             less
             then
             one
             months
             space
             .
             All
             which
             are
             things
             of
             very
             bad
             example
             ,
             and
             an
             excellent
             means
             to
             introduce
             that
             Atheism
             amongst
             men
             ,
             which
             I
             said
             I
             thought
             was
             not
             to
             be
             found
             amongst
             beasts
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             Bodin
             ,
             as
             a
             horse
             which
             is
             long
             suffered
             to
             go
             without
             a
             bridle
             ,
             becomes
             fierce
             and
             unserviceable
             to
             man
             ;
             so
             people
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             the
             Reyns
             of
             Religion
             let
             loose
             in
             their
             necks
             ,
             grow
             wild
             ,
             seditious
             ,
             unruly
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             apt
             to
             be
             governed
             or
             ruled
             by
             a
             Prince
             :
             For
             he
             who
             is
             not
             taught
             by
             a
             sound
             and
             well
             regulated
             religion
             ,
             to
             love
             ,
             honor
             ,
             and
             fear
             God
             ,
             cannot
             obey
             ,
             honor
             ,
             nor
             fear
             man.
             So
             great
             a
             truth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             all
             people
             ,
             who
             alwaies
             err
             in
             the
             extreams
             ,
             to
             despise
             Humane
             Laws
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             miss-led
             in
             those
             that
             are
             Divine
             :
             for
             the
             freedom
             which
             they
             have
             to
             offend
             the
             Majestie
             of
             God
             ,
             provokes
             them
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             who
             gave
             them
             that
             liberty
             .
             This
             truth
             which
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             is
             apparently
             seen
             in
             those
             who
             seduced
             the
             Flemmish
             to
             change
             their
             religion
             ,
             and
             to
             rebell
             against
             their
             natural
             Prince
             ,
             who
             to
             bring
             them
             to
             so
             wicked
             an
             enterprize
             ,
             permitted
             them
             to
             plunder
             Churches
             ,
             and
             Church-men
             ;
             and
             when
             at
             last
             they
             would
             have
             refrained
             ,
             and
             regulated
             them
             in
             their
             highest
             Towring
             Tumults
             ,
             they
             found
             that
             when
             God
             is
             despised
             ,
             men
             are
             so
             likewise
             .
             The
             Government
             of
             people
             is
             a
             weighty
             affair
             for
             any
             Prince
             how
             wise
             soever
             ,
             nor
             is
             it
             possible
             for
             him
             alone
             to
             support
             so
             heavy
             a
             burthen
             ;
             but
             being
             assisted
             by
             Religion
             ,
             it
             becomes
             so
             easie
             unto
             him
             ,
             as
             one
             Prince
             may
             govern
             many
             millions
             of
             men
             ;
             for
             very
             many
             are
             so
             ill
             conditioned
             ,
             as
             they
             despise
             human
             Laws
             ,
             yet
             do
             they
             often
             fear
             divine
             ones
             ;
             and
             many
             who
             little
             esteem
             the
             anger
             of
             an
             earthly
             Prince
             ,
             dread
             the
             King
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             live
             peaceably
             .
          
           
             Bodin
             was
             sorely
             cast
             down
             ,
             when
             he
             heard
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperor
             speak
             so
             solidly
             of
             the
             care
             which
             Princes
             ought
             to
             have
             of
             the
             unity
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             was
             then
             more
             grieved
             when
             the
             Judges
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             it
             
             was
             wicked
             ignorance
             to
             maintain
             that
             Princes
             are
             Lords
             of
             mens
             bodies
             ,
             and
             not
             fit
             to
             rule
             their
             souls
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             Allegiance
             which
             by
             Gods
             command
             ,
             Subjects
             owe
             their
             Princes
             ,
             be
             not
             as
             well
             a
             duty
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             hath
             constituted
             the
             most
             Christian
             Kings
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             other
             earthly
             Princes
             ,
             only
             that
             they
             might
             feed
             their
             ambition
             by
             reigning
             ,
             and
             pass
             away
             their
             time
             in
             delight
             ,
             wallowing
             in
             the
             plenty
             of
             so
             many
             earthly
             blessings
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             made
             them
             his
             Lieutenants
             on
             earth
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             observe
             his
             holy
             Law
             ;
             for
             these
             reasons
             ,
             all
             the
             Lords
             of
             Parliament
             ordered
             that
             he
             might
             be
             immediately
             punished
             by
             fire
             ,
             who
             had
             publisht
             a
             Tenet
             fit
             only
             to
             set
             the
             world
             on
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               punisheth
               a
               Poet
               severely
               ,
               for
               having
               been
               so
               desperate
               as
               to
               blaspheme
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             doth
             so
             abhor
             Blasphemy
             above
             all
             other
             vices
             ,
             as
             two
             daies
             ago
             he
             caused
             a
             Poets
             tongue
             to
             be
             struck
             through
             with
             a
             naile
             in
             the
             Delfick
             Temples
             Porch
             ,
             who
             had
             presumed
             to
             say
             that
             Nature
             had
             dealt
             injuriously
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             having
             indowed
             him
             with
             a
             Princely
             soul
             ,
             and
             allotted
             him
             but
             a
             beggarly
             fortune
             .
             And
             though
             many
             Litterati
             earnestly
             beseeched
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             would
             in
             some
             sort
             mittigate
             this
             punishment
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             only
             deny
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             great
             rage
             said
             ,
             that
             such
             wits
             deserved
             the
             severest
             punishments
             ,
             who
             being
             born
             to
             a
             poor
             fortune
             ,
             consumed
             all
             their
             time
             in
             afflicting
             themselves
             by
             seeking
             out
             new
             conceits
             which
             might
             make
             poverty
             appear
             unto
             them
             more
             shamefull
             and
             insupportable
             ,
             which
             they
             should
             imploy
             in
             seeking
             out
             such
             Instructions
             as
             might
             make
             it
             appear
             less
             shamefull
             ,
             and
             more
             tollerable
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             would
             teach
             men
             of
             but
             mean
             fortunes
             ,
             by
             this
             example
             ,
             how
             to
             accommodate
             their
             minds
             to
             their
             means
             ;
             it
             being
             a
             hatefull
             piece
             of
             petulancy
             to
             envy
             great
             Princes
             fortunes
             ;
             whilst
             others
             in
             tattered
             clothes
             died
             of
             hunger
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vertuosi
               of
               Parnassus
               visit
               the
               Temple
               of
               Divine
               Providence
               ,
               whom
               they
               thank
               for
               the
               great
               Charity
               which
               she
               hath
               shewn
               to
               mankind
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             morning
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             custom
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             all
             the
             Prince-Poets
             ,
             and
             the
             Litterati-Lords
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             went
             to
             visit
             the
             Temple
             of
             Divine
             Providence
             ,
             to
             whom
             
               Giovan
               Ioviano
               Pontano
            
             made
             a
             learned
             Oration
             ,
             wherein
             he
             highly
             praised
             the
             infinite
             Charity
             ,
             and
             immence
             love
             which
             she
             had
             shewed
             to
             mankind
             in
             creating
             frogs
             without
             teeth
             :
             For
             it
             would
             have
             been
             of
             no
             advantage
             to
             man
             ,
             that
             this
             world
             ,
             canopied
             by
             so
             many
             heavens
             ,
             full
             of
             so
             many
             stars
             ,
             should
             not
             only
             abound
             in
             all
             things
             necessary
             ;
             but
             even
             be
             fully
             fraught
             with
             all
             most
             exquisite
             delitiousness
             ,
             if
             gallant
             men
             who
             inhabit
             it
             ,
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             wear
             iron
             buskins
             to
             defend
             themselves
             from
             being
             bitten
             by
             such
             fastidious
             and
             importunate
             animals
             ;
             whereas
             now
             there
             needed
             no
             fence
             against
             such
             rascally
             companions
             ,
             who
             are
             composed
             of
             nothing
             but
             mouth
             and
             voice
             ,
             but
             a
             good
             pair
             of
             ears
             ,
             which
             vallue
             not
             the
             noise
             which
             they
             know
             can
             do
             them
             no
             harm
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               most
               excellent
               
                 Paolo
                 Peruta
              
               ,
               by
               order
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               declares
               in
               the
               Publick
               Politick
               Schools
               ,
               what
               the
               genuine
               signification
               is
               of
               that
               Precept
               in
               Policy
               ;
               That
               to
               reigne
               securely
               ,
               the
               people
               must
               be
               kept
               under
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             usual
             Precept
             in
             Policy
             ,
             That
             to
             Reign
             securely
             ,
             the
             people
             must
             be
             kept
             under
             ,
             is
             as
             true
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             wrongfully
             understood
             ,
             and
             worse
             practised
             by
             many
             Princes
             ;
             who
             out
             of
             their
             insatiate
             avarice
             ,
             interpret
             the
             best
             politick
             sentences
             ,
             in
             such
             sense
             as
             makes
             most
             for
             their
             present
             advantage
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             being
             much
             displeased
             ,
             that
             so
             singular
             a
             precept
             should
             be
             so
             grosly
             abused
             ,
             sent
             a
             few
             daies
             sithence
             ,
             for
             
               Paolo
               Peruta
            
             ,
             who
             at
             this
             present
             time
             reads
             the
             ordinary
             morning
             Politicks
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             commanded
             him
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             profit
             ,
             he
             should
             declare
             publickly
             what
             was
             the
             true
             and
             genuine
             sense
             of
             so
             signal
             a
             precept
             ?
             Peruta
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             on
             an
             appointed
             day
             ,
             when
             the
             School
             was
             full
             of
             all
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             he
             took
             the
             Chair
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             as
             an
             exquisite
             
             Prince
             could
             be
             likened
             to
             nothing
             better
             then
             to
             a
             good
             Shepherd
             ,
             so
             people
             might
             be
             very
             fitly
             compared
             to
             a
             very
             numerous
             flock
             of
             sheep
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             the
             end
             that
             one
             onely
             Shepherd
             might
             commodiously
             govern
             a
             great
             many
             sheep
             ,
             the
             Divine
             Majestie
             had
             made
             them
             to
             be
             lowly
             minded
             ,
             and
             had
             created
             them
             without
             the
             weapons
             of
             Horns
             or
             Teeth
             :
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             prejudice
             of
             mankind
             ,
             every
             sheep
             must
             of
             necessity
             have
             a
             shepherd
             alloted
             him
             :
             for
             God
             having
             armed
             the
             head
             and
             hands
             of
             man
             with
             a
             stout
             heart
             ,
             and
             wise
             genius
             ,
             he
             became
             not
             obedient
             and
             submissive
             to
             his
             shepherd
             ,
             as
             many
             Princes
             did
             believe
             ,
             by
             being
             often
             shorn
             and
             continually
             milked
             ,
             or
             by
             being
             hindred
             from
             growing
             fat
             in
             good
             pastures
             by
             angersome
             vexations
             ;
             for
             the
             true
             way
             to
             keep
             the
             people
             low
             ,
             was
             not
             to
             afflict
             them
             perpetually
             by
             pinching
             taxes
             ,
             was
             not
             to
             reduce
             them
             to
             shameful
             poverty
             ,
             by
             grating
             penalties
             ,
             but
             to
             avoid
             the
             arming
             of
             their
             head
             with
             that
             ambition
             of
             command
             ,
             which
             people
             so
             delight
             in
             ,
             as
             the
             appetite
             is
             encreased
             by
             satiety
             :
             Which
             true
             means
             ,
             and
             safe
             counsel
             ,
             is
             onely
             known
             ,
             and
             succesfully
             practised
             by
             the
             Ottaman
             Emperors
             ,
             who
             knowing
             very
             well
             how
             dangerous
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             for
             States
             to
             arm
             their
             subjects
             with
             ambition
             ,
             authority
             ,
             or
             the
             attendance
             of
             many
             Souldiers
             ,
             think
             it
             a
             capital
             error
             ,
             and
             the
             ruine
             of
             their
             States
             ,
             to
             give
             any
             place
             of
             command
             to
             a
             native
             Turk
             ;
             certainly
             a
             most
             happy
             custom
             ,
             and
             which
             plainly
             teacheth
             Princes
             ,
             that
             the
             true
             meaning
             and
             genuine
             interpretation
             of
             so
             useful
             a
             precept
             in
             policy
             ,
             is
             onely
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             a
             dangerous
             thing
             to
             arm
             the
             head
             of
             subjects
             with
             ambition
             ,
             not
             their
             hands
             with
             swords
             ;
             to
             keep
             them
             humble
             ,
             by
             not
             giving
             them
             places
             of
             too
             great
             attendance
             ,
             not
             to
             desire
             their
             poverty
             by
             taking
             their
             means
             from
             them
             ;
             for
             that
             Almighty
             God
             not
             having
             made
             sheep
             humble
             and
             obedient
             for
             any
             want
             they
             have
             of
             wool
             ,
             milk
             or
             lambs
             ,
             did
             thereby
             teach
             Princes
             to
             use
             all
             means
             possible
             ,
             that
             their
             subjects
             may
             increase
             in
             wealth
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             abound
             in
             goods
             ;
             it
             being
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             people
             by
             increasing
             their
             private
             patrimonies
             ,
             make
             chains
             wherewith
             they
             keep
             themselves
             fast
             bound
             up
             ;
             for
             lest
             they
             may
             lose
             their
             wealth
             got
             by
             so
             much
             toil
             ,
             they
             did
             so
             religiously
             study
             peace
             ,
             as
             the
             ancient
             Romans
             ,
             who
             were
             true
             masters
             of
             the
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             found
             no
             better
             means
             to
             make
             the
             warlike
             French
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             newly
             conquered
             ,
             quiet
             and
             obedient
             to
             their
             Republike
             ,
             then
             by
             affording
             them
             all
             possible
             means
             of
             growing
             rich
             ;
             an
             advice
             which
             proved
             so
             fortunate
             unto
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             Politick
             Tacitus
             speaking
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             the
             most
             warlike
             people
             of
             all
             Europe
             ,
             doth
             not
             onely
             call
             them
             
               Dites
               ,
               &
               Imbelles
               ,
               lib.
               11.
               
               Annal.
            
             but
             freely
             affirms
             ,
             
               Gallos
               quoque
               in
               bellis
               flo●…uisses
               .
               Tacit.
               Vita
               Agric.
            
             which
             plainly
             shews
             ,
             that
             great
             riches
             gotten
             by
             the
             French
             ,
             had
             brought
             that
             formerly
             warlike
             Nation
             into
             such
             a
             wretchless
             slothfulness
             ,
             as
             it
             seemed
             an
             old
             wives
             tale
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             knew
             ever
             how
             to
             manage
             arms
             ;
             whereby
             we
             are
             made
             aware
             ,
             that
             riches
             by
             disarming
             men
             ,
             keeps
             them
             submiss
             in
             the
             humility
             of
             peace
             ;
             whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             every
             one
             sees
             ,
             that
             the
             not
             being
             content
             with
             their
             present
             condition
             ,
             makes
             men
             greedy
             of
             novilties
             .
             For
             men
             are
             not
             abased
             ,
             as
             ignorant
             people
             believe
             ,
             by
             being
             poor
             ,
             but
             need
             begets
             in
             them
             such
             an
             immence
             desire
             of
             change
             of
             fortune
             ,
             as
             makes
             those
             that
             are
             in
             bad
             condition
             ,
             venture
             upon
             any
             how
             desperate
             or
             dangerous
             soever
             an
             undertaking
             ;
             it
             having
             been
             often
             times
             experienced
             ,
             that
             nothing
             arms
             people
             more
             then
             poverty
             .
             Which
             produceth
             desperation
             ,
             
             not
             when
             it
             is
             occasioned
             by
             the
             earths
             barrenness
             ,
             by
             adventures
             at
             Sea
             ,
             by
             mens
             carelessness
             ,
             by
             the
             misfortune
             of
             Factors
             ,
             or
             other
             humane
             accidents
             ;
             but
             when
             caused
             by
             the
             Prince
             his
             avarice
             ,
             who
             foolishly
             perswades
             himself
             he
             shall
             become
             a
             rich
             shepherd
             by
             keeping
             his
             sheep
             poor
             .
             Wherefore
             that
             Chair
             man
             of
             Polititians
             affirms
             ,
             that
             to
             go
             about
             to
             reduce
             subjects
             to
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             Principallities
             to
             peace
             ,
             by
             keeping
             them
             poor
             ,
             was
             neither
             better
             nor
             worse
             ,
             then
             to
             pretend
             to
             cure
             the
             dropsie
             ,
             by
             giving
             the
             sick
             party
             over
             much
             drink
             .
             To
             prove
             all
             which
             to
             be
             truth
             ,
             it
             is
             daily
             seen
             in
             all
             insurrections
             ,
             Princes
             meet
             with
             no
             sorer
             enemies
             ,
             then
             mal-contents
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             not
             wherewithal
             to
             live
             commodiously
             ;
             who
             in
             the
             garboils
             of
             commotions
             ,
             prove
             always
             Devils
             ,
             whereas
             those
             who
             are
             wealthy
             are
             obedient
             and
             peaceful
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               nobly
               born
               Laconick
               Senator
               ,
               having
               committed
               a
               great
               fault
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Laconia
               thinks
               it
               wisdom
               to
               pass
               by
               it
               .
            
          
           
             YOu
             have
             formerly
             heard
             ,
             how
             that
             the
             Laconick
             State
             is
             governed
             by
             an
             Elective
             Prince
             ;
             and
             how
             that
             the
             Laconick
             Senate
             is
             reputed
             and
             celebrated
             for
             the
             best
             that
             is
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             The
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             to
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             a
             Senator
             that
             was
             deceased
             ,
             advanced
             the
             second
             Son
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Mitilene
             to
             that
             so
             high
             dignity
             .
             And
             not
             above
             a
             fortnight
             sithence
             ,
             this
             Gentleman
             ,
             much
             to
             the
             Dukes
             regrete
             ,
             committed
             a
             fault
             ,
             which
             his
             Highness
             had
             severely
             punished
             in
             other
             Senators
             ;
             and
             he
             seeming
             not
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             many
             of
             his
             Senators
             were
             troubled
             at
             it
             ,
             and
             advised
             him
             to
             use
             the
             same
             punishment
             for
             the
             same
             fault
             .
             To
             which
             the
             Duke
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             same
             punishments
             were
             not
             to
             be
             inflicted
             for
             the
             same
             faults
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             a
             disparity
             in
             the
             Personages
             ;
             and
             that
             God
             ,
             whose
             will
             it
             was
             that
             no
             sublunary
             thing
             should
             be
             without
             somewhat
             of
             amiss
             ,
             had
             so
             ordained
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             finest
             Currel
             should
             not
             be
             without
             its
             rubbish
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             so
             famous
             a
             Senat
             as
             was
             that
             of
             the
             Laconicks
             ,
             eminent
             Personages
             added
             much
             to
             the
             Splendor
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             were
             oft
             times
             of
             great
             assistance
             to
             the
             State
             upon
             urgent
             emergencies
             .
             But
             that
             this
             advantage
             was
             counterpoised
             by
             a
             notable
             allay
             ,
             that
             such
             persons
             were
             not
             so
             easily
             governed
             ,
             nor
             held
             in
             as
             others
             ,
             over
             whom
             the
             whole
             power
             of
             command
             ,
             and
             absolute
             authority
             of
             the
             Law
             being
             to
             be
             exercised
             ,
             they
             were
             not
             of
             the
             same
             reputation
             ,
             nor
             advantage
             to
             Elective
             Princes
             ,
             as
             were
             Senators
             highly
             descended
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Sythe
             of
             equal
             Justice
             did
             fortunately
             fell
             grass
             of
             an
             equal
             height
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             wary
             Mower
             ,
             who
             spyed
             a
             great
             shrub
             amongst
             lesser
             grass
             ,
             hoisted
             his
             Sythe
             ,
             lest
             he
             might
             break
             it
             ,
             or
             blunt
             the
             edge
             thereof
             ,
             a
             piece
             of
             wisdom
             whereby
             elective
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             prerogative
             it
             was
             to
             chuse
             Senators
             ,
             were
             taught
             not
             to
             promote
             Personages
             of
             extraordinary
             birth
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             unless
             they
             do
             formerly
             resolve
             to
             bear
             with
             many
             things
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             would
             severely
             punish
             in
             ordinary
             subjects
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Andrea
                 Alciati
              
               finding
               himself
               injuriously
               persecuted
               in
               his
               place
               of
               Magistracy
               ,
               flies
               for
               help
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               but
               finds
               none
               .
            
          
           
             
               ANdrea
               Alciati
            
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             onely
             very
             well
             versed
             in
             the
             profession
             of
             Law
             ,
             but
             was
             in
             great
             esteem
             with
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             for
             his
             great
             insight
             in
             all
             the
             choicest
             learning
             which
             makes
             men
             be
             so
             highly
             prized
             in
             this
             Court
             ;
             knowing
             the
             sour
             of
             obeying
             ,
             and
             sweet
             of
             commanding
             ;
             the
             meaness
             of
             a
             priva●…e
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             gallantry
             of
             being
             ,
             or
             of
             but
             personating
             a
             Prince
             ,
             applyed
             himself
             from
             his
             very
             first
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             the
             perillous
             practise
             of
             Gorvernment
             ;
             till
             at
             last
             he
             was
             deputed
             a
             Trianual
             President
             of
             the
             Isle
             of
             Negrapont
             ,
             by
             the
             Prince
             thereof
             ,
             where
             with
             undaunted
             sincerity
             ,
             he
             administred
             such
             exact
             and
             severe
             justice
             as
             is
             pleasing
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             hateful
             to
             proud
             and
             insolent
             people
             who
             though
             they
             be
             born
             to
             serve
             ,
             will
             notwithstanding
             Tyranize
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             had
             been
             severely
             punished
             for
             their
             insolences
             by
             the
             rigour
             of
             the
             Lavv
             ,
             waited
             for
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Sessions
             ,
             a
             time
             usually
             longed
             for
             by
             the
             lewdest
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             revenge
             themselves
             of
             their
             President
             ,
             and
             wherein
             they
             charged
             him
             with
             bitter
             accusations
             .
             Alciati
             seeing
             himself
             so
             wickedly
             dealt
             withal
             by
             his
             ill-wishers
             ,
             had
             forthwith
             recourse
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Negrapont
             ,
             who
             is
             at
             present
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             demanded
             such
             protection
             of
             him
             ,
             as
             is
             due
             to
             those
             Officers
             who
             discharge
             their
             duty
             faithfully
             .
             The
             Prince
             (
             as
             many
             others
             do
             )
             that
             he
             might
             win
             his
             subjects
             good
             will
             ,
             lent
             a
             favorable
             ear
             to
             the
             accusers
             ,
             increasing
             thereby
             their
             insolence
             ,
             and
             Alciaties
             vexation
             ;
             who
             for
             his
             last
             refuge
             ,
             appealed
             this
             very
             morning
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             complaining
             that
             he
             had
             been
             persecuted
             for
             doing
             justice
             ;
             and
             did
             not
             onely
             require
             his
             Majesties
             protection
             ,
             but
             boldly
             prayed
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             a
             new
             tryal
             ,
             but
             such
             personages
             as
             were
             unconcerned
             ,
             and
             not
             swayed
             by
             passion
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             not
             onely
             as
             if
             Alciati
             had
             been
             a
             man
             of
             no
             merit
             ,
             but
             even
             a
             publique
             offendor
             was
             much
             incenst
             at
             him
             ,
             and
             drove
             him
             away
             ;
             wherefore
             many
             of
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             who
             very
             well
             knew
             his
             worth
             ,
             and
             how
             wrongfully
             he
             was
             persecuted
             ,
             were
             witnesses
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             of
             them
             both
             .
             But
             Apollo
             ,
             continuing
             in
             his
             former
             opinion
             ,
             bad
             Alciati
             (
             though
             he
             was
             very
             submiss
             in
             his
             carriage
             )
             get
             out
             of
             his
             sight
             .
             His
             Majesties
             great
             wisdom
             being
             known
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             that
             all
             his
             actions
             pass
             for
             necessary
             precepts
             for
             men
             to
             govern
             their
             lives
             by
             ,
             the
             standers
             by
             wondred
             why
             he
             should
             deal
             so
             hardly
             with
             one
             who
             deserved
             help
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             able
             to
             believe
             but
             that
             his
             Majestie
             concealed
             somewhat
             in
             his
             mind
             ,
             that
             was
             worthy
             to
             be
             known
             ,
             they
             asked
             him
             ,
             why
             he
             who
             always
             sought
             all
             possible
             means
             how
             to
             comfort
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             did
             now
             add
             to
             the
             affliction
             of
             this
             innocent
             person
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             freely
             unbosoming
             himself
             said
             ,
             that
             if
             Alciati
             were
             poor
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             taken
             
             him
             into
             his
             protection
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             being
             wealthy
             enough
             ,
             so
             as
             he
             might
             compass
             his
             ends
             of
             coming
             to
             higher
             preferment
             a
             safer
             way
             ,
             he
             deserved
             to
             be
             treated
             thus
             ,
             and
             worse
             ,
             for
             betaking
             himself
             to
             an
             imployment
             wherein
             there
             was
             certain
             danger
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             onely
             fit
             for
             such
             ,
             who
             not
             being
             able
             to
             eat
             bread
             at
             home
             ,
             were
             necessitated
             to
             take
             any
             the
             most
             hazardous
             course
             to
             live
             ;
             and
             that
             men
             who
             were
             well
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             had
             honourable
             imployments
             ,
             though
             they
             might
             be
             very
             expensive
             ,
             ought
             onely
             study
             how
             to
             win
             reputation
             and
             glory
             .
             To
             this
             Alciati
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             he
             might
             be
             better
             esteemed
             of
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             might
             not
             be
             pointed
             at
             ,
             as
             a
             Plebeian
             clad
             in
             silk
             ,
             had
             carryed
             himself
             with
             such
             reputation
             in
             all
             his
             honourable
             imployments
             ,
             as
             would
             make
             any
             man
             ,
             how
             meanly
             soever
             born
             ,
             appear
             to
             be
             highly
             descended
             .
             Apollo
             being
             still
             more
             incensed
             at
             Alciati's
             words
             ,
             replyed
             ,
             With
             what
             face
             canst
             thou
             affirm
             that
             thou
             hast
             gone
             about
             to
             joyn
             reputation
             to
             thy
             means
             ,
             having
             taken
             shameful
             ways
             to
             work
             thy
             intent
             ?
             Dost
             thou
             not
             know
             the
             true
             attestat
             of
             Guicchardin
             ,
             that
             Oracle
             of
             Italian
             Historians
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             more
             usual
             for
             an
             Officer
             to
             run
             hazard
             ,
             then
             for
             a
             Merchant
             to
             break
             ,
             or
             a
             Sea-man
             to
             drown
             ?
             Dost
             not
             thou
             know
             ,
             that
             no
             Gally-slaves
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             men
             how
             miserable
             soever
             ,
             eat
             courser
             biscat
             ,
             or
             swallow
             down
             more
             bitter
             distastes
             then
             those
             who
             sit
             at
             the
             helm
             of
             Government
             ?
             And
             knowest
             thou
             not
             that
             many
             Princes
             after
             having
             highly
             displeased
             their
             subjects
             ,
             by
             their
             avarice
             and
             cruelty
             ,
             use
             to
             quiet
             and
             appease
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             purchase
             their
             good
             will
             ,
             by
             delivering
             up
             unto
             them
             such
             an
             Officer
             ,
             as
             by
             his
             punctual
             performance
             of
             justice
             ,
             have
             well
             deserved
             their
             Princes
             protection
             ?
             And
             art
             thou
             alone
             he
             that
             doth
             not
             know
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             desire
             nothing
             but
             the
             pleasure
             of
             command
             ,
             and
             the
             profit
             of
             revenue
             ?
             and
             that
             they
             abhor
             rumors
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             so
             far
             from
             believing
             ,
             that
             they
             proceed
             from
             the
             execution
             of
             that
             true
             justice
             ,
             which
             is
             displeasing
             to
             him
             that
             tastes
             thereof
             ,
             as
             they
             firmly
             believe
             it
             proceeds
             from
             the
             Officers
             ignorance
             and
             wickedness
             ?
             though
             nothing
             be
             more
             certain
             ,
             then
             that
             he
             who
             will
             administer
             upright
             justice
             ,
             must
             as
             requisitely
             make
             the
             people
             complain
             ,
             as
             the
             Chyrurgion
             who
             will
             perfectly
             cure
             a
             wound
             that
             is
             Gangren'd
             ,
             must
             make
             the
             sick
             party
             cry
             out
             :
             and
             neither
             Hipocrates
             ,
             nor
             yet
             my
             beloved
             Esculapius
             could
             ever
             yet
             find
             out
             any
             such
             medicine
             for
             a
             malady
             ,
             as
             would
             make
             the
             patient
             lick
             his
             lips
             ;
             and
             the
             chiefest
             mischief
             is
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             who
             hath
             his
             knee
             out
             of
             joynt
             ,
             would
             beat
             the
             Chyrurgion
             ,
             who
             useth
             all
             his
             best
             skil
             to
             put
             the
             bone
             again
             into
             its
             right
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Lady
               
                 Victoria
                 Collonna
              
               begs
               of
               Apollo
               in
               name
               of
               all
               the
               Feminine
               Sex
               ,
               that
               such
               marryed
               men
               as
               are
               Adulterers
               may
               suffer
               the
               like
               Infamy
               ,
               as
               unchaste
               Wives
               do
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             most
             excellent
             Lady
             ,
             the
             Lady
             .
             
               Victoria
               Colonna
            
             ,
             a
             Princess
             of
             exemplary
             chastity
             ,
             came
             before
             his
             Majestie
             three
             days
             ago
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             in
             behalf
             of
             all
             the
             feminine
             Sex
             ,
             That
             all
             women
             did
             so
             affect
             Chastity
             ,
             a
             vertue
             wherewith
             they
             were
             particularly
             endued
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             any
             whit
             envy
             strength
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             vertue
             attributed
             to
             the
             masculine
             gender
             ;
             for
             they
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             a
             woman
             whose
             soul
             was
             not
             chaste
             ,
             was
             a
             stinking
             carcase
             ,
             but
             that
             with
             much
             reason
             they
             did
             bewail
             the
             great
             disparity
             which
             was
             seen
             to
             be
             observed
             between
             the
             husband
             and
             the
             wife
             ,
             in
             the
             particular
             of
             punishment
             for
             Adultery
             .
             For
             wives
             could
             in
             no
             sort
             be
             contented
             that
             marryed
             men
             should
             think
             themselves
             so
             much
             at
             liberty
             ,
             as
             even
             the
             punishment
             of
             shame
             (
             which
             men
             of
             honor
             had
             wont
             to
             apprehend
             so
             much
             )
             could
             not
             keep
             them
             from
             being
             false
             unto
             their
             wives
             .
             In
             which
             disorders
             she
             affirmed
             ,
             they
             were
             so
             far
             advanced
             ,
             as
             many
             husbands
             were
             not
             onely
             not
             ashamed
             to
             keep
             concubines
             openly
             in
             their
             houses
             ,
             but
             were
             grown
             sometimes
             so
             hardy
             to
             take
             them
             into
             bed
             with
             their
             wives
             :
             which
             excesses
             were
             occasioned
             ,
             because
             the
             same
             severe
             punishments
             were
             not
             provided
             for
             adulterous
             husbands
             ,
             as
             were
             thundered
             out
             ,
             and
             put
             in
             practice
             against
             unchaste
             wives
             .
             And
             that
             in
             this
             particular
             the
             Laws
             were
             so
             partial
             to
             marryed
             men
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             should
             find
             their
             wives
             in
             adultery
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             satisfied
             till
             they
             should
             have
             revenged
             the
             injury
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             .
             By
             reason
             of
             which
             notorious
             grievances
             ,
             the
             feminine
             sex
             were
             forced
             to
             have
             recourse
             to
             the
             clear
             fountain
             of
             justice
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             receive
             competent
             remedy
             for
             this
             their
             oppression
             ,
             by
             the
             publication
             of
             parity
             of
             punishment
             for
             the
             same
             fault
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             his
             Majestie
             should
             not
             like
             of
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             at
             least
             be
             pleased
             to
             allow
             women
             the
             like
             liberty
             in
             point
             of
             adultery
             ,
             as
             men
             pretended
             to
             lay
             claim
             unto
             :
             And
             that
             this
             like
             liberty
             was
             not
             desired
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             women
             might
             make
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             by
             the
             terror
             thereof
             ,
             they
             might
             curb
             their
             lustful
             husbands
             .
             To
             this
             request
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             Law
             of
             Loyalty
             ought
             to
             be
             alike
             between
             the
             husband
             and
             the
             wife
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             violation
             thereof
             ought
             to
             be
             no
             less
             punished
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             other
             :
             but
             that
             the
             more
             exact
             chastity
             was
             desired
             in
             wives
             ,
             in
             the
             weighty
             respect
             that
             men
             might
             be
             sure
             to
             father
             no
             children
             but
             their
             own
             ,
             in
             which
             regard
             the
             excellent
             vertue
             of
             chastity
             was
             given
             to
             the
             female
             sex
             :
             for
             the
             certainty
             of
             their
             issue
             was
             so
             necessary
             to
             husbands
             in
             the
             generation
             of
             mankind
             ,
             as
             were
             not
             their
             mothers
             endued
             with
             chastity
             ,
             their
             sons
             would
             lose
             as
             well
             their
             inheritance
             ,
             as
             their
             fathers
             affection
             ;
             which
             was
             so
             great
             a
             truth
             ,
             as
             wise
             Nature
             herself
             
             had
             given
             chaste
             mates
             to
             all
             earthy
             Animals
             ,
             where
             the
             male
             shares
             in
             hatching
             the
             eggs
             ,
             or
             in
             bringing
             up
             the
             young
             ones
             .
             To
             the
             end
             that
             Fathers
             might
             think
             the
             pains
             for
             the
             welfare
             of
             their
             children
             ,
             well
             bestowed
             ,
             and
             value
             their
             costs
             as
             consolations
             ,
             and
             great
             gains
             .
             At
             this
             answer
             an
             honourable
             blush
             stole
             upon
             the
             cheeks
             of
             the
             Lady
             Victoria
             ,
             who
             with
             a
             Roman
             ingenuity
             confest
             the
             simplicity
             of
             her
             request
             to
             Apollo
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             too
             great
             a
             shame
             to
             the
             female
             sex
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             exceeded
             in
             chastity
             by
             brute
             beasts
             who
             though
             they
             follow
             nothing
             else
             with
             greater
             propenseness
             then
             their
             delight
             ,
             yet
             not
             to
             berive
             the
             father
             of
             his
             ehildren
             ,
             or
             the
             children
             of
             their
             fathers
             by
             their
             Libidinousness
             ,
             keep
             their
             chastity
             ;
             and
             that
             husbands
             had
             so
             great
             reason
             to
             desire
             their
             wives
             might
             prove
             chaste
             ,
             as
             the
             Lavvs
             against
             adultery
             in
             married
             vvomen
             appeared
             to
             be
             too
             merciful
             ;
             for
             the
             vvounds
             vvhich
             husbands
             gave
             their
             vvives
             by
             their
             unchasteness
             ,
             did
             onely
             pierce
             the
             skin
             ;
             but
             that
             marryed
             vvomen
             ,
             by
             their
             adulteries
             did
             kill
             their
             husbands
             vvith
             eternal
             infamy
             ,
             and
             did
             dishonor
             their
             ovvn
             children
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Caesar
               having
               taxed
               
                 Marcus
                 Brutus
              
               of
               ingratitude
               ,
               in
               a
               full
               Assembly
               of
               great
               Personages
               ,
               they
               challenge
               one
               another
               .
            
          
           
             SO
             great
             hath
             the
             hatred
             alvvays
             been
             betvveen
             Caesar
             the
             Dictator
             ,
             and
             
               Marcus
               Brutus
            
             ,
             as
             there
             could
             never
             be
             any
             reconciliation
             made
             between
             them
             ,
             though
             it
             hath
             been
             much
             endeavoured
             by
             the
             prime
             subjects
             of
             this
             State.
             T
             is
             true
             that
             to
             avoid
             the
             displeasing
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             they
             have
             both
             of
             them
             been
             so
             discreet
             as
             to
             shun
             meeting
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             much
             less
             the
             having
             any
             intercourse
             between
             them
             .
             But
             the
             flames
             of
             hatred
             long
             kept
             concealed
             in
             a
             passionate
             mans
             bosome
             ,
             in
             process
             of
             time
             must
             needs
             break
             forth
             .
             This
             is
             said
             ,
             because
             in
             a
             great
             assembly
             which
             was
             had
             the
             other
             day
             of
             the
             chief
             of
             this
             state
             ,
             wherein
             Caesar
             hapned
             to
             be
             ,
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             perswade
             Brutus
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             ,
             who
             esteemed
             it
             poorness
             of
             mind
             to
             yield
             to
             that
             his
             capital
             enemy
             at
             this
             meeting
             .
             Caesar
             (
             though
             in
             covered
             words
             )
             said
             somewhat
             which
             reflected
             upon
             Brutus
             ,
             taxing
             him
             with
             ingratitude
             ;
             and
             (
             as
             it
             usually
             fals
             out
             where
             there
             is
             not
             a
             perfect
             good
             understanding
             beween
             people
             )
             doubtful
             words
             being
             taken
             in
             the
             worse
             sense
             ,
             and
             small
             injuries
             being
             held
             hainous
             offences
             ;
             Brutus
             boldly
             gave
             Caesar
             the
             lye
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             accompanied
             the
             lie
             with
             its
             necessary
             correllative
             ,
             laying
             his
             hand
             upon
             his
             dagger
             .
             Caesar
             slew
             like
             an
             enraged
             Lyon
             upon
             Brutus
             ,
             and
             certainly
             some
             great
             mischief
             had
             been
             done
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             Princes
             that
             were
             present
             interposed
             themselves
             ,
             and
             parted
             them
             .
             The
             next
             day
             Caesar
             published
             a
             Manifesto
             against
             Brutus
             ,
             wherein
             in
             high
             language
             
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             known
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             that
             〈◊〉
             civil
             wars
             he
             met
             with
             no
             more
             cruel
             enemy
             then
             
               Marcus
               Brutus
            
             ,
             〈◊〉
             was
             worse
             to
             him
             then
             even
             Pompey's
             self
             :
             and
             though
             he
             with
             the
             ●…d
             of
             victory
             and
             revenge
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             might
             by
             goo●…●…son
             of
             War
             ,
             have
             secured
             his
             own
             life
             ,
             by
             taking
             away
             that
             of
             Brut●…
             ,
             yet
             chusing
             rather
             to
             use
             clemency
             then
             just
             rigour
             ,
             he
             did
             so
             clearly
             and
             fully
             pardon
             him
             that
             offence
             ,
             which
             would
             never
             have
             been
             forgotten
             by
             any
             other
             man
             ,
             as
             (
             as
             if
             injuries
             had
             been
             great
             obligations
             )
             he
             turned
             his
             hatred
             into
             love
             ,
             his
             revenge
             into
             favour
             ,
             and
             this
             with
             such
             integrity
             as
             in
             his
             last
             will
             and
             Testament
             ,
             he
             declared
             him
             to
             be
             his
             Heir
             ,
             with
             which
             magnanimity
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             were
             so
             pleased
             ,
             as
             after
             his
             murther
             ,
             they
             preferred
             the
             revenge
             of
             so
             great
             ingratitude
             before
             their
             own
             liberty
             ,
             which
             upon
             that
             occasion
             they
             might
             easily
             have
             recovered
             .
             And
             if
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             use
             rather
             to
             move
             out
             of
             base
             interest
             ,
             then
             out
             of
             any
             genurosity
             ,
             did
             so
             much
             detest
             this
             ingratitude
             in
             Brutus
             ,
             how
             much
             more
             ought
             Brutus
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             who
             had
             received
             the
             obligation
             ?
             And
             that
             if
             Brutus
             his
             behaviour
             towards
             him
             was
             not
             open
             and
             shameful
             ingratitude
             ;
             sure
             no
             man
             was
             ever
             ungrateful
             ;
             and
             he
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             believe
             that
             ingratitude
             was
             a
             vain
             name
             in
             the
             Abstract
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             in
             the
             concrete
             thereof
             .
             Brutus
             finding
             his
             honour
             much
             concerned
             in
             this
             
               Caesars
               Manifesto
            
             ,
             answered
             him
             presently
             in
             a
             writing
             which
             he
             published
             ,
             That
             since
             he
             had
             never
             deserved
             ill
             at
             Caesars
             hands
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             acknowledge
             the
             pardon
             which
             he
             said
             he
             had
             given
             him
             for
             taking
             up
             Arms
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             a
             favour
             .
             For
             he
             who
             takes
             up
             arms
             to
             defend
             his
             free
             Countrey
             from
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             did
             but
             what
             was
             his
             duty
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             therein
             misdemerit
             ,
             but
             ought
             rather
             to
             be
             commended
             even
             by
             the
             enemy
             .
             And
             that
             Caesar
             after
             his
             victory
             at
             Pharsalia
             ,
             did
             not
             oblige
             those
             unto
             him
             whose
             lives
             he
             pardoned
             ;
             for
             he
             onely
             won
             the
             good
             opinion
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
             who
             pardoned
             injuries
             received
             not
             injuries
             done
             unto
             them
             .
             And
             if
             it
             were
             faults
             ,
             not
             merits
             which
             deserved
             to
             be
             pardoned
             ,
             then
             they
             who
             took
             up
             arms
             to
             defend
             the
             Roman
             liberty
             ought
             to
             pardon
             Caesar
             ,
             not
             Caesar
             them
             .
             For
             the
             fault
             was
             his
             ,
             who
             would
             usurp
             upon
             his
             Countreys
             liberty
             ,
             the
             merit
             theirs
             that
             did
             defend
             it
             .
             And
             that
             though
             it
             vexed
             his
             very
             soul
             to
             hear
             himself
             taxed
             of
             ingratitude
             by
             Caesar
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             more
             troubled
             to
             think
             he
             should
             hold
             him
             for
             so
             great
             a
             villan
             ,
             as
             that
             ,
             though
             with
             pardon
             of
             life
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             he
             could
             forget
             the
             injurious
             usurping
             the
             Countreys
             liberty
             ,
             which
             all
             worthy
             Senators
             ought
             to
             keep
             always
             deeply
             ingraven
             in
             their
             hearts
             .
             And
             that
             that
             being
             onely
             true
             clemency
             which
             proceeds
             immediately
             from
             meer
             meekness
             ,
             certainly
             Caesar
             merited
             nothing
             at
             those
             Senators
             hands
             ,
             whom
             he
             pardoned
             for
             defending
             their
             liberties
             .
             For
             he
             did
             it
             not
             out
             of
             any
             worthiness
             of
             mind
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             secure
             his
             own
             Tyrannie
             :
             for
             very
             well
             knowing
             ,
             that
             to
             grow
             cruel
             after
             victory
             ,
             towards
             the
             chief
             Senators
             ,
             was
             to
             incite
             the
             people
             of
             Romes
             publique
             hatred
             ,
             and
             highly
             to
             incense
             the
             prime
             Senators
             ,
             he
             gave
             other
             men
             their
             lives
             to
             secure
             his
             own
             .
             That
             for
             his
             having
             declared
             him
             in
             his
             will
             to
             succeed
             in
             part
             of
             his
             inheritance
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             Caesar
             know
             ,
             that
             he
             treated
             not
             with
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             did
             not
             very
             well
             know
             his
             deep
             cunning
             ,
             hid
             under
             that
             feigned
             benevolence
             and
             false
             liberality
             ,
             since
             it
             was
             not
             out
             of
             any
             affection
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             named
             him
             to
             be
             his
             heir
             ,
             but
             onely
             
             to
             ma●…
             him
             lay
             down
             his
             Arms
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             him
             become
             an
             enemy
             to
             his
             ●…ntrey
             ,
             and
             to
             blot
             out
             of
             his
             mind
             the
             desire
             of
             recovering
             liberty
             ,
             a
             servitude
             which
             ambitious
             Tyrants
             purchase
             at
             a
             contemptible
             rate
             from
             base
             and
             avaricious
             Senators
             ;
             not
             from
             such
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             far
             from
             selling
             their
             or
             their
             Countreys
             liberty
             for
             any
             sum
             of
             gold
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ,
             as
             they
             sought
             to
             purchase
             it
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             theit
             blood
             .
             And
             that
             the
             trick
             of
             basely
             lulling
             chief
             Senators
             asleep
             ,
             by
             sending
             them
             to
             be
             Ambassadors
             ,
             was
             past
             from
             Caesar
             into
             Augustus
             ,
             whose
             will
             and
             testament
             :
             
               Tertio
               Gradu
               primores
               Civitatis
               Scripserat
               ,
               plerosque
               invisos
               sibi
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Annal.
            
             was
             not
             as
             Tacitus
             had
             formerly
             ,
             but
             foolishly
             affirmed
             ,
             
               Iactantia
               ,
               Gloriaque
               ad
               Posteros
            
             ;
             but
             onely
             that
             those
             Senators
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             sorest
             enemies
             ,
             allured
             with
             hopes
             of
             reaping
             more
             benefit
             in
             servitude
             ,
             then
             in
             a
             free
             condition
             ,
             might
             become
             instruments
             to
             Tiberius
             ,
             in
             training
             him
             up
             in
             that
             Tyrannie
             ,
             which
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             make
             head
             against
             .
             Brutus
             concluded
             this
             his
             writing
             ;
             saying
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             so
             far
             from
             acknowledging
             it
             a
             favour
             to
             have
             his
             life
             given
             him
             by
             Caesar
             ,
             as
             he
             would
             have
             taken
             it
             for
             a
             greater
             obligation
             from
             him
             if
             he
             had
             bereaft
             him
             of
             it
             ,
             since
             a
             worthy
             Senator
             cannot
             acquire
             a
             more
             glorious
             life
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             torn
             in
             pieces
             by
             the
             publike
             Tyrant
             ,
             such
             a
             Senators
             life
             being
             formidable
             unto
             the
             Tyrant
             ,
             for
             being
             a
             valiant
             defendor
             of
             liberty
             ;
             and
             that
             Tyrants
             gave
             a
             glorious
             life
             to
             such
             Senators
             as
             they
             were
             cruel
             unto
             ,
             whereas
             they
             asperse
             those
             with
             shame
             who
             too
             greedy
             of
             life
             ,
             did
             interchange
             the
             base
             benefit
             of
             their
             received
             pardon
             ,
             with
             the
             shameful
             oblivion
             of
             the
             injury
             done
             them
             in
             bereaving
             them
             of
             their
             publike
             liberty
             .
             Caesar
             who
             was
             by
             nature
             haughty
             ,
             was
             so
             incenst
             at
             this
             answer
             ,
             as
             he
             challenged
             Brutus
             to
             a
             single
             duel
             in
             
               Campo
               Marte
            
             ;
             which
             Brutus
             willingly
             accepted
             ,
             but
             abhorring
             to
             fight
             with
             men
             half
             dead
             ,
             he
             bad
             him
             first
             go
             cure
             those
             wounds
             which
             he
             had
             given
             him
             in
             the
             Senat
             ,
             and
             then
             return
             to
             receive
             more
             with
             the
             same
             dagger
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             would
             be
             ready
             to
             wait
             upon
             him
             .
             To
             this
             scornful
             answer
             of
             
               Brutus
               ;
               Caesar
            
             did
             as
             sconfully
             reply
             ,
             that
             the
             alledged
             impediment
             should
             not
             keep
             him
             from
             meeting
             him
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             for
             that
             Brutus
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             those
             his
             wounds
             were
             very
             well
             cured
             by
             his
             Nephew
             Augustus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             whole
             Triumpherate
             ,
             with
             the
             corresive
             of
             proscription
             .
             That
             therefore
             he
             should
             onely
             appear
             armed
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             leave
             behind
             him
             those
             Cassii
             and
             Caschi
             ,
             and
             other
             swaggering
             companions
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             accustomed
             to
             make
             use
             of
             in
             his
             supercheries
             and
             foul
             play
             to
             men
             of
             honor
             .
             To
             this
             Brutus
             answered
             ,
             That
             his
             custom
             was
             to
             put
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             enemy
             and
             enemy
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             as
             he
             ,
             fought
             onely
             with
             the
             arms
             of
             military
             worth
             ,
             to
             propagate
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             against
             the
             Hanibals
             ,
             Jugurthans
             ,
             Mitredates
             ,
             and
             other
             Foreign
             Princes
             ;
             but
             that
             Tyrants
             ,
             and
             ravinous
             wolves
             cloathed
             in
             lambs
             skins
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             dealt
             withal
             with
             like
             Treachery
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             traps
             laid
             for
             them
             ,
             as
             is
             usually
             done
             for
             crafty
             Foxes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Certain
               Subjects
               desire
               their
               Princes
               that
               the
               infinite
               multitude
               of
               Laws
               which
               they
               live
               under
               ,
               may
               be
               reduced
               to
               a
               lesser
               number
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Governors
               of
               Provinces
               may
               be
               forbidden
               to
               publish
               every
               day
               new
               Proclamations
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             great
             abuse
             in
             some
             States
             is
             certainly
             much
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             where
             not
             onely
             the
             Princes
             are
             prone
             enough
             in
             publishing
             every
             day
             new
             Laws
             ,
             but
             do
             permit
             the
             Governors
             of
             their
             Provinces
             to
             run
             into
             the
             same
             error
             .
             Which
             being
             often
             changed
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             them
             commencing
             their
             Government
             with
             an
             ardent
             desire
             to
             mend
             the
             world
             the
             very
             first
             week
             ,
             shame
             themselves
             with
             divulging
             certain
             new
             Proclamations
             according
             to
             their
             own
             fancies
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             those
             many
             extravagancies
             which
             use
             to
             abound
             in
             them
             ,
             who
             having
             framed
             new
             conceits
             in
             their
             brains
             ,
             are
             not
             so
             well
             advised
             as
             to
             weigh
             them
             with
             practice
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             true
             hammer
             whereby
             to
             discern
             between
             pure
             silver
             ,
             and
             false
             Alchymie
             .
             For
             zeal
             to
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             not
             regulated
             by
             a
             perfect
             judgement
             ,
             injures
             a
             gallant
             man
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             more
             then
             any
             bad
             intention
             .
             The
             liberty
             of
             this
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             causeth
             those
             States
             wherein
             it
             is
             used
             ,
             to
             abound
             so
             much
             in
             Edicts
             ,
             Proclamations
             ,
             Constitutions
             ,
             and
             an
             infinite
             medly
             of
             new
             Laws
             ,
             as
             men
             live
             therein
             in
             great
             confusion
             ;
             it
             being
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             
               Corruptissima
               Republica
               plurimae
               Leges
               .
               Tacit.
               ter●…io
               Lib.
               Annal.
            
             a
             most
             corrupted
             Cou●…rey
             abound
             most
             in
             Laws
             ;
             and
             the
             worst
             is
             ,
             that
             every
             Officer
             being
             resolute
             in
             the
             observance
             of
             such
             Proclamations
             as
             are
             by
             him
             published
             ,
             foolishly
             forgets
             those
             made
             by
             his
             predecessors
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             people
             not
             able
             to
             discern
             in
             this
             so
             great
             disorder
             ,
             what
             things
             are
             lawful
             ,
             what
             unlawful
             ,
             receive
             the
             worser
             satisfaction
             thereby
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             have
             oft-times
             found
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             vent
             their
             anger
             against
             one
             they
             hate
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             a
             purging
             pill
             to
             a
             rich
             Churmuggion
             ,
             have
             made
             use
             of
             absolute
             Proclamations
             and
             Edicts
             which
             have
             lost
             their
             validity
             ,
             be
             contrary
             usance
             .
             To
             the
             end
             then
             ,
             that
             some
             cure
             might
             be
             found
             out
             for
             so
             many
             evils
             ,
             the
             people
             who
             live
             under
             them
             ,
             chose
             certain
             Commissioners
             long
             since
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             their
             Princes
             therewith
             .
             These
             earnestly
             desired
             that
             the
             multitude
             of
             Laws
             ,
             which
             bred
             confusion
             amongst
             the
             people
             ,
             might
             be
             abrogated
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Governors
             of
             Provinces
             might
             be
             inhibited
             the
             making
             of
             new
             ones
             for
             the
             future
             .
             Most
             of
             the
             Princes
             judged
             this
             the
             Commissioners
             request
             to
             be
             very
             just
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             might
             consult
             the
             better
             thereof
             ,
             they
             met
             in
             Clios
             house
             ,
             where
             some
             that
             were
             zealous
             of
             their
             subjects
             good
             ,
             were
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             with
             as
             much
             brevity
             as
             might
             be
             ,
             all
             the
             ancient
             Statutes
             should
             be
             made
             an
             end
             of
             ;
             and
             being
             made
             void
             ,
             new
             ones
             might
             be
             enacted
             ,
             which
             might
             bring
             quiet
             ,
             not
             confusion
             to
             the
             people
             .
             But
             the
             Princes
             who
             
             were
             of
             a
             contrary
             opinion
             ,
             were
             greater
             both
             for
             number
             and
             quality
             ;
             they
             freely
             affirmed
             ,
             That
             those
             things
             which
             had
             been
             tollerated
             by
             their
             ancient
             Predecessors
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             presumed
             to
             proceed
             rather
             from
             wisdom
             ,
             then
             from
             ignorance
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             always
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             that
             their
             fore-fathers
             had
             examined
             &
             digested
             matters
             concerning
             the
             Government
             of
             their
             people
             ,
             much
             more
             accurately
             then
             modern
             men
             do
             ,
             who
             were
             then
             seen
             to
             run
             into
             great
             disorders
             ,
             when
             out
             of
             novelty
             they
             would
             abrogate
             those
             ancient
             customs
             ,
             which
             experience
             had
             found
             to
             be
             good
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             to
             be
             thought
             a
             high
             presumption
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             without
             ever
             being
             aware
             of
             ,
             oramending
             her
             errors
             ,
             had
             lived
             long
             in
             those
             customs
             ,
             which
             others
             would
             correct
             ,
             as
             being
             prejudicial
             .
             And
             that
             Princes
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             study
             nothing
             more
             then
             how
             to
             dilate
             their
             own
             Authority
             ,
             committed
             a
             mortal
             error
             ,
             when
             they
             tyed
             up
             their
             ownhands
             ,
             and
             made
             rods
             for
             their
             own
             breeches
             ,
             becurtiling
             their
             jurisdiction
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Princes
             were
             thus
             discussing
             the
             business
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             desires
             to
             hear
             the
             result
             ,
             made
             some
             little
             noise
             at
             the
             chamber
             door
             :
             At
             which
             the
             Princes
             being
             very
             angry
             ,
             they
             grew
             so
             hot
             ,
             as
             having
             no
             other
             weapons
             ,
             they
             broke
             some
             forms
             which
             came
             first
             to
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             making
             use
             of
             the
             feet
             thereof
             for
             cudgels
             ,
             they
             beat
             away
             the
             Commissioners
             ;
             who
             crying
             out
             ,
             Help
             ,
             help
             ,
             many
             Philosophers
             came
             from
             the
             Peripatetick
             School
             ,
             who
             withheld
             the
             Princes
             ,
             and
             freed
             the
             others
             from
             being
             further
             mischiefed
             .
             The
             Princes
             thinking
             it
             fitting
             to
             acquaint
             the
             Philosophers
             with
             the
             reasons
             which
             had
             moved
             them
             to
             this
             resentment
             ,
             said
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             these
             Rascals
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             Proclamations
             ,
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             confusion
             by
             new
             Laws
             ,
             have
             dared
             to
             come
             even
             within
             our
             doors
             ,
             to
             assassinate
             us
             ,
             adding
             insolence
             to
             their
             impertinent
             demands
             ;
             for
             we
             having
             out
             of
             our
             fatherly
             charity
             ,
             given
             free
             leave
             to
             these
             ingrateful
             people
             to
             keep
             as
             many
             Hounds
             and
             Greyhounds
             as
             they
             please
             to
             take
             Hares
             and
             Goats
             withal
             ,
             permission
             to
             lay
             gins
             to
             catch
             Partridge
             and
             Pheasants
             ,
             to
             make
             nets
             to
             take
             Finshes
             and
             Sparows
             ,
             to
             lay
             lime-twigs
             wherewithal
             to
             take
             Black-birds
             and
             Thrushes
             ,
             to
             make
             hooks
             ,
             pastes
             ,
             drag-nets
             ,
             weels
             ,
             and
             twenty
             other
             things
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             want
             no
             fish
             :
             These
             Rascals
             will
             not
             notwithstanding
             permit
             us
             poor
             Princes
             ,
             who
             even
             consume
             our selves
             in
             studying
             how
             to
             serve
             them
             ,
             to
             take
             half
             a
             dozen
             fat
             Becchifichi
             ,
             for
             our
             own
             use
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vertuosi
               of
               Italy
               beg
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               Philosophy
               may
               be
               treated
               on
               in
               the
               Italian
               Tongue
               ,
               and
               are
               denyed
               their
               request
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Italian
             Litterati
             have
             these
             many
             years
             been
             very
             instant
             with
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             enable
             the
             Italian
             Tongue
             to
             treat
             of
             Philosophical
             matters
             ,
             and
             have
             used
             all
             the
             possible
             means
             they
             could
             to
             get
             it
             effected
             :
             But
             Apollo
             would
             never
             grant
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             That
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             were
             no
             longer
             esteemed
             ,
             then
             when
             they
             were
             handled
             in
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             ;
             for
             the
             Metaphisicks
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Soveraign
             Sciences
             ,
             would
             suffer
             an
             infinite
             alloy
             ,
             if
             the
             admirable
             secrets
             thereof
             being
             taught
             in
             Italian
             ,
             should
             be
             communicable
             even
             to
             Hosts
             and
             Hostlery
             ;
             moreover
             ,
             if
             all
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             were
             suffered
             to
             be
             written
             in
             the
             Italian
             Tongue
             ,
             the
             most
             noble
             Latin
             Tongue
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             men
             confess
             the
             true
             majestie
             of
             writing
             ,
             and
             speaking
             elegantly
             doth
             consist
             ,
             would
             go
             near
             to
             be
             lost
             .
             The
             Italians
             were
             not
             onely
             not
             satisfied
             with
             these
             alledged
             reasons
             ,
             but
             continued
             still
             so
             fervent
             in
             their
             former
             desire
             ,
             as
             his
             Majestie
             seemed
             to
             be
             inclineable
             to
             give
             them
             content
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             doubting
             lest
             some
             resolution
             might
             be
             taken
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             displeasing
             to
             them
             ,
             bad
             the
             Italian
             Litterati
             be
             quiet
             ,
             for
             they
             would
             by
             no
             means
             undergo
             the
             shame
             of
             being
             discust
             in
             insipid
             Italian
             Circumlocutions
             ,
             but
             would
             be
             argued
             in
             their
             ordinary
             Latin
             Terms
             .
             
               Alexander
               Picolomini
            
             was
             there
             present
             ,
             who
             freely
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Greek
             and
             Latin
             Philosophers
             were
             Fools
             ,
             if
             they
             believed
             that
             the
             Italian
             Writers
             were
             so
             ill
             read
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             did
             not
             very
             well
             know
             ,
             that
             Philosophy
             being
             a
             natural
             Science
             ;
             and
             therefore
             known
             even
             to
             children
             ,
             would
             wholly
             lose
             her
             reputation
             ,
             it
             being
             treated
             of
             in
             Italian
             ,
             the
             world
             should
             know
             ,
             that
             she
             were
             wholly
             hid
             under
             Scholastical
             terms
             ,
             which
             being
             neither
             Greek
             nor
             Latin
             ,
             seemed
             rather
             to
             be
             Slavonick
             words
             ,
             which
             being
             translated
             into
             Italian
             would
             discover
             the
             cheating
             tricks
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             who
             spend
             nights
             and
             days
             in
             the
             study
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             to
             learn
             names
             more
             then
             realties
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               shews
               unto
               his
               Litterati
               the
               true
               meaning
               of
               the
               Latin
               Sentence
               ,
               
                 Homo
                 longus
                 ,
                 raro
                 sapiens
              
               ,
               A
               tale
               man
               is
               seldom
               wise
               .
            
          
           
             TO
             the
             wonder
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             above
             300
             Litterati
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             beyond
             the
             usual
             size
             of
             men
             ,
             appeared
             on
             Tuesday
             last
             in
             the
             publike
             Audience
             .
             Every
             one
             knew
             that
             the
             assembling
             together
             of
             so
             many
             Vertuosi
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             of
             extraordinary
             stature
             and
             greatness
             ,
             must
             needs
             have
             somewhat
             of
             meaning
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             had
             ;
             for
             reverend
             Cino
             ,
             Auditor
             
               di
               Rota
            
             in
             Parnassus
             said
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             his
             fellows
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             Vertuosi
             who
             his
             Majestie
             saw
             there
             ,
             were
             known
             by
             the
             whole
             world
             to
             be
             well
             skilled
             in
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             ,
             which
             his
             Majesties
             Delfick
             Library
             might
             likewise
             sufficiently
             witness
             ;
             and
             that
             notwithstanding
             they
             were
             scoft
             and
             laught
             at
             by
             most
             of
             the
             Litterati
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             held
             for
             fools
             and
             shallow
             witted
             people
             :
             Wherefore
             ,
             such
             injuries
             being
             altogether
             insupportable
             ,
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             have
             recourse
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             some
             remedy
             might
             be
             found
             for
             so
             great
             an
             abuse
             ,
             which
             might
             occasion
             many
             inconveniences
             ,
             those
             Litterati
             of
             a
             more
             then
             usual
             stature
             and
             greatness
             of
             body
             ,
             demanded
             place
             and
             time
             (
             always
             provided
             it
             might
             stand
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Approbation
             )
             where
             and
             when
             ,
             hand
             to
             hand
             ,
             two
             to
             two
             ,
             three
             to
             three
             ,
             or
             in
             what
             greater
             numbers
             the
             contrary
             party
             should
             choose
             ,
             they
             would
             dispute
             vvith
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             small
             ,
             and
             of
             middle
             stature
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             venture
             their
             reputations
             thereupon
             :
             But
             that
             vvhen
             his
             Majestie
             should
             think
             they
             had
             given
             sufficient
             Tryal
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             proved
             themselves
             to
             be
             real
             Vertuosi
             ;
             their
             humble
             request
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             vvould
             be
             pleased
             to
             dec●…e
             the
             proverb
             to
             be
             false
             and
             erronous
             ,
             vvhich
             says
             .
             
               Homo
               longus
               ,
               raro
               sapiens
            
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             the
             rise
             of
             all
             the
             scandal
             .
             His
             Majestie
             gave
             ear
             to
             Cino's
             complaint
             vvith
             a
             pleasing
             countenance
             ;
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             vvas
             sensible
             of
             the
             rash
             judgement
             vvhich
             his
             Vertuosi
             gave
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             proverb
             being
             true
             ,
             he
             neither
             could
             nor
             vvould
             declare
             it
             to
             be
             false
             ;
             and
             that
             
               Homo
               longus
            
             vvas
             not
             to
             be
             understood
             (
             according
             to
             the
             vulgar
             misinterpretation
             )
             for
             any
             extraordinary
             proportion
             of
             body
             ,
             but
             in
             respect
             of
             resolution
             and
             deliberations
             taken
             in
             affairs
             ;
             for
             too
             much
             delay
             and
             length
             of
             time
             in
             dispatching
             business
             ,
             vvas
             a
             clear
             evidence
             of
             vvant
             of
             vvit
             ,
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             drousie
             understanding
             ;
             for
             he
             vvas
             onely
             to
             be
             accounted
             vvise
             ,
             vvho
             vvas
             resolute
             in
             his
             affairs
             ,
             and
             vvho
             being
             able
             to
             resolve
             upon
             any
             sudden
             occasion
             ,
             dispatched
             business
             vvith
             admirable
             dexterity
             of
             vvit
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               
                 Ruota
                 di
                 Parnasso
              
               having
               decided
               a
               point
               in
               difference
               between
               the
               Military
               men
               ,
               and
               the
               Litterati
               on
               the
               Military
               means
               behalf
               ,
               are
               aware
               of
               their
               error
               ,
               and
               withdraw
               their
               sentence
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             precedency
             between
             Arms
             and
             Learning
             is
             still
             obstinately
             disputed
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             between
             the
             Litterati
             and
             Millitary-men
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             And
             it
             was
             resolved
             in
             the
             last
             Ruota
             ,
             That
             the
             question
             should
             be
             argued
             ,
             if
             at
             least
             the
             name
             of
             Science
             and
             Discipline
             might
             be
             attributed
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             War.
             Which
             doubt
             was
             of
             such
             consequence
             ,
             as
             the
             victory
             of
             the
             whole
             cause
             depended
             thereupon
             ;
             wherefore
             both
             parties
             were
             very
             diligent
             in
             informing
             the
             Auditors
             ;
             and
             Vigetius
             in
             particular
             was
             not
             sparing
             for
             any
             pains
             ,
             in
             procuring
             that
             the
             sentence
             might
             prove
             favourable
             on
             his
             side
             .
             The
             business
             was
             very
             subtilly
             can
             vast
             and
             argued
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             seemed
             wholly
             to
             incline
             to
             the
             Litterati
             ;
             but
             the
             Princes
             used
             such
             forcible
             arguments
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             That
             Military
             men
             in
             their
             exercise
             of
             War
             ,
             might
             use
             the
             honourable
             names
             of
             Science
             and
             Discipline
             .
             The
             Litterati
             were
             much
             displeased
             at
             this
             d●…cision
             ,
             who
             exclaimed
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             that
             Learning
             would
             be
             much
             defiled
             ,
             if
             she
             ,
             who
             adorns
             mens
             minds
             with
             good
             precepts
             ,
             should
             be
             forced
             to
             communicate
             her
             honourable
             names
             with
             the
             Military
             Art
             ,
             which
             fills
             the
             body
             with
             wounds
             ,
             and
             the
             soul
             with
             the
             ●…oulest
             vices
             .
             The
             Litterati
             were
             in
             this
             despair
             ,
             when
             unexpectedly
             all
             the
             Butchers
             of
             the
             world
             were
             seen
             to
             appear
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             which
             slovenly
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             all
             besmeared
             with
             blood
             ,
             with
             hatchets
             and
             long
             knives
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             infused
             such
             fear
             into
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             as
             apprehending
             some
             general
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             cut
             in
             pieces
             ,
             they
             fled
             away
             to
             their
             own
             houses
             ,
             where
             they
             fortified
             themselves
             .
             But
             they
             were
             better
             pleased
             when
             those
             dreadful
             people
             made
             signs
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             be
             heard
             .
             Apollo
             that
             he
             might
             know
             what
             they
             meant
             ,
             sent
             some
             Deputies
             to
             them
             :
             To
             whom
             those
             Butchers
             stoutly
             said
             ,
             That
             hearing
             that
             the
             Court
             had
             decided
             ,
             That
             the
             Art
             of
             sacking
             and
             firing
             of
             Cities
             ,
             of
             cutting
             their
             inhabitants
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             in
             fine
             ,
             that
             the
             cruel
             mystery
             of
             killing
             men
             ,
             and
             of
             dispeopling
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             of
             calling
             with
             sword
             in
             hand
             ,
             mine
             thine
             ,
             should
             be
             termed
             a
             Science
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             they
             also
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             profess
             the
             killing
             of
             men
             ,
             nor
             any
             thing
             that
             tended
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             mankind
             ,
             but
             the
             kill●…ng
             of
             Calves
             and
             Muttons
             to
             feed
             men
             withal
             ,
             demanded
             that
             their
             Art
             might
             be
             honoured
             by
             the
             same
             illustrious
             names
             .
             The
             Military-men
             appeared
             as
             if
             they
             had
             no
             souls
             amidst
             this
             rabble
             rout
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             so
             base
             sort
             of
             people
             should
             desire
             that
             their
             so
             opprobrious
             Trade
             ,
             should
             be
             paralell'd
             with
             the
             Art
             of
             Warfaring
             ,
             which
             was
             practised
             by
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             ,
             and
             prime
             Nobility
             of
             the
             world
             .
             And
             the
             same
             
               Signori
               Auditori
               di
               ru●…ta
            
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             the
             Butchers
             appear
             in
             the
             Pallace
             ,
             and
             heard
             their
             demands
             ,
             
             they
             were
             aware
             of
             the
             injustice
             which
             but
             a
             little
             before
             they
             had
             done
             to
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             by
             their
             decision
             .
             Wherefore
             they
             again
             propounded
             the
             same
             question
             ,
             and
             unanimously
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             mysterie
             of
             War
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             sometimes
             necessary
             ,
             was
             notwithstanding
             so
             cruel
             and
             so
             in
             humane
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             honest
             it
             with
             civil
             tearms
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Aristotle
               being
               besieged
               in
               his
               Countrey-house
               by
               many
               Princes
               ,
               is
               by
               them
               forced
               to
               revoke
               his
               Definition
               of
               a
               Tyrant
               .
            
          
           
             ARistotle
             the
             Prince
             of
             Peripateticks
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             the
             better
             attend
             his
             study
             ,
             withdrew
             himself
             some
             days
             ago
             ,
             to
             his
             Countrey-house
             ,
             where
             unexpectly
             he
             was
             besieged
             by
             night
             ,
             by
             some
             Princes
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             number
             of
             foot
             and
             horse
             ,
             who
             after
             having
             with
             incredible
             speed
             made
             their
             Trenches
             and
             Gabbiouns
             ,
             prepared
             their
             Cannon
             to
             play
             upon
             the
             house
             .
             When
             Apollo
             heard
             of
             this
             so
             great
             Novilty
             ,
             he
             forthwith
             dispatcht
             away
             the
             two
             famous
             Satyrical
             Poets
             ,
             
               Lodovico
               Adi●…sto
            
             ,
             and
             
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             ,
             with
             two
             Legions
             of
             Veteran
             Saterists
             towards
             them
             ,
             who
             with
             all
             military
             skill
             endeavoured
             to
             raise
             the
             siege
             ,
             but
             in
             vain
             ;
             for
             though
             the
             Poets
             let
             fly
             disfamatory
             Verses
             ,
             yet
             the
             Arms
             these
             Princes
             wore
             were
             so
             excellently
             vvell
             tempered
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             proof
             against
             every
             pungent
             Terzetta
             .
             So
             as
             no
             good
             being
             to
             be
             done
             by
             force
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             sure
             that
             nothing
             might
             befal
             that
             excellent
             Vertuosi
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Peripatetick
             Philosophy
             might
             be
             any
             ways
             prejudiced
             ,
             dispatched
             away
             into
             the
             field
             that
             great
             lover
             of
             Learning
             ,
             
               Federico
               Feltrio
            
             Duke
             of
             Urban
             ,
             who
             upon
             parley
             vvith
             those
             Princes
             ,
             by
             his
             rare
             dextrousness
             obtained
             a
             suspension
             of
             Arms
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             first
             entrance
             into
             discourse
             ,
             those
             Princes
             complained
             greatly
             against
             Aristotle
             ,
             for
             having
             given
             so
             malignant
             a
             definition
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             in
             his
             Politica
             ,
             as
             it
             included
             or
             comprehended
             every
             good
             Prince
             ;
             and
             in
             great
             anger
             said
             ,
             That
             if
             (
             as
             Aristotle
             had
             been
             bold
             to
             affirm
             )
             those
             Princes
             vvere
             to
             be
             esteemed
             Tyrants
             ,
             vvho
             intended
             more
             their
             ovvn
             profit
             ,
             then
             the
             like
             of
             their
             subjects
             ,
             they
             knevv
             ▪
             not
             vvhere
             that
             Potentate
             ,
             hovv
             good
             or
             ancient
             soever
             he
             vvere
             could
             be
             found
             ,
             vvho
             might
             not
             be
             concerned
             in
             that
             so
             universal
             definition
             .
             As
             if
             the
             end
             of
             every
             good
             shepherd
             vvere
             not
             to
             milk
             and
             shear
             his
             sheep
             ,
             but
             onely
             so
             far
             to
             love
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             dy
             of
             hunger
             themselves
             ,
             so
             their
             flock
             might
             grovv
             fat
             :
             and
             that
             Aristotle
             discovered
             himself
             to
             be
             too
             grofly
             ignorant
             if
             he
             seemed
             not
             to
             knovv
             ,
             that
             gain
             vvas
             the
             end
             of
             all
             merchandizing
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             vvhole
             vvorld
             vvas
             but
             a
             great
             publike
             shop
             .
             And
             that
             if
             the
             very
             lavv
             of
             Nature
             did
             so
             commend
             vvell
             regulated
             Charity
             ,
             as
             Fathers
             vvere
             seen
             to
             love
             themselves
             better
             then
             their
             ovvn
             
             proper
             children
             ,
             with
             what
             ground
             of
             reason
             would
             Aristotle
             oblige
             Princes
             to
             love
             the
             good
             of
             others
             better
             then
             their
             own
             .
             And
             upon
             this
             occasion
             the
             Princes
             added
             ,
             That
             the
             Litterati
             were
             grown
             to
             such
             petulancy
             in
             many
             important
             particulars
             ,
             as
             blinded
             by
             proud
             presumption
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             feared
             to
             intermeddle
             in
             the
             very
             greatest
             Concerns
             of
             Princes
             ;
             and
             even
             to
             give
             Laws
             to
             Reason
             of
             State
             ;
             not
             knowing
             (
             poor
             people
             that
             they
             are
             )
             that
             the
             insight
             into
             Politick
             affairs
             is
             so
             far
             from
             the
             common
             judgement
             of
             any
             wit
             ,
             how
             good
             soever
             ,
             as
             none
             ought
             to
             discourse
             thereof
             ,
             but
             men
             who
             have
             spent
             their
             whole
             time
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             affairs
             of
             great
             Princes
             ,
             though
             they
             may
             peradventure
             want
             that
             Philosophy
             ,
             Rhetorick
             ,
             and
             other
             Sciences
             registred
             by
             the
             Litterati
             in
             their
             Scribled
             Papers
             :
             For
             Policy
             not
             having
             so
             much
             Theory
             ,
             as
             that
             a
             Grammar
             may
             be
             thereout
             composed
             ,
             which
             may
             teach
             men
             the
             art
             how
             to
             govern
             States
             well
             ,
             consisted
             wholly
             in
             practise
             ;
             of
             the
             which
             ,
             none
             but
             such
             as
             had
             learnt
             it
             from
             great
             Princes
             Secretaries
             ,
             and
             in
             State-Councils
             ,
             ought
             to
             discourse
             ,
             lest
             they
             become
             ridiculous
             for
             writing
             things
             which
             deserves
             the
             rod.
             
          
           
             By
             these
             words
             ,
             Duke
             Federico
             found
             that
             the
             Princes
             had
             just
             reason
             to
             be
             incensed
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             easily
             prevailed
             with
             Aristotle
             to
             revoke
             his
             former
             definition
             of
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             a
             new
             one
             ,
             which
             might
             satisfie
             those
             so
             highly
             offended
             Princes
             .
             Then
             Aristotle
             suddenly
             recanted
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             Tyrants
             were
             a
             certain
             sort
             of
             men
             in
             the
             old
             time
             ,
             the
             Race
             whereof
             was
             wholly
             lost
             now
             .
             The
             Princes
             having
             received
             such
             satisfaction
             as
             they
             desired
             ,
             presently
             quitted
             their
             quarters
             :
             And
             being
             gone
             towards
             their
             own
             States
             ,
             Aristotle
             ,
             being
             half
             dead
             with
             fear
             ,
             returned
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             assuring
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             that
             his
             Philosophical
             Precepts
             failed
             him
             very
             much
             against
             the
             fear
             of
             death
             ;
             and
             bad
             the
             Litterati
             attend
             their
             studies
             ,
             and
             let
             alone
             the
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             which
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             treat
             of
             ,
             without
             running
             evident
             danger
             of
             being
             esteemed
             Criminal
             by
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               By
               order
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               a
               general
               Reformation
               of
               the
               world
               is
               published
               by
               the
               seven
               wise
               men
               of
               Greece
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               other
               Litterati
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Emperor
             Iustinian
             ,
             that
             great
             Compiler
             of
             Statutes
             ,
             and
             Books
             of
             Civil
             Law
             ,
             some
             few
             daies
             since
             shewed
             a
             new
             Law
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             have
             his
             Majesties
             approbation
             of
             it
             :
             wherein
             men
             were
             strictly
             forbidden
             killing
             themselves
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             astonished
             at
             this
             Law
             ,
             as
             fetching
             a
             deep
             sigh
             ,
             he
             said
             ;
             Is
             the
             good
             Government
             of
             mankind
             ,
             Iustinian
             ,
             fallen
             then
             into
             so
             great
             disorder
             ,
             as
             men
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             no
             longer
             ,
             do
             voluntarily
             kill
             themselves
             ?
             And
             whereas
             I
             have
             hitherto
             fed
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             only
             that
             by
             their
             words
             and
             writings
             they
             may
             make
             men
             less
             apprehensive
             of
             death
             ,
             are
             things
             now
             reduced
             to
             such
             calamity
             ,
             as
             even
             they
             will
             now
             live
             no
             longer
             ,
             who
             could
             not
             formerly
             frame
             themselves
             to
             be
             content
             to
             die
             ?
             And
             am
             I
             amongst
             all
             the
             disorders
             of
             my
             Litterati
             all
             this
             while
             supinely
             asleep
             ?
             To
             this
             Iustinian
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             Law
             was
             necessary
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             cases
             of
             violent
             deaths
             having
             hapned
             ,
             by
             many
             mens
             having
             desperately
             made
             themselves
             away
             ,
             worse
             was
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             if
             some
             opportune
             remedy
             were
             not
             soon
             found
             out
             against
             so
             great
             a
             disorder
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             then
             began
             diligently
             to
             inform
             himself
             ,
             how
             men
             did
             live
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             found
             that
             the
             world
             was
             so
             impaired
             ,
             as
             many
             valued
             not
             their
             lives
             nor
             Estates
             ,
             so
             they
             might
             be
             out
             of
             it
             .
             These
             disorders
             necessitated
             his
             Majesty
             to
             provide
             against
             them
             with
             all
             possible
             speed
             ;
             so
             as
             he
             absolutely
             resolved
             to
             create
             a
             Congregation
             of
             all
             the
             most
             famous
             men
             that
             were
             in
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             for
             wisdom
             and
             good
             life
             .
             But
             in
             the
             entrance
             intoso
             weighty
             a
             business
             ,
             he
             met
             with
             difficulties
             impossible
             to
             be
             overcome
             ;
             for
             when
             he
             came
             to
             chuse
             the
             members
             of
             this
             Congregation
             ,
             amongst
             so
             many
             moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             the
             almost
             infinite
             number
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             find
             so
             much
             as
             one
             ,
             who
             was
             indowed
             with
             half
             those
             parts
             which
             were
             requisite
             to
             be
             in
             him
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             reform
             his
             companion
             :
             His
             Majesty
             knowing
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             men
             are
             better
             reformed
             by
             the
             exemplary
             life
             of
             their
             reformers
             ,
             then
             by
             any
             the
             best
             rules
             that
             can
             be
             given
             .
             In
             this
             great
             penury
             of
             fitting
             personages
             ,
             Apollo
             gave
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Universal
             Reformation
             to
             the
             seven
             wise
             men
             of
             Greece
             ,
             who
             are
             of
             great
             repute
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             are
             conceived
             by
             all
             men
             to
             have
             found
             out
             the
             receit
             of
             washing
             Blackmoors
             white
             .
             Which
             antiquity
             ,
             though
             still
             in
             vain
             ,
             hath
             so
             much
             laboured
             after
             .
             The
             Grecians
             were
             much
             rejoyc'd
             at
             this
             news
             ,
             for
             the
             honor
             which
             Apollo
             had
             done
             their
             Nation
             ;
             but
             the
             Latins
             were
             much
             grieved
             at
             it
             ,
             thinking
             themselves
             thereby
             much
             injured
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             very
             well
             knowing
             how
             much
             the
             ill
             satisfaction
             of
             those
             that
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             in
             their
             reformers
             ,
             hinders
             the
             fruit
             which
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             by
             reformation
             ;
             and
             his
             Majesty
             being
             naturally
             given
             to
             appease
             his
             Subjects
             imbittered
             
             minds
             ,
             more
             by
             giving
             them
             satisfaction
             ,
             then
             by
             that
             Legislative
             power
             which
             men
             are
             not
             well
             pleased
             withall
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             bound
             to
             obey
             it
             .
             That
             he
             might
             satisfie
             the
             Romans
             ,
             who
             were
             much
             distasted
             ,
             to
             the
             seven
             wise
             men
             of
             Greece
             ,
             he
             added
             
               Marcus
               Cato
            
             ,
             and
             
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             :
             And
             in
             favour
             to
             the
             modern
             Italian
             Philosophers
             ,
             he
             made
             
               Iacopo
               Mazzoni
               da
               Casena
            
             ,
             Secretary
             of
             the
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             honored
             him
             with
             a
             vote
             in
             their
             Consultations
             .
          
           
             The
             14
             day
             of
             the
             last
             month
             ,
             the
             seven
             wise
             men
             ,
             with
             the
             aforesaid
             addition
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             a
             Train
             of
             the
             choicest
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             Delfick
             Palace
             ,
             the
             place
             appropriated
             for
             the
             reformation
             :
             And
             the
             Litterati
             were
             very
             well
             pleased
             to
             see
             the
             great
             number
             of
             Pedants
             ,
             who
             with
             their
             little
             baskets
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             went
             gathering
             up
             the
             Sentences
             and
             Apothegmes
             ,
             which
             fell
             from
             those
             wise
             men
             as
             they
             went
             along
             .
             The
             next
             day
             after
             the
             solemn
             entrance
             ,
             the
             Assembly
             being
             met
             to
             give
             a
             beginning
             to
             the
             business
             ,
             t
             is
             said
             
               Talete
               Milesio
            
             ,
             the
             first
             wise
             man
             of
             Greece
             ,
             spake
             thus
             ;
          
           
             The
             business
             (
             most
             wise
             Philosophers
             )
             about
             which
             were
             are
             all
             met
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             is
             (
             as
             you
             all
             know
             )
             the
             greatest
             that
             can
             be
             treated
             on
             by
             human
             understanding
             :
             And
             though
             there
             be
             nothing
             harder
             then
             to
             set
             bones
             that
             have
             been
             long
             broken
             ,
             wounds
             that
             are
             fistuled
             ,
             and
             incurable
             cancars
             ,
             yet
             difficulties
             which
             are
             able
             to
             affright
             others
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             make
             us
             despair
             of
             their
             cure
             ;
             for
             the
             impossibility
             will
             increase
             our
             glory
             ,
             and
             will
             keep
             us
             in
             the
             esteem
             we
             are
             in
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             do
             assure
             you
             that
             I
             have
             already
             found
             out
             the
             true
             Antidote
             against
             the
             poyson
             of
             all
             these
             present
             corruptions
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             we
             do
             all
             believe
             that
             nothing
             hath
             more
             corrupted
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             then
             hidden
             hatreds
             ,
             feigned
             love
             ,
             impiety
             ,
             the
             perfideousness
             of
             double-dealing
             men
             ,
             cloaked
             under
             the
             specious
             mantle
             of
             simplicity
             ,
             love
             to
             religion
             ,
             and
             of
             charity
             ;
             apply
             your selves
             to
             these
             evils
             Gentlemen
             ,
             by
             making
             use
             of
             fire
             ,
             razor
             ,
             and
             lay
             corrosive
             Plasters
             to
             these
             wounds
             which
             I
             discover
             unto
             you
             ;
             and
             all
             mankind
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             vices
             ,
             which
             leads
             them
             the
             high-way
             to
             death
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             given
             over
             by
             the
             Physitians
             ,
             will
             soon
             be
             made
             whole
             and
             will
             become
             sincere
             and
             plain
             in
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             true
             in
             what
             they
             say
             ,
             and
             such
             in
             their
             sanctity
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             in
             former
             times
             .
             The
             true
             and
             immediate
             cure
             then
             for
             these
             present
             evils
             ,
             consists
             only
             in
             necessitating
             men
             to
             live
             with
             candor
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             purity
             of
             heart
             ,
             which
             you
             will
             all
             confess
             with
             me
             ,
             cannot
             be
             better
             effected
             ,
             then
             by
             making
             that
             little
             window
             in
             mens
             brests
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             being
             most
             requisite
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             often
             promised
             to
             his
             most
             faithful
             Vertuosi
             :
             For
             when
             those
             who
             use
             such
             art
             in
             their
             modern
             proceedings
             ,
             shall
             be
             forced
             to
             speak
             and
             act
             ,
             having
             a
             window
             wherein
             one
             may
             see
             into
             their
             hearts
             ,
             they
             will
             learn
             the
             excellent
             vertue
             of
             being
             ,
             and
             not
             appearing
             to
             be
             ;
             and
             will
             conform
             their
             deeds
             to
             their
             words
             ,
             their
             tongus
             which
             are
             accustomed
             to
             dissembling
             ,
             to
             sincerity
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             all
             men
             will
             banish
             lies
             and
             falshood
             ,
             and
             the
             infirnal
             spirit
             of
             hypocrisie
             will
             abandon
             many
             who
             are
             now
             possest
             with
             so
             foul
             a
             fiend
             .
          
           
             Talete's
             opinion
             did
             so
             please
             he
             whole
             Congregation
             ,
             as
             being
             put
             to
             the
             vote
             ,
             it
             was
             clearly
             carried
             for
             the
             affirmative
             ;
             and
             Secretary
             Mazzoni
             was
             commanded
             to
             give
             Apollo
             a
             sudden
             account
             thereof
             ,
             who
             perfectly
             approved
             the
             opinion
             ,
             and
             gave
             command
             that
             that
             very
             day
             ,
             the
             little
             window
             should
             be
             begun
             to
             be
             made
             in
             mans
             brest
             .
             But
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             
             hat
             the
             Surgeans
             took
             their
             instruments
             in
             hand
             to
             open
             mens
             brests
             ,
             
               Virgil
               ,
               Plato
               ,
               Aristotle
               ,
               Averoes
               ,
            
             and
             other
             of
             the
             chief
             Litterati
             went
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             he
             was
             not
             ignorant
             that
             the
             prime
             means
             whereby
             men
             do
             with
             much
             ease
             govern
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             the
             reputation
             of
             those
             who
             did
             command
             ;
             and
             that
             so
             pretious
             a
             jewel
             not
             being
             to
             be
             exposed
             to
             danger
             at
             any
             time
             by
             wise
             Princes
             ,
             they
             beseeched
             his
             Majesty
             to
             consider
             in
             what
             esteem
             of
             holy
             life
             ,
             and
             good
             demeanor
             ,
             the
             reverend
             Philosophical
             Synod
             ,
             and
             the
             honorable
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             were
             held
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             ;
             that
             therefore
             they
             earnestly
             desired
             him
             (
             as
             it
             became
             him
             to
             do
             )
             to
             have
             a
             care
             of
             their
             honors
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             fame
             of
             their
             goodness
             ,
             increase
             the
             glory
             of
             Parnassus
             :
             And
             that
             if
             his
             Majesty
             should
             unexpectedly
             open
             every
             mans
             brest
             ,
             the
             greater
             ,
             and
             better
             sort
             of
             those
             Philosophers
             ,
             who
             formerly
             were
             highly
             esteemed
             ,
             ran
             evident
             hazard
             of
             being
             shamed
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             might
             peradventure
             find
             fowlest
             faults
             in
             those
             whom
             he
             had
             formerly
             held
             to
             be
             immaculate
             .
             That
             therefore
             ,
             before
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             should
             be
             taken
             in
             hand
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             afford
             his
             Vertuosi
             a
             competent
             time
             ,
             to
             wash
             and
             cleanse
             their
             souls
             .
             Apollo
             was
             greatly
             pleased
             with
             the
             advice
             of
             so
             famous
             Poets
             and
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             publick
             Edict
             ,
             prorogued
             the
             time
             of
             making
             the
             wind
             ows
             for
             eight
             daies
             ;
             during
             which
             time
             ,
             every
             one
             did
             so
             attend
             the
             cleansing
             and
             purging
             of
             their
             souls
             from
             all
             fallacies
             ,
             from
             a
             hidden
             vice
             ,
             from
             conceal'd
             hatred
             ,
             and
             counterfeit
             love
             ,
             as
             there
             was
             no
             more
             hony
             of
             roses
             ,
             succory
             ,
             cassia
             ,
             scena
             ,
             scamony
             ,
             nor
             laxative
             syrups
             to
             be
             found
             in
             any
             Grocers
             or
             Apothecaries
             shop
             in
             all
             Parnassus
             :
             And
             the
             more
             curious
             did
             observe
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             parts
             where
             the
             Platonicks
             ,
             Peripateticks
             ,
             and
             moral
             Philosophers
             did
             live
             ,
             there
             was
             then
             such
             a
             stink
             ,
             as
             if
             all
             the
             Privies
             of
             those
             Countries
             had
             been
             emptied
             :
             Whereas
             the
             quarters
             of
             Latin
             and
             Italian
             Poets
             ,
             stunk
             only
             of
             Cabbadg-porrage
             .
             The
             time
             allotted
             for
             the
             general
             purging
             was
             already
             past
             ,
             when
             the
             day
             before
             they
             were
             to
             begin
             making
             the
             windows
             ,
             
               Hippocrates
               ,
               Galen
               ,
               Cornelius
               Celsus
               ,
            
             and
             other
             the
             most
             skilfull
             Physitians
             of
             this
             State
             went
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Is
             it
             then
             true
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             that
             are
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             that
             this
             Microcosme
             must
             be
             deformed
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             nobly
             and
             miraculously
             framed
             ,
             as
             if
             any
             chief
             muscle
             ,
             any
             principal
             vein
             be
             but
             touched
             ,
             the
             human
             creature
             runs
             evident
             danger
             of
             being
             slain
             ?
             and
             that
             so
             much
             mischief
             should
             be
             done
             only
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             a
             few
             ignorant
             people
             ?
             For
             not
             only
             the
             wiser
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             but
             even
             those
             of
             an
             indifferent
             capacity
             ,
             who
             have
             converst
             but
             four
             daies
             with
             any
             Quacksalver
             ,
             know
             how
             to
             penetrate
             even
             into
             the
             innermost
             bowels
             .
             This
             memorandum
             of
             the
             Physitians
             wrought
             so
             much
             with
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             he
             changed
             his
             former
             resolution
             ,
             and
             by
             
               Ausonius
               Gallus
            
             ,
             bad
             the
             Philosophers
             of
             the
             Reformation
             ,
             proceed
             in
             delivering
             their
             opinions
             .
          
           
             Then
             Solon
             thus
             began
             ;
             In
             my
             opinion
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             which
             hath
             put
             the
             present
             age
             into
             so
             great
             confusion
             ,
             is
             the
             cruel
             hatred
             ,
             and
             spitefull
             envy
             which
             in
             these
             daies
             is
             seen
             to
             reigne
             generally
             amongst
             men
             .
             All
             help
             then
             for
             these
             present
             evils
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             hoped
             for
             from
             infusing
             charity
             ,
             reciprocal
             affection
             ,
             and
             that
             sanctified
             love
             of
             our
             neighbour
             ,
             which
             is
             Gods
             chiefest
             commandment
             into
             mankind
             ;
             we
             ought
             therefore
             to
             imploy
             all
             our
             skill
             in
             taking
             away
             the
             occasions
             of
             those
             hatreds
             ,
             which
             in
             these
             daies
             reign
             in
             mens
             hearts
             ;
             which
             if
             we
             be
             able
             to
             effect
             ,
             men
             will
             do
             like
             beasts
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             instinct
             of
             nature
             ,
             love
             their
             own
             species
             ;
             and
             
             will
             consequently
             drive
             away
             all
             hatred
             and
             rancor
             of
             mind
             .
             I
             have
             been
             long
             thinking
             ,
             my
             friends
             ,
             what
             the
             true
             springs
             head
             may
             be
             of
             all
             human
             hatred
             ,
             and
             am
             still
             more
             established
             in
             my
             old
             opinion
             ,
             that
             it
             proceeds
             from
             the
             disparity
             of
             means
             ,
             from
             the
             hellish
             custom
             introduced
             amongst
             men
             of
             meum
             and
             tuum
             ;
             the
             rise
             of
             all
             scandal
             ;
             an
             abuse
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             were
             introduced
             amongst
             the
             beasts
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             I
             assure
             my self
             ,
             that
             even
             they
             would
             consume
             ,
             and
             waste
             themselves
             with
             the
             self-same
             hatred
             and
             rancor
             wherewith
             we
             so
             much
             disquiet
             our selves
             :
             The
             not
             having
             any
             thing
             of
             propriety
             ,
             and
             the
             equallity
             which
             they
             live
             in
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             maintains
             that
             peace
             among
             them
             ,
             which
             we
             so
             much
             envie
             in
             them
             .
             Men
             ,
             as
             you
             all
             know
             ,
             are
             likewise
             creatures
             ,
             but
             rational
             ;
             this
             world
             was
             created
             by
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             only
             that
             mankind
             might
             live
             thereupon
             ,
             as
             bruit
             beasts
             do
             ;
             not
             that
             avaritious
             men
             should
             divide
             it
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             and
             should
             turn
             what
             was
             common
             ,
             into
             that
             meum
             and
             tuum
             ,
             which
             hath
             put
             us
             all
             into
             such
             confusion
             .
             So
             as
             it
             clearly
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             depravation
             of
             mens
             souls
             by
             avarice
             ,
             ambition
             ,
             and
             tyranny
             ,
             hath
             occasioned
             the
             present
             inequality
             ,
             and
             disproportionate
             division
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             true
             (
             as
             we
             all
             confess
             it
             is
             )
             that
             the
             world
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             an
             Inheritance
             left
             to
             mankind
             by
             one
             only
             Father
             ,
             and
             one
             only
             Mother
             ,
             from
             whom
             we
             are
             all
             descended
             like
             brethren
             ;
             what
             justice
             is
             it
             that
             every
             one
             should
             not
             have
             a
             share
             thereof
             equal
             with
             his
             companion
             ?
             And
             what
             greater
             disproportion
             can
             there
             be
             imagined
             by
             those
             that
             love
             what
             is
             just
             ,
             then
             that
             this
             world
             should
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             that
             some
             possess
             more
             thereof
             then
             they
             can
             govern
             ,
             and
             others
             have
             not
             so
             much
             as
             they
             could
             govern
             .
             But
             that
             which
             doth
             infinitely
             aggravate
             this
             disorder
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             usually
             good
             and
             vertuous
             men
             are
             beggars
             ;
             whereas
             wicked
             and
             ignorant
             people
             are
             wealthy
             .
             From
             the
             root
             of
             this
             inequality
             it
             then
             ariseth
             ,
             that
             the
             rich
             are
             injurious
             to
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             poor
             envy
             the
             rich
             ,
             For
             pride
             is
             proper
             to
             the
             rich
             ,
             to
             beggars
             desperation
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             the
             rich
             mans
             oppressing
             the
             weak
             ,
             appears
             to
             be
             natural
             ;
             and
             the
             ill-will
             which
             poor
             men
             bear
             to
             the
             rich
             ,
             is
             innate
             in
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             discovered
             the
             malady
             unto
             you
             ,
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             apply
             the
             Medicine
             :
             I
             therefore
             think
             ,
             that
             to
             reform
             this
             age
             ,
             no
             better
             counsel
             can
             be
             taken
             ,
             then
             to
             divide
             the
             world
             anew
             ,
             and
             to
             allot
             an
             equal
             part
             thereof
             to
             every
             one
             .
             And
             that
             we
             may
             fall
             no
             more
             upon
             the
             like
             disorders
             ,
             I
             advise
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             all
             buying
             and
             selling
             be
             forbidden
             ;
             so
             that
             parity
             of
             goods
             will
             be
             instituted
             ;
             the
             Mother
             of
             publick
             Peace
             ,
             which
             my self
             and
             other
             Law-makers
             ,
             have
             formerly
             so
             much
             laboured
             for
             .
          
           
             Solons
             opinion
             suffered
             a
             long
             debate
             ;
             which
             though
             it
             was
             not
             only
             thought
             good
             ,
             but
             necessary
             by
             Bante
             of
             Periandro
             ,
             and
             by
             Pittaco
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             gainsaid
             by
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             Senecas
             opinion
             prevailed
             ,
             who
             with
             very
             efficacious
             reasons
             made
             it
             appear
             ,
             That
             if
             they
             should
             come
             to
             a
             new
             dividing
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             great
             disorder
             would
             necessarily
             follow
             ,
             that
             too
             great
             a
             share
             would
             fall
             to
             Fools
             ,
             and
             too
             little
             to
             gallant
             Men
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Plague
             ,
             Famin
             ,
             and
             Warr
             ,
             were
             not
             Gods
             most
             severest
             scourges
             ,
             with
             which
             God
             ,
             when
             offended
             ,
             did
             afflict
             mankind
             ;
             but
             that
             his
             severest
             scourge
             for
             the
             punishment
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             which
             out
             of
             his
             mercy
             ,
             he
             made
             not
             use
             of
             ,
             was
             to
             enrich
             rascals
             .
          
           
             Solons
             opinion
             being
             laid
             aside
             ,
             Chilon
             spake
             to
             this
             purpose
             ;
             Which
             of
             you
             ,
             my
             fellow-Philosophers
             ,
             doth
             not
             know
             that
             the
             immoderate
             
             thirst
             that
             men
             now
             adaies
             have
             after
             gold
             ,
             hath
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             all
             the
             mischiefs
             which
             we
             all
             see
             and
             feel
             ?
             What
             wickedness
             ,
             what
             impiety
             ,
             how
             execrable
             soever
             ,
             is
             it
             ,
             which
             men
             do
             not
             willingly
             commit
             ,
             if
             thereby
             they
             may
             accumulate
             riches
             ?
             Conclude
             therefore
             unanimously
             with
             me
             ,
             That
             no
             better
             way
             can
             be
             found
             out
             ,
             whereby
             to
             extirpate
             all
             the
             vices
             wherewith
             our
             age
             is
             opprest
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             in
             that
             sort
             of
             life
             which
             doth
             best
             become
             men
             ,
             then
             for
             ever
             to
             banish
             out
             of
             the
             world
             the
             two
             infamous
             Mettals
             ,
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             ;
             for
             so
             the
             occasion
             of
             our
             present
             disorders
             ceasing
             ,
             the
             evils
             will
             likewise
             necessarily
             cease
             .
          
           
             Chilons
             opinion
             was
             judged
             to
             have
             a
             very
             specious
             appearance
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             came
             to
             the
             test
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             endure
             the
             hammer
             :
             For
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             that
             men
             took
             so
             much
             pains
             to
             get
             gold
             and
             silver
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             the
             measure
             and
             counterpoise
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             make
             provision
             of
             all
             things
             necessary
             ,
             it
             was
             requisite
             for
             men
             to
             have
             some
             mettals
             ,
             or
             other
             thing
             of
             price
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             might
             purchase
             what
             was
             fitting
             for
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             there
             were
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             gold
             or
             silver
             ,
             men
             would
             make
             use
             of
             some
             other
             thing
             instead
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             rising
             in
             value
             ,
             would
             be
             as
             much
             coveted
             and
             sought
             after
             ,
             as
             gold
             and
             silver
             now
             were
             ;
             as
             was
             plainly
             seen
             in
             the
             Indies
             ,
             where
             cockle-shels
             were
             made
             use
             of
             instead
             of
             money
             ,
             and
             more
             vallued
             then
             either
             gold
             or
             silver
             .
             Cleobelus
             particularly
             being
             very
             hot
             in
             refuting
             this
             opinion
             ,
             said
             ,
             with
             much
             perturbation
             of
             mind
             ;
             My
             masters
             ,
             banish
             iron
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             the
             mettal
             which
             hath
             put
             us
             into
             the
             present
             condition
             .
             Gold
             and
             silver
             serve
             for
             the
             use
             which
             is
             ordained
             by
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             measure
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             whereas
             iron
             ,
             which
             is
             produced
             by
             nature
             for
             the
             making
             of
             plow-shears
             ,
             spades
             ,
             and
             mattocks
             ,
             and
             other
             instruments
             to
             cultivate
             the
             earth
             ,
             is
             by
             the
             mallice
             and
             mischief
             of
             men
             ,
             turned
             to
             the
             making
             of
             swords
             ,
             and
             daggers
             ,
             and
             other
             deadly
             instruments
             .
          
           
             Though
             Cleobolus
             his
             opinion
             was
             judged
             to
             be
             very
             true
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             concluded
             by
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             ,
             that
             it
             being
             impossible
             to
             expel
             iron
             ,
             without
             grasping
             iron
             ;
             and
             putting
             on
             Corslets
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             imprudency
             to
             multiply
             mischiefs
             ,
             and
             to
             cure
             one
             wound
             with
             another
             .
             'T
             was
             therefore
             generally
             concluded
             ,
             that
             the
             Ore
             of
             gold
             and
             silver
             should
             be
             still
             kept
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             refiners
             of
             them
             should
             be
             wisht
             for
             the
             future
             to
             be
             sure
             to
             cleanse
             them
             well
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             take
             them
             out
             of
             the
             fire
             ,
             till
             they
             were
             certain
             they
             had
             taken
             from
             both
             the
             mettals
             ,
             that
             vein
             of
             turpentine
             which
             they
             have
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             why
             both
             gold
             and
             silver
             stick
             so
             close
             to
             the
             fingers
             even
             of
             good
             and
             honest
             men
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             Pittacchus
             with
             extraordinary
             gravity
             ,
             began
             thus
             ;
             The
             World
             ,
             Learned
             Philosophers
             ,
             is
             fallen
             into
             that
             deplorable
             condition
             ,
             which
             we
             so
             labour
             to
             amend
             ,
             only
             because
             men
             in
             these
             daies
             have
             given
             over
             travailing
             by
             the
             beaten
             road-way
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             by-waies
             of
             vice
             ;
             by
             which
             ,
             in
             this
             corrupted
             age
             ,
             they
             obtain
             rewards
             only
             due
             to
             vertue
             .
             Things
             are
             brought
             to
             that
             woful
             state
             ,
             as
             none
             can
             get
             entrance
             into
             the
             Palace
             of
             Dignity
             ,
             Honor
             ,
             or
             Reward
             (
             as
             formerly
             they
             had
             wont
             to
             do
             )
             by
             the
             Gate
             of
             Merit
             and
             vertuous
             endeavour
             ,
             but
             like
             thieves
             ,
             they
             climb
             the
             windows
             with
             ladders
             of
             tergeversation
             ;
             and
             some
             there
             are
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             force
             of
             gifts
             and
             favours
             ,
             have
             opened
             the
             root
             ,
             to
             get
             thereby
             into
             the
             house
             of
             Honour
             .
             If
             you
             will
             reform
             this
             our
             corrupted
             age
             ,
             my
             opinion
             is
             ,
             That
             you
             should
             do
             well
             to
             force
             men
             
             to
             walk
             by
             the
             way
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             make
             severe
             Laws
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             will
             take
             the
             laborsom
             journey
             which
             leads
             towards
             the
             obtaining
             of
             Supreme
             Honors
             and
             Dignities
             ,
             must
             travail
             with
             the
             waggon
             of
             desert
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             sure
             guide
             of
             vertue
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             so
             many
             thwart
             by-waies
             ,
             so
             many
             little
             paths
             ,
             so
             many
             crooked
             lanes
             ,
             found
             out
             by
             ambitious
             men
             ,
             and
             modern
             Hypocrites
             ,
             which
             multiplying
             faster
             in
             this
             our
             miserable
             age
             ,
             then
             Locusts
             do
             in
             Africa
             ,
             have
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             contagion
             .
             And
             truely
             what
             greater
             affront
             can
             there
             be
             put
             upon
             vertue
             and
             merit
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             one
             of
             these
             companions
             arive
             at
             the
             highest
             preferments
             ,
             when
             no
             man
             can
             guess
             what
             course
             he
             took
             to
             come
             by
             it
             ?
             Which
             makes
             many
             think
             they
             have
             got
             it
             by
             the
             magick
             of
             hypocricy
             ,
             whereby
             these
             Magicians
             do
             inchant
             the
             minds
             even
             of
             very
             wise
             Princes
             .
          
           
             Pittacho's
             opinion
             was
             not
             only
             praised
             ,
             but
             greatly
             admired
             by
             the
             whole
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             certainly
             would
             have
             been
             approved
             of
             as
             very
             excellent
             ,
             had
             not
             Periandro
             made
             those
             already
             almost
             resolved
             Philosophers
             alter
             their
             minds
             :
             For
             this
             Philosopher
             lively
             opposing
             the
             opinion
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Philosopher
             ,
             said
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             the
             disorder
             mentioned
             by
             Pittachus
             ,
             is
             very
             true
             ;
             but
             the
             thing
             which
             we
             ought
             chiefly
             to
             consider
             ,
             is
             ,
             for
             what
             reason
             Princes
             who
             are
             so
             quick-fighted
             ,
             and
             interessed
             in
             their
             own
             State-affairs
             ,
             do
             not
             bestow
             in
             these
             our
             daies
             their
             great
             places
             (
             as
             they
             were
             wont
             to
             do
             of
             old
             )
             on
             able
             and
             deserving
             men
             ,
             by
             whose
             service
             they
             may
             receive
             advantage
             and
             reputation
             ;
             but
             instead
             of
             them
             ,
             make
             use
             of
             new
             fellows
             ,
             raised
             out
             of
             the
             dirt
             and
             mire
             ,
             without
             either
             worth
             or
             honor
             .
             You
             know
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             the
             opinion
             of
             those
             who
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             fatal
             to
             Princes
             to
             love
             carrion
             ,
             and
             to
             imploy
             undeserving
             servant
             ,
             in
             places
             of
             greatest
             trust
             ,
             is
             so
             false
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             least
             Interest
             of
             State
             ,
             they
             neglect
             their
             brethren
             ,
             and
             wax
             cruel
             even
             against
             their
             own
             children
             ,
             so
             far
             are
             they
             from
             doting
             upon
             their
             servants
             in
             things
             wherein
             the
             welfare
             of
             their
             State
             lies
             .
             Princes
             do
             not
             act
             by
             chance
             ,
             as
             many
             foolishly
             believe
             they
             do
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             guided
             in
             their
             proceedings
             by
             their
             passions
             ,
             as
             we
             do
             ;
             but
             whatsoever
             they
             do
             ,
             is
             out
             of
             Interest
             ;
             and
             those
             things
             which
             to
             privat
             men
             appear
             errors
             and
             negligence
             ,
             are
             accurate
             politick
             Precepts
             .
             All
             that
             have
             written
             of
             State-affairs
             ,
             freely
             confess
             that
             the
             best
             way
             to
             Govern
             Kingdoms
             well
             ,
             is
             to
             confer
             places
             of
             highest
             honour
             and
             dignity
             upon
             men
             of
             great
             merit
             ,
             and
             known
             worth
             and
             valor
             .
             This
             is
             a
             truth
             very
             well
             known
             to
             Princes
             ;
             and
             though
             it
             be
             clearly
             seen
             that
             they
             do
             not
             observe
             it
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             fool
             that
             believes
             they
             do
             it
             out
             of
             carelessness
             .
             I
             ,
             who
             have
             long
             studied
             a
             point
             of
             so
             great
             weight
             ,
             am
             verily
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             ignorant
             and
             raw
             men
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             no
             merit
             ,
             are
             preferred
             by
             Princes
             ,
             in
             conferring
             their
             chief
             Offices
             and
             honors
             ,
             before
             learned
             and
             deserving
             men
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             fault
             in
             the
             Prince
             ,
             but
             (
             I
             blush
             to
             say
             it
             )
             through
             default
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             .
             I
             acknowledge
             that
             Princes
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             learned
             Officers
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             experienced
             valor
             :
             But
             none
             of
             you
             will
             deny
             but
             that
             they
             likewise
             need
             men
             that
             are
             loyal
             and
             faithful
             .
             And
             it
             is
             evident
             ,
             that
             if
             deserving
             men
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             worth
             and
             valor
             were
             but
             as
             faithful
             as
             they
             are
             able
             ,
             as
             gratefull
             as
             they
             are
             knowing
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             complain
             of
             the
             present
             disorders
             ,
             in
             seeing
             undeserving
             Dwarfs
             ,
             become
             great
             Giants
             in
             four
             daies
             space
             ,
             and
             should
             not
             bewail
             the
             wonder
             of
             seeing
             wild
             gourds
             in
             a
             short
             space
             overtop
             the
             best
             fruit-trees
             ,
             nor
             to
             see
             ignorance
             seated
             in
             the
             Chair
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             and
             folly
             in
             Vallors
             Tribunal
             .
             'T
             is
             common
             to
             all
             men
             to
             think
             
             much
             better
             of
             themselves
             then
             they
             deserve
             ;
             but
             the
             Vertuosi
             do
             presume
             so
             very
             much
             upon
             their
             own
             good
             parts
             ,
             as
             they
             rather
             pretend
             to
             add
             to
             the
             Princes
             reputation
             ,
             by
             having
             any
             honors
             conferred
             upon
             them
             ,
             then
             to
             receive
             credit
             themselves
             by
             his
             munificence
             :
             and
             I
             have
             known
             many
             so
             foolishly
             blown
             up
             ,
             and
             inamored
             of
             their
             own
             worths
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             thought
             it
             a
             greater
             happiness
             for
             a
             Prince
             to
             have
             an
             occasion
             of
             honouring
             such
             a
             one
             ,
             then
             good
             luck
             for
             the
             other
             to
             meet
             with
             so
             liberal
             a
             Prince
             .
             So
             as
             these
             men
             acknowledging
             all
             favours
             confer'd
             upon
             them
             ,
             to
             proceed
             from
             their
             own
             worth
             ,
             prove
             so
             ungrateful
             to
             their
             Princes
             and
             benefactors
             in
             their
             greatest
             necessities
             ,
             as
             causing
             themselves
             to
             be
             nauseated
             as
             very
             perfidious
             men
             ,
             they
             are
             abhorred
             ,
             and
             are
             causes
             of
             this
             present
             great
             disorder
             ,
             why
             Princes
             ,
             in
             such
             as
             they
             will
             prefer
             to
             great
             places
             ,
             and
             high
             dignities
             ,
             instead
             of
             merit
             ,
             vertue
             ,
             and
             known
             worth
             ,
             seek
             for
             loyalty
             and
             trust
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             meet
             with
             thankfulness
             when
             they
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             they
             rather
             expect
             from
             those
             who
             pretending
             to
             no
             merit
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             acknowledge
             all
             their
             good
             fortunes
             to
             proceed
             meerly
             from
             their
             Princes
             liberality
             .
          
           
             Periandro
             having
             ended
             his
             discourse
             ,
             Bias
             spake
             thus
             ;
             All
             of
             you
             ,
             most
             wise
             Philosophers
             ,
             sufficiently
             know
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             the
             worlds
             being
             so
             depraved
             ,
             is
             only
             because
             mankind
             hath
             so
             shamefully
             abandoned
             those
             holy
             Laws
             which
             God
             gave
             them
             to
             observe
             ,
             when
             he
             bestowed
             the
             whole
             world
             upon
             them
             for
             their
             habitation
             :
             Nor
             did
             he
             place
             the
             French
             in
             France
             ,
             the
             Spaniards
             in
             Spain
             ,
             Dutch
             in
             Germany
             ,
             and
             bound
             up
             the
             fowl
             fiend
             in
             hel
             ,
             for
             any
             other
             reason
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             that
             general
             peace
             which
             he
             desired
             might
             be
             observed
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             .
             But
             avarice
             and
             ambition
             (
             spurs
             which
             have
             alwaies
             egg'd
             on
             men
             to
             greatest
             wickedness
             )
             causing
             the
             French
             ,
             Italians
             ,
             Dutch
             ,
             Grecians
             ,
             and
             other
             Nations
             to
             pass
             into
             other
             mens
             Countries
             ,
             have
             caused
             these
             evils
             which
             we
             (
             I
             wish
             it
             prove
             not
             in
             vain
             )
             endeavor
             to
             amend
             :
             And
             if
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             as
             we
             all
             confess
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             God
             hath
             done
             nothing
             in
             vain
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             much
             of
             mystery
             in
             all
             his
             operations
             ;
             Wherefore
             think
             you
             ,
             hath
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             placed
             the
             inaccessable
             Perenian
             Mountains
             between
             the
             Spaniards
             and
             Italians
             ;
             the
             rocky
             Alpes
             between
             the
             Italians
             and
             Germans
             ;
             the
             dreadful
             English
             Channel
             between
             the
             French
             and
             English
             ;
             why
             the
             Mediterranean
             Sea
             between
             Africa
             and
             Europe
             ;
             why
             hath
             he
             made
             the
             infinite
             spacious
             Rivers
             of
             Euphrates
             ,
             Indus
             ,
             Ganges
             ,
             Tigres
             ,
             Danubius
             ,
             Nilus
             ,
             Rheine
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             ;
             save
             only
             that
             people
             might
             be
             content
             to
             live
             in
             their
             own
             Countries
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             difficulties
             of
             Fords
             and
             passages
             ?
             And
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             knowing
             very
             well
             that
             the
             harmony
             of
             universal
             peace
             would
             be
             out
             of
             tune
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             world
             would
             be
             filled
             with
             uncurable
             diseases
             ,
             if
             men
             should
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             which
             he
             had
             alloted
             them
             ;
             that
             he
             might
             make
             the
             waies
             to
             such
             great
             disorders
             the
             more
             difficult
             ,
             he
             added
             the
             multitude
             and
             variety
             of
             Languages
             ,
             to
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             Precipices
             ,
             to
             the
             violent
             course
             of
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Seas
             immenceness
             :
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             all
             men
             would
             speak
             the
             same
             Language
             ,
             as
             all
             creatures
             of
             the
             same
             species
             ,
             sing
             ,
             bark
             ,
             and
             bray
             ,
             after
             one
             and
             the
             same
             manner
             .
             'T
             is
             then
             mans
             boldness
             in
             boaring
             through
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             in
             passing
             over
             not
             only
             the
             largest
             and
             most
             rapid
             Rivers
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             manifestly
             and
             rashly
             hazarding
             himself
             and
             all
             his
             substance
             in
             a
             little
             woodden
             Vessel
             ,
             not
             fearing
             to
             cross
             the
             largest
             Seas
             therein
             ;
             which
             caused
             the
             ancient
             Romans
             (
             not
             to
             mention
             the
             many
             other
             Nations
             
             who
             have
             run
             into
             the
             same
             rashness
             )
             to
             ruine
             other
             mens
             affairs
             ,
             and
             discompose
             their
             own
             ;
             not
             being
             satisfied
             with
             their
             Dominion
             over
             whole
             Italy
             .
             The
             true
             remedy
             then
             for
             so
             great
             disorder
             is
             ,
             first
             to
             force
             every
             Nation
             to
             return
             home
             to
             their
             own
             Countreys
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             like
             mischiefs
             may
             not
             insue
             hereafter
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             all
             bridges
             built
             for
             the
             more
             commodious
             passing
             over
             rivers
             ,
             be
             absolutely
             broken
             down
             ;
             and
             the
             ways
             made
             for
             passing
             over
             the
             mountains
             may
             be
             quite
             spoil'd
             ,
             and
             the
             mountains
             be
             made
             more
             inaccessable
             by
             mans
             industry
             ,
             then
             they
             were
             at
             first
             made
             by
             nature
             ;
             and
             I
             would
             have
             all
             navigation
             absolutely
             forbidden
             ,
             upon
             severest
             penalty
             ,
             not
             allowing
             so
             much
             as
             the
             least
             boats
             to
             pass
             in
             ,
             over
             rivers
             .
             Bias
             his
             opinion
             was
             very
             attentively
             listened
             unto
             ;
             and
             after
             being
             well
             examined
             by
             the
             best
             wits
             of
             the
             Assembly
             ,
             it
             was
             found
             not
             to
             be
             good
             :
             for
             all
             those
             Philosophers
             knew
             ,
             that
             the
             greatest
             enmities
             which
             are
             known
             to
             reign
             between
             Nation
             and
             Nation
             ,
             are
             not
             natural
             (
             as
             many
             foolishly
             conceive
             them
             to
             be
             )
             but
             are
             occasioned
             by
             cunning
             Princes
             ,
             who
             are
             great
             masters
             of
             the
             known
             proverb
             ,
             
               Divide
               ,
               &
               impera
            
             .
             And
             that
             that
             perfection
             of
             manners
             being
             found
             in
             all
             Nations
             joyned
             together
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             to
             be
             had
             in
             any
             particular
             Province
             ,
             men
             easily
             learn
             that
             exact
             wisdom
             by
             travelling
             through
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             was
             peculiar
             to
             great
             Ulysses
             ,
             who
             having
             travelled
             through
             many
             Countreys
             ,
             had
             seen
             and
             observed
             the
             fashions
             of
             divers
             Nations
             ;
             a
             benefit
             which
             was
             much
             furthered
             by
             the
             use
             of
             Navigation
             ;
             which
             was
             very
             necessary
             for
             mankind
             ,
             were
             it
             onely
             for
             that
             God
             (
             as
             well
             became
             the
             immencity
             of
             his
             power
             )
             having
             created
             this
             world
             of
             almost
             an
             incomprehensible
             greatness
             ,
             having
             filled
             it
             with
             pretious
             things
             ,
             and
             endowed
             every
             Province
             with
             somewhat
             of
             particular
             navigation
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             rarest
             Invention
             that
             could
             ever
             have
             been
             thought
             on
             ,
             or
             put
             in
             practice
             by
             humane
             wit
             ,
             had
             brought
             it
             into
             so
             little
             a
             compass
             ,
             as
             the
             Aromaticks
             of
             the
             Molucchi
             ,
             though
             above
             fifteen
             thousand
             miles
             from
             Italy
             ,
             do
             so
             abound
             in
             Italy
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             grew
             there
             .
          
           
             Thus
             ended
             Bias
             ,
             when
             Cleobelus
             rising
             up
             ,
             seeming
             with
             a
             low
             bow
             to
             crave
             leave
             to
             speak
             ;
             said
             thus
             ,
             I
             clearly
             perceive
             wise
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             the
             reformation
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ,
             a
             business
             of
             it self
             very
             easie
             ,
             becomes
             by
             the
             diversity
             and
             extravagancy
             of
             our
             Opinions
             ,
             rather
             impossible
             then
             difficult
             .
             And
             to
             speak
             with
             the
             freedom
             which
             becomes
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             the
             weight
             of
             the
             business
             we
             have
             in
             hand
             ,
             it
             grieves
             my
             heart
             to
             find
             even
             amongst
             us
             that
             are
             here
             ,
             that
             common
             defect
             of
             ambitious
             and
             slight
             wits
             ,
             who
             getting
             up
             into
             publike
             pulpits
             ,
             labor
             more
             to
             shew
             the
             rarity
             of
             their
             own
             wits
             ,
             by
             their
             new
             and
             curious
             conceits
             ,
             then
             to
             profit
             their
             Auditory
             by
             useful
             precepts
             and
             sound
             doctrines
             :
             for
             to
             raise
             man
             out
             of
             the
             foul
             mire
             and
             dirt
             whereinto
             he
             is
             fallen
             ,
             what
             need
             we
             undertake
             that
             dangerous
             manifacture
             of
             making
             little
             windows
             in
             mens
             breasts
             ,
             according
             to
             Thales
             his
             advice
             ?
             and
             why
             should
             we
             undertake
             the
             laborous
             business
             of
             dividing
             the
             world
             into
             equal
             partitions
             ,
             according
             to
             Solons
             proposition
             ?
             and
             the
             course
             mentioned
             to
             be
             taken
             by
             Chilo
             ,
             of
             banishing
             gold
             and
             silver
             from
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             or
             that
             of
             Pittacchus
             ,
             of
             forcing
             men
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             merit
             and
             vertue
             ?
             or
             lastly
             ,
             that
             of
             Bias
             ,
             that
             mountains
             should
             be
             raised
             higher
             ,
             and
             made
             more
             difficult
             to
             pass
             over
             then
             nature
             hath
             made
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             future
             the
             miracle
             of
             navigation
             should
             be
             extirpated
             ,
             which
             
             shews
             to
             what
             pitch
             mans
             ingenuity
             can
             arrive
             ,
             are
             they
             not
             sophistical
             fancies
             ,
             and
             mear
             Chimera's
             ?
             Our
             chiefest
             consideration
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             the
             remedy
             to
             be
             applyed
             to
             the
             undoing
             evils
             ,
             may
             be
             easie
             to
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             work
             its
             effect
             soon
             and
             secretly
             without
             any
             no●…e
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             be
             chearfully
             received
             by
             those
             who
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             :
             for
             by
             doing
             otherwise
             ,
             we
             shall
             rather
             deform
             the
             World
             ,
             then
             reform
             it
             .
             And
             certainly
             not
             without
             reason
             ;
             for
             that
             Physician
             deserves
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             who
             should
             ordain
             a
             medicine
             for
             his
             sick
             patient
             which
             is
             impossible
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             afflict
             him
             more
             then
             his
             disease
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             the
             requisite
             duty
             of
             Reformers
             ,
             to
             provide
             themselves
             of
             a
             sure
             remedy
             ,
             before
             they
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             wound
             :
             That
             Chyrurgion
             deserves
             to
             be
             punished
             ,
             who
             first
             opens
             the
             sick
             mans
             vein
             ,
             and
             then
             runs
             for
             things
             to
             close
             it
             up
             withal
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             onely
             foolishness
             ,
             but
             impiety
             ,
             to
             defame
             men
             with
             publishing
             their
             vices
             ,
             and
             to
             shew
             to
             the
             World
             that
             their
             maladies
             are
             grown
             to
             such
             a
             height
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             power
             of
             man
             to
             cure
             them
             .
             Therefore
             Tacitus
             ,
             who
             always
             speaks
             to
             the
             purpose
             if
             he
             be
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             doth
             in
             this
             particular
             advise
             men
             ,
             
               Omittere
               potius
               pravallada
               ,
               &
               adulta
               vitia
               ,
               quam
               hoc
               assequi
               ,
               ut
               palem
               fieret
               ,
               quibus
               flagitiis
               impares
               essumus
               .
            
             Those
             who
             would
             fell
             an
             old
             Oak
             ,
             are
             ill
             advised
             if
             they
             fall
             to
             cut
             down
             the
             top
             boughs
             :
             Wise
             men
             do
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             now
             ,
             lay
             the
             ax
             to
             the
             greatest
             root
             .
             I
             then
             affirm
             ,
             That
             the
             reformation
             of
             the
             present
             world
             consists
             wholly
             in
             these
             few
             vvords
             ,
             
               Premiar
               I
               buoni
               ,
               e
               punire
               gli
               scelerati
               ,
            
             in
             rewarding
             the
             good
             ,
             and
             punishing
             the
             bad
             .
          
           
             Here
             Cleobelus
             held
             his
             peace
             ,
             whose
             Opinion
             
               Thales
               Mileseus
            
             ,
             did
             with
             such
             violence
             oppose
             ,
             as
             he
             shevved
             hovv
             dangerous
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             to
             offend
             such
             (
             though
             by
             telling
             truth
             )
             vvho
             have
             the
             repute
             to
             be
             good
             and
             vvise
             .
             For
             he
             vvith
             a
             fiery
             countenance
             broke
             forth
             into
             these
             vvords
             ;
          
           
             My self
             ,
             and
             these
             Gentlemen
             ,
             most
             vvise
             Cleobelus
             ,
             since
             you
             have
             been
             pleased
             to
             reject
             our
             Opinions
             as
             sophistical
             ,
             and
             meer
             Chimera
             s
             ,
             did
             expect
             from
             your
             rare
             wisdom
             ,
             that
             for
             cure
             of
             these
             present
             evils
             ,
             you
             had
             brought
             some
             new
             and
             miraculous
             Bezoar
             fron
             the
             Indies
             ,
             wheras
             you
             have
             propounded
             that
             for
             the
             easiest
             cure
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             hardest
             and
             most
             impossible
             that
             could
             ever
             be
             fancied
             by
             the
             prime
             pretenders
             to
             high
             mysteries
             ,
             
               Caius
               Plinius
            
             ,
             and
             
               Albertus
               Magnus
            
             .
             There
             is
             not
             any
             one
             of
             us
             ,
             my
             Cleobolus
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             know
             ,
             before
             you
             were
             pleased
             to
             put
             us
             in
             mind
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             the
             reformation
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             depends
             wholly
             upon
             rewarding
             such
             as
             are
             good
             and
             punishing
             the
             wicked
             .
             But
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             ask
             you
             ,
             Who
             are
             those
             that
             in
             this
             our
             age
             are
             perfectly
             good
             ,
             and
             who
             exactly
             ill
             ?
             And
             I
             would
             know
             ,
             Whether
             your
             eye
             can
             discern
             that
             which
             could
             never
             yet
             be
             found
             out
             by
             any
             man
             living
             ,
             how
             to
             know
             true
             goodness
             from
             that
             which
             is
             counterfeit
             ?
             do
             not
             you
             know
             ▪
             that
             modern
             hypocrites
             are
             arrived
             at
             that
             height
             of
             cunning
             ,
             as
             in
             this
             our
             unhappy
             age
             ,
             those
             are
             accounted
             to
             be
             cunningest
             in
             their
             wickedness
             ,
             who
             seem
             to
             be
             most
             exactly
             good
             ?
             and
             that
             such
             really
             perfect
             men
             who
             live
             in
             sincerity
             and
             singleness
             of
             soul
             ,
             with
             an
             undisguised
             and
             unartificial
             goodness
             ,
             without
             any
             thing
             of
             hypocrisie
             ,
             are
             thought
             to
             be
             scandalous
             and
             silly
             ?
             Every
             one
             by
             natural
             instinct
             loves
             those
             that
             are
             good
             ,
             and
             hate
             those
             that
             are
             wicked
             ,
             but
             Princes
             do
             it
             both
             out
             of
             instinct
             and
             interest
             .
             And
             when
             hypocrites
             ,
             or
             other
             cunning
             
             cheaters
             are
             listened
             unto
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             and
             good
             men
             supprest
             or
             undervalued
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             by
             the
             Princes
             own
             election
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             abuse
             of
             others
             .
             True
             vertue
             is
             known
             onely
             and
             rewarded
             by
             God
             ,
             and
             vices
             discovered
             and
             punisht
             ;
             for
             he
             onely
             penetrates
             into
             the
             depth
             of
             mens
             hearts
             ,
             and
             we
             by
             means
             of
             the
             windovv
             by
             me
             propounded
             ,
             might
             have
             penetrated
             thereinto
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             enemy
             of
             mankind
             sovved
             tares
             in
             the
             field
             where
             I
             sovved
             the
             grain
             of
             good
             advice
             .
             But
             nevv
             lavvs
             ,
             hovv
             good
             and
             vvholsome
             soever
             ,
             have
             ever
             been
             and
             ever
             vvill
             be
             vvithstood
             by
             those
             vitious
             people
             vvho
             are
             thereby
             punished
             .
          
           
             The
             Assembly
             vvere
             mightily
             pleased
             vvith
             the
             reasons
             alledged
             by
             Thales
             ;
             and
             all
             of
             them
             turning
             their
             eyes
             upon
             Periandro
             ,
             he
             thinking
             himself
             thereby
             desired
             to
             speak
             his
             opinion
             ,
             began
             thus
             ,
             The
             variety
             of
             opinions
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             ,
             confirms
             me
             in
             my
             former
             Tenet
             ▪
             That
             four
             parts
             of
             five
             that
             are
             sick
             ,
             perish
             because
             the
             Physicians
             know
             not
             their
             disease
             ;
             who
             in
             this
             their
             error
             may
             be
             excused
             ,
             because
             men
             are
             easily
             deceived
             in
             things
             wherein
             they
             can
             walk
             but
             by
             conjecture
             .
             But
             that
             we
             ,
             who
             are
             judged
             by
             Apollo
             to
             be
             the
             salt
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             should
             not
             know
             the
             evil
             under
             which
             the
             present
             age
             labours
             ,
             redounds
             much
             to
             our
             shame
             ,
             since
             the
             malady
             which
             we
             ought
             to
             cure
             ,
             lies
             not
             hidden
             in
             the
             veins
             but
             is
             so
             manifestly
             known
             to
             all
             men
             that
             it self
             crys
             aloud
             for
             help
             .
             And
             yet
             by
             all
             the
             reasons
             I
             have
             heard
             alledged
             ,
             methinks
             you
             go
             about
             to
             mend
             the
             arm
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             the
             breast
             that
             is
             fistula'd
             .
             But
             Gentlemen
             ,
             since
             it
             is
             Apollo's
             pleasure
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             do
             so
             ,
             since
             our
             reputation
             stands
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             our
             charity
             to
             our
             so
             afflicted
             age
             requires
             it
             at
             our
             hands
             ,
             let
             us
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             take
             from
             off
             our
             faces
             the
             mask
             of
             respect
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             hitherto
             worn
             by
             us
             all
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             speak
             freely
             .
             The
             great
             disorder
             hath
             always
             reigned
             amongst
             men
             ,
             which
             doth
             domineer
             so
             much
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             which
             God
             grant
             it
             may
             not
             still
             reign
             ;
             that
             whilst
             powerful
             men
             by
             their
             detestible
             vices
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             universal
             reformation
             ,
             have
             disordered
             the
             world
             ,
             men
             go
             about
             to
             re-order
             it
             by
             amending
             the
             faults
             of
             private
             men
             .
             But
             the
             falshood
             ,
             avarice
             ,
             pride
             and
             hypocrisie
             of
             private
             men
             (
             though
             I
             must
             confess
             them
             to
             be
             hainous
             evils
             )
             are
             not
             the
             vices
             which
             have
             so
             much
             depraved
             this
             our
             age
             ;
             for
             fitting
             punishments
             being
             by
             the
             law
             provided
             for
             every
             fault
             ,
             and
             foul
             action
             ,
             mankind
             is
             so
             obedient
             to
             the
             laws
             ,
             and
             so
             apprehensive
             of
             justice
             ,
             as
             a
             few
             ministers
             thereof
             make
             millions
             of
             men
             tremble
             ,
             and
             keeps
             them
             in
             ,
             and
             men
             live
             in
             such
             quiet
             peace
             ,
             as
             the
             rich
             cannot
             ,
             without
             much
             danger
             to
             themselves
             oppress
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             may
             walk
             safely
             both
             by
             day
             and
             night
             with
             gold
             in
             their
             hand
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             the
             high-ways
             :
             but
             the
             worlds
             most
             dangerous
             infirmities
             are
             then
             discovered
             ,
             when
             publique
             peace
             is
             disturbed
             ;
             and
             of
             this
             we
             must
             all
             of
             us
             confess
             ,
             that
             the
             ambition
             ,
             avarice
             and
             diabolical
             engagement
             ,
             which
             the
             swords
             of
             some
             powerful
             Princes
             hath
             usurped
             over
             the
             States
             of
             those
             who
             are
             less
             powerful
             ,
             is
             the
             true
             cause
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             so
             great
             a
             scandal
             to
             the
             present
             times
             :
             T
             is
             this
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             which
             hath
             filled
             the
             world
             with
             hatred
             and
             suspicion
             ,
             and
             hath
             defiled
             it
             with
             so
             much
             blood
             ,
             as
             men
             who
             were
             by
             God
             created
             with
             humane
             hearts
             ,
             and
             civil
             inclinations
             ,
             are
             become
             ravenous
             wilde
             beasts
             ,
             tearing
             one
             another
             in
             pieces
             with
             all
             sort
             of
             inhumanity
             .
             For
             the
             ambition
             of
             these
             men
             hath
             changed
             publike
             peace
             into
             most
             cruel
             war
             ,
             vertue
             into
             vice
             ,
             the
             charity
             and
             love
             which
             we
             
             ought
             to
             bear
             to
             our
             neighbours
             ,
             into
             such
             intestine
             hatred
             ,
             as
             whereas
             all
             Lyons
             appear
             Lyons
             to
             a
             Lyon
             ,
             the
             Scotch
             man
             appears
             unto
             the
             English
             ,
             the
             Italian
             to
             the
             German
             ,
             the
             French
             to
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             the
             German
             ,
             Spaniard
             ,
             French
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             all
             other
             Nations
             to
             the
             Italian
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             men
             ,
             not
             brethren
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             ,
             but
             creatures
             of
             another
             species
             :
             So
             as
             justice
             being
             oppressed
             by
             the
             unexplicable
             ambition
             of
             potent
             men
             ,
             mankind
             ,
             which
             was
             born
             ,
             brought
             up
             ,
             and
             did
             live
             long
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             wholesome
             Laws
             ,
             waxing
             now
             cruel
             to
             themselves
             ,
             lives
             with
             the
             instinct
             of
             beasts
             ,
             ready
             to
             oppress
             the
             weaker
             .
             Theft
             which
             is
             the
             chief
             of
             all
             faults
             ,
             is
             so
             persecuted
             by
             the
             Laws
             ,
             as
             the
             stealing
             of
             an
             egg
             is
             a
             capital
             fault
             ,
             and
             yet
             powerful
             men
             are
             so
             blinded
             with
             the
             ambition
             of
             reigning
             ,
             as
             to
             rob
             another
             man
             perfidiously
             of
             his
             whole
             state
             ,
             is
             not
             thought
             to
             be
             an
             execrable
             mischief
             ,
             as
             indeed
             it
             is
             ,
             but
             an
             noble
             occupation
             ,
             and
             onely
             fit
             for
             Kings
             ;
             and
             Tacitus
             ,
             the
             master
             of
             Policy
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             win
             the
             good
             will
             of
             Princes
             ,
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             say
             ,
             
               In
               summa
               Fortuna
               id
               aequius
               quod
               vallidus
               ,
               &
               sua
               retinere
               privatae
               domus
               ,
               de
               Alienis
               certare
               Regiam
               laudem
               esse
               ,
               li.
               15.
               
               An.
            
             If
             it
             be
             true
             ▪
             which
             is
             confest
             to
             be
             so
             by
             all
             Politicians
             ▪
             that
             people
             are
             the
             Princes
             Apes
             ,
             how
             can
             those
             who
             obey
             ,
             live
             vertuously
             quiet
             ,
             when
             their
             Commanders
             do
             so
             abound
             in
             vice
             ?
             To
             bereave
             a
             powerful
             Prince
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             is
             a
             weighty
             business
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             to
             be
             done
             by
             one
             man
             alone
             .
             To
             effect
             so
             foul
             an
             intent
             (
             observe
             what
             the
             thirst
             of
             Dominion
             can
             do
             in
             an
             ambitious
             mind
             )
             they
             muster
             together
             a
             multitude
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             that
             they
             may
             not
             fear
             the
             shame
             of
             stealing
             their
             neighbours
             goods
             ,
             of
             murthering
             men
             ,
             and
             of
             firing
             Cities
             ,
             change
             the
             name
             of
             base
             Thief
             into
             that
             of
             a
             gallant
             Souldier
             ,
             and
             valliant
             commander
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             aggravates
             this
             evil
             is
             ,
             that
             even
             good
             Princes
             are
             forced
             to
             run
             upon
             the
             same
             rocks
             ,
             to
             defend
             their
             own
             estates
             from
             the
             ravinousness
             of
             these
             Harpyes
             .
             For
             these
             to
             secure
             their
             own
             Estates
             ,
             to
             regain
             what
             they
             have
             lost
             ,
             and
             to
             revenge
             themselves
             of
             those
             that
             have
             injured
             them
             ,
             possess
             themselves
             of
             their
             states
             :
             and
             being
             allured
             by
             gain
             ,
             they
             betake
             themselves
             to
             the
             same
             shameful
             Trade
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             so
             much
             abhor
             before
             .
             Which
             hath
             caused
             the
             art
             of
             bereaving
             other
             men
             of
             their
             Territories
             ,
             become
             an
             highly
             esteemed
             science
             ;
             and
             is
             the
             reason
             why
             humane
             wit
             ,
             which
             was
             made
             to
             admire
             and
             contemplate
             the
             miracles
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             wonders
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             is
             wholly
             turned
             to
             invent
             stratagems
             ,
             to
             plot
             treasons
             ;
             and
             hands
             ,
             which
             were
             made
             to
             cultevate
             the
             earth
             which
             feeds
             us
             ,
             into
             knowing
             how
             to
             handle
             Arms
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             kill
             one
             another
             .
             This
             is
             that
             which
             hath
             brought
             our
             age
             to
             its
             last
             gasp
             ;
             and
             the
             true
             way
             to
             remedy
             it
             is
             ,
             for
             Princes
             who
             use
             such
             dealings
             ▪
             to
             amend
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             content
             with
             their
             own
             present
             Fortunes
             ;
             for
             certainly
             it
             appears
             very
             strange
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             any
             King
             who
             cannot
             satisfie
             his
             ambition
             with
             the
             absolute
             command
             over
             twenty
             millions
             of
             men
             .
             Princes
             ,
             as
             you
             all
             know
             ,
             were
             ordained
             by
             God
             on
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             of
             mankind
             ;
             I
             therefore
             say
             it
             will
             not
             do
             well
             onely
             to
             bridle
             the
             ambition
             which
             Princes
             have
             of
             possessing
             themselves
             of
             other
             mens
             estates
             ;
             but
             I
             think
             it
             necessary
             that
             the
             peculiar
             engagement
             which
             some
             men
             pretend
             their
             swords
             have
             over
             all
             estates
             ,
             be
             cut
             up
             by
             the
             root
             ;
             and
             I
             advise
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             the
             greatness
             of
             Principalities
             be
             limitted
             ;
             it
             being
             impossible
             that
             too
             great
             Kingdoms
             should
             be
             governed
             with
             that
             exact
             care
             and
             justice
             
             which
             is
             requisite
             to
             the
             peoples
             good
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             Princes
             are
             obliged
             .
             For
             there
             never
             was
             a
             Monarchy
             excessively
             over
             great
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             not
             in
             a
             short
             time
             lost
             by
             the
             carelessness
             and
             negligence
             of
             those
             that
             were
             the
             Governors
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Here
             Periandro
             ended
             ;
             whom
             Solon
             thus
             opposed
             :
             The
             true
             cause
             of
             the
             present
             evils
             which
             you
             with
             much
             freedom
             have
             been
             pleased
             to
             speak
             of
             ,
             vvas
             not
             omitted
             by
             us
             ,
             out
             of
             ignorance
             (
             as
             you
             peradventure
             may
             believe
             )
             but
             out
             of
             prudence
             .
          
           
             The
             disorders
             spoken
             of
             by
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             weak
             were
             oppressed
             by
             those
             of
             greater
             power
             ,
             began
             vvhen
             the
             World
             vvas
             first
             peopled
             .
             And
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             skilful
             Physician
             ,
             cannot
             restore
             sight
             to
             one
             that
             was
             born
             blind
             .
             I
             mention
             this
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             much
             the
             same
             thing
             to
             cure
             an
             eye
             that
             is
             infirm
             ,
             as
             to
             reform
             antiquated
             errors
             .
             For
             as
             the
             skilful
             Physician
             betakes
             himself
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             sees
             an
             illaffected
             eye
             water
             ,
             to
             his
             clouts
             and
             cauters
             ,
             and
             is
             forced
             to
             leave
             his
             patient
             vvith
             a
             bleer
             eye
             ;
             vvhen
             if
             the
             eye
             vvere
             quite
             blind
             ,
             it
             vvere
             too
             late
             to
             seek
             for
             remedy
             ;
             so
             reformers
             should
             oppose
             abuses
             vvith
             severe
             remedies
             ,
             the
             very
             first
             hour
             that
             they
             commence
             .
             For
             when
             vice
             and
             corruption
             hath
             got
             deep
             rooting
             ,
             it
             is
             wiselier
             done
             to
             tolerate
             the
             evil
             ,
             then
             to
             go
             about
             to
             remedy
             it
             out
             of
             time
             ,
             with
             danger
             to
             occasion
             worse
             inconveniences
             ;
             it
             being
             more
             dangerous
             to
             cut
             of
             an
             old
             Wen
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             misbecoming
             to
             let
             it
             stand
             .
             Moreover
             we
             are
             here
             to
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             disorders
             of
             private
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             use
             modesty
             in
             so
             doing
             ;
             but
             to
             be
             silent
             in
             what
             concerns
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             bury
             their
             disorders
             ,
             which
             a
             wise
             man
             must
             either
             touch
             very
             tenderly
             ,
             or
             else
             say
             nothing
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             having
             no
             Superiors
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             it
             belongs
             onely
             to
             God
             to
             reform
             them
             ,
             he
             having
             given
             them
             the
             prerogative
             to
             command
             ,
             us
             the
             glory
             to
             obey
             .
             And
             certainly
             not
             without
             much
             reason
             ;
             for
             subjects
             ought
             to
             correct
             their
             Rulers
             defects
             onely
             by
             their
             own
             good
             and
             godly
             living
             .
             For
             the
             hearts
             of
             Princes
             being
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             people
             deserve
             ill
             from
             his
             divine
             Majestie
             ,
             he
             raiseth
             up
             Pharoahs
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             makes
             Princes
             tender
             hearted
             ,
             when
             people
             by
             their
             fidelity
             and
             obedience
             deserves
             Gods
             assistance
             .
          
           
             What
             Solon
             had
             said
             ,
             was
             much
             commended
             by
             all
             the
             hearers
             ;
             and
             then
             Cato
             began
             thus
             :
          
           
             Your
             opinions
             most
             wise
             Grecians
             are
             much
             to
             be
             admired
             ;
             and
             by
             them
             you
             have
             infinitely
             verified
             the
             Tenet
             which
             all
             the
             Litterati
             have
             of
             you
             :
             for
             the
             vices
             ,
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             those
             ulcerated
             wounds
             ,
             which
             the
             present
             age
             doth
             suffer
             under
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             better
             nor
             more
             lively
             discovered
             and
             pointed
             out
             .
             Nor
             are
             your
             opinions
             ,
             which
             are
             full
             of
             infinite
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             humane
             knowledge
             ,
             gain-said
             here
             ;
             for
             that
             they
             were
             not
             excellently
             good
             ;
             but
             for
             that
             the
             malady
             is
             so
             habituated
             in
             the
             veins
             ,
             and
             is
             even
             so
             grounded
             in
             the
             bones
             ,
             as
             that
             humane
             complexion
             is
             become
             so
             weak
             ,
             as
             vital
             virtue
             gives
             place
             to
             the
             mightiness
             of
             vice
             ,
             whereby
             we
             are
             made
             to
             know
             clearly
             ,
             that
             the
             patient
             we
             have
             in
             hand
             is
             one
             sick
             of
             a
             consumption
             ,
             who
             spits
             putrifaction
             ,
             and
             whose
             hair
             fals
             from
             his
             head
             :
             The
             Physician
             hath
             a
             very
             hard
             part
             to
             play
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             when
             the
             Patients
             maladies
             are
             many
             ,
             and
             the
             one
             so
             far
             differing
             from
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             cooling
             medicines
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             good
             for
             a
             hot
             liver
             ,
             are
             nought
             for
             the
             stomach
             ,
             and
             weaken
             it
             too
             much
             .
             And
             
             truly
             this
             is
             just
             our
             case
             ;
             for
             the
             maladies
             which
             molest
             our
             present
             age
             ,
             and
             wherewithal
             all
             other
             times
             have
             been
             affected
             ,
             do
             for
             number
             equal
             the
             stars
             of
             heaven
             ,
             or
             the
             sea-sands
             ,
             and
             are
             more
             various
             ,
             and
             further
             differing
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             then
             are
             the
             flowers
             of
             the
             field
             .
             I
             therefore
             think
             this
             cure
             desperate
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             patient
             is
             totally
             incapable
             of
             humane
             help
             :
             And
             my
             opinion
             is
             ,
             That
             we
             must
             have
             recourse
             to
             prayers
             ,
             and
             to
             other
             Divine
             helps
             ,
             which
             in
             like
             cases
             are
             usually
             implored
             from
             God.
             And
             this
             is
             the
             true
             North-Star
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             greatest
             difficulties
             leads
             men
             into
             the
             haven
             of
             perfection
             :
             for
             
               Pauci
               prudentia
               honesta
               ab
               deterioribus
               ,
               utilia
               ab
               noxiis
               discernunt
               ,
               plures
               aliorum
               eventis
               docentur
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Annal.
            
             And
             if
             we
             will
             approve
             ,
             as
             we
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             of
             this
             consideration
             ,
             we
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             world
             was
             formerly
             fallen
             into
             the
             like
             difficulties
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             thought
             of
             man
             ,
             but
             Gods
             care
             that
             did
             help
             it
             ,
             who
             by
             sending
             universal
             deluges
             of
             water
             ,
             razed
             mankind
             ,
             full
             of
             abominable
             and
             incorrigible
             vice
             from
             off
             the
             world
             .
             And
             Gentlemen
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             sees
             the
             walls
             of
             his
             house
             all
             gaping
             and
             runious
             ,
             and
             the
             foundations
             so
             weakened
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             appearance
             it
             is
             ready
             to
             fall
             ,
             certainly
             it
             is
             more
             wisely
             done
             to
             pull
             down
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             build
             it
             anew
             ,
             then
             to
             spend
             his
             money
             ,
             and
             waste
             his
             time
             in
             piecing
             and
             in
             patching
             it
             .
             Therefore
             since
             mans
             life
             is
             so
             foully
             depraved
             with
             vice
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             past
             all
             humane
             power
             to
             restore
             it
             to
             its
             former
             health
             ,
             I
             do
             with
             all
             my
             heart
             beseech
             the
             Divine
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             counsel
             you
             to
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             again
             open
             the
             Cataracts
             of
             heaven
             ,
             and
             send
             new
             deluges
             of
             water
             upon
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             pouring
             forth
             his
             wrath
             upon
             mankind
             ,
             mend
             the
             incurable
             wounds
             thereof
             by
             the
             salve
             of
             death
             :
             but
             withal
             ,
             that
             a
             new
             Ark
             may
             be
             made
             ,
             wherein
             all
             boys
             of
             not
             above
             twelve
             years
             of
             age
             may
             be
             saved
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             female
             sex
             ,
             of
             what
             soever
             age
             be
             so
             wholly
             consumed
             ,
             as
             nothing
             but
             the
             unhappy
             memory
             thereof
             may
             remain
             .
             And
             I
             beseech
             the
             same
             Divine
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             as
             he
             hath
             granted
             the
             singular
             benefit
             to
             Bees
             ,
             Fishes
             ,
             Beetles
             ,
             and
             other
             annimals
             ,
             to
             procreate
             without
             the
             feminine
             sex
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             think
             men
             worthy
             the
             like
             favour
             .
             For
             Gentlemen
             ,
             I
             have
             learnt
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             as
             long
             as
             there
             shall
             be
             any
             women
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             men
             will
             be
             wicked
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             how
             much
             Cato's
             discourse
             displeased
             the
             whole
             Assembly
             ,
             who
             did
             all
             of
             them
             so
             abhor
             the
             harsh
             conceit
             of
             a
             deluge
             ,
             as
             casting
             themselves
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             with
             their
             hands
             held
             up
             to
             heaven
             ,
             they
             humbly
             beseeched
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             preserve
             the
             excellent
             femal
             sex
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             keep
             mankind
             from
             any
             more
             Deluges
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             send
             them
             upon
             the
             earth
             onely
             to
             extirpate
             those
             discomposed
             and
             wilde
             wits
             ,
             those
             untnuable
             and
             blood
             thirsty
             souls
             ,
             those
             Hetorotrical
             and
             phantastick
             brains
             ,
             who
             being
             of
             a
             depraved
             judgement
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             an
             overweening
             opinion
             which
             they
             have
             of
             themselves
             ,
             are
             in
             truth
             nothing
             but
             mad
             men
             ,
             whose
             ambition
             was
             boundless
             ,
             and
             pride
             without
             end
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             mankind
             should
             through
             their
             misdemerits
             become
             unvvorthy
             of
             any
             mercy
             from
             his
             divine
             Majestie
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             punish
             them
             with
             the
             scourges
             of
             Plague
             ,
             Svvord
             and
             Famine
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             vvould
             make
             use
             of
             his
             severest
             and
             of
             all
             others
             most
             cruel
             rod
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             recorded
             by
             Seneca
             ,
             of
             inriching
             mean
             men
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             should
             keep
             from
             being
             so
             cruel
             ,
             and
             causing
             such
             horrid
             calamity
             ,
             as
             to
             deliver
             mankind
             unto
             the
             good
             vvill
             and
             
             pleasuree
             of
             those
             insolent
             vvicked
             Rulers
             ,
             vvho
             being
             composed
             of
             nothing
             else
             but
             blind
             zeal
             ,
             and
             diabolical
             folly
             ,
             vvould
             pull
             the
             vvorld
             in
             pieces
             if
             they
             could
             compass
             and
             put
             in
             practice
             the
             beastial
             and
             odde
             Caprichios
             ,
             vvhich
             they
             hourly
             hatch
             in
             their
             heads
             .
          
           
             Cato's
             opinion
             had
             this
             unlucky
             end
             ,
             when
             Seneca
             thus
             began
             :
          
           
             Rough
             dealings
             is
             not
             so
             greatly
             requisite
             in
             point
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             it
             seems
             by
             many
             of
             your
             discourses
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             to
             be
             ;
             especially
             when
             disorders
             are
             grown
             to
             so
             great
             a
             height
             :
             The
             chief
             thing
             to
             be
             considered
             is
             to
             deal
             gently
             with
             them
             .
             They
             must
             be
             toucht
             with
             a
             light
             hand
             ,
             like
             wounds
             which
             are
             subject
             to
             convulsions
             .
             It
             redounds
             much
             to
             the
             Physians
             shame
             ,
             when
             the
             Patient
             dying
             with
             the
             potion
             in
             his
             body
             ,
             every
             one
             knows
             the
             medicine
             hath
             done
             him
             more
             harm
             then
             his
             malady
             .
             It
             is
             a
             rash
             advice
             to
             go
             from
             one
             extreme
             to
             another
             ,
             passing
             by
             the
             due
             medium
             :
             for
             mans
             nature
             is
             not
             capable
             of
             violent
             mutations
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             hath
             been
             falling
             many
             thousand
             years
             into
             the
             present
             infirmities
             ,
             he
             is
             onely
             not
             wise
             ,
             but
             a
             very
             fool
             who
             thinks
             to
             restore
             it
             to
             its
             former
             health
             in
             a
             few
             days
             .
             And
             if
             a
             sick
             man
             ,
             who
             formerly
             being
             fat
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             long
             sickness
             is
             grovvn
             very
             lean
             ,
             think
             in
             the
             first
             week
             of
             his
             convalessence
             to
             return
             to
             his
             former
             fatness
             by
             much
             eating
             ,
             he
             must
             surely
             burst
             :
             but
             he
             will
             happily
             compass
             his
             desire
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             eat
             moderately
             and
             have
             that
             patience
             which
             brings
             whatsoever
             knotty
             business
             to
             perfection
             .
             For
             
               quae
               longo
               tempore
               extenuantur
               Corpora
               ,
               lentè
               reficere
               oportet
               .
               Hip.
               lib.
               2.
               
               Aph.
            
             Moreover
             ,
             in
             reformation
             ,
             the
             conditions
             of
             those
             who
             do
             reform
             ,
             and
             the
             quality
             of
             those
             that
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             exactly
             considered
             .
             We
             that
             are
             the
             reformers
             ,
             are
             all
             of
             us
             Philosophers
             ,
             learned
             men
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             be
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             be
             onely
             Stationers
             ,
             Printers
             ,
             such
             as
             sell
             Paper
             ,
             Pens
             and
             Ink
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             things
             appertaining
             to
             learning
             ,
             we
             may
             very
             well
             correct
             their
             errors
             :
             but
             if
             we
             shall
             go
             about
             to
             mend
             the
             faults
             of
             other
             occupations
             we
             shall
             commit
             worse
             errors
             ,
             and
             become
             more
             ridiculous
             then
             the
             Shoomaker
             who
             would
             judge
             of
             colours
             ,
             and
             durst
             venture
             to
             censure
             Apelles
             his
             pictures
             .
             And
             upon
             this
             occasion
             I
             am
             forced
             to
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             a
             fault
             which
             is
             usual
             amongst
             us
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             who
             for
             four
             Cujus
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             in
             our
             heads
             ,
             pretend
             to
             know
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             are
             not
             aware
             ,
             that
             when
             we
             first
             swarve
             from
             what
             is
             treated
             on
             in
             our
             books
             ,
             we
             run
             riot
             ,
             and
             say
             a
             thousand
             things
             from
             the
             purpose
             .
             I
             say
             this
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             nothing
             which
             more
             obviates
             reformations
             ,
             then
             to
             walk
             therein
             in
             the
             dark
             ;
             which
             happens
             ,
             when
             the
             Reformers
             are
             not
             perfectly
             well
             acquainted
             with
             the
             vices
             of
             those
             that
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             .
             And
             the
             reason
             is
             apparent
             ,
             for
             nothing
             makes
             men
             persevere
             more
             ,
             and
             grow
             obstinate
             in
             their
             errors
             ,
             then
             when
             they
             find
             that
             he
             that
             reforms
             ,
             is
             not
             well
             informed
             of
             their
             defects
             who
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             .
             And
             to
             prove
             this
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             of
             us
             is
             it
             ,
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             knows
             what
             belong
             to
             the
             false
             hook
             of
             Notaries
             ,
             to
             the
             prevarications
             of
             Advocates
             ,
             the
             simony
             used
             by
             Judges
             ,
             Proctors
             imbroylings
             ,
             the
             abuses
             of
             Apothecaries
             ,
             Taylors
             filtching
             ,
             Butchers
             thieving
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             cheating
             tricks
             of
             a
             thousand
             other
             Artificers
             ?
             And
             yet
             all
             these
             excesses
             must
             be
             by
             us
             corrected
             .
             And
             if
             we
             shall
             go
             about
             to
             amend
             such
             disorders
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             far
             from
             our
             profession
             ,
             shall
             not
             we
             be
             thought
             as
             blind
             ,
             as
             he
             who
             goes
             about
             to
             stop
             a
             hogshead
             ,
             which
             being
             full
             of
             clefts
             ,
             scatters
             
             out
             wine
             on
             every
             side
             ?
             This
             is
             enough
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             to
             let
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             reformation
             is
             then
             likely
             to
             proceed
             well
             ,
             when
             Marinors
             talk
             of
             winds
             ,
             Souldiers
             of
             Wounds
             ,
             Shepherds
             of
             sheep
             ,
             and
             Herdsmen
             of
             Bullocks
             .
             It
             is
             manifest
             presumption
             in
             us
             to
             pretend
             to
             know
             all
             things
             ,
             to
             believe
             that
             there
             are
             not
             three
             or
             four
             men
             of
             every
             Trade
             and
             Occupation
             ,
             who
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             love
             their
             own
             reputation
             ,
             is
             meer
             malice
             ,
             and
             rash
             judgement
             .
             My
             opinion
             therefore
             is
             ,
             That
             three
             or
             four
             of
             every
             Trade
             or
             Occupation
             ,
             who
             are
             of
             known
             goodness
             and
             integrity
             ,
             be
             sent
             for
             by
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             one
             reform
             his
             own
             Trade
             ;
             for
             when
             Shoo-makers
             shall
             speak
             their
             opinion
             touching
             shoes
             and
             slippers
             ,
             Taylors
             touching
             clothes
             ,
             Chyrurgions
             concerning
             Searclothes
             ,
             Cooks
             of
             Lard
             and
             Pickel'd
             meats
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             shall
             correct
             his
             own
             Trade
             ,
             we
             shall
             work
             a
             Reformation
             worthy
             of
             our selves
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             present
             occasions
             .
          
           
             Though
             Seneca's
             opinion
             was
             mightily
             praised
             by
             Petacchus
             and
             Chilo
             ,
             who
             finding
             the
             other
             Philosophers
             to
             be
             of
             another
             opinion
             ,
             entred
             their
             Protestation
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             find
             out
             a
             better
             means
             for
             the
             reformation
             of
             mankind
             ,
             then
             what
             had
             been
             mentioned
             by
             Seneca
             ,
             yet
             did
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             companions
             abhor
             it
             more
             then
             they
             had
             done
             Cato's
             proposition
             ;
             and
             moved
             with
             indignation
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             they
             much
             wondred
             ,
             that
             by
             taking
             more
             reformers
             in
             into
             them
             ,
             he
             would
             so
             far
             dishonour
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             had
             thought
             them
             not
             onely
             sufficient
             ,
             but
             excellently
             fit
             for
             that
             business
             .
             That
             it
             was
             not
             wisely
             advised
             to
             begin
             the
             general
             reformation
             by
             publishing
             their
             own
             weakness
             ;
             for
             all
             resolutions
             which
             detract
             from
             the
             credit
             of
             the
             publishers
             ,
             want
             that
             reputation
             which
             is
             the
             very
             soul
             of
             business
             ,
             and
             that
             jurisdiction
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             jealous
             then
             womens
             honor
             ,
             should
             be
             handled
             so
             prodigally
             by
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             very
             prime
             Sage
             of
             Latin
             Writers
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             very
             vvisest
             men
             did
             all
             agree
             ,
             that
             twenty
             pound
             of
             blood
             taken
             from
             the
             very
             life-vain
             ,
             was
             well
             imployed
             to
             gain
             but
             one
             ounce
             of
             jurisdiction
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             is
             mad
             ,
             who
             holding
             the
             svvord
             by
             the
             handle
             ,
             gives
             it
             to
             his
             enemy
             to
             rescue
             it
             from
             him
             by
             the
             point
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             Assembly
             vvere
             mightily
             afflicted
             ,
             vvhen
             by
             the
             refutation
             of
             Seneca's
             opinion
             ,
             they
             found
             smal
             hopes
             of
             effecting
             the
             Reformation
             ;
             for
             they
             relyed
             but
             little
             upon
             Mazzoni
             ,
             vvho
             vvas
             but
             a
             novice
             ,
             nor
             could
             they
             think
             that
             he
             could
             speak
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             purpose
             ;
             vvhich
             though
             Mazzoni
             did
             by
             many
             signs
             perceive
             ,
             yet
             no
             vvhit
             discouraged
             ,
             he
             spoke
             thus
             ;
          
           
             It
             vvas
             not
             for
             any
             merit
             of
             mine
             ,
             most
             vvise
             Philosophers
             ,
             that
             I
             vvas
             admitted
             by
             Apollo
             into
             this
             reverend
             Congregation
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             his
             Majesties
             special
             favour
             ;
             and
             I
             very
             vvell
             knovv
             ,
             that
             it
             better
             becomes
             me
             to
             use
             my
             ears
             then
             my
             tongue
             in
             so
             grave
             an
             Assembly
             as
             this
             ,
             I
             being
             to
             learn
             and
             hold
             my
             peace
             .
             And
             certainly
             I
             should
             not
             dare
             to
             open
             my
             mouth
             upon
             any
             other
             occasion
             ;
             but
             reformation
             being
             the
             business
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             I
             lately
             coming
             from
             vvhere
             nothing
             is
             spoken
             of
             but
             reformation
             and
             reformers
             ,
             I
             desire
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             may
             hold
             their
             peace
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             alone
             may
             be
             heard
             to
             speak
             in
             a
             business
             vvhich
             I
             am
             so
             verst
             in
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             boast
             my self
             to
             be
             the
             onely
             Euclide
             of
             this
             Mathematick
             .
             Give
             me
             leave
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             you
             ,
             in
             relating
             your
             opinions
             ,
             seem
             to
             me
             to
             be
             like
             those
             indiscrete
             Physicians
             ,
             vvho
             lose
             time
             in
             consulting
             ,
             and
             in
             disputing
             ,
             vvithout
             having
             so
             much
             as
             
             seen
             the
             sick
             party
             ,
             or
             heard
             his
             story
             for
             himself
             .
             We
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             are
             to
             cure
             the
             present
             age
             of
             the
             foul
             infirmities
             vvherevvith
             vve
             see
             it
             is
             opprest
             .
             We
             have
             all
             laboured
             to
             find
             out
             the
             reasons
             of
             the
             maladies
             ,
             and
             hovv
             to
             cure
             them
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             us
             hath
             been
             so
             vvise
             as
             to
             visit
             the
             sick
             party
             .
             I
             therefore
             advise
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             vve
             send
             for
             the
             present
             age
             to
             come
             hither
             ,
             that
             we
             interrogate
             it
             of
             its
             sickness
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             may
             see
             the
             ill
             affected
             parts
             bare
             naked
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             cure
             will
             prove
             easie
             ,
             which
             you
             hold
             so
             desperate
             .
          
           
             The
             whole
             Assembly
             was
             so
             pleased
             at
             this
             Mazzoni's
             motion
             ,
             as
             the
             reformers
             immediately
             commanded
             the
             age
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             ,
             which
             was
             presently
             brought
             in
             a
             chair
             to
             the
             Delphick
             Palace
             by
             the
             four
             Seasons
             of
             the
             year
             .
             He
             was
             a
             man
             full
             of
             years
             ,
             but
             of
             so
             fresh
             and
             strong
             a
             complexion
             ,
             as
             he
             seemed
             likely
             to
             live
             yet
             many
             ages
             ;
             onely
             he
             was
             short
             breath'd
             ,
             and
             his
             voyce
             vvas
             very
             weak
             :
             which
             the
             Philosophers
             wondring
             at
             ;
             they
             asked
             him
             ,
             Why
             his
             face
             being
             ruddy
             ,
             which
             was
             sign
             that
             his
             natural
             heat
             was
             yet
             strong
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             stomach
             was
             good
             :
             why
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             full
             of
             pain
             ?
             and
             they
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             a
             hundred
             year
             before
             ,
             when
             his
             face
             was
             so
             yellow
             ,
             as
             he
             s●…med
             to
             have
             the
             Jaundice
             ,
             he
             spoke
             freely
             notwithstanding
             ,
             and
             seemed
             to
             be
             stronger
             then
             he
             was
             now
             .
             That
             they
             had
             sent
             for
             him
             to
             cure
             him
             of
             his
             infirmity
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             therefore
             freely
             speak
             his
             griefs
             .
          
           
             The
             Age
             answered
             thus
             ,
             Soon
             after
             I
             was
             born
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             I
             fell
             into
             these
             maladies
             which
             I
             now
             labour
             under
             .
             My
             face
             is
             now
             so
             fresh
             and
             ruddy
             ,
             because
             people
             have
             pe●…er'd
             it
             ,
             and
             coloured
             it
             with
             Lakes
             ;
             My
             sickness
             resembles
             the
             ebbing
             and
             flowing
             of
             the
             sea
             ,
             which
             always
             contains
             the
             same
             water
             ,
             though
             it
             rise
             and
             fals
             ;
             with
             this
             vicissitude
             notwithstanding
             ,
             as
             when
             my
             looks
             are
             outwardly
             good
             ,
             my
             malady
             (
             as
             at
             this
             present
             )
             is
             more
             grievous
             inwardly
             ;
             and
             when
             my
             face
             looks
             ill
             ,
             I
             am
             best
             within
             .
             For
             what
             my
             infirmities
             are
             ,
             which
             do
             so
             torment
             me
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             do
             but
             take
             off
             this
             gay
             Jacket
             ,
             wherewith
             some
             good
             people
             have
             covered
             a
             rotten
             carcass
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             breathes
             and
             view
             me
             naked
             ,
             as
             I
             was
             made
             by
             Nature
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             plainly
             see
             I
             am
             but
             a
             living
             carcass
             .
             All
             the
             Philosophers
             then
             hasted
             ,
             and
             having
             stript
             the
             Age
             naked
             ,
             they
             saw
             that
             the
             wretch
             pargeted
             with
             aparences
             four
             inches
             thick
             ,
             all
             over
             his
             body
             .
             The
             Reformers
             caused
             ten
             razors
             to
             be
             forthwith
             brought
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             of
             them
             taking
             one
             ,
             they
             fell
             all
             to
             scrape
             away
             the
             pargeting
             aforesaid
             ;
             but
             they
             found
             them
             so
             far
             eaten
             into
             his
             very
             bones
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             that
             huge
             Colossus
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             find
             one
             ounce
             of
             good
             live
             flesh
             .
             At
             which
             they
             were
             much
             amazed
             ,
             then
             put
             on
             the
             Ages
             Jacket
             again
             ,
             and
             dismist
             him
             ▪
             and
             finding
             that
             the
             cure
             was
             altogether
             desperate
             ,
             they
             assembled
             themselves
             close
             together
             ,
             and
             forsaking
             the
             thought
             of
             all
             publike
             affairs
             they
             resolved
             to
             prepare
             for
             ●…r
             indempnity
             of
             their
             own
             reputations
             .
          
           
             Mazzoni
             writ
             what
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Reformers
             dictated
             ,
             a
             Manifesto
             ,
             wherein
             they
             witnessed
             to
             the
             world
             the
             great
             care
             Apollo
             ever
             had
             of
             his
             Litterati's
             vertuous
             living
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             welfare
             of
             all
             mankind
             ▪
             and
             what
             pains
             the
             Reformers
             had
             taken
             in
             compiling
             the
             general
             Reformation
             .
             Then
             coming
             to
             particulars
             they
             set
             down
             the
             prizes
             o●…
             ca●…biges
             ,
             s●…rats
             ,
             and
             pompions
             .
             And
             all
             the
             Assembly
             had
             already
             underwritten
             the
             reformation
             ,
             when
             Thales
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             certa●…
             H●…glers
             ,
             who
             sold
             Lupins
             ,
             and
             black
             cherryes
             ,
             vented
             such
             smal
             measures
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             a
             shame
             not
             to
             take
             order
             therein
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Assembly
             thankt
             Thales
             for
             his
             advertisement
             ,
             and
             added
             to
             their
             reformation
             ,
             that
             the
             measures
             should
             be
             made
             greater
             .
             Then
             the
             Palace
             Gates
             were
             thrown
             open
             ,
             and
             the
             general
             Reformation
             was
             read
             in
             the
             place
             appointed
             for
             such
             purposes
             ,
             to
             the
             people
             who
             were
             flockt
             in
             infinite
             numbers
             to
             the
             Market-place
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             generally
             applauded
             by
             every
             one
             ,
             as
             all
             Parnassus
             rung
             with
             shouts
             and
             vociferations
             of
             joy
             ;
             for
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             are
             pleased
             with
             every
             little
             thing
             ;
             and
             men
             of
             judgement
             know
             that
             
               Vitia
               erunt
               ,
               donec
               Homines
               ,
               Tacit.
               Lib.
               4.
               
               Hist.
            
             As
             long
             as
             there
             be
             men
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             vices
             .
             That
             men
             live
             on
             earth
             ,
             though
             not
             well
             ,
             yet
             as
             little
             ill
             as
             they
             may
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             height
             of
             human
             wisdom
             lay
             in
             being
             so
             discreet
             as
             to
             be
             content
             to
             leave
             the
             world
             as
             they
             found
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               hearing
               of
               the
               happy
               Alliance
               of
               the
               two
               Illustrious
               Daughters
               of
               
                 Charls
                 Emanuel
              
               with
               the
               two
               Noble
               Princes
               of
               Mantua
               and
               Modena
               ,
               commands
               that
               extraordinary
               demonstrations
               of
               joy
               be
               made
               throughout
               his
               whole
               Dominions
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             about
             nine
             of
             the
             clock
             ,
             the
             usual
             Guard
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Tower
             gave
             notice
             by
             two
             stroaks
             of
             the
             bell
             ,
             that
             two
             men
             were
             discovered
             on
             the
             Castalian
             Plain
             ,
             which
             hasted
             towards
             Parnassus
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Litterati
             ran
             presently
             to
             the
             Walls
             and
             to
             the
             Gates
             ,
             to
             see
             what
             the
             matter
             might
             be
             .
             And
             soon
             after
             hearing
             the
             sound
             of
             a
             Horn
             ,
             knew
             that
             it
             was
             one
             that
             came
             Post
             ,
             with
             his
             guide
             :
             The
             more
             inquisitive
             Litterati
             ran
             to
             meet
             him
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             heard
             that
             he
             was
             sent
             from
             Italy
             to
             Apollos
             Majesty
             ,
             they
             all
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             know
             whether
             he
             brought
             news
             of
             any
             gallant
             Italian
             product
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             taking
             Piece
             lately
             printed
             ?
             To
             which
             the
             Post
             answered
             ,
             only
             that
             he
             brought
             dispatches
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             of
             incredible
             joyful
             news
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             was
             waited
             upon
             to
             the
             Royal
             Palace
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Litterati
             .
             When
             he
             had
             presented
             his
             Letters
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             all
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             who
             very
             attentively
             observed
             his
             Majesties
             face
             ,
             found
             ,
             that
             still
             as
             he
             read
             ,
             his
             countenance
             cleared
             up
             .
             Having
             read
             the
             Letters
             ,
             he
             with
             incredible
             joy
             uttered
             these
             words
             ;
             O
             how
             happy
             Union
             !
             Let
             my
             beloved
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             know
             ,
             that
             I
             desire
             her
             to
             come
             speedily
             to
             me
             .
             These
             words
             caused
             various
             conjectures
             in
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             divers
             were
             the
             interpretations
             they
             gave
             thereof
             ;
             but
             the
             most
             common
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             necessary
             League
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             desired
             by
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             was
             at
             last
             concluded
             in
             Italy
             ,
             against
             that
             enemy
             to
             Learning
             ,
             the
             Ottaman
             Empire
             .
             This
             mean
             while
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             was
             seen
             to
             come
             walking
             apace
             towards
             Apollo's
             Royal
             Palace
             leaning
             upon
             her
             Bellisario
             .
             When
             Apollo
             heard
             she
             was
             coming
             to
             the
             stairs
             ,
             he
             ran
             with
             great
             joy
             to
             meet
             her
             ,
             and
             having
             imbraced
             her
             in
             his
             arms
             ;
             I
             heartily
             rejoyce
             (
             said
             he
             )
             together
             with
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             at
             the
             happy
             news
             which
             I
             but
             now
             received
             by
             Letters
             from
             my
             Italian
             Academies
             ,
             of
             the
             Match
             which
             his
             Highness
             
               Charls
               Emanuel
            
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             hath
             made
             of
             his
             two
             daughters
             ,
             with
             the
             most
             
             Noble
             Princess
             of
             Mantua
             ,
             and
             Modena
             .
             What
             think
             you
             of
             the
             conjunction
             of
             so
             Illustrious
             Princes
             ,
             of
             the
             union
             so
             much
             desired
             ,
             so
             much
             wisht
             for
             by
             me
             and
             you
             ,
             of
             these
             your
             two
             beloved
             sons
             ?
             Are
             not
             these
             contentments
             which
             do
             fully
             counterpoise
             your
             late
             troubles
             ?
             Yes
             indeed
             ,
             answered
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             ,
             and
             I
             confess
             unto
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             now
             all
             my
             desires
             ,
             all
             my
             consolations
             are
             accomplished
             :
             for
             I
             never
             did
             desire
             any
             thing
             more
             earnestly
             ,
             then
             that
             my
             Italian
             Princes
             should
             add
             the
             conjunction
             of
             bloud
             ,
             as
             now
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             to
             their
             joynt
             important
             Interests
             of
             State
             :
             So
             as
             I
             am
             wholly
             composed
             of
             joy
             ,
             seeing
             that
             strong
             Gerion
             of
             many
             of
             my
             Italian
             Princes
             ,
             formed
             into
             one
             body
             ,
             which
             may
             secure
             me
             from
             those
             future
             evils
             ,
             the
             fear
             wherof
             hath
             hitherto
             so
             afflicted
             me
             .
             Then
             that
             powerful
             Queen
             ,
             attended
             by
             all
             the
             Princes
             and
             Nobility
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             went
             to
             visit
             the
             Temple
             of
             Fruitfulness
             ,
             which
             promis'd
             assured
             and
             happy
             offspring
             to
             these
             so
             fortunate
             couples
             .
             Being
             returned
             to
             her
             Royal
             Palace
             ,
             she
             was
             congratulated
             by
             all
             the
             chiefest
             Princes
             reciding
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             so
             many
             great
             Heroes
             ,
             she
             gave
             the
             honorable
             Title
             of
             first
             and
             chiefest
             Italian
             Warrier
             ,
             to
             
               Charls
               Emanuel
            
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             ,
             the
             Father
             of
             so
             fortunate
             offspring
             ,
             and
             Author
             of
             Italies
             so
             great
             felicity
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             immediately
             sent
             the
             usual
             signes
             of
             Golden
             Launce
             and
             Trunchion
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             witness
             his
             joy
             for
             this
             so
             gladsom
             news
             ,
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             proclaimed
             by
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             ,
             that
             in
             respect
             thereof
             ,
             extraordinary
             signes
             of
             joy
             should
             be
             shewed
             throughout
             all
             his
             Dominions
             ;
             and
             upon
             this
             occasion
             gave
             leave
             at
             the
             earnest
             request
             of
             his
             Litterati
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             had
             hitherto
             so
             resolutely
             denied
             ,
             that
             Stage-players
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             .
          
           
             Tilting
             and
             Turney
             were
             in
             the
             next
             place
             proclaimed
             ;
             and
             the
             first
             day
             the
             Paladines
             of
             Spanish
             Romansas
             ,
             
               Amadisi
               ,
               Don
               Florestano
            
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             appeared
             within
             the
             Lists
             ,
             who
             gave
             such
             proofs
             of
             themselves
             as
             did
             exceed
             ;
             and
             all
             men
             wondred
             to
             see
             Palaces
             made
             all
             of
             Diamonds
             ,
             built
             by
             words
             .
             The
             second
             day
             the
             French
             Paladins
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             other
             Nations
             ,
             
               Orlando
               ,
               Rinalde
               ,
               Gradasso
               ,
               Sacrapante
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             appeared
             at
             Turney
             ,
             who
             behaved
             themselves
             so
             couragiously
             as
             they
             made
             all
             men
             know
             ,
             that
             Ariosto
             had
             writ
             sparingly
             of
             them
             .
             The
             third
             day
             
               Caro
               ,
               Molza
               ,
               Sanga
            
             ,
             and
             other
             polite
             Courtiers
             appeared
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             who
             valiantly
             challenged
             those
             other
             noble
             Champions
             to
             the
             combat
             ;
             but
             they
             ,
             scorning
             to
             have
             to
             do
             with
             men
             who
             had
             not
             made
             profession
             of
             Arms
             ,
             refused
             the
             Challenge
             ;
             wherefore
             those
             Courtiers
             did
             by
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             again
             denounce
             ;
             they
             challenge
             a
             second
             time
             ,
             which
             was
             still
             slighted
             by
             the
             other
             Paladins
             .
             The
             Courtiers
             published
             a
             third
             defiance
             ;
             which
             not
             being
             accepted
             of
             ,
             all
             the
             spectators
             fel
             a●…
             hissing
             at
             them
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             ,
             seeing
             so
             great
             a
             scorn
             put
             upon
             those
             Paladins
             who
             had
             been
             rendred
             so
             famous
             by
             the
             Poets
             ,
             was
             much
             offended
             ,
             and
             commanded
             them
             to
             put
             their
             Launces
             in
             their
             rests
             ,
             and
             to
             quell
             the
             over-daring
             of
             those
             Courtiers
             .
             The
             Champions
             then
             suddenly
             obeyed
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             a
             strange
             prodigious
             thing
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             those
             spruce
             Courtiers
             ,
             did
             with
             a
             dexterous
             lye
             ,
             with
             an
             ill
             turn
             done
             in
             time
             unhorse
             those
             Paladins
             ,
             though
             their
             Arms
             were
             inchanted
             .
             Then
             the
             couragious
             Bradamante
             and
             Marsica
             ,
             incenst
             to
             see
             those
             famous
             Paladins
             so
             dishonored
             ,
             took
             their
             Launce
             ,
             and
             with
             more
             then
             manly
             fury
             ,
             spur'd
             on
             their
             steeds
             towards
             the
             Cavaliers
             ,
             so
             to
             recover
             the
             Military
             reputation
             which
             the
             others
             had
             so
             shamefully
             lost
             ;
             but
             both
             of
             them
             being
             incountred
             by
             great
             
             purses
             full
             of
             gold
             ,
             spread
             their
             legs
             abroad
             ,
             forsook
             their
             saddles
             ,
             and
             fell
             to
             the
             ground
             flat
             upon
             their
             backs
             ;
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             signal
             acts
             ,
             the
             Prize
             of
             the
             Tilting
             was
             awarded
             to
             the
             Courtiers
             ,
             who
             had
             got
             the
             trick
             of
             unhorsing
             people
             ,
             and
             of
             setting
             them
             beside
             the
             saddle
             ,
             not
             by
             their
             Launces
             or
             counter-bufs
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             meer
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               ancient
               Commonwealth
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               the
               Modern
               Venetian
               Liberty
               ,
               argue
               together
               ,
               what
               the
               true
               rewards
               of
               Honour
               be
               ,
               by
               which
               well
               ordered
               Commonwealths
               do
               acknowledge
               the
               worth
               of
               their
               well-deserving
               Senators
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             the
             flourishing
             Commonwealth
             of
             Rome
             ,
             formerly
             the
             Worlds
             Mistriss
             ,
             be
             now
             reduced
             by
             reason
             of
             her
             great
             misfortunes
             ,
             into
             a
             far
             differing
             condition
             from
             what
             she
             was
             in
             ;
             yet
             in
             memory
             of
             her
             pristine
             greatness
             she
             still
             lives
             well
             esteemed
             ,
             and
             much
             honored
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             not
             only
             for
             that
             her
             politick
             Precepts
             are
             held
             by
             all
             men
             in
             power
             ,
             as
             divine
             answers
             ;
             but
             because
             she
             is
             believed
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Oracle
             of
             Military
             affairs
             :
             as
             also
             for
             that
             nor
             Princes
             nor
             privat
             men
             ,
             take
             any
             more
             praise-worthy
             or
             heroick
             examples
             wherewith
             to
             adorn
             their
             minds
             more
             frequently
             ,
             or
             more
             advantagiously
             from
             any
             other
             place
             .
             And
             though
             so
             splendid
             a
             Princess
             hath
             been
             sundry
             times
             deflowred
             and
             ravisht
             ,
             as
             wel
             by
             her
             own
             ingrateful
             and
             ambitious
             Citizens
             ,
             as
             by
             her
             barbarous
             enemies
             ,
             by
             Augusto's
             and
             Silla's
             Proscriptions
             ;
             as
             by
             the
             general
             sacking
             of
             T●…tilla
             and
             Atilla
             ,
             and
             other
             Kings
             of
             forrein
             Nations
             ;
             yet
             doth
             she
             excellently
             well
             recover
             her
             past
             dishonor
             ,
             and
             her
             present
             misery
             ,
             by
             the
             fame
             of
             her
             antient
             greatness
             .
             This
             so
             famous
             Princess
             ,
             came
             some
             few
             daies
             since
             to
             visit
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ;
             a
             Lady
             of
             greatly
             famed
             Chastity
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             beloved
             and
             highest
             esteemed
             of
             as
             many
             as
             are
             in
             this
             Plebeian
             Court
             ,
             for
             the
             opinion
             of
             her
             great
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             reputation
             of
             her
             unexhaustible
             wealth
             .
             And
             whilst
             the
             Roman
             Liberty
             discoursed
             of
             her
             past
             greatness
             ,
             and
             the
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             of
             her
             present
             felicity
             ,
             't
             is
             known
             that
             the
             Roman
             Commonwealth
             said
             to
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             That
             she
             being
             purely
             Aristocratical
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             most
             perfect
             form
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             did
             doubtlesly
             by
             her
             excellent
             Laws
             which
             promised
             her
             long
             life
             ,
             surpass
             any
             ,
             either
             past
             or
             present
             Republick
             .
             But
             that
             though
             to
             maintain
             peace
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             war
             abroad
             ,
             the
             orders
             she
             observed
             were
             excellently
             good
             ,
             yet
             had
             she
             not
             made
             such
             acquisition
             of
             States
             ,
             as
             was
             expected
             from
             the
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             publick
             as
             privat
             wealth
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             Republick
             ;
             which
             was
             thought
             to
             happen
             by
             reason
             of
             her
             being
             very
             backward
             in
             giving
             such
             rewards
             as
             were
             usually
             given
             by
             well
             ordered
             Commonwealths
             ,
             to
             her
             well
             deserving
             Senators
             ;
             and
             that
             she
             ,
             the
             Commonwealth
             of
             Rome
             ,
             acknowledged
             all
             the
             glory
             she
             had
             in
             having
             won
             the
             whole
             world
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             ,
             to
             proceed
             wholly
             from
             the
             extraordinary
             worth
             of
             her
             Senators
             ,
             
             whereunto
             they
             were
             awakened
             ,
             not
             by
             any
             wealthy
             gifts
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             rewards
             of
             eternal
             honor
             in
             erecting
             their
             Statues
             ,
             by
             their
             triumphant
             Vestments
             ,
             Trophies
             ,
             by
             the
             building
             and
             dedication
             of
             famous
             Temples
             ,
             Baselisks
             ,
             and
             Theatres
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             by
             that
             glory
             so
             much
             coveted
             by
             those
             who
             do
             thirst
             after
             eternal
             fame
             of
             stately
             Roman
             Triumphs
             :
             Rewards
             which
             raised
             such
             Military
             valor
             ,
             such
             excellent
             civil
             vertue
             in
             her
             Citizens
             ,
             as
             the
             insuing
             Nations
             did
             admire
             ,
             but
             could
             not
             imitate
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             was
             so
             backward
             in
             rewarding
             the
             worth
             and
             merits
             of
             her
             honorable
             Senators
             ,
             with
             the
             memorial
             of
             perpetual
             honors
             ,
             as
             she
             might
             very
             well
             be
             termed
             ingratefull
             ;
             and
             that
             infinite
             Noble
             men
             of
             Venice
             ,
             having
             done
             things
             worthy
             the
             sublimest
             triumphs
             ,
             both
             in
             times
             of
             peace
             and
             war
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             rewards
             which
             eternize
             the
             memory
             of
             great
             Senators
             ,
             she
             thought
             it
             very
             strange
             to
             see
             a
             Narnesan
             Statue
             on
             horseback
             in
             Padua
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             Bergamasco
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Venice
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             famous
             services
             of
             
               Andrea
               Gretty
            
             ,
             of
             
               Sebastian
               Venieri
            
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             thousand
             other
             famous
             Venetian
             Senators
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             only
             excelled
             the
             
               Gatta
               Melati
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Colleoni
             ,
             in
             parts
             both
             of
             soul
             and
             body
             ,
             but
             might
             deservedly
             be
             paralel'd
             with
             Pompey
             and
             Cesar
             ,
             were
             not
             recompenced
             with
             the
             reward
             of
             perpetual
             memory
             ,
             which
             their
             glorious
             actions
             had
             deserved
             .
          
           
             Menante
             ,
             who
             writes
             all
             these
             things
             with
             great
             integrity
             and
             faithfulness
             ,
             had
             it
             from
             a
             very
             good
             hand
             ,
             that
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             not
             any
             whit
             at
             all
             moved
             ,
             answered
             the
             Roman
             Republick
             ;
             That
             she
             had
             not
             so
             inlarged
             her
             Territories
             as
             the
             Romans
             had
             done
             theirs
             ,
             not
             for
             that
             (
             as
             she
             gave
             her self
             to
             believe
             )
             the
             thirst
             after
             glory
             and
             fame
             was
             wanting
             in
             her
             Senators
             ;
             but
             for
             the
             clean
             contrary
             ends
             which
             the
             two
             Common-wealths
             had
             propounded
             unto
             themselves
             ;
             for
             the
             Venetian
             Senators
             made
             peace
             the
             utmost
             bounds
             of
             their
             ambition
             ,
             whereas
             the
             Roman
             Senat
             made
             war
             theirs
             .
             And
             that
             she
             had
             clearly
             learnt
             by
             her
             most
             unfortunate
             end
             ,
             that
             too
             greatly
             disproportionate
             atchievements
             made
             by
             States
             ,
             did
             disorder
             all
             the
             politick
             Laws
             of
             whatsoever
             well-governed
             Commonwealth
             ;
             but
             chiefly
             such
             as
             were
             Aristocratical
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             whereof
             being
             to
             consist
             but
             of
             a
             few
             ,
             and
             not
             sufficient
             to
             govern
             a
             great
             State
             ,
             the
             wholsom
             Laws
             of
             living
             free
             ,
             would
             be
             filled
             with
             confusion
             ,
             should
             the
             number
             of
             the
             Nobility
             be
             rendred
             immensly
             great
             .
             As
             her
             Majestie
             of
             Rome
             had
             by
             her
             infinite
             calamities
             ,
             made
             it
             appear
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             by
             adding
             people
             whom
             she
             had
             subjected
             to
             the
             number
             of
             Roman
             Citizens
             ,
             did
             happily
             aggrandize
             her
             State
             ,
             but
             much
             lessen
             her
             Liberty
             .
             And
             that
             for
             her
             part
             she
             was
             satisfied
             with
             so
             much
             Empire
             ,
             as
             might
             serve
             to
             secure
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             from
             forrein
             Forces
             ;
             and
             that
             she
             did
             not
             covet
             the
             greatness
             of
             State
             ,
             out
             of
             an
             ambitio●…
             to
             command
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             glory
             not
             to
             serve
             :
             That
             as
             for
             honorable
             rewards
             which
             well
             ordered
             Commonwealths
             ought
             to
             barter
             with
             worth
             ,
             and
             therewith
             to
             reward
             the
             merits
             of
             her
             Senators
             ,
             she
             took
             her self
             to
             be
             injured
             by
             being
             stiled
             ungratefull
             ;
             for
             eternal
             Trophies
             ,
             and
             perpetual
             triumphant
             Arches
             were
             seen
             in
             Venice
             ,
             not
             made
             of
             brittle
             Marble
             ,
             or
             mettals
             subject
             to
             the
             violence
             of
             fire
             ,
             but
             of
             incorruptible
             materials
             ,
             wherewith
             she
             largely
             rewarded
             her
             well
             deserving
             Senators
             ,
             as
             it
             very
             well
             became
             her
             to
             do
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             worthy
             actions
             might
             be
             gloriously
             conveyed
             to
             futurity
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Roman
             Liberty
             answered
             ,
             That
             she
             had
             often
             seen
             all
             the
             
             rooms
             of
             her
             Highness's
             Palace
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             remember
             that
             she
             ever
             saw
             any
             Trophies
             ,
             triumphant
             Arches
             ,
             or
             other
             things
             to
             perpetuate
             the
             memory
             of
             her
             Nobility
             .
             Hereupon
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             caused
             many
             of
             her
             Nobility
             of
             all
             ages
             to
             enter
             the
             room
             ,
             whom
             she
             stript
             naked
             ,
             and
             then
             opened
             their
             brests
             ,
             and
             then
             much
             to
             her
             astonishment
             ,
             the
             Roman
             Liberty
             saw
             all
             those
             triumphant
             Arches
             ,
             Trophies
             Statues
             ,
             and
             other
             stately
             triumphs
             ,
             which
             they
             by
             their
             glorious
             actions
             had
             merited
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             erected
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             her
             
               Gritti
               ,
               Venieri
               ,
               Capelli
               ,
               Grimani
               ,
               Bragadini
               ,
               Basqualigi
               ,
            
             and
             other
             of
             her
             deserving
             Senators
             :
             and
             that
             which
             encreased
             the
             wonder
             of
             the
             Roman
             Dame
             ,
             was
             to
             see
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             those
             Noble
             Venetians
             ,
             a
             fervent
             charitable
             desire
             to
             reward
             the
             egregious
             works
             of
             so
             deserving
             Senators
             ,
             in
             their
             posterity
             ;
             and
             a
             fire
             of
             emulation
             to
             imitate
             those
             worthy
             Heroes
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             acts
             which
             they
             saw
             were
             so
             gloriously
             rewarded
             .
             Then
             the
             Venetian
             Liberty
             with
             testimony
             of
             great
             affection
             ,
             said
             thus
             unto
             the
             Roman
             Lady
             ;
             Such
             as
             we
             ,
             ought
             to
             recommend
             the
             vertue
             and
             deserts
             of
             our
             Citizens
             to
             posterity
             ,
             by
             these
             triumphant
             Arches
             ,
             and
             with
             these
             demonstrations
             which
             you
             ,
             Madam
             ,
             see
             written
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             my
             Senators
             .
             These
             are
             the
             Statues
             ,
             and
             other
             publick
             Memorials
             which
             wisdom
             awakens
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             honorable
             Senators
             who
             thirst
             after
             glory
             .
             These
             are
             the
             places
             where
             Trophies
             ,
             and
             other
             publick
             Memorials
             of
             deserving
             Senators
             should
             be
             erected
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             Piazza's
             :
             For
             the
             memory
             which
             the
             Nobility
             of
             a
             Commonwealth
             keeps
             eternally
             in
             their
             hearts
             ,
             of
             the
             deserts
             of
             such
             as
             have
             done
             glorious
             actions
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             awakes
             emulation
             and
             true
             vertue
             :
             Things
             which
             alwaies
             produce
             good
             effects
             tending
             to
             the
             service
             of
             a
             Free
             Country
             ;
             whereas
             Triumphs
             ,
             Trophies
             ,
             Statues
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             familliarly
             seen
             built
             in
             your
             streets
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             memory
             of
             your
             well-deserving
             Senators
             ,
             hath
             served
             only
             to
             procure
             them
             that
             number
             of
             followers
             of
             the
             rabble
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             the
             ambition
             of
             Reign
             in
             your
             unfortunate
             Senators
             ,
             
               Silla
               ,
               Marius
               ,
               Sinna
               ,
               Crassus
               ,
               Pompey
               ,
            
             and
             Cesar
             ,
             which
             was
             that
             which
             put
             upon
             you
             the
             unfortunate
             and
             shameful
             chain
             of
             servitude
             ,
             which
             you
             now
             drag
             at
             your
             heels
             :
             A
             great
             disorder
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             I
             know
             that
             you
             doe
             acknowledge
             all
             those
             evils
             to
             proceed
             ,
             which
             have
             made
             you
             so
             famous
             even
             in
             calamities
             .
             And
             know
             ,
             that
             our
             Senators
             do
             very
             fitly
             resemble
             those
             young
             Virgins
             who
             marry
             ,
             being
             chaste
             both
             of
             mind
             and
             body
             ,
             :
             For
             as
             those
             careless
             husbands
             hazard
             the
             making
             of
             them
             whores
             ,
             by
             sending
             them
             abroad
             to
             all
             Balls
             and
             Festivals
             ;
             so
             Free
             Commonwealths
             do
             imprudently
             infuse
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             their
             civil
             and
             well
             composed
             Senators
             ,
             a
             desire
             of
             becoming
             Tyrants
             ,
             by
             the
             rewards
             of
             publick
             Memorials
             ,
             which
             purchase
             popular
             breath
             ,
             and
             the
             attendance
             of
             the
             rabble
             rout
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               People
               of
               Lesbos
               ,
               after
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               ran
               away
               from
               them
               ,
               chuse
               
                 Anna
                 Momorancy
              
               ,
               by
               Apollos
               appointment
               ,
               for
               their
               Prince
               .
            
          
           
             AFter
             the
             unhappy
             success
             which
             (
             as
             you
             heard
             by
             some
             of
             our
             last
             )
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             had
             in
             his
             Principality
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             and
             his
             flight
             from
             that
             State
             ,
             nothing
             was
             left
             unindeavored
             ,
             neither
             by
             himself
             ,
             nor
             by
             other
             Princes
             who
             were
             his
             friends
             ,
             to
             induce
             Apollo
             to
             work
             so
             with
             the
             people
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             might
             again
             return
             to
             his
             Principality
             ,
             but
             all
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             for
             his
             Majestie
             was
             ever
             constant
             in
             his
             assertion
             ,
             that
             no
             good
             was
             ever
             to
             be
             hoped
             from
             the
             Government
             of
             Princes
             ,
             who
             for
             such
             like
             offences
             grew
             bitter
             to
             their
             people
             .
             But
             for
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             men
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             who
             continually
             prest
             him
             by
             their
             Ambassadors
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             propound
             unto
             them
             a
             new
             Prince
             ;
             he
             nominated
             
               Anna
               Momorancy
            
             ,
             an
             honorable
             French
             Baron
             ;
             who
             was
             received
             with
             great
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             people
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             and
             proclaimed
             Prince
             of
             that
             State.
             'T
             is
             certainly
             true
             ,
             that
             some
             Vertuosi
             who
             were
             very
             well
             acquainted
             with
             the
             affairs
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             made
             a
             long
             ,
             and
             an
             exact
             series
             of
             many
             abuses
             which
             reigned
             in
             that
             State
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             said
             grew
             great
             inconveniences
             ,
             and
             did
             accurately
             name
             the
             waies
             which
             were
             to
             be
             held
             to
             reduce
             the
             affairs
             of
             Lesbos
             to
             a
             much
             better
             condition
             :
             And
             this
             they
             gave
             to
             Momorancy
             ,
             who
             told
             those
             his
             friends
             ,
             that
             the
             amending
             of
             disorders
             in
             a
             Principality
             by
             new
             Laws
             and
             Magistrates
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             undertaken
             only
             in
             hereditary
             States
             ,
             where
             the
             children
             ,
             and
             other
             successors
             of
             the
             defunct
             Prince
             ,
             did
             usually
             so
             tenaciously
             inherit
             their
             predecessors
             thoughts
             ,
             as
             they
             esteemed
             it
             a
             secure
             foundation
             of
             their
             Government
             ,
             and
             a
             necessary
             piece
             of
             Policy
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             jealous
             in
             the
             observancy
             thereof
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             elective
             Principalities
             ,
             wherein
             successors
             used
             often
             to
             undo
             what
             their
             predecessors
             had
             done
             ,
             either
             out
             of
             curiosity
             ,
             or
             to
             cast
             dirt
             in
             the
             faces
             of
             former
             Princes
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             difficult
             business
             to
             begin
             to
             reform
             those
             things
             which
             wholly
             depending
             upon
             an
             exquisite
             and
             exact
             observancy
             of
             giving
             orders
             ,
             required
             that
             many
             successive
             Princes
             should
             be
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             ;
             which
             being
             hard
             to
             be
             found
             in
             elective
             States
             ,
             he
             said
             that
             the
             best
             advice
             which
             could
             be
             given
             to
             such
             an
             one
             as
             he
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Lesbos
             ,
             was
             to
             shun
             novelty
             ,
             and
             resolve
             to
             live
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             Laws
             ,
             whatsoever
             they
             were
             ;
             and
             to
             leave
             things
             as
             he
             found
             them
             ;
             for
             in
             houses
             that
             are
             rented
             ,
             wise
             men
             are
             contented
             to
             live
             in
             the
             old
             rooms
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             over-curious
             who
             build
             new
             apartements
             ,
             which
             'tis
             ods
             but
             that
             they
             will
             be
             thrown
             down
             ,
             either
             out
             of
             the
             caprichiousness
             or
             ill-will
             of
             the
             next
             comer
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               excellent
               Bolognian
               Physitian
               ,
               
                 Jovanni
                 Zecca
              
               ,
               sels
               in
               Parnassus
               the
               true
               Antidote
               against
               the
               French
               Pox.
               
            
          
           
             THree
             daies
             ago
             certain
             papers
             were
             posted
             up
             in
             all
             the
             publick
             places
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             wherein
             were
             written
             these
             words
             ;
             The
             famous
             Bolognian
             Physitian
             
               Iovanni
               Zecca
            
             ,
             is
             arived
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             who
             having
             found
             out
             the
             true
             and
             secure
             receit
             to
             keep
             men
             from
             taking
             the
             French
             Pox
             ,
             incites
             all
             men
             to
             provide
             themselves
             thereof
             ;
             the
             rich
             shall
             have
             it
             for
             reasonable
             rates
             ,
             the
             poor
             for
             Gods
             sake
             .
             This
             stirred
             up
             great
             curiosity
             amongst
             the
             Litterati
             to
             have
             a
             receit
             so
             necessary
             for
             these
             times
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             knew
             Zecca
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             rarest
             in
             his
             profession
             ,
             and
             an
             excellent
             good
             writer
             .
             And
             believing
             all
             that
             the
             receit
             consisted
             of
             Oyles
             ,
             Electuaries
             ,
             Powders
             ,
             and
             other
             such
             Medicinal
             ingrediences
             ,
             they
             wondred
             exceedingly
             when
             they
             saw
             Zecca
             shew
             them
             a
             Picture
             drawn
             by
             the
             life
             ,
             of
             a
             gallant
             Gentleman
             whose
             nose
             was
             eaten
             off
             with
             the
             French
             Pox
             ;
             telling
             them
             the
             way
             how
             to
             use
             this
             receit
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             just
             as
             they
             were
             about
             to
             lie
             with
             a
             woman
             whose
             health
             they
             suspected
             ,
             they
             take
             this
             Picture
             out
             of
             their
             bosom
             ,
             which
             he
             gave
             them
             ,
             and
             which
             as
             many
             as
             should
             fixedly
             look
             upon
             ,
             and
             seriously
             contemplate
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             confident
             that
             this
             medicine
             taken
             in
             by
             the
             eye
             ,
             would
             have
             such
             operation
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             never
             be
             infected
             with
             that
             loathsom
             disease
             .
             Some
             were
             so
             curious
             ,
             as
             they
             suddenly
             ran
             to
             make
             experience
             of
             this
             new
             receit
             ;
             and
             they
             say
             they
             found
             it
             to
             be
             exceeding
             good
             :
             For
             they
             who
             in
             the
             greatest
             height
             of
             lust
             did
             fixedly
             look
             upon
             ,
             and
             attentively
             contemplate
             this
             Picture
             ,
             cashiering
             their
             carnal
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             calling
             to
             mind
             how
             shameful
             a
             thing
             it
             was
             for
             a
             man
             to
             lose
             his
             nose
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             ornament
             of
             the
             face
             ,
             the
             seat
             and
             proper
             place
             of
             reputation
             ;
             whilst
             they
             considered
             that
             men
             ran
             hazard
             of
             encouraging
             so
             great
             a
             shame
             ,
             by
             eating
             a
             bit
             ,
             which
             though
             it
             was
             savory
             in
             the
             chewing
             ,
             proves
             stinking
             and
             unpleasant
             even
             to
             a
             mans
             very
             imagination
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             swallosed
             down
             ,
             it
             did
             so
             dead
             all
             carnal
             desire
             in
             men
             who
             valued
             their
             reputation
             ,
             as
             the
             self
             inconsiderate
             instrument
             of
             lust
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             wholly
             void
             of
             judgement
             and
             discretion
             ,
             was
             so
             apprehensive
             of
             the
             danger
             which
             his
             beloved
             correllative
             ran
             by
             that
             act
             ,
             as
             preferring
             the
             health
             thereof
             before
             its
             own
             pleasure
             ,
             it
             withdrew
             more
             speedily
             into
             its
             habitation
             ,
             then
             do
             Tortoises
             when
             stones
             are
             thrown
             apace
             at
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Litterati
               of
               Parnassus
               do
               with
               great
               solemnity
               celebrate
               the
               Holy
               day
               dedicated
               to
               the
               lowdable
               Lawrel-Leaves
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             the
             solemn
             Festival
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Lawrel
             Leaves
             ,
             was
             celebrated
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             with
             great
             pomp
             and
             joy
             ;
             a
             Festival
             instituted
             in
             Parnassus
             ever
             since
             Dafne's
             memorable
             accident
             ,
             to
             exhilerate
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             who
             was
             much
             afflicted
             at
             the
             remembrance
             of
             so
             sad
             a
             Metamorphosis
             ;
             on
             which
             solemn
             day
             ,
             only
             Poets
             ,
             Emperors
             ,
             and
             other
             Heroes
             are
             permitted
             to
             come
             into
             the
             stately
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Litterati
             with
             Garlands
             on
             their
             heads
             ,
             whilst
             those
             that
             have
             not
             deserved
             so
             great
             a
             prerogative
             ,
             are
             not
             suffered
             to
             stir
             out
             of
             their
             own
             dores
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             profane
             the
             solemnity
             of
             so
             great
             a
             day
             by
             their
             naked
             heads
             .
             Petrarch
             ,
             who
             had
             of
             old
             obtained
             the
             honor
             of
             that
             imployment
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             made
             a
             Learned
             Oration
             in
             praise
             of
             those
             so
             honored
             Leaves
             ;
             but
             whilst
             he
             was
             making
             his
             Oration
             ,
             a
             strange
             chance
             befel
             that
             worthy
             Poet
             ;
             for
             after
             having
             by
             his
             Encomium
             exaggerated
             the
             praise
             of
             that
             Plant
             so
             dearlypriz'd
             by
             his
             Maj.
             as
             that
             it
             is
             respected
             even
             by
             Thunder
             ;
             and
             having
             spoken
             of
             the
             noble
             Prerogative
             which
             it
             enjoies
             ,
             of
             being
             that
             where
             with
             the
             Temples
             of
             Emperors
             ,
             and
             glorious
             Heroes
             are
             only
             surrounded
             ;
             he
             fell
             to
             make
             a
             long
             and
             bitter
             invective
             against
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             wherein
             Learning
             having
             lost
             much
             esteem
             ,
             those
             very
             self-same
             so
             famous
             Leaves
             ,
             which
             in
             better
             time
             were
             held
             in
             such
             esteem
             ,
             was
             now
             so
             basely
             and
             scornfully
             used
             by
             the
             ignorant
             modern
             men
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             only
             make
             use
             thereof
             for
             the
             signes
             of
             their
             base
             Tipling-houses
             ,
             but
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             put
             it
             into
             their
             provocative
             sawces
             ,
             gellies
             ,
             Eels
             ,
             and
             even
             into
             their
             rosted
             Olives
             .
             Petrarch
             was
             so
             very
             fervent
             ,
             and
             had
             such
             commotion
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             compunction
             of
             spirit
             ,
             in
             recounting
             these
             so
             strange
             neglects
             ,
             as
             he
             fell
             down
             in
             a
             swound
             ere
             his
             Oration
             was
             perfected
             ,
             nor
             could
             they
             bring
             him
             to
             himself
             again
             ,
             till
             the
             fair
             Lady
             Lawra
             ,
             all
             sorrowful
             as
             she
             was
             ,
             was
             thrown
             into
             the
             bosom
             of
             her
             beloved
             Poet.
             Petrarch
             was
             much
             honored
             for
             this
             accident
             ,
             which
             made
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             plainly
             see
             how
             intirely
             and
             intimatly
             he
             loved
             that
             honour'd
             Lawrel
             which
             he
             had
             praised
             with
             such
             elegancy
             in
             his
             Italian
             Verses
             .
             But
             it
             hapned
             that
             presently
             after
             this
             swouning
             ,
             a
             very
             bitter
             disticon
             ,
             or
             caplet
             of
             Verses
             were
             fixt
             upon
             the
             Delfick
             Porch
             ;
             wherein
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             that
             that
             swouning
             fit
             had
             not
             befallen
             Petrarch
             for
             any
             sorrow
             for
             the
             injuries
             done
             to
             the
             Lawrel-leaves
             ,
             but
             for
             remembrance
             of
             those
             savory
             Olives
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             the
             Disticon
             :
          
           
             
               Non
               Amor
               hunc
               Laurae
               ,
               sed
               amica
               jecus●…ula
               Lauro
            
             
               Quem
               Memori
               spirant
               ,
               examinavit
               Odor
               .
            
          
           
             
               'T
               was
               not
               the
               love
               to
               Lawra
               made
               him
               swound
               ,
            
             
               But
               scent
               of
               Lawrel
               broths
               did
               him
               confound
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             publick
             garblers
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             by
             express
             order
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             brought
             these
             two
             Latin
             verses
             to
             the
             test
             ,
             and
             found
             clearly
             that
             they
             issued
             from
             Martials
             abundant
             phancy
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             after
             imprisoned
             .
             Then
             Petrarch
             accompanied
             with
             a
             squadron
             of
             Italian
             Poets
             ,
             ran
             towards
             the
             Royal
             Palace
             ;
             and
             it
             being
             feared
             that
             he
             came
             to
             complain
             of
             Martial
             ,
             he
             was
             met
             by
             
               Catullus
               ,
               Tibullus
            
             ,
             and
             Propertius
             ,
             who
             first
             imbraced
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             earnestly
             intreated
             him
             that
             he
             would
             add
             to
             the
             glory
             which
             he
             had
             received
             by
             the
             accident
             which
             befell
             him
             whilst
             he
             was
             making
             his
             Oration
             ,
             the
             great
             good
             will
             he
             should
             get
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             pass
             by
             Marshals
             Disticon
             as
             but
             a
             merriment
             .
             And
             they
             moreover
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             all
             men
             knew
             that
             injuries
             written
             by
             loquatious
             Poets
             ,
             did
             not
             touch
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             when
             those
             that
             were
             concerned
             could
             laugh
             at
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             truths
             did
             only
             nettle
             and
             seek
             revenge
             .
             Petrarch
             would
             not
             be
             advised
             by
             the
             Poets
             ,
             but
             angerly
             answered
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             in
             his
             reading
             had
             learnt
             the
             vertue
             not
             to
             offend
             any
             ;
             but
             that
             when
             he
             found
             himself
             so
             nearly
             touched
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             forgive
             ;
             wherefore
             inraged
             with
             anger
             ,
             and
             desirous
             of
             revenge
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             with
             bitter
             words
             exaggerated
             the
             injury
             done
             him
             by
             Martial
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             incense
             Apollo
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             banished
             him
             for
             ever
             out
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             the
             Precincts
             thereof
             ;
             and
             the
             Sentence
             was
             ready
             to
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             when
             Martials
             Advocate
             produced
             a
             
               Motu
               Propriae
            
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             published
             many
             years
             before
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             ordained
             ,
             that
             a
             Jest
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             bitter
             ,
             provided
             it
             were
             witty
             ,
             eloquent
             ,
             quick
             ,
             facetious
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             had
             salt
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             were
             not
             spoken
             out
             of
             premeditated
             mischief
             ,
             but
             had
             escaped
             from
             a
             lively
             and
             ready
             wit
             ,
             suddenly
             at
             unawares
             ,
             deserved
             praise
             rather
             then
             punishment
             ,
             as
             a
             fault
             which
             sprung
             rather
             from
             the
             vivacity
             of
             wit
             ,
             then
             from
             the
             malice
             of
             mind
             ;
             for
             that
             even
             the
             wisest
             men
             could
             not
             forbear
             breaking
             a
             witty
             and
             facetious
             jest
             ,
             which
             proceeded
             from
             a
             ready
             sharp
             wit
             ;
             and
             that
             though
             for
             many
             respects
             it
             ought
             neither
             to
             have
             been
             written
             nor
             said
             ,
             yet
             it
             deserved
             to
             be
             listned
             unto
             ,
             and
             read
             by
             men
             given
             to
             curiosity
             ,
             for
             the
             quick
             vivacity
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               highly
               commended
               the
               King
               of
               Spains
               Decree
               ,
               That
               no
               Advocates
               nor
               Proctors
               should
               go
               into
               the
               Indies
               :
               The
               Doctors
               of
               Law
               quarrel
               grievously
               with
               his
               Majesty
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             abode
             of
             Parnassus
             owes
             not
             its
             happiness
             only
             to
             Apollos
             excellent
             Government
             ,
             nor
             to
             its
             being
             inhabited
             by
             the
             prime
             select
             Wits
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             vertuous
             living
             of
             her
             inhabitants
             ,
             the
             perfection
             of
             their
             manners
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             exquisiteness
             of
             all
             the
             best
             Laws
             which
             cul'd
             from
             out
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             are
             diligently
             introduced
             ,
             and
             observed
             in
             that
             State.
             For
             those
             who
             live
             there
             ,
             are
             bound
             to
             bring
             with
             them
             the
             best
             Customs
             of
             their
             Countries
             :
             A
             thing
             which
             hath
             been
             so
             advantagious
             to
             every
             privat
             man
             ,
             and
             hath
             brought
             so
             great
             reputation
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             as
             it
             appears
             evidently
             ,
             that
             the
             Country
             is
             to
             be
             esteemed
             happy
             ,
             which
             lives
             not
             only
             by
             her
             own
             Laws
             ,
             but
             by
             choice
             Laws
             pickt
             out
             from
             all
             other
             civil
             Nations
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             being
             informed
             that
             the
             Potent
             Kings
             of
             Spain
             have
             upon
             several
             penalties
             prohibited
             the
             passing
             of
             any
             Proctors
             or
             Advocates
             into
             the
             Indies
             ,
             intituled
             it
             a
             most
             holy
             Edict
             ,
             and
             highly
             praised
             the
             piety
             of
             those
             Monarchs
             who
             have
             shewed
             such
             charity
             to
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             as
             to
             preserve
             it
             from
             that
             disease
             which
             hath
             filled
             the
             old
             world
             with
             so
             many
             sad
             controversies
             .
             His
             Majestie
             moreover
             gave
             present
             order
             that
             so
             excellent
             an
             Edict
             should
             be
             registred
             in
             a
             Table
             of
             Brass
             ,
             which
             should
             to
             eternal
             memory
             be
             fixt
             in
             the
             chief
             Market-place
             ,
             next
             to
             the
             twelve
             Tables
             of
             the
             famous
             Roman
             Laws
             .
             I
             must
             not
             forget
             to
             let
             you
             know
             that
             the
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             were
             mightily
             scandalized
             hereat
             ,
             who
             earnestly
             recommended
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             the
             indempnity
             of
             their
             reputations
             ;
             saying
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             might
             not
             obtain
             so
             much
             favour
             ,
             as
             that
             this
             Law
             might
             not
             be
             published
             ,
             it
             would
             afford
             occasion
             to
             many
             to
             imitate
             the
             Anconitans
             ,
             Norcinans
             ,
             Recanetesans
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             ,
             with
             no
             little
             dishonor
             to
             Learning
             ,
             had
             banished
             those
             professers
             of
             Law
             ,
             who
             were
             held
             in
             so
             great
             admiration
             by
             other
             people
             ,
             as
             they
             verily
             believed
             nothing
             could
             be
             well
             said
             ,
             or
             done
             ,
             without
             the
             liking
             of
             a
             learned-Lawyer
             :
             And
             that
             they
             did
             the
             more
             earnestly
             beseech
             his
             Majesty
             to
             consider
             their
             case
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             indempnity
             of
             the
             sacred
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Students
             of
             Law
             had
             spent
             so
             much
             time
             and
             monies
             ,
             was
             therein
             likewise
             concern'd
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             was
             strangely
             offended
             at
             this
             their
             pressure
             ,
             and
             in
             great
             anger
             answered
             those
             Doctors
             .
             That
             he
             could
             not
             but
             very
             much
             wonder
             at
             their
             boldness
             ,
             who
             durst
             affirm
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             spent
             both
             time
             and
             monies
             in
             learning
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Delfick
             Law
             were
             not
             sufficiently
             known
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             wherein
             the
             study
             of
             the
             Law
             was
             declared
             to
             be
             no
             Liberal
             Science
             ,
             but
             a
             meer
             mechanical
             mystery
             ,
             introduced
             in
             the
             world
             to
             afflict
             manking
             ,
             studied
             without
             any
             delectation
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             or
             speculation
             of
             the
             understanding
             ,
             
             and
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             sacred
             Muses
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             necessary
             in
             all
             good
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             only
             practised
             for
             meer
             avarice
             of
             gain
             ,
             to
             fatten
             a
             fowl
             filthy
             beast
             with
             monies
             ,
             who
             though
             he
             wholly
             wanted
             that
             vivacity
             of
             wit
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             loved
             by
             learning
             ,
             it
             was
             sufficient
             to
             become
             a
             great
             Advocate
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             but
             an
             Oxes
             brain
             ,
             and
             a
             Porters
             complexion
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               chiefest
               Litterati
               of
               Parnassus
               desire
               Apollo
               that
               Tacitus
               may
               re-compose
               those
               Books
               of
               his
               Annals
               ,
               and
               Histories
               which
               are
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             the
             chiefest
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             met
             together
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             discoursed
             long
             together
             ,
             they
             all
             of
             them
             presented
             themselves
             unanimously
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             learned
             Florentine
             
               Pietro
               Vittorio
            
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             those
             Vertuosi
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             saw
             there
             ,
             did
             most
             humbly
             desire
             a
             favour
             of
             him
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             acceptable
             that
             he
             could
             ever
             grant
             to
             his
             Litterati
             ;
             who
             bitterly
             bewailing
             the
             infinite
             loss
             which
             Learning
             hath
             had
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             of
             that
             Father
             of
             human
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             true
             inventer
             of
             modern
             Policy
             ;
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             did
             humbly
             beseech
             his
             Majesty
             to
             command
             that
             so
             excellent
             Personage
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             amend
             the
             wrong
             which
             the
             injury
             of
             time
             had
             done
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             publick
             profit
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             by
             re-making
             whatsoever
             is
             now
             found
             wanting
             of
             those
             his
             most
             excellent
             labours
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             contrary
             to
             expectation
             ,
             startled
             at
             this
             request
             which
             appeared
             so
             reasonable
             ,
             and
             with
             an
             appearance
             of
             dislike
             ,
             answered
             ,
             O
             my
             ignorant
             Litterati
             !
             do
             not
             you
             think
             that
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             world
             are
             sufficiently
             known
             in
             State-affairs
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             have
             them
             more
             learned
             in
             that
             Science
             ,
             in
             which
             ,
             to
             your
             misery
             be
             it
             spoken
             ,
             they
             already
             know
             too
             much
             ?
             Since
             t
             is
             clearly
             seen
             that
             some
             of
             them
             by
             practising
             a
             devilish
             and
             infernal
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             have
             brought
             both
             sacred
             and
             profane
             things
             to
             utmost
             confusion
             .
             Hath
             not
             the
             common
             miseries
             and
             scandals
             occasioned
             by
             the
             severe
             and
             wretched
             Government
             of
             some
             Princes
             ,
             made
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             modern
             Policy
             ,
             wholly
             framed
             by
             your
             so
             beloved
             Tacitus
             ,
             hath
             like
             a
             contagious
             disease
             ,
             infected
             the
             world
             ?
             Do
             not
             you
             already
             sufficiently
             know
             that
             the
             now
             practised
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             people
             are
             rather
             flead
             then
             shoarn
             ,
             rather
             suckt
             dry
             then
             milkt
             ,
             rather
             opprest
             then
             govern'd
             ,
             is
             now
             grown
             so
             exorbitant
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             great
             folly
             to
             desire
             it
             should
             rage
             yet
             more
             ?
             Think
             you
             not
             that
             some
             moderate
             Princes
             have
             learnt
             precepts
             enough
             to
             pill
             and
             poll
             their
             people
             from
             Tiberius
             his
             cruel
             Government
             ,
             and
             Nero's
             ravenous
             life
             ,
             so
             exactly
             written
             by
             your
             Tacitus
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             have
             them
             see
             whether
             they
             could
             pick
             out
             some
             conceal'd
             precept
             to
             imbitter
             the
             fifth
             Act
             of
             your
             sorrowful
             
             servitude
             ,
             in
             the
             lives
             of
             Caligula
             and
             Domitian
             ,
             which
             God
             out
             of
             his
             great
             goodness
             to
             you
             ,
             hath
             raced
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             only
             that
             the
             obscenity
             and
             cruelty
             used
             by
             those
             monsters
             of
             Nature
             ,
             might
             be
             for
             ever
             forgotten
             ?
             The
             loss
             of
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             labours
             ,
             O
             my
             Vertuosi
             ,
             hath
             been
             a
             happy
             gain
             unto
             the
             world
             :
             How
             happy
             would
             men
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             unfortunate
             remainders
             of
             them
             ,
             preserved
             for
             the
             utmost
             calamity
             of
             mankind
             ,
             were
             no
             waies
             to
             be
             found
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             world
             were
             governed
             according
             to
             the
             modesty
             and
             integrity
             of
             ancient
             Monarchs
             ,
             who
             thought
             men
             to
             be
             rational
             creatures
             ,
             not
             beasts
             with
             two
             legs
             (
             as
             many
             modern
             Princes
             by
             their
             usages
             seem
             to
             think
             them
             )
             created
             so
             by
             God
             for
             their
             good
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             made
             mice
             only
             to
             fatten
             cats
             .
             But
             you
             ,
             Monsieur
             Vittorio
             ,
             whom
             I
             find
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             that
             desire
             that
             ●…acitus
             should
             be
             rendred
             intire
             ;
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             have
             a
             word
             or
             two
             in
             privat
             with
             you
             ,
             who
             have
             spoken
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             rest
             ;
             Do
             not
             you
             think
             that
             your
             Princes
             are
             become
             learned
             Physitians
             to
             cure
             cancar
             of
             the
             Florentines
             seditian
             ,
             by
             reading
             the
             very
             first
             page
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             Annals
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             so
             well
             studied
             and
             put
             in
             practice
             ?
             Happy
             had
             the
             world
             been
             ,
             if
             Tacitus
             had
             been
             alwaies
             tacit
             :
             Therefore
             fare
             you
             well
             ,
             you
             and
             your
             posterity
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             to
             see
             that
             men
             are
             no
             wiser
             then
             Thrushes
             ,
             whose
             excrement
             proves
             their
             own
             ruine
             ;
             
               ●…urdus
               Malum
               sibi
               Cacat
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               being
               advertised
               that
               ignorant
               men
               took
               up
               arms
               against
               Learning
               ,
               puts
               himself
               in
               posture
               to
               defend
               his
               Vertuosi
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             suspitions
             of
             War
             which
             the
             Litterati
             have
             had
             for
             these
             divers
             months
             past
             ,
             are
             at
             last
             proved
             true
             ;
             for
             the
             Post
             which
             came
             to
             Apollo
             on
             Tuesday
             night
             last
             brought
             Letters
             from
             divers
             Princes
             well
             adicted
             to
             Learning
             ,
             which
             said
             ,
             that
             for
             certain
             the
             ignorant
             took
             up
             arms
             against
             the
             Litterati
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             had
             already
             raised
             many
             thousands
             of
             Barbarians
             ,
             mortal
             enemies
             to
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             .
             Upon
             the
             hearing
             whereof
             ,
             Apollo
             forthwith
             reinforced
             the
             Garrisons
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Towns
             of
             
               Phosides
               ,
               Pindus
            
             ,
             and
             Libetrus
             ,
             and
             then
             commanded
             Ori●…sto
             and
             Berni
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             presently
             take
             into
             pay
             ,
             two
             Brigadoes
             of
             Italian
             Satyrical
             Poets
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Brigadoes
             of
             the
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             Perseus
             ,
             and
             Iuvenal
             ,
             being
             muchlessened
             ,
             should
             be
             recruited
             with
             Poets
             from
             Itally
             ,
             who
             did
             abound
             in
             that
             sort
             of
             Militia
             :
             And
             then
             declared
             
               Torquatus
               T●…ssus
            
             to
             be
             Leader
             of
             the
             Heroick
             Italian
             Poets
             ,
             who
             chose
             his
             Father
             Bernardo
             for
             his
             Lieutenant
             ,
             and
             that
             good
             old
             Father
             thought
             himself
             much
             honored
             in
             obeying
             so
             gallant
             a
             son
             .
             Virgil
             was
             made
             General
             of
             the
             Heroick
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             and
             Lucan
             was
             his
             Lieutenant
             .
             
               Hanibal
               Caro
            
             in
             a
             great
             Assembly
             of
             Poets
             ,
             all
             of
             the
             first
             Classis
             ,
             assisted
             
             therein
             more
             by
             the
             favours
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Fernese
             ,
             then
             by
             his
             own
             deserts
             ,
             was
             declared
             General
             of
             the
             Italian
             Lyrick
             Poets
             ;
             which
             place
             would
             have
             been
             bestowed
             on
             
               Petrarch
               ,
               Guidicchion
            
             ,
             or
             Monsieur
             
               de
               la
               Casa
            
             ,
             if
             their
             habit
             would
             have
             permitted
             them
             to
             have
             worn
             a
             Murrion
             ,
             or
             Brest-plate
             .
             Horrace
             had
             the
             free
             voice
             of
             the
             whole
             Army
             ,
             to
             be
             General
             of
             the
             Latin
             Lyrick
             Poets
             .
             Vigetius
             was
             made
             Camp-Master
             General
             of
             the
             whole
             Army
             ,
             and
             
               Iulius
               Frontinus
            
             Serjeant
             Major
             ;
             
               Iohn
               Francisco
               Pico
            
             ,
             Count
             of
             Mirandola
             was
             made
             Standard-bearer
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Standard-General
             ,
             bore
             the
             famous
             Ensigne
             of
             an
             open
             Book
             ;
             
               Ovidius
               Naso
            
             was
             made
             Treasurer-General
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             all
             necessary
             provisions
             and
             expedition
             for
             War
             were
             made
             :
             In
             so
             much
             as
             Apollo
             had
             already
             so
             formidable
             an
             Army
             of
             Vertuosi
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             as
             he
             held
             himself
             sure
             of
             the
             victory
             .
             But
             to
             so
             great
             a
             body
             of
             Militia
             ,
             the
             soul
             ,
             money
             ,
             was
             wanting
             :
             Some
             propounded
             the
             raising
             of
             publick
             Taxes
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             provide
             for
             so
             urgent
             a
             necessity
             ;
             but
             that
             being
             found
             to
             be
             a
             pernitious
             way
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             dangerous
             to
             distaste
             the
             people
             with
             new
             grievances
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             be
             eased
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             become
             their
             friends
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             preserve
             a
             State
             amidst
             the
             troubles
             of
             War
             ,
             when
             assaulted
             by
             a
             potent
             Army
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             inhabited
             by
             ill
             affected
             people
             :
             The
             care
             of
             providing
             monies
             ,
             was
             referred
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             his
             general
             Councel
             of
             War
             ;
             who
             soon
             fell
             upon
             what
             is
             infinitely
             misliked
             by
             those
             who
             understand
             little
             ,
             but
             loved
             and
             commended
             by
             good
             Polititians
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             lay
             tribute
             upon
             places
             of
             small
             importance
             ;
             but
             trusty
             ,
             and
             far
             from
             the
             enemies
             confines
             .
             So
             great
             was
             the
             love
             which
             every
             one
             shewed
             to
             Learning
             ,
             and
             their
             hatred
             against
             the
             ignorant
             so
             intense
             ,
             as
             the
             people
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             falling
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             from
             seeing
             that
             horrid
             beast
             ,
             that
             dreadful
             monster
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             displeasing
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             of
             a
             man
             that
             can
             neither
             write
             nor
             read
             ,
             as
             not
             only
             those
             places
             which
             were
             appointed
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             but
             even
             those
             that
             were
             not
             put
             into
             the
             List
             ,
             ran
             to
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             desired
             as
             a
             singular
             favour
             to
             be
             made
             tributary
             ,
             and
             to
             pay
             Composition
             :
             Only
             Ephesus
             refused
             openly
             to
             obey
             Apollo
             :
             whereat
             his
             Majesty
             was
             so
             offended
             ,
             as
             finding
             the
             more
             they
             were
             perswaded
             ,
             the
             more
             obstinate
             they
             grew
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             necessary
             to
             use
             force
             ;
             which
             they
             of
             Ephesus
             being
             made
             acquainted
             by
             some
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             were
             their
             intimate
             friends
             ,
             they
             forthwith
             sent
             20
             Ambassadors
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             noted
             men
             ,
             and
             prime
             Citizens
             ;
             who
             told
             him
             that
             the
             Loyal
             City
             of
             Ephesus
             would
             so
             willingly
             run
             with
             their
             lives
             and
             means
             to
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             think
             it
             a
             particular
             favour
             ,
             and
             singular
             grace
             ,
             if
             upon
             that
             occasion
             his
             Majestie
             would
             cause
             the
             publick
             and
             privat
             goods
             of
             the
             men
             of
             Ephesus
             to
             be
             sold
             to
             whom
             would
             offer
             most
             ;
             and
             that
             what
             monies
             might
             be
             thereby
             raised
             ,
             might
             be
             delivered
             into
             his
             Treasurers
             for
             the
             occasions
             of
             the
             War
             ;
             and
             that
             their
             denial
             of
             becoming
             feudatory
             ,
             or
             of
             paying
             Composition
             ,
             was
             not
             occasioned
             out
             of
             any
             disobedience
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             disaffection
             to
             Learning
             ;
             but
             for
             that
             they
             foresaw
             that
             they
             should
             assuredly
             be
             made
             feudatory
             to
             a
             cruel
             Tyrant
             ,
             whose
             Government
             ,
             for
             the
             love
             they
             bore
             their
             Country
             ,
             their
             lives
             and
             honour
             ,
             they
             were
             resolved
             to
             shun
             ,
             though
             by
             the
             hazard
             of
             what
             they
             held
             dearest
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             well
             satisfied
             by
             those
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             as
             he
             embraced
             the
             Ambassadors
             one
             by
             one
             ,
             and
             thanked
             them
             very
             much
             for
             their
             readiness
             to
             serve
             him
             ;
             and
             then
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             to
             secure
             them
             from
             being
             
             ill
             dealt
             withall
             by
             any
             new
             power
             ;
             That
             though
             Seneca
             the
             Tragedian
             had
             offered
             high
             for
             their
             Composition
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             make-them
             feudatory
             to
             
               Ovidius
               Naso
            
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             affectionate
             to
             the
             Country
             of
             Ephesus
             ,
             as
             was
             well
             known
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             from
             whom
             they
             might
             expect
             to
             be
             dealt
             withall
             with
             all
             humanity
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Ambassadors
             answered
             ;
             That
             they
             beseeched
             his
             Majesty
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             whilst
             
               Ausonius
               Gallus
            
             was
             their
             Prince
             ,
             the
             people
             of
             Ephesus
             were
             at
             perpetual
             variance
             with
             him
             ,
             which
             ended
             with
             their
             sending
             him
             out
             of
             their
             State
             sorely
             and
             shamefully
             wounded
             ;
             and
             that
             now
             that
             his
             Majestie
             knew
             how
             great
             reason
             the
             people
             of
             Ephesus
             had
             to
             abhor
             their
             new
             infeoffment
             ,
             he
             might
             use
             his
             pleasure
             ;
             for
             they
             were
             resolved
             willingly
             to
             undergo
             any
             calamity
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             give
             his
             Majesty
             any
             distaste
             .
             These
             reasons
             alleadged
             by
             the
             Ambassadors
             with
             such
             generous
             humility
             ,
             did
             so
             convince
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             he
             told
             them
             they
             might
             live
             secure
             ,
             that
             Ephesus
             should
             never
             be
             commanded
             by
             any
             but
             himself
             ;
             because
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             had
             driven
             their
             Prince
             out
             of
             their
             State
             ,
             and
             had
             dealt
             so
             ill
             with
             him
             ,
             had
             much
             reason
             to
             apprehend
             the
             being
             made
             Tributary
             a
             second
             time
             ;
             for
             every
             new
             Prince
             ,
             how
             meek
             or
             gentle
             soever
             he
             were
             ,
             must
             be
             necessitated
             to
             use
             severity
             ,
             and
             exercise
             all
             those
             cruel
             resentments
             which
             the
             seditious
             Neopolitan
             Baron
             received
             from
             the
             austere
             Kings
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             so
             to
             secure
             himself
             from
             being
             treated
             as
             was
             his
             predecessor
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Justus
                 Lipsius
              
               ,
               to
               make
               amends
               for
               his
               fault
               in
               having
               accused
               Tacitus
               ,
               is
               so
               intent
               thereupon
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               accused
               before
               Apollo
               to
               have
               Idolatrized
               him
               ;
               for
               which
               after
               a
               feigned
               punishment
               ,
               he
               is
               at
               last
               praised
               ,
               and
               admired
               by
               his
               Majestie
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             most
             observing
             Litterati
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             have
             often
             noted
             ,
             That
             when
             any
             Vertuosi
             hath
             through
             human
             frailty
             committed
             an
             error
             ,
             he
             doth
             ,
             for
             the
             hatred
             he
             beats
             to
             vitious
             actions
             ,
             amend
             it
             by
             falling
             into
             the
             other
             extream
             :
             And
             divers
             affirm
             that
             Democrit●…s
             did
             not
             put
             out
             his
             eyes
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             contemplation
             ,
             but
             to
             make
             amends
             for
             a
             fault
             which
             he
             had
             commited
             in
             having
             looked
             upon
             a
             handsom
             young
             woman
             with
             a
             more
             wanton
             eye
             then
             became
             a
             Philosopher
             .
             And
             it
             is
             also
             reported
             that
             Harpecretes
             ,
             to
             correct
             an
             error
             which
             he
             had
             committed
             in
             having
             been
             too
             loquacious
             at
             a
             Feast
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             greatly
             blamed
             ,
             fell
             into
             the
             other
             extream
             of
             never
             speaking
             again
             .
             Nor
             ought
             the
             Poets
             Sentence
             to
             be
             held
             true
             ;
             
               Dum
               vitant
               stulti
               vitia
               ,
               in
               contr●…ia
               currunt
               :
            
             Since
             the
             dogg
             which
             hath
             been
             scalded
             with
             boyling
             water
             ,
             is
             esteemed
             wise
             for
             staying
             within
             dores
             when
             it
             rains
             :
             As
             also
             it
             is
             the
             councel
             of
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             to
             hate
             Eels
             after
             a
             man
             hath
             been
             bitten
             with
             a
             Snake
             .
             This
             
             is
             said
             ,
             because
             
               Iustus
               Lipsius
            
             was
             so
             heartily
             sorry
             for
             ,
             and
             did
             so
             repent
             his
             having
             so
             unfortunately
             accused
             Tacitus
             ,
             as
             to
             amend
             a
             fault
             for
             which
             he
             was
             much
             blamed
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             he
             soon
             after
             went
             to
             Tacitus
             ,
             and
             humbly
             asked
             him
             pardon
             for
             the
             injury
             he
             had
             done
             him
             :
             Who
             knowing
             what
             honour
             a
             man
             wins
             by
             being
             ready
             to
             forgive
             ,
             which
             magnanimity
             becoming
             a
             Roman
             Senator
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             freely
             forgive
             Lipsius
             ,
             but
             did
             heartily
             thank
             him
             for
             having
             afforded
             him
             an
             occasion
             of
             doin●…
             so
             glorious
             an
             act
             ,
             as
             sincerely
             to
             forgive
             an
             injury
             received
             .
             The
             wonder
             of
             so
             great
             indulgency
             ,
             and
             the
             easiness
             in
             obtaining
             his
             so
             much
             desired
             pardon
             ,
             being
             added
             to
             the
             ancient
             great
             devotion
             which
             Lipsius
             (
             who
             was
             alwaies
             very
             partial
             to
             Tacitus
             )
             bore
             to
             so
             sublime
             an
             Historian
             ,
             did
             so
             much
             encrease
             his
             love
             and
             veneration
             ,
             as
             he
             frequented
             Tacitus
             his
             house
             more
             then
             his
             own
             ,
             delighted
             to
             discourse
             with
             him
             more
             then
             with
             any
             other
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             was
             not
             better
             pleased
             with
             any
             other
             conversation
             ,
             did
             not
             celebrate
             any
             Historian
             more
             ,
             and
             did
             all
             this
             with
             such
             partiality
             of
             inward
             affection
             ,
             as
             he
             strove
             to
             imitate
             him
             in
             his
             quaintness
             of
             speaking
             more
             by
             conceits
             then
             words
             ,
             in
             his
             brevity
             of
             succinct
             speaking
             ,
             full
             of
             gravity
             ,
             matter
             ,
             sententiousness
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             was
             only
             perspicuous
             to
             good
             understanders
             ,
             procuring
             thereby
             the
             envy
             and
             hatred
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             depending
             upon
             Cicero
             ,
             and
             the
             Cesarian
             Faction
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             approve
             thereof
             ,
             and
             presumed
             by
             an
             Antonomasia
             ,
             to
             call
             him
             his
             Author
             ,
             and
             not
             caring
             for
             what
             others
             said
             of
             him
             ,
             he
             affected
             nothing
             more
             then
             to
             appear
             a
             second
             Tacitus
             .
             This
             unusual
             affection
             amongst
             friends
             ,
             not
             used
             to
             Masters
             ,
             and
             which
             did
             exceed
             all
             love
             born
             to
             consanguinity
             ,
             begot
             such
             jealousie
             in
             
               Mercerus
               ,
               Beatus
               Rhenenus
               ,
               Fulvius
               Orsinus
               ,
               Marcus
               Antonius
               Muretas
               ,
            
             and
             in
             other
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             followers
             ,
             as
             for
             meer
             envie
             ,
             though
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             revenging
             the
             injury
             which
             Lipsius
             had
             formerly
             done
             their
             friend
             Tacitus
             ,
             they
             accused
             Lipsius
             before
             Apollo
             of
             the
             same
             impiety
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             accused
             Tacitus
             of
             :
             Saying
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             love
             Tacitus
             as
             a
             friend
             ,
             did
             not
             honor
             him
             as
             a
             Master
             and
             Patron
             ,
             but
             did
             adore
             him
             as
             his
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             his
             God.
             This
             accusation
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             fares
             in
             faults
             of
             high
             Treason
             ,
             seems
             through
             the
             atrocity
             thereof
             ,
             to
             be
             sufficiently
             proved
             by
             bare
             allegation
             ,
             did
             much
             trouble
             Apollo
             ;
             who
             esteeming
             himself
             offended
             by
             Lipsius
             ,
             he
             made
             be
             forthwith
             brought
             bound
             unto
             him
             by
             a
             Pretorian
             Cohort
             of
             Lyrick
             Poets
             ;
             and
             with
             an
             angry
             countenance
             ,
             and
             threatning
             way
             ,
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             thought
             of
             one
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             an
             Oylmans
             son
             of
             Ternio
             ?
             To
             this
             ●…ipsius
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             held
             Tacitus
             to
             be
             the
             chief
             of
             all
             Intelligent
             Historians
             ;
             the
             Father
             of
             human
             wisdom
             ,
             the
             Oracle
             of
             the
             true
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             the
             Master
             of
             Polititians
             ,
             the
             Coryfeus
             of
             all
             such
             Writers
             as
             had
             arived
             at
             the
             glory
             of
             using
             more
             conceits
             then
             words
             in
             their
             Writings
             ,
             the
             true
             rule
             whereby
             to
             learn
             to
             write
             the
             actions
             of
             great
             Princes
             ,
             with
             the
             learned
             light
             of
             their
             true
             occasion
             ;
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             art
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             only
             known
             by
             the
             noblest
             sort
             of
             Historians
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             rendred
             them
             very
             glorious
             ,
             who
             knew
             how
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             him
             learned
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             judgement
             to
             consider
             it
             ,
             the
             Idea
             of
             Historical
             truth
             ,
             the
             true
             Teacher
             of
             Princes
             ,
             Schoolmaster
             of
             all
             Courtiers
             ,
             the
             true
             touchstone
             whereby
             the
             world
             might
             try
             the
             genius
             of
             Princes
             ,
             the
             Standard
             whereby
             men
             might
             exactly
             weigh
             the
             real
             worth
             of
             privat
             men
             ,
             the
             Book
             which
             Princes
             who
             would
             learn
             how
             to
             command
             Subjects
             wel
             ;
             who
             desired
             to
             know
             how
             to
             obey
             wel
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             continually
             in
             their
             
             hands
             .
             Apollo
             knew
             by
             this
             so
             affected
             encomium
             ,
             and
             by
             so
             exaggerated
             praises
             ,
             that
             Lipsius
             did
             openly
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             bare
             face
             adore
             Ta●…itus
             :
             Wherefore
             being
             highly
             incenst
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             What
             think
             you
             then
             of
             me
             ,
             Lipsius
             ,
             who
             am
             the
             Father
             of
             Learning
             ,
             the
             supreme
             Master
             of
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             absolute
             Prince
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             ,
             and
             the
             Monarch
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             if
             with
             such
             impiety
             and
             impudence
             you
             Idolatrize
             a
             Writer
             who
             is
             so
             hateful
             to
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             detested
             by
             the
             professers
             of
             the
             Latin
             Tongue
             ,
             for
             the
             newness
             of
             his
             phrase
             ,
             the
             obscurity
             of
             his
             speech
             ,
             his
             vitious
             brevity
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             so
             cruel
             Political
             Doctrine
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             rather
             forms
             severe
             Tyrants
             then
             ;
             just
             Princes
             ,
             vitious
             subjects
             ,
             then
             such
             as
             are
             indued
             with
             that
             naked
             goodness
             which
             makes
             Government
             so
             easie
             to
             Princes
             ;
             it
             being
             clearly
             seen
             ,
             that
             he
             by
             his
             impious
             precepts
             converts
             lawful
             Princes
             into
             Tyrants
             ,
             transforms
             natural
             subjects
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             be
             mild
             and
             obedient
             sheep
             into
             ,
             wily
             foxes
             ,
             and
             creatures
             which
             Nature
             hath
             wisely
             ordained
             without
             or
             teeth
             or
             horns
             ,
             into
             ravenous
             wolves
             and
             head-strong
             buls
             ;
             a
             great
             Doctor
             of
             Fallacies
             ,
             the
             only
             Artificer
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             a
             new
             Zenofon
             of
             a
             cruel
             and
             execrable
             Tiberipedia
             ;
             the
             true
             forger
             of
             cunning
             cheating
             ,
             of
             saying
             things
             which
             he
             intends
             not
             ,
             of
             perswading
             that
             to
             others
             ,
             which
             he
             himself
             believes
             not
             ;
             of
             seeming
             fervently
             to
             covet
             that
             which
             he
             desires
             not
             ,
             and
             of
             appearing
             to
             hate
             what
             he
             loves
             ;
             an
             excellent
             Master
             to
             teach
             men
             the
             wicked
             Doctrine
             of
             concealing
             what
             they
             think
             ,
             and
             of
             speaking
             falshoods
             ;
             the
             Architecture
             of
             Fallacies
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             and
             so
             excellent
             Author
             of
             rash
             Judgements
             ,
             as
             most
             commonly
             he
             interprets
             mens
             wicked
             actions
             for
             sanctified
             ones
             ,
             and
             their
             good
             ones
             for
             diabolical
             ?
             And
             wilt
             thou
             alone
             ,
             amongst
             so
             many
             of
             my
             faithful
             Vertuosi
             ,
             even
             to
             my
             very
             face
             adore
             one
             for
             thy
             God
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Writings
             shews
             he
             does
             not
             know
             that
             there
             is
             a
             God
             ?
             who
             being
             composed
             of
             nothing
             but
             impiety
             ,
             hath
             divulged
             that
             cruel
             and
             desperate
             Policy
             ,
             which
             doth
             so
             shame
             Princes
             that
             practice
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             afflict
             people
             that
             make
             trial
             of
             it
             ?
             Who
             hath
             taught
             Princes
             as
             well
             as
             privat
             men
             ,
             the
             wicked
             art
             of
             double
             dealing
             ,
             the
             fraudulency
             to
             do
             what
             they
             do
             not
             say
             ,
             and
             to
             say
             what
             they
             mean
             not
             to
             do
             ;
             which
             is
             practised
             by
             some
             ,
             only
             that
             they
             may
             learn
             the
             wicked
             doctrine
             to
             paint
             out
             that
             for
             black
             ,
             which
             is
             white
             ,
             how
             to
             wind
             people
             about
             by
             fair
             speeches
             ,
             and
             foul
             deeds
             ;
             of
             deceiving
             all
             men
             by
             laughing
             when
             a
             man
             is
             angry
             ,
             and
             weeping
             when
             well
             pleased
             ;
             and
             of
             measuring
             love
             ,
             hatred
             ,
             and
             all
             human
             vertue
             ,
             only
             by
             the
             wicked
             compass
             of
             self-interest
             ;
             one
             vvho
             is
             read
             by
             good
             men
             ,
             only
             that
             they
             may
             knovv
             the
             nevv
             and
             deep
             fetches
             ,
             by
             vvhich
             unhappy
             mankind
             in
             this
             present
             age
             ,
             so
             miserably
             ,
             and
             vvith
             such
             publick
             calamity
             vvhirld
             about
             ,
             and
             to
             discover
             the
             execrable
             hypocrisie
             vvhich
             many
             Disciples
             of
             such
             a
             Master
             have
             practised
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             esteemed
             by
             the
             simpler
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             to
             live
             the
             lives
             of
             Saints
             ,
             though
             by
             obeying
             Tacitus
             his
             precepts
             ,
             they
             doe
             things
             vvhich
             even
             the
             devils
             of
             hell
             vvould
             blush
             to
             doe
             :
             Are
             not
             you
             ,
             Lipsius
             ,
             avvare
             ,
             hovv
             since
             your
             Tacitus
             is
             so
             frequently
             read
             ,
             many
             Princes
             svverve
             from
             the
             wonted
             fashion
             of
             governing
             their
             people
             with
             meekness
             and
             clemency
             ,
             &
             many
             privat
             men
             have
             forsaken
             their
             former
             purity
             of
             life
             :
             many
             of
             ●…acitus
             his
             Writings
             were
             not
             lost
             (
             as
             divers
             ignorant
             people
             affirm
             )
             by
             the
             deluge
             of
             Barbarians
             ,
             which
             came
             to
             conquer
             Italy
             :
             they
             were
             missing
             before
             then
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             ignorance
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             in
             those
             troublesom
             times
             were
             busied
             in
             War
             ;
             but
             for
             that
             those
             ancient
             people
             in
             whom
             the
             sincerity
             
             of
             soul
             ,
             and
             purity
             of
             the
             new
             Christian
             Religion
             did
             reign
             ,
             did
             detest
             that
             Writer
             which
             is
             now
             so
             much
             beloved
             ;
             and
             set
             up
             by
             many
             (
             as
             I
             see
             he
             is
             by
             you
             )
             to
             be
             adored
             for
             their
             golden
             Calf
             .
             Tacitus
             is
             in
             all
             his
             parts
             unworthy
             to
             be
             read
             by
             honest
             men
             ;
             for
             there
             be
             more
             impieties
             in
             him
             ,
             then
             leaves
             ,
             lines
             ,
             words
             ,
             sillables
             ,
             nay
             then
             letters
             :
             But
             it
             must
             be
             confest
             that
             the
             life
             which
             he
             hath
             written
             of
             Tiberius
             (
             a
             fit
             Prince
             for
             the
             pen
             of
             such
             an
             Historian
             )
             is
             altogether
             unsufferable
             ;
             which
             to
             the
             great
             benefit
             of
             mankind
             ,
             was
             for
             many
             ages
             hidden
             in
             some
             secret
             parts
             of
             Germany
             ,
             till
             by
             the
             pestiferous
             curiosity
             of
             a
             German
             ,
             which
             proved
             more
             fatal
             to
             the
             world
             then
             his
             compatriot
             ,
             the
             inventer
             of
             guns
             ,
             it
             was
             brought
             to
             light
             at
             the
             same
             time
             when
             that
             Noble
             Province
             began
             to
             be
             infected
             by
             the
             modern
             heresie
             ;
             only
             that
             Tacitus
             might
             by
             so
             great
             a
             prodigie
             subvert
             profane
             things
             ,
             when
             Luther
             molested
             the
             sacred
             ones
             :
             Writings
             integrally
             wicked
             ,
             and
             lost
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             because
             the
             ancients
             liked
             them
             not
             :
             And
             now
             (
             to
             the
             great
             shame
             of
             the
             present
             age
             )
             only
             admired
             by
             those
             Polititians
             ,
             who
             being
             followers
             of
             so
             great
             impiety
             ,
             have
             learnt
             from
             the
             Master
             of
             fallacies
             ,
             the
             doctrine
             of
             entertaining
             men
             with
             words
             as
             long
             as
             they
             live
             ,
             of
             feeding
             them
             with
             smoak
             ;
             of
             filling
             them
             with
             wind
             ,
             and
             of
             bringing
             them
             by
             vain
             hopes
             to
             utter
             beggery
             .
             Certainly
             an
             infernal
             doctrin
             ;
             which
             being
             sowed
             by
             the
             husbandman
             ,
             Tacitus
             ,
             only
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             Princes
             ,
             is
             now
             so
             greedily
             imbraced
             by
             every
             privat
             man
             ,
             as
             Tacitus
             ,
             who
             was
             formerly
             esteemed
             an
             Author
             only
             fit
             for
             Princes
             ,
             is
             now
             so
             frequently
             handled
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             as
             Shop-keepers
             and
             Porters
             ,
             seem
             to
             understand
             nothing
             better
             then
             reason
             of
             State
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             great
             derision
             of
             an
             art
             so
             highly
             esteemed
             by
             gallant
             men
             ,
             the
             world
             is
             full
             of
             base
             teachers
             of
             Policy
             .
          
           
             Lipsius
             was
             half
             dead
             to
             hear
             Apollo
             speak
             thus
             bitterly
             :
             Yet
             taking
             courage
             at
             his
             very
             last
             gasp
             ,
             he
             beg'd
             pardon
             of
             his
             Majesty
             for
             any
             other
             fault
             that
             he
             had
             committed
             ;
             and
             then
             freely
             said
             ,
             That
             his
             obligations
             to
             Tacitus
             were
             such
             ,
             so
             great
             the
             honor
             ,
             which
             by
             means
             of
             this
             his
             beloved
             Author
             ,
             he
             had
             won
             amongst
             the
             Flemmish
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             English
             ,
             French
             ,
             Spaniards
             ,
             and
             Italians
             ,
             as
             though
             he
             should
             love
             and
             honour
             him
             as
             his
             earthly
             God
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             should
             not
             do
             enough
             to
             discharge
             his
             duty
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             and
             exactly
             shew
             his
             gratitude
             :
             For
             having
             left
             ordinary
             writings
             behind
             him
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             were
             only
             his
             labours
             upon
             Tacitus
             ,
             which
             had
             made
             him
             merit
             an
             admittance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             immortal
             renown
             amongst
             men
             :
             And
             that
             if
             he
             who
             drove
             a
             great
             Trade
             with
             another
             mans
             money
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             born
             withall
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             even
             adore
             him
             ,
             who
             at
             his
             pleasure
             might
             make
             him
             turn
             bankrupt
             ;
             how
             much
             more
             did
             he
             deserve
             at
             least
             to
             be
             excused
             ,
             if
             not
             commended
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             extravagant
             ,
             and
             did
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             of
             duty
             ,
             in
             his
             loving
             and
             honoring
             of
             Tacitus
             ,
             since
             his
             whole
             stock
             of
             credit
             with
             the
             Vertuosi
             was
             founded
             only
             in
             him
             ?
             And
             that
             since
             his
             entrance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             had
             been
             so
             beloved
             and
             respected
             by
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             as
             his
             house
             had
             been
             as
             much
             frequented
             as
             those
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             Writers
             ;
             but
             that
             since
             he
             committed
             the
             gross
             fault
             of
             offending
             
               Tacitus
               ,
               Statim
               relictum
               illius
               limen
               ,
               nemo
               adire
               ,
               nemo
               s●…lari
               :
            
             Tacit.
             lib
             :
             3.
             
             Annal.
             That
             therefore
             he
             would
             rather
             hate
             himself
             ,
             and
             die
             ,
             then
             lessen
             the
             reverence
             he
             bore
             to
             that
             his
             Author
             :
             for
             he
             thought
             it
             a
             lesser
             loss
             to
             lose
             his
             life
             ,
             then
             the
             height
             of
             honor
             which
             by
             Tacitus
             his
             means
             he
             was
             arived
             at
             .
             Apollo
             was
             scandalized
             to
             hear
             Lipsius
             speak
             thus
             ;
             and
             growing
             still
             more
             angry
             ,
             
             blamed
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             his
             presence
             he
             had
             by
             so
             impudent
             an
             asseveration
             ,
             rather
             shewed
             his
             stif-neckt
             stubbornness
             of
             persevering
             in
             so
             wicked
             obstinacy
             ,
             then
             repent
             and
             ask
             pardon
             for
             his
             fa
             ult
             :
             And
             chiefly
             his
             Majesty
             could
             not
             indure
             that
             he
             should
             term
             idolatry
             ,
             gratitude
             ,
             and
             obstinacy
             ,
             constancy
             .
             Wherefore
             he
             commanded
             the
             same
             Cohort
             of
             Lyrick
             Poets
             to
             drag
             him
             out
             of
             dores
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             worthy
             to
             look
             upon
             his
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             so
             highly
             offended
             ;
             and
             that
             having
             first
             stript
             him
             of
             all
             his
             Learning
             ,
             they
             should
             declare
             him
             to
             be
             shamefully
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             then
             burn
             him
             as
             a
             wicked
             Idolater
             .
             Lipsius
             was
             already
             brought
             to
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             ,
             when
             his
             dearest
             friends
             advised
             him
             to
             bethink
             himself
             better
             ,
             and
             save
             both
             his
             life
             and
             reputation
             ,
             by
             craving
             his
             Majesties
             pardon
             .
             Lipsius
             ,
             whilst
             in
             this
             very
             desperate
             condition
             ,
             did
             so
             increase
             in
             constancy
             and
             boldness
             ,
             as
             he
             bad
             Apollo
             use
             his
             pleasure
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             make
             him
             die
             ignorant
             ,
             who
             was
             possest
             with
             gratitude
             ,
             the
             Queen
             of
             all
             Human
             Vertues
             ;
             that
             therefore
             the
             flames
             which
             should
             consume
             his
             body
             ,
             would
             give
             a
             greater
             splendor
             of
             glory
             ,
             then
             of
             fire
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             protested
             at
             that
             very
             last
             minute
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             far
             from
             acknowledging
             the
             fault
             which
             was
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             of
             having
             loved
             and
             honored
             his
             Tacitus
             too
             much
             ,
             that
             in
             commemoration
             of
             the
             infinite
             obligations
             which
             he
             ought
             him
             ,
             it
             grieved
             him
             more
             then
             death
             ,
             to
             think
             he
             should
             die
             ungrateful
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             present
             agony
             which
             they
             might
             all
             perceive
             him
             to
             be
             in
             ,
             arose
             not
             from
             the
             terror
             of
             death
             ,
             but
             from
             his
             immense
             sorrow
             to
             have
             heard
             his
             Tacitus
             termed
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             a
             wicked
             Atheist
             ;
             an
             injury
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             had
             been
             done
             to
             that
             most
             wise
             Writer
             by
             any
             other
             then
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             though
             in
             that
             his
             last
             moment
             of
             life
             ,
             have
             left
             it
             unrevenged
             ,
             at
             least
             by
             words
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             the
             liberty
             which
             most
             properly
             belonged
             to
             him
             who
             desired
             not
             to
             live
             ,
             he
             witnessed
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             Tacitus
             did
             so
             far
             know
             God
             ,
             as
             being
             he
             alone
             ,
             who
             of
             all
             the
             Writers
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             had
             by
             his
             great
             wisdom
             arived
             at
             the
             knowledg
             ,
             How
             much
             the
             faith
             of
             things
             unseen
             ,
             avails
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             which
             cannot
             be
             proved
             by
             reason
             ,
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             
               Sanctiusque
               ,
               ac
               reverentius
               visum
               ,
               de
               actis
               Deorum
               credere
               quam
               scire
               .
            
             Tacit.
             de
             Morb.
             Germ.
             Most
             holy
             words
             ,
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             considered
             by
             those
             Divines
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             Writings
             were
             at
             a
             loss
             through
             too
             sophistical
             subtilties
             .
             Apollo
             being
             full
             of
             wonder
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             astonished
             at
             the
             things
             he
             had
             heard
             ,
             caused
             Lipsius
             immediately
             to
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             and
             straitly
             imbracing
             him
             ,
             said
             ,
             O
             my
             dear
             Vertuoso
             !
             with
             how
             much
             consolation
             to
             my self
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             to
             your
             advantage
             have
             I
             tried
             your
             patience
             and
             constancy
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             injurious
             speeches
             which
             I
             have
             uttered
             against
             Tacitus
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             very
             same
             which
             they
             accuse
             him
             with
             ,
             who
             neither
             study
             him
             nor
             understand
             him
             ,
             have
             I
             made
             proof
             of
             your
             devotion
             towards
             that
             excellent
             Historian
             ,
             who
             even
             deserves
             my
             wonder
             .
             And
             by
             what
             I
             have
             heard
             you
             say
             ,
             I
             find
             that
             you
             have
             been
             delighted
             in
             reading
             him
             ,
             and
             long
             studied
             him
             to
             your
             profit
             :
             For
             I
             know
             that
             the
             defence
             ,
             which
             so
             much
             to
             your
             glory
             you
             have
             made
             ,
             is
             your
             own
             ,
             but
             taken
             out
             of
             my
             and
             your
             dearly
             beloved
             Tacitus
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             then
             turned
             towards
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             a
             curiosity
             to
             hear
             that
             Judgement
             ,
             were
             flockt
             in
             great
             numbers
             to
             the
             Hall
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             O
             my
             beloved
             Litterati
             !
             admire
             ,
             and
             ever
             imitate
             the
             honored
             constancy
             of
             this
             my
             glorious
             Vertuoso
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             infinite
             love
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             
             veneration
             of
             that
             Prince
             be
             ingraven
             in
             your
             hearts
             ,
             who
             keeps
             up
             your
             reputation
             ;
             and
             forget
             not
             that
             his
             power
             precipitates
             more
             easily
             ,
             who
             loseth
             his
             Princes
             good
             will
             ,
             then
             houses
             doe
             whose
             foundations
             fail
             .
             Therefore
             you
             who
             follow
             the
             Court
             ,
             learn
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             
               Nihil
               rerum
               mortalium
               tam
               instabile
               ac
               fluxum
               est
               ,
               quam
               fama
               potentiae
               ,
               non
               sua
               vi
               nixae
               .
            
             Tacit.
             lib.
             13.
             
             Annal.
             A
             most
             certain
             rule
             which
             teacheth
             every
             one
             to
             imitate
             Lipsius
             in
             loving
             ,
             honoring
             ,
             and
             in
             ever
             faithfully
             serving
             their
             Prince
             :
             For
             as
             it
             is
             great
             impiety
             in
             holy
             things
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             other
             God
             save
             him
             who
             created
             man
             ,
             the
             heavens
             and
             earth
             ,
             so
             ought
             you
             never
             to
             have
             any
             devotion
             for
             any
             Prince
             ,
             not
             expect
             or
             desire
             any
             good
             from
             any
             other
             Lord
             ,
             save
             from
             him
             who
             out
             of
             confidence
             in
             your
             loyalty
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             extraordinary
             affection
             which
             he
             bears
             you
             ,
             owns
             you
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             not
             for
             his
             servants
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             dear
             friends
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             which
             he
             suffers
             you
             to
             exercise
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             makes
             you
             appear
             unto
             his
             Vassals
             no
             less
             Princes
             then
             himself
             :
             And
             because
             the
             wisdom
             of
             Princes
             out
             of
             their
             jealousies
             of
             those
             that
             rule
             ,
             is
             usually
             accompanied
             with
             suspition
             ,
             and
             Court-favorits
             being
             alwaies
             envied
             ,
             alwaies
             narrowly
             observed
             by
             their
             rivals
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             persecuted
             by
             such
             as
             malign
             them
             .
             That
             you
             may
             overcome
             so
             many
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             still
             preserve
             your selves
             in
             the
             favors
             which
             you
             have
             won
             ,
             love
             your
             Princes
             with
             all
             your
             heart
             ,
             observe
             them
             with
             all
             your
             soul
             ,
             and
             serve
             them
             with
             all
             possible
             loyalty
             :
             And
             like
             my
             Lipsius
             ,
             chuse
             rather
             to
             die
             ,
             then
             to
             think
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             which
             may
             indanger
             the
             least
             loss
             of
             their
             favours
             .
             And
             believe
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             then
             your
             ruine
             begins
             ,
             when
             you
             suffer
             your selves
             to
             be
             perswaded
             that
             you
             may
             better
             your
             condition
             ,
             by
             using
             simulation
             and
             falshood
             with
             your
             Princes
             ,
             who
             both
             know
             ,
             see
             ,
             and
             understand
             more
             then
             is
             possible
             to
             be
             exprest
             :
             For
             those
             who
             think
             to
             live
             securely
             by
             dissembling
             with
             Princes
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             should
             know
             nothing
             themselves
             ,
             have
             so
             many
             who
             can
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             ,
             and
             who
             want
             not
             a
             thousand
             Malignant
             spirits
             to
             wake
             them
             when
             they
             are
             asleep
             ,
             are
             like
             those
             fools
             who
             think
             to
             confine
             Gypsies
             ,
             and
             hope
             to
             cheat
             Mountebanks
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               being
               much
               intreated
               by
               her
               chiefest
               Princes
               ,
               and
               by
               Apoll's
               self
               to
               pardon
               the
               injuries
               done
               by
               those
               Italian
               Commanders
               who
               took
               up
               arms
               against
               her
               ,
               in
               assistance
               of
               Forrein
               Nations
               ,
               denies
               to
               do
               it
               .
            
          
           
             DOubtlesly
             the
             Palace
             wherein
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             keeps
             her
             residence
             ,
             is
             even
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             Vitruvio's
             self
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             the
             most
             magnificent
             ,
             and
             richliest
             adorn'd
             Palace
             in
             all
             Parnassus
             .
             Here
             amongst
             other
             stupendious
             and
             delightful
             things
             ,
             is
             the
             fore
             Court
             to
             a
             large
             Amphitheatre
             ,
             at
             the
             upper
             end
             whereof
             stands
             the
             Statue
             of
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             on
             horseback
             ,
             all
             of
             pure
             gold
             ,
             dedicated
             to
             the
             great
             Bellizarius
             ,
             a
             Grecian
             ;
             and
             that
             of
             Narses
             ,
             a
             Grecian
             also
             ,
             which
             was
             erected
             at
             the
             lower
             end
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             for
             his
             perpetual
             glory
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Queen
             ,
             but
             is
             now
             thrown
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             is
             broken
             all
             in
             pieces
             ,
             for
             that
             notorious
             injury
             which
             she
             received
             from
             him
             ;
             so
             that
             whereas
             it
             was
             formerly
             the
             envie
             of
             great
             men
             ,
             and
             served
             to
             put
             men
             in
             mind
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Commanders
             merit
             ,
             it
             now
             serves
             to
             shew
             his
             shame
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             the
             rage
             of
             privat
             disdain
             ,
             did
             profane
             so
             great
             a
             merit
             ,
             and
             observed
             that
             glory
             which
             deserved
             envie
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             fore-front
             of
             this
             so
             miraculous
             Court
             ,
             are
             the
             faces
             of
             those
             famous
             Italian
             Commanders
             ,
             drawn
             by
             Apelles
             ,
             and
             other
             prime
             Painters
             ,
             who
             having
             by
             their
             arms
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             expence
             of
             bloud
             ,
             delivered
             Italy
             from
             the
             slavery
             of
             Barbarians
             ,
             are
             by
             their
             grateful
             Country
             kept
             in
             ever
             honored
             memory
             .
             And
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             of
             the
             same
             Court
             ,
             to
             the
             perpetual
             shame
             of
             ungratefull
             persons
             ,
             those
             Italian
             Captains
             are
             hung
             upon
             Gallowses
             ,
             by
             the
             heels
             ,
             who
             forgetting
             the
             obligation
             due
             to
             a
             mans
             Country
             ,
             which
             equals
             that
             of
             children
             to
             their
             parents
             ,
             took
             up
             arms
             in
             assistance
             of
             babarous
             Nations
             ,
             and
             forein
             Princes
             ,
             to
             put
             fetters
             upon
             their
             Italy
             .
             Then
             to
             the
             infamy
             of
             so
             shamefully
             ungrateful
             people
             ,
             the
             opprobries
             and
             reproaches
             are
             added
             ,
             which
             Poets
             in
             all
             sort
             of
             Satyrical
             Verses
             ,
             and
             Orators
             in
             daily
             invectives
             make
             against
             such
             misdemeriting
             men
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             men
             may
             learn
             by
             those
             severe
             resentments
             ,
             to
             shun
             committing
             faults
             which
             I
             ring
             eternal
             infamy
             with
             them
             :
             and
             to
             the
             end
             that
             Military
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             wont
             without
             weighing
             what
             Princes
             they
             serve
             ,
             to
             run
             where
             they
             may
             have
             best
             and
             most
             ready
             pay
             ,
             may
             learn
             to
             love
             their
             Country
             so
             well
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             may
             think
             it
             greater
             charity
             to
             kill
             themselves
             ,
             then
             to
             take
             up
             arms
             against
             her
             .
             Menante
             ,
             who
             before
             he
             can
             send
             this
             weeks
             Gasetta
             to
             his
             loving
             Customers
             ,
             is
             bound
             to
             carry
             it
             to
             the
             Urban
             Pretor
             ,
             cannot
             give
             you
             (
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             do
             )
             the
             names
             of
             those
             Italians
             in
             his
             Papers
             ,
             who
             are
             painted
             in
             so
             ignominious
             a
             posture
             ;
             but
             he
             tels
             you
             that
             the
             posterity
             of
             those
             Souldiers
             who
             suffer
             the
             punishment
             of
             so
             long
             shame
             ,
             when
             they
             enter
             into
             that
             Court
             ,
             blush
             to
             think
             that
             their
             Ancestors
             have
             so
             shamefully
             villified
             their
             house
             ,
             and
             do
             therefore
             with
             much
             compunction
             
             of
             soul
             ,
             continually
             bewail
             their
             predecessors
             misdemerits
             .
             These
             Gentlemen
             by
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             intercession
             of
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             have
             ,
             and
             do
             still
             much
             importune
             the
             Queen
             of
             Italy
             that
             she
             will
             be
             pleased
             at
             last
             to
             pacifie
             her
             anger
             ,
             and
             give
             way
             that
             those
             nobly
             descended
             Souldiers
             may
             be
             freed
             from
             that
             shameful
             opprobry
             ;
             and
             Apollo
             himself
             ,
             at
             the
             intreaty
             of
             the
             best
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             ,
             did
             earnestly
             mediate
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             all
             in
             vain
             :
             For
             she
             still
             continuing
             her
             indignation
             ,
             answered
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             who
             had
             intreated
             her
             ,
             even
             with
             tears
             which
             for
             meer
             anger
             fell
             from
             her
             eyes
             ;
             that
             she
             had
             patiently
             born
             with
             the
             ruines
             ,
             plundrings
             ,
             affronts
             ,
             and
             other
             utter
             desolations
             which
             she
             had
             received
             from
             the
             Goths
             ,
             Ostrogoths
             ,
             Huns
             ,
             Vandals
             ,
             and
             other
             barbarous
             Nations
             ,
             which
             had
             so
             miserably
             torn
             and
             wasted
             her
             ,
             as
             being
             accidents
             which
             all
             Princes
             were
             subject
             unto
             ,
             and
             more
             particularly
             she
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             pleasantness
             of
             her
             situation
             ,
             fruitfull
             soyl
             ,
             and
             great
             riches
             which
             she
             had
             got
             in
             time
             of
             peace
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             allure
             ,
             but
             even
             call
             in
             forrein
             Nations
             to
             her
             ruine
             ;
             who
             thirsted
             after
             her
             wealth
             ,
             and
             were
             desirous
             to
             change
             their
             barren
             Countries
             with
             the
             fruitful
             fields
             of
             Italy
             .
             But
             that
             her
             dearly
             beloved
             children
             ,
             should
             take
             up
             arms
             against
             her
             their
             tender
             mother
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             imployed
             in
             her
             defence
             ,
             were
             wounds
             which
             perpetually
             cry'd
             for
             revenge
             ,
             so
             wicked
             an
             ingratitude
             as
             was
             incapable
             of
             pardon
             ,
             so
             sad
             a
             wickedness
             as
             could
             not
             be
             out-done
             by
             any
             whatsoever
             cruel
             hatred
             .
             That
             therefore
             finding
             her self
             so
             deeply
             wounded
             in
             the
             concernment
             of
             her
             Liberty
             ,
             their
             intreaties
             made
             her
             the
             more
             obstinate
             in
             her
             hatred
             ,
             was
             the
             reason
             why
             his
             Majesties
             mediation
             did
             the
             more
             irritate
             her
             revenge
             ,
             and
             why
             their
             humility
             who
             beg'd
             her
             pardon
             ,
             made
             her
             the
             more
             to
             glory
             and
             wax
             cruel
             in
             her
             revenge
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             very
             length
             of
             time
             made
             that
             injury
             continually
             appear
             more
             fresh
             ,
             which
             she
             neither
             could
             nor
             would
             pardon
             :
             Not
             only
             for
             that
             she
             knew
             she
             had
             never
             deserved
             so
             ill
             at
             her
             Italians
             hands
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             she
             knew
             she
             had
             been
             wickedly
             betrayed
             ,
             assacinated
             ,
             and
             so
             opprobriously
             made
             slave
             by
             those
             on
             whose
             neck
             she
             had
             trampled
             ,
             only
             out
             of
             their
             execrable
             avarice
             ,
             who
             ought
             least
             to
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             she
             did
             least
             expect
             it
             :
             And
             that
             therefore
             every
             one
             might
             learn
             from
             the
             punishment
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             from
             her
             well
             put
             on
             resolution
             ,
             That
             whosoever
             doth
             offend
             his
             Country
             in
             so
             shameful
             a
             manner
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             commit
             an
             excess
             which
             was
             impardonable
             ,
             but
             did
             so
             shamefully
             stain
             his
             honor
             ,
             as
             the
             blur
             thereof
             was
             not
             to
             be
             washt
             away
             with
             any
             sope
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               whole
               generation
               of
               Sheep
               ,
               send
               their
               publike
               Ambassadors
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               by
               whom
               they
               make
               their
               desires
               known
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               allowed
               to
               have
               sharp
               teeth
               ,
               and
               long
               horns
               ,
               and
               their
               desire
               is
               laughed
               at
               by
               his
               Majestie
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             vvhole
             generation
             of
             Sheep
             have
             sent
             four
             Ambassadors
             to
             this
             Court
             ;
             who
             had
             audience
             given
             them
             this
             day
             by
             his
             Maj.
             wherein
             a
             great
             Apuleian
             Weather
             said
             ,
             That
             Sheep
             did
             very
             vvell
             knovv
             ,
             that
             God
             the
             Creator
             of
             all
             things
             had
             been
             so
             charitable
             to
             all
             creatures
             ,
             and
             so
             just
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             recompenced
             their
             imperfections
             and
             defects
             vvith
             gifts
             equivolent
             .
             So
             as
             amongst
             so
             great
             a
             multitude
             of
             bruit
             beasts
             ,
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             who
             could
             with
             reason
             say
             he
             was
             ill
             dealt
             withal
             by
             his
             Divine
             Majestie
             .
             Onely
             the
             sheep
             thought
             he
             had
             treated
             them
             like
             a
             father
             in
             law
             ,
             and
             dealt
             partially
             with
             them
             ;
             for
             having
             created
             them
             with
             great
             imperfections
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             bestowed
             on
             them
             any
             equivolent
             vertue
             ,
             whereby
             though
             they
             might
             not
             secure
             their
             state
             ,
             they
             might
             at
             least
             live
             in
             that
             peace
             and
             quiet
             in
             the
             world
             as
             other
             beasts
             did
             .
             For
             though
             he
             had
             made
             Hares
             unspeakably
             timerous
             ,
             had
             given
             them
             sharp
             teeth
             ,
             but
             not
             a
             heart
             to
             bite
             ,
             yet
             he
             had
             made
             them
             so
             swift
             of
             foot
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             thereby
             secure
             them
             from
             being
             injured
             by
             any
             other
             beast
             ,
             how
             fierce
             soever
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Fox
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             his
             want
             of
             footmanship
             ,
             since
             God
             had
             given
             him
             so
             wisely
             a
             pate
             ,
             as
             he
             happily
             escaped
             the
             deceits
             of
             other
             wild
             Animals
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             also
             recompenced
             the
             wolfs
             slowness
             ,
             by
             indowing
             him
             with
             so
             bold
             a
             heart
             ,
             so
             sharp
             teeth
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             circumspect
             a
             genius
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             terror
             to
             other
             bruit
             beasts
             ,
             he
             made
             himself
             be
             respected
             even
             by
             man
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             likewise
             clearly
             seen
             in
             the
             birds
             of
             the
             ayr
             ,
             that
             his
             Maj.
             had
             used
             the
             like
             charity
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             given
             those
             larger
             wings
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             swifter
             of
             flight
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             had
             denyed
             the
             use
             of
             feet
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             had
             indowed
             Pheasants
             ,
             Partridges
             and
             Quails
             ,
             in
             recompence
             for
             their
             short
             wings
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             feathers
             in
             their
             tails
             :
             that
             onely
             sheep
             ,
             being
             created
             with
             an
             unspeakable
             stupidity
             of
             wit
             ,
             heartless
             ,
             slow
             of
             foot
             ,
             and
             without
             those
             teeth
             to
             bite
             with
             ,
             which
             makes
             other
             creatures
             be
             so
             much
             respected
             ,
             they
             thought
             they
             were
             abandoned
             by
             that
             divine
             charity
             ,
             which
             had
             shewed
             great
             love
             even
             to
             harmful
             beasts
             :
             And
             the
             Weather
             further
             added
             ,
             That
             for
             the
             utmost
             and
             greatest
             calamity
             of
             so
             unarmed
             sheep
             ,
             God
             had
             given
             them
             Lyons
             ,
             Tygers
             ,
             Bears
             and
             Wolves
             ,
             the
             most
             implacable
             and
             fiercest
             beasts
             that
             inhabit
             the
             world
             for
             their
             enemies
             ;
             so
             as
             sheep
             seemed
             to
             be
             created
             only
             to
             feed
             those
             inraged
             beasts
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             what
             satiety
             means
             .
             The
             same
             Ambassador
             also
             said
             ,
             That
             to
             these
             insufferable
             injuries
             which
             the
             sheep
             received
             from
             their
             enemies
             ,
             the
             ill
             usage
             was
             added
             which
             they
             
             received
             from
             their
             shepherds
             ,
             which
             was
             onely
             occasioned
             by
             their
             being
             altogether
             unarmed
             ;
             for
             had
             they
             teeth
             wherewith
             sometimes
             to
             bite
             those
             indiscrete
             shepherds
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             uncharitable
             in
             milking
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             indiscrete
             in
             sheering
             them
             ,
             perhaps
             they
             would
             deal
             more
             piously
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             sheerers
             would
             learn
             to
             handle
             their
             sheers
             without
             cutting
             their
             skins
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             whole
             generation
             of
             sheep
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             no
             longer
             undergo
             such
             calamities
             and
             oppressions
             ,
             did
             earnestly
             beglong
             horns
             ,
             and
             sharp
             teeth
             ,
             wherewith
             to
             procure
             respect
             .
             To
             this
             request
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             with
             a
             chearful
             countenance
             ,
             That
             the
             sheep
             had
             in
             this
             their
             request
             shewed
             their
             simplicity
             ,
             since
             they
             knew
             not
             that
             of
             all
             the
             four
             footed
             beasts
             that
             were
             upon
             the
             earth
             ,
             there
             were
             not
             any
             that
             were
             more
             favoured
             by
             God
             ,
             nor
             which
             received
             greater
             priviledges
             from
             him
             then
             they
             :
             For
             whereas
             the
             rest
             were
             forced
             to
             seek
             their
             meat
             with
             cark
             and
             care
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             dangers
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             spending
             the
             night
             season
             ,
             which
             was
             destined
             for
             sleep
             and
             rest
             ,
             in
             eating
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             was
             not
             safe
             for
             them
             to
             be
             seen
             by
             day
             ;
             pasture
             grounds
             were
             reserved
             and
             bought
             at
             dear
             rates
             onely
             for
             sheep
             ,
             by
             men
             who
             had
             the
             command
             of
             all
             beasts
             ,
             and
             were
             Lords
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             night
             season
             they
             were
             with
             great
             care
             and
             diligence
             defended
             from
             their
             enemies
             in
             their
             folds
             ;
             and
             whereas
             other
             beasts
             were
             persecuted
             even
             by
             beasts
             themselves
             ,
             and
             by
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             procure
             their
             death
             ,
             many
             did
             nothing
             but
             make
             nets
             ,
             feed
             dogs
             ,
             and
             lay
             snares
             ;
             sheep
             out
             of
             a
             particular
             grace
             injoyed
             the
             noble
             prerogative
             to
             have
             all
             these
             things
             done
             by
             men
             ,
             to
             secure
             them
             from
             their
             enemies
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Creator
             of
             the
             world
             having
             ●…hewed
             exceeding
             great
             love
             towards
             sheep
             instead
             of
             ravenous
             teeth
             ,
             and
             swift
             legs
             ,
             had
             granted
             them
             the
             powerful
             weapons
             of
             wool
             ,
             cheese
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             riches
             wherewith
             they
             did
             so
             aquire
             mans
             love
             ,
             as
             that
             men
             did
             perpetually
             persecute
             Wolves
             ,
             Lyons
             ,
             Tygers
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             other
             cruel
             enemies
             ,
             with
             all
             sort
             of
             weapons
             ,
             meerly
             for
             the
             affection
             which
             they
             bore
             to
             sheep
             .
             And
             that
             sheep
             being
             reputed
             the
             Worlds
             delight
             and
             wealth
             ,
             for
             the
             singular
             advantages
             which
             they
             afforded
             mankind
             ,
             they
             hapned
             to
             be
             the
             most
             numerous
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             beasts
             ;
             so
             as
             sheep
             being
             fed
             and
             defended
             by
             their
             Shepherds
             vigilancy
             and
             charity
             ,
             they
             were
             foolish
             to
             desire
             ravenous
             teeth
             and
             sharp
             horns
             .
             And
             finally
             ,
             Apollo
             said
             ,
             That
             they
             ought
             to
             revenge
             themselves
             for
             the
             severity
             which
             some
             shepherds
             used
             towards
             them
             ,
             in
             milking
             and
             sheering
             them
             ,
             onely
             by
             their
             obedience
             and
             humility
             ,
             by
             yielding
             them
             great
             store
             of
             wool
             ,
             and
             much
             cheese
             ,
             and
             by
             studying
             how
             to
             be
             fruitful
             ;
             it
             being
             sheeps
             greatest
             felicity
             ,
             that
             those
             Shepherds
             that
             dealt
             ill
             with
             their
             flocks
             ,
             were
             cheifly
             cruel
             to
             themselves
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             a
             certain
             truth
             ,
             that
             wounds
             shamefully
             given
             to
             sheep
             ,
             did
             usually
             kill
             the
             Shepherd
             .
             Wherefore
             he
             wished
             them
             to
             keep
             more
             from
             being
             desirous
             to
             bite
             their
             shepherds
             ,
             then
             they
             would
             do
             from
             the
             Wolves
             teeth
             .
             For
             such
             sheep
             could
             not
             esteem
             themselves
             so
             happy
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             humility
             and
             obedience
             did
             secure
             their
             Shepherds
             from
             all
             harm
             ,
             as
             those
             were
             unhappy
             ,
             who
             delighted
             to
             put
             them
             in
             fear
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Machiavel
              
               being
               banished
               Parnassus
               upon
               pain
               of
               death
               ,
               was
               found
               hidden
               in
               a
               friends
               Library
               ,
               for
               which
               his
               former
               sentence
               of
               being
               burnt
               was
               excuted
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             
               Nicholas
               Machiavel
            
             was
             banished
             Parnassus
             and
             the
             Territories
             thereof
             many
             years
             ago
             ,
             upon
             severe
             punishment
             ;
             as
             well
             to
             whosoever
             durst
             give
             receptacle
             to
             so
             pernicious
             a
             man
             in
             his
             Library
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             found
             the
             last
             week
             secretly
             hidden
             in
             a
             friends
             study
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             made
             Prisoner
             .
             He
             was
             presently
             sentenced
             by
             the
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             ,
             and
             was
             this
             day
             to
             have
             been
             burnt
             ,
             when
             he
             signified
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             his
             desire
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             first
             be
             permitted
             to
             say
             somewhat
             in
             his
             defence
             before
             the
             Tribunal-seat
             which
             had
             condemned
             him
             .
             Apollo
             using
             his
             wonted
             clemency
             ,
             bad
             him
             send
             his
             Advocates
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             have
             fair
             hearing
             .
             Machiavel
             replyed
             ,
             he
             desired
             to
             be
             heard
             himself
             ;
             and
             that
             Florentines
             needed
             no
             advocates
             to
             speek
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             his
             demand
             was
             granted
             .
             Machiavel
             was
             then
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ;
             where
             he
             spoke
             thus
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             ,
             Lo
             here
             ,
             you
             Soveraign
             of
             Learning
             ,
             That
             
               Nicholas
               Machiavel
            
             ,
             who
             hath
             been
             condemned
             for
             a
             Seducer
             and
             Corrupter
             of
             mankind
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             dispercer
             of
             scandalous
             politick
             Precepts
             :
             I
             intend
             not
             to
             defend
             my
             writings
             ,
             I
             publikely
             accuse
             them
             ,
             and
             condemn
             them
             as
             wicked
             and
             execrable
             documents
             for
             the
             government
             of
             a
             State.
             So
             as
             if
             that
             which
             I
             have
             printed
             be
             a
             doctrine
             invented
             by
             me
             ,
             or
             be
             any
             new
             Precepts
             ,
             I
             desire
             that
             the
             sentence
             given
             against
             me
             by
             the
             Judges
             ,
             be
             put
             in
             execution
             .
             But
             if
             my
             writings
             contain
             nothing
             ,
             but
             such
             Politick
             precepts
             ,
             such
             rules
             of
             State
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             actions
             of
             Princes
             which
             (
             if
             your
             Majestie
             will
             give
             me
             leave
             )
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             name
             ,
             whose
             lives
             are
             nothing
             but
             doing
             and
             saying
             of
             evil
             things
             ;
             what
             reason
             is
             there
             that
             they
             who
             have
             invented
             the
             mad
             desperate
             policies
             written
             by
             me
             should
             be
             held
             for
             holy
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             who
             am
             onely
             the
             publisher
             of
             them
             should
             be
             esteemed
             a
             Knave
             and
             an
             Atheist
             ?
             For
             I
             see
             not
             why
             an
             original
             should
             be
             held
             holy
             ,
             and
             the
             Copy
             thereof
             beburnt
             as
             execrable
             ;
             and
             why
             I
             should
             be
             so
             much
             persecuted
             ,
             when
             the
             reading
             of
             History
             (
             which
             is
             not
             onely
             permitted
             ,
             but
             commended
             by
             all
             men
             )
             hath
             the
             particular
             vertue
             of
             turning
             as
             many
             as
             do
             read
             them
             with
             a
             politick
             eye
             ,
             into
             so
             many
             Machiavels
             :
             for
             people
             are
             not
             so
             simple
             as
             many
             believe
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             but
             that
             those
             who
             by
             the
             greatness
             of
             their
             wits
             have
             been
             able
             to
             find
             out
             even
             the
             most
             hidden
             secrets
             of
             Nature
             ,
             may
             not
             also
             have
             the
             judgement
             to
             discover
             the
             true
             ends
             of
             all
             Princes
             actions
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             cunningly
             hidden
             .
             And
             if
             Princes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             do
             what
             they
             will
             with
             their
             subjects
             ,
             will
             have
             them
             to
             be
             block-heads
             and
             dunces
             ,
             they
             must
             do
             as
             the
             Turks
             and
             Muschovites
             do
             ,
             inhibit
             Learning
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             which
             makes
             blinde
             understandings
             quick
             sighted
             ,
             otherwise
             they
             will
             never
             compass
             their
             
             ends
             ;
             for
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             so
             familiarly
             used
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             hath
             onely
             a
             star-like
             vertue
             ,
             to
             incline
             ,
             not
             to
             force
             men
             to
             believe
             that
             which
             likes
             them
             best
             that
             use
             it
             .
             These
             speeches
             wrought
             much
             upon
             the
             Judges
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             revoke
             the
             sentence
             ,
             when
             the
             Atorney
             General
             told
             them
             ,
             That
             Machiavel
             was
             deservedly
             condemned
             for
             the
             abominable
             and
             execrable
             precepts
             which
             were
             contained
             in
             his
             writings
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             ought
             again
             to
             be
             severely
             punished
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             was
             found
             by
             night
             amongst
             a
             flock
             of
             sheep
             ,
             whom
             he
             taught
             to
             put
             false
             teeth
             ,
             dogs
             teeth
             in
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             thereby
             indangering
             the
             utter
             ruine
             of
             all
             shepherds
             ;
             a
             people
             so
             necessary
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             an
             indescent
             and
             angersom
             thing
             to
             think
             that
             they
             must
             by
             means
             of
             this
             wicked
             Machiavel
             be
             forced
             to
             put
             on
             breast-plates
             and
             gauntlets
             ,
             when
             they
             would
             milk
             or
             sheer
             their
             sheep
             ;
             and
             to
             what
             price
             would
             wool
             and
             cheese
             grow
             hereafter
             ,
             if
             shepherds
             were
             to
             be
             more
             aware
             of
             their
             sheep
             ,
             then
             of
             wolves
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             could
             no
             longer
             keep
             their
             flocks
             in
             obedience
             with
             th●…
             whistle
             and
             their
             wand
             ,
             but
             must
             make
             use
             of
             a
             Regiment
             of
             murrions
             ,
             and
             make
             no
             longer
             hurdles
             of
             cords
             to
             keep
             them
             in
             by
             night
             ,
             but
             walls
             ,
             bulwark
             ,
             ditches
             and
             counterscarfs
             after
             the
             modern
             manner
             .
             The
             Judges
             thought
             these
             accusations
             to
             be
             too
             weighty
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             sentence
             should
             be
             executed
             against
             this
             wicked
             man
             ,
             and
             published
             a
             fundamental
             Law
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             henceforth
             be
             held
             as
             a
             Rebel
             to
             mankind
             ,
             who
             durst
             teach
             such
             scandalous
             things
             ;
             all
             of
             them
             confessing
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             the
             wool
             ,
             cheese
             nor
             lambs
             which
             made
             men
             prise
             sheep
             so
             much
             ,
             but
             their
             great
             simplicity
             and
             meakness
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             so
             great
             numbers
             of
             them
             should
             be
             governed
             by
             one
             onely
             shepherd
             ,
             unless
             they
             were
             totally
             deprived
             of
             horns
             ,
             teeth
             ,
             and
             wit.
             And
             that
             to
             go
             about
             to
             make
             simple
             men
             wickedly
             malicious
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             those
             moulds
             see
             ,
             which
             out
             of
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             circumspection
             ,
             wise
             nature
             had
             made
             blind
             ,
             would
             be
             to
             put
             the
             whole
             world
             in
             combustion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XC
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               visits
               the
               Prisons
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               visitation
               dispatches
               the
               causes
               of
               many
               Litterati
               accused
               of
               sundry
               faults
               ,
               and
               imprisoned
               for
               debt
               .
            
          
           
             BY
             ancient
             custom
             Apollo
             never
             intermeddles
             in
             civil
             affairs
             ,
             but
             leaves
             them
             wholly
             to
             be
             proceeded
             in
             by
             the
             Judges
             ;
             for
             (
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             said
             )
             he
             is
             so
             exactly
             diligent
             in
             chusing
             his
             Officers
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             in
             this
             State
             may
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             justice
             rightly
             administred
             :
             but
             in
             criminal
             affairs
             ,
             wherein
             the
             life
             and
             reputation
             of
             his
             Litterati
             are
             concerned
             ,
             he
             with
             great
             diligence
             and
             exemplary
             patience
             ,
             will
             understand
             ,
             know
             and
             see
             into
             every
             the
             least
             circumstance
             .
             So
             as
             his
             Majestie
             having
             reserved
             the
             whole
             power
             of
             Judicature
             therein
             unto
             himself
             ,
             his
             other
             Judges
             have
             little
             to
             do
             in
             this
             Tribunal
             ,
             but
             to
             give
             in
             information
             against
             the
             guilty
             .
             Certainly
             a
             most
             excellent
             custom
             ,
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             known
             and
             imitated
             by
             those
             unwary
             Princes
             ,
             who
             shamefully
             abandoning
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             accused
             party
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             take
             so
             to
             heart
             ,
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             discretion
             of
             one
             onely
             Judge
             ,
             who
             is
             oft
             times
             corrupt
             ,
             sometimes
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             always
             passionate
             ;
             a
             thing
             so
             detestable
             ,
             as
             where
             good
             Laws
             are
             established
             ,
             a
             hundred
             Judges
             are
             thought
             too
             little
             a
             number
             to
             judge
             the
             life
             of
             one
             man.
             Hence
             it
             is
             Apollo
             many
             ages
             ago
             did
             very
             wisely
             in
             Parnassus
             institute
             the
             custom
             of
             visiting
             Ptisons
             ,
             where
             all
             criminal
             causes
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             are
             decided
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             the
             civil
             of
             such
             as
             are
             in
             for
             debt
             .
             On
             Tuesday
             last
             then
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             attended
             by
             all
             the
             criminal
             and
             civil
             benches
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             Pegasean
             prisons
             ▪
             where
             the
             prisoners
             appeared
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             was
             
               Felino
               Sandeo
            
             ,
             very
             famous
             in
             the
             Canonical
             Laws
             .
             
               Angelo
               de
               Malefiis
            
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             open
             the
             cause
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             that
             Lawyer
             was
             two
             years
             ago
             made
             Deputy
             of
             that
             Island
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Andro
             ,
             where
             he
             shamefully
             suffered
             some
             chief
             men
             of
             his
             Government
             to
             tyranize
             over
             ,
             and
             to
             afflict
             the
             poor
             ,
             the
             widows
             and
             orphans
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             suffered
             these
             insolent
             people
             ,
             to
             pay
             Artificers
             by
             bastonadoing
             them
             .
             This
             information
             being
             given
             in
             ;
             Apollo
             turned
             to
             Felino
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             ,
             How
             it
             was
             possible
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             could
             commit
             the
             excess
             which
             he
             stood
             accused
             of
             ?
             Felino
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             sufficiently
             witnessed
             his
             knowledge
             in
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             his
             resolution
             to
             punish
             tyrants
             ,
             in
             his
             other
             Governments
             which
             he
             had
             had
             of
             
               Focide
               ,
               Pindus
               ,
               Libetres
            
             and
             Mittilene
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             Andro
             he
             had
             omitted
             doing
             his
             duty
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             meer
             wisdom
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Prince
             of
             Andro's
             ill
             nature
             had
             been
             the
             onely
             cause
             of
             this
             his
             errour
             ;
             for
             having
             found
             that
             many
             personages
             of
             singular
             worth
             ,
             and
             gifts
             of
             mind
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             Governors
             of
             the
             Isle
             of
             Andro
             before
             him
             ,
             had
             endangered
             themselves
             onely
             for
             having
             administred
             justice
             exactly
             ,
             and
             done
             their
             duty
             compleatly
             well
             ;
             and
             this
             onely
             through
             the
             malicious
             persecutions
             of
             those
             who
             were
             not
             suffered
             to
             tyranize
             ,
             he
             had
             of
             purpose
             
             neglected
             his
             duty
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             knew
             he
             ought
             chiefly
             to
             have
             done
             :
             and
             that
             the
             Prince
             of
             Andro
             was
             not
             onely
             faulty
             in
             easily
             believing
             all
             sort
             of
             wickedness
             in
             his
             State-Ministers
             ,
             upon
             the
             very
             first
             impression
             ,
             but
             very
             desirous
             to
             hear
             accusations
             which
             malicious
             men
             do
             often
             make
             against
             able
             and
             honest
             Officers
             ,
             and
             appeared
             a
             friend
             to
             the
             impeachers
             :
             Wherefore
             for
             such
             like
             proceedings
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             onely
             not
             feared
             to
             treat
             his
             Prince
             so
             ill
             ;
             but
             was
             glad
             to
             pay
             him
             with
             such
             〈◊〉
             as
             he
             had
             deserved
             .
             Apollo
             mightily
             admiring
             Felino's
             defence
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             gratiously
             imbrace
             him
             as
             innocent
             ;
             but
             commended
             his
             error
             ,
             as
             one
             who
             wisely
             knew
             how
             to
             commodate
             his
             actions
             to
             his
             Princes
             genius
             ,
             and
             iudged
             him
             innocent
             of
             the
             fault
             which
             he
             had
             confessed
             ;
             and
             afterward
             said
             publikely
             ,
             That
             Princes
             who
             were
             not
             eagerly
             ●…vent
             in
             protecting
             their
             Officers
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             friends
             to
             such
             informations
             as
             was
             made
             against
             them
             by
             the
             scum
             of
             people
             ,
             deserved
             not
             to
             be
             served
             by
             men
             of
             honor
             .
             Then
             because
             he
             turned
             his
             eyes
             upon
             
               〈◊〉
               Baldo
               dalla
               Rovere
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Urbine
             ,
             he
             remembred
             all
             men
             of
             the
             good
             Government
             of
             his
             son
             
               Francisco
               Maria
            
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             custom
             which
             he
             holds
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             where
             he
             punisheth
             those
             Officers
             severely
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             administration
             of
             justice
             hold
             not
             the
             ballance
             upright
             ,
             as
             also
             those
             who
             persecute
             them
             without
             reason
             .
          
           
             Next
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             imprisoned
             some
             weeks
             before
             ,
             upon
             the
             accusations
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             Philosophers
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             was
             brought
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             accused
             for
             having
             spoke
             a
             miss
             of
             Poverty
             ,
             since
             in
             his
             Annals
             he
             had
             not
             stuck
             to
             call
             her
             
               summum
               malorum
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               An.
            
             and
             Diogenes
             the
             Cinick
             ,
             who
             pleaded
             against
             him
             ;
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             it
             being
             apparent
             that
             men
             who
             were
             wealthy
             ,
             hated
             to
             take
             pains
             ,
             and
             sit
             up
             late
             to
             acquire
             learning
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             all
             men
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             poverty
             was
             the
             true
             foundation
             of
             all
             Science
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             should
             be
             hated
             ,
             would
             prove
             the
             greatest
             calami●…y
             which
             could
             befal
             the
             Liberal
             Arts.
             After
             Diogenes
             ,
             the
             Attorney
             Bossio
             ,
             demanded
             ,
             That
             Tacitus
             his
             fault
             being
             evidently
             true
             ,
             his
             sentence
             might
             be
             pronounced
             .
             And
             Apollo
             decreed
             ,
             That
             Tacitus
             should
             first
             abjure
             the
             words
             which
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             be
             imprisoned
             for
             the
             space
             of
             four
             years
             in
             
               Saxum
               Seriphum
            
             .
             Then
             Tacitus
             with
             his
             wonted
             vivacity
             of
             wit
             ,
             and
             his
             usual
             liberty
             of
             language
             ,
             said
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             why
             I
             should
             be
             commanded
             to
             praise
             poverty
             ,
             when
             these
             Judges
             who
             are
             to
             condemn
             me
             ,
             think
             her
             to
             be
             so
             shameful
             a
             thing
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             not
             doubted
             to
             place
             her
             amongst
             the
             true
             tokens
             of
             torture
             which
             they
             would
             not
             have
             done
             if
             a
             wealthy
             mind
             might
             have
             been
             found
             in
             a
             poor
             man.
             This
             defence
             wrought
             such
             confusion
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             all
             the
             Visitors
             ,
             as
             Apollo
             ,
             lest
             the
             world
             might
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             shame
             that
             was
             put
             upon
             the
             Doctors
             ,
             Judges
             and
             Tribunals
             ,
             by
             an
             accused
             person
             ,
             thought
             it
             a
             lesser
             evil
             to
             let
             him
             have
             his
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             Next
             to
             
               Tacitus
               ,
               Nicholas
               Perenotta
               da
               Granuela
            
             was
             brought
             into
             the
             Visitation
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             informed
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             imprisoned
             for
             publishing
             a
             volume
             
               De
               bono
               Libertatis
            
             .
             Of
             the
             which
             (
             as
             it
             appeared
             in
             his
             process
             )
             he
             was
             so
             capital
             an
             enemy
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             was
             the
             chiefest
             cause
             why
             the
             Emperor
             Charls
             the
             fifth
             ,
             did
             inslave
             many
             famous
             Common-wealths
             of
             
               Europe
               .
               Apollo
            
             having
             heard
             the
             relation
             ,
             decreed
             ,
             That
             Parenotto
             should
             be
             banished
             Pernassus
             for
             ever
             ,
             as
             he
             who
             had
             impudently
             gain-said
             the
             Delfick
             Edict
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Litterati
             are
             strictly
             forbidden
             
             to
             write
             of
             such
             things
             whereof
             they
             do
             not
             make
             publike
             profession
             .
             For
             that
             the
             vertues
             of
             Sobriety
             ,
             Chastity
             ,
             and
             other
             honorable
             moral
             Sciences
             were
             made
             ridiculous
             ,
             when
             celebrated
             by
             men
             given
             to
             lust
             ,
             and
             glu●…ony
             ,
             and
             to
             other
             vices
             .
             As
             if
             such
             vertues
             had
             not
             power
             I
             enough
             to
             drive
             vice
             from
             out
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             in
             lieu
             thereof
             to
             ,
             introduce
             good
             and
             honest
             life
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             it
             were
             〈◊〉
             which
             wicked
             men
             whisper
             continually
             up
             and
             down
             the
             streets
             ,
             that
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             are
             onely
             learnt
             to
             be
             made
             merchandise
             of
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             men
             understand
             them
             ,
             but
             neither
             believe
             nor
             practise
             them
             .
          
           
             Perenotto's
             cause
             being
             over
             ,
             an
             unfortunate
             Doctor
             of
             Law
             ,
             was
             brought
             loaded
             with
             irons
             ,
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             imprisoned
             ,
             for
             that
             not
             being
             onely
             a
             very
             excellent
             Advocate
             ,
             but
             very
             skilful
             in
             all
             other
             choice
             Sciences
             ;
             either
             blinded
             by
             folly
             ,
             or
             contaminated
             by
             lewdness
             of
             mind
             ,
             he
             from
             being
             a
             gainful
             Advocate
             in
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             a
             well
             reputed
             Litterato
             ,
             was
             become
             a
             shameful
             and
             wretched
             Souldier
             ;
             changing
             by
             so
             unhappy
             a
             Metamorphosis
             his
             pen
             into
             a
             sword
             ,
             his
             book
             into
             harquebuses
             ,
             the
             defending
             of
             men
             with
             his
             mouth
             ,
             to
             killing
             them
             with
             daggers
             ,
             and
             the
             reading
             of
             good
             discipline
             in
             a
             famous
             University
             ,
             into
             the
             desperate
             exercise
             of
             assaulting
             strong
             holds
             .
             Apollo
             being
             very
             much
             offended
             with
             so
             undeserving
             a
             man
             ,
             in
             much
             anger
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             Ah
             thou
             Traytor
             and
             Rebel
             to
             Learning
             ,
             knowest
             thou
             not
             that
             the
             woful
             exercise
             of
             war
             is
             onely
             fit
             for
             such
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             who
             like
             so
             much
             unuseful
             flesh
             ,
             are
             onely
             good
             for
             the
             ●…bles
             of
             war
             ;
             and
             altogether
             unworthy
             to
             be
             followed
             by
             those
             to
             whom
             their
             deserving
             parents
             have
             left
             the
             rich
             and
             honourable
             patrimony
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             ;
             which
             some
             Princes
             have
             prohibited
             in
             their
             States
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             open
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             blind
             ,
             and
             enlighten
             the
             souls
             of
             foolish
             people
             ,
             making
             them
             know
             the
             cunning
             and
             imposturism
             which
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             world
             have
             used
             to
             make
             an
             occupation
             seem
             profitable
             and
             honourable
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             much
             to
             be
             abhorr'd
             .
             And
             this
             being
             said
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             gave
             sentence
             ,
             That
             that
             Doctor
             should
             for
             ever
             be
             inhibited
             admittance
             into
             any
             Library
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             forbidden
             the
             contentments
             of
             writing
             and
             reading
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             the
             example
             of
             others
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             declared
             to
             be
             ignorant
             .
             The
             unifortunate
             Doctor
             hearing
             so
             sad
             a
             sentence
             ,
             pleaded
             loud
             for
             mercy
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             his
             error
             not
             having
             proceeded
             out
             of
             malice
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             meer
             ignorance
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             subject
             fit
             for
             his
             Majesties
             pitty
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             not
             the
             desire
             of
             riches
             ,
             nor
             the
             thirsting
             after
             mans
             blood
             ,
             which
             had
             made
             him
             gird
             the
             sword
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             betake
             him
             to
             the
             mysterie
             of
             war
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             he
             might
             purchase
             glory
             thereby
             .
             Apollo
             was
             then
             more
             incensed
             ;
             and
             replyed
             unto
             the
             Doctor
             thus
             ,
             And
             what
             glory
             (
             thou
             wicked
             one
             )
             couldst
             thou
             hope
             for
             ,
             by
             the
             unhappy
             practice
             of
             killing
             men
             ,
             of
             plundering
             Countreys
             ,
             burning
             Cities
             ,
             deflowering
             Virgins
             and
             in
             murthering
             them
             that
             thou
             mayest
             make
             them
             consent
             to
             so
             barbarous
             dishonesty
             ?
             knows
             thou
             not
             that
             my
             Litterati
             are
             those
             that
             with
             their
             pen
             eternize
             the
             names
             of
             military
             men
             ?
             knowest
             thou
             not
             that
             all
             glo●…y
             won
             by
             the
             sword
             ,
             uniess
             when
             taken
             up
             for
             Religion
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             a
             mans
             Countrey
             is
             false
             Alchimy
             and
             merchandize
             ,
             fit
             onely
             for
             hair-brained
             fools
             ?
             When
             the
             honour
             which
             my
             Vertuosi
             win
             by
             their
             learning
             ,
             and
             by
             handling
             their
             pen
             ,
             is
             always
             the
             purest
             refined
             gold
             which
             will
             bear
             the
             Test.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Doctors
             cause
             having
             received
             this
             end
             ,
             
               Giovan
               Giorgio
               Tressino
            
             that
             famous
             Vicentian
             Poet
             ,
             came
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             throwing
             himself
             down
             before
             his
             feet
             ;
             said
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             Your
             Majestie
             knows
             that
             unfortunate
             I
             ,
             to
             amend
             the
             many
             Inconveniences
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Italian
             Tongue
             even
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             who
             when
             I
             published
             my
             Poem
             of
             
               Italia
               Liberaia
            
             endeavoured
             to
             bring
             the
             Omicron
             ,
             Eupselon
             ,
             Omega
             ,
             and
             other
             Greek
             Letters
             ,
             which
             I
             thought
             very
             requisite
             for
             that
             language
             ,
             into
             my
             own
             Tongue
             ;
             so
             to
             shun
             the
             frequent
             equivocations
             which
             are
             evidently
             seen
             therein
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             such
             letters
             ;
             in
             which
             enterprize
             having
             been
             at
             great
             charges
             ,
             I
             contracted
             those
             debts
             for
             which
             I
             am
             now
             imprisoned
             ;
             for
             men
             who
             by
             natural
             instinct
             ,
             
               Veteribus
               ,
               etiam
               quae
               ●…sus
               evidenter
               arguit
               stare
               malunt
            
             did
             not
             approve
             of
             this
             my
             new
             Invention
             .
             And
             unless
             your
             Majestie
             put
             in
             betwixt
             my
             misery
             ,
             and
             my
             Creditors
             rage
             ,
             I
             ,
             who
             have
             taken
             such
             pains
             for
             the
             service
             of
             Learning
             ,
             am
             like
             to
             end
             my
             days
             in
             the
             stench
             of
             this
             loathsom
             Prison
             .
             Apollo
             was
             very
             sensible
             of
             Tressino's
             misery
             ;
             and
             asked
             him
             ,
             Whether
             he
             was
             in
             case
             to
             pay
             his
             Creditors
             any
             moneys
             by
             the
             moneth
             ?
             To
             which
             Tressino
             answered
             ,
             He
             could
             not
             assign
             over
             unto
             them
             more
             then
             five
             Crowns
             a
             moneth
             .
             Which
             Apollo
             ,
             turning
             towards
             the
             Creditors
             ,
             desired
             them
             to
             be
             contented
             with
             .
             But
             they
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             the
             whole
             sum
             ,
             answered
             discourteously
             .
             And
             Apollo
             asking
             them
             ,
             Whether
             or
             no
             they
             were
             so
             inhumane
             as
             to
             be
             paid
             by
             the
             price
             of
             blood
             ?
             The
             Merchants
             with
             their
             wonted
             incivility
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             must
             either
             resolve
             to
             pay
             the
             whole
             debt
             ,
             or
             that
             parting
             with
             his
             personal
             estate
             ,
             he
             should
             according
             to
             the
             Laws
             made
             against
             Bankrupts
             ,
             wear
             a
             green
             hat
             ,
             and
             they
             vvould
             be
             satisfied
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             very
             angry
             at
             this
             their
             inhumanity
             ,
             as
             rising
             up
             upon
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             turning
             towards
             Tressino's
             Creditors
             ;
             Will
             you
             then
             (
             said
             he
             )
             be
             paid
             by
             this
             Vertuoso's
             shame
             ,
             and
             loss
             of
             honor
             ?
             What
             Law
             is
             that
             which
             you
             alledge
             ,
             which
             will
             have
             men
             forgo
             their
             reputation
             ,
             without
             which
             they
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             live
             ?
             and
             if
             even
             amongst
             the
             most
             barbarous
             Nations
             which
             inhabit
             the
             earth
             ,
             there
             be
             no
             Law
             found
             that
             a
             man
             shoul
             lose
             his
             life
             for
             debt
             ,
             how
             can
             there
             be
             a
             Law
             in
             my
             State
             ,
             where
             all
             exquisiteness
             of
             Law
             is
             professed
             ,
             which
             bereaves
             a
             man
             of
             his
             honor
             ,
             which
             is
             much
             more
             dear
             to
             man
             then
             life
             ?
             What
             crueller
             wilde
             beast
             can
             there
             be
             ,
             what
             more
             venemous
             Asp
             or
             Viper
             ,
             then
             he
             who
             regards
             not
             his
             reputation
             ?
             good
             Lavvs
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             ought
             to
             be
             obeyed
             ,
             do
             never
             disrobe
             a
             man
             of
             his
             honor
             ,
             but
             love
             that
             those
             who
             vvant
             it
             ,
             should
             by
             all
             means
             possible
             endeavor
             the
             purchase
             thereof
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             covet
             it
             more
             then
             any
             earthly
             Treasure
             ,
             and
             set
             a
             greater
             valuation
             upon
             it
             .
             The
             Creditors
             mightily
             affrighted
             at
             these
             words
             ,
             ran
             from
             the
             Visitation
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             Cressino
             somewhat
             encouraged
             ,
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             That
             if
             his
             Majestie
             would
             endow
             him
             vvith
             a
             povver
             of
             making
             Knights
             ,
             he
             vvas
             sure
             his
             Creditors
             vvould
             take
             the
             honor
             of
             Knighthood
             from
             him
             in
             full
             payment
             of
             his
             debts
             .
             Apollo
             at
             the
             hearing
             of
             this
             foolish
             request
             ,
             broke
             forth
             into
             loud
             laughter
             ;
             and
             told
             Tressino
             ,
             He
             vvas
             sorry
             to
             see
             him
             still
             pursue
             ridiculous
             novelties
             .
             Tressino
             replied
             ,
             That
             his
             request
             was
             no
             nevv
             invention
             ,
             but
             a
             thing
             much
             used
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             famous
             Roman
             Republique
             ,
             and
             after
             them
             many
             great
             Lords
             ,
             vvho
             might
             very
             vvell
             have
             paid
             their
             Creditors
             vvith
             ready
             money
             ,
             paid
             the
             obligations
             of
             blood
             ,
             and
             debts
             due
             for
             long
             and
             costly
             service
             with
             Lavvrel
             ,
             
             and
             the
             Order
             of
             Knighthood
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             smiled
             again
             ,
             and
             told
             Trissino
             ,
             that
             he
             built
             Castles
             in
             the
             arte
             ;
             for
             he
             must
             be
             another
             manner
             of
             man
             then
             he
             ,
             that
             would
             sell
             meer
             smoak
             for
             good
             Merchandize
             .
          
           
             Tressino
             being
             dispatcht
             ,
             Process
             was
             read
             against
             a
             base
             humerous
             Doctor
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             whose
             name
             the
             higher
             Powers
             will
             have
             concealed
             ;
             where
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             That
             in
             Governments
             which
             he
             had
             had
             ,
             he
             would
             often
             in
             publick
             audiences
             ,
             with
             great
             pride
             and
             surquedry
             ,
             behave
             himself
             insolently
             ,
             even
             with
             noble
             and
             honorably
             conditioned
             personages
             ,
             saying
             that
             he
             would
             send
             them
             to
             the
             Gallies
             ,
             would
             have
             their
             heads
             taken
             off
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             be
             hanged
             before
             the
             Palace
             Gate
             .
             The
             Doctor
             said
             in
             excuse
             of
             this
             his
             error
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             this
             to
             make
             himself
             terrible
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             himself
             be
             obeyed
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             that
             good
             Officers
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             honor
             ,
             made
             themselves
             dreadful
             to
             the
             people
             by
             an
             equally
             rigorous
             ,
             and
             uncorrupt
             Justice
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             insolent
             threats
             ,
             gave
             order
             that
             that
             Doctor
             ,
             whose
             genius
             appeared
             fitter
             to
             command
             slaves
             ,
             then
             men
             of
             honor
             ,
             should
             be
             sent
             to
             be
             Auditor
             of
             the
             Gallies
             .
          
           
             Immediately
             after
             ,
             Beneventano's
             cause
             was
             heard
             ,
             who
             shooting
             at
             a
             great
             Wolf
             with
             a
             gun
             charged
             with
             small
             hail-shot
             ,
             the
             Wolf
             being
             lightly
             hurt
             ,
             flew
             upon
             him
             according
             to
             his
             custom
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             teeth
             tore
             his
             left
             thigh
             :
             Those
             that
             were
             present
             at
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             wondred
             very
             much
             why
             he
             should
             be
             questioned
             ,
             who
             deserved
             rather
             to
             be
             comforted
             for
             the
             danger
             he
             had
             run
             ,
             and
             cured
             of
             the
             wounds
             he
             had
             received
             .
             But
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             well
             pleased
             that
             one
             of
             his
             Litterati
             should
             have
             committed
             so
             great
             a
             piece
             of
             folly
             ,
             since
             he
             had
             alwaies
             told
             his
             Vertuosi
             that
             they
             must
             take
             off
             their
             hats
             to
             cruel
             and
             dangerous
             beasts
             ,
             and
             suffer
             them
             to
             pass
             by
             quietly
             ,
             or
             else
             shoot
             at
             them
             with
             a
             musket
             loaded
             with
             ram'd
             bullets
             ,
             and
             so
             lay
             him
             flat
             on
             his
             back
             ,
             condemned
             the
             Litterato
             to
             the
             usual
             punishment
             of
             imprudency
             ,
             that
             none
             should
             excuse
             his
             error
             ;
             none
             should
             pitty
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             men
             should
             laugh
             at
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             cause
             was
             no
             sooner
             ended
             ,
             but
             Cratippus
             ,
             the
             Athenian
             Philosopher
             appeared
             at
             the
             visitation
             ,
             and
             the
             Information
             against
             him
             was
             ,
             That
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ephesus
             had
             given
             to
             him
             his
             only
             son
             to
             be
             brought
             up
             by
             him
             ;
             to
             whom
             when
             he
             came
             to
             mature
             years
             ,
             he
             relinquisht
             the
             Government
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             wherein
             the
             young
             Prince
             proved
             as
             unapt
             ,
             as
             he
             proved
             famous
             for
             Philosophy
             :
             for
             he
             was
             timerous
             in
             the
             handling
             of
             arms
             ,
             and
             incapable
             of
             State-affairs
             ;
             and
             the
             singular
             goodness
             and
             honesty
             which
             he
             had
             learnt
             of
             Cratippus
             ,
             which
             would
             have
             been
             greatly
             admired
             in
             a
             privat
             man
             ,
             was
             in
             him
             interpreted
             want
             of
             wit
             :
             That
             therefore
             the
             Philosopher
             not
             having
             instructed
             that
             young
             Prince
             in
             such
             things
             as
             were
             to
             be
             known
             by
             one
             who
             was
             to
             govern
             so
             numerous
             a
             people
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ephesus
             re-demanded
             the
             sallary
             he
             had
             given
             him
             .
             Apollo
             was
             mightily
             displeased
             with
             Cratippus
             his
             imprisonment
             ;
             and
             turning
             to
             the
             Duke
             who
             was
             there
             present
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             not
             blame
             Cratippus
             for
             his
             sons
             unap●…ss
             to
             Government
             ,
             but
             his
             own
             bad
             choice
             ;
             for
             that
             Vertuoso
             having
             taught
             his
             P●…pel
             the
             Science
             which
             he
             did
             publickly
             profess
             ,
             had
             fully
             discharged
             his
             duty
             :
             And
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             ought
             to
             know
             that
             Arsenals
             ,
             Armories
             ,
             and
             State-Councels
             ,
             were
             Schools
             for
             Princes
             children
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Scholarship
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             learn
             ,
             was
             the
             Philosophy
             ,
             the
             Poetry
             which
             was
             several
             times
             every
             
             week
             read
             in
             the
             wise
             Senat
             of
             Venice
             ,
             that
             Captains
             ,
             Counsellers
             ,
             and
             Secretaries
             of
             State
             ,
             were
             the
             best
             instructers
             of
             Princes
             children
             ;
             and
             the
             memory
             of
             their
             Ancesters
             ,
             the
             glorious
             actions
             of
             such
             Princes
             ,
             as
             both
             in
             peace
             and
             war
             had
             done
             things
             worthy
             to
             be
             admired
             and
             imitated
             ,
             the
             rods
             wherewith
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             whipt
             .
          
           
             
               Constantius
               Albicini
            
             was
             next
             brought
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             did
             mightily
             abominate
             ,
             as
             one
             who
             was
             publickly
             known
             to
             be
             a
             prime
             finder
             out
             of
             vexatious
             inventions
             .
             His
             process
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             being
             requested
             by
             an
             avaritious
             Prince
             ,
             to
             invent
             some
             new
             way
             for
             him
             ,
             how
             to
             raise
             money
             from
             his
             Subjects
             without
             offending
             or
             angring
             them
             ,
             advised
             him
             to
             give
             out
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             likely
             to
             be
             unexpectedly
             assaulted
             by
             his
             enemies
             ,
             who
             would
             possess
             themselves
             of
             his
             State
             ;
             that
             therefore
             it
             was
             necessary
             to
             fortifie
             the
             Metropolitan
             City
             ;
             to
             effect
             the
             which
             so
             requisite
             work
             ,
             he
             must
             proclaim
             a
             new
             Tax
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             easily
             granted
             by
             them
             who
             apprehended
             the
             danger
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             goods
             ,
             and
             honors
             ;
             that
             then
             he
             should
             in
             all
             haste
             begin
             the
             works
             which
             he
             must
             continue
             for
             one
             year
             ,
             that
             the
             second
             year
             he
             should
             proceed
             therein
             more
             slowly
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             third
             year
             he
             should
             give
             it
             quite
             over
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             people
             being
             accustomed
             for
             those
             two
             years
             space
             to
             pay
             such
             an
             Imposition
             ,
             would
             willingly
             continue
             the
             payment
             of
             it
             .
             And
             because
             the
             chief
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             City
             had
             a
             rich
             revennue
             worth
             forty
             thousand
             crowns
             a
             year
             ,
             which
             this
             covetous
             Prince
             did
             much
             thirst
             after
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             to
             make
             himself
             Master
             thereof
             ,
             and
             to
             invite
             the
             Citizens
             to
             make
             a
             free
             gift
             thereof
             unto
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             only
             to
             provide
             two
             friends
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             which
             should
             stand
             up
             in
             a
             publick
             Councel
             ,
             and
             should
             advise
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             good
             and
             fit
             to
             reward
             the
             Prince
             for
             his
             excellent
             Government
             ,
             with
             freely
             parting
             with
             two
             years
             revennue
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             other
             friend
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Proposition
             was
             discussing
             ,
             should
             say
             openly
             ,
             That
             to
             give
             their
             suffrages
             in
             secret
             ,
             was
             an
             action
             misbecoming
             a
             faithful
             people
             towards
             their
             Prince
             ,
             where
             the
             ungrateful
             and
             disloyal
             had
             opportunity
             to
             obscure
             the
             fidelity
             of
             Loyal
             Subjects
             .
             That
             therefore
             men
             should
             speak
             their
             mind
             alowd
             ,
             and
             the
             Votes
             be
             so
             decided
             ;
             for
             the
             rabble-rout
             ,
             allured
             by
             the
             shortness
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             would
             grant
             that
             for
             a
             few
             years
             ,
             which
             they
             should
             never
             regain
             .
             It
             was
             aver'd
             in
             the
             same
             process
             ,
             that
             this
             same
             Constanso
             had
             confest
             that
             he
             had
             told
             the
             same
             Prince
             ,
             that
             an
             exeellent
             way
             to
             get
             money
             of
             his
             Subjects
             ,
             was
             to
             inhibit
             somewhat
             which
             was
             greatly
             desired
             ,
             and
             much
             used
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             as
             the
             extravagancy
             in
             aparrel
             ,
             costly
             Jewels
             ,
             and
             too
             exorbitant
             portions
             ;
             that
             if
             any
             one
             should
             afterward
             desire
             a
             dispensation
             therein
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             granted
             him
             ;
             but
             upon
             a
             good
             acknowledgment
             ,
             and
             upon
             paying
             well
             for
             the
             Seals
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             this
             wicked
             mans
             so
             great
             iniquity
             ,
             and
             wondring
             that
             so
             much
             rascallity
             could
             be
             found
             in
             any
             one
             man
             ,
             brake
             forth
             into
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Puniendos
               rerum
               atrocium
               Ministros
            
             .
             Tacit.
             lib.
             13.
             
             Ann.
             and
             then
             gave
             sentence
             ,
             that
             this
             Divel
             incarnate
             should
             be
             thrown
             into
             the
             Boat
             where
             
               Melossus
               ,
               Melampus
               ,
               Lisisca
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Poets
             Dogs
             were
             kept
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             was
             presently
             torne
             in
             pieces
             and
             devoured
             .
          
           
             This
             being
             over
             ,
             the
             Commendador
             
               Hanibal
               Caro
            
             ,
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             visitation
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesty
             was
             told
             ,
             that
             the
             quarrels
             between
             the
             Commendador
             and
             Castelvetro
             ,
             were
             wel
             known
             unto
             him
             ;
             which
             could
             no
             otherwise
             be
             accommodated
             ,
             then
             by
             taking
             security
             that
             they
             should
             
             not
             offend
             one
             another
             .
             After
             which
             Castelvetro
             passing
             one
             morning
             often
             before
             the
             Commendadors
             house
             ;
             the
             Poet
             did
             so
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             injury
             he
             had
             received
             by
             that
             rigorous
             sentence
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             railing
             Sonnet
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             thing
             prohibited
             ,
             he
             wounded
             Castelvetro's
             honor
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             mens
             beleef
             ,
             commanded
             that
             the
             Commendador
             should
             be
             presently
             set
             at
             liberty
             ;
             and
             said
             that
             Castelvetro
             deserved
             to
             be
             severely
             punisht
             for
             his
             being
             so
             foolishly
             adventurous
             :
             For
             knowing
             that
             he
             had
             so
             hainously
             offended
             a
             revengful
             man
             ,
             he
             did
             foolishly
             to
             trust
             his
             life
             upon
             money-security
             ;
             and
             so
             much
             the
             rather
             for
             that
             Castelvetro
             knew
             that
             the
             Marchigiani
             ,
             who
             were
             otherwise
             very
             gallant
             men
             ,
             but
             very
             bloudy
             ,
             have
             less
             patience
             then
             discretion
             .
          
           
             Caro's
             cause
             being
             ended
             ,
             Aristides
             ,
             that
             great
             Athenian
             Senator
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             who
             was
             imprisoned
             for
             having
             given
             out
             great
             quantity
             of
             Corn
             to
             the
             people
             of
             Athens
             in
             a
             very
             hard
             year
             .
             Aristides
             imprisonment
             appeared
             altogether
             unjust
             to
             most
             of
             the
             Visitors
             ;
             but
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             of
             a
             contrary
             opinion
             ,
             told
             them
             in
             severe
             words
             ,
             that
             in
             free
             Countries
             ,
             where
             people
             are
             more
             jealous
             of
             the
             publick
             Liberty
             ,
             then
             in
             any
             other
             sort
             of
             Principality
             ,
             in
             exercising
             charity
             ,
             men
             should
             observe
             that
             pious
             Precept
             ,
             of
             not
             letting
             the
             right
             hand
             know
             what
             the
             left
             hand
             did
             :
             For
             in
             all
             Commonwealths
             ,
             too
             vain-glorious
             alms
             ,
             and
             done
             out
             of
             too
             much
             ostentation
             ,
             were
             very
             dangerous
             ;
             that
             therefore
             he
             should
             hereafter
             forbear
             to
             use
             such
             charity
             towards
             the
             poor
             ,
             which
             smelt
             more
             of
             ambition
             ,
             then
             of
             any
             true
             zeal
             or
             piety
             ;
             and
             which
             might
             make
             men
             suspect
             that
             they
             were
             rather
             done
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             of
             purchasing
             Principalities
             on
             earth
             ,
             then
             to
             gain
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
           
             
               Pietro
               Pomponatio
            
             ,
             a
             Mantuan
             ,
             appeared
             next
             all
             besmeared
             with
             sweat
             ,
             and
             very
             ill
             acoutred
             ,
             who
             was
             found
             composing
             a
             Book
             ,
             wherein
             by
             foolish
             and
             sophistical
             arguments
             he
             endeavored
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             the
             soul
             of
             man
             was
             mortal
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             not
             able
             to
             look
             upon
             so
             wicked
             a
             wretch
             ,
             commanded
             that
             his
             Library
             should
             be
             presently
             burnt
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             himself
             should
             be
             consumed
             in
             the
             same
             flames
             ;
             for
             that
             fool
             deserved
             not
             the
             advantage
             of
             books
             ,
             who
             laboured
             thereby
             only
             to
             prove
             that
             men
             were
             beasts
             .
             Pomponatio
             cryed
             out
             then
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             ,
             protesting
             that
             he
             believed
             the
             mortality
             of
             the
             soul
             only
             as
             a
             Philosopher
             .
             Then
             said
             Apollo
             to
             the
             Executioners
             ,
             Let
             him
             be
             burnt
             only
             as
             a
             Philosopher
             .
          
           
             A
             Prisoner
             was
             afterwards
             heard
             ,
             who
             said
             that
             he
             being
             of
             Coos
             ,
             had
             entred
             bond
             for
             one
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             sent
             thither
             as
             Governor
             by
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             who
             having
             committed
             many
             Larcenaries
             ,
             fled
             from
             thence
             by
             night
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             pay
             the
             whole
             summe
             which
             was
             laid
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             that
             thief-Officer
             .
             Apollo
             wondring
             at
             this
             mans
             imprisonment
             ,
             turned
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Coos
             ,
             who
             was
             there
             President
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             sure
             way
             to
             have
             an
             Officer
             rule
             well
             ,
             lay
             not
             in
             his
             security
             to
             stand
             a
             Trial
             ,
             but
             was
             only
             grounded
             upon
             the
             Princes
             good
             choice
             :
             That
             therefore
             the
             prisoner
             who
             had
             entred
             security
             upon
             firm
             belief
             that
             his
             Lord
             and
             Master
             would
             never
             have
             imployed
             such
             lewd
             men
             in
             places
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             should
             by
             all
             means
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             punishment
             belonging
             of
             right
             to
             him
             that
             had
             done
             the
             fault
             ,
             the
             Prince
             should
             pay
             his
             forfeiture
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             so
             abusive
             in
             his
             charge
             ,
             of
             whom
             he
             might
             at
             his
             leasure
             repair
             himself
             .
             To
             which
             the
             Prince
             answered
             ,
             that
             his
             Officer
             was
             a
             stranger
             ,
             another
             Princes
             subject
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             could
             have
             no
             right
             against
             him
             .
             Apollo
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             he
             having
             been
             so
             very
             a
             
             fool
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             use
             of
             a
             forreiner
             ,
             whilst
             he
             might
             be
             served
             by
             his
             own
             subjects
             ,
             he
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             his
             loss
             :
             For
             that
             Shepherd
             who
             was
             so
             foolish
             ,
             as
             to
             lead
             other
             folks
             sheep
             to
             feed
             ,
             ought
             to
             blame
             none
             but
             himself
             ,
             if
             when
             he
             brought
             them
             back
             at
             night
             to
             their
             folds
             ,
             he
             could
             neither
             shear
             nor
             milk
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             end
             of
             that
             imprisoned
             security
             ,
             which
             the
             Prince
             of
             Coos
             liked
             not
             ,
             though
             all
             the
             Visitors
             were
             well
             pleased
             with
             it
             .
             
               Tito
               Strozzi
            
             ,
             the
             famous
             Ferara
             Poet
             was
             the
             next
             that
             appeared
             ,
             imprisoned
             upon
             the
             Suit
             of
             
               Francisco
               Filelpho
            
             ,
             who
             having
             given
             him
             some
             moneys
             to
             deliver
             to
             
               Cintio
               Geraldi
            
             ,
             a
             Creditor
             of
             his
             ;
             Strozzo
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             it
             ;
             lost
             it
             at
             play
             ;
             which
             Filelpho
             complained
             of
             in
             the
             Visitation
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             knew
             that
             Strozzi
             wanted
             a
             leg
             ,
             merrily
             asked
             Filelpho
             ,
             whether
             if
             a
             man
             should
             have
             bought
             a
             blind
             horse
             in
             his
             Market
             of
             Tolentino
             ,
             the
             buyer
             might
             redemand
             his
             money
             which
             was
             ill
             laid
             out
             ?
             To
             which
             Filelpho
             answered
             ,
             That
             whosoever
             bought
             a
             beast
             that
             was
             palpably
             defective
             ,
             could
             blame
             nothing
             but
             his
             own
             folly
             .
             If
             it
             be
             so
             ,
             saies
             Apollo
             ,
             you
             have
             judged
             aright
             Filelpho
             in
             your
             own
             cause
             .
             Filelpho
             understood
             then
             whither
             his
             Majesties
             question
             tended
             ,
             and
             being
             much
             afflicted
             ,
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             ignorant
             of
             the
             common
             Proverb
             ,
             That
             one
             must
             be
             carefull
             how
             he
             deals
             with
             those
             that
             Nature
             hath
             markt
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             did
             not
             hold
             it
             to
             be
             alwaies
             true
             :
             Know
             Filelpho
             ,
             said
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             Proverbs
             are
             nothing
             else
             but
             experimented
             Sentences
             ,
             approved
             sayings
             ;
             and
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             Mother
             Nature
             in
             procuring
             men
             ,
             may
             be
             fitly
             said
             to
             imitate
             a
             conscientious
             Potter
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             takes
             his
             Vessel
             out
             of
             the
             Furnace
             ,
             if
             he
             find
             any
             that
             have
             holes
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             be
             not
             sufficiently
             baked
             ,
             or
             that
             have
             any
             other
             imperfection
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             unwary
             people
             may
             not
             take
             them
             for
             good
             ,
             he
             breaks
             off
             one
             of
             their
             ears
             ,
             or
             gives
             them
             some
             other
             mark
             of
             being
             amiss
             .
             And
             because
             all
             men
             cannot
             be
             born
             equally
             honest
             ,
             as
             nor
             can
             all
             the
             Potters
             pots
             come
             equally
             perfect
             out
             of
             the
             Furnace
             ;
             as
             let
             a
             Garden
             be
             never
             so
             well
             looked
             unto
             ,
             and
             weeded
             ,
             it
             is
             impossible
             but
             some
             nettles
             ,
             or
             other
             weeds
             will
             spring
             up
             ;
             Dame
             Nature
             ,
             who
             greatly
             hates
             cheaters
             ,
             and
             crosbiters
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             honest
             men
             be
             not
             deceived
             by
             hollow
             brains
             ,
             crafty
             pates
             ,
             and
             half-baked
             wits
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             she
             sees
             any
             such
             born
             ,
             she
             puts
             out
             one
             of
             their
             eys
             ,
             breaks
             an
             arm
             or
             leg
             ,
             by
             which
             evident
             signs
             ,
             tying
             a
             bel
             about
             the
             horses
             neck
             that
             is
             given
             to
             kicking
             ,
             and
             fastning
             a
             board
             to
             the
             oxes
             horns
             which
             use
             to
             thrust
             therewith
             ,
             she
             admonisheth
             all
             men
             to
             be
             aware
             of
             such
             .
          
           
             Amalteo's
             Cause
             was
             discust
             immediately
             after
             ,
             who
             was
             imprisoned
             for
             having
             called
             Nero's
             liberality
             which
             he
             used
             to
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             when
             he
             rewarded
             him
             for
             the
             praises
             he
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             with
             25
             Mules
             loaded
             with
             Gold
             ,
             foolish
             prodigality
             ,
             that
             
               Ipsi
               non
               aderat
               infrae
               servos
               ingenium
               .
            
             Tacit.
             lib.
             13.
             
             Ann.
             The
             fault
             committed
             by
             Amalteo
             ,
             appeared
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             the
             Visitors
             to
             be
             so
             hainous
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             all
             the
             Schools
             in
             Parnassus
             hold
             it
             for
             an
             undeniable
             maxim
             ,
             That
             whatsoever
             excessive
             gift
             given
             by
             a
             magnanimous
             Prince
             to
             a
             Vertuoso
             ,
             in
             reward
             for
             any
             favour
             received
             from
             him
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             termed
             prodigality
             :
             For
             a
             Prince
             that
             thirsts
             after
             true
             glory
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             
               Unum
               insatiabiliter
               parandum
               ,
               prosperam
               sui
               memoriam
               .
            
             Tacit.
             lib.
             4.
             
             Ann.
             The
             merit
             of
             one
             pen
             ful
             of
             that
             pure
             ink
             ,
             which
             smoothly
             laid
             on
             paper
             ,
             makes
             mens
             names
             glorious
             and
             immortal
             ,
             cannot
             be
             sufficiently
             rewarded
             by
             mou●…
             of
             Diamonds
             and
             Rubies
             .
             Apollo
             was
             therefore
             so
             highly
             incenst
             
             against
             Amalteo
             for
             this
             so
             great
             fault
             ,
             as
             he
             adjudged
             him
             to
             live
             two
             years
             amongst
             the
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             Presently
             after
             appeared
             a
             Litterato
             in
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             only
             believe
             that
             damn'd
             and
             execrable
             opinion
             ,
             That
             the
             man
             was
             happier
             who
             had
             his
             purse
             full
             of
             gold
             ,
             then
             he
             who
             had
             his
             head
             full
             of
             knowledg
             ;
             but
             did
             by
             all
             the
             industry
             he
             had
             ,
             endeavor
             to
             insinuate
             it
             into
             other
             men
             .
             Apollo
             being
             much
             moved
             at
             the
             hainousness
             of
             this
             fault
             ,
             sentenced
             the
             guilty
             person
             to
             be
             sew'd
             up
             in
             a
             sack
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             thrown
             with
             his
             head
             downward
             into
             the
             deepest
             part
             of
             Aganippa's
             well
             .
             It
             must
             not
             here
             be
             omitted
             ,
             that
             this
             rascal
             was
             so
             obstinate
             in
             his
             erronious
             opinion
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             would
             not
             only
             not
             gain-say
             himself
             at
             the
             hour
             of
             death
             ;
             but
             still
             affirmed
             more
             obstinately
             then
             ever
             ,
             that
             he
             died
             in
             the
             true
             opinion
             ,
             that
             study
             was
             but
             Merchandize
             ,
             and
             that
             Scholarship
             was
             only
             learnt
             out
             of
             a
             design
             to
             get
             money
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             it
             appeared
             that
             Philosophy
             and
             Theology
             ,
             were
             without
             all
             doubt
             the
             noblest
             ;
             but
             Physick
             and
             Law
             ,
             were
             the
             most
             esteemed
             ,
             and
             most
             imbraced
             Sciences
             .
          
           
             Baiardo
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             read
             afterwards
             the
             process
             made
             against
             Manfredo
             ,
             King
             of
             Naples
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             proved
             ,
             that
             by
             night
             he
             had
             stoln
             Lisbia
             from
             Catullus
             ,
             that
             so
             dearly
             loved
             her
             ,
             whom
             he
             sent
             home
             stript
             ,
             and
             rob'd
             of
             all
             her
             Jewels
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             enjoy'd
             her
             many
             weeks
             :
             Which
             injury
             Catullus
             did
             so
             lowdly
             complain
             of
             in
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             as
             it
             grew
             near
             the
             point
             of
             insolency
             ;
             for
             highly
             incenst
             with
             anger
             ,
             without
             respect
             either
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             or
             persons
             before
             whom
             he
             spake
             ,
             he
             called
             Manfredo
             a
             base
             bastard
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             shew
             his
             Judges
             that
             it
             was
             not
             possible
             to
             teach
             a
             too
             highly
             exasperated
             mind
             to
             keep
             within
             bounds
             ,
             though
             he
             seemed
             to
             be
             much
             offended
             at
             the
             little
             respect
             Catullus
             had
             born
             him
             ,
             gave
             him
             but
             a
             gentle
             reprehension
             ;
             and
             then
             commanded
             that
             
               Manfredo
               ,
               Gratis
               ubique
            
             ;
             should
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             and
             said
             that
             bastards
             were
             most
             commonly
             vitious
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             ribaldry
             ,
             only
             to
             increase
             the
             glory
             and
             prerogative
             of
             holy
             marriage
             ;
             and
             that
             wise
             Nature
             ,
             to
             teach
             male
             .
             Asses
             to
             have
             only
             to
             do
             with
             she
             Asses
             ,
             and
             Mares
             to
             couple
             only
             with
             Stallions
             of
             their
             own
             kind
             ,
             had
             so
             ordered
             it
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             coupling
             of
             he
             Asses
             and
             Mares
             ,
             nothing
             should
             come
             but
             Mules
             ,
             beasts
             so
             damnably
             given
             to
             kicking
             ,
             only
             to
             the
             end
             that
             men
             ,
             to
             shun
             the
             getting
             of
             spurious
             issue
             ,
             might
             be
             the
             more
             ambitious
             to
             beget
             legitimate
             children
             ,
             who
             might
             in
             coming
             from
             the
             mothers
             womb
             ,
             bring
             down
             Gods
             blessing
             with
             them
             .
             And
             that
             therefore
             bastard-children
             not
             being
             bound
             to
             live
             vertuously
             ,
             it
             was
             of
             courtesie
             when
             they
             lived
             well
             .
             Catullus
             not
             being
             herewith
             satisfied
             ,
             but
             growing
             still
             more
             mad
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             with
             some
             appearance
             of
             anger
             ,
             bad
             him
             hold
             his
             peace
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             kept
             a
             piece
             of
             stinking
             flesh
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             ought
             not
             complain
             if
             it
             were
             troubled
             with
             flies
             .
          
           
             Catullus
             being
             thus
             dismist
             ,
             the
             same
             Baiardo
             read
             a
             Process
             made
             against
             
               Scipio
               Ammirato
            
             ,
             a
             Polititian
             ,
             who
             was
             convinced
             of
             having
             committed
             many
             hainous
             offences
             ;
             as
             for
             having
             taught
             a
             Prince
             who
             punisht
             his
             people
             with
             new
             and
             vexatious
             Taxes
             ,
             to
             honest
             them
             by
             the
             names
             of
             Donatives
             ,
             Subsedies
             ,
             and
             Aids
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             cause
             no
             innovation
             in
             his
             State
             ;
             and
             who
             stuck
             not
             to
             term
             a
             most
             hateful
             Imposition
             ,
             the
             mountain
             of
             Piety
             .
             Moreover
             for
             that
             he
             had
             taught
             an
             eminent
             Citizen
             of
             Phosides
             ,
             who
             desired
             to
             be
             attended
             by
             roaring
             Boys
             and
             Hectors
             ,
             being
             backt
             by
             whom
             he
             might
             tyrannize
             ,
             and
             
             make
             himself
             be
             dreaded
             by
             all
             men
             ;
             that
             he
             should
             keep
             in
             his
             house
             an
             open
             Apertiment
             with
             Dice
             ,
             Cards
             ,
             Tables
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             Bawdi
             house
             the
             next
             dore
             to
             him
             ,
             for
             that
             these
             were
             the
             true
             Dequois
             ,
             or
             call-Ducks
             ,
             which
             ticed
             in
             the
             scum
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             lewdest
             sort
             of
             people
             :
             and
             that
             he
             should
             advise
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             bitter
             enemy
             to
             the
             Laconians
             ,
             and
             who
             sorely
             persecuted
             some
             Senators
             that
             were
             of
             a
             military
             genius
             ,
             and
             being
             gallant
             men
             ,
             cared
             not
             to
             be
             assumed
             to
             the
             Principality
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             lest
             the
             publick
             practice
             of
             persecution
             ,
             might
             draw
             the
             hatred
             of
             the
             Senat
             upon
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             exasperated
             to
             see
             the
             vertue
             and
             merit
             of
             the
             most
             eminent
             Senators
             in
             such
             sort
             persecuted
             ,
             that
             I
             say
             ,
             he
             should
             advise
             that
             Prince
             to
             colour
             over
             so
             great
             and
             apparent
             lewdness
             ,
             with
             pretence
             that
             those
             Senators
             had
             deep
             designs
             .
             Apollo
             marvailed
             much
             at
             this
             Polititians
             so
             great
             perfidiousness
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             freely
             declared
             ,
             that
             now
             much
             to
             his
             dislike
             ,
             he
             had
             found
             that
             Polititians
             were
             Gypsies
             ,
             Cheats
             ,
             Coney-catchers
             ,
             and
             Pick-pockets
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             that
             this
             Monster
             of
             Nature
             should
             be
             thrown
             headlong
             down
             from
             the
             Tarpeian
             Rock
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             Ammirato's
             end
             ,
             when
             the
             same
             Baiard●…
             gave
             in
             process
             against
             the
             Judge
             of
             Guido
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             only
             convinced
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             divers
             witnesses
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             own
             confession
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             openly
             made
             sale
             of
             Justice
             ,
             to
             him
             that
             would
             give
             most
             for
             it
             .
             Apollo
             highly
             offended
             at
             the
             immensity
             of
             such
             a
             fault
             ,
             gave
             sentence
             that
             the
             guilty
             party
             should
             undergo
             the
             usual
             punishment
             for
             sale
             of
             Justice
             :
             which
             was
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             be
             flead
             alive
             .
             The
             Serjeants
             did
             already
             drag
             the
             wretch
             to
             the
             place
             of
             execution
             ,
             when
             he
             fetching
             a
             deep
             sigh
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             O
             unfortunate
             man
             that
             I
             am
             ,
             O
             my
             monies
             ,
             by
             which
             I
             might
             have
             lived
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             delitiousness
             ,
             how
             through
             my
             want
             of
             wit
             ,
             are
             you
             now
             become
             the
             cause
             of
             my
             shameful
             and
             dreadful
             death
             .
             These
             words
             which
             were
             heard
             by
             all
             the
             Visitors
             ,
             wrought
             very
             much
             with
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             who
             sending
             to
             have
             the
             Judge
             brought
             back
             ,
             asked
             him
             what
             it
             was
             he
             complained
             of
             ?
             and
             what
             relation
             his
             fault
             in
             the
             administration
             of
             Justice
             ,
             which
             is
             granted
             to
             men
             of
             worth
             and
             merit
             ,
             had
             to
             the
             money
             which
             he
             said
             he
             had
             spent
             so
             ill
             ?
             Sir
             ,
             said
             the
             Judge
             ,
             The
             Office
             whereby
             I
             have
             deserved
             so
             ill
             at
             your
             Majesties
             hands
             ,
             was
             not
             granted
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Guido
             to
             my
             Learning
             ,
             nor
             to
             my
             deserts
             ,
             but
             to
             70000
             unlucky
             crowns
             ,
             which
             I
             gave
             two
             years
             ago
             for
             the
             place
             :
             So
             as
             I
             may
             very
             well
             complain
             of
             having
             purchast
             so
             great
             misery
             by
             my
             ready-money
             .
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             this
             ,
             gave
             order
             immediately
             that
             the
             prisoner
             should
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ;
             and
             said
             that
             he
             judged
             and
             declared
             him
             to
             be
             innocent
             :
             That
             therefore
             he
             should
             presently
             return
             to
             his
             Charge
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             eternal
             infamy
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Guido
             ,
             continue
             the
             ignominious
             Merchandize
             of
             selling
             Justice
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             keep
             a
             man
             from
             selling
             that
             which
             he
             had
             bought
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             that
             appeared
             in
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             was
             the
             famous
             
               Bartolomeo
               d'Alviano
            
             ,
             whom
             the
             Attorney-General
             accused
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             a
             dispute
             which
             arose
             betwixt
             him
             and
             
               Iulius
               Cesar
               Scaliger
            
             ,
             he
             had
             called
             him
             a
             scurvy
             Scholar
             .
             Apollo
             much
             resented
             this
             excess
             in
             Alviano
             ,
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             If
             my
             Litterati
             ,
             adorn'd
             with
             so
             many
             vertues
             ,
             full
             of
             Science
             ,
             who
             have
             perfect
             knowledge
             of
             the
             course
             of
             the
             heavens
             ,
             of
             the
             vertue
             of
             hearbs
             ,
             who
             understand
             the
             propriety
             of
             plants
             ,
             the
             worth
             of
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Miracles
             of
             Nature
             ,
             are
             not
             truely
             Noble
             ,
             who
             are
             they
             
             that
             deserve
             to
             be
             termed
             Noble
             ?
             Perhaps
             those
             that
             are
             ignorant
             ?
             Perhaps
             those
             vitious
             people
             ,
             who
             being
             sunk
             even
             to
             the
             chin
             in
             idleness
             ,
             sports
             ,
             gluttony
             ,
             and
             lust
             ,
             have
             nothing
             praise-worthy
             in
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             vertues
             and
             long
             series
             of
             their
             predecessors
             glory
             ?
             And
             if
             gold
             ,
             for
             the
             vertue
             it
             hath
             of
             not
             being
             consumed
             by
             fire
             ,
             eaten
             by
             rust
             ,
             corroded
             by
             Aquafortis
             ,
             and
             for
             other
             rare
             qualities
             ,
             was
             deservedly
             reputed
             the
             King
             of
             Mettals
             ;
             if
             the
             Diamond
             and
             Ruby
             ,
             for
             their
             incredible
             hardness
             ,
             were
             the
             Princes
             of
             all
             Jewels
             ;
             Why
             should
             not
             my
             Litterati
             ,
             who
             know
             and
             understand
             so
             much
             more
             then
             all
             other
             men
             ,
             deserve
             to
             be
             rather
             termed
             Demy
             Gods
             than
             Kings
             ?
             and
             said
             that
             there
             was
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             innobling
             the
             body
             by
             rich
             vestments
             ,
             and
             cloathing
             the
             soul
             with
             pretious
             Sciences
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             turned
             toward
             Alviano
             ,
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             My
             alwaies
             famous
             
               Sabellico
               ,
               Bembo
               ,
               Giovio
               ,
               Guicchardine
               ,
            
             who
             have
             so
             by
             their
             pens
             illustrated
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             labours
             of
             my
             Vertuosi
             ,
             which
             have
             rendred
             thee
             immortal
             :
             When
             did
             they
             ever
             deserve
             to
             be
             by
             thee
             rewarded
             by
             so
             inormous
             an
             injury
             ,
             by
             such
             ingratitude
             ?
             This
             so
             exasperated
             discourse
             of
             Apollo
             was
             the
             more
             efficacious
             with
             the
             Visitors
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             was
             accompanied
             by
             the
             noise
             of
             all
             the
             Litterati
             that
             stood
             by
             ,
             who
             incredibly
             incenst
             against
             Alviano
             ,
             cry'd
             out
             for
             Justice
             :
             After
             this
             ,
             the
             Court
             ,
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             voted
             for
             sentence
             ,
             and
             propounded
             all
             sorts
             of
             severe
             punishments
             for
             the
             prisoners
             penalty
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             Alviano's
             case
             ,
             when
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             hearing
             of
             this
             so
             important
             accident
             ,
             and
             being
             very
             tender
             of
             Alviano's
             honor
             ,
             came
             in
             all
             haste
             to
             the
             Visitation
             ,
             and
             prostrating
             her self
             before
             his
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             with
             a
             generous
             submission
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             she
             would
             never
             rise
             from
             before
             them
             ,
             till
             she
             had
             obtained
             full
             and
             free
             pardon
             from
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             for
             that
             her
             couragious
             Captain
             :
             And
             that
             though
             she
             might
             plead
             a
             new
             Edict
             of
             his
             Majesties
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             declared
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             should
             have
             taken
             up
             arms
             against
             barbarous
             Nations
             in
             defiance
             of
             Free
             Countries
             ,
             should
             never
             lose
             his
             Majesties
             favour
             for
             any
             fault
             they
             should
             commit
             ,
             though
             capital
             ;
             yet
             she
             beg'd
             her
             dear
             Alviano's
             pardon
             ,
             who
             had
             lost
             so
             much
             bloud
             for
             her
             ,
             suffered
             so
             many
             hardships
             ,
             and
             run
             so
             many
             dangers
             ,
             from
             his
             Majesties
             meer
             grace
             ,
             which
             all
             the
             world
             knew
             belonged
             to
             him
             of
             justice
             .
             When
             the
             Litterati
             had
             heard
             th●…se
             affectionate
             intreaties
             ,
             and
             had
             called
             to
             mind
             what
             gracious
             acceptions
             that
             noble
             Queen
             had
             alwaies
             given
             in
             her
             Court
             to
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             that
             repaired
             thither
             ,
             their
             conceived
             anger
             was
             so
             appeased
             ,
             as
             they
             cryed
             out
             aloud
             ,
             Orace
             ,
             Grace
             .
             Whereupon
             Apollo
             raising
             up
             that
             Noble
             Queen
             from
             the
             ground
             with
             his
             hand
             ,
             placed
             her
             first
             amongst
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             ;
             and
             then
             told
             her
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             deny
             any
             thing
             that
             she
             demanded
             ,
             he
             willingly
             forgave
             Alviano
             for
             point
             of
             punishment
             ;
             but
             he
             would
             have
             him
             give
             fitting
             satisfaction
             to
             Learning
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             vertuosi
             whom
             he
             had
             so
             offended
             .
             The
             Alviano
             ,
             before
             almost
             half
             dead
             for
             fear
             (
             so
             much
             doth
             the
             fear
             of
             shame
             more
             terrifie
             a
             man
             of
             honor
             ,
             then
             certain
             danger
             of
             death
             )
             took
             courage
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             That
             being
             so
             low
             of
             stature
             as
             they
             all
             saw
             he
             was
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             born
             withall
             ,
             if
             his
             cholar
             was
             soon
             stirred
             ,
             which
             was
             that
             which
             had
             caused
             him
             to
             do
             amiss
             ;
             but
             that
             confessing
             his
             error
             ,
             he
             declared
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             was
             of
             choice
             Learning
             ,
             and
             good
             demeanor
             was
             as
             Noble
             as
             any
             one
             born
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             bloud-Royal
             of
             France
             ,
             although
             his
             Father
             were
             a
             Hangman
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Great
               Prince
               in
               discharge
               of
               a
               Vow
               that
               he
               had
               made
               ,
               carries
               a
               rich
               Vessel
               to
               the
               Temple
               ;
               which
               the
               Priest
               receiving
               with
               shew
               of
               great
               sadness
               ;
               The
               Prince
               desires
               the
               reason
               thereof
               ,
               and
               receives
               satisfaction
               .
            
          
           
             NOt
             many
             daies
             since
             ,
             a
             Prince
             of
             great
             quality
             ,
             carried
             a
             very
             rich
             Vessel
             of
             God
             to
             the
             Temple
             ,
             in
             acknowledgment
             of
             a
             singular
             favour
             which
             he
             had
             received
             from
             God.
             And
             because
             the
             Priest
             at
             the
             receiving
             of
             it
             ,
             appeared
             to
             be
             much
             afflicted
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             shedding
             of
             tears
             ,
             the
             Prince
             had
             the
             curiosity
             to
             know
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             sadness
             ,
             and
             desired
             the
             Priest
             that
             he
             would
             tell
             it
             him
             .
             To
             the
             which
             ,
             that
             man
             who
             feared
             God
             ,
             in
             down-right
             weeping
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             could
             not
             chuse
             but
             weep
             when
             he
             saw
             any
             gifts
             brought
             to
             the
             Temple
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             put
             him
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             ancient
             piety
             of
             men
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             who
             endeavoured
             to
             inrich
             the
             Temples
             with
             what
             they
             had
             of
             most
             pretious
             ,
             and
             thought
             those
             Vessels
             of
             Gold
             and
             pretious
             Stones
             very
             necessary
             for
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             which
             men
             now
             adaies
             ,
             unmindful
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             ,
             and
             more
             in
             love
             with
             their
             own
             accommodation
             ,
             then
             with
             the
             honor
             of
             God
             ,
             appropriate
             to
             themselvs
             even
             in
             things
             of
             basest
             imployments
             :
             And
             that
             the
             present
             condition
             of
             the
             true
             Religion
             was
             in
             some
             States
             infinitely
             deplorable
             ;
             for
             whereas
             formerly
             the
             wealth
             of
             sacred
             things
             served
             to
             augment
             true
             piety
             ,
             and
             to
             add
             to
             the
             greatness
             and
             Majestie
             of
             Religion
             ,
             they
             were
             now
             become
             T●…umpets
             which
             summoned
             Thieves
             to
             come
             from
             wicked
             caves
             ,
             and
             rob
             the
             sacred
             Patrimony
             of
             God
             and
             of
             his
             Saints
             .
             And
             that
             they
             were
             the
             more
             wicked
             thefts
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             authors
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             gild
             them
             over
             with
             the
             spacious
             name
             of
             Reformed
             Religion
             .
             Nay
             the
             ignorance
             of
             some
             people
             is
             grown
             to
             such
             a
             height
             ,
             as
             they
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             to
             deform
             the
             ancient
             Religion
             ,
             so
             constantly
             believed
             by
             their
             Fathers
             ,
             Grandfathers
             ,
             and
             great
             Grandfathers
             ,
             by
             gormandizing
             ,
             thefts
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             sort
             of
             libidinousness
             ,
             is
             the
             next
             way
             to
             reform
             it
             :
             As
             if
             to
             plunder
             a
             man
             ,
             to
             rob
             and
             kill
             him
             ,
             would
             be
             believed
             by
             any
             man
             that
             is
             in
             his
             right
             wits
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             next
             way
             to
             clothe
             him
             ,
             to
             honor
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             him
             from
             death
             to
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               forbids
               the
               Shepherds
               of
               Arcadia
               to
               fatten
               Hogs
               any
               more
               ;
               and
               being
               earnestly
               intreated
               to
               revoke
               that
               his
               Decree
               ,
               denies
               to
               do
               it
               .
            
          
           
             BY
             Letters
             of
             the
             18
             of
             this
             present
             sent
             from
             Arcadia
             ,
             certain
             news
             is
             come
             of
             the
             Commandment
             given
             by
             Order
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             
               Titerus
               ,
               Co●…idon
               ,
               Mi●…as
               ,
               Melibeus
               ,
            
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             that
             Country
             ,
             that
             upon
             pain
             of
             severe
             punishment
             ,
             they
             must
             no
             longer
             dare
             to
             fatten
             Hogs
             .
             The
             people
             of
             those
             parts
             were
             generally
             so
             troubled
             at
             this
             news
             ,
             as
             this
             morning
             ,
             Montanus
             and
             Damon
             ,
             two
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Shepherds
             of
             that
             Province
             came
             to
             Apollo
             in
             name
             of
             all
             the
             Arcadian
             Shepherds
             ;
             who
             humbly
             desired
             his
             Majesty
             not
             to
             deprive
             them
             of
             their
             choicest
             cates
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             hogs-flesh
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             did
             so
             plentifully
             feed
             their
             Families
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             loved
             Husbandmen
             and
             Shepherds
             better
             then
             Nobility
             ,
             because
             men
             that
             bring
             in
             profit
             and
             advantage
             ,
             deserve
             to
             be
             better
             beloved
             by
             Princes
             ,
             then
             such
             as
             are
             rather
             prejudicial
             then
             of
             any
             use
             ;
             but
             that
             having
             publisht
             his
             Edict
             for
             many
             respects
             ,
             and
             by
             mature
             delibration
             ,
             he
             would
             by
             no
             means
             recall
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             Pagan
             avarice
             had
             learnt
             an
             execrable
             politick
             precept
             ,
             from
             the
             usefull
             custom
             of
             Husbandmen
             ,
             of
             fatning
             Hogs
             in
             the
             Autumn
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             kill
             them
             at
             Winter
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               It
               being
               observed
               that
               
                 Pero
                 Trasea
              
               ,
               in
               company
               of
               his
               son
               in
               Law
               
                 Elvidius
                 Priseo
              
               ,
               frequented
               the
               houses
               of
               the
               chiefest
               Poet
               esses
               of
               Parnassus
               ;
               He
               is
               severely
               reprehended
               for
               it
               by
               
                 Apollo
                 ▪
              
            
          
           
             IT
             hath
             been
             observed
             by
             such
             Vertuosi
             who
             delight
             to
             pry
             into
             other
             mens
             actions
             ,
             that
             
               Pero
               Trasea
            
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             his
             son
             in
             Law
             ,
             
               Elvidius
               Priseo
            
             ,
             did
             very
             much
             frequent
             the
             houses
             of
             the
             Lady
             
               Victoria
               Colonna
            
             ,
             the
             Lady
             
               Veronica
               Gambera
            
             ,
             and
             other
             chief
             Lady-Poets
             of
             this
             Court
             :
             And
             although
             the
             extraordinary
             good
             opinion
             which
             is
             generally
             held
             of
             Trasea's
             honesty
             ,
             makes
             it
             very
             hard
             to
             believed
             that
             so
             grave
             a
             Senator
             can
             commit
             a
             foul
             fact
             ;
             yet
             the
             great
             frequency
             of
             his
             visits
             ,
             and
             the
             length
             of
             them
             ,
             hath
             occasioned
             such
             scandal
             even
             amongst
             the
             best
             men
             ,
             as
             the
             unseemliness
             thereof
             hath
             come
             to
             Apollo's
             knowledg
             :
             Who
             to
             
             quench
             the
             flames
             of
             murmur
             ,
             sent
             for
             Tresea
             two
             daies
             ago
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             charged
             him
             to
             acquaint
             him
             with
             the
             business
             which
             he
             had
             with
             those
             Ladies
             ?
             Trasea
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             went
             to
             those
             Ladies
             only
             to
             exercise
             his
             charity
             in
             reading
             every
             day
             a
             Chapter
             in
             
               Boetius
               Severinus
               ,
               De
               Consolatione
               Philosophiae
               .
               Apollo
            
             seemed
             to
             be
             much
             offended
             with
             this
             answer
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             said
             ,
             Trasea
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             merit
             favour
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             love
             from
             men
             ,
             by
             using
             your
             endeavors
             to
             consolate
             the
             afflicted
             ,
             go
             comfort
             those
             miserable
             wretches
             who
             lie
             perishing
             in
             Hospitals
             ,
             and
             those
             unfortunate
             people
             that
             are
             led
             to
             the
             Gallows
             :
             for
             to
             spend
             whole
             daies
             like
             Sardenapalus
             ,
             amongst
             women
             ,
             and
             hope
             to
             make
             men
             believe
             that
             you
             exercise
             there
             only
             your
             spiritual
             parts
             ,
             is
             a
             piece
             of
             hypocrisie
             able
             to
             move
             laughter
             in
             fools
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             those
             burst
             for
             anger
             ,
             who
             know
             that
             men
             who
             go
             often
             to
             the
             Mill
             are
             easily
             bemealed
             ;
             and
             a
             man
             of
             your
             parts
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             when
             a
             woman
             conceives
             twins
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             both
             male
             children
             ,
             they
             are
             wrapt
             within
             one
             Filme
             ;
             and
             so
             likewise
             if
             they
             be
             both
             females
             :
             but
             if
             the
             one
             be
             male
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             female
             ,
             wise
             Nature
             parts
             the
             female
             from
             the
             male
             ,
             in
             a
             particular
             Filme
             .
             So
             as
             Nature
             by
             not
             confiding
             in
             the
             cohabitation
             of
             a
             brother
             with
             a
             sister
             ,
             in
             so
             tender
             age
             ,
             teacheth
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             people
             cannot
             be
             secure
             even
             of
             such
             as
             you
             are
             :
             and
             he
             who
             relies
             upon
             his
             own
             strength
             ,
             Trasea
             ,
             in
             such
             like
             occasions
             ,
             is
             more
             rash
             then
             wise
             .
             And
             because
             these
             disorders
             ought
             to
             be
             corrected
             ,
             both
             for
             your
             reputation
             and
             mine
             ;
             I
             straitly
             command
             you
             ,
             That
             for
             the
             future
             you
             forbear
             such
             dangerous
             doings
             ;
             for
             the
             world
             is
             not
             so
             great
             a
             blockhead
             (
             as
             I
             perceive
             you
             foolishly
             conceive
             )
             but
             that
             it
             very
             well
             knows
             that
             visits
             made
             to
             handsom
             women
             by
             such
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             after
             a
             second
             time
             grow
             suspitious
             to
             those
             that
             know
             that
             all
             men
             are
             pleased
             with
             what
             is
             handsom
             ,
             
               stimulus
               carnis
            
             is
             a
             natural
             vice
             in
             all
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             lust
             is
             no
             waies
             better
             refrained
             ,
             then
             by
             keeping
             far
             from
             fair
             creatures
             .
             Therefore
             let
             him
             that
             will
             keep
             from
             committing
             error
             ,
             avoid
             all
             occasion
             .
             And
             all
             your
             Philosophy
             cannot
             make
             a
             man
             believe
             ,
             but
             that
             every
             man
             made
             of
             flesh
             ,
             is
             pleased
             with
             a
             savory
             morsel
             :
             Wherefore
             I
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             one
             like
             you
             ,
             who
             make
             such
             profession
             of
             not
             staining
             your
             reputation
             with
             the
             spots
             of
             lasciviousness
             ,
             ought
             to
             shun
             all
             that
             allure
             thereunto
             :
             for
             it
             is
             not
             only
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             folly
             ;
             but
             an
             infinite
             rashness
             ,
             worthy
             to
             be
             punisht
             ,
             to
             make
             gun-powder
             in
             a
             Smiths
             shop
             ,
             with
             hope
             to
             make
             people
             believe
             there
             is
             no
             danger
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               chief
               Senator
               of
               Poland
               ,
               whilst
               he
               corrects
               another
               Senator
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               friend
               of
               his
               ,
               is
               made
               aware
               that
               be
               himself
               is
               he
               who
               goes
               astray
               ,
               and
               needs
               amendment
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             are
             at
             this
             time
             in
             the
             King
             of
             Polands
             Court
             ,
             two
             Senators
             ,
             who
             are
             very
             great
             friends
             ;
             the
             one
             of
             them
             professeth
             openly
             to
             be
             ill
             satisfied
             with
             his
             King
             ,
             and
             therefore
             blameth
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             the
             point
             of
             malice
             ,
             censures
             and
             cavils
             at
             all
             his
             actions
             .
             The
             other
             Senator
             was
             much
             displeased
             with
             this
             his
             friends
             manner
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             and
             went
             so
             counter-bias
             to
             this
             his
             friend
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             not
             only
             praise
             such
             actions
             of
             his
             Kings
             as
             deserved
             blame
             ,
             but
             to
             purchase
             his
             favour
             ;
             stuck
             not
             to
             do
             unworthy
             things
             himself
             .
             This
             man
             being
             much
             scandalized
             at
             his
             friends
             dangerous
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             told
             him
             one
             day
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             only
             imprudency
             ,
             but
             great
             rashness
             ,
             by
             thus
             carping
             at
             his
             Princes
             actions
             ,
             to
             irritate
             his
             hatred
             from
             whom
             he
             might
             expect
             all
             good
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             serve
             in
             Court
             ,
             meerly
             to
             demerit
             the
             Princes
             favour
             ,
             was
             the
             greatest
             folly
             that
             could
             be
             committed
             .
             The
             other
             Courtier
             answered
             him
             thus
             ;
             Your
             so
             free
             reprehending
             me
             ,
             clearly
             shews
             the
             cordial
             affection
             you
             return
             for
             the
             great
             love
             I
             bear
             you
             ;
             and
             I
             thank
             you
             for
             it
             :
             But
             know
             that
             both
             we
             aim
             at
             the
             same
             end
             of
             acquiring
             the
             highest
             preferments
             and
             dignities
             in
             Court
             ,
             though
             we
             take
             contrary
             courses
             .
             You
             walk
             the
             usual
             and
             beaten
             way
             ,
             but
             I
             take
             a
             neerer
             cut
             ,
             which
             is
             only
             known
             to
             the
             most
             accomplisht
             Courtiers
             ;
             and
             I
             foretell
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             likely
             to
             compass
             my
             ends
             sooner
             then
             you
             .
             In
             hereditary
             Monarchies
             ,
             where
             the
             brother
             ,
             children
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             bloud-royal
             ,
             do
             together
             with
             the
             State
             inherit
             usually
             the
             friendships
             ,
             enmities
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Interests
             of
             the
             deceased
             Prince
             ,
             the
             way
             you
             take
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             first
             taught
             you
             by
             Tacitus
             (
             that
             the
             favor
             of
             them
             that
             rule
             ,
             must
             be
             forced
             from
             them
             even
             by
             indignities
             )
             is
             admirable
             good
             .
             But
             in
             an
             elective
             State
             ,
             as
             our
             Poland
             is
             ,
             and
             particularly
             under
             an
             old
             King
             ,
             who
             may
             justly
             be
             thought
             not
             likely
             to
             live
             long
             ;
             the
             way
             I
             take
             to
             seem
             displeased
             at
             the
             Court
             proceedings
             ,
             is
             the
             safer
             for
             such
             a
             one
             as
             I
             am
             .
             And
             the
             advertisement
             given
             to
             men
             ,
             to
             be
             either
             exceeding
             hot
             ,
             or
             passing
             cold
             in
             their
             actions
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             all
             means
             they
             should
             shun
             lukewarmness
             ,
             was
             worthy
             of
             him
             that
             gave
             it
             .
             The
             first
             Court-preferments
             by
             which
             men
             proceed
             to
             the
             highest
             dignities
             ,
             you
             see
             they
             are
             already
             possest
             by
             others
             :
             So
             as
             not
             able
             to
             work
             my self
             into
             the
             Kings
             favour
             by
             fervency
             of
             zeal
             ,
             I
             have
             betaken
             my self
             to
             the
             other
             extremity
             of
             being
             all
             snow
             ,
             by
             appearing
             mal-content
             .
             And
             you
             ,
             who
             for
             what
             I
             see
             ,
             have
             not
             the
             fortune
             to
             burn
             in
             the
             favour
             of
             our
             Prince
             ,
             and
             do
             abhor
             to
             fly
             to
             the
             other
             extream
             of
             freezing
             in
             discontent
             of
             the
             present
             state
             ,
             I
             prognosticate
             for
             certain
             that
             by
             being
             lukewarm
             ,
             you
             will
             part
             old
             and
             gray-headed
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             just
             in
             the
             same
             condition
             as
             you
             came
             thither
             
             young
             and
             beardless
             :
             For
             in
             Elective
             Kingdoms
             the
             new
             comer
             in
             ,
             being
             usually
             an
             enemy
             ,
             no
             less
             to
             the
             firiends
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             actions
             of
             his
             predecessor
             ;
             those
             who
             were
             friends
             to
             the
             former
             Government
             ,
             are
             abhor'd
             ,
             as
             not
             confiding
             ;
             those
             who
             are
             lukewarm
             ,
             are
             shun'd
             as
             foolish
             ;
             and
             the
             malcontents
             are
             diligently
             sought
             after
             ,
             and
             allowed
             to
             come
             under
             the
             Cloth
             of
             State
             ,
             as
             deer
             friends
             ,
             and
             secure
             instruments
             to
             perpetuate
             their
             greatness
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Controversie
               arising
               between
               the
               Governors
               of
               Pindo
               ,
               and
               of
               Libetro
               ,
               in
               point
               of
               
                 Jurisdiction
                 :
                 Apollo
              
               punisheth
               them
               both
               .
            
          
           
             SOme
             great
             fault
             being
             committed
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Libetro
             ,
             the
             Governor
             of
             the
             place
             pursues
             the
             Delinquents
             with
             his
             whole
             rout
             of
             Serjeants
             and
             Catchpools
             ,
             and
             overtakes
             them
             in
             the
             Territory
             of
             Pindo
             :
             He
             besiegeth
             them
             in
             a
             Countreymans
             house
             ,
             which
             he
             soon
             begirts
             with
             his
             men
             ,
             and
             threatnes
             to
             burn
             it
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             not
             render
             themselves
             .
             This
             mean
             while
             the
             Governor
             of
             Pindo
             hearing
             of
             this
             uprore
             ,
             comes
             to
             that
             place
             to
             defend
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             and
             brings
             along
             many
             armed
             men
             with
             him
             :
             And
             finds
             that
             the
             besieged
             had
             already
             delivered
             themselves
             up
             into
             the
             Governor
             of
             Libetro's
             hands
             ,
             who
             led
             them
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             in
             his
             own
             Country
             .
             The
             Governor
             of
             Pindo
             complains
             bitterly
             of
             the
             injury
             done
             to
             him
             in
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             and
             demands
             that
             the
             prisoners
             be
             again
             assigned
             over
             unto
             him
             ;
             which
             he
             promises
             to
             restore
             within
             a
             few
             daies
             ;
             when
             by
             the
             former
             assignation
             ,
             he
             might
             be
             somewhat
             repaired
             in
             his
             reputation
             .
             But
             the
             Governor
             of
             Libetro
             did
             not
             only
             deny
             to
             do
             so
             ,
             but
             made
             the
             prisoners
             march
             the
             faster
             into
             his
             own
             Territories
             .
             He
             of
             Pindus
             ,
             provoked
             by
             so
             great
             a
             scorn
             ,
             commanded
             his
             men
             to
             fall
             on
             ,
             and
             by
             force
             to
             bring
             back
             the
             prisoners
             ,
             who
             being
             valiantly
             defended
             by
             those
             of
             Libetro
             ,
             so
             foul
             and
             bloudy
             a
             scuffle
             insued
             ,
             as
             many
             were
             wounded
             .
             The
             news
             hereof
             was
             soon
             brought
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             being
             highly
             distasted
             with
             both
             those
             his
             Officers
             ,
             commanded
             the
             Provost-Marshal
             of
             
               Campagnia
               ,
               Alvigi
               ,
               Pulci
            
             ,
             to
             bring
             them
             bound
             before
             him
             ,
             in
             a
             shameful
             manner
             which
             was
             soon
             done
             .
             His
             Majesty
             with
             great
             patience
             first
             heard
             the
             reasons
             alleadged
             by
             both
             those
             his
             Officers
             ;
             and
             then
             judging
             the
             Governor
             of
             Libetro
             to
             be
             in
             the
             wrong
             ,
             for
             having
             rashly
             disturbed
             another
             mans
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             he
             deprived
             him
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             and
             declared
             him
             incapable
             of
             ever
             having
             any
             imployment
             within
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             the
             Governor
             of
             Pindo
             ,
             whom
             he
             acknowledged
             to
             have
             reason
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             he
             condemned
             him
             to
             the
             Gallies
             for
             ten
             years
             ;
             laying
             so
             heavie
             a
             sentence
             upon
             him
             ,
             thereby
             to
             teach
             him
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Officers
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             serve
             under
             the
             same
             Prince
             ,
             must
             defend
             their
             right
             of
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             only
             with
             their
             pen
             ,
             and
             reserve
             their
             arms
             till
             they
             should
             be
             disturbed
             by
             Forreiners
             .
             The
             Governor
             of
             Pindo
             bewailed
             his
             misfortune
             bitterly
             ,
             being
             sorry
             ,
             that
             having
             so
             fair
             an
             occasion
             to
             deserve
             well
             at
             his
             Masters
             hands
             ,
             by
             shewing
             his
             own
             modesty
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             and
             the
             others
             impertinency
             ,
             he
             had
             ignorantly
             turned
             anothers
             rashness
             into
             his
             own
             fault
             .
             A
             sad
             thing
             certainly
             ,
             and
             worthy
             to
             be
             considered
             by
             all
             Princes
             Officers
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             shews
             it
             is
             a
             great
             error
             to
             refrain
             impertinences
             by
             insolencies
             ,
             and
             to
             amend
             a
             fault
             by
             a
             trespass
             :
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               sentenceth
               
                 Hanibal
                 Caro
              
               to
               pay
               his
               forfeited
               security
               ,
               for
               the
               wounds
               which
               he
               gave
               Castelvetro
               .
            
          
           
             AFter
             the
             disimprisonment
             of
             the
             Commendador
             
               Hanibal
               Caro
            
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             was
             pardon'd
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             when
             he
             visited
             the
             prisons
             ,
             Bossio
             ,
             the
             Atorny-general
             ,
             pretending
             that
             his
             Maj.
             had
             only
             pardon'd
             the
             punishment
             ,
             for
             having
             wounded
             Castelvetro
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             monies
             which
             he
             by
             breach
             of
             security
             had
             forfeited
             ,
             
               De
               non
               offendendo
            
             ,
             cited
             the
             Fernesi
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             sureties
             to
             pay
             the
             3000
             crowns
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             covenanted
             forfeiture
             .
             Caro
             ,
             who
             conceiv'd
             he
             had
             received
             ful
             and
             plenary
             pardon
             for
             the
             one
             fault
             ,
             as
             wel
             as
             for
             the
             other
             ,
             put
             his
             Maj.
             in
             mind
             thereof
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             complained
             of
             the
             trouble
             given
             him
             by
             the
             Atorny-general
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             intended
             only
             to
             pardon
             the
             excess
             committed
             in
             wounding
             ,
             not
             the
             monies
             covenanted
             for
             for
             security
             ;
             and
             gave
             order
             that
             without
             further
             reply
             ,
             the
             forfeiture
             should
             be
             paid
             to
             Castelvetro
             .
             The
             Atorney-general
             ,
             when
             he
             heard
             his
             Maj.
             Order
             ,
             hasted
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             forfeiture
             being
             made
             payable
             to
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             paid
             to
             Castelvetro
             .
             This
             Custom
             appeared
             so
             new
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             in
             anger
             to
             Bossio
             ,
             Shall
             Castelvetro
             be
             prejudiced
             by
             being
             wounded
             ,
             and
             shal
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             monies
             redound
             to
             me
             ?
             Is
             there
             such
             a
             Custom
             as
             this
             introduced
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             the
             Laws
             wherof
             I
             intend
             should
             serve
             for
             a
             rule
             of
             the
             best
             government
             to
             all
             other
             places
             ?
             Bossio
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             the
             custom
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             all
             the
             Tribunals
             of
             Italy
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             most
             places
             of
             
               Europe
               .
               Apollo
            
             growing
             still
             more
             incenst
             against
             Bossio
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Prince
             who
             would
             maintain
             peace
             amongst
             his
             people
             ,
             ought
             rather
             to
             forbid
             faults
             upon
             pain
             of
             severe
             punishments
             ,
             then
             foment
             them
             with
             easie
             chastisements
             ,
             and
             make
             base
             merchandize
             of
             mans
             bloud
             .
             And
             that
             in
             carnal
             pleasures
             ,
             in
             pleasing
             the
             pallat
             ,
             in
             delights
             of
             hunting
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             enjoyment
             of
             other
             worldly
             contents
             ,
             since
             men
             were
             too
             naturally
             given
             to
             evil
             ,
             and
             were
             therein
             p●…odigal
             beyond
             their
             power
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             perceive
             that
             men
             were
             invited
             to
             revenge
             offences
             ,
             by
             introducing
             so
             scandalous
             a
             custom
             ,
             revenge
             being
             to
             mans
             depraved
             genius
             ,
             the
             greatest
             contentment
             and
             satisfaction
             that
             can
             be
             taken
             :
             and
             therefore
             bad
             him
             go
             and
             see
             that
             Caro
             made
             paiment
             of
             the
             3000
             crowns
             which
             were
             forfeited
             ,
             not
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             but
             to
             Castelvetro's
             self
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             reason
             that
             he
             should
             receive
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             monies
             ,
             who
             had
             been
             prejudiced
             by
             wounds
             .
             What
             his
             Majesty
             had
             commanded
             ,
             was
             forthwith
             put
             in
             execution
             :
             And
             because
             Caro
             made
             resistance
             ,
             not
             only
             because
             he
             would
             not
             do
             the
             Office
             himself
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             shewed
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             passion
             even
             whilst
             he
             told
             out
             the
             money
             ,
             every
             one
             clearly
             perceived
             that
             his
             Majesty
             had
             very
             discreetly
             foreseen
             ,
             that
             the
             vexation
             to
             do
             a
             mans
             enemy
             good
             ,
             did
             much
             allay
             revenge
             ,
             even
             in
             those
             that
             were
             most
             given
             to
             passion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Dante
                 Aligieri
              
               being
               assaulted
               by
               night
               in
               his
               Country-house
               ,
               and
               ill
               used
               by
               some
               disguised
               Vertuosi
               ;
               is
               relieved
               by
               the
               great
               French
               Ronsard
               .
            
          
           
             VVHilst
             famous
             
               Dante
               Allegieri
            
             was
             the
             other
             day
             in
             a
             Country-house
             of
             his
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             built
             in
             a
             very
             solitary
             place
             to
             exercise
             his
             Poetry
             in
             ,
             some
             Litterati
             got
             secretly
             into
             his
             house
             ,
             where
             they
             did
             not
             only
             take
             him
             prisoner
             ,
             but
             holding
             a
             dagger
             at
             his
             throat
             ,
             and
             harquebuses
             at
             his
             sides
             ,
             they
             threatned
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             unless
             he
             would
             tell
             them
             the
             true
             Title
             of
             his
             Poem
             ,
             whether
             he
             called
             it
             Comedy
             ,
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             or
             Heroick
             Poem
             :
             And
             Dante
             answering
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             used
             him
             not
             like
             one
             of
             his
             quality
             ,
             and
             that
             if
             they
             would
             ask
             him
             the
             question
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             would
             satisfie
             them
             :
             The
             Litterati
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             their
             desire
             immediately
             ,
             beat
             and
             buffeted
             him
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             able
             by
             these
             insolencies
             to
             compass
             their
             intents
             ,
             they
             grew
             so
             outragious
             ,
             as
             taking
             the
             rope
             which
             hung
             upon
             the
             bucket
             by
             the
             well
             side
             ,
             they
             fastned
             it
             to
             a
             beam
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             went
             about
             to
             hang
             Dante
             therewith
             ;
             who
             cry'd
             out
             ,
             Help
             ,
             help
             ,
             murder
             ,
             murder
             ;
             and
             so
             great
             was
             the
             noise
             he
             made
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             heard
             by
             Ronsard
             the
             Prince
             of
             French
             Poets
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             Country-house
             not
             far
             from
             that
             of
             Dante
             :
             This
             generous
             Frenchman
             took
             up
             his
             sword
             immediately
             ,
             and
             ran
             towards
             the
             noise
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Litterati
             fearing
             lest
             some
             others
             might
             be
             with
             Ronsard
             ,
             ran
             away
             ;
             but
             not
             so
             soon
             but
             that
             the
             Frenchman
             both
             saw
             and
             knew
             them
             .
             Dante
             was
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             clothed
             ,
             and
             brought
             to
             Parnassus
             by
             Ronsard
             ;
             where
             the
             news
             of
             so
             foul
             a
             riot
             being
             heard
             ,
             Apollo
             was
             very
             much
             grieved
             at
             it
             ;
             and
             his
             honor
             pressing
             him
             to
             know
             the
             Delinquents
             ,
             he
             first
             examined
             Dante
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             all
             that
             had
             past
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             knew
             not
             who
             they
             were
             that
             had
             dealt
             so
             inhumanly
             with
             him
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             might
             be
             that
             Ronsard
             ,
             who
             had
             not
             only
             seen
             them
             ,
             but
             had
             severely
             reprehended
             them
             for
             that
             their
             insolency
             ,
             might
             peradventure
             know
             them
             .
             Ronsard
             was
             forthwith
             sent
             for
             ,
             who
             denied
             not
             only
             that
             he
             knew
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             said
             he
             had
             not
             seen
             them
             .
             The
             Judges
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             contrariety
             between
             what
             Dante
             had
             said
             ,
             and
             Ronsards
             Deposition
             ,
             feared
             that
             the
             Frenchman
             ,
             thinking
             it
             a
             base
             thing
             to
             accuse
             any
             man
             ,
             would
             not
             discover
             the
             Delinquents
             .
             When
             Apollo
             heard
             of
             this
             ,
             he
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             Ronsard
             ,
             and
             commanded
             to
             give
             him
             the
             Rack
             :
             Wherefore
             Ronsard
             was
             quickly
             secured
             ,
             who
             persisting
             in
             his
             denial
             ,
             the
             Judges
             gave
             order
             that
             he
             should
             be
             put
             to
             the
             rack
             ,
             as
             one
             who
             was
             likely
             to
             know
             somewhat
             .
             Ronsard
             being
             stript
             ,
             bound
             ,
             and
             bidden
             to
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             was
             raised
             from
             the
             ground
             .
             The
             generous
             Frenchman
             ,
             instead
             of
             complaining
             ,
             as
             is
             usual
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             desired
             the
             Judges
             that
             they
             would
             not
             let
             him
             down
             all
             that
             day
             ,
             affirming
             that
             he
             held
             it
             too
             inestimable
             a
             content
             ,
             rather
             to
             suffer
             so
             ,
             then
             to
             offend
             any
             one
             .
             The
             Judges
             finding
             by
             this
             his
             constancy
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             do
             no
             good
             by
             the
             rope
             ,
             caused
             Ronsard
             to
             be
             let
             down
             ,
             and
             began
             to
             think
             upon
             some
             other
             torment
             ;
             and
             of
             as
             many
             as
             were
             propounded
             ,
             the
             Judges
             liked
             none
             better
             then
             that
             which
             Perillo's
             devilish
             wit
             found
             out
             ;
             who
             said
             ,
             that
             a
             better
             way
             to
             torment
             a
             Frenchman
             ,
             then
             either
             ropes
             or
             fire
             ,
             was
             to
             set
             him
             without
             either
             spur
             or
             switch
             ,
             upon
             a
             slow
             dul
             horse
             :
             and
             so
             they
             did
             .
             It
             was
             a
             miraculous
             thing
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             Ronsard
             was
             no
             sooner
             set
             on
             horseback
             ,
             but
             belabouring
             
             him
             with
             his
             legs
             ,
             wrying
             his
             body
             twenty
             several
             waies
             ,
             and
             shaking
             the
             bridle
             to
             make
             the
             horse
             go
             fast
             ,
             he
             grew
             to
             such
             impatiency
             ,
             and
             was
             surprised
             with
             such
             an
             agony
             of
             mind
             ,
             as
             being
             quite
             out
             of
             breath
             ,
             he
             cryed
             to
             the
             Serjeants
             that
             were
             by
             his
             side
             ,
             Take
             me
             down
             ,
             friends
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             dead
             ;
             take
             me
             down
             quickly
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             tell
             all
             ;
             and
             let
             them
             suffer
             the
             punishment
             that
             have
             done
             the
             fault
             :
             Those
             you
             enquire
             after
             ,
             were
             ,
             
               Monsignor
               Carrieri
            
             of
             
               Padua
               ,
               Iacapo
               Mazzoni
            
             of
             Cesena
             ,
             and
             another
             whom
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             but
             you
             may
             know
             from
             the
             other
             two
             that
             I
             have
             named
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               All
               the
               Princes
               of
               the
               world
               beseech
               Apollo
               that
               he
               wil
               insert
               into
               their
               people
               the
               love
               of
               their
               Country
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Ambossador
             from
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             who
             came
             long
             since
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             had
             on
             Thursday
             long
             audience
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             report
             is
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             his
             Princes
             ,
             he
             made
             a
             sore
             complaint
             ,
             that
             their
             people
             committed
             every
             day
             such
             shameful
             excesses
             ,
             so
             inormous
             actions
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             had
             made
             the
             art
             of
             Reigning
             much
             more
             difficult
             then
             it
             was
             :
             That
             they
             were
             so
             far
             advanced
             in
             their
             disorders
             ,
             as
             a
             Prince
             could
             not
             now
             give
             a
             City
             ,
             or
             any
             strong
             Hold
             in
             custody
             to
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             without
             running
             evident
             danger
             of
             being
             in
             a
             short
             time
             treacherously
             assassinated
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             could
             not
             be
             so
             circumspect
             nor
             wary
             in
             chusing
             a
             Captain-General
             ,
             or
             other
             Officer
             of
             War
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             were
             soon
             brought
             into
             the
             sad
             condition
             of
             being
             forced
             to
             fear
             their
             servant
             friend
             ,
             then
             their
             Prince
             enemy
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             peoples
             iniquity
             was
             no
             less
             ,
             then
             the
             Commanders
             perfidiousness
             :
             For
             their
             people
             were
             so
             shamefully
             given
             over
             to
             a
             vitious
             curiosity
             ,
             as
             they
             began
             in
             a
             short
             time
             to
             hate
             any
             Prince
             ,
             how
             good
             soever
             ;
             shewing
             the
             same
             desire
             and
             liking
             to
             change
             Princes
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             to
             change
             meat
             at
             their
             tables
             :
             That
             hence
             it
             arose
             ,
             that
             Princes
             in
             their
             greatest
             needs
             were
             not
             only
             not
             assisted
             by
             their
             people
             ,
             and
             defended
             by
             them
             with
             that
             affection
             and
             charity
             as
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             every
             day
             seen
             how
             they
             were
             shamefully
             betrayed
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             for
             a
             little
             money
             sold
             to
             their
             enemies
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Princes
             had
             at
             last
             learnt
             ,
             that
             for
             certain
             all
             these
             evils
             were
             occasioned
             through
             the
             little
             love
             which
             people
             bore
             unto
             their
             Countries
             ;
             and
             that
             Rome
             ,
             the
             Queen
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             Mother
             of
             Empire
             ,
             could
             succesfully
             extend
             the
             Confines
             of
             her
             Dominion
             from
             the
             East
             to
             the
             West
             ,
             only
             by
             means
             of
             the
             cordial
             love
             which
             her
             Citizens
             bore
             her
             :
             That
             whereas
             amongst
             them
             ,
             banishment
             was
             as
             terrible
             as
             death
             ,
             many
             modern
             Princes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             be
             without
             Subjects
             ,
             nor
             have
             their
             Countries
             unpeopled
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             forbid
             men
             the
             forgoing
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             forfeiting
             their
             Estates
             .
             That
             therefore
             all
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             world
             did
             jointly
             signifie
             unto
             his
             Maj.
             that
             all
             the
             remedies
             they
             could
             use
             against
             this
             so
             grievous
             evil
             ,
             had
             proved
             invalid
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             they
             humbly
             intreated
             him
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             insert
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             subjects
             ,
             that
             fervent
             charity
             ,
             and
             that
             immence
             love
             unto
             their
             Countries
             ,
             as
             was
             seen
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Subjects
             of
             Commonwealths
             ,
             and
             wherein
             doubtlesly
             the
             
             chief
             greatness
             ,
             and
             richest
             treasure
             lay
             ,
             of
             whosoever
             reigned
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             the
             Ambassador
             ,
             That
             Princes
             might
             make
             their
             Subjects
             love
             their
             Countries
             much
             better
             then
             he
             could
             by
             good
             Government
             ,
             and
             equal
             Justice
             ,
             and
             by
             liberality
             ,
             and
             procuring
             them
             perpetual
             abundance
             :
             For
             that
             all
             men
             ,
             who
             by
             natural
             instinct
             ,
             bore
             an
             excessive
             love
             to
             whatsoever
             Country
             they
             were
             born
             in
             ,
             were
             easily
             induced
             not
             to
             love
             it
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             made
             odious
             to
             them
             by
             incommodious
             living
             :
             For
             men
             would
             rather
             be
             benumn'd
             with
             cold
             ,
             then
             stand
             by
             a
             fire
             ,
             which
             filling
             the
             house
             with
             smoak
             ,
             made
             their
             eyes
             water
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               wakes
               a
               general
               hunting
               of
               Pismires
               and
               Tortoises
               ,
               as
               being
               both
               of
               them
               Beasts
               of
               evil
               example
               to
               mankind
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             morning
             
               Zenofon
               ,
               Apollos
            
             Master-Hunt
             ,
             gave
             order
             to
             
               Acteon
               ,
               Adonis
            
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             other
             chiefest
             hunters
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             ready
             with
             their
             dogs
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             for
             that
             his
             Majesty
             was
             resolved
             to
             make
             then
             a
             general
             hunting
             ;
             and
             every
             one
             thinking
             that
             Apollo
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             custom
             ,
             would
             have
             gon
             to
             the
             Mountain
             Ida
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Hill
             of
             Helicon
             ,
             w●…ere
             were
             great
             store
             of
             Gotes
             ,
             Stags
             ,
             Wild
             Bores
             ,
             and
             other
             wild
             beasts
             ;
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             he
             came
             forth
             of
             the
             Gate
             ,
             declared
             the
             intended
             Chase
             to
             be
             against
             Pismires
             and
             Tortoises
             ;
             which
             he
             said
             he
             intended
             to
             rout
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             for
             the
             great
             benifit
             of
             mankind
             .
          
           
             Then
             many
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             desirous
             to
             know
             why
             his
             Majesty
             had
             conceived
             such
             anger
             against
             those
             animals
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             they
             thought
             the
             Tortoise
             was
             not
             only
             the
             emblem
             of
             mature
             delay
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             type
             of
             those
             poor
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             carried
             the
             houses
             of
             their
             patrimony
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             substance
             of
             Learning
             about
             with
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             Pismires
             ,
             which
             taught
             men
             to
             labour
             in
             the
             summer
             of
             their
             youth
             ,
             to
             lay
             up
             food
             for
             the
             winter
             of
             their
             age
             ,
             ought
             rather
             be
             assisted
             then
             pursued
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             an
             admirable
             example
             of
             Providence
             .
             To
             these
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             what
             they
             had
             said
             ,
             was
             true
             ;
             but
             that
             all
             men
             being
             more
             inclined
             to
             vice
             then
             to
             vertue
             ,
             had
             learnt
             most
             scandalous
             examples
             from
             those
             animals
             '
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             imitate
             them
             in
             their
             good
             things
             :
             for
             some
             passionately
             given
             to
             avarice
             ,
             and
             being
             shamefully
             inslayed
             to
             their
             own
             Interests
             ,
             had
             learnt
             the
             wicked
             custom
             of
             keeping
             continually
             with
             their
             head
             ,
             feet
             ,
             hands
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             their
             members
             ,
             hid
             within
             the
             husk
             of
             their
             interest
             ,
             and
             to
             carry
             about
             them
             the
             houses
             of
             their
             own
             commodities
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             sordidness
             and
             obstinacy
             never
             to
             come
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             had
             made
             the
             sole
             interest
             of
             peculiar
             utility
             their
             Idol
             ,
             only
             from
             the
             Tortoise
             :
             Whence
             it
             happened
             that
             such
             as
             these
             ,
             when
             they
             wer
             made
             use
             of
             to
             take
             upon
             them
             
             the
             care
             of
             widows
             and
             orphans
             ,
             they
             presently
             turned
             them
             to
             their
             own
             advantage
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             men
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             imployed
             by
             Princes
             in
             publick
             affairs
             ,
             the
             very
             first
             day
             of
             their
             Magistracy
             they
             began
             to
             draw
             the
             water
             to
             their
             own
             Mill.
             And
             that
             as
             for
             the
             Pismires
             ,
             many
             had
             learnt
             from
             them
             the
             unhappy
             example
             of
             toyling
             and
             moyling
             both
             day
             and
             night
             ,
             not
             ever
             taking
             so
             much
             as
             one
             hour
             of
             lawfull
             recreation
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             heap
             up
             by
             all
             ,
             yea
             though
             unlawful
             means
             ,
             the
             grain
             of
             that
             wealth
             ,
             which
             was
             afterwards
             mar'd
             by
             the
             rain
             of
             Gods
             anger
             ,
             or
             stolne
             away
             by
             mice
             ,
             by
             thieves
             ,
             Serjeants
             ,
             Judges
             ,
             Atorneys
             ,
             who
             alwaies
             lie
             in
             wait
             for
             the
             wealth
             of
             these
             avaritious
             wretches
             ,
             who
             like
             Pismires
             ,
             not
             caring
             (
             though
             they
             abound
             in
             all
             things
             )
             to
             be
             lean
             and
             ill-favoured
             ,
             suffering
             like
             dogs
             in
             their
             life
             and
             reputation
             ,
             did
             so
             drown
             themselves
             in
             their
             sordid
             scraping
             ,
             as
             they
             cared
             not
             though
             they
             were
             persecuted
             ,
             ill
             treated
             ,
             and
             troad
             upon
             by
             all
             conditions
             of
             men
             ,
             even
             as
             Pismires
             were
             .
             And
             that
             God
             having
             placed
             that
             vertuous
             providence
             which
             is
             void
             of
             all
             defect
             ,
             in
             the
             miraculous
             Bees
             ,
             men
             should
             look
             upon
             those
             ,
             and
             imitate
             them
             ,
             who
             with
             the
             love
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             without
             doing
             any
             the
             least
             harm
             ,
             build
             their
             houses
             full
             of
             honey
             taken
             from
             flowres
             ;
             whereas
             with
             the
             general
             hatred
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             Pismires
             stole
             grain
             from
             others
             grainaries
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Bees
             made
             both
             honey
             and
             wax
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             their
             own
             accommodation
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             general
             good
             of
             mankind
             :
             A
             most
             pretious
             instruction
             ;
             that
             those
             exercises
             ,
             and
             those
             imployments
             are
             holiest
             and
             most
             blest
             by
             God
             ,
             which
             have
             the
             publick
             benefit
             joyned
             to
             their
             own
             advantage
             ;
             whereas
             Pismires
             accumulated
             riches
             stolne
             from
             others
             ,
             only
             for
             their
             own
             use
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             C.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               refuseth
               to
               receive
               a
               Censure
               presented
               him
               by
               a
               Litterato
               ,
               which
               was
               made
               upon
               the
               Poem
               of
               an
               Italian
               Vertuoso
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             had
             already
             ended
             the
             toilsom
             course
             of
             day
             ,
             when
             descending
             in
             his
             radient
             Charriot
             to
             the
             West
             ,
             a
             Vertuoso
             ,
             whose
             name
             Menante
             doth
             wisely
             conceal
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             drawing
             some
             mischief
             upon
             himself
             ,
             came
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             presented
             his
             Majestie
             with
             a
             very
             severe
             censure
             which
             he
             had
             made
             upon
             the
             Poem
             of
             an
             Italian
             Vertuoso
             .
             Apollo
             did
             openly
             appear
             to
             be
             so
             little
             satisfied
             with
             that
             present
             ,
             as
             manifest
             signes
             of
             anger
             were
             seen
             in
             him
             :
             in
             so
             much
             as
             turning
             to
             Petrach
             who
             was
             by
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             that
             it
             was
             great
             folly
             in
             men
             who
             not
             considering
             how
             they
             were
             addicted
             to
             whom
             they
             presented
             any
             thing
             ,
             would
             offer
             spectacles
             to
             those
             that
             are
             blind
             ,
             a
             lute
             to
             him
             that
             is
             deaf
             ,
             or
             wine
             to
             an
             abstenious
             man.
             His
             Majestie
             then
             turned
             towards
             the
             Litterato
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             presented
             him
             with
             the
             Book
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             good
             of
             Melloans
             was
             
             given
             to
             such
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             the
             outside
             to
             hogs
             ;
             that
             therefore
             he
             should
             carry
             such
             trash
             as
             those
             in
             a
             cart
             to
             the
             common-shore
             ,
             or
             throw
             them
             into
             the
             river
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             present
             him
             with
             what
             of
             good
             and
             vertuous
             he
             had
             found
             in
             that
             Work
             ;
             which
             he
             would
             not
             only
             very
             willingly
             read
             ,
             but
             be
             beholding
             to
             him
             for
             it
             .
             The
             unlucky
             fellow
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             only
             minded
             the
             errors
             of
             the
             Poem
             ,
             not
             taking
             notice
             of
             such
             things
             in
             it
             as
             deserved
             praise
             .
             Whereat
             Apollo
             was
             so
             incenst
             ,
             as
             though
             at
             that
             time
             (
             as
             it
             falls
             out
             continually
             in
             his
             setting
             )
             the
             beams
             of
             his
             face
             were
             very
             much
             sweetned
             and
             allaid
             ;
             yet
             through
             anger
             his
             countenance
             grew
             as
             fiery
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             noon-day
             ,
             and
             answer'd
             that
             unlucky
             wretch
             thus
             ;
             It
             grieves
             my
             very
             heart
             to
             have
             met
             with
             one
             of
             those
             malitious
             fools
             ,
             who
             labour
             by
             their
             pens
             to
             purchase
             that
             shame
             ,
             which
             wise
             men
             so
             much
             abhor
             :
             And
             though
             your
             shameful
             demeanor
             deserves
             a
             much
             greater
             pennance
             ,
             I
             will
             at
             this
             time
             be
             content
             with
             this
             which
             I
             now
             give
             you
             :
             Pick
             out
             with
             your
             hands
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             a
             sive
             or
             fan
             ,
             all
             the
             darnel
             and
             chaf
             which
             you
             shall
             find
             in
             a
             bushel
             of
             corn
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             presently
             cause
             to
             be
             given
             you
             by
             my
             Factor
             General
             Columella
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             to
             us
             ,
             we
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             you
             shall
             do
             with
             it
             .
             The
             bushel
             of
             corn
             was
             forthwith
             delivered
             out
             unto
             him
             by
             Columella
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             ful
             of
             darnel
             and
             chaf
             ,
             as
             he
             spent
             much
             time
             in
             cleansing
             it
             ,
             and
             presented
             it
             to
             his
             Majesty
             in
             a
             great
             hand-basket
             .
             Apollo
             bad
             him
             carry
             the
             darnel
             to
             the
             Market
             and
             sell
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             freely
             give
             him
             all
             the
             money
             he
             could
             make
             of
             it
             .
             The
             silly
             soul
             said
             he
             did
             not
             only
             dispair
             to
             find
             any
             customer
             for
             that
             despicable
             commodity
             ,
             but
             that
             to
             appear
             in
             the
             Market
             with
             a
             basket
             full
             of
             such
             vile
             stuff
             ,
             would
             make
             him
             be
             laught
             at
             .
             Apollo
             bad
             him
             then
             go
             give
             the
             darnel
             to
             somebody
             ,
             and
             thereby
             purchase
             a
             new
             friend
             ;
             the
             wretch
             reply'd
             ,
             he
             durst
             not
             present
             so
             poor
             a
             thing
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             which
             if
             he
             should
             do
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             but
             derided
             .
             Then
             Apollo's
             fury
             being
             very
             much
             over
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             if
             the
             refuse
             cul'd
             from
             such
             things
             as
             were
             good
             ,
             were
             not
             fitting
             merchandize
             for
             wise
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             neither
             worth
             selling
             nor
             giving
             ,
             he
             was
             convinced
             out
             of
             his
             own
             mouth
             that
             he
             had
             been
             ill
             advised
             when
             he
             undertook
             the
             business
             of
             leaving
             the
             roses
             which
             he
             found
             in
             the
             Poem
             by
             him
             censured
             ,
             to
             make
             an
             unuseful
             and
             shameful
             collection
             of
             the
             thorns
             or
             prickles
             :
             And
             that
             in
             the
             reading
             of
             other
             mens
             labours
             ,
             the
             wary
             Vertuosi
             imitated
             the
             Bee
             ,
             which
             knew
             how
             to
             gather
             honey
             even
             from
             bitter
             flowres
             .
             And
             that
             there
             being
             no
             sublunary
             thing
             which
             was
             not
             kneaded
             with
             some
             imperfections
             ;
             some
             bran
             would
             be
             found
             in
             the
             Works
             of
             
               Homer
               ,
               Virgil
               ,
               Livy
               ,
               Tacitus
               ,
            
             and
             Hyppocrates
             ,
             who
             were
             the
             wonders
             of
             writing
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             would
             be
             curious
             in
             sifting
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             was
             satisfied
             if
             the
             flowre
             of
             his
             Vertuoso's
             Composures
             were
             currant
             merchandize
             :
             That
             the
             defects
             of
             good
             Authors
             were
             conceal'd
             by
             the
             juditious
             and
             friendly
             readers
             ,
             and
             publisht
             only
             by
             such
             as
             are
             malitious
             .
             And
             that
             to
             make
             profession
             of
             taking
             out
             the
             worst
             things
             only
             out
             of
             other
             mens
             writings
             ,
             was
             the
             office
             of
             base
             beetles
             which
             spent
             their
             lives
             with
             much
             gusto
             amidst
             the
             filth
             of
             excrements
             :
             a
             thing
             very
             far
             from
             the
             practice
             of
             those
             honoured
             Litterati
             who
             feed
             advantagiously
             upon
             good
             things
             .
             And
             that
             since
             his
             beloved
             Poets
             thought
             Time
             the
             most
             pretious
             Jewel
             which
             the
             East
             produced
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             well
             see
             how
             he
             could
             be
             so
             very
             a
             fool
             as
             to
             believe
             that
             they
             would
             cast
             away
             their
             hours
             in
             perusing
             his
             malitious
             detractions
             ,
             which
             they
             might
             advantagiously
             spend
             in
             reading
             the
             Works
             of
             
               Pindarus
               ,
               Sophocles
               ,
               Ovid
            
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             beloved
             Heracli
             .
             This
             
             unfortunate
             Censurer
             was
             no
             sooner
             parted
             full
             of
             confusion
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             when
             he
             against
             whom
             the
             Censure
             was
             made
             came
             hastily
             in
             ,
             earnestly
             desiring
             permission
             that
             he
             might
             reply
             by
             way
             of
             Apology
             to
             his
             malevolent
             friend
             .
             Apollo
             smiled
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             appeared
             as
             little
             wise
             ,
             who
             would
             by
             his
             Apology
             put
             a
             value
             upon
             other
             mens
             prating
             ,
             as
             Censurers
             appeared
             malitious
             :
             That
             it
             was
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             gross
             ignorance
             ,
             to
             lend
             an
             ear
             to
             the
             back-biting
             babling
             of
             those
             whisperers
             ,
             who
             not
             having
             sufficient
             parts
             to
             publish
             their
             own
             talents
             ,
             foolishly
             believe
             they
             may
             win
             credit
             by
             carping
             at
             others
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Travailer
             who
             being
             annoi'd
             with
             the
             noise
             of
             Grashoppers
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             scorching
             Iuly
             ,
             should
             alight
             from
             his
             horse
             to
             kill
             them
             all
             ,
             were
             a
             very
             fool
             ;
             whereas
             he
             were
             wise
             ,
             who
             though
             he
             had
             a
             pair
             of
             good
             ears
             ,
             would
             seem
             to
             be
             deaf
             ,
             pass
             on
             his
             way
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             sing
             and
             burst
             .
          
        
         
           The
           end
           of
           the
           first
           Century
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           SECOND
           CENTURY
           .
        
         
           
             The
             I.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Province
               of
               Phosides
               ,
               doth
               by
               her
               Ambassadors
               complain
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               his
               Majesties
               Officers
               do
               not
               any
               whit
               observe
               their
               priviledges
               ;
               and
               are
               not
               onely
               not
               listened
               to
               in
               what
               they
               do
               say
               ,
               but
               receive
               a
               harsh
               answer
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             well
             peopled
             Province
             of
             Phosides
             ,
             vvho
             rebelled
             some
             years
             ago
             against
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             and
             voluntarily
             submitted
             themselves
             to
             be
             governed
             by
             Apollo
             ;
             from
             whom
             they
             obtained
             such
             ample
             priviledges
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             Phosides
             might
             be
             said
             to
             live
             in
             a
             sort
             of
             liberty
             ,
             hath
             now
             sent
             her
             Ambassadors
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             to
             complain
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Officers
             ,
             who
             do
             no
             vvays
             observe
             the
             priviledges
             granted
             them
             ,
             desiring
             that
             they
             may
             be
             better
             observed
             .
             Apollo
             not
             being
             vvell
             pleased
             with
             this
             business
             ,
             referred
             it
             to
             the
             Council
             of
             State
             ,
             from
             vvhom
             tvvo
             days
             ago
             the
             Ambassadors
             received
             their
             final
             ansvver
             ,
             That
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             did
             very
             much
             vvonder
             ,
             and
             vvere
             scandalized
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             of
             Phosides
             should
             understand
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             World
             so
             little
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             knovv
             that
             Priviledges
             ,
             Exemptions
             and
             Immunities
             given
             to
             people
             nevvly
             purchased
             ,
             vvere
             like
             those
             cherries
             vvhich
             vvere
             given
             to
             little
             children
             to
             quiet
             them
             vvhen
             they
             cry
             ;
             vvhich
             vvhen
             they
             vvere
             quieted
             ,
             vvere
             taken
             from
             them
             .
             The
             Prime
             Ambassador
             stoutly
             replied
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             vvere
             the
             custom
             of
             Pernassus
             so
             foully
             to
             abuse
             simple
             people
             ,
             Phosides
             vvould
             quickly
             cry
             again
             that
             she
             might
             be
             pacified
             vvith
             cherries
             of
             nevv
             priviledges
             .
             To
             him
             
               Francis
               Guichardin
            
             ,
             Lord
             President
             of
             the
             Council
             ansvvered
             ,
             That
             they
             should
             do
             vvell
             first
             to
             consider
             their
             present
             condition
             ,
             for
             they
             should
             find
             that
             they
             had
             suffered
             themselves
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             such
             a
             point
             of
             slavery
             by
             the
             Citadels
             
             and
             strong
             Holds
             ,
             which
             in
             time
             of
             peace
             they
             had
             permitted
             to
             be
             built
             amongst
             them
             ;
             as
             if
             they
             returned
             to
             complain
             and
             cry
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             quieted
             by
             scourges
             ,
             without
             any
             danger
             to
             Apollo's
             affairs
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             II.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               makes
               use
               of
               the
               unfortunate
               Count
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               to
               frighten
               the
               Nobility
               in
               Kingdoms
               from
               rebelling
               against
               their
               natural
               Lords
               ,
               at
               the
               pressure
               of
               Foreign
               Princes
               .
            
          
           
             APPOLLO
             much
             to
             his
             displeasure
             hath
             learnt
             ,
             how
             that
             some
             Princes
             that
             they
             may
             vanquish
             their
             enemies
             ,
             do
             not
             use
             open
             force
             (
             as
             was
             the
             custom
             of
             ancient
             Hero's
             )
             with
             armed
             men
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             but
             make
             use
             of
             fraud
             and
             cozenage
             ;
             whereat
             they
             are
             so
             good
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             been
             thereby
             able
             happily
             to
             atchieve
             very
             great
             enterprizes
             :
             for
             the
             first
             arms
             that
             these
             draw
             against
             their
             enemies
             ,
             is
             shamefully
             to
             corrupt
             the
             Loyalty
             of
             other
             mens
             subjects
             ,
             and
             to
             incite
             the
             Nobles
             to
             rebel
             .
             Apollo
             to
             remedy
             so
             great
             disorders
             ,
             gave
             command
             to
             
               Iovanni
               Francisco
               Lottoni
            
             ,
             Register
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Moral
             Precepts
             ,
             that
             the
             miserable
             Count
             S.
             Paul
             ,
             for
             a
             publique
             example
             of
             very
             great
             misfortune
             ,
             should
             be
             carried
             in
             an
             open
             chair
             by
             beggars
             ,
             and
             set
             before
             the
             Porch
             of
             the
             Delphick
             Temple
             :
             This
             great
             Prince
             ,
             with
             his
             hands
             without
             fingers
             ,
             and
             so
             shamefully
             torn
             ,
             as
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             mangled
             by
             dogs
             ,
             is
             shewed
             by
             Lottoni
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             in
             great
             numbers
             pass
             in
             and
             out
             through
             that
             Temple
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             crys
             aloud
             ,
             Faithful
             Vertuosi
             ,
             lovers
             of
             learning
             ,
             and
             holy
             moral
             records
             ,
             take
             example
             by
             the
             calamity
             of
             this
             so
             miserable
             Prince
             ,
             who
             hath
             lost
             the
             use
             of
             his
             hands
             ,
             which
             God
             preserve
             still
             free
             to
             you
             ;
             and
             learn
             at
             the
             cost
             of
             others
             ,
             what
             it
             imports
             to
             be
             always
             pulling
             of
             Crabs
             out
             of
             their
             holes
             with
             your
             own
             hands
             ,
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             other
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             III.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Great
               Euclid
               ,
               for
               having
               distated
               some
               powerful
               men
               ,
               is
               cruelly
               beaten
               by
               their
               Bravoes
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             freshest
             news
             from
             Libetro
             brought
             by
             the
             ordinarry
             post
             from
             Ephesus
             ,
             bears
             date
             the
             fourteenth
             of
             this
             present
             moneth
             ;
             and
             they
             tell
             us
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             sixth
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             about
             noon
             ,
             Euclide
             ,
             that
             Prince
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             was
             set
             upon
             by
             some
             under
             the
             Uranian
             Porch
             ,
             who
             beat
             him
             so
             cruelly
             with
             sand
             bags
             ,
             as
             they
             left
             him
             for
             dead
             .
             Apollo
             was
             mightily
             disturbed
             at
             this
             novelty
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             though
             Euclide
             was
             better
             beloved
             ,
             and
             more
             made
             of
             by
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             Litterato
             ,
             yet
             this
             so
             great
             excess
             appaared
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             command
             of
             some
             powerful
             personages
             ;
             for
             Euclide
             was
             first
             seized
             on
             by
             two
             of
             these
             Swash-backlers
             ,
             and
             held
             fast
             ,
             whilst
             other
             two
             beat
             him
             ,
             who
             were
             seen
             to
             be
             backed
             by
             many
             armed
             men
             .
             There
             are
             many
             occasions
             alledged
             for
             this
             so
             great
             resentment
             ;
             but
             the
             most
             generally
             received
             opinion
             is
             ,
             that
             some
             potent
             subjects
             of
             this
             State
             are
             very
             much
             ill
             satisfied
             with
             Euclid
             ,
             for
             the
             Mathematical
             Instrument
             which
             he
             some
             few
             days
             before
             published
             in
             the
             Schools
             ,
             wherein
             was
             conclusively
             shewed
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             lines
             of
             the
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             actions
             both
             of
             Princes
             and
             private
             men
             ,
             meet
             in
             this
             centre
             ,
             how
             to
             take
             money
             handsomely
             from
             another
             mans
             purse
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             ones
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             IV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               In
               a
               Duel
               which
               hapned
               between
               an
               Italian
               Poet
               ,
               and
               a
               Vertuoso
               of
               Spain
               ,
               the
               Spaniard
               being
               wounded
               to
               death
               ,
               did
               so
               gallant
               an
               action
               before
               he
               expired
               ,
               as
               Apollo
               gave
               order
               that
               he
               should
               be
               solomnly
               buried
               at
               the
               publike
               charge
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Great
             dispute
             arose
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             between
             a
             Spanish
             Vertuoso
             ,
             and
             an
             Italian
             Poet
             touching
             a
             certain
             Lady
             ,
             who
             challenging
             each
             other
             ,
             met
             in
             Bellona's
             Forum
             ,
             and
             the
             business
             being
             to
             be
             disputed
             without
             defensive
             weapons
             ,
             proved
             vrey
             cruel
             .
             For
             being
             armed
             onely
             with
             two
             short
             and
             sharp
             Terzetti
             ,
             at
             the
             first
             encounter
             they
             grapled
             ,
             and
             the
             Spaniard
             having
             received
             two
             mortal
             wounds
             ,
             fell
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             said
             these
             words
             to
             a
             friend
             of
             his
             who
             run
             in
             to
             
             help
             him
             ,
             
               Hermano
               azeme
               plazer
               d'enterarme
               ,
               sin
               che
               ninguna
               mi
               desnude
               ,
            
             Do
             me
             the
             courtesie
             friend
             ,
             to
             bury
             me
             before
             I
             be
             stript
             naked
             .
             Which
             being
             said
             ,
             his
             wounds
             bled
             so
             much
             as
             he
             dyed
             .
             The
             de
             sire
             which
             this
             Spaniard
             made
             to
             his
             friend
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             not
             be
             stript
             ,
             being
             noised
             abroad
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             made
             all
             men
             (
             as
             it
             commonly
             falls
             out
             in
             things
             forbidden
             )
             the
             more
             desirous
             to
             see
             him
             naked
             ;
             especially
             since
             it
             was
             made
             by
             one
             of
             that
             wise
             Nation
             ,
             which
             doth
             not
             onely
             never
             speak
             by
             chance
             ,
             but
             never
             suffers
             a
             word
             to
             escape
             their
             mouthes
             which
             carries
             not
             mistery
             and
             great
             sense
             with
             it
             .
             And
             Apollo's
             self
             had
             the
             curiosity
             to
             know
             why
             that
             Litterato
             at
             the
             very
             point
             of
             death
             ,
             did
             so
             earnestly
             desire
             not
             to
             be
             stript
             naked
             .
             So
             as
             commanding
             him
             to
             be
             stript
             ,
             it
             was
             found
             that
             he
             who
             went
             so
             sprucely
             drest
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             ruff
             about
             his
             neck
             so
             curiously
             wrought
             as
             it
             was
             more
             worth
             then
             all
             his
             other
             clothes
             ,
             had
             never
             a
             shirt
             on
             ;
             which
             caused
             much
             laughter
             throughout
             all
             Parnassus
             ;
             only
             Apollo
             was
             much
             astonished
             at
             this
             novelty
             ,
             and
             did
             mightily
             exaggerate
             the
             gallantry
             of
             this
             Litterato
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             very
             agony
             of
             death
             was
             so
             sensible
             of
             his
             honor
             ,
             as
             he
             closed
             his
             eyes
             with
             zeal
             to
             his
             reputation
             .
             For
             which
             excessive
             worth
             ,
             which
             vvas
             a
             clear
             evidence
             of
             an
             extraordinary
             great
             mind
             ;
             he
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             solemnly
             buried
             at
             the
             publike
             charge
             ,
             
               con
               la
               pompa
               censoria
            
             :
             the
             which
             was
             done
             with
             so
             great
             a
             concourse
             of
             the
             Litterati
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             as
             more
             were
             never
             seen
             to
             be
             at
             any
             Roman
             triumph
             .
             Afterwards
             
               Flavius
               Quintillian
            
             ;
             in
             a
             Funeral
             Oration
             which
             he
             made
             in
             praise
             of
             this
             Vertuoso
             ,
             did
             much
             exaggerate
             the
             happiness
             of
             the
             powerful
             Monarchy
             of
             Spain
             ,
             whose
             greatness
             lay
             not
             (
             as
             he
             said
             )
             in
             the
             gold
             and
             silver
             shops
             of
             Peru
             ,
             of
             
               Nova
               Spagna
               ,
               Rio
               della
               plata
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             
               Castiglia
               dell'oro
            
             ;
             nor
             yet
             in
             the
             numberless
             number
             of
             Kingdoms
             which
             she
             was
             master
             of
             ;
             but
             onely
             in
             the
             honorable
             condition
             of
             her
             Nation
             .
             Since
             it
             being
             clearly
             seen
             that
             this
             Spanish
             Vertuoso
             ,
             in
             that
             his
             great
             calamity
             ,
             endeavoured
             first
             not
             to
             suffer
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             before
             he
             took
             order
             to
             have
             his
             wounds
             cured
             ,
             it
             was
             an
             evident
             proof
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             peculiar
             to
             the
             honourable
             Spanish
             Nation
             to
             prefer
             honor
             before
             life
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Spaniards
             were
             more
             careful
             not
             to
             commit
             any
             unworthy
             act
             ,
             then
             they
             were
             of
             life
             .
             And
             Quintillian
             concluded
             his
             Oration
             with
             a
             cruel
             invective
             against
             Philosophers
             ,
             who
             will
             not
             admit
             that
             two
             contraries
             can
             be
             found
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             subject
             ,
             when
             great
             appearance
             and
             infinite
             substance
             ,
             vain
             glory
             and
             sollidness
             ,
             were
             visibly
             seen
             to
             reign
             ,
             even
             in
             their
             greatest
             extreams
             amongst
             Spaniards
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             V.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               used
               great
               diligence
               to
               come
               by
               any
               of
               the
               Idols
               of
               Princes
               ,
               proceeds
               with
               severity
               against
               one
               ,
               who
               fell
               into
               the
               Iudges
               Power
               .
            
          
           
             APOLLO
             ,
             much
             to
             his
             displeasure
             ,
             perceiving
             the
             great
             disorders
             ,
             occasioned
             not
             onely
             in
             great
             Empires
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             little
             States
             ,
             by
             the
             blindness
             of
             those
             Princes
             who
             assubject
             themselves
             to
             some
             one
             of
             their
             servants
             :
             Since
             neither
             his
             Majesties
             exhortations
             ,
             nor
             the
             sad
             calamities
             which
             many
             Princes
             have
             undergone
             by
             so
             great
             folly
             ,
             hath
             been
             able
             to
             make
             them
             avoid
             the
             hard
             destiny
             of
             being
             violently
             hurried
             into
             Hell
             by
             these
             inconveniences
             :
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             not
             to
             abandon
             his
             protection
             of
             the
             Governors
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             resolved
             some
             moneths
             since
             ,
             to
             proceed
             with
             severity
             against
             such
             servants
             ;
             who
             by
             their
             prodigious
             ambition
             ,
             and
             devillish
             cunning
             ,
             go
             about
             to
             command
             their
             masters
             ;
             insomuch
             ,
             as
             some
             years
             ago
             ,
             he
             laid
             great
             fines
             upon
             such
             ,
             and
             promised
             great
             rewards
             to
             any
             who
             would
             discover
             them
             to
             his
             Judges
             .
             And
             about
             a
             fortnight
             since
             ,
             the
             Magistracy
             was
             told
             of
             one
             of
             these
             .
             who
             being
             afterwards
             taken
             ,
             had
             the
             rack
             given
             him
             ;
             whereupon
             he
             confessed
             all
             the
             wicked
             tricks
             which
             he
             had
             used
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             enslave
             ,
             but
             even
             to
             make
             his
             master
             adore
             him
             .
             When
             Apollo
             saw
             the
             process
             made
             against
             this
             wicked
             one
             ,
             he
             was
             much
             troubled
             to
             find
             that
             those
             very
             Princes
             who
             are
             jealous
             of
             their
             own
             children
             ,
             either
             through
             their
             own
             blockishness
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             fraud
             of
             others
             ,
             can
             bring
             themselves
             to
             the
             shameful
             infamy
             of
             becoming
             a
             slave
             to
             one
             of
             their
             ignoble
             servants
             ;
             and
             he
             thought
             it
             very
             strange
             ,
             that
             a
             Son
             or
             Nephew
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             that
             he
             might
             rule
             his
             Father
             ,
             or
             domineer
             over
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             had
             shewn
             himself
             to
             be
             infinitely
             ambitious
             ,
             and
             to
             thirst
             after
             Government
             ,
             and
             who
             at
             last
             had
             compast
             his
             desires
             ,
             could
             then
             so
             metamorphose
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             relinquish
             that
             power
             which
             he
             by
             so
             many
             practises
             had
             gotten
             over
             a
             Superior
             ,
             to
             one
             who
             was
             so
             far
             beneath
             him
             ,
             a
             great
             wonder
             certainly
             ,
             and
             which
             mans
             vvit
             can
             give
             as
             little
             reason
             for
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             hidden
             vertue
             of
             the
             Load-stone
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             Princes
             might
             learn
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             committing
             such
             indignities
             ,
             by
             seeing
             vvhat
             punishment
             vvas
             inflicted
             upon
             this
             Court-favorite
             ,
             caused
             all
             the
             Princes
             that
             are
             resident
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             to
             meet
             tvvo
             days
             ago
             in
             the
             great
             Hall
             of
             Audience
             ,
             in
             vvhose
             presence
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             greater
             confusion
             ,
             he
             caused
             Atorney
             Bossio
             to
             read
             aloud
             the
             shameful
             process
             made
             against
             this
             vvicked
             one
             ;
             wherein
             vvhen
             he
             vvas
             asked
             vvhat
             tricks
             he
             had
             used
             to
             get
             the
             command
             over
             his
             Master
             ?
             made
             ansvver
             ,
             That
             from
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             came
             to
             Court
             ,
             he
             used
             all
             possible
             diligence
             to
             observe
             his
             Princes
             genius
             ,
             and
             finding
             that
             he
             vvas
             mightily
             given
             to
             lasciviousness
             ,
             he
             used
             all
             his
             Rhetorick
             to
             praise
             a
             vice
             so
             misbecoming
             a
             King
             ,
             making
             it
             appear
             to
             be
             an
             egregious
             vertue
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             his
             industry
             to
             be
             imployed
             by
             him
             therein
             ;
             vvhich
             vvhen
             he
             had
             obtained
             ,
             
             he
             studied
             diligently
             hovv
             to
             fit
             him
             vvith
             those
             vvho
             mig
             ht
             satisfie
             his
             lust
             .
             That
             aftervvards
             under
             divers
             pretences
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             vvere
             either
             vitious
             ,
             or
             enemies
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             he
             had
             by
             degrees
             removed
             all
             the
             Princes
             honest
             servants
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             vvho
             he
             knevv
             might
             have
             reduced
             him
             to
             have
             lived
             vertuously
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             put
             Confidents
             of
             his
             own
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             who
             were
             likewise
             given
             to
             carnallity
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             other
             sorts
             of
             vice
             ,
             by
             whose
             means
             he
             had
             endeavoured
             that
             his
             Master
             should
             quite
             lose
             some
             signal
             endowments
             which
             he
             had
             by
             nature
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             had
             received
             by
             his
             former
             good
             education
             .
             That
             then
             under
             pretence
             that
             they
             were
             unfaithful
             ,
             he
             had
             so
             wrought
             it
             ,
             as
             all
             the
             old
             State-Ministers
             were
             turned
             out
             ,
             whose
             just
             sorrows
             for
             their
             Prince
             his
             loose
             life
             ,
             he
             had
             made
             the
             Prince
             believe
             were
             but
             seditious
             backbitings
             ,
             and
             so
             had
             made
             their
             places
             be
             conferred
             upon
             men
             void
             of
             counsel
             or
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             who
             cared
             not
             for
             their
             Princes
             interest
             ;
             for
             he
             onely
             desired
             confidence
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             would
             stick
             close
             to
             him
             :
             and
             that
             he
             had
             so
             surrounded
             his
             Master
             with
             such
             as
             these
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             him
             to
             hear
             truth
             from
             any
             one
             that
             was
             faithful
             to
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             which
             truth
             ought
             always
             to
             be
             joyned
             to
             a
             Prince
             ,
             as
             is
             his
             shadow
             to
             his
             body
             .
             That
             then
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             himself
             might
             alone
             govern
             the
             State
             ,
             he
             had
             brought
             his
             Prince
             to
             be
             so
             in
             love
             with
             idleness
             ,
             as
             taking
             delight
             in
             nothing
             but
             pleasant
             Gardens
             ,
             Conntrey-houses
             ,
             and
             hunting
             ,
             he
             hated
             to
             hear
             of
             business
             ,
             or
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             concerned
             his
             State.
             That
             moreover
             ,
             he
             had
             brought
             him
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             his
             having
             made
             him
             fall
             out
             with
             his
             own
             son
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             proceeded
             from
             his
             great
             zeal
             unto
             his
             service
             ,
             and
             his
             love
             to
             the
             publique
             good
             of
             his
             people
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             so
             besotted
             him
             by
             his
             cunning
             tricks
             ,
             as
             the
             unfortunate
             Prince
             called
             that
             the
             vigilancy
             of
             a
             faithful
             servant
             ,
             an
             ease
             to
             his
             labours
             ,
             charity
             towards
             the
             publike
             affairs
             ,
             which
             was
             known
             by
             the
             veriest
             fools
             of
             his
             State
             to
             be
             Tyranie
             ,
             and
             as
             such
             abhord
             :
             And
             had
             made
             him
             believe
             ,
             that
             his
             idleness
             ,
             slothfulness
             and
             negligence
             was
             honourable
             repose
             .
             That
             besides
             all
             this
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             Prince
             might
             never
             awake
             out
             of
             so
             shameful
             a
             sleep
             ,
             and
             opening
             his
             eyes
             ,
             might
             be
             aware
             of
             his
             own
             simplicity
             ,
             and
             of
             other
             mens
             wicked
             ambition
             ,
             he
             had
             filled
             his
             house
             with
             flatterers
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             infamous
             perswasions
             ,
             cryed
             up
             his
             folly
             for
             great
             worth
             ;
             the
             peoples
             universal
             hatred
             ,
             for
             immeasurable
             love
             ;
             publique
             fault
             finding
             ,
             for
             exagerated
             praise
             ;
             confusion
             ,
             for
             excellent
             Government
             ;
             the
             tyrany
             of
             a
             wicked
             personage
             ,
             for
             excellent
             service
             ;
             termed
             extortions
             ,
             justice
             ;
             prodigallity
             ,
             liberallity
             ;
             his
             slothfulness
             and
             baseness
             in
             having
             quite
             given
             over
             the
             Government
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             honorable
             labour
             ,
             and
             diligent
             rule
             .
             All
             the
             Princes
             who
             heard
             the
             wickednesses
             confest
             by
             this
             perfidious
             man
             ,
             were
             so
             astonished
             at
             the
             hearing
             thereof
             ,
             as
             they
             said
             ,
             it
             was
             charity
             to
             hang
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             Perillous
             should
             be
             desired
             to
             invent
             some
             new
             torment
             whereby
             this
             monster
             of
             nature
             might
             be
             by
             piece-meal
             torn
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             made
             to
             dye
             a
             lingring
             death
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             no
             man
             might
             ever
             commit
             such
             wickedness
             hereafter
             .
             And
             the
             Princes
             were
             so
             moved
             with
             the
             foulness
             of
             this
             process
             ,
             as
             they
             earnestly
             desired
             his
             Majestie
             to
             use
             extraordinary
             rigour
             to
             such
             who
             should
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             so
             shamefully
             treated
             by
             their
             fraudilent
             servants
             .
             And
             because
             Apollo
             being
             so
             touched
             at
             the
             very
             soul
             ,
             with
             the
             vertuous
             desire
             made
             unto
             him
             by
             these
             Princes
             ,
             let
             fall
             some
             tears
             :
             the
             foolisher
             sort
             
             of
             people
             believed
             that
             it
             was
             occasioned
             through
             his
             great
             joy
             to
             see
             the
             Princes
             so
             much
             detest
             that
             vice
             ,
             which
             he
             desired
             they
             might
             shun
             :
             but
             the
             wiser
             sort
             of
             Vertuosi
             who
             were
             there
             present
             ,
             knew
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             Apollo
             bewailed
             the
             blindness
             of
             Princes
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             drunk
             ,
             as
             hating
             their
             own
             errors
             in
             others
             ,
             did
             earnestly
             desire
             that
             those
             vices
             should
             be
             punished
             with
             extraordinary
             severity
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             without
             being
             aware
             of
             it
             ,
             were
             dipt
             even
             up
             to
             the
             eyes
             .
             So
             pernitious
             is
             it
             in
             Princes
             to
             idolatrize
             Minnions
             ,
             as
             knowing
             it
             ,
             and
             blaming
             it
             in
             their
             companions
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             aware
             of
             it
             in
             themselves
             ,
             but
             do
             highly
             commend
             it
             ;
             and
             they
             who
             boast
             themselves
             to
             be
             the
             onely
             Aristarchi
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             are
             those
             who
             fall
             into
             this
             shameful
             error
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             VI.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               All
               the
               Monarchies
               of
               the
               world
               affrighted
               at
               the
               over-great
               power
               and
               successful
               proceedings
               of
               the
               German
               Common-wealths
               ,
               consult
               in
               a
               general
               Dyet
               how
               to
               keep
               themselves
               from
               being
               in
               time
               opprest
               by
               them
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             general
             Dyet
             which
             all
             the
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             World
             intimated
             four
             moneth
             ago
             ,
             to
             be
             held
             at
             Pindo
             the
             15
             of
             the
             last
             moneth
             ,
             and
             which
             by
             excluding
             all
             the
             Commonwealths
             of
             Europe
             ,
             occasioned
             great
             jealousies
             in
             them
             ,
             lest
             a
             general
             league
             might
             be
             concluded
             against
             all
             free
             Countreys
             .
             Being
             at
             last
             dissolved
             ,
             on
             the
             20
             of
             the
             present
             moneth
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             being
             already
             returned
             to
             their
             own
             States
             ,
             it
             is
             known
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             called
             for
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             Commonwealths
             which
             have
             of
             late
             been
             instituted
             amongst
             the
             Switzers
             ,
             Grisouns
             ,
             Bearnois
             ,
             and
             other
             people
             of
             Germany
             ;
             particularly
             against
             those
             which
             with
             so
             much
             scandal
             to
             Monarchy
             ,
             begin
             to
             rise
             between
             the
             Hollanders
             and
             Zealanders
             in
             the
             Low-Countreys
             .
             When
             all
             the
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             custom
             were
             set
             down
             in
             a
             great
             Hall
             ;
             it
             is
             said
             their
             Lord
             Chancellor
             spoke
             thus
             :
          
           
             
               Most
               high
               and
               mighty
               Monarchs
               ,
               and
               Rulers
               of
               mankind
               ,
               it
               may
               clearly
               be
               seen
               ,
               by
               the
               sad
               and
               dangerous
               condition
               which
               you
               are
               in
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               nothing
               under
               the
               Sun
               which
               is
               perpetual
               ,
               nor
               which
               doth
               not
               threaten
               present
               ruine
               .
               Since
               Monarchy
               her self
               ,
               which
               by
               all
               understanding
               Polititions
               hath
               always
               been
               held
               for
               the
               sovereign
               Queen
               of
               all
               Policy
               ,
               hath
               got
               so
               great
               a
               rent
               and
               cleft
               in
               her
               Fabrick
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               not
               onely
               evidently
               seen
               that
               she
               is
               not
               of
               that
               Eternal
               Foundation
               which
               those
               who
               understand
               State
               affairs
               ,
               have
               continually
               asserted
               her
               to
               be
               ,
               but
               seems
               to
               be
               neer
               ruine
               .
               Monarchies
               from
               the
               very
               beginning
               of
               the
               
               World
               to
               this
               present
               day
               have
               governed
               so
               happily
               ,
               and
               won
               such
               reputation
               ,
               as
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Governments
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               cheifly
               praised
               ,
               and
               have
               always
               had
               the
               victory
               over
               Commonwealths
               ,
               their
               enemies
               .
               And
               though
               it
               was
               thought
               that
               the
               immence
               Roman
               Liberty
               ,
               by
               having
               destroyed
               so
               many
               famous
               Monarchies
               ,
               would
               have
               put
               the
               whole
               World
               at
               Liberty
               ,
               yet
               at
               last
               (
               though
               after
               a
               long
               time
               )
               she
               her self
               turned
               into
               a
               Principality
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               certain
               end
               ,
               and
               inevitable
               death
               of
               all
               Commonwealths
               .
               And
               though
               the
               prime
               wits
               of
               the
               world
               have
               laboured
               sufficiently
               to
               institute
               long
               lived
               Common-wealths
               ,
               against
               the
               eternity
               of
               Monarchy
               ,
               yet
               could
               they
               never
               compass
               their
               intent
               .
               Olegarchies
               being
               known
               to
               be
               the
               insufferable
               Tyrany
               of
               a
               few
               ,
               have
               been
               soon
               turned
               to
               Principalities
               ;
               and
               the
               Institutors
               of
               Democracy
               could
               never
               find
               out
               a
               good
               way
               how
               to
               curb
               the
               people
               ,
               so
               as
               it
               might
               have
               the
               chief
               Authority
               to
               command
               ,
               but
               after
               bloody
               seditions
               hath
               precipitated
               into
               cruel
               slavery
               ,
               and
               hath
               nursed
               up
               a
               Serpent
               in
               her
               bosom
               ;
               some
               ambit●…ous
               Citizen
               ,
               who
               by
               the
               certain
               way
               of
               the
               universal
               affection
               of
               ignorant
               people
               hath
               known
               how
               to
               get
               the
               chief
               Lordship
               over
               the
               free
               Countrey
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               we
               have
               often
               seen
               popular
               Government
               prove
               so
               hateful
               to
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               as
               first
               the
               Romans
               ,
               after
               the
               death
               of
               Caesar
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               Florentines
               when
               Alexander
               Duke
               of
               Medecis
               was
               slain
               ,
               chose
               rather
               to
               live
               under
               new
               Princes
               ,
               then
               return
               to
               the
               cruel
               servitude
               of
               the
               Plebeians
               ,
               who
               are
               always
               seditious
               .
               And
               the
               very
               Aristocratical
               Governments
               ,
               which
               of
               all
               others
               hath
               cost
               so
               much
               sweat
               ,
               have
               at
               last
               ended
               in
               Monarchies
               ;
               for
               the
               founders
               of
               such
               Republicks
               ,
               could
               never
               perfectly
               compass
               those
               two
               important
               qualities
               ,
               which
               make
               Aristocracy
               eternal
               ;
               of
               maintaining
               such
               an
               equality
               amongst
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               but
               that
               there
               would
               arise
               an
               odious
               disproportion
               of
               honours
               and
               riches
               amongst
               them
               ,
               the
               fruitful
               mothers
               of
               Tyrany
               ;
               and
               of
               giving
               such
               satisfaction
               to
               signal
               subjects
               ,
               to
               the
               haughty
               minds
               of
               Citizens
               excluded
               from
               publike
               Government
               ,
               so
               as
               they
               may
               be
               content
               to
               live
               servants
               in
               that
               Countrey
               ,
               which
               hath
               the
               name
               of
               being
               Free.
               And
               those
               who
               have
               boasted
               to
               make
               mixt
               Commonwealths
               eternal
               ,
               have
               been
               likewise
               mightily
               deceived
               ;
               for
               as
               in
               humane
               bodies
               ,
               the
               four
               elements
               whereof
               they
               are
               composed
               ,
               after
               an
               agreement
               of
               long
               health
               ,
               do
               at
               last
               alter
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               proves
               most
               predominant
               kills
               the
               man
               ;
               so
               the
               mixture
               of
               Monarchy
               ,
               Aristocracy
               and
               Democracy
               in
               a
               Common-wealth
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               three
               humors
               getting
               at
               length
               the
               upper
               hand
               ,
               she
               must
               needs
               in
               length
               of
               time
               alter
               ;
               which
               alteration
               changing
               the
               form
               of
               Government
               ,
               at
               last
               bereaves
               Liberty
               of
               her
               life
               ,
               as
               we
               may
               have
               seen
               a
               thousand
               examples
               in
               former
               times
               ;
               for
               all
               that
               learned
               men
               have
               set
               down
               in
               writing
               ,
               and
               proved
               by
               good
               grounds
               of
               reason
               ,
               doth
               not
               prove
               true
               in
               practice
               ;
               it
               being
               clearly
               seen
               ,
               that
               
                 Licurgus
                 ,
                 Solon
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Legislators
               for
               living
               free
               ,
               who
               have
               thought
               to
               tame
               the
               unvanquishable
               spirits
               of
               men
               by
               the
               excellent
               provision
               of
               holy
               institutions
               ,
               and
               to
               curb
               the
               malice
               of
               the
               ambitious
               by
               severe
               punishments
               ,
               have
               been
               more
               then
               much
               abused
               in
               their
               opinions
               .
               But
               now
               (
               nor
               can
               I
               speak
               it
               without
               great
               terror
               and
               grief
               of
               heart
               )
               we
               plainly
               see
               with
               our
               own
               eyes
               ,
               that
               the
               Germans
               ,
               being
               excellent
               Artificers
               ,
               no
               less
               of
               Commonwealths
               ,
               then
               of
               Clocks
               and
               Watches
               ,
               have
               at
               last
               invented
               those
               eternal
               Liberties
               ,
               which
               for
               so
               many
               ages
               the
               wisdom
               of
               
               ancient
               Philosophers
               have
               in
               vain
               sought
               for
               ,
               and
               from
               whence
               Monarchies
               have
               great
               reason
               to
               apprehend
               their
               death
               and
               utter
               extirpation
               .
               Never
               was
               there
               a
               more
               golden
               sentence
               said
               (
               most
               glorious
               Monarchs
               )
               then
               that
               ,
               That
               every
               least
               despised
               sparkle
               is
               apt
               to
               occasion
               great
               combustions
               .
               For
               who
               would
               ever
               have
               believed
               that
               that
               little
               spark
               of
               of
               liberty
               which
               first
               arose
               amongst
               the
               Switzers
               ,
               would
               have
               been
               able
               to
               kindle
               a
               fire
               ,
               which
               should
               afterwards
               dilate
               it self
               so
               far
               in
               Germany
               ,
               as
               the
               World
               now
               sees
               and
               wonders
               at
               ?
               And
               what
               man
               how
               wise
               soever
               ,
               could
               have
               foretold
               ,
               that
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               it
               would
               have
               caused
               the
               combustion
               of
               so
               many
               Cities
               and
               warlike
               Nations
               ;
               which
               to
               the
               great
               shame
               and
               infinite
               danger
               of
               Monarchy
               ,
               have
               vindicated
               their
               liberty
               ?
               Certainly
               it
               is
               a
               thing
               almost
               miraculous
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               the
               little
               liberty
               which
               began
               to
               have
               a
               being
               amongst
               the
               Switzers
               ,
               a
               poor
               people
               ,
               and
               husbandmen
               of
               a
               very
               barren
               soyl
               ,
               and
               which
               was
               so
               much
               despised
               by
               you
               ,
               should
               afterwards
               be
               able
               to
               infect
               the
               most
               warlike
               Nations
               of
               Germany
               with
               the
               same
               disease
               ;
               and
               which
               is
               yet
               the
               greatest
               miracle
               ,
               who
               could
               ever
               have
               foreseen
               ,
               that
               these
               Commonwealths
               should
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               win
               such
               credit
               with
               all
               Potentates
               ,
               as
               well
               in
               civil
               affairs
               ,
               as
               for
               matter
               of
               Arms
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               should
               not
               onely
               be
               held
               the
               supreme
               Umpires
               of
               peace
               and
               war
               in
               Europe
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               greatest
               Terror
               of
               the
               chiefest
               Princes
               of
               the
               World.
               The
               Commonwealths
               of
               Germany
               (
               most
               illustrious
               Princes
               )
               are
               Trumpets
               which
               should
               awaken
               you
               from
               the
               too
               supine
               sleep
               wherein
               you
               have
               so
               long
               lain
               .
               Know
               your
               evils
               ,
               look
               upon
               your
               dangers
               ,
               which
               cry
               aloud
               for
               speedy
               remedy
               .
               Since
               in
               the
               German
               Commonwealths
               you
               see
               not
               onely
               Aristocracy
               grounded
               ,
               with
               so
               wise
               laws
               ,
               as
               they
               promise
               long
               life
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               all
               men
               thought
               impossible
               ,
               quiet
               and
               peaceful
               Democracy
               .
               The
               Commonwealth
               of
               Rome
               ,
               which
               with
               an
               unparalel'd
               ambition
               proposed
               unto
               her self
               as
               her
               ultimate
               end
               ,
               the
               absolute
               Dominion
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               that
               she
               might
               arive
               at
               so
               immense
               an
               tent
               ,
               was
               forced
               to
               be
               continually
               in
               arms
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               weapons
               into
               her
               Citizens
               hands
               ,
               who
               by
               continual
               command
               of
               Armies
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               long
               Government
               of
               large
               Provinces
               ,
               filled
               their
               private
               houses
               with
               treasures
               befitting
               any
               King
               ,
               but
               very
               disproportionable
               for
               Senators
               of
               well
               regulated
               Republiques
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               too
               great
               authority
               which
               was
               unwisely
               and
               fatally
               given
               them
               by
               the
               Senate
               ,
               of
               bestowing
               even
               whole
               Kingdoms
               on
               whom
               they
               best
               liked
               ,
               they
               swole
               so
               big
               with
               the
               wind
               of
               ambition
               ,
               as
               that
               equality
               of
               Authority
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               soul
               of
               free
               Countreys
               ,
               was
               wholly
               disordered
               in
               the
               Roman
               Nobility
               .
               By
               reason
               of
               these
               disorders
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               first
               the
               Silli
               and
               Marii
               arose
               in
               Rome
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               fatal
               Pompeys
               and
               Caesars
               ,
               who
               after
               long
               and
               bloody
               civil
               wars
               ,
               slew
               that
               so
               famous
               Liberty
               .
               And
               for
               the
               last
               calamity
               of
               Monarchy
               ,
               it
               cannot
               be
               hoped
               that
               this
               wide
               gate
               should
               ever
               be
               opened
               in
               the
               well-regulated
               German
               Commonwealths
               ,
               where
               all
               ambition
               of
               commanding
               over
               vanquished
               people
               ,
               and
               neighbour
               nations
               ,
               being
               utterly
               banished
               ,
               the
               glorious
               resolution
               and
               firm
               purpose
               reigns
               onely
               in
               them
               ,
               of
               not
               yielding
               obedience
               unto
               any
               .
               A
               happy
               resolve
               ,
               which
               maintains
               that
               necessary
               equality
               between
               the
               Citizens
               of
               those
               Hans-Towns
               ,
               and
               between
               the
               chief
               Senators
               ;
               and
               works
               this
               effect
               ,
               that
               whilst
               they
               wage
               not
               war
               to
               impose
               that
               slavery
               upon
               others
               ,
               which
               they
               themselves
               seem
               so
               to
               shun
               ,
               their
               neighbours
               do
               neither
               hate
               them
               ,
               
               nor
               are
               they
               jealous
               of
               them
               .
               So
               as
               it
               is
               no
               wonder
               if
               they
               promise
               unto
               themselves
               long
               lives
               ,
               and
               think
               themselves
               unvanquishable
               by
               the
               power
               of
               whatsoever
               Potentate
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               of
               opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               best
               Politick
               precept
               which
               by
               others
               is
               to
               be
               admired
               in
               the
               German
               Hanf-Towns
               ,
               is
               to
               detest
               the
               acquisition
               of
               neighbouring
               Nations
               ;
               for
               with
               like
               wisedom
               they
               enjoy
               that
               publike
               peace
               with
               Foreigners
               ,
               and
               that
               private
               agreement
               amongst
               their
               Citizens
               ,
               which
               makes
               their
               freedom
               formidable
               abroad
               ,
               and
               safe
               at
               home
               .
               This
               that
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               clearly
               seen
               by
               the
               miseries
               into
               vvhich
               the
               Roman
               Liberty
               ,
               after
               six
               hundred
               years
               ,
               did
               at
               last
               fall
               ;
               vvhich
               not
               to
               speak
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               infinite
               acquisitions
               vvhich
               she
               made
               in
               Italy
               and
               elsevvhere
               )
               by
               the
               last
               conquest
               vvhich
               she
               vvoud
               make
               of
               France
               (
               a
               Kingdom
               vvhich
               hath
               alvvays
               proved
               fatal
               to
               Foreigners
               vvho
               endeavoured
               to
               subjugate
               it
               )
               fell
               headlong
               into
               Caesars
               Tyranny
               :
               And
               the
               Florentines
               ,
               by
               their
               obstinate
               ambition
               of
               making
               those
               of
               Pisa
               slaves
               ,
               did
               so
               disorder
               their
               ovvn
               Common-vvealth
               ,
               as
               they
               may
               serve
               to
               teach
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               better
               and
               safer
               for
               Republiques
               to
               have
               their
               neighbouring
               Cities
               and
               Nations
               Confiderates
               and
               Friends
               ,
               then
               subjects
               and
               enemies
               .
               This
               disorder
               is
               not
               seen
               in
               the
               Hans-Tovvns
               of
               Germany
               ,
               vvho
               resting
               content
               vvith
               their
               own
               liberty
               ,
               suffer
               those
               who
               joyn
               vvith
               them
               to
               live
               free
               under
               the
               Government
               of
               their
               ovvn
               Lavv
               ;
               vvhence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               in
               Germany
               ,
               and
               in
               universal
               concerns
               ,
               there
               appears
               but
               one
               onely
               Commonvvealth
               to
               be
               in
               Germany
               ,
               but
               many
               in
               particulars
               ;
               and
               the
               Arms
               of
               the
               Freemen
               of
               that
               Warlike
               Nation
               ,
               serve
               onely
               for
               instruments
               of
               peace
               ,
               and
               to
               preserve
               their
               ovvn
               ,
               not
               to
               intrench
               upon
               the
               liberties
               of
               other
               men
               .
               A
               thing
               which
               certainly
               forbodes
               much
               evil
               to
               Monarchy
               ;
               for
               what
               more
               pernitious
               or
               cruel
               enemy
               can
               a
               Prince
               have
               ,
               then
               he
               who
               assaults
               him
               with
               pretence
               of
               communicating
               liberty
               to
               a
               subjugated
               people
               :
               These
               are
               the
               arms
               by
               which
               the
               German
               Hans-Towns
               have
               so
               dilated
               themselves
               :
               And
               certainly
               not
               without
               good
               reason
               ;
               for
               people
               cannot
               kill
               that
               enemy
               ,
               who
               instead
               of
               death
               ,
               fire
               and
               plunder
               ,
               brings
               them
               liberty
               ,
               which
               by
               instinct
               of
               nature
               ,
               is
               so
               much
               desired
               by
               all
               men
               .
               Lo
               then
               ,
               illustrious
               Monarchs
               ,
               how
               the
               German
               Hans-Towns
               are
               little
               in
               particular
               ,
               each
               of
               them
               contenting
               themselves
               with
               their
               own
               liberties
               ;
               but
               immensly
               great
               in
               general
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               do
               all
               communicate
               in
               the
               interests
               of
               publique
               liberty
               .
               So
               as
               a
               Prince
               cannot
               have
               to
               do
               with
               one
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               offend
               all
               ;
               a
               disorder
               which
               is
               so
               much
               the
               greater
               ,
               for
               that
               like
               a
               contagious
               disease
               ,
               or
               enraged
               cancer
               ,
               it
               every
               day
               encreaseth
               by
               degrees
               ,
               taking
               in
               new
               Cities
               ,
               and
               new
               people
               ,
               and
               assembling
               them
               all
               to
               their
               own
               liberty
               the
               first
               day
               of
               their
               purchase
               ,
               naturalize
               foreign
               Nations
               ,
               make
               enemies
               dear
               friends
               ;
               wherefore
               it
               may
               well
               be
               doubted
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               short
               time
               the
               whole
               world
               will
               be
               infected
               with
               this
               contagious
               disease
               ;
               and
               the
               danger
               is
               the
               more
               dreadful
               in
               these
               unfortunate
               times
               ,
               wherein
               the
               liberty
               of
               Commonwealths
               is
               gotten
               into
               so
               high
               an
               esteem
               ,
               as
               our
               own
               subjects
               fear
               not
               to
               call
               it
               the
               onely
               filicity
               of
               mankind
               .
               Whence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               (
               when
               men
               can
               think
               to
               enjoy
               it
               quietly
               ,
               and
               that
               as
               it
               is
               in
               the
               Hans-Towns
               of
               Germany
               ,
               every
               one
               may
               live
               in
               liberty
               under
               the
               Laws
               of
               their
               own
               Countrey
               )
               it
               is
               so
               infinitely
               coveted
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               purchased
               ,
               though
               at
               the
               expence
               of
               much
               blood
               .
               And
               if
               such
               a
               disease
               hath
               been
               able
               to
               enlarge
               it self
               so
               far
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               amongst
               dissolute
               people
               ,
               people
               so
               given
               over
               
               to
               gluttony
               and
               drunkenness
               ,
               what
               shall
               we
               think
               it
               may
               do
               if
               it
               should
               fasten
               in
               Italy
               or
               Spain
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               other
               sober
               Nations
               of
               Europe
               ,
               the
               most
               of
               which
               ,
               as
               we
               all
               know
               ,
               are
               so
               affected
               to
               Monarchy
               .
               The
               business
               about
               which
               you
               are
               here
               met
               ,
               is
               as
               you
               have
               heard
               ,
               most
               mighty
               Monarchs
               ,
               of
               importance
               ,
               and
               requires
               the
               more
               speedy
               remedy
               ,
               for
               that
               if
               the
               Hollanders
               and
               Zealanders
               shall
               once
               have
               laid
               a
               good
               foundation
               ,
               and
               shall
               have
               perpetuated
               themselves
               in
               that
               liberty
               which
               they
               have
               usurpt
               against
               the
               powerful
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               their
               natural
               Lord
               ,
               you
               may
               well
               ,
               from
               so
               foul
               a
               scandal
               ,
               fear
               your
               utter
               extirpation
               .
               And
               you
               as
               well
               the
               most
               Christian
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               powerful
               Kingdom
               of
               France
               ,
               which
               in
               this
               so
               majestical
               an
               Assembly
               do
               deservedly
               hold
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               amongst
               the
               greatest
               Monarchs
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               you
               very
               well
               knew
               that
               in
               your
               last
               troubles
               ,
               it
               was
               oft
               talk
               of
               ;
               and
               perhaps
               agreed
               upon
               by
               your
               seditious
               enemies
               ,
               how
               to
               kindle
               in
               your
               bosom
               ;
               and
               amongst
               your
               faithful
               French
               men
               ,
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               German
               liberty
               ;
               so
               far
               are
               the
               evils
               advanced
               ;
               which
               to
               those
               that
               understand
               so
               much
               ,
               it
               may
               suffice
               me
               to
               have
               touch
               upon
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Discourse
             made
             by
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             did
             infinitely
             trouble
             those
             great
             Monarchs
             .
             And
             many
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             States
             lay
             neerest
             those
             Republicks
             ,
             finding
             what
             danger
             they
             were
             in
             ,
             were
             extraordily
             afflicted
             .
             Wherefore
             they
             fell
             suddenly
             to
             think
             upon
             remedies
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             most
             immediate
             ,
             a
             strait
             League
             was
             propounded
             to
             be
             made
             by
             all
             Monarchies
             ,
             against
             Commonwealths
             ,
             hoping
             that
             by
             open
             force
             of
             so
             many
             Princes
             joyned
             together
             ,
             they
             might
             easily
             be
             mastered
             .
             But
             in
             this
             opinion
             ,
             which
             at
             first
             seemed
             very
             plausable
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             great
             difficulties
             were
             afterwards
             discovered
             :
             for
             some
             Princes
             put
             the
             Dyet
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             onely
             indiscretion
             ,
             but
             great
             rashness
             to
             affront
             with
             mercenary
             Souldiers
             ,
             whose
             interest
             in
             the
             war
             was
             but
             the
             poor
             pay
             of
             six
             pence
             a
             day
             ,
             a
             Nation
             which
             took
             up
             Arms
             for
             the
             defence
             of
             liberty
             ;
             and
             which
             was
             that
             important
             reason
             of
             mens
             proving
             so
             couragious
             ;
             And
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             Charls
             Duke
             of
             Burgundies
             unfortunate
             case
             was
             instanced
             in
             ;
             who
             though
             he
             was
             held
             to
             be
             the
             thunder
             of
             War
             ,
             the
             Orlando
             and
             Mars
             of
             his
             times
             ,
             was
             notwithstanding
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             cut
             in
             pieces
             by
             the
             Switzers
             ,
             onely
             because
             each
             man
             that
             fights
             in
             defence
             of
             liberty
             ,
             hath
             twenty
             hands
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             hearts
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             was
             considered
             ;
             that
             it
             being
             impossible
             for
             the
             Princes
             to
             vanquish
             so
             many
             Commonwealths
             in
             as
             short
             time
             (
             as
             the
             business
             required
             )
             the
             expence
             of
             much
             time
             would
             likewise
             make
             it
             altogether
             infeasable
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             Hollanders
             and
             Zealanders
             had
             taught
             all
             Princes
             ,
             that
             if
             people
             who
             defended
             their
             liberties
             were
             long
             trained
             up
             in
             war
             ,
             they
             became
             unconquerable
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             said
             to
             happen
             ,
             because
             the
             charity
             of
             a
             free
             Countrey
             ,
             doth
             not
             onely
             make
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Citizens
             thereof
             undaunted
             ,
             and
             their
             hands
             nimble
             ,
             but
             makes
             their
             souls
             faithful
             ,
             and
             quickens
             their
             wits
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             was
             further
             said
             ;
             That
             that
             Prince
             took
             a
             bad
             business
             in
             hand
             ,
             who
             could
             not
             fight
             his
             enemy
             with
             Canons
             loaded
             or
             charged
             with
             gold
             ,
             which
             was
             that
             which
             routed
             all
             Armies
             ,
             and
             won
             all
             Battels
             ,
             and
             which
             had
             the
             wonderful
             effect
             of
             destroying
             a
             mans
             Loyalty
             
             And
             concerning
             this
             particular
             ,
             reflection
             was
             had
             upon
             the
             modern
             actions
             of
             the
             Hollanders
             and
             Zealanders
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             the
             very
             great
             affection
             which
             they
             bore
             to
             the
             liberty
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             had
             so
             gallantly
             resisted
             ,
             not
             onely
             the
             steel
             and
             iron
             ,
             but
             even
             the
             gold
             of
             that
             valiant
             and
             rich
             Spanish
             Nation
             ,
             which
             knows
             so
             well
             how
             to
             make
             use
             both
             of
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             held
             a
             thing
             almost
             miraculous
             ;
             that
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             they
             could
             defend
             their
             new
             Common-wealth
             ,
             no
             less
             against
             the
             open
             force
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             ;
             then
             against
             the
             concealed
             designs
             of
             the
             French
             and
             English
             ;
             and
             cheifly
             against
             the
             subtil
             cunning
             of
             that
             crafty
             Fox
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             :
             All
             which
             (
             though
             under
             various
             and
             specious
             pretences
             of
             liberty
             )
             had
             as
             great
             a
             mind
             to
             make
             themselves
             masters
             of
             those
             States
             ,
             as
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             had
             to
             reduce
             them
             under
             his
             ancient
             Dominion
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             ,
             a
             second
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             important
             difficulty
             was
             added
             ;
             for
             consultation
             was
             had
             ,
             what
             the
             Colleague
             Monarchs
             should
             do
             with
             the
             German
             Commonwealths
             ,
             when
             by
             their
             forces
             they
             should
             have
             conquered
             them
             .
             For
             answer
             to
             which
             ,
             the
             common
             reason
             of
             Nations
             ,
             and
             the
             ordinary
             use
             of
             leagues
             was
             urged
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             acquisition
             of
             enemies
             States
             made
             by
             Colleagues
             ,
             if
             any
             of
             them
             be
             of
             the
             number
             of
             the
             colleaguing
             Princes
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             restored
             to
             their
             ancient
             Lords
             :
             by
             vertue
             of
             which
             law
             ,
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             desired
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             victory
             should
             be
             gotten
             ,
             those
             Cities
             and
             Hans-Towns
             should
             be
             restored
             to
             her
             ,
             which
             had
             withdrawn
             themselves
             from
             her
             authority
             .
             And
             the
             house
             of
             Austrea
             pretended
             with
             good
             reason
             ,
             to
             repossess
             her
             ancient
             Dominion
             over
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Switzers
             ,
             and
             other
             people
             ,
             who
             to
             make
             themselves
             free
             ,
             had
             shook
             off
             the
             yoke
             of
             her
             Government
             .
             Though
             all
             these
             pretensions
             were
             by
             the
             Senate
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             just
             ,
             yet
             did
             the
             Princes
             so
             much
             stomach
             them
             ,
             as
             after
             a
             long
             dispute
             ,
             it
             was
             at
             last
             resolved
             ,
             that
             no
             more
             should
             be
             spoken
             thereof
             :
             And
             it
             was
             then
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             being
             impossible
             for
             the
             two
             aforesaid
             reasons
             ,
             that
             the
             Monarchies
             should
             by
             open
             Force
             subjugate
             the
             Commonwealths
             of
             Germany
             ,
             they
             should
             for
             the
             future
             so
             wisely
             strengthen
             and
             fortifie
             themselves
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             malady
             of
             the
             German
             Hans-Towns
             ,
             which
             till
             then
             had
             made
             such
             and
             so
             prejudicial
             progress
             ,
             should
             grow
             no
             greater
             .
             And
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             that
             it
             being
             very
             palpable
             ,
             that
             the
             many
             large
             priviledges
             which
             were
             granted
             by
             some
             too
             prodigal
             Princes
             to
             their
             vassals
             ,
             in
             a
             middle
             way
             of
             living
             free
             ,
             and
             this
             not
             without
             great
             occasion
             ,
             had
             made
             them
             affect
             total
             liberty
             ;
             that
             therefore
             such
             priviledges
             ,
             as
             being
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             very
             pernitious
             to
             Monarchy
             ,
             should
             not
             onely
             not
             be
             granted
             hereafter
             ,
             no
             not
             to
             any
             desert
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ;
             but
             that
             every
             Potentate
             should
             cunningly
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             endeavor
             to
             take
             them
             from
             their
             people
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             so
             wholly
             into
             servitude
             ,
             as
             they
             should
             not
             have
             any
             the
             least
             ken
             of
             those
             priviledges
             which
             had
             heightned
             their
             minds
             to
             affect
             total
             Freedom
             :
             And
             hereupon
             some
             former
             Emperors
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             Dukes
             of
             Burgony
             ,
             were
             severely
             reprehended
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             onely
             fools
             in
             granting
             their
             people
             prejudicial
             exemptions
             ,
             but
             ignorantly
             avaritious
             in
             selling
             them
             for
             a
             small
             sum
             of
             money
             ,
             vvhereby
             they
             had
             put
             themselves
             and
             other
             Monarchies
             upon
             great
             difficulties
             .
             And
             for
             their
             greater
             severity
             ,
             these
             Princes
             decreed
             ,
             that
             all
             form
             ,
             all
             footsteps
             of
             levelling
             ,
             should
             from
             the
             very
             root
             be
             extirpated
             from
             amongst
             their
             subjects
             ;
             the
             wisest
             
             of
             the
             Dyet
             affirming
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             inequality
             of
             the
             Gentry
             in
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             was
             that
             which
             secured
             them
             from
             ever
             bringing
             in
             a
             form
             of
             free
             Government
             :
             and
             the
             Monarchy
             of
             Spain
             was
             so
             stiff
             in
             this
             Opinion
             ,
             as
             she
             freely
             said
             ,
             she
             spoke
             it
             knowingly
             ,
             that
             nothing
             had
             more
             preserved
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Millan
             from
             living
             in
             that
             freedom
             ,
             after
             the
             death
             of
             
               Philip
               Maria
               Viscount
            
             ,
             which
             was
             then
             talked
             of
             being
             instituted
             therein
             ,
             then
             the
             great
             disproportion
             of
             wealth
             ,
             which
             hath
             always
             been
             observed
             to
             be
             in
             that
             noble
             Dukedom
             ,
             not
             onely
             between
             the
             Nobility
             and
             people
             of
             Millan
             ,
             but
             even
             between
             the
             Nobility
             it self
             ,
             which
             had
             also
             been
             the
             reason
             why
             ,
             in
             the
             rich
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             no
             speech
             was
             ever
             heard
             to
             be
             made
             by
             those
             Barons
             ,
             of
             levelling
             or
             living
             free
             ,
             no
             not
             when
             they
             had
             so
             fair
             an
             occasion
             presented
             them
             of
             doing
             so
             by
             the
             failing
             of
             the
             blood
             Royal
             ,
             and
             by
             many
             other
             interregni
             which
             they
             had
             had
             in
             their
             troubles
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Kingdoms
             had
             this
             of
             natural
             instinct
             ,
             rather
             to
             admit
             of
             any
             subject
             how
             barbarous
             soever
             for
             their
             King
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             not
             onely
             Barons
             of
             late
             edition
             ,
             but
             even
             Doctors
             and
             Shop-keepers
             made
             equal
             (
             which
             liberty
             would
             do
             )
             like
             to
             them
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             it
             was
             hinted
             ,
             as
             an
             excellent
             means
             whereby
             to
             weaken
             the
             German
             Hans-Towns
             ,
             that
             the
             Potentates
             of
             Europe
             would
             forego
             the
             so
             pernitious
             custom
             of
             buying
             at
             a
             deer
             and
             dishonorable
             rate
             the
             schum
             of
             the
             Switzers
             ,
             Grisouns
             ,
             and
             other
             German
             Nations
             ,
             it
             being
             sure
             that
             if
             they
             should
             be
             left
             in
             their
             own
             Countreys
             ,
             those
             unquiet
             ,
             seditious
             and
             disorderly
             spirits
             ,
             which
             much
             to
             their
             profit
             ,
             they
             send
             abroad
             ,
             would
             cause
             such
             fractions
             at
             home
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             be
             seen
             to
             turn
             those
             weapons
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             which
             now
             they
             sell
             to
             unwise
             Princes
             at
             the
             weight
             of
             gold
             .
             But
             the
             many
             jealousies
             which
             have
             always
             reigned
             ,
             which
             reign
             now
             more
             then
             ever
             ,
             and
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             will
             for
             ever
             reign
             amongst
             the
             greatest
             Kings
             of
             Christendom
             ,
             wrought
             so
             ,
             as
             for
             fear
             ,
             lest
             the
             one
             might
             leave
             all
             the
             refuse
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             by
             the
             other
             ,
             so
             salutiferous
             a
             memorandum
             was
             publiquely
             praised
             by
             all
             ,
             and
             in
             private
             abhorred
             by
             every
             particular
             .
             But
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             to
             make
             Monarchy
             as
             pleasing
             to
             the
             people
             as
             it
             was
             possible
             for
             Princes
             to
             do
             ,
             these
             underwritten
             Articles
             were
             with
             great
             solemnity
             penned
             ,
             established
             ,
             and
             sworn
             unto
             in
             the
             Dyet
             to
             be
             inviolably
             kept
             .
          
           
             I.
             THat
             since
             to
             love
             and
             fear
             God
             with
             all
             ones
             heart
             ,
             was
             the
             wisest
             piece
             of
             Policy
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             perfect
             State-Reason
             which
             could
             be
             learned
             and
             practised
             by
             Princes
             ,
             they
             should
             not
             for
             the
             future
             make
             use
             of
             his
             most
             holy
             name
             (
             as
             many
             had
             formerly
             done
             )
             as
             a
             means
             whereby
             to
             get
             money
             from
             their
             people
             ;
             and
             to
             hurry
             them
             or
             wheel
             them
             about
             with
             divers
             Sects
             ,
             and
             new
             Religions
             ,
             such
             as
             made
             most
             for
             their
             worldly
             interests
             ;
             but
             to
             obtain
             that
             favour
             from
             his
             Divine
             Majestie
             ,
             which
             brings
             abundance
             of
             all
             that
             is
             good
             to
             Princes
             who
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             people
             who
             obey
             his
             holy
             Laws
             .
          
           
             II.
             That
             for
             the
             future
             they
             should
             be
             content
             so
             to
             milk
             and
             shear
             the
             sheep
             of
             their
             Flock
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             should
             not
             onely
             not
             flea
             them
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             much
             as
             touch
             a
             bit
             of
             their
             skin
             ,
             being
             mindful
             that
             men
             were
             creatures
             which
             had
             understanding
             ,
             not
             beasts
             which
             knew
             nothing
             ;
             that
             
             therefore
             there
             was
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             difference
             between
             Shepherds
             who
             shore
             and
             milked
             sheep
             ,
             and
             Prince-shepherds
             ,
             who
             shore
             and
             milked
             men
             ;
             the
             latter
             being
             to
             use
             the
             shears
             of
             discretion
             ,
             instead
             of
             those
             of
             meer
             interest
             ,
             which
             are
             onely
             made
             use
             of
             (
             and
             that
             always
             unfortunately
             )
             by
             greedy
             Shepherds
             ;
             it
             having
             been
             often
             seen
             ,
             that
             publike
             hatred
             hath
             been
             able
             to
             metamorphize
             the
             simple
             sheep
             of
             subjects
             ,
             into
             skittish
             Mules
             ,
             who
             have
             driven
             their
             indiscrete
             shepherd
             out
             of
             the
             fold
             with
             kicking
             .
          
           
             III.
             That
             they
             should
             keep
             their
             people
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             fear
             ,
             not
             with
             such
             a
             caprichious
             beastiality
             as
             makes
             the
             Government
             of
             one
             man
             alone
             dreadful
             ,
             and
             then
             totally
             pernitious
             ,
             when
             he
             will
             judge
             mens
             lives
             by
             his
             sole
             arbitrary
             power
             ;
             but
             by
             being
             inexorable
             in
             those
             faults
             onely
             which
             not
             deserving
             pardon
             ,
             had
             need
             to
             be
             punished
             with
             all
             the
             severity
             that
             the
             Law
             allows
             .
          
           
             IV.
             That
             they
             should
             be
             spairing
             of
             publike
             moneys
             to
             unworthy
             personages
             ,
             prodigal
             to
             such
             as
             did
             deserve
             well
             ;
             for
             that
             they
             being
             so
             hardly
             drawn
             from
             the
             subjects
             ,
             every
             Prince
             who
             would
             deserve
             the
             name
             of
             a
             good
             shepherd
             ,
             was
             bound
             to
             give
             them
             so
             much
             satisfaction
             ,
             as
             to
             see
             that
             their
             moneys
             were
             not
             prodigally
             wasted
             in
             hunting
             ,
             tilting
             ,
             feasting
             ,
             in
             inriching
             Bawds
             ,
             Buffoons
             and
             Flatterers
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             were
             judiciously
             laid
             out
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             publike
             peace
             .
          
           
             V.
             That
             they
             should
             for
             the
             future
             confer
             Dignities
             and
             Magistracy
             to
             such
             as
             were
             most
             worthy
             ,
             having
             respect
             onely
             to
             the
             merit
             of
             the
             desirer
             ,
             not
             to
             any
             affection
             of
             the
             recommender
             ;
             for
             that
             he
             did
             truly
             deserve
             to
             be
             accounted
             a
             fool
             ,
             who
             to
             honor
             or
             advantage
             another
             ,
             shamed
             himself
             ,
             and
             disparaged
             his
             own
             gifts
             .
          
           
             VI.
             That
             they
             should
             bury
             their
             own
             odd
             conceits
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             banish
             their
             private
             passions
             :
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             put
             on
             that
             excellent
             resolution
             which
             makes
             Princes
             so
             happy
             ,
             and
             Kingdoms
             so
             flourishing
             ,
             of
             absolutely
             submitting
             themselves
             to
             the
             good
             and
             publike
             interest
             of
             their
             people
             ,
             they
             should
             totally
             abandon
             their
             own
             wilful
             opinion
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             That
             they
             should
             appear
             to
             be
             absolute
             Monarchs
             of
             their
             States
             ,
             in
             executing
             the
             results
             of
             their
             most
             important
             affairs
             ,
             but
             in
             consulting
             thereupon
             ,
             onely
             the
             heads
             of
             a
             well
             ordered
             Aristocracy
             ;
             being
             sure
             that
             four
             fools
             who
             did
             advise
             together
             ,
             made
             better
             resolves
             ,
             then
             any
             the
             best
             greatest
             wit
             could
             do
             alone
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             That
             making
             God
             their
             example
             whose
             Lieutenants
             Princes
             were
             on
             earth
             ,
             they
             should
             pardon
             Homecide
             onely
             out
             of
             compassion
             ,
             born
             to
             minority
             in
             yerrs
             ,
             to
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             offence
             received
             more
             in
             honor
             then
             in
             life
             ,
             to
             certain
             sudden
             furies
             ;
             which
             makes
             a
             man
             not
             master
             of
             himself
             bereaving
             him
             of
             all
             judgement
             and
             reason
             ;
             but
             not
             for
             greediness
             of
             money
             ;
             for
             that
             Princes
             could
             not
             introduce
             a
             more
             wicked
             Traffick
             in
             their
             Tribunals
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             merchandize
             of
             mens
             blood
             .
             That
             therefore
             fraudulent
             Homicides
             committed
             out
             of
             premiditated
             malice
             should
             
             by
             no
             means
             be
             forgiven
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             not
             drawing
             down
             Gods
             anger
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             administration
             of
             that
             right
             justice
             which
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             give
             unto
             their
             subjects
             ;
             for
             that
             Princes
             by
             pardoning
             hainous
             offences
             ,
             purchased
             onely
             the
             praise
             of
             being
             avaritiously
             and
             wickedly
             merciful
             .
          
           
             IX
             .
             That
             they
             should
             firmly
             believe
             themselves
             to
             be
             absolute
             Lords
             and
             Masters
             of
             their
             subjects
             ;
             not
             as
             shepherds
             are
             of
             their
             sheep
             ,
             who
             may
             sell
             them
             to
             the
             shambles
             ;
             but
             onely
             utendo
             ,
             not
             abutendo
             ,
             by
             using
             ,
             not
             by
             abusing
             them
             ;
             for
             people
             imbittered
             by
             bad
             usuage
             ,
             could
             not
             live
             long
             with
             that
             ill
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             fruitful
             mother
             of
             bad
             resolutions
             .
          
           
             X.
             That
             they
             should
             think
             the
             true
             heaping
             up
             of
             riches
             consisted
             in
             giving
             content
             unto
             their
             people
             ,
             and
             in
             making
             them
             of
             subjects
             ,
             brothers
             and
             children
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             excellent
             art
             of
             taking
             Sturgions
             with
             Pilchards
             ,
             was
             nothing
             else
             ,
             then
             to
             purchase
             the
             rich
             treasure
             of
             mens
             hearts
             by
             a
             wise
             liberality
             ,
             and
             to
             cheapen
             love
             by
             clemency
             :
             for
             to
             fill
             their
             coffers
             with
             gold
             ,
             raised
             out
             of
             the
             taxes
             and
             exactions
             (
             as
             some
             Princes
             do
             )
             was
             not
             onely
             to
             swell
             that
             spleen
             which
             did
             so
             impare
             the
             health
             of
             a
             sound
             body
             ,
             but
             did
             oft
             times
             serve
             as
             sharp
             spurs
             ,
             and
             loud
             sounding
             Trumpets
             ,
             to
             make
             Foreigners
             arm
             themselves
             that
             they
             may
             make
             themselves
             masters
             of
             so
             great
             wealth
             .
          
           
             XI
             .
             That
             in
             their
             insolences
             and
             extravagancies
             ,
             they
             should
             by
             no
             means
             relie
             upon
             their
             subjects
             love
             ,
             which
             was
             as
             soon
             lost
             by
             using
             an
             impertinancy
             ,
             or
             by
             a
             distaste
             given
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             won
             by
             a
             courteous
             or
             liberal
             action
             .
             Neither
             should
             they
             build
             upon
             their
             peoples
             former
             patience
             ;
             for
             that
             the
             minds
             and
             humors
             of
             men
             did
             change
             and
             vary
             with
             Times
             ,
             Places
             '
             and
             Persons
             .
             That
             therefore
             they
             should
             not
             wax
             proud
             of
             their
             peoples
             being
             grosly
             ignorant
             or
             that
             they
             were
             altogether
             unarmed
             ,
             nor
             should
             they
             presume
             too
             much
             upon
             them
             ;
             for
             there
             was
             never
             any
             Kingdom
             yet
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             very
             full
             of
             such
             unquiet
             ,
             ambitious
             and
             male-content
             Nobility
             ,
             as
             would
             serve
             for
             sure
             guides
             to
             blind
             people
             ;
             and
             for
             learned
             School-masters
             ,
             who
             would
             teach
             ignorant
             people
             the
             important
             precept
             ,
             and
             the
             seditious
             doctrine
             ,
             that
             to
             come
             out
             of
             the
             laborinth
             of
             the
             slavery
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             was
             governed
             only
             by
             insolency
             ,
             and
             the
             irregular
             fancy
             of
             a
             hair-brained
             Prince
             ,
             like
             These
             's
             ,
             they
             must
             follow
             the
             clew
             of
             arms
             ;
             which
             was
             more
             dangerous
             to
             a
             Prince
             ,
             for
             that
             despair
             caused
             in
             people
             by
             such
             proceedings
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             weak
             ,
             unarmed
             and
             ignorant
             ,
             would
             make
             them
             find
             arms
             ,
             courage
             and
             judgement
             in
             every
             corner
             .
          
           
             XII
             .
             That
             they
             should
             wear
             the
             powerful
             Militia
             of
             boundless
             Empire
             (
             which
             the
             Laws
             will
             have
             Princes
             to
             have
             even
             over
             the
             lives
             of
             men
             ,
             for
             terror
             of
             the
             wicked
             )
             by
             their
             side
             ,
             for
             the
             security
             of
             such
             as
             good
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             should
             never
             make
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             that
             they
             should
             freely
             deliver
             up
             such
             as
             were
             guilty
             ,
             to
             the
             power
             of
             sacred
             Justice
             ,
             for
             the
             ranker
             of
             hatred
             and
             revenge
             was
             never
             a
             whit
             lessened
             by
             inflicting
             cruel
             torments
             upon
             the
             guilty
             .
             That
             therefore
             to
             the
             end
             that
             Delinquents
             might
             appease
             their
             so
             incensed
             souls
             ,
             even
             at
             the
             bitter
             point
             of
             death
             ,
             
             they
             should
             let
             all
             favour
             in
             criminal
             causes
             proceed
             from
             themselves
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             sword
             of
             justice
             should
             be
             onely
             exercised
             by
             their
             Magistrates
             .
          
           
             XIII
             .
             That
             in
             laying
             on
             of
             Taxes
             ,
             as
             great
             caution
             as
             could
             be
             should
             be
             had
             to
             such
             things
             as
             tended
             to
             the
             feeding
             and
             cloathing
             of
             the
             poor
             ,
             who
             live
             out
             of
             the
             sweat
             of
             their
             brows
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             lay
             the
             heavier
             impositions
             upon
             such
             things
             as
             belonged
             to
             the
             delights
             ,
             luxuries
             and
             superfluities
             of
             the
             wealthy
             ,
             who
             living
             idly
             upon
             their
             rents
             ,
             minded
             nothing
             but
             great
             gaming
             ,
             and
             inventing
             new
             vices
             .
          
           
             XIV
             .
             That
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             very
             careful
             ,
             that
             all
             publike
             provisions
             should
             be
             modestly
             exacted
             ,
             and
             by
             discret
             parsonages
             ;
             for
             it
             hapned
             oft
             times
             ,
             that
             people
             were
             more
             troubled
             with
             the
             condition
             of
             him
             that
             gathered
             the
             taxes
             ,
             and
             the
             violent
             manner
             of
             gathering
             it
             ,
             then
             with
             the
             tax
             it self
             .
          
           
             XV.
             That
             they
             should
             use
             all
             possible
             industry
             in
             feeding
             the
             common
             people
             with
             bred
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             with
             degrees
             of
             honour
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             arrive
             at
             so
             happy
             ends
             ,
             they
             should
             suffer
             free
             commerce
             amongst
             their
             subjects
             of
             selling
             and
             buying
             the
             fruits
             and
             incomes
             of
             their
             lands
             ,
             and
             the
             gain
             of
             their
             Traffick
             :
             but
             that
             they
             should
             be
             very
             careful
             to
             fill
             their
             State-Magazines
             with
             corn
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             necessary
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             bought
             and
             brought
             in
             from
             foreign
             parts
             ;
             which
             was
             a
             rich
             and
             happy
             Traffick
             ,
             which
             paid
             Princes
             the
             use
             of
             a
             hundred
             for
             one
             ,
             when
             by
             the
             great
             plenty
             occasioned
             thereby
             ,
             they
             had
             lost
             their
             principal
             .
          
           
             XVI
             .
             That
             for
             the
             better
             content
             of
             their
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             always
             thirst
             after
             glory
             and
             honor
             ,
             they
             should
             confer
             places
             of
             Magistracy
             ,
             and
             other
             chief
             dignities
             onely
             upon
             the
             Noble
             subjects
             of
             their
             States
             .
             And
             that
             they
             should
             keep
             ,
             as
             from
             fire
             ,
             from
             giving
             them
             that
             mortal
             wound
             ,
             which
             had
             caused
             woful
             subversions
             in
             the
             greatest
             Kingdoms
             of
             Europe
             ,
             of
             admitting
             foreigners
             into
             places
             of
             imployment
             ,
             thereby
             to
             inrich
             and
             aggrandize
             them
             ,
             and
             of
             exalting
             mean
             and
             ignorant
             persons
             to
             a
             higher
             degree
             then
             the
             jealousie
             of
             the
             State
             will
             bear
             ,
             meerly
             out
             of
             their
             capretious
             affections
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             a
             particular
             of
             so
             great
             concernment
             ,
             they
             should
             imitate
             the
             wisdom
             which
             wise
             nature
             had
             taught
             dogs
             ,
             who
             cannot
             endure
             that
             a
             strange
             dog
             should
             come
             within
             the
             doors
             where
             they
             live
             ,
             onely
             out
             of
             fear
             that
             they
             should
             steal
             their
             masters
             favour
             from
             them
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             very
             jealous
             of
             ,
             and
             that
             bread
             which
             is
             deservedly
             their
             due
             for
             having
             by
             their
             continual
             watchfulness
             ,
             kept
             the
             house
             in
             safety
             .
          
           
             XVII
             .
             That
             in
             the
             Edicts
             which
             they
             should
             publish
             ,
             they
             should
             imitate
             well
             governed
             Commonwealths
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             whose
             Laws
             is
             always
             seen
             to
             be
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             not
             private
             interest
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             often
             found
             to
             be
             in
             Principalities
             .
          
           
             XVIII
             .
             That
             they
             should
             for
             ever
             banish
             from
             out
             their
             houses
             ,
             those
             Flatterers
             ,
             Buffouns
             and
             Minions
             ,
             who
             do
             so
             stain
             the
             reputation
             of
             any
             
             great
             Prince
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             not
             onely
             be
             inamored
             of
             the
             vertue
             ,
             worth
             and
             merit
             of
             their
             Magistrates
             ,
             and
             deliver
             themselves
             wholly
             up
             unto
             their
             power
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             should
             even
             worship
             them
             .
          
           
             XIX
             .
             And
             because
             to
             be
             cast
             in
             suits
             ,
             did
             redound
             as
             little
             to
             the
             reputation
             of
             private
             men
             ,
             as
             for
             Princes
             to
             go
             to
             law
             with
             their
             vassals
             ,
             and
             carry
             the
             cause
             against
             them
             ,
             be
             it
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             all
             such
             disputes
             should
             be
             first
             made
             known
             to
             men
             learned
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             commence
             no
             suit
             ,
             wherein
             their
             right
             did
             not
             evidently
             appear
             to
             all
             men
             .
             And
             that
             to
             free
             themselves
             from
             the
             stain
             of
             rapine
             and
             tyrany
             ,
             they
             should
             appear
             more
             content
             when
             they
             had
             not
             onely
             lost
             the
             cause
             ,
             but
             were
             condemned
             in
             damages
             ,
             then
             over-joyed
             when
             the
             sentence
             went
             on
             their
             side
             .
          
           
             XX.
             That
             answerable
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             good
             Commonwealths
             ,
             the
             ultimate
             end
             of
             their
             thoughts
             should
             hereafter
             be
             the
             peace
             and
             quiet
             of
             their
             States
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             people
             that
             enjoy
             it
             so
             happy
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             vent
             their
             over
             much
             ambition
             in
             acquiring
             the
             singular
             glory
             of
             well
             governing
             their
             people
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             affect
             other
             mens
             Dominions
             by
             fire
             ,
             rapine
             ,
             and
             the
             effusion
             of
             mane
             blood
             .
             That
             they
             should
             make
             poormens
             faults
             pecuniarly
             punishable
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             should
             punish
             proud
             wealthy
             men
             in
             their
             lives
             ,
             making
             them
             pay
             composition
             of
             blood
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             make
             the
             whole
             world
             see
             ,
             that
             they
             punishmens
             faults
             out
             of
             zeal
             to
             justice
             ,
             not
             for
             greediness
             of
             money
             ;
             he
             being
             a
             great
             enemy
             to
             publike
             peace
             ,
             whom
             riches
             made
             proud
             ,
             and
             spurred
             him
             up
             to
             commit
             faults
             .
          
           
             XXI
             .
             That
             they
             should
             endeavour
             to
             effect
             the
             good
             and
             vertuous
             living
             of
             their
             subjects
             ,
             more
             by
             their
             own
             examples
             ,
             then
             by
             rigour
             of
             law
             ,
             it
             being
             impossible
             to
             keep
             people
             from
             committing
             those
             faults
             which
             their
             Princes
             are
             addicted
             unto
             .
          
           
             XXII
             .
             That
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             their
             States
             ,
             they
             should
             not
             use
             that
             carelessness
             which
             is
             proper
             to
             Princes
             who
             possess
             great
             Kingdoms
             ,
             or
             that
             too
             exact
             diligence
             which
             doth
             so
             disquiet
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             usually
             seen
             in
             Princes
             ,
             who
             having
             great
             wit
             ,
             command
             over
             a
             little
             ,
             State
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             should
             sail
             with
             the
             safe
             north
             wind
             of
             
               Nequid
               Nimis
            
             .
          
           
             XXIII
             .
             That
             they
             should
             punish
             onely
             great
             ●…aults
             with
             the
             rigour
             of
             the
             law
             ▪
             and
             seem
             not
             to
             see
             ,
             or
             take
             notice
             of
             little
             ones
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             becomes
             Princes
             who
             govern
             men
             ,
             not
             Angels
             )
             freely
             pard
             on
             them
             ;
             that
             for
             faults
             of
             a
             middle
             sort
             ,
             they
             should
             use
             such
             punishments
             as
             were
             suitable
             to
             the
             misdemenors
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             shun
             ,
             shewing
             themselves
             too
             severe
             in
             punishing
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             to
             deter
             future
             excesses
             ;
             that
             they
             should
             chi●…fly
             study
             that
             the
             Princes
             clemency
             might
             clearly
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             punishment
             of
             any
             guil●…y
             person
             ,
             either
             in
             mitigating
             the
             pain
             ,
             changing
             the
             punishment
             ,
             or
             by
             pardoning
             confiscated
             goods
             .
          
           
             XXIV
             .
             That
             private
             injuries
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             publique
             offences
             should
             always
             be
             vindicated
             by
             the
             cha●…table
             arm
             of
             justice
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             
             any
             of
             their
             subjects
             should
             offend
             them
             ,
             they
             should
             not
             hate
             the
             whole
             family
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             party
             offending
             ,
             with
             whose
             punishment
             their
             anger
             should
             cease
             ,
             and
             should
             shun
             the
             custom
             of
             preserving
             rancor
             ,
             and
             of
             transmitting
             those
             eternal
             fewds
             and
             immortal
             defiances
             to
             their
             heirs
             ,
             which
             making
             men
             dispair
             ,
             were
             not
             onely
             very
             dangerous
             to
             Princes
             ,
             but
             made
             Monarchies
             be
             hated
             .
          
           
             XXV
             .
             That
             all
             of
             them
             should
             as
             soon
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             endeavour
             to
             free
             their
             people
             from
             the
             disease
             ,
             which
             so
             much
             molests
             their
             minds
             ,
             afflicts
             their
             bodies
             ,
             and
             consumes
             their
             estates
             of
             the
             eternity
             of
             law
             suits
             ;
             and
             that
             of
             all
             things
             they
             should
             keep
             themselves
             from
             that
             foul
             fault
             of
             reaping
             profit
             out
             of
             yearly
             revenues
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             shun
             the
             publike
             hatred
             which
             they
             would
             incur
             ,
             when
             people
             should
             see
             that
             these
             so
             great
             disorders
             served
             only
             for
             Leeches
             ,
             to
             suck
             money
             out
             of
             the
             very
             bowels
             of
             their
             afflicted
             people
             ,
             who
             finding
             no
             greater
             hell
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             then
             the
             torment
             of
             pleading
             ,
             and
             of
             being
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             ravenous
             Judges
             ,
             Advocates
             ,
             Notaries
             and
             Sergeants
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             duty
             of
             every
             good
             Prince
             ,
             rather
             by
             his
             own
             expence
             to
             free
             his
             people
             from
             being
             so
             pilled
             and
             pooled
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             use
             of
             them
             for
             a
             rich
             ,
             though
             very
             wicked
             commodity
             .
          
           
             XXVI
             .
             That
             they
             should
             preserve
             such
             grain
             ,
             oyl
             and
             wine
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             which
             appertain
             to
             the
             food
             of
             man
             ,
             as
             grew
             in
             their
             dominions
             ,
             yea
             even
             in
             years
             of
             greatest
             abundance
             ;
             and
             when
             their
             was
             much
             superfluity
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             should
             by
             no
             means
             make
             sale
             thereof
             to
             foreign
             Nations
             ;
             for
             since
             no
             man
             can
             secure
             himself
             of
             the
             next
             years
             plentiful
             harvest
             ,
             Princes
             could
             commit
             no
             greater
             folly
             then
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             that
             scarcity
             which
             even
             God
             himself
             sends
             .
          
           
             XXVII
             .
             That
             the
             greatest
             advantage
             which
             Commonwealths
             have
             over
             Monarchies
             ,
             lying
             in
             their
             being
             free
             from
             the
             impediment
             of
             women
             .
             All
             Princes
             should
             keep
             their
             wives
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             women
             of
             their
             blood
             ,
             from
             having
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             in
             Government
             ,
             or
             in
             publike
             affairs
             ;
             as
             those
             who
             by
             their
             indiscrete
             and
             avaritious
             proceedings
             ,
             had
             caused
             sad
             Tragidies
             in
             many
             Principallities
             .
             And
             that
             they
             should
             firmly
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             Polititian
             Tacitus
             ,
             had
             never
             said
             a
             greater
             truth
             then
             
               Non
               imbecillem
               tantum
               ,
               &
               imparem
               laboribus
               sexum
               :
               sed
               si
               licentia
               adsit
               ,
               saevum
               ,
               ambitiosum
               ,
               potestatis
               avidum
               .
            
             Tacit.
             3.
             
             Annal.
             That
             it
             is
             not
             onely
             a
             weak
             sex
             ,
             and
             unfit
             for
             business
             ;
             but
             if
             permitted
             ,
             cruel
             ,
             ambitious
             and
             greedy
             of
             power
             .
          
           
             These
             Articles
             being
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             and
             sworn
             unto
             ,
             the
             same
             Lord
             Chancellor
             heartily
             desired
             the
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             Diet
             ,
             that
             (
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             world
             might
             not
             see
             the
             scandalous
             example
             of
             the
             States
             of
             Holland
             and
             Zealand
             )
             they
             would
             quite
             lay
             aside
             all
             other
             whatsoever
             kind
             of
             private
             interest
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             (
             as
             they
             were
             obliged
             to
             do
             ,
             both
             out
             of
             wisdom
             and
             State-policy
             )
             they
             would
             give
             no
             assistance
             to
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             so
             as
             they
             might
             the
             better
             witness
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             rebellious
             people
             to
             purchase
             liberty
             by
             seditious
             arms
             ;
             that
             they
             would
             not
             at
             least
             assist
             the
             Hollanders
             and
             Zealanders
             ,
             it
             
             being
             great
             folly
             ,
             and
             very
             bad
             counsel
             ,
             to
             precipitate
             or
             overthrow
             their
             own
             affairs
             ,
             by
             so
             shameful
             an
             example
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             discompose
             the
             affairs
             of
             other
             men
             .
             All
             these
             Monarchs
             ,
             with
             a
             wonderful
             consent
             ,
             answered
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             (
             so
             possitively
             can
             Princes
             ,
             who
             are
             born
             ,
             brought
             up
             ,
             and
             have
             continually
             lived
             in
             the
             Tiberian
             art
             of
             Simulation
             ,
             promise
             that
             with
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             which
             their
             heart
             never
             dictates
             to
             them
             )
             that
             that
             should
             by
             all
             means
             be
             done
             ,
             which
             they
             in
             private
             knew
             they
             would
             never
             execute
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             VII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               People
               of
               Phocides
               treating
               how
               they
               might
               rise
               in
               Rebellion
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               relation
               which
               their
               Ambassadors
               made
               unto
               them
               ,
               who
               were
               formerly
               sent
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               pray
               that
               their
               Priviledges
               might
               be
               observed
               :
               The
               remedy
               fittest
               to
               be
               applyed
               to
               such
               a
               disorder
               ,
               is
               discust
               in
               his
               Majesties
               Royal
               Council
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             how
             much
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Phocides
             were
             incensed
             ,
             when
             they
             heard
             the
             relation
             which
             their
             Ambassadors
             made
             ,
             who
             were
             sent
             by
             them
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             breach
             of
             their
             Priviledges
             ;
             for
             they
             could
             not
             endure
             that
             to
             boot
             with
             the
             prejudice
             of
             loss
             of
             priviledges
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             scornfully
             treated
             ,
             like
             boys
             .
             Wherefore
             horn-mad
             with
             anger
             ,
             they
             stormed
             ,
             and
             freely
             profest
             that
             they
             would
             by
             arms
             defend
             the
             priviledges
             of
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             that
             even
             with
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             last
             drop
             of
             blood
             ,
             they
             would
             therewith
             endeavor
             to
             recover
             their
             lost
             liberty
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             any
             thing
             of
             ill
             should
             befal
             them
             ,
             they
             should
             deerly
             pay
             for
             it
             ,
             who
             were
             about
             to
             enslave
             them
             .
             The
             nevvs
             of
             this
             sedition
             was
             soon
             brought
             to
             Apollo
             ;
             and
             the
             business
             was
             argued
             many
             mornings
             in
             his
             Majesties
             Council
             ;
             and
             though
             some
             of
             the
             chief
             thereof
             said
             ,
             it
             was
             requisite
             to
             dispatch
             away
             immediately
             a
             Legion
             of
             Poets
             to
             Phocides
             ,
             who
             might
             keep
             that
             incensed
             people
             in
             obedience
             ;
             yet
             the
             opinion
             of
             Isabel
             Queen
             of
             Spain
             prevailed
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             excellency
             of
             her
             wit
             ,
             hath
             deservedly
             the
             prime
             place
             in
             that
             Council
             .
             She
             said
             ,
             that
             to
             provide
             soon
             for
             the
             prevention
             of
             insurrections
             in
             States
             ,
             which
             were
             wholly
             in
             slavery
             to
             their
             Princes
             ,
             was
             excellent
             Council
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             such
             States
             ,
             as
             by
             reason
             of
             many
             large
             priviledges
             ,
             lived
             in
             a
             medium
             between
             slavery
             and
             liberty
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             prevent
             them
             with
             dangerous
             remedies
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             wisely
             done
             ,
             to
             tarry
             till
             the
             disorders
             were
             begun
             ,
             whereby
             wise
             Princes
             might
             much
             advantage
             themselves
             ;
             for
             then
             they
             might
             justly
             take
             from
             them
             all
             those
             priviledges
             ,
             which
             are
             sharp
             thorns
             in
             the
             eyes
             of
             those
             that
             govern
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             VIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               great
               controversie
               arising
               in
               point
               of
               Precedency
               ,
               between
               the
               Prince
               of
               Bisagnano
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               
                 Juliano
                 Corbelli
              
               of
               St.
               
                 Marino
                 .
                 Apollo
              
               refers
               the
               consideration
               thereof
               to
               the
               Congregation
               of
               Ceremonies
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               is
               decided
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Difference
             arose
             a
             while
             ago
             in
             point
             of
             Precedency
             ,
             between
             the
             Prince
             of
             Bisagnano
             ,
             and
             
               Iuliano
               Corbelli
            
             ,
             Doctor
             of
             Law
             at
             S.
             Marino
             ,
             a
             little
             Castle
             in
             Romania
             ,
             but
             very
             famous
             for
             the
             great
             Pre-eminency
             of
             liberty
             which
             it
             enjoys
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             governed
             like
             a
             Common-wealth
             :
             and
             though
             the
             Doctors
             pretensions
             were
             so
             despised
             by
             the
             Neapolitan
             Barons
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             thought
             presumptuous
             ,
             yet
             was
             not
             Corbelli
             any
             whit
             discouraged
             ;
             but
             appealing
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             referred
             the
             business
             to
             the
             Congregation
             of
             Ceremonies
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             before
             whom
             the
             Prince
             scorned
             to
             appear
             ,
             complaining
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             cause
             which
             was
             so
             clear
             on
             his
             side
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             made
             to
             appear
             in
             judgement
             against
             a
             man
             born
             in
             so
             base
             a
             Countrey
             ,
             as
             produced
             nothing
             but
             Swine-herds
             ,
             he
             himself
             being
             an
             illustrious
             Neapolitan
             Baron
             .
             Yet
             lest
             sentence
             might
             be
             given
             against
             him
             for
             his
             contumacy
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             acquaint
             the
             Congregation
             with
             what
             he
             had
             to
             alledge
             for
             himself
             ;
             who
             having
             very
             diligently
             perused
             the
             evidences
             produced
             by
             both
             parties
             ,
             gave
             judgement
             six
             days
             since
             on
             the
             Doctors
             side
             ,
             who
             being
             born
             in
             a
             Free-Countrey
             ;
             was
             (
             as
             they
             said
             )
             to
             walk
             hand
             in
             hand
             with
             Kings
             ;
             much
             more
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             a
             Neapolitan
             Baron
             .
             Then
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Fee
             or
             Tribute
             which
             the
             Prince
             possest
             in
             Bisagnano
             ;
             they
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             declared
             by
             a
             decree
             made
             long
             before
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             truly
             deserve
             the
             name
             of
             Prince
             ,
             who
             obeyed
             no
             King
             ;
             not
             he
             who
             in
             anothers
             Lordship
             ,
             commanded
             over
             poor
             vassals
             ,
             by
             vvhom
             he
             might
             be
             daily
             accused
             ,
             abused
             and
             persecuted
             in
             Court
             Leet
             ,
             and
             other
             Tribunals
             ;
             in
             which
             case
             the
             titles
             of
             Prince
             ,
             Duke
             or
             Marquis
             was
             no
             real
             thing
             ,
             but
             a
             kind
             of
             false
             Alchimy
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             like
             those
             glass
             eyes
             which
             squint
             eyed
             people
             wear
             to
             honest
             the
             ill-favouredness
             of
             their
             faces
             ,
             not
             to
             make
             them
             see
             ;
             then
             ,
             as
             for
             his
             noble
             blood
             ,
             upon
             which
             the
             Prince
             ,
             being
             descended
             from
             the
             noble
             family
             of
             Sanceverini
             ,
             did
             ground
             his
             best
             pretension
             ,
             they
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Congregation
             did
             not
             at
             all
             consider
             it
             ,
             the
             clear
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Anatomists
             being
             produced
             by
             the
             contrary
             party
             ;
             wherein
             it
             being
             clearly
             proved
             ,
             that
             the
             bones
             ,
             nerves
             ,
             flesh
             and
             bowels
             of
             men
             were
             all
             made
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             ,
             it
             denoted
             evidently
             that
             true
             Nobility
             vvas
             placed
             in
             the
             brains
             ,
             not
             in
             veins
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             IX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               publ
               sh●…th
               a
               very
               severe
               Edict
               against
               some
               Litterati
               ,
               who
               under
               a
               cloak
               of
               feigned
               piety
               ,
               cover
               downright
               avarice
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             finding
             for
             certain
             that
             a
             new
             race
             of
             wicked
             men
             are
             sprung
             up
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             other
             States
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             have
             made
             Gold
             their
             Idol
             ,
             yet
             to
             cover
             their
             unquenchable
             thirst
             after
             riches
             ,
             do
             so
             confidently
             make
             use
             of
             the
             cloke
             of
             feigned
             goodness
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             dared
             to
             exercise
             the
             devilish
             art
             of
             hypocrisie
             bare
             faced
             ;
             his
             Majesty
             to
             provide
             for
             the
             indempnity
             of
             those
             silly
             ones
             ,
             who
             think
             all
             to
             be
             gold
             that
             glisters
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             blockheads
             who
             cannot
             discern
             an
             Eel
             from
             an
             Adner
             ,
             by
             an
             Edict
             of
             his
             published
             on
             Tuesday
             last
             ,
             doth
             in
             the
             first
             place
             affectionately
             exhort
             all
             souls
             living
             ,
             to
             walk
             by
             the
             so
             beaten
             way
             of
             honoured
             Antiquity
             ,
             of
             
               bene
               vivere
               ,
               &
               Laetari
            
             ;
             which
             proceeds
             from
             Gods
             great
             grace
             to
             good
             men
             ;
             assuring
             every
             one
             that
             men
             may
             win
             favour
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             good
             will
             from
             men
             ,
             even
             amongst
             great
             riches
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             honorably
             gotten
             ,
             and
             well
             distributed
             :
             Wherefore
             he
             exhorted
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             forgoing
             fiction
             ,
             and
             all
             manner
             of
             double
             ▪
             dealing
             ,
             as
             things
             which
             gave
             an
             ill
             savor
             even
             to
             good
             things
             ,
             and
             which
             made
             mens
             devotion
             appear
             hypocrisie
             ,
             they
             should
             live
             with
             that
             purity
             of
             soul
             ,
             and
             that
             candidness
             of
             manners
             ,
             which
             made
             even
             stones
             look
             lovely
             ,
             much
             more
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             there
             were
             any
             one
             ,
             who
             would
             by
             a
             holy
             life
             make
             that
             profession
             of
             piety
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             suspected
             in
             men
             who
             have
             avarice
             joined
             to
             their
             great
             riches
             ,
             that
             their
             devotion
             should
             by
             all
             means
             begin
             from
             the
             contempt
             of
             money
             ,
             distributing
             it
             out
             unto
             the
             poor
             ,
             and
             laying
             it
             out
             in
             pious
             works
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             should
             not
             do
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             held
             from
             those
             crafty
             companions
             who
             make
             use
             of
             piety
             more
             to
             deceive
             men
             ,
             then
             to
             please
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             X.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               City
               Pretor
               ,
               or
               Chief
               Iustice
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               complai●…
               bitterly
               before
               Apollo
               of
               the
               Triumviri
               ;
               a
               Magistracy
               newly
               instituted
               by
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               That
               in
               an
               Edict
               of
               theirs
               published
               against
               Mignus
               and
               other
               Ministers
               of
               Princes
               obsenities
               ,
               they
               have
               violated
               his
               Iurisdiction
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             having
             learnt
             by
             many
             sad
             examples
             which
             have
             hapned
             ,
             that
             Printing
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             was
             at
             first
             by
             Divine
             Councel
             suggested
             into
             the
             Cavalier
             Iohn
             of
             Mentz
             ,
             only
             to
             facilitate
             the
             learning
             of
             the
             most
             illustrious
             Sciences
             ,
             to
             such
             as
             are
             desirous
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             is
             made
             use
             of
             by
             wicked
             men
             ,
             not
             onely
             as
             an
             excellent
             instrument
             to
             staine
             mens
             minds
             ,
             with
             impiety
             ,
             obsceneness
             and
             evil
             speaking
             ;
             but
             that
             ambitious
             men
             serve
             themselves
             thereof
             for
             damn'd
             weapons
             to
             make
             people
             rebel
             against
             their
             natural
             Princes
             :
             Apollo
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             by
             wholsom
             and
             Divine
             Councel
             (
             as
             the
             event
             hath
             shewn
             )
             did
             many
             years
             ago
             institute
             the
             remarkable
             Magistracy
             of
             the
             Triumviry
             ,
             whose
             Office
             it
             is
             to
             send
             such
             books
             as
             are
             infected
             with
             impiety
             ,
             sedition
             ,
             and
             such
             obscenities
             as
             corrupt
             good
             manners
             ,
             to
             the
             Pest-house
             .
             This
             Magistracy
             some
             three
             daies
             ago
             ,
             under
             pain
             of
             grievous
             punishment
             ,
             sent
             express
             command
             to
             all
             favorits
             ,
             bawds
             ,
             flatterers
             ,
             and
             others
             whom
             their
             Princes
             do
             Idolize
             ,
             who
             live
             desolutely
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             dare
             any
             more
             to
             stir
             out
             of
             dores
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             these
             monsters
             of
             nature
             might
             not
             (
             to
             the
             great
             scandal
             of
             good
             men
             )
             be
             seen
             to
             go
             so
             vain-gloriously
             trampling
             the
             street
             upon
             their
             pacing
             horses
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             rich
             Coaches
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             triumphed
             over
             the
             world
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             lewd
             manner
             of
             living
             ,
             having
             extorted
             those
             rewards
             from
             vitious
             Princes
             ,
             which
             are
             only
             due
             to
             deserving
             men
             ,
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             eat
             bread
             .
             The
             City
             Pretor
             made
             a
             great
             complaint
             to
             Apollo
             of
             this
             novelty
             ,
             accusing
             the
             Triumviry
             of
             having
             exceeded
             the
             bounds
             of
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             very
             much
             intrencht
             upon
             his
             Jurisdiction
             .
             The
             Triumviry
             were
             immediately
             sent
             for
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             defending
             their
             cause
             exceedingly
             well
             ,
             said
             that
             they
             had
             by
             length
             of
             time
             clearly
             learnt
             ,
             that
             certain
             obscene
             living
             books
             which
             walked
             up
             and
             down
             the
             streets
             ,
             caused
             greater
             scandal
             in
             well
             composed
             minds
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             all
             pollution
             ,
             then
             did
             
               Machiavil
               ,
               Bodin
               ,
               Aratin
            
             ,
             and
             other
             writers
             of
             wickedness
             ,
             and
             obsceneness
             ,
             which
             were
             found
             hid
             in
             many
             Libraries
             ;
             a
             disorder
             which
             ought
             the
             rather
             to
             be
             corrected
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             wicked
             manners
             of
             living
             men
             ,
             made
             a
             much
             greater
             impression
             in
             mens
             minds
             ;
             then
             the
             filth
             that
             was
             read
             in
             dead
             Authors
             ,
             whose
             damn'd
             writings
             many
             forbore
             to
             read
             ,
             out
             of
             meer
             abhorition
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             many
             for
             fear
             of
             offending
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             being
             punisht
             by
             men
             ,
             many
             for
             that
             they
             had
             not
             many
             of
             those
             forbidden
             books
             ,
             or
             for
             want
             of
             curiosity
             ,
             or
             love
             of
             idleness
             ;
             but
             that
             men
             of
             holy
             lives
             ,
             much
             against
             their
             wils
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             offence
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             
             read
             ,
             study
             ,
             contemplate
             ,
             and
             honour
             these
             Bawds
             ,
             Flatterets
             ,
             and
             other
             Ministers
             of
             vitious
             Princes
             ,
             who
             neither
             cared
             for
             Gods
             honor
             ,
             nor
             their
             own
             reputation
             ,
             who
             were
             scandalous
             two
             leg'd
             books
             ,
             which
             were
             daily
             seen
             to
             walk
             the
             streets
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             must
             be
             armed
             with
             more
             then
             humane
             vertue
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             be
             contaminated
             and
             scandalized
             to
             see
             the
             sole
             aspects
             of
             these
             hateful
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Inhabitants
               of
               Phocides
               fall
               into
               open
               Rebellion
               ,
               by
               reason
               that
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               their
               Country
               are
               not
               observed
               by
               Apollo's
               Officers
               ;
               they
               are
               pacified
               by
               a
               Senator
               ,
               and
               send
               new
               Ambassadors
               to
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Polititians
             precept
             is
             very
             true
             ;
             That
             people
             who
             have
             lived
             long
             in
             a
             half
             Liberty
             ,
             with
             large
             priviledges
             ,
             are
             very
             hardly
             reduced
             to
             tollerate
             whole
             slavery
             .
             This
             is
             said
             ,
             because
             the
             uproars
             of
             Phocides
             occasioned
             by
             the
             not
             observancy
             of
             their
             priviledges
             (
             as
             you
             heard
             at
             large
             by
             the
             last
             Post
             )
             have
             still
             increased
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             as
             on
             the
             ninth
             of
             this
             present
             month
             ,
             more
             incenst
             then
             over
             ,
             since
             such
             satisfaction
             as
             was
             desired
             ,
             was
             denied
             them
             by
             Apollo's
             Officers
             ,
             the
             Phocidians
             took
             up
             arms
             ,
             and
             running
             through
             the
             City
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             Liberty
             ,
             Liberty
             .
             When
             the
             chief
             Magistrate
             of
             Phocides
             ,
             much
             troubled
             at
             such
             a
             novelty
             ,
             desired
             a
             Parley
             of
             the
             people
             that
             were
             in
             arms
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             were
             all
             assembled
             in
             the
             chief
             Piazza
             ;
             t
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             uprightest
             and
             most
             experienced
             Senator
             of
             Phocides
             spake
             thus
             ;
          
           
             
               The
               most
               dangerous
               enterprise
               (
               my
               most
               beloved
               Phocidians
               )
               which
               Subjects
               can
               undertake
               ,
               is
               to
               grow
               stubborn
               ,
               and
               rebel
               against
               their
               Prince
               :
               For
               Princes
               are
               not
               so
               merciful
               as
               to
               pardon
               injuries
               of
               so
               high
               a
               nature
               ;
               which
               though
               they
               sometimes
               forgive
               ,
               they
               never
               forget
               ;
               Whence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               such
               excesses
               never
               pass
               without
               their
               condigne
               punishment
               :
               For
               as
               it
               falls
               out
               in
               all
               offences
               which
               are
               either
               through
               wisdom
               winkt
               at
               ,
               or
               pardoned
               per
               force
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               their
               due
               time
               and
               place
               ,
               the
               more
               severely
               revenged
               ,
               by
               having
               their
               vindication
               retarded
               to
               a
               more
               opportune
               time
               .
               And
               God
               deliver
               us
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               people
               that
               suffer
               such
               calamities
               as
               we
               do
               ,
               from
               those
               cruel
               revenges
               ,
               which
               Princes
               who
               are
               offended
               in
               State-affairs
               ,
               use
               after
               long
               meditation
               to
               take
               ,
               against
               their
               disloyal
               people
               ;
               and
               rebellion
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               forgotten
               (
               even
               by
               most
               merciful
               Princes
               )
               as
               an
               amendment
               of
               many
               hundred
               years
               loyalty
               cannot
               so
               cancel
               it
               cut
               of
               exasperated
               minds
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               memory
               of
               such
               signal
               injuries
               are
               transmitted
               over
               to
               the
               twentieth
               generation
               ;
               since
               by
               their
               importance
               they
               infuse
               such
               diffidence
               into
               him
               that
               reigns
               ,
               and
               such
               suspitions
               as
               occasion
               perpetual
               odium
               between
               the
               Vassal
               and
               the
               Soveraign
               Lord
               ;
               from
               whence
               afterwards
               
               the
               great
               disorder
               ariseth
               ,
               as
               that
               natural
               subjects
               ,
               which
               are
               no
               other
               then
               the
               Princes
               beloved
               children
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ought
               to
               be
               treated
               with
               terms
               of
               fatherly
               love
               ,
               and
               governed
               by
               Laws
               of
               Charity
               ,
               are
               reputed
               cruel
               enemies
               ,
               conquered
               people
               ,
               subjugated
               by
               force
               of
               arms
               ;
               and
               therefore
               according
               to
               the
               politick
               Precept
               ,
               treated
               like
               slaves
               :
               Which
               things
               at
               last
               produce
               that
               great
               inconvenience
               ,
               that
               even
               lawful
               Princes
               ,
               grievously
               moved
               by
               such
               hainous
               offences
               against
               their
               rebellious
               subjects
               ,
               become
               cruel
               Tyrants
               .
               I
               (
               fellow
               Citizens
               )
               speak
               not
               now
               as
               an
               Officer
               of
               the
               Prince
               ,
               in
               aggravating
               the
               condition
               of
               our
               slavery
               ,
               but
               as
               one
               who
               would
               produce
               peace
               in
               this
               our
               Country
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               shall
               not
               think
               my
               councel
               good
               ,
               I
               will
               willingly
               be
               one
               of
               the
               first
               who
               will
               joyn
               with
               you
               in
               your
               resolution
               ,
               being
               better
               contented
               to
               err
               with
               many
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               wise
               with
               a
               few
               .
               But
               before
               you
               proceed
               further
               in
               a
               business
               of
               such
               importance
               ,
               I
               earnestly
               intreat
               you
               ,
               and
               heartily
               beg
               of
               you
               ,
               even
               by
               these
               tears
               which
               fall
               so
               abundantly
               from
               mine
               eyes
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               maturely
               consider
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               most
               part
               ,
               popular
               insurrections
               meet
               with
               unfortunate
               ends
               :
               Which
               happens
               not
               only
               because
               resolutions
               in
               so
               weighty
               affairs
               are
               taken
               in
               hot
               bloud
               ,
               when
               men
               are
               most
               incenst
               ,
               and
               when
               mens
               minds
               are
               most
               incombred
               with
               the
               foolish
               passion
               of
               fury
               ,
               whereas
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               put
               on
               in
               cold
               bloud
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               mind
               is
               most
               maturely
               setled
               ;
               but
               because
               upon
               such
               like
               occasions
               ,
               rash
               and
               precipitous
               councels
               are
               more
               willingly
               imbraced
               and
               listned
               unto
               ,
               then
               such
               as
               are
               mature
               and
               quiet
               .
               For
               with
               people
               that
               are
               up
               in
               commotion
               ,
               he
               is
               alwaies
               thought
               wisest
               ,
               who
               is
               most
               adventurous
               ,
               and
               he
               most
               zealous
               of
               his
               Countries
               Liberty
               ,
               who
               adviseth
               to
               things
               most
               headlong
               .
               Here
               (
               beloved
               Citizens
               )
               is
               a
               business
               in
               which
               consists
               the
               total
               of
               our
               safety
               ,
               the
               good
               of
               our
               children
               ,
               the
               happiness
               of
               our
               Country
               ,
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               so
               dear
               unto
               us
               ,
               being
               all
               of
               them
               things
               of
               great
               importance
               ,
               wherein
               surely
               we
               ought
               to
               proceed
               with
               much
               circumspection
               ,
               since
               repentance
               will
               not
               serve
               the
               turn
               ,
               ●…nce
               the
               punishment
               of
               such
               a
               sin
               is
               never
               pardoned
               ,
               but
               the
               infamy
               thereof
               indures
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               the
               danger
               of
               punishment
               grows
               then
               greatest
               when
               the
               Prince
               hath
               taken
               a
               thousand
               oaths
               to
               pardon
               it
               :
               For
               Princes
               think
               it
               no
               shame
               ,
               nor
               breach
               of
               word
               ,
               to
               revenge
               rebellion
               in
               their
               subjects
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               pardoned
               ,
               but
               great
               honour
               ,
               and
               an
               obligation
               which
               they
               owe
               unto
               their
               honours
               .
               We
               know
               for
               certain
               that
               Apollo
               will
               take
               from
               us
               those
               priviledges
               ,
               which
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               defend
               with
               the
               effusion
               of
               our
               blouds
               ,
               and
               loss
               of
               lives
               ▪
               great
               is
               the
               injury
               that
               is
               done
               us
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               ought
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               suffered
               by
               us
               ,
               who
               upon
               other
               occasions
               have
               proved
               our selves
               to
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               to
               be
               resolute
               ;
               the
               injury
               his
               Majesty
               doth
               us
               ,
               is
               notorious
               ,
               and
               peradventure
               fit
               to
               be
               rescented
               ;
               but
               in
               revenging
               offences
               given
               ,
               and
               in
               preventing
               such
               as
               are
               feared
               ,
               we
               must
               be
               sure
               to
               proceed
               so
               ,
               as
               not
               to
               fall
               upon
               such
               resolves
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               more
               prejuditial
               to
               us
               then
               the
               loss
               of
               our
               priviledges
               ,
               which
               now
               we
               go
               about
               to
               defend
               by
               force
               .
               For
               very
               foolish
               and
               unfortunate
               is
               that
               rescentment
               which
               brings
               with
               it
               more
               loss
               and
               shame
               then
               the
               injuries
               which
               are
               desired
               to
               be
               vindicated
               .
               A
               most
               true
               rule
               ,
               which
               admonisheth
               us
               not
               to
               enter
               upon
               so
               dangerous
               a
               game
               ,
               without
               assured
               hope
               of
               overcoming
               ;
               for
               unpardonable
               injuries
               ought
               either
               never
               to
               be
               done
               to
               any
               whosoever
               ,
               more
               especially
               not
               to
               powerful
               men
               ,
               or
               upon
               certainty
               
               that
               they
               can
               never
               be
               revenged
               .
               I
               urge
               this
               ,
               for
               that
               whosoever
               puts
               on
               the
               fatal
               resolution
               of
               taking
               up
               arms
               against
               his
               Prince
               ,
               must
               be
               sure
               to
               have
               sufficient
               forces
               of
               himself
               to
               resist
               his
               Princes
               power
               ,
               or
               so
               ready
               and
               lustly
               forein
               aids
               as
               may
               secure
               him
               from
               being
               supprest
               .
               We
               (
               my
               fellow
               Phocedians
               )
               know
               very
               well
               our
               forces
               are
               but
               weak
               ;
               and
               that
               no
               Prince
               will
               assist
               us
               ;
               it
               therefore
               appears
               to
               me
               to
               be
               a
               horse-like
               piece
               of
               beastiality
               ,
               when
               we
               find
               our selves
               fast
               bound
               to
               the
               Charret
               ,
               to
               kick
               against
               the
               wheels
               ,
               and
               so
               spoyle
               our
               legs
               .
               It
               is
               rash
               folly
               to
               doe
               that
               which
               brings
               with
               it
               certain
               and
               severe
               punishment
               :
               We
               may
               truely
               say
               we
               have
               been
               assaulted
               in
               the
               streets
               by
               those
               rascally
               Officers
               who
               thirst
               after
               the
               goods
               of
               their
               fellow-subjects
               ,
               who
               would
               take
               from
               us
               the
               rich
               Jewels
               of
               our
               Priviledges
               ;
               they
               are
               armed
               by
               the
               Princes
               power
               ,
               we
               unarmed
               passengers
               ;
               will
               it
               not
               then
               be
               unwisely
               done
               of
               us
               to
               exasperate
               them
               by
               resistance
               ?
               T
               is
               great
               wisdom
               willingly
               to
               part
               with
               our
               Jewel
               so
               to
               save
               our
               lives
               .
               The
               minds
               of
               Princes
               who
               are
               born
               and
               brought
               up
               in
               the
               ambition
               of
               reigning
               ,
               are
               alwaies
               in
               motion
               ,
               are
               continually
               working
               ,
               nor
               are
               they
               ever
               quiet
               till
               they
               get
               total
               domination
               over
               their
               subjects
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               an
               experienced
               proposition
               ,
               that
               all
               things
               are
               loosned
               with
               the
               same
               cords
               wherewith
               they
               were
               bound
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               very
               observable
               upon
               this
               our
               occasion
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               all
               confess
               ,
               that
               Princes
               grant
               priviledges
               to
               their
               people
               more
               out
               of
               necessity
               ,
               and
               when
               forced
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               then
               out
               of
               free
               will
               ;
               who
               is
               he
               that
               knows
               not
               that
               it
               is
               the
               same
               necessity
               which
               keeps
               them
               from
               breaking
               them
               ?
               And
               doth
               not
               every
               one
               know
               that
               the
               effect
               cannot
               keep
               on
               foot
               ,
               when
               the
               cause
               faileth
               ?
               Apollos
               desire
               of
               depriving
               us
               of
               our
               priviledges
               ,
               ariseth
               not
               (
               as
               we
               complain
               )
               from
               discourtesie
               ,
               not
               from
               ingratitude
               ,
               not
               from
               falcifying
               his
               word
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               alteration
               of
               this
               our
               afflicted
               Country
               .
               Phocides
               (
               as
               you
               all
               know
               )
               confined
               formerly
               upon
               the
               ignorant
               ,
               who
               are
               capital
               enemies
               to
               Apollo
               and
               his
               Vertuosi
               ,
               and
               therefore
               were
               we
               honored
               with
               the
               gift
               of
               Priviledges
               which
               we
               now
               endeavor
               to
               defend
               ;
               the
               which
               he
               gave
               us
               (
               as
               it
               is
               usual
               with
               Princes
               to
               do
               )
               because
               we
               had
               lately
               ,
               of
               our
               own
               accord
               ,
               put
               our selves
               under
               the
               Dominion
               of
               Parnassus
               ;
               we
               are
               now
               by
               process
               of
               time
               become
               natural
               subjects
               ;
               and
               (
               which
               hath
               more
               impaired
               our
               condition
               then
               any
               thing
               else
               )
               we
               are
               ,
               by
               the
               Litterati's
               dilating
               their
               Dominions
               ,
               become
               no
               longer
               confiners
               ,
               but
               inland
               inhabiters
               ;
               all
               which
               things
               gives
               us
               to
               understand
               ,
               that
               Princes
               observe
               other
               mens
               priviledges
               inviolably
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               the
               cause
               why
               they
               were
               granted
               remains
               .
            
          
           
             
               By
               these
               things
               which
               I
               have
               told
               you
               (
               my
               beloved
               )
               you
               may
               know
               that
               your
               taking
               up
               arms
               of
               rebellion
               ,
               will
               ,
               as
               they
               usually
               do
               ,
               aggrivate
               their
               evils
               ,
               who
               have
               boldly
               ,
               but
               unwisely
               taken
               them
               up
               .
               But
               before
               we
               proceed
               further
               in
               these
               our
               tumults
               ,
               I
               earnestly
               desire
               every
               one
               of
               you
               ,
               not
               to
               mind
               so
               much
               the
               just
               reason
               which
               we
               have
               to
               re●…sent
               the
               apparent
               injury
               which
               is
               done
               us
               ,
               as
               the
               unfortunate
               end
               which
               this
               our
               insurrection
               will
               have
               :
               For
               men
               cannot
               more
               maturely
               shun
               committing
               errors
               ,
               then
               by
               meditating
               long
               upon
               the
               evils
               which
               they
               may
               produce
               .
               And
               above
               all
               things
               ,
               I
               straitly
               conjure
               you
               all
               to
               remember
               ,
               that
               
                 non
                 tantum
                 est
                 Decora
                 Victoribus
                 Libertas
                 ;
                 quantum
                 intollerantior
                 servitus
                 iterum
                 victis
                 .
                 Tacit.
                 lib.
                 3.
                 
                 Annal.
                 
              
            
          
           
             This
             Senators
             perswasions
             prevailed
             so
             much
             with
             these
             inraged
             people
             ,
             
             as
             after
             a
             short
             consultation
             ,
             four
             Ambassadors
             were
             sent
             to
             this
             Court
             from
             the
             Senat
             and
             people
             of
             Phocides
             ,
             who
             presenting
             themselves
             this
             morning
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             people
             of
             Phocides
             ,
             who
             were
             his
             Majesties
             most
             devout
             servants
             ,
             having
             learnt
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             be
             more
             foolishly
             nor
             more
             rashly
             done
             ,
             then
             for
             a
             servant
             to
             capitulate
             with
             his
             Master
             ,
             found
             that
             the
             priviledges
             ,
             exemptions
             ,
             and
             immunities
             which
             people
             owe
             unto
             their
             Princes
             goodness
             ,
             were
             nothing
             but
             occasions
             of
             scandal
             ,
             and
             seminaries
             of
             discord
             between
             the
             Prince
             and
             his
             Vassals
             ;
             that
             therefore
             the
             Phocidians
             being
             very
             unwilling
             that
             any
             thing
             should
             fall
             out
             between
             his
             Majesties
             love
             ,
             and
             their
             loyalty
             ,
             which
             might
             hinder
             their
             delight
             in
             their
             Soveraign
             Prince
             ,
             did
             voluntarily
             renounce
             all
             priviledges
             ,
             immunities
             ,
             and
             exemptions
             formerly
             granted
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             all
             the
             humility
             that
             became
             most
             devoted
             Vassals
             ,
             they
             did
             only
             presume
             to
             put
             his
             Majesty
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             Princes
             who
             did
             command
             their
             subjects
             lovingly
             ,
             were
             alwaies
             faithfully
             served
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Whilst
               some
               Poets
               paralleld
               the
               greatness
               of
               Rome
               with
               that
               of
               Naples
               ,
               a
               dangerous
               dispute
               arose
               between
               them
               ;
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               his
               Vertuosi
               might
               know
               what
               to
               say
               and
               believe
               in
               a
               business
               of
               such
               importance
               ,
               commits
               the
               Cause
               to
               the
               Rota
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               who
               decide
               it
               .
            
          
           
             VVE
             hear
             from
             Pindus
             by
             Letters
             of
             the
             tenth
             of
             this
             present
             month
             ,
             that
             some
             Poets
             speaking
             before
             the
             Perepatetick
             Portal
             ,
             of
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             that
             of
             
               Naples
               ,
               Luigi
               Tansillo
            
             let
             these
             words
             fall
             from
             his
             mouth
             ,
             That
             the
             Suburbs
             of
             Naples
             was
             bigger
             then
             all
             Rome
             ;
             which
             petulant
             falshood
             being
             gainsaid
             by
             Caro
             ,
             he
             gave
             Tansillo
             the
             Poetical
             lie
             ;
             That
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Parthenope
             being
             thereat
             much
             incenst
             ,
             would
             have
             used
             violence
             to
             Caro
             ;
             who
             being
             succoured
             by
             the
             Marcheggian
             Poets
             ,
             his
             Countreymen
             ,
             both
             parties
             fell
             to
             prohibited
             Rhimes
             ,
             and
             even
             to
             Sonnets
             with
             stings
             in
             their
             tails
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             were
             likely
             to
             have
             made
             a
             bloudy
             bickering
             ,
             when
             the
             City
             Recorder
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             advertised
             of
             the
             uprore
             ,
             sent
             
               Mutio
               Iustinopolitano
            
             speedily
             thither
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             only
             quickly
             appease
             the
             tumult
             ,
             but
             made
             both
             parties
             pass
             their
             words
             not
             to
             offend
             each
             other
             .
             And
             because
             the
             Litterati
             have
             formerly
             taken
             up
             arms
             upon
             the
             same
             occasion
             ,
             and
             therewith
             caused
             bloudy
             business
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             for
             the
             future
             men
             might
             know
             how
             to
             speak
             and
             believe
             touching
             these
             two
             great
             Cities
             ,
             committed
             the
             cause
             to
             be
             considered
             on
             by
             the
             
               Rota
               di
               Parnasso
            
             ,
             whom
             he
             commanded
             suddenly
             to
             fall
             upon
             the
             business
             ,
             and
             to
             decide
             it
             .
             Wherefore
             upon
             several
             daies
             
             hearing
             of
             both
             parties
             ,
             the
             Rota
             three
             daies
             since
             publisheth
             this
             decission
             .
          
           
             
               Coram
               reverendo
               patre
               Domino
               Cino
               ,
               die
               10
               Maii
               ,
               1612.
               
               Domini
               unanimes
               tenuerunt
               .
            
             That
             the
             City
             of
             Naples
             should
             alwaies
             yield
             for
             Majesty
             to
             the
             City
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             Rome
             to
             Naples
             ,
             for
             pleasantness
             of
             situation
             .
             That
             Rome
             should
             confess
             there
             were
             more
             people
             in
             Naples
             ,
             and
             that
             Naples
             should
             firmly
             believe
             there
             were
             more
             men
             in
             Rome
             .
             That
             the
             Wits
             and
             Wines
             of
             Naples
             had
             need
             to
             be
             sent
             by
             Sea
             to
             Rome
             ,
             to
             receive
             perfection
             in
             that
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             made
             more
             pleasing
             to
             the
             pallat
             of
             gallant
             men
             ;
             whereas
             the
             Roman
             only
             was
             perfectest
             at
             home
             ;
             as
             one
             which
             without
             ever
             going
             out
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             might
             be
             said
             to
             have
             travailed
             all
             the
             world
             over
             .
             That
             Naples
             should
             be
             held
             the
             Metropolitan
             amongst
             all
             Cities
             of
             the
             Universe
             for
             breaking
             of
             Colts
             ,
             and
             Rome
             for
             managing
             of
             men
             :
             That
             there
             were
             more
             Cavaliers
             in
             Naples
             ,
             in
             Rome
             more
             Commendums
             .
             That
             in
             Rome
             they
             only
             deserved
             the
             title
             of
             Cavalier
             ,
             who
             bore
             the
             badg
             upon
             their
             Cloke
             ;
             whereas
             all
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             Naples
             ,
             without
             having
             any
             badg
             upon
             the
             Cloke
             ,
             were
             deservedly
             called
             Cavaliers
             ,
             the
             Cross
             which
             they
             bore
             upon
             their
             naked
             skin
             ,
             making
             them
             sufficiently
             worthy
             of
             so
             honourable
             a
             prerogative
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Theodoricus
               ,
               that
               famous
               King
               of
               Italy
               ,
               having
               ofttimes
               prest
               very
               much
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               is
               alwayes
               denied
               by
               Apollo
               for
               a
               very
               important
               reason
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             powerful
             King
             of
             
               Italy
               ,
               Theodoricus
            
             ,
             from
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             came
             upon
             these
             Confines
             ,
             hath
             by
             several
             Ambassies
             continually
             prest
             Apollo
             that
             he
             might
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             but
             still
             in
             vain
             ;
             for
             as
             oft
             as
             the
             proposal
             was
             made
             ,
             he
             received
             a
             favourable
             denial
             :
             Which
             put
             him
             at
             last
             into
             such
             a
             rage
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             the
             boldness
             to
             burst
             forth
             into
             these
             blasphemous
             words
             ,
             That
             Apollo
             was
             partial
             in
             admitting
             such
             great
             Princ●…es
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             vertuous
             actions
             had
             merited
             eternal
             fame
             ,
             since
             many
             Princes
             were
             seen
             to
             have
             glorious
             places
             in
             his
             Court
             ,
             only
             because
             they
             had
             governed
             petty
             Principalities
             in
             Italy
             ;
             and
             he
             who
             for
             many
             years
             had
             had
             the
             whole
             and
             sole
             Government
             thereof
             ,
             was
             shamefully
             kept
             out
             .
          
           
             When
             Apollo
             had
             heard
             the
             complaints
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             ,
             he
             gave
             him
             to
             understand
             by
             the
             Delfick
             Chancellor
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             do
             well
             to
             be
             quiet
             ;
             for
             to
             be
             plain
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             think
             him
             worthy
             admittance
             into
             Parn●…ssus
             ;
             since
             the
             world
             ought
             to
             thank
             none
             but
             him
             for
             the
             horrible
             Atheism
             which
             was
             of
             late
             introduced
             in
             many
             Provinces
             of
             Europe
             ;
             for
             whereas
             the
             doubts
             about
             Religion
             risen
             up
             amongst
             Divines
             ,
             were
             after
             some
             dispute
             cleared
             ,
             and
             their
             errors
             taken
             away
             by
             the
             Councels
             ,
             which
             were
             made
             capable
             of
             declaring
             what
             was
             truth
             ,
             and
             were
             all
             extirpated
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             by
             making
             bonefires
             of
             such
             as
             were
             obstinate
             .
             
             When
             he
             ,
             as
             the
             head
             thereof
             ,
             took
             upon
             him
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             wicked
             Sect
             of
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             only
             turn
             Heresies
             ,
             which
             require
             whole
             Armies
             to
             root
             them
             out
             ,
             into
             Interest
             of
             State
             ,
             but
             with
             unheard
             of
             affrontedness
             ,
             he
             made
             the
             whole
             world
             see
             ,
             that
             he
             made
             use
             of
             heresie
             ,
             to
             work
             division
             amongst
             people
             ,
             to
             weaken
             Princes
             who
             were
             his
             enemies
             ,
             to
             have
             adhearers
             in
             his
             neighbours
             States
             ,
             to
             make
             himself
             head
             of
             new
             Sects
             ;
             and
             to
             steal
             away
             the
             hearts
             of
             other
             mens
             subjects
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             his
             heart
             he
             had
             no
             other
             esteem
             of
             holy
             Religion
             ,
             but
             as
             of
             a
             powerful
             means
             ,
             and
             excellent
             way
             to
             obtain
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               usual
               custom
               of
               the
               first
               day
               of
               every
               month
               ,
               hears
               the
               Petitions
               of
               such
               as
               desire
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               Parnassus
               .
            
          
           
             APollo
             thinks
             nothing
             more
             unworthy
             of
             himself
             ,
             then
             to
             retard
             ,
             though
             for
             never
             so
             little
             a
             space
             ,
             the
             deserved
             reward
             of
             glory
             from
             those
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             learned
             writings
             have
             deserved
             eternal
             fame
             .
             Whence
             it
             is
             that
             his
             Majesty
             doth
             not
             only
             give
             such
             continual
             audience
             as
             is
             requisite
             ,
             to
             such
             Litterati
             who
             have
             occasion
             to
             desire
             admittance
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             but
             hath
             deputed
             many
             ages
             ago
             the
             first
             day
             of
             every
             month
             ,
             for
             the
             examination
             of
             their
             writings
             and
             persons
             ,
             wherein
             all
             other
             affairs
             being
             laid
             aside
             ,
             he
             only
             attends
             that
             business
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             not
             to
             profane
             those
             vertuous
             places
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             by
             bringing
             thereinto
             such
             as
             have
             not
             been
             yet
             adjudged
             worthy
             of
             so
             honorable
             an
             aboad
             ,
             the
             solemnity
             of
             so
             famous
             an
             action
             is
             not
             cellebrated
             in
             his
             Majesties
             usual
             Residence
             or
             Palace
             Royal
             ,
             but
             without
             the
             walls
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             in
             the
             famous
             Phoebean
             field
             ,
             where
             yesterday
             morning
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             day
             of
             September
             ,
             great
             store
             of
             Pavillions
             being
             erected
             for
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             for
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             ,
             Prince
             Poets
             ,
             and
             learned
             Lords
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             Apollo
             attended
             by
             a
             glorious
             Train
             ,
             came
             very
             early
             to
             the
             appointed
             place
             ,
             where
             without
             any
             delay
             ,
             Commencement
             was
             given
             to
             the
             business
             .
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             how
             great
             a
             concourse
             of
             Litterati
             of
             all
             professions
             ,
             desirous
             to
             purchase
             so
             honorable
             an
             habitation
             ;
             appeared
             there
             that
             day
             :
             In
             so
             much
             as
             his
             Majesties
             Guard
             ,
             who
             are
             strictly
             charged
             to
             carry
             themselves
             civilly
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             had
             very
             much
             to
             do
             to
             keep
             back
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             those
             who
             prest
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             Audience
             .
             And
             though
             the
             number
             of
             pretenders
             be
             infinite
             ,
             yet
             such
             are
             the
             indowments
             which
             are
             required
             at
             their
             hands
             who
             are
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             such
             an
             habitation
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             but
             few
             that
             attain
             their
             desired
             ends
             :
             For
             in
             this
             affair
             ,
             where
             neither
             the
             favour
             of
             friends
             nor
             yet
             riches
             avail
             any
             thing
             ,
             his
             merit
             who
             is
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             fruition
             of
             so
             great
             a
             happiness
             is
             weighed
             very
             censoriously
             in
             a
             just
             scale
             .
             Here
             ,
             before
             he
             pass
             further
             in
             the
             narration
             which
             he
             is
             to
             make
             ,
             Menante
             must
             acquaint
             
             all
             those
             who
             will
             read
             these
             his
             Advertisements
             ,
             with
             Apollo's
             usual
             and
             laudable
             custom
             ,
             never
             to
             begin
             any
             action
             of
             importance
             ,
             without
             first
             using
             some
             of
             those
             Acts
             of
             Grace
             to
             his
             Litterati
             ,
             which
             makes
             Princes
             be
             so
             beloved
             by
             their
             people
             .
             You
             must
             all
             know
             then
             ,
             that
             before
             any
             Writer
             ,
             or
             Illustrious
             personage
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             life-time
             hath
             done
             any
             action
             worthy
             of
             eternal
             fame
             ,
             be
             admitted
             to
             make
             his
             request
             known
             ,
             the
             Heads
             of
             all
             Sciences
             appear
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             draw
             forth
             each
             of
             them
             a
             Ball
             from
             forth
             a
             well
             closed
             Urne
             ,
             where
             amidst
             as
             many
             other
             Silver
             Balls
             as
             there
             are
             Sciences
             ,
             three
             only
             Golden
             Balls
             are
             placed
             ,
             with
             this
             order
             ,
             That
             they
             who
             have
             the
             luck
             to
             draw
             forth
             the
             Golden
             Ball
             ,
             shall
             enjoy
             the
             Noble
             Priviledg
             of
             nominating
             what
             Vertuoso
             of
             their
             profession
             they
             best
             please
             ;
             to
             whom
             (
             yea
             though
             he
             be
             yet
             alive
             on
             earth
             )
             Apollo
             doth
             by
             particular
             favour
             give
             that
             immortallity
             ,
             and
             eternity
             of
             fame
             ,
             which
             is
             usually
             only
             granted
             to
             such
             who
             have
             put
             a
             period
             to
             their
             humanity
             :
             A
             custom
             certainly
             as
             noble
             as
             profitable
             ,
             and
             altogether
             worthy
             of
             his
             deep
             judgement
             ,
             who
             brought
             it
             into
             this
             State
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             serves
             for
             sharp
             spurs
             to
             those
             thirsty
             souls
             after
             glory
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             honorable
             writings
             ,
             or
             signal
             actions
             ,
             have
             purchast
             that
             fame
             which
             is
             the
             first
             rise
             ,
             and
             utmost
             bounds
             of
             every
             vertuous
             soul.
             So
             as
             since
             Apollo
             doth
             liberally
             reward
             the
             pains
             and
             merits
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             before
             their
             due
             time
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             if
             they
             so
             greedily
             affect
             the
             pretious
             coyn
             of
             eternal
             fame
             ,
             as
             they
             think
             it
             great
             consolation
             ,
             to
             consume
             themselves
             in
             continual
             managing
             their
             pen
             ,
             and
             even
             killing
             themselves
             with
             perpetual
             study
             ,
             esteeming
             it
             great
             and
             honorable
             usury
             to
             pass
             by
             some
             few
             years
             of
             their
             present
             life
             ,
             to
             purchase
             that
             eternity
             which
             will
             make
             them
             live
             gloriously
             in
             all
             future
             ages
             ,
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             who
             had
             the
             good
             fortune
             to
             draw
             the
             Golden
             Ball
             out
             of
             the
             afore-named
             Urne
             ,
             was
             
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             ,
             the
             head
             of
             those
             Italian
             Poets
             who
             have
             wittily
             written
             facetious
             things
             in
             Triplets
             .
             The
             second
             was
             Petrarch
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Italian
             Lyrick
             Poets
             :
             The
             third
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             the
             chief
             of
             Politick
             Historians
             .
          
           
             
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             being
             gotten
             up
             upon
             a
             very
             high
             seat
             which
             is
             set
             of
             purpose
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             for
             such
             like
             affairs
             ,
             said
             with
             a
             loud
             and
             audible
             voice
             ,
             That
             the
             prime
             man
             in
             these
             present
             times
             for
             pleasant
             Triplets
             ,
             was
             
               Girolomo
               Magagnati
            
             ,
             the
             flowry
             wit
             of
             Venice
             ,
             whose
             savory
             rhimes
             he
             read
             in
             publick
             ,
             and
             were
             much
             admired
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             Illustrious
             Muses
             ,
             and
             by
             Apollo's
             self
             :
             and
             divers
             of
             the
             Litterati
             taxed
             Berni
             of
             imprudency
             ,
             for
             that
             having
             propounded
             a
             personage
             of
             such
             eminency
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             aware
             that
             he
             might
             peradventure
             nurse
             up
             a
             Serpent
             in
             his
             bosom
             .
             But
             both
             Apollo
             and
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             greatest
             part
             of
             Poets
             did
             commend
             Berni's
             ingenuity
             even
             to
             the
             skies
             ,
             who
             like
             a
             loyal
             and
             honest
             Florentine
             ,
             could
             prefer
             another
             mans
             merits
             ,
             though
             with
             hazard
             of
             his
             own
             reputation
             .
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             voting
             ,
             all
             the
             Litterati
             were
             favourable
             in
             their
             voices
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             Delfick
             Chancellor
             proclaimed
             aloud
             ,
             Eternal
             fame
             ,
             and
             endless
             glory
             to
             
               Girolomo
               Magagnati
            
             ;
             at
             which
             words
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             Vertuosi
             did
             with
             general
             applause
             answer
             Placet
             .
             The
             writings
             of
             so
             fortunate
             a
             Poet
             being
             consecrated
             to
             eternity
             ,
             they
             were
             delivered
             out
             in
             a
             Bason
             of
             Gold
             to
             all
             the
             publick
             Libraries
             from
             whence
             they
             were
             afterwards
             with
             the
             accustomed
             ceremony
             ,
             to
             the
             Delfick
             
             Library
             .
             But
             because
             the
             Illustrious
             Ferdinand
             ,
             Cardinal
             and
             Duke
             of
             Mantua
             had
             taken
             
               La
               Boscareccia
               Clomira
            
             ,
             the
             last
             and
             best
             of
             Magnati's
             Poems
             into
             his
             protection
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             favour
             to
             so
             learned
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             publick
             lover
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             a
             liberal
             Mecenas
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             would
             have
             so
             lovely
             a
             Pastoral
             appear
             in
             his
             presence
             ;
             wherefore
             Berni
             ,
             the
             solicitous
             promoter
             of
             all
             this
             business
             ,
             came
             presently
             to
             the
             dore
             of
             the
             Pavillion
             ,
             and
             took
             that
             fair
             maid
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             who
             being
             waited
             upon
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Noble
             Princes
             ,
             and
             learned
             Mantuan
             Barons
             ,
             but
             even
             by
             great
             Virgil's
             self
             ,
             was
             likewise
             attended
             by
             
               Dametas
               ,
               Corridon
               ,
               Titerus
               ,
               Niso
               ,
               Mirtillo
               ,
            
             and
             other
             famous
             Shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             fair
             Nymphs
             ;
             a
             spectacle
             so
             acceptable
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             so
             pleasing
             to
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             not
             remember
             that
             they
             had
             ever
             received
             any
             greater
             consolation
             .
             When
             the
             fair
             Clomira
             was
             presented
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             she
             fell
             down
             at
             his
             feet
             ,
             and
             adored
             his
             Royal
             presence
             ;
             and
             then
             rising
             up
             to
             the
             Muses
             Throne
             ,
             she
             humbly
             kist
             the
             hem
             of
             their
             garments
             ;
             then
             returning
             to
             her
             place
             ,
             she
             undauntedly
             related
             all
             the
             misfortunes
             of
             her
             love
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             suffered
             to
             attain
             the
             marriage
             of
             her
             beloved
             Igeta
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             ,
             having
             greatly
             praised
             the
             constancy
             of
             so
             lovely
             a
             Shepherdess
             ,
             fell
             to
             expatiate
             himself
             upon
             the
             commendations
             which
             she
             deserved
             ,
             for
             having
             preserved
             her
             chastity
             untoucht
             ,
             in
             her
             so
             long
             peregrination
             ,
             though
             cloathed
             in
             mans
             aparrel
             ,
             in
             this
             so
             corrupt
             age
             .
             Whilst
             Apollo
             spake
             these
             words
             ,
             a
             voice
             was
             heard
             ,
             which
             amongst
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             Vertuosi
             who
             were
             flockt
             together
             to
             see
             this
             delightful
             sight
             ,
             said
             these
             identical
             words
             ;
             If
             she
             should
             come
             into
             our
             Country
             ,
             she
             might
             bid
             her
             virginity
             goodnight
             .
             The
             most
             excellent
             
               Pietro
               Vittorio
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             publick
             Censors
             ,
             rose
             up
             then
             ,
             and
             asking
             who
             it
             was
             had
             been
             so
             rash
             as
             to
             utter
             such
             misbecoming
             words
             in
             that
             sacred
             place
             ,
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             found
             out
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             with
             his
             a●…customed
             gravity
             ,
             admonished
             the
             Censor
             ,
             that
             it
             became
             good
             men
             ,
             even
             by
             wresting
             the
             words
             ,
             alwaies
             to
             interpret
             another
             mans
             sayings
             in
             the
             best
             sense
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             signe
             of
             an
             ill
             affected
             mind
             ,
             to
             understand
             those
             things
             sinisterly
             ,
             which
             might
             admit
             of
             a
             good
             construction
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             who
             had
             spoke
             so
             ,
             deserved
             rather
             to
             be
             thanked
             by
             the
             Judges
             ,
             for
             the
             severe
             correction
             which
             he
             gave
             to
             the
             wicked
             men
             of
             his
             Country
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             reprehended
             :
             That
             therefore
             he
             who
             had
             received
             publick
             admonition
             ,
             should
             amend
             his
             manners
             .
             And
             this
             being
             said
             ,
             gave
             order
             that
             an
             honorable
             place
             should
             be
             allotted
             to
             the
             faithful
             Clomira
             and
             her
             beloved
             Igeta
             ,
             amongst
             the
             other
             famous
             Shepherds
             of
             Arcadia
             .
             Then
             Berni
             drew
             from
             forth
             his
             bosom
             ,
             Magagnati's
             special
             Writ
             of
             Proxie
             ,
             and
             giving
             it
             to
             the
             Delfick
             Chancellor
             ,
             first
             kneeled
             ,
             and
             then
             in
             Magnaties
             name
             took
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             which
             is
             wont
             to
             be
             given
             to
             all
             the
             Litterati
             who
             are
             judged
             to
             deserve
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             Wherefore
             Berni
             ,
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             Magagnaty
             ,
             swore
             ,
             That
             as
             he
             formerly
             had
             done
             ,
             so
             for
             the
             future
             he
             would
             make
             it
             appear
             by
             his
             actions
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             believe
             with
             his
             heart
             ,
             and
             profess
             by
             his
             mouth
             ,
             that
             mans
             true
             wealth
             lay
             in
             possessing
             the
             rich
             treasure
             of
             knowledg
             ;
             that
             he
             would
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             shew
             himself
             to
             be
             an
             implacable
             enemy
             to
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             a
             ready
             friend
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             .
             And
             this
             being
             said
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             Lord
             Treasurer
             came
             to
             Berni
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             the
             chief
             Exchequer
             Officers
             of
             this
             
             State
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             agreement
             made
             by
             the
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ,
             obliged
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Delfick
             Treasury
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             pleasant
             Tersets
             ,
             Clomira
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             St.
             
               Longinus
               ,
               La
               Vernata
               ,
               La
               Meditation
               Poetica
               ,
            
             a
             Noble
             Panegyrick
             upon
             Cosmo
             the
             second
             ,
             great
             Duke
             of
             ●…uscany
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             elegant
             Works
             of
             the
             Vertuoso
             
               Giorolimo
               Magagnati
            
             should
             be
             lost
             either
             by
             fire
             ,
             deluges
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             imaginable
             way
             ,
             Apollo
             should
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Royal
             Patrimony
             ,
             alwaies
             keep
             the
             name
             and
             fame
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             Poet
             alive
             and
             glorious
             amongst
             men
             .
          
           
             The
             solemnity
             of
             this
             Covenant
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             famous
             Petrarch
             mounted
             the
             same
             Chair
             ;
             and
             turning
             towards
             Apollo
             ,
             said
             ,
             Sir
             !
             The
             most
             polished
             ,
             neat
             ,
             polite
             Writer
             which
             we
             in
             these
             times
             have
             of
             Italian
             Lyrick
             Poetry
             ,
             is
             that
             reverend
             Father
             
               Don
               Angelo
               Grillo
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Vertuoso
             of
             Genua
             ,
             whom
             I
             so
             much
             glory
             to
             have
             amongst
             the
             number
             of
             my
             followers
             ,
             as
             I
             find
             a
             particular
             ambition
             in
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             now
             name
             him
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             age
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Guidiccioni
             ,
             the
             Bembi
             ,
             and
             my
             beloved
             
               Iovan
               di
               Casa
            
             failing
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             most
             observed
             former
             Italian
             Poets
             ,
             nothing
             is
             usually
             seen
             in
             the
             modern
             ones
             ,
             but
             a
             certain
             natural
             abounding
             vein
             ,
             without
             the
             solidity
             of
             those
             Poetical
             precepts
             which
             put
             a
             difference
             ,
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             Verses
             of
             one
             that
             is
             born
             a
             Poet
             ,
             which
             are
             sung
             on
             the
             sodain
             ,
             from
             those
             which
             such
             Vertuosi
             who
             having
             study
             and
             art
             joyned
             to
             the
             natural
             Talent
             of
             Poetry
             ,
             are
             continually
             filing
             ,
             and
             by
             candle-light
             severely
             censuring
             their
             Composures
             .
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             every
             one
             might
             perceive
             by
             a
             certain
             humming
             that
             was
             heard
             amongst
             the
             Litterati
             of
             so
             honorable
             a
             Senat
             ,
             how
             much
             every
             one
             was
             pleased
             at
             the
             nomination
             of
             a
             personage
             of
             such
             splendor
             :
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             whose
             face
             great
             joy
             might
             be
             discerned
             ,
             said
             to
             Petrarch
             ,
             Well
             beloved
             !
             you
             have
             named
             a
             Vertuoso
             who
             is
             indeed
             worthy
             of
             your
             choice
             ,
             and
             who●…ly
             conformable
             to
             our
             desire
             :
             And
             though
             we
             love
             
               Don
               Angelo
            
             dearly
             ,
             and
             consequently
             wish
             such
             length
             of
             daies
             unto
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             himself
             desires
             ;
             yet
             great
             is
             our
             curiosity
             of
             quickly
             enriching
             this
             our
             Senat
             by
             the
             purchase
             of
             so
             cryed
             up
             a
             personage
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             my
             Vertuosi
             may
             see
             and
             know
             how
             they
             are
             qualified
             ,
             who
             deserve
             to
             be
             beloved
             by
             stones
             ,
             much
             more
             by
             men
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             
               Rime
               Morale
               ,
               Pietosi
               affetti
               ,
               Pompee
               Funebri
               ,
            
             and
             other
             sacred
             Poems
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Prose
             of
             so
             flourishing
             a
             Wit
             ,
             being
             read
             in
             publick
             by
             Petrarch
             ,
             they
             for
             their
             delicacy
             deserved
             so
             the
             publick
             praise
             ,
             as
             (
             though
             it
             were
             unusual
             )
             the
             Senat
             not
             being
             able
             to
             tolerate
             that
             where
             there
             was
             so
             much
             worth
             ,
             Votes
             should
             be
             given
             in
             privat
             ,
             
               Viva
               voce
               ,
               vivisque
               suffragiis
            
             ,
             Immortality
             was
             with
             extraordinary
             applause
             granted
             to
             the
             name
             and
             writings
             of
             the
             reverend
             Father
             
               Don
               Angello
               Grillo
            
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             solemnity
             of
             Proclamations
             ,
             Oaths
             and
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Treasurers
             obligations
             before
             mentioned
             .
          
           
             Petrarch
             being
             retired
             to
             his
             own
             place
             ,
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             mounted
             the
             aforesaid
             Chair
             ,
             but
             with
             great
             trouble
             of
             soul
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             Litterati
             ;
             for
             ,
             remembring
             that
             after
             the
             entrance
             made
             by
             so
             miraculous
             a
             writer
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             so
             many
             ages
             ago
             ,
             he
             having
             enjoyed
             the
             prerogative
             of
             taking
             out
             the
             Golden
             Ball
             46
             times
             ,
             he
             had
             never
             had
             the
             fortune
             to
             name
             any
             Latin
             Historian
             who
             might
             be
             truely
             stiled
             a
             Polititian
             ,
             they
             were
             very
             much
             troubled
             that
             modern
             Histories
             ,
             which
             write
             the
             naked
             bare
             narration
             of
             things
             ,
             should
             
             want
             that
             Politick
             salt
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             Reading
             of
             History
             very
             delightful
             ,
             and
             him
             very
             wise
             and
             Learned
             ,
             who
             delights
             in
             such
             like
             studies
             .
          
           
             But
             wary
             Tacitus
             being
             much
             pleased
             with
             the
             trouble
             which
             he
             perceived
             to
             be
             in
             them
             all
             ,
             said
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             At
             last
             most
             serene
             Monarch
             of
             the
             Stars
             (
             though
             to
             my
             great
             affliction
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             long
             first
             )
             that
             happy
             day
             so
             much
             by
             me
             desired
             ,
             is
             come
             ,
             that
             my
             detractors
             ,
             who
             have
             imputed
             the
             failing
             or
             want
             of
             Politian
             Historians
             of
             my
             Classis
             ;
             to
             my
             harsh
             ,
             short
             ,
             and
             therefore
             obscure
             stile
             ,
             to
             my
             defect
             of
             alwaies
             joyning
             the
             reason
             of
             things
             ,
             to
             the
             things
             written
             ;
             a
             way
             of
             writing
             which
             they
             said
             was
             shun'd
             as
             vitious
             and
             rash
             ,
             rather
             then
             not
             imitated
             for
             its
             difficulty
             ,
             shall
             have
             reason
             to
             know
             their
             great
             error
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             when
             at
             this
             present
             time
             ,
             in
             that
             famous
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             having
             alwaies
             been
             that
             true
             Trojan
             horse
             ,
             hath
             sent
             forth
             continually
             Heroes
             of
             singular
             vertue
             ,
             and
             more
             then
             humane
             valour
             ,
             there
             lives
             an
             Elegant
             Politick
             Historian
             at
             last
             ,
             a
             well
             relishing
             Latin
             Writer
             of
             the
             Annals
             of
             his
             times
             ,
             one
             who
             for
             the
             shortness
             of
             his
             stile
             ,
             for
             his
             frequent
             Sentences
             ,
             for
             the
             pith
             of
             Policy
             ,
             his
             handsom
             way
             of
             Narration
             and
             document
             ,
             and
             for
             knowing
             how
             in
             the
             very
             Narratives
             ,
             to
             shew
             in
             two
             words
             ,
             the
             occasion
             thereof
             ,
             hath
             known
             how
             to
             imitate
             me
             so
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             grace
             of
             this
             Senat
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             (
             far
             be
             all
             boasting
             from
             these
             my
             expressions
             )
             I
             will
             not
             call
             him
             by
             his
             own
             proper
             name
             of
             
               Paulus
               Emillius
               Santorius
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Prelat
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             boldly
             term
             him
             another
             Tacitus
             .
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             believed
             how
             overjoy'd
             Apollo
             and
             all
             the
             Litterati
             were
             ,
             when
             Tacitus
             nam'd
             one
             who
             was
             as
             acceptable
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             imitaters
             of
             Tacitus
             are
             rare
             to
             be
             found
             .
             So
             as
             Tacitus
             having
             with
             a
             lowd
             audable
             voice
             read
             the
             Annals
             of
             so
             delightsom
             an
             Author
             ,
             they
             gave
             such
             satisfaction
             to
             ever
             one
             ,
             as
             with
             publick
             and
             gracious
             suffrages
             ,
             the
             name
             of
             
               Paulus
               Emillius
               Santorius
            
             ,
             was
             judged
             by
             the
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             to
             deserve
             the
             same
             Immortality
             of
             Fame
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             glory
             ,
             with
             which
             
               Maximus
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             had
             formerly
             been
             honored
             .
             When
             Tacitus
             had
             given
             the
             accustomed
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             had
             performed
             his
             part
             for
             the
             greater
             security
             of
             the
             Immortality
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             Writer
             ,
             an
             end
             was
             put
             to
             t
             he
             nomination
             of
             such
             Writers
             as
             were
             yet
             alive
             .
             Whereupon
             they
             fell
             immediately
             to
             the
             admission
             of
             such
             Litterati
             as
             had
             arived
             at
             Parnassus
             ,
             after
             their
             deaths
             ,
             for
             the
             writings
             ,
             and
             actions
             which
             they
             had
             done
             whilst
             they
             were
             living
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             then
             who
             presented
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             was
             
               Marius
               Equicola
            
             ,
             who
             spake
             thus
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             I
             (
             most
             gloricus
             Prince
             of
             Planets
             )
             very
             well
             know
             my
             own
             affrontedness
             in
             pretending
             for
             the
             rich
             reward
             ,
             and
             pretious
             Patrimony
             of
             that
             eternal
             fame
             which
             they
             enjoy
             ,
             who
             you
             think
             worthy
             of
             the
             glorious
             patrimony
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             by
             my
             weak
             endeavors
             in
             those
             my
             writings
             ,
             wherin
             I
             was
             made
             to
             shew
             the
             nature
             of
             Love
             ;
             but
             the
             great
             benignity
             which
             your
             Majesty
             useth
             towards
             the
             lovers
             of
             Learning
             ,
             doth
             so
             largely
             supply
             the
             smallness
             of
             mens
             merits
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             thereby
             dare
             to
             crave
             the
             exorbitant
             usury
             of
             receiving
             much
             ,
             for
             the
             little
             that
             I
             give
             .
          
           
             When
             Apollo
             had
             heard
             the
             request
             of
             this
             Vertuoso
             ,
             If
             you
             have
             brought
             nothing
             else
             with
             you
             (
             friend
             Mario
             )
             said
             he
             ,
             then
             that
             little
             volume
             which
             you
             have
             there
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             love
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             that
             I
             
             must
             tel
             you
             ,
             you
             have
             taken
             pains
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             having
             laboured
             to
             shew
             the
             world
             the
             nature
             of
             that
             love
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             well
             kno●…n
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             as
             that
             there
             is
             not
             any
             one
             that
             knows
             not
             in
             some
             sort
             how
             to
             conceal
             it
             ;
             you
             might
             have
             deserved
             a
             chief
             place
             in
             this
             my
             State
             ,
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             bestowed
             your
             labour
             in
             writing
             the
             nature
             of
             hatred
             ,
             which
             every
             ignorant
             common
             person
             knows
             so
             well
             how
             to
             palliate
             with
             the
             name
             of
             good-will
             ,
             and
             cover
             with
             the
             false
             cloke
             of
             love
             ,
             as
             the
             world
             is
             full
             of
             the
             complaints
             and
             appeals
             of
             those
             unfortunate
             people
             ,
             who
             for
             having
             trusted
             too
             much
             ,
             exclaim
             of
             being
             assassinated
             by
             their
             friends
             .
          
           
             
               Marius
               Equicola
            
             departed
             much
             afflicted
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             his
             Majesties
             resolute
             answer
             ,
             next
             to
             whom
             came
             
               Sforza
               Oddo
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             Perugian
             Doctor
             of
             Law
             ,
             who
             laid
             at
             his
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             his
             compleat
             Treatises
             ,
             
               Della
               Compendiosa
               sostitutione
            
             ,
             and
             
               Della
               restitutione
               in
               Integro
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Volumes
             of
             his
             learned
             Conciglis
             ;
             which
             in
             a
             short
             ,
             but
             pithy
             Oration
             ,
             he
             desired
             might
             be
             consecrated
             to
             Immortality
             .
             This
             Litterato
             was
             very
             acceptably
             and
             graciously
             received
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ;
             but
             ,
             but
             little
             honour
             was
             done
             to
             those
             his
             Works
             ;
             not
             for
             that
             they
             were
             not
             compleatly
             learned
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             Treatise
             of
             Law
             being
             of
             very
             little
             esteem
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             Sforza
             was
             only
             admired
             for
             the
             sweetness
             of
             his
             disposition
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             being
             very
             much
             verst
             in
             all
             the
             most
             commendable
             Sciences
             .
             Immortality
             was
             therefore
             ,
             but
             coldly
             ,
             and
             with
             weak
             applause
             decreed
             to
             Sforza
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             writings
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             had
             taken
             the
             accustomed
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             between
             the
             Chancellors
             hands
             ,
             he
             was
             told
             by
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Ceremonies
             ,
             that
             his
             business
             being
             ended
             ,
             he
             might
             be
             gone
             .
             Sforza
             replyed
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             ,
             nor
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             gon
             before
             his
             Majesties
             Exchequer
             was
             bound
             to
             keep
             his
             name
             and
             fame
             alwaies
             alive
             in
             mens
             memories
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             seen
             done
             to
             Magagnati
             ,
             and
             others
             .
             Apollo
             hearing
             this
             dispute
             ,
             he
             spake
             thus
             to
             Sforza
             ;
             Know
             most
             honored
             Litterato
             ,
             that
             I
             willingly
             bind
             my
             Royal
             Exchequer
             ,
             for
             security
             of
             perpetual
             fame
             to
             those
             my
             Vertuosi
             who
             are
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ;
             but
             this
             belongs
             not
             to
             Doctors
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             with
             whose
             writings
             I
             out
             of
             good
             reason
             proceed
             otherwise
             ;
             for
             knowing
             that
             the
             infinite
             volumes
             of
             modern
             Lawyers
             ,
             have
             put
             those
             Laws
             into
             so
             great
             confusion
             ,
             in
             the
             clearness
             and
             perspicuity
             whereof
             mans
             greatest
             felicity
             lies
             ,
             as
             to
             end
             suits
             which
             are
             made
             everlasting
             ;
             the
             capricio
             s
             of
             privat
             men
             are
             more
             imbraced
             and
             followed
             ,
             then
             the
             Decrees
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             the
             variety
             of
             common
             opinions
             ,
             the
             opinions
             of
             writers
             are
             rather
             imbraced
             then
             weighed
             :
             I
             foresee
             that
             within
             a
             short
             time
             Princes
             will
             be
             forced
             to
             free
             mankind
             ,
             afflicted
             by
             so
             great
             disorder
             ,
             with
             extirpating
             out
             of
             the
             world
             the
             writings
             of
             those
             Iurisconsulti
             who
             by
             their
             infinite
             cavilings
             ,
             have
             turned
             the
             administration
             of
             sacred
             Justice
             into
             an
             execrable
             Merchandize
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             should
             too
             much
             injure
             my
             Exchequer
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             oblige
             it
             to
             keep
             the
             fame
             of
             those
             infinite
             volumes
             written
             by
             the
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             ,
             perpetually
             alive
             ,
             which
             I
             foresee
             for
             certain
             will
             shortly
             all
             be
             burnt
             ,
             as
             being
             publike
             prejudicial
             enemies
             to
             mankind
             .
          
           
             Sforza
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             this
             unexpected
             answer
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             looked
             very
             pale
             ,
             and
             being
             much
             afflicted
             ,
             reassumed
             his
             Writings
             consecrated
             to
             immortality
             ;
             and
             putting
             them
             under
             his
             left
             arm
             ,
             took
             from
             out
             his
             bosom
             ,
             
             three
             excellent
             Comedies
             made
             by
             him
             ,
             
               De
               Morti
               vivi
               ,
               and
               Della
               Erofilamacchia
               ,
            
             and
             
               della
               Prigione
               d'Amore
            
             :
             Andshewing
             them
             to
             his
             Majheld
             up
             in
             his
             right
             hand
             ,
             said
             ;
             Most
             Illustrious
             Prince
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             I
             rather
             desire
             to
             obtain
             certain
             Immortality
             amongst
             the
             Italian
             Comick
             Poets
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             your
             Majesty
             hath
             said
             ,
             is
             so
             manifestly
             exposed
             to
             the
             danger
             of
             fire
             .
             I
             am
             so
             delighted
             with
             the
             sight
             of
             this
             so
             glorious
             abode
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             not
             leave
             any
             thing
             unindeavoured
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             never
             depart
             from
             thence
             .
             I
             therefore
             humbly
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             not
             to
             think
             me
             unworthy
             thereof
             .
             Apollo
             then
             commanded
             the
             
               Vertuosissimo
               Alexandro
               Picolommeni
            
             ,
             called
             
               Lo
               Stordito
               Intronato
            
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Italian
             Comick
             Poets
             that
             he
             should
             acquaint
             the
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Litterati
             with
             his
             opinion
             of
             those
             commodities
             ,
             which
             Picolommini
             having
             done
             ,
             and
             therein
             highly
             exaggerated
             sforza's
             wit
             ,
             Immortality
             was
             again
             decreed
             unto
             him
             ,
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             aforesaid
             solemnities
             being
             performed
             ,
             Sforza
             departed
             very
             much
             joy'd
             from
             the
             Royal
             Audience
             .
          
           
             
               Giovanni
               Desp●…uterio
            
             ,
             a
             Dutch
             Schol-master
             ,
             presented
             Apollo
             next
             with
             his
             Grammer
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             
               Parn
               ssus
            
             .
             To
             whom
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             being
             cloy'd
             with
             so
             nausty
             a
             generation
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             musty
             ,
             mouldy
             disputations
             and
             questions
             which
             daily
             arose
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             between
             the
             Pedanticks
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             rather
             to
             lessen
             their
             number
             ,
             which
             was
             grown
             too
             great
             ,
             then
             ever
             to
             adde
             any
             one
             more
             to
             them
             ,
             that
             therefore
             he
             might
             depart
             when
             he
             pleased
             .
             Though
             Apollo
             had
             so
             clearly
             excluded
             Despauterius
             ,
             yet
             was
             not
             he
             a
             whit
             discouraged
             ;
             but
             with
             a
             Pedantick
             petulancy
             ,
             answered
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             your
             Majestie
             shall
             please
             to
             give
             such
             satisfaction
             to
             my
             demands
             ,
             as
             I
             desire
             ,
             I
             am
             so
             far
             from
             intending
             to
             displease
             your
             Majestie
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             your
             Litterati
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             as
             I
             promise
             and
             oblige
             my self
             to
             teach
             my
             easie
             Grammar
             to
             all
             such
             children
             as
             shall
             come
             to
             my
             School
             
               Gratis
               .
               Appollo
            
             replyed
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             not
             the
             first
             ,
             who
             under
             pretence
             of
             so
             charitable
             a
             work
             ,
             had
             intruded
             themselves
             into
             Parnassus
             ;
             that
             Donato
             first
             ,
             then
             
               Guarin
               ,
               Scopa
            
             and
             M●…rcinello
             next
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Grammarians
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             excessive
             number
             had
             so
             defiled
             Parnassus
             ,
             had
             made
             use
             of
             the
             same
             fair
             pretence
             ,
             who
             being
             afterwards
             grown
             wealthy
             by
             the
             profuse
             liberallity
             of
             their
             Schollars
             Parents
             ,
             whereas
             their
             large
             Donatives
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             encouraged
             them
             in
             so
             good
             a
             work
             ,
             they
             contrary
             to
             all
             mens
             expectation
             ,
             had
             wrought
             the
             contrary
             effect
             ;
             for
             being
             already
             become
             rich
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             saw
             they
             could
             live
             plentifully
             upon
             their
             own
             incomes
             ,
             they
             abandoned
             their
             profession
             of
             teaching
             ,
             and
             impiously
             spurn'd
             at
             that
             charity
             which
             seemed
             first
             to
             be
             so
             deeply
             graven
             in
             their
             hearts
             ;
             so
             as
             such
             being
             become
             unuseful
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             were
             a
             visible
             incumbrance
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             Litterati
             .
             Apollo
             further
             added
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             all
             that
             had
             been
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             willingly
             allow
             Despauterius
             an
             abode
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             but
             upon
             condition
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             he
             should
             shut
             up
             his
             school
             ,
             he
             should
             restore
             all
             the
             moneys
             to
             the
             Parents
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             taken
             for
             instructing
             their
             children
             .
             When
             Despauterius
             had
             heard
             this
             proposal
             made
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             ,
             without
             further
             replying
             ,
             made
             all
             the
             haste
             he
             could
             out
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             and
             answered
             
               Iohn
               Baptist
               Guarina
            
             ,
             who
             reprehended
             him
             for
             his
             shamedenying
             to
             accept
             of
             his
             Majesties
             offer
             ,
             That
             it
             being
             usual
             with
             all
             men
             to
             be
             soon
             glutted
             with
             any
             one
             ,
             and
             to
             love
             new
             things
             ,
             the
             usual
             
             custom
             of
             Curtizans
             ,
             to
             put
             forth
             part
             of
             their
             moneys
             which
             they
             had
             got
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             to
             keep
             themselves
             thereby
             from
             being
             necessitated
             to
             turn
             Bawds
             when
             they
             grow
             old
             ,
             was
             more
             then
             Platonick
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             therefore
             worthy
             to
             be
             admired
             and
             imitated
             by
             every
             one
             .
             And
             that
             it
             became
             a
             wary
             man
             ,
             so
             to
             consider
             his
             own
             interest
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             charity
             used
             to
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             as
             that
             that
             love
             failing
             ,
             wherewith
             all
             men
             were
             at
             last
             cloy'd
             ,
             a
             man
             might
             live
             commodiously
             of
             himself
             ,
             without
             running
             the
             hazard
             of
             being
             forced
             to
             beg
             his
             bread
             when
             he
             should
             be
             old
             and
             decrepit
             .
          
           
             Dispauterius
             was
             no
             sooner
             gone
             from
             the
             Audience
             ,
             but
             
               Olao
               Magno
            
             the
             curious
             Writer
             of
             the
             Gothish
             affairs
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             Northern
             Nations
             ,
             and
             the
             Historian
             of
             so
             many
             famous
             Kingdoms
             of
             China
             ,
             came
             joyntly
             thither
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             had
             presented
             their
             writings
             unto
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             made
             the
             usual
             request
             That
             they
             might
             be
             consecrated
             to
             immortallity
             .
             Then
             
               Titu
               ,
               Livius
            
             the
             Soverain
             Prince
             of
             Latin
             Historians
             ,
             who
             was
             appointed
             by
             Apollo
             to
             give
             his
             opinion
             of
             them
             ,
             did
             mainly
             oppose
             them
             ,
             accusing
             them
             for
             fabulous
             ,
             and
             rather
             written
             to
             shew
             their
             own
             curious
             capacious
             inventions
             ,
             then
             the
             solid
             truth
             which
             he
             was
             obliged
             to
             do
             ,
             who
             would
             deserve
             the
             name
             of
             a
             perfect
             Historian
             .
             All
             the
             Litterati
             to
             whom
             Apollo
             also
             referred
             it
             ,
             joyned
             in
             this
             opinion
             with
             Li●…y
             ;
             for
             they
             thought
             it
             a
             very
             scandalous
             action
             to
             admit
             of
             the
             slack
             compositions
             of
             those
             vainly
             curious
             wits
             ,
             who
             had
             fill'd
             their
             writings
             with
             incredible
             things
             ,
             and
             therefore
             meerly
             fabulous
             ,
             amongst
             the
             strict
             Historical
             writings
             .
             Onely
             the
             Polititian
             Tacitus
             differed
             from
             the
             opinion
             of
             Livy
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             Historians
             ,
             who
             said
             ,
             That
             these
             men
             who
             had
             described
             ,
             and
             recounted
             the
             actions
             of
             the
             most
             remote
             Northern
             Nations
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             furthest
             Eastern
             people
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             proceeded
             with
             ,
             with
             such
             rigour
             ,
             as
             was
             exactly
             observed
             with
             those
             who
             wrote
             the
             Histories
             of
             known
             Nations
             ,
             and
             neighboring
             people
             ,
             for
             that
             with
             every
             one
             ,
             
               Omne
               Ignotam
               pro
               Magifico
               est
            
             ,
             Tacit.
             vita
             Agric.
             and
             that
             it
             was
             very
             true
             ,
             
               Majoracredi
               de
               ab●…ntibus
            
             ,
             Tacit.
             lib.
             2.
             
             Hist.
             This
             opinion
             of
             Tacitus
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             singular
             ,
             was
             approved
             of
             by
             his
             Majestie
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Northern
             Histories
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             China
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             names
             of
             their
             Authors
             ,
             were
             with
             the
             wonted
             solemnities
             consecrated
             to
             eternity
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             Apollo
             told
             Olao
             ,
             that
             by
             all
             means
             he
             must
             moderate
             the
             greatness
             of
             those
             Northern
             Eagles
             ,
             which
             prey'd
             upon
             Elephants
             ,
             and
             carried
             them
             up
             into
             the
             ayr
             ;
             which
             appeared
             so
             disproportionable
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Colledge
             of
             Litterato's
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             not
             be
             born
             withal
             ,
             no
             not
             in
             Plinies
             mouth
             .
             And
             he
             said
             to
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             China
             History
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             reduce
             the
             immence
             Metrapolitan
             City
             of
             so
             many
             Kingdoms
             ,
             inhabited
             by
             many
             millions
             of
             men
             to
             some
             credible
             measure
             ;
             and
             particularly
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             bring
             the
             Palace
             of
             that
             King
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             affirmed
             to
             be
             many
             miles
             long
             ,
             to
             such
             a
             form
             ,
             as
             Vitruvius
             should
             not
             laugh
             at
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             saying
             ,
             that
             if
             that
             building
             were
             so
             great
             as
             he
             had
             described
             it
             to
             be
             ,
             the
             Halls
             must
             needs
             be
             half
             a
             mile
             long
             ,
             and
             the
             Chambers
             little
             less
             ;
             which
             if
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             the
             whole
             Academy
             of
             Architects
             had
             reason
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             to
             bring
             the
             meat
             hot
             to
             the
             table
             ,
             the
             servants
             of
             so
             great
             a
             King
             must
             ride
             post
             .
          
           
             These
             two
             mens
             business
             being
             ended
             ,
             
               Thomaso
               Bozio
            
             entred
             the
             Court
             ,
             a
             noble
             Aggobine
             Vertuoso
             ,
             no
             less
             famous
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             for
             
             his
             sanctity
             of
             life
             ,
             then
             for
             his
             learning
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             was
             abundantly
             endowed
             ;
             and
             was
             therefore
             received
             ,
             and
             looked
             upon
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             with
             extraordinary
             demonstrations
             of
             love
             .
             This
             so
             famous
             personage
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             his
             learned
             writings
             ,
             
               De
               signis
               Ecclesiae
               Dei
            
             ,
             and
             his
             other
             noble
             pieces
             ,
             which
             were
             all
             of
             them
             exceedingly
             praised
             and
             celebrated
             by
             the
             Censors
             .
             They
             onely
             said
             ,
             That
             in
             his
             book
             
               Deruinis
               Gentium
               adversus
               Machiavellum
            
             ,
             there
             were
             many
             things
             observed
             ,
             which
             deserved
             to
             be
             censured
             and
             corrected
             ,
             in
             that
             wicked
             writers
             desperate
             policy
             ;
             but
             that
             notwithstanding
             ,
             since
             they
             saw
             not
             that
             there
             was
             any
             the
             least
             mention
             made
             in
             all
             that
             book
             ,
             of
             the
             ruines
             of
             any
             Nation
             or
             people
             ,
             they
             were
             of
             opinion
             that
             those
             words
             
               De
               ruinis
               Gentium
            
             should
             be
             cancelled
             as
             superfluous
             ,
             and
             placed
             in
             the
             Frontispiece
             of
             the
             book
             ,
             onely
             to
             make
             the
             title
             more
             stately
             and
             glorious
             .
             This
             Caveat
             of
             the
             Censors
             was
             so
             readily
             pursued
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             as
             Apollo
             complained
             very
             much
             of
             the
             great
             abuse
             of
             many
             writers
             ,
             who
             to
             make
             their
             works
             seem
             more
             learned
             and
             curious
             to
             others
             ,
             do
             fraudulently
             give
             them
             glorious
             and
             stately
             Titles
             ,
             not
             minding
             that
             they
             were
             very
             far
             differing
             from
             what
             was
             contained
             in
             their
             Works
             :
             A
             cheat
             which
             being
             only
             committed
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             the
             Book-sellers
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Books
             more
             vendible
             ,
             was
             much
             like
             the
             falshood
             of
             those
             Merchants
             ,
             who
             selling
             their
             Corn
             in
             sacks
             ,
             lay
             the
             worst
             and
             rotten
             stuff
             in
             the
             bottom
             ,
             and
             cover
             it
             over
             with
             very
             good
             grain
             which
             they
             put
             at
             the
             top
             :
             And
             the
             Writers
             who
             were
             truely
             Vertuosi
             ,
             ought
             to
             think
             ,
             that
             noble
             matter
             ,
             learnedly
             handled
             in
             the
             bodies
             of
             their
             Books
             ,
             did
             render
             their
             Titles
             (
             though
             not
             so
             curious
             )
             as
             famous
             as
             a
             Title
             unlike
             the
             matter
             treated
             on
             ,
             did
             infinitely
             shame
             whatsoever
             elegant
             Composition
             .
             Apollo
             having
             said
             these
             things
             ,
             Immortality
             (
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             this
             Court
             )
             was
             graciously
             granted
             to
             the
             Name
             and
             Writings
             of
             this
             renowned
             Litterato
             .
          
           
             Bozio's
             admittance
             into
             Parnassus
             being
             had
             ,
             as
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             an
             Italian
             Poet
             appeared
             before
             the
             Pavillion
             where
             Audience
             was
             given
             ,
             on
             horseback
             ,
             with
             a
             guide
             before
             him
             ,
             who
             that
             he
             might
             come
             time
             enough
             to
             the
             daies
             solemnation
             of
             admittance
             of
             the
             Litterati
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             had
             taken
             Post
             at
             Corinth
             ;
             this
             man
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             got
             off
             horseback
             ,
             presented
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             with
             his
             boots
             and
             spurs
             on
             ;
             to
             whom
             he
             delivered
             a
             Book
             of
             Songs
             made
             by
             himself
             ;
             and
             then
             desired
             that
             the
             glory
             of
             eternal
             fame
             might
             be
             decreed
             to
             his
             Name
             and
             Stanza's
             .
             It
             is
             not
             easily
             to
             be
             believed
             with
             what
             joy
             this
             Litterato
             was
             received
             by
             the
             whole
             Senat
             :
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             having
             received
             his
             Song-book
             with
             shew
             of
             extraordinary
             affection
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             read
             certain
             Madrigals
             ,
             and
             Sonnets
             full
             of
             lascivious
             and
             obscene
             conceits
             ,
             he
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             had
             a
             Serpent
             ,
             or
             some
             other
             perilous
             beast
             ,
             threw
             the
             Song-book
             into
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             room
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             growing
             very
             red
             in
             the
             face
             ,
             through
             anger
             ,
             Go
             (
             said
             he
             )
             and
             publish
             these
             your
             lascivious
             Ribaldries
             in
             the
             Stews
             and
             Bawdi-houses
             ;
             for
             in
             my
             State
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             habitation
             of
             all
             chaste
             Vertue
             ,
             such
             Ruffion
             pieces
             as
             this
             are
             not
             admitted
             .
             I
             myself
             (
             and
             I
             glory
             to
             speak
             it
             in
             this
             place
             have
             been
             a
             lover
             ,
             and
             consequently
             I
             love
             amorous
             Poetry
             ;
             but
             this
             must
             be
             when
             love
             is
             handled
             with
             such
             terms
             of
             civility
             by
             modest
             Poets
             ,
             which
             I
             so
             much
             admire
             in
             my
             most
             modest
             
               Petrarch
               ,
            
             :
             Nor
             can
             I
             sufficiently
             wonder
             
             how
             some
             modern
             Poets
             can
             be
             so
             shameless
             as
             to
             make
             use
             of
             Learning
             ,
             which
             was
             wholly
             brought
             into
             the
             world
             to
             sow
             vertue
             amongst
             men
             ,
             therewith
             to
             teach
             others
             the
             use
             of
             wicked
             lust
             ;
             and
             the
             practice
             of
             every
             most
             detestable
             vice
             :
             Nor
             can
             I
             imagin
             how
             it
             can
             be
             possible
             that
             any
             man
             should
             be
             so
             sullied
             with
             the
             sluttery
             of
             uncleanness
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             dare
             publish
             those
             obscenities
             with
             his
             pen
             ,
             in
             clear
             day-light
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             which
             are
             committed
             by
             libidinous
             men
             ,
             not
             without
             blushing
             ,
             and
             remorse
             of
             conscience
             ,
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             secretly
             within
             sheets
             in
             close
             Chambers
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             do
             not
             only
             not
             acknowledg
             such
             slips
             to
             be
             actions
             which
             bring
             with
             them
             eternal
             infamy
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             grown
             so
             blind
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             hope
             to
             win
             same
             unto
             themselves
             ,
             and
             purchase
             eternal
             glory
             by
             those
             things
             which
             deserve
             perpetual
             punishment
             .
             Apollo
             had
             not
             made
             an
             end
             of
             speaking
             ,
             when
             the
             unfortunate
             Poet
             went
             out
             of
             the
             Hall
             ,
             and
             he
             and
             his
             guide
             getting
             upon
             the
             same
             horses
             whereon
             they
             came
             ,
             left
             Parnassus
             as
             fast
             as
             they
             came
             thither
             :
             And
             to
             his
             greater
             scorn
             ,
             his
             book
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             durst
             touch
             with
             their
             hands
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             infectious
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             publick
             Aparators
             kickt
             out
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             In
             this
             interim
             a
             base
             Mountebank
             forced
             the
             Guard
             at
             the
             dore
             of
             the
             Pavillion
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Box
             which
             he
             had
             under
             his
             arm
             ,
             and
             a
             Dog
             which
             he
             led
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             entred
             the
             Court
             ;
             the
             dore-keepers
             ran
             immediately
             to
             keep
             so
             unworthy
             a
             fellow
             from
             coming
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             taking
             him
             by
             both
             the
             arms
             ,
             pluck
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Pavillion
             :
             The
             Mountebank
             being
             very
             strong
             ,
             strugled
             hard
             to
             keep
             in
             ,
             and
             cryed
             out
             aloud
             that
             he
             would
             be
             heard
             :
             Apollo
             was
             sorry
             to
             see
             the
             poor
             wretch
             so
             handled
             ,
             and
             commanded
             the
             Souldiers
             to
             forbear
             further
             troubling
             him
             ;
             the
             Mountebank
             then
             spread
             his
             Cloke
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             opening
             his
             Box
             ,
             drew
             forth
             a
             great
             sheet
             of
             Vellum
             ,
             at
             which
             a
             large
             seal
             was
             hanged
             ;
             and
             shewing
             it
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             to
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Colledg
             of
             Litterati
             ,
             said
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             To
             prove
             that
             the
             Sope
             which
             I
             for
             the
             general
             good
             deliver
             out
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             to
             take
             away
             whatsoever
             stain
             of
             shame
             or
             dishonour
             (
             unless
             it
             be
             the
             disgrace
             of
             having
             married
             a
             whore
             )
             out
             of
             the
             vestments
             of
             peoples
             reputation
             ,
             is
             miraculous
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             thing
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             let
             all
             men
             behold
             this
             my
             priviledg
             ,
             granted
             me
             by
             the
             invincible
             and
             alwaies
             glorious
             Prince
             ,
             Charls
             the
             first
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ;
             who
             thought
             this
             my
             secret
             worthy
             so
             singular
             a
             favour
             ,
             only
             because
             I
             took
             avvay
             that
             great
             spot
             of
             Oyle
             from
             off
             his
             Royal
             Robe
             ,
             with
             this
             my
             sope
             ,
             not
             any
             waies
             injuring
             the
             stuff
             ,
             which
             
               Ariadeno
               Barbarosso
            
             threw
             upon
             it
             .
             Wherefore
             I
             earnestly
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             all
             those
             who
             are
             in
             this
             consecrated
             place
             ,
             that
             my
             commodity
             may
             be
             fully
             tryed
             ;
             and
             if
             every
             one
             find
             it
             not
             to
             be
             the
             rare
             thing
             which
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             I
             desire
             it
             may
             immediately
             be
             burnt
             .
             Apollo
             seemed
             to
             be
             much
             taken
             with
             the
             vivacity
             of
             this
             bold
             mans
             wit
             ,
             whom
             he
             asked
             what
             his
             dog
             was
             good
             for
             ?
             The
             Charletan
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             modern
             world
             being
             become
             sensual
             ,
             he
             gathered
             company
             together
             to
             hear
             him
             ,
             with
             this
             his
             dog
             which
             could
             shew
             tricks
             .
             If
             it
             be
             so
             (
             said
             Apollo
             )
             this
             your
             occupation
             seems
             to
             me
             to
             be
             much
             like
             to
             the
             catching
             of
             birds
             ;
             for
             you
             with
             your
             prating
             play
             the
             fowlers
             part
             who
             whistle
             ;
             your
             sope
             is
             the
             bait
             which
             is
             put
             upon
             the
             bird-lime
             ,
             your
             dog
             the
             owle
             ,
             those
             that
             hear
             you
             and
             believe
             you
             ,
             the
             guls
             ,
             who
             leaving
             some
             feathers
             of
             small
             money
             in
             the
             bird-lime
             of
             your
             Merchandize
             ,
             makes
             your
             Quarry
             good
             .
             But
             since
             you
             are
             unfortunately
             
             falne
             upon
             this
             place
             ,
             where
             such
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             are
             but
             little
             credited
             ,
             and
             your
             commodities
             not
             like
             to
             go
             off
             ,
             for
             that
             my
             Litterati
             have
             no
             stains
             at
             all
             in
             their
             aparrel
             ,
             do
             me
             and
             my
             Vertuosi
             the
             pleasure
             to
             see
             your
             dog
             play
             :
             The
             Charletan
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             made
             his
             dog
             ,
             which
             was
             singularly
             well
             taught
             ,
             shew
             many
             tricks
             ,
             which
             it
             did
             so
             handsomly
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             understanding
             ,
             obeying
             whatsoever
             his
             Master
             bad
             him
             do
             ,
             as
             he
             seemed
             to
             have
             human
             sense
             .
             The
             graver
             sort
             of
             the
             Senat
             wondred
             very
             much
             to
             see
             Apollo
             waste
             the
             time
             appointed
             for
             businesses
             of
             such
             weight
             ,
             in
             looking
             upon
             such
             trivial
             pleasure
             ,
             especially
             since
             his
             Majesty
             seemed
             to
             be
             much
             delighted
             with
             the
             dogs
             tricks
             ,
             which
             continued
             a
             good
             while
             :
             But
             their
             wonder
             turned
             soon
             into
             admiration
             ,
             when
             Apollo
             ,
             whose
             property
             it
             is
             to
             extract
             excellent
             documents
             ,
             and
             useful
             precepts
             ,
             even
             out
             of
             the
             vilest
             things
             that
             he
             looks
             upon
             ,
             cryed
             out
             ,
             Oh
             the
             glory
             of
             Knowledg
             !
             Oh
             the
             great
             felicity
             of
             my
             Illustrious
             Vertues
             !
             the
             only
             rich
             patrimony
             of
             mankind
             :
             O
             my
             dearly
             beloved
             Litterati
             ,
             rejoice
             with
             me
             ,
             cheer
             up
             your
             hearts
             ,
             since
             now
             you
             see
             with
             your
             eyes
             ,
             the
             great
             power
             of
             Knowledg
             ,
             the
             worth
             of
             Science
             ,
             when
             a
             little
             knowledg
             which
             a
             man
             hath
             been
             able
             to
             teach
             a
             dog
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             not
             only
             to
             make
             both
             him
             and
             his
             Master
             live
             plentifully
             ,
             but
             to
             cause
             him
             to
             enjoy
             the
             greatest
             content
             which
             can
             befall
             a
             large
             soul
             ,
             of
             seeing
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             getting
             good
             gain
             thereby
             ,
             and
             yet
             there
             be
             some
             who
             value
             them
             not
             ,
             who
             despise
             them
             ,
             and
             persecute
             them
             as
             being
             prejuditial
             .
          
           
             The
             Mountebank
             being
             liberally
             rewarded
             ,
             and
             dismist
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             a
             Vertuoso
             appeared
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             whilst
             he
             lived
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             pleasant
             pregnant
             wit
             ,
             and
             his
             graceful
             comportment
             ,
             having
             been
             the
             delight
             of
             the
             Roman
             Court
             ,
             was
             by
             all
             men
             known
             to
             be
             that
             
               Baldo
               Cataneo
            
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             admired
             by
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             that
             Court
             ,
             for
             his
             pleasant
             witty
             conceits
             ,
             and
             his
             gravity
             in
             more
             serious
             affairs
             ,
             both
             in
             Prose
             and
             in
             Verse
             ,
             as
             he
             deserved
             the
             munificent
             
               Allessandro
               Peretti
            
             Cardinal
             Montalto
             for
             his
             liberal
             Mecenas
             .
             This
             Poet
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             the
             first
             Canto's
             of
             his
             Argonautica
             ,
             a
             Poem
             composed
             by
             him
             in
             eight
             lined
             Stanzas
             ;
             and
             bitterly
             bewailing
             his
             misfortune
             in
             dying
             in
             the
             flowre
             of
             his
             age
             ,
             said
             ,
             his
             death
             was
             for
             no
             other
             cause
             displeasing
             to
             him
             ,
             save
             only
             that
             he
             must
             now
             lay
             before
             his
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             that
             immature
             fruit
             of
             his
             brain
             ,
             which
             if
             he
             had
             lived
             longer
             ,
             he
             hoped
             would
             by
             increase
             of
             years
             have
             been
             so
             perfected
             ,
             as
             it
             would
             have
             been
             more
             then
             meanly
             pleasing
             to
             the
             Litterati
             :
             Which
             calamity
             was
             the
             reason
             why
             for
             his
             small
             desert
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             misfortune
             of
             this
             Poem
             ,
             he
             now
             desired
             that
             Immortality
             unto
             his
             name
             ,
             of
             meer
             grace
             and
             favour
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             hoped
             to
             have
             been
             able
             to
             have
             challenged
             of
             right
             and
             justice
             .
             Apollo
             with
             great
             humanity
             ,
             but
             in
             words
             and
             gesture
             ,
             answered
             Cataneo
             ,
             That
             both
             himself
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             were
             very
             sensible
             of
             his
             immature
             death
             ,
             both
             bad
             him
             comfort
             himself
             in
             the
             benign
             Laws
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             since
             thereby
             for
             the
             better
             encouragement
             of
             his
             Litterati
             ,
             the
             good
             mind
             ,
             and
             vertuous
             intention
             of
             his
             beloved
             Poets
             being
             had
             in
             more
             regard
             ,
             then
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             Compositions
             which
             they
             brought
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             they
             gave
             with
             the
             same
             liberality
             the
             reward
             of
             intire
             Immortality
             ,
             to
             Poems
             which
             were
             but
             begun
             by
             the
             pregnant
             brains
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             and
             which
             were
             interrupted
             ,
             not
             by
             lasiness
             ,
             but
             by
             death
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             brought
             to
             their
             full
             perfection
             .
          
           
           
             Thus
             was
             Immortality
             favorably
             decreed
             to
             the
             Name
             and
             Writings
             of
             
               Baldo
               Cataneo
            
             ,
             who
             being
             with
             wonted
             solemnity
             ,
             placed
             by
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Cerimonies
             ,
             amongst
             the
             demi
             .
             Gods
             who
             enjoy
             the
             signal
             Prerogative
             of
             Immortality
             to
             their
             Names
             and
             Fames
             ;
             a
             Litterato
             appeared
             in
             the
             Royal
             Audience
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Gown
             ,
             after
             the
             Grecian
             fashion
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             evident
             signe
             of
             his
             beard
             ,
             was
             known
             by
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Senat
             ,
             for
             that
             famous
             
               Timotheo
               Greco
            
             ,
             who
             having
             gaged
             his
             beard
             about
             the
             dispute
             of
             a
             syllable
             ,
             with
             
               Francisco
               Filelfo
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             Poet
             of
             Marcha
             ,
             it
             was
             by
             the
             severe
             Victor
             cut
             off
             ;
             whereupon
             all
             the
             spectators
             began
             again
             to
             laugh
             ,
             and
             greatly
             to
             wonder
             how
             Timotheo
             ,
             who
             had
             never
             been
             very
             wise
             ,
             had
             so
             much
             to
             his
             prejudice
             ,
             dared
             to
             present
             himself
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             to
             demand
             a
             Residence
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             which
             is
             only
             granted
             to
             the
             Litterati
             of
             highest
             esteem
             .
             Yet
             Timotheo
             ,
             spake
             boldly
             thus
             to
             Apollo
             :
             I
             may
             truely
             say
             I
             have
             been
             rather
             a
             lover
             of
             Learning
             ,
             then
             that
             by
             my
             perpetual
             study
             I
             may
             have
             deserved
             the
             name
             of
             a
             perfect
             Litterato
             ,
             though
             I
             come
             empty-handed
             before
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             I
             dare
             demand
             a
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             amongst
             your
             Litterati
             ;
             yet
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             not
             part
             from
             your
             Royal
             presence
             ,
             without
             receiving
             some
             favour
             from
             that
             your
             immense
             benignity
             ,
             which
             doth
             largely
             reward
             the
             bare
             intense
             desire
             which
             men
             have
             of
             knowledg
             .
             Timotheo
             was
             upon
             his
             knees
             (
             as
             the
             custom
             is
             )
             whilst
             he
             made
             this
             his
             Petition
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             when
             (
             a
             thing
             that
             was
             never
             at
             any
             time
             before
             observed
             to
             be
             done
             to
             any
             personage
             how
             eminent
             soever
             )
             his
             Majesty
             beckned
             to
             him
             to
             stand
             up
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             be
             covered
             :
             And
             then
             commanded
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             ,
             the
             Senat
             should
             give
             their
             suffrages
             touching
             Timotheus
             admittance
             :
             The
             Litterati
             ,
             who
             had
             but
             an
             ill
             opinion
             of
             Timotheo
             ,
             and
             therefore
             were
             sorry
             to
             see
             him
             enter
             the
             Court
             ,
             firmly
             believed
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             extraordinary
             favour
             done
             to
             one
             whom
             Filelfo
             had
             so
             affronted
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             would
             try
             the
             stedfastness
             of
             his
             Senators
             opinions
             in
             giving
             their
             Votes
             ;
             and
             whether
             they
             would
             be
             diverted
             by
             his
             extraordinary
             usage
             towards
             any
             whosoever
             :
             Wherefore
             they
             did
             not
             only
             all
             of
             them
             joyntly
             give
             him
             the
             repulse
             ,
             but
             many
             of
             them
             shewing
             themselves
             more
             zealous
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             Parnassus
             then
             they
             needed
             ,
             said
             freely
             ,
             that
             the
             great
             affront
             put
             by
             Filelfo
             upon
             Timotheo
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             mark
             him
             out
             to
             every
             one
             for
             an
             ignorant
             person
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             great
             babler
             ,
             a
             thing
             which
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             whole
             Senat
             did
             much
             detest
             .
             You
             my
             faithful
             Litterati
             (
             answered
             Apollo
             )
             have
             given
             a
             very
             ill
             Judgement
             of
             this
             my
             Vertuoso
             ,
             one
             ,
             than
             whom
             (
             and
             let
             not
             this
             be
             offensive
             to
             any
             one
             )
             mine
             eyes
             never
             beheld
             a
             more
             glorious
             personage
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             the
             glory
             of
             eternal
             Fame
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             most
             priviledged
             prerogatives
             ,
             ought
             rather
             to
             be
             given
             .
             O
             how
             signal
             ,
             how
             immense
             ,
             how
             praise-worthy
             was
             the
             glory
             which
             thou
             (
             my
             dear
             Timotheo
             )
             didst
             get
             in
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             wager
             which
             thou
             didst
             lay
             with
             Filelfo
             ,
             how
             much
             ought
             it
             to
             be
             commended
             ,
             admired
             ,
             and
             rewarded
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             my
             Litteratio
             more
             then
             all
             the
             actions
             ever
             done
             by
             any
             whoever
             thirsted
             after
             glory
             .
             Thou
             art
             he
             alone
             ,
             who
             to
             this
             day
             hast
             known
             how
             ,
             by
             keeping
             constant
             to
             thy
             Oath
             made
             ,
             and
             by
             making
             good
             thy
             word
             ,
             to
             purchase
             that
             Crown
             of
             glory
             of
             maintaining
             promise
             both
             to
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             which
             most
             commonly
             is
             so
             abusefully
             measured
             by
             the
             compass
             of
             Interest
             ,
             both
             by
             Princes
             and
             privat
             men
             ,
             as
             there
             can
             no
             so
             strict
             form
             of
             Oath
             be
             found
             ,
             no
             faith
             whereby
             to
             bind
             
             men
             ,
             from
             which
             they
             cannot
             tell
             how
             to
             acquit
             themselves
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             a
             thousand
             evasions
             ,
             but
             even
             by
             affronted
             impiety
             .
             Thine
             then
             Timotheo
             ,
             be
             the
             chief
             and
             most
             honorable
             place
             of
             this
             my
             Senat
             ;
             and
             let
             all
             men
             learn
             by
             the
             glory
             which
             〈◊〉
             this
             day
             adjudge
             thee
             worthy
             of
             ,
             that
             men
             win
             so
             much
             honour
             by
             constantly
             keeping
             their
             word
             when
             it
             is
             once
             given
             ,
             yea
             though
             it
             be
             prejudicial
             to
             their
             own
             affairs
             ;
             as
             glory
             is
             by
             all
             men
             esteemed
             beyond
             comparison
             ,
             greater
             then
             the
             love
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             earthly
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             end
             of
             fortunate
             Timotheus
             his
             business
             ,
             when
             Ferdinando
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             the
             Catholike
             King
             of
             Spain
             ,
             appeared
             with
             great
             gravity
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             attended
             by
             a
             great
             many
             Lords
             ,
             who
             complained
             grievously
             ,
             that
             it
             being
             a
             hundred
             years
             since
             he
             had
             earnestly
             prest
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             could
             never
             obtain
             his
             desire
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             not
             only
             he
             alone
             ,
             but
             even
             all
             those
             that
             knew
             him
             ,
             that
             thought
             it
             a
             great
             injury
             done
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             denied
             that
             abode
             ,
             which
             was
             easily
             granted
             to
             many
             that
             were
             inferior
             to
             him
             ,
             both
             in
             merit
             and
             State.
             Apollo
             answered
             King
             Ferdinando
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             the
             antient
             custom
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             that
             Princes
             who
             desired
             to
             be
             admitted
             into
             his
             State
             ,
             should
             be
             chosen
             by
             the
             Votes
             of
             the
             Litterati
             of
             their
             own
             Nation
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             knew
             best
             their
             Kings
             deserts
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             by
             no
             means
             break
             those
             orders
             which
             by
             so
             long
             a
             concourse
             of
             time
             had
             still
             proved
             good
             ;
             and
             then
             his
             Majesty
             having
             commanded
             that
             they
             should
             again
             go
             to
             their
             votes
             ,
             he
             in
             a
             grave
             manner
             minded
             the
             Nation
             of
             Arragon
             ,
             how
             straitly
             she
             was
             bound
             ,
             both
             to
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             to
             weigh
             the
             merits
             of
             her
             Kings
             ,
             with
             the
             ballance
             of
             a
             soul
             free
             from
             all
             passion
             :
             The
             Votes
             being
             given
             ,
             they
             were
             all
             found
             to
             be
             negative
             ;
             for
             which
             reiterated
             injury
             ,
             Ferdinando
             being
             highly
             incensed
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ;
             Can
             then
             such
             a
             King
             as
             I
             be
             so
             ill
             dealt
             withall
             ,
             and
             scorned
             by
             his
             ungrateful
             Nation
             ,
             without
             being
             able
             to
             receive
             remedy
             for
             such
             injustice
             ,
             for
             so
             manifest
             injury
             from
             Apollo's
             self
             ?
             What
             other
             Nation
             ,
             either
             in
             antient
             or
             modern
             times
             ,
             is
             there
             in
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             acknowledg
             it self
             more
             obliged
             unto
             its
             Prince
             ,
             then
             is
             Arragon
             to
             me
             its
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             Benefactor
             ?
             who
             from
             that
             obscurity
             of
             fame
             which
             every
             one
             knows
             she
             was
             in
             ,
             have
             made
             her
             to
             be
             held
             in
             high
             esteem
             by
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             by
             the
             glorious
             union
             which
             I
             made
             between
             the
             powerful
             Kingdom
             of
             Castiel
             and
             her
             ,
             by
             Queen
             Isabels
             Marriage
             .
             Whilst
             King
             Ferdinando
             with
             strange
             alterations
             of
             mind
             ,
             said
             these
             things
             ,
             it
             was
             observed
             that
             some
             of
             the
             chief
             Arragon
             Senators
             shook
             their
             heads
             ,
             which
             he
             ,
             taking
             to
             be
             done
             to
             his
             yet
             greater
             disgrace
             ,
             grew
             so
             incenst
             ,
             as
             Apollo
             observing
             it
             ,
             to
             avoid
             some
             foul
             inconvenience
             which
             might
             ensue
             thereupon
             ,
             made
             him
             aware
             of
             his
             great
             error
             ,
             which
             blinded
             with
             passion
             ,
             he
             committed
             in
             that
             his
             Cause
             ;
             telling
             him
             ,
             That
             Princes
             did
             then
             make
             their
             Nations
             great
             and
             powerful
             when
             they
             united
             them
             to
             an
             inferior
             Nation
             (
             as
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             had
             done
             by
             the
             important
             acquisition
             of
             Britany
             )
             and
             not
             to
             a
             more
             numerous
             and
             potent
             Kingdom
             .
             For
             in
             the
             first
             case
             ,
             by
             aggrandizing
             her
             Empire
             ,
             men
             made
             their
             Nation
             Mistriss
             ;
             whereas
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             by
             lesning
             her
             Dominion
             ,
             they
             made
             her
             a
             slave
             .
          
           
             Whilst
             King
             Ferdinando
             departed
             the
             Audience
             ,
             no
             waies
             appeased
             by
             this
             his
             Majesties
             wise
             answer
             ;
             to
             the
             great
             admiration
             of
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             ,
             a
             Sparrow-Hawk
             came
             flying
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             lighting
             upon
             
             the
             publick
             Chair
             ,
             infused
             wonder
             into
             all
             the
             spectators
             ,
             who
             took
             it
             for
             some
             prodigious
             thing
             ,
             which
             signified
             some
             great
             matter
             .
             And
             the
             Souldiers
             of
             the
             Guard
             running
             to
             drive
             her
             out
             of
             the
             Pavillion
             ,
             his
             Majestie
             commanded
             them
             to
             let
             her
             alone
             .
             Then
             the
             Roman
             Augures
             or
             Southsayers
             rose
             up
             and
             desired
             Apollo
             that
             they
             might
             interpret
             that
             Augury
             ▪
             Apollo
             laught
             at
             the
             request
             of
             those
             vain
             men
             ,
             and
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             futurities
             were
             so
             hidden
             by
             immortal
             God
             ,
             from
             men
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             a
             meer
             fool
             who
             pretended
             he
             could
             foretell
             them
             by
             the
             flying
             of
             birds
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             like
             thing
             which
             hapned
             by
             chance
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             they
             would
             make
             use
             of
             their
             Art
             of
             Augury
             ,
             by
             their
             ordinary
             interessed
             ends
             of
             making
             ignorant
             men
             more
             obedient
             and
             ready
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             such
             things
             as
             they
             desired
             ,
             shewing
             them
             that
             the
             will
             of
             God
             concurred
             with
             mans
             command
             ,
             they
             should
             know
             that
             Parnassus
             was
             no
             aboad
             for
             such
             fools
             as
             could
             be
             whirld
             about
             by
             the
             holy
             and
             sacred
             pretences
             of
             malitious
             interessed
             men
             .
             Apollo
             having
             said
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             great
             silence
             insuing
             thereupon
             ,
             the
             Hawk
             spake
             thus
             :
             That
             Vertue
             which
             is
             thought
             to
             be
             only
             peculiar
             to
             man
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             known
             by
             other
             Animals
             ,
             but
             loved
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             greedily
             imbraced
             ,
             is
             clearly
             proved
             by
             the
             aptness
             which
             is
             seen
             in
             birds
             ,
             to
             learn
             several
             tunes
             which
             they
             hear
             sung
             by
             others
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             learning
             to
             speak
             like
             man
             ;
             by
             the
             corveting
             and
             dancing
             of
             four-footed
             beasts
             ,
             and
             by
             other
             things
             which
             they
             see
             ,
             or
             are
             taught
             ,
             the
             which
             they
             do
             as
             gracefully
             imitate
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             easily
             learn.
             This
             truth
             (
             most
             glorious
             Prince
             of
             the
             Planets
             )
             is
             sufficient
             to
             make
             the
             wonder
             cease
             in
             all
             those
             that
             hear
             me
             ,
             why
             I
             ,
             a
             savage
             bird
             ,
             who
             live
             by
             rapine
             ,
             and
             am
             therefore
             thought
             to
             have
             a
             cruel
             heart
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             fiercely
             minded
             ,
             should
             desire
             the
             so
             happy
             and
             blessed
             aboad
             of
             Parnassus
             .
             To
             adorn
             the
             soul
             with
             vertue
             ,
             the
             desire
             of
             good
             conversation
             is
             not
             only
             infused
             by
             God
             into
             men
             ,
             who
             are
             indued
             with
             an
             understanding
             able
             to
             know
             all
             things
             ,
             but
             into
             all
             sorts
             and
             conditions
             of
             Creatures
             :
             And
             since
             I
             very
             well
             know
             that
             those
             are
             only
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             words
             and
             acts
             ,
             either
             have
             taught
             ,
             or
             are
             able
             to
             teach
             holy
             precepts
             ,
             good
             doctrine
             ,
             and
             vertuous
             things
             ,
             I
             certainly
             may
             with
             much
             reason
             pretend
             to
             be
             thought
             very
             worthy
             to
             live
             in
             these
             fortunate
             habitations
             .
             I
             know
             that
             all
             these
             glorious
             Litterati
             will
             grant
             me
             ,
             that
             mans
             subsistence
             ,
             that
             the
             good
             beginnings
             ,
             better
             progress
             ,
             and
             best
             end
             of
             all
             vertuous
             life
             depends
             upon
             the
             education
             which
             parents
             give
             their
             children
             ;
             this
             as
             necessary
             ,
             as
             badly
             known
             Science
             of
             breeding
             up
             children
             well
             ,
             is
             notwithstanding
             very
             ill
             practised
             by
             men
             ,
             and
             very
             well
             known
             by
             the
             instinct
             of
             nature
             to
             bruit
             animals
             :
             I
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             stand
             with
             your
             Majesties
             approbation
             ,
             am
             come
             to
             instruct
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             listen
             therefore
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             admire
             ;
             Amongst
             us
             birds
             there
             is
             no
             more
             immense
             love
             then
             that
             which
             children
             bear
             to
             their
             fathers
             :
             but
             I
             find
             mans
             ignorance
             to
             be
             so
             gross
             ,
             that
             amongst
             them
             the
             greatest
             enemies
             which
             children
             have
             ,
             are
             their
             fathers
             :
             For
             the
             unbowel'd
             love
             which
             they
             bear
             unto
             them
             ,
             is
             more
             prejudicial
             to
             them
             ,
             then
             is
             their
             enemies
             implacable
             hatred
             .
             Love
             even
             to
             ones
             own
             children
             ,
             hath
             its
             bounds
             and
             limits
             ,
             which
             those
             who
             exceed
             ,
             occasion
             ruine
             to
             their
             children
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             may
             judge
             of
             other
             animals
             ,
             by
             the
             example
             which
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             of
             us
             birds
             ;
             we
             do
             so
             affectionately
             love
             our
             young
             ones
             ,
             as
             to
             feed
             them
             upon
             urgent
             necessity
             with
             flesh
             torne
             out
             of
             our
             own
             breasts
             ,
             is
             
             not
             our
             utmost
             charity
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             we
             do
             notwithstanding
             (
             as
             men
             unfortunately
             do
             )
             love
             them
             when
             they
             are
             old
             ;
             but
             by
             the
             wise
             instinct
             of
             nature
             ,
             only
             so
             long
             as
             they
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             fed
             by
             us
             ;
             for
             when
             we
             find
             their
             claws
             begin
             to
             grow
             sharp
             ,
             and
             their
             wings
             strong
             ,
             the
             first
             fit
             for
             prey
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             flying
             ,
             we
             use
             the
             last
             and
             most
             perfect
             bounds
             of
             charity
             in
             not
             loving
             them
             any
             longer
             ;
             not
             for
             that
             that
             paternal
             affection
             which
             lives
             in
             fathers
             even
             after
             their
             childrens
             death
             ,
             ceaseth
             to
             be
             amongst
             birds
             ,
             but
             because
             that
             infinite
             affection
             of
             parents
             to
             do
             what
             is
             best
             and
             most
             convenient
             for
             their
             children
             ,
             requires
             it
             should
             be
             so
             ;
             the
             love
             of
             fathers
             to
             their
             children
             is
             not
             only
             useful
             ,
             but
             necessary
             ;
             but
             only
             so
             long
             as
             they
             are
             not
             able
             of
             themselves
             to
             get
             their
             living
             ,
             and
             harmful
             ,
             and
             directly
             pernitious
             ,
             if
             they
             assist
             them
             when
             they
             are
             able
             by
             their
             own
             labours
             and
             industry
             to
             live
             plentifully
             of
             themselves
             :
             For
             certainly
             mens
             children
             would
             be
             very
             industrious
             ,
             if
             their
             parents
             would
             only
             love
             them
             till
             that
             time
             which
             God
             hath
             prefixt
             unto
             us
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             would
             do
             like
             me
             ,
             who
             when
             I
             see
             my
             young
             ones
             can
             fly
             currantly
             ,
             I
             shew
             them
             hedges
             full
             of
             Sparrows
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             live
             plentifully
             :
             So
             men
             ,
             when
             their
             children
             are
             become
             men
             like
             themselves
             ,
             should
             shew
             them
             Princes
             Courts
             ,
             and
             chief
             Metropolitan
             Cities
             ,
             wherein
             much
             business
             is
             transacted
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             maintain
             themselves
             not
             like
             idle
             and
             unusefull
             lumps
             of
             flesh
             buried
             in
             sloathfulness
             ,
             and
             total
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             own
             vertuous
             industry
             .
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             so
             necessary
             a
             lesson
             for
             men
             ,
             after
             having
             highly
             praised
             the
             Sparrow-hawk
             ,
             and
             deputed
             it
             a
             safe
             and
             honourable
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             Now
             at
             last
             ,
             my
             beloved
             Vertuosi
             ,
             we
             find
             clearly
             ,
             that
             the
             immortal
             God
             having
             infused
             full
             and
             perfect
             wisdom
             into
             bruit-beasts
             ,
             for
             what
             concerns
             their
             preservation
             and
             propagation
             ;
             the
             true
             Philosophy
             which
             makes
             men
             wise
             ,
             and
             to
             which
             by
             continual
             study
             and
             speculation
             they
             ought
             to
             attend
             ,
             is
             to
             observe
             their
             natural
             instincts
             ,
             and
             diligently
             to
             practice
             them
             in
             what
             concerns
             themselves
             ;
             for
             so
             they
             might
             lead
             their
             lives
             happily
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             capriciousness
             of
             several
             sects
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             so
             far
             differing
             in
             opinion
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             but
             by
             living
             according
             to
             holy
             and
             prudent
             natural
             precepts
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             would
             be
             a
             foul
             disorder
             if
             birds
             ,
             and
             other
             bruit
             animals
             should
             feed
             their
             children
             till
             they
             grow
             old
             in
             their
             nests
             and
             dens
             ;
             so
             it
             must
             be
             confest
             that
             parents
             do
             very
             ill
             ,
             who
             taking
             more
             care
             how
             to
             accumulate
             wealth
             and
             riches
             for
             their
             children
             ,
             then
             to
             leave
             them
             the
             pretious
             and
             alwaies
             permanent
             patrimony
             of
             Learning
             ,
             which
             fire
             cannot
             consume
             ,
             deluges
             devour
             ,
             nor
             Tyrants
             take
             away
             ,
             instead
             of
             breeding
             up
             men
             that
             may
             be
             useful
             for
             their
             own
             Families
             ,
             and
             serviceable
             to
             their
             Countries
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             do
             most
             unfortunately
             breed
             up
             unuseful
             and
             vitious
             lumps
             of
             flesh
             ,
             who
             not
             knowing
             wherein
             else
             to
             spend
             their
             lives
             ,
             girting
             their
             swords
             about
             them
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             appear
             true
             Gentlemen
             ,
             imitate
             those
             unfortunate
             pismires
             ,
             who
             are
             then
             sure
             to
             fall
             into
             rain
             ,
             when
             they
             put
             on
             wings
             .
             For
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             those
             great
             patrimonies
             which
             are
             got
             by
             Learning
             ,
             are
             ruined
             by
             the
             use
             of
             Arms.
             
          
           
             Thus
             said
             Apollo
             ,
             when
             the
             famous
             
               Philip
               Commines
            
             ,
             Lord
             of
             Argenton
             ,
             appeared
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             shewed
             his
             Memorials
             to
             the
             Senat
             of
             Litterati
             ;
             and
             then
             desired
             ,
             that
             together
             with
             their
             Author
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             consecrated
             to
             Immortality
             .
             When
             Argentonne
             had
             
             made
             his
             demand
             ,
             Apollo
             commanded
             
               Titus
               Livius
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             the
             Colledg
             of
             History
             ,
             to
             give
             his
             opinion
             upon
             Argentons
             Memorials
             ;
             who
             said
             ,
             he
             saw
             no
             reason
             why
             that
             French
             Lord
             should
             desire
             that
             his
             Writings
             should
             be
             placed
             amongst
             the
             Learned
             Labours
             of
             Historians
             which
             were
             preserved
             in
             the
             Delfick
             Library
             ;
             since
             there
             was
             in
             them
             no
             gravity
             of
             stile
             ,
             no
             strength
             of
             eloquence
             ,
             no
             good
             contexture
             of
             times
             ,
             no
             frequent
             Sentences
             ,
             no
             Orations
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             thing
             worthy
             an
             indifferent
             Historian
             :
             But
             that
             he
             having
             woven
             these
             his
             Memorials
             according
             to
             the
             vain
             fantastick
             way
             of
             Romance
             ,
             in
             sundry
             Chapters
             ,
             wherein
             are
             handled
             the
             weighty
             matters
             of
             fact
             ,
             between
             the
             two
             glorious
             and
             potent
             Princes
             ,
             Lewis
             the
             twelfth
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             Charls
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Burgony
             ,
             the
             first
             known
             by
             all
             men
             to
             be
             wise
             ,
             the
             other
             valiant
             ,
             he
             thought
             him
             fitter
             to
             be
             placed
             amongst
             the
             Writers
             of
             Romances
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             Historical
             Classis
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             little
             satisfied
             with
             this
             Relation
             of
             Livy
             ,
             as
             not
             without
             some
             commotion
             of
             mind
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             Livy
             ,
             those
             requisites
             which
             as
             I
             perceive
             by
             your
             relation
             ,
             you
             think
             ought
             first
             to
             be
             had
             in
             consideration
             in
             a
             perfect
             Historian
             ,
             are
             those
             which
             I
             think
             ought
             to
             be
             considered
             last
             in
             my
             Vertuosi
             .
             History
             is
             meat
             not
             only
             well
             seasoned
             to
             please
             the
             curious
             pallat
             ,
             but
             substantially
             and
             magnificently
             served
             in
             to
             please
             the
             soul
             ;
             and
             therefore
             more
             respect
             is
             to
             be
             had
             therein
             to
             profit
             ,
             then
             to
             pleasure
             :
             And
             you
             are
             very
             much
             deceived
             if
             you
             believe
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             study
             of
             History
             it
             be
             requisite
             to
             have
             a
             neat
             polite
             phrase
             ,
             either
             in
             Latin
             ,
             Greek
             ,
             French
             ,
             or
             Italian
             ;
             the
             sole
             end
             of
             so
             honorable
             a
             study
             ,
             is
             to
             come
             by
             that
             wisdom
             ,
             which
             is
             only
             drunk
             in
             by
             the
             reading
             of
             past
             affairs
             .
             And
             though
             I
             highly
             commend
             your
             stately
             stile
             ,
             and
             Cesars
             so
             polished
             speaking
             ,
             yet
             I
             would
             have
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             those
             things
             which
             you
             hold
             the
             first
             ;
             are
             the
             last
             in
             a
             perfect
             Historian
             .
             Truth
             is
             the
             soul
             of
             History
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             long
             liv'd
             ,
             and
             well
             esteemed
             of
             amongst
             men
             ,
             as
             also
             the
             knowledg
             how
             to
             explain
             the
             deep
             Councels
             ,
             most
             secret
             thoughts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             all
             the
             cunning
             Intriegoes
             used
             in
             times
             of
             peace
             and
             war
             ,
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             their
             States
             ;
             which
             though
             they
             be
             written
             in
             poor
             Law-Latin
             ,
             affords
             such
             content
             to
             vertuous
             minds
             ,
             as
             doth
             eternize
             his
             Writings
             ,
             who
             hath
             wit
             enough
             to
             weave
             such
             Histories
             .
             And
             amongst
             these
             I
             esteem
             judicious
             Commines
             the
             chief
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             only
             think
             him
             very
             worthy
             a
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             but
             command
             that
             the
             first
             place
             amongst
             French
             Historians
             be
             assigned
             to
             him
             .
          
           
             It
             grew
             now
             very
             late
             ,
             and
             Apollo
             having
             taken
             great
             pains
             in
             listning
             to
             the
             reading
             of
             so
             many
             writings
             ,
             and
             hearing
             so
             many
             requests
             ,
             was
             very
             weary
             ;
             when
             
               Berni
               ,
               Mauro
               ,
               Molza
            
             ,
             and
             other
             pleasant
             and
             jovial
             Poets
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             Majesty
             merry
             ,
             brought
             a
             Poet
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             so
             sordidly
             aparrelled
             ,
             with
             his
             clothes
             all
             tattered
             ,
             and
             smelling
             of
             smoak
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             not
             unlike
             a
             Chimney-sweeper
             :
             This
             man
             having
             moved
             great
             laughture
             in
             the
             Senat
             ,
             came
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             a
             rude
             discomposed
             reverence
             ,
             he
             presented
             a
             very
             greasie
             Poem
             .
             His
             Majesty
             asked
             him
             who
             he
             was
             ?
             who
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             famous
             Poem
             
               di
               Bovo
               d'
               Antona
               .
               Apollo
            
             seemed
             then
             to
             have
             heard
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             he
             was
             the
             Ariosto
             of
             Ballad-makers
             ;
             Apollo
             listned
             then
             so
             attentively
             to
             one
             whole
             Canto
             of
             that
             Poem
             ,
             scowling
             sometimes
             ,
             as
             he
             made
             all
             men
             wonder
             that
             his
             Majesty
             could
             so
             
             much
             as
             cast
             an
             eye
             upon
             so
             foolish
             a
             thing
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             observed
             his
             Litterati's
             amazement
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             much
             admired
             that
             Writer
             ,
             whom
             they
             so
             much
             scorned
             and
             laught
             at
             ,
             since
             knowing
             so
             little
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             courage
             to
             write
             so
             much
             .
             A
             thing
             which
             might
             make
             many
             of
             them
             blush
             ,
             who
             knowing
             much
             ,
             had
             writ
             little
             :
             And
             that
             the
             excuse
             made
             by
             many
             was
             very
             naught
             ,
             and
             altogether
             unbecoming
             a
             Vertuoso
             ;
             That
             there
             was
             no
             more
             need
             of
             writing
             Verses
             ,
             since
             Princely
             Virgil
             had
             writ
             ,
             that
             matters
             of
             Physick
             being
             treated
             on
             by
             Hippocrates
             and
             Galen
             ,
             ought
             not
             be
             toucht
             upon
             by
             any
             others
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             spent
             his
             time
             in
             vain
             ,
             in
             writing
             about
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             who
             had
             well
             considered
             Euclids
             writings
             ;
             for
             there
             was
             no
             book
             which
             had
             not
             somewhat
             of
             good
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             that
             conceits
             and
             doctrines
             were
             found
             in
             many
             Latin
             Poets
             ,
             in
             more
             writers
             of
             Physick
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             Authors
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             only
             equal
             ,
             but
             exceed
             any
             in
             
               Virgil
               ,
               Hippocrates
            
             ,
             or
             Euclid
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             hated
             some
             wits
             ,
             who
             having
             noble
             Talents
             in
             several
             Sciences
             ,
             able
             to
             eternize
             their
             names
             ,
             did
             cloke
             their
             sloathfulness
             ,
             and
             hatred
             of
             writing
             with
             the
             name
             of
             modesty
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             Apollo
             gave
             order
             to
             Platina
             to
             take
             that
             greasie
             Poet
             into
             his
             Pastery
             to
             make
             him
             clean
             ,
             to
             the
             wonder
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             all
             the
             bels
             of
             Parnassus
             were
             heard
             to
             sound
             an
             alarm
             ,
             and
             presently
             after
             
               Mutio
               Iustinopolitano
            
             came
             out
             of
             breath
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             dreadful
             news
             ,
             that
             the
             Monarchies
             and
             Commonwealths
             of
             all
             the
             world
             being
             falne
             at
             ods
             ,
             a
             bloudy
             battel
             was
             likely
             to
             insue
             ,
             unless
             some
             speedy
             remedy
             were
             found
             out
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             though
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             hearing
             of
             this
             so
             sodain
             chance
             ,
             he
             was
             able
             of
             himself
             to
             put
             on
             a
             resolution
             worthy
             of
             his
             own
             wisdom
             ;
             yet
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             danger
             ,
             he
             would
             hear
             the
             opinion
             of
             his
             Council
             of
             State
             ,
             though
             tumultuary
             given
             .
             And
             though
             most
             were
             for
             quenching
             the
             sparkles
             of
             so
             dangerous
             a
             fire
             ,
             with
             the
             usual
             guards
             of
             the
             Palace
             ,
             with
             two
             legions
             of
             Satyrical
             Poets
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Pretorian
             Lyrick
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             Person
             should
             be
             reserved
             for
             a
             more
             urgent
             remedy
             ,
             when
             all
             other
             hopes
             failed
             ,
             yet
             Tacitus
             his
             sole
             opinion
             prevailed
             with
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             resolutely
             said
             ,
             
               Ire
               ipsum
               ,
               &
               opponere
               Majestatem
               Imperatoriam
               debuisse
               ,
               cessuris
               ubi
               Principem
               longa
               experientia
               ,
               eundemque
               severitatis
               ,
               &
               munificentiae
               summum
               vidissent
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               2.
               
               Ann.
               
            
          
           
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             marched
             speedily
             toward
             Parnassus
             ,
             where
             the
             ordinary
             Guards
             of
             Provincial
             Poets
             ,
             and
             the
             Company
             of
             Curasiers
             of
             Italian
             Litterati
             ,
             who
             were
             in
             all
             haste
             sent
             before
             ,
             found
             not
             only
             the
             chief
             streets
             chained
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Foro
               Massimo
            
             secured
             with
             good
             
               Corps
               de
               Guard
            
             ,
             but
             the
             habitations
             of
             all
             the
             Monarchies
             and
             Common-wealths
             well
             fortified
             ,
             and
             furnisht
             with
             armed
             men
             ;
             and
             the
             Monarchs
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Consuls
             ,
             Dukes
             ,
             Standard-bearers
             ,
             Burgamasters
             ,
             and
             other
             Chieftains
             of
             Commonwealths
             ,
             were
             even
             then
             with
             their
             Pikes
             couched
             ready
             to
             fall
             on
             :
             when
             the
             Princes
             and
             Commonwealths
             hearing
             of
             his
             Majesties
             approach
             ,
             bore
             such
             reverence
             to
             his
             Royal
             presence
             ,
             as
             throwing
             their
             weapons
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             greatly
             fearing
             to
             be
             seen
             and
             known
             ,
             fell
             flat
             down
             :
             Which
             made
             every
             one
             see
             how
             much
             the
             presence
             of
             a
             Prince
             who
             is
             well
             beloved
             and
             feared
             by
             his
             people
             ,
             prevails
             with
             his
             subjects
             in
             such
             and
             other
             like
             cases
             of
             urgent
             danger
             .
             The
             Tumults
             being
             thus
             quieted
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             Apollo
             came
             to
             his
             own
             Palace
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             all
             the
             Monarchies
             and
             Commonwealths
             that
             were
             resident
             in
             
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             all
             of
             them
             readily
             appearing
             ,
             he
             bad
             the
             Consul
             
               Marcus
               Marcellus
            
             acquaint
             him
             with
             the
             true
             reason
             of
             those
             Tumults
             .
             The
             Consul
             said
             ,
             that
             at
             a
             certain
             meeting
             ,
             wherein
             were
             many
             Monarchs
             ,
             Roman
             Consuls
             ,
             Dukes
             of
             Venice
             ,
             Florentine
             Confalonieri
             ,
             and
             Dutch
             Burgamasters
             ,
             it
             fell
             into
             discourse
             whether
             Monarchies
             or
             Republicks
             were
             the
             better
             Government
             ;
             that
             
               Philippo
               Maria
               Vissinte
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Millan
             ,
             had
             the
             boldness
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             all
             republicks
             ,
             especially
             Aristocracies
             ,
             were
             insufferable
             Governments
             of
             many
             Tyrants
             ;
             that
             the
             Illustrious
             Dukes
             of
             Venice
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             enjoy
             the
             perfectest
             Aristocracie
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             having
             given
             him
             the
             lie
             ,
             all
             Monarchies
             and
             Commonwealths
             ,
             being
             concerned
             in
             common
             by
             this
             difference
             ,
             were
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             might
             see
             ,
             falne
             together
             by
             the
             ears
             .
             Apollo
             was
             the
             more
             displeased
             hereat
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             an
             Edict
             of
             his
             publisht
             long
             ago
             ,
             he
             had
             commanded
             upon
             pain
             of
             grievous
             punishment
             ,
             that
             this
             so
             ancient
             question
             ,
             and
             which
             had
             been
             so
             often
             discust
             by
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             should
             be
             no
             more
             disputed
             ;
             but
             that
             every
             one
             should
             rest
             content
             with
             his
             present
             condition
             .
             Then
             turning
             to
             Duke
             Philip
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             sole
             Author
             of
             this
             disturbance
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             having
             spoken
             too
             inconsiderately
             of
             Aristocracies
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             well
             governed
             States
             were
             discerned
             from
             such
             as
             were
             Tyrannical
             ,
             by
             their
             peaceable
             and
             long
             life
             ;
             for
             Tyrannical
             Governments
             being
             alwaies
             full
             of
             conspiracies
             of
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Commonalties
             rebellions
             ,
             lasted
             but
             awhile
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             might
             easily
             be
             seen
             what
             satisfaction
             the
             people
             of
             Venice
             enjoyed
             by
             the
             long
             time
             that
             that
             flourishing
             Commonwealth
             had
             lived
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             continual
             peace
             that
             she
             had
             enjoyed
             at
             home
             :
             And
             that
             to
             make
             this
             truth
             appear
             the
             more
             plain
             to
             all
             the
             Monarchies
             that
             were
             there
             present
             ,
             he
             would
             put
             them
             in
             mind
             of
             a
             business
             which
             had
             lately
             falne
             out
             in
             Venice
             ,
             whereby
             every
             one
             might
             see
             with
             what
             ,
             and
             with
             how
             much
             modest
             liberty
             people
             did
             live
             in
             that
             well
             governed
             Commonwealth
             :
             For
             
               Vettore
               Calergi
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Venetian
             ,
             having
             left
             behind
             him
             one
             only
             daughter
             with
             the
             rich
             portion
             of
             half
             a
             million
             of
             crowns
             ;
             yet
             the
             marriage
             of
             this
             so
             rich
             maid
             was
             so
             modestly
             endeavoured
             by
             the
             Venetian
             Nobility
             ,
             as
             her
             mother
             might
             quietly
             marry
             her
             to
             whom
             she
             liked
             best
             ;
             who
             wisely
             chose
             
               Vicenso
               Gremani
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Venetian
             ,
             and
             next
             akin
             to
             her
             daughter
             ,
             for
             her
             daughters
             husband
             .
             Now
             tell
             me
             ingeniously
             ;
             Philip
             ,
             what
             would
             have
             become
             of
             this
             young
             maid
             ,
             if
             such
             a
             thing
             had
             hapned
             in
             one
             of
             your
             Monarchies
             ?
             To
             answer
             your
             Majesty
             (
             said
             the
             Duke
             )
             with
             that
             ingenuity
             of
             soul
             ,
             and
             liberty
             of
             Language
             as
             becomes
             this
             place
             ,
             doubtlesly
             if
             such
             a
             thing
             had
             hapned
             in
             any
             Monarchy
             ,
             such
             designs
             would
             have
             been
             had
             upon
             so
             rich
             a
             Dowry
             ,
             well
             befitting
             any
             Queen
             ,
             as
             with
             much
             violence
             (
             covered
             over
             notwithstanding
             with
             the
             cloak
             of
             charity
             towards
             the
             young
             maid
             )
             they
             would
             have
             imprisoned
             the
             mother
             ,
             shut
             the
             young
             maid
             up
             into
             some
             Monastery
             ,
             or
             other
             place
             ,
             only
             to
             inrich
             some
             of
             their
             favorites
             with
             this
             great
             Dowry
             ,
             for
             more
             then
             three
             or
             four
             such
             things
             as
             this
             ,
             hath
             been
             done
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ,
             both
             in
             Italy
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             in
             my
             time
             ,
             and
             formerly
             ,
             well
             vvorthy
             to
             be
             joyned
             to
             the
             Letters
             of
             Phalaris
             of
             Agrigentum
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               At
               a
               publick
               meeting
               ,
               Force
               (
               contrary
               to
               the
               custom
               of
               the
               Plebean
               Court
               )
               pretending
               to
               take
               place
               of
               Reputation
               :
               That
               Beautiful
               Lady
               ,
               with
               excellent
               resolution
               ,
               finds
               a
               remedy
               for
               her
               reputation
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               great
               hazard
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             very
             well
             known
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             that
             in
             all
             publick
             meetings
             ,
             Reputation
             hath
             alwaies
             had
             the
             precedency
             of
             Force
             ,
             and
             taken
             the
             right
             hand
             .
             But
             it
             hapned
             the
             last
             morning
             when
             Apollo
             made
             his
             solemn
             entry
             into
             Leo
             ,
             Force
             had
             the
             insolency
             (
             wherewith
             he
             is
             alwaies
             accompanied
             )
             to
             contend
             for
             place
             with
             Reputation
             ;
             who
             ,
             had
             she
             not
             been
             able
             by
             her
             excellent
             dexterity
             to
             overcome
             so
             dangerous
             a
             rub
             ,
             had
             certainly
             received
             some
             notable
             affront
             ;
             yet
             was
             she
             very
             much
             distasted
             at
             that
             her
             enemies
             petulancy
             used
             toward
             her
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             were
             wholly
             devoted
             to
             that
             most
             excellent
             Princess
             ,
             incouraged
             her
             ,
             and
             exhorted
             her
             ,
             by
             no
             means
             to
             indure
             the
             insolency
             of
             that
             rash
             fellow
             ;
             and
             bad
             her
             moreover
             remember
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             all
             Potentates
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             instrument
             wherewith
             Princes
             did
             rule
             and
             sway
             the
             world
             :
             That
             therefore
             she
             should
             take
             heart
             ,
             and
             resolve
             to
             buckle
             with
             that
             hairbraind
             companion
             ,
             whom
             she
             would
             so
             bear
             down
             ,
             with
             the
             Majesty
             of
             her
             countenance
             ,
             at
             the
             very
             first
             incounter
             ;
             that
             (
             as
             it
             had
             hapned
             a
             thousand
             times
             )
             she
             would
             easily
             throw
             him
             down
             at
             her
             feet
             .
             The
             Lady-Reputation
             answered
             those
             her
             beloved
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             so
             incouraged
             her
             ,
             with
             much
             meekness
             and
             civility
             ,
             that
             she
             greatly
             cherished
             their
             good
             will
             ;
             but
             that
             she
             could
             neither
             praise
             ,
             nor
             follow
             their
             advice
             :
             Wishing
             them
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             her
             whole
             power
             ,
             authority
             ,
             and
             greatness
             ,
             being
             grounded
             only
             upon
             mens
             opinions
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             uncertain
             and
             various
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             the
             strength
             of
             armed
             men
             ,
             nor
             upon
             the
             security
             of
             inexpugnable
             Citadels
             ,
             she
             must
             in
             this
             her
             adversity
             ,
             proceed
             with
             great
             circumspections
             ,
             and
             admirable
             dexterity
             :
             And
             that
             there
             was
             a
             great
             disparity
             between
             her
             and
             Force
             ,
             who
             though
             once
             discomfeited
             ,
             might
             easily
             recover
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             battle
             be
             made
             with
             greater
             strength
             ,
             which
             would
             be
             the
             more
             dangerous
             for
             her
             ,
             for
             that
             her
             enemy
             would
             to
             his
             former
             violence
             ,
             add
             disdain
             and
             shame
             for
             the
             first
             discomfeiture
             ;
             but
             that
             if
             it
             should
             so
             fall
             out
             that
             she
             should
             not
             with
             the
             sole
             Majesty
             of
             her
             Person
             ,
             and
             Authority
             of
             Aspect
             ,
             bear
             her
             enemy
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             or
             worst
             her
             enemy
             at
             the
             very
             first
             incounter
             ;
             like
             an
             Elephant
             which
             falling
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             cannot
             get
             up
             again
             ,
             she
             should
             be
             wholly
             rob'd
             of
             all
             her
             greatness
             ,
             which
             purchast
             her
             the
             reputation
             which
             she
             had
             amongst
             men
             :
             Which
             considerations
             were
             the
             more
             necessary
             for
             her
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             had
             found
             nothing
             to
             be
             more
             dangerous
             to
             her
             ,
             then
             to
             go
             about
             to
             maintain
             that
             Authority
             and
             reputation
             in
             strength
             and
             vigor
             ,
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             which
             was
             only
             grounded
             upon
             Opinion
             :
             But
             that
             she
             would
             provide
             for
             the
             indempnity
             of
             her
             Authority
             ;
             by
             her
             usual
             remedies
             ,
             
             and
             would
             incounter
             force
             with
             her
             usual
             Arms
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             sure
             to
             overcome
             him
             .
             Then
             she
             added
             ,
             that
             Force
             used
             those
             extraordinary
             terms
             of
             insolency
             against
             her
             ,
             not
             because
             his
             own
             power
             was
             increased
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             some
             privat
             disorders
             of
             her
             own
             ,
             he
             found
             her
             not
             to
             have
             that
             Grace
             and
             Majesty
             which
             she
             had
             wont
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             had
             in
             such
             veneration
             by
             men
             ,
             as
             formerly
             .
          
           
             Having
             said
             this
             ,
             the
             Lady-Reputation
             departed
             ,
             and
             withdrew
             her self
             to
             her
             Chamber
             ,
             from
             whence
             she
             was
             not
             seen
             to
             stir
             forth
             for
             the
             space
             of
             some
             months
             ;
             but
             with
             great
             severity
             studied
             her
             amendment
             ,
             banishing
             all
             privat
             interests
             for
             ever
             ,
             clearly
             finding
             that
             her
             credit
             was
             much
             lesned
             ,
             for
             having
             given
             her self
             too
             much
             over
             unto
             them
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             she
             wholly
             busied
             her self
             in
             sweeping
             with
             the
             besom
             of
             severe
             Reformation
             ,
             all
             sordid
             baseness
             out
             of
             her
             house
             ,
             from
             whence
             she
             also
             extirpated
             avarice
             ,
             over-much
             ambition
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             privat
             ,
             dishonest
             ,
             and
             scandalous
             passions
             .
             This
             Princess
             having
             thus
             corrected
             her
             privat
             disorders
             ,
             upon
             a
             certain
             morning
             when
             she
             was
             to
             be
             present
             at
             some
             publick
             action
             ,
             she
             adorned
             her self
             with
             purity
             of
             soul
             ,
             sincerity
             of
             heart
             ,
             liberality
             ,
             and
             with
             other
             her
             choicest
             vertues
             ;
             and
             taking
             upon
             her
             the
             Noble
             Mantle
             of
             immence
             love
             to
             deserving
             persons
             ,
             and
             of
             publick
             Charity
             ,
             she
             appeared
             with
             such
             Majesty
             at
             the
             place
             where
             she
             was
             expected
             by
             the
             other
             Illustrious
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             purchast
             such
             veneration
             and
             respect
             from
             the
             lookers
             on
             ,
             as
             even
             Force
             himself
             (
             so
             great
             was
             the
             devotion
             which
             that
             sight
             wrought
             in
             him
             )
             was
             seen
             to
             tremble
             ,
             and
             upon
             that
             occasion
             did
             not
             only
             give
             her
             the
             precedency
             of
             the
             right
             hand
             ;
             but
             beg'd
             it
             as
             a
             high
             prerogative
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             at
             that
             solemnity
             carry
             up
             her
             Train
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Giovan
                 Francisco
                 Pico
              
               ,
               Count
               of
               Mirandola
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               the
               more
               quietly
               attend
               his
               studies
               ,
               entreats
               
                 Monsignor
                 Dino
                 da
                 Mugello
              
               ,
               Auditor
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               that
               the
               Reformers
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               too
               great
               noise
               which
               they
               alwaies
               make
               in
               their
               profession
               ,
               may
               be
               removed
               further
               from
               his
               neighbourhood
               ;
               and
               is
               not
               heard
               in
               his
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Contentions
             ,
             which
             now
             are
             greater
             then
             ever
             ,
             and
             more
             obstinate
             between
             the
             two
             chief
             Lights
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             Aristotle
             and
             Plato
             ,
             having
             produced
             the
             two
             mighty
             Sects
             of
             Platonicks
             and
             Peripateticks
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             which
             fill
             the
             Colledg
             of
             Litterati
             with
             troublesom
             disputes
             ,
             and
             dangerous
             controversies
             ;
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             joies
             in
             nothing
             more
             then
             in
             the
             peace
             and
             quiet
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             imployed
             
               Giovan
               Francisco
               Pico
            
             ,
             Count
             of
             Mirandola
             ,
             and
             Lord
             of
             Concorde
             ,
             many
             months
             agoe
             ,
             
             in
             according
             so
             important
             controversies
             ,
             who
             he
             hears
             hath
             laboured
             so
             much
             therein
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             business
             is
             already
             brought
             to
             some
             good
             accommodation
             .
             But
             such
             a
             business
             requiring
             very
             much
             quiet
             ,
             Pico
             is
             much
             molested
             by
             the
             House
             of
             the
             Reformers
             ,
             which
             is
             next
             to
             his
             Apartiment
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             continual
             great
             noise
             which
             they
             make
             ,
             in
             beating
             water
             with
             Morter
             ,
             they
             do
             much
             annoy
             him
             ;
             wherefore
             Pico
             came
             yesterday
             before
             
               Dino
               da
               Mugello
            
             ,
             Auditor
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             desired
             that
             he
             might
             enjoy
             the
             priviledg
             of
             Scholars
             ,
             in
             having
             all
             noisom
             occupations
             removed
             from
             his
             neighbourhood
             .
             The
             Reformers
             answered
             Dino
             ,
             that
             there
             being
             no
             proportion
             to
             be
             held
             between
             their
             reforming
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             who
             were
             drowned
             in
             the
             dirt
             of
             so
             many
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             the
             agreeing
             the
             frivolous
             controversies
             of
             Philosophers
             ,
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             any
             waies
             incommodated
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             Princes
             wrought
             strange
             effects
             in
             their
             States
             ,
             only
             by
             keeping
             the
             House
             of
             Reformation
             open
             .
             Mirandola
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             only
             much
             marvel
             ,
             but
             was
             scandalized
             at
             the
             Reformers
             foolish
             pretention
             ,
             the
             vainness
             of
             whose
             employment
             was
             easily
             known
             ,
             in
             that
             their
             long
             endeavours
             had
             produced
             just
             nothing
             but
             infinite
             noise
             .
             Dino
             said
             then
             again
             with
             much
             freedom
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             more
             necessary
             ,
             nor
             of
             greater
             consequence
             in
             any
             whatsoever
             State
             ,
             then
             that
             the
             House
             of
             Reformation
             should
             still
             be
             kept
             open
             ,
             and
             should
             make
             a
             noise
             ,
             for
             very
             great
             was
             the
             good
             that
             redounded
             thereby
             ;
             but
             that
             all
             men
             had
             not
             judgement
             enough
             to
             discern
             it
             :
             For
             Reformation
             was
             not
             introduced
             by
             wise
             Princes
             in
             their
             States
             to
             do
             the
             world
             good
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             men
             vertuous
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             might
             serve
             for
             a
             curb
             and
             rampire
             against
             abuses
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             growing
             so
             powerful
             ,
             as
             that
             in
             a
             few
             years
             they
             might
             overrun
             the
             whole
             world
             :
             Moreover
             it
             wrought
             the
             excellent
             effect
             of
             keeping
             a
             Prince
             continually
             in
             reputation
             with
             his
             subjects
             ,
             by
             shewing
             them
             that
             he
             had
             a
             careful
             eye
             to
             the
             general
             good
             ;
             for
             men
             were
             as
             well
             contented
             with
             their
             Princes
             good-will
             ,
             as
             with
             the
             good
             effects
             which
             they
             see
             proceeds
             from
             thence
             :
             A
             thing
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             the
             greatest
             error
             which
             could
             be
             committed
             by
             any
             that
             rule
             ,
             was
             to
             let
             men
             see
             by
             their
             leaving
             the
             Reyns
             loose
             to
             all
             corruption
             and
             abuses
             ,
             they
             cared
             not
             how
             the
             world
             went.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Tacitus
               being
               excluded
               from
               out
               the
               most
               famous
               Common-wealths
               of
               Europe
               ,
               makes
               a
               grievous
               complaint
               to
               Apollo
               ;
               and
               is
               by
               them
               with
               much
               honour
               received
               again
               ,
               and
               much
               made
               of
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             the
             most
             excellent
             
               Caius
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             be
             esteemed
             the
             Oracle
             for
             Policy
             in
             this
             Court
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             highly
             reputed
             by
             the
             greatest
             Monarchs
             of
             Europe
             ,
             yet
             Envie
             being
             alwaies
             a
             capital
             enemy
             to
             Vertue
             ,
             some
             malitious
             people
             by
             their
             continual
             ill
             Offices
             ,
             have
             rendred
             this
             so
             illustrious
             personage
             ,
             so
             hateful
             to
             most
             of
             the
             chastest
             Commonwealths
             that
             reside
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             as
             some
             few
             daies
             agoe
             they
             joyntly
             forbad
             him
             their
             houses
             .
             In
             so
             much
             as
             the
             very
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             professeth
             exact
             chastity
             before
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             is
             farthest
             from
             suspition
             ,
             shut
             her
             dore
             upon
             him
             the
             other
             day
             ;
             for
             these
             chaste
             Princesses
             think
             it
             stands
             not
             with
             their
             honour
             to
             converse
             with
             him
             who
             is
             held
             by
             men
             to
             be
             the
             only
             Architect
             of
             Tyranny
             .
             Tacitus
             soon
             resented
             this
             so
             signal
             affront
             ,
             both
             in
             words
             and
             writing
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             all
             the
             Republicks
             that
             are
             resident
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             but
             even
             with
             Apollo's
             self
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             great
             commotion
             of
             mind
             ,
             he
             grievously
             complained
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             most
             wickedly
             assassinated
             by
             his
             ancient
             ill-willers
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             very
             deed
             ,
             the
             ancient
             and
             modern
             Republicks
             were
             not
             more
             obliged
             to
             
               Plato
               ,
               Aristotle
               ,
               Licurgus
            
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             Legislater
             ,
             or
             Instituter
             of
             living
             free
             ,
             then
             to
             him
             ,
             if
             his
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             were
             examined
             and
             well
             considered
             by
             learned
             men
             ,
             not
             over-byassed
             with
             passion
             .
          
           
             These
             complaints
             took
             deep
             rooting
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             these
             famous
             Literato's
             ,
             who
             not
             too
             much
             to
             distate
             so
             excellent
             a
             Writer
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             might
             be
             sure
             not
             to
             prejudice
             their
             own
             peculiar
             Interests
             ,
             resolved
             to
             meet
             together
             in
             the
             Temple
             of
             Concord
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             jointly
             resolve
             ,
             whether
             it
             stood
             with
             their
             reputation
             to
             hold
             Domestick
             conversation
             with
             Tacitus
             .
             And
             after
             long
             dispute
             ,
             they
             all
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             familiar
             acquaintance
             of
             so
             politick
             ,
             and
             so
             wise
             a
             Writer
             ,
             was
             more
             requisite
             for
             Commonwealths
             ,
             then
             for
             Monarchies
             ;
             for
             they
             had
             clearly
             found
             ,
             that
             Tacitus
             his
             end
             in
             writing
             Tiberius
             his
             life
             ,
             was
             not
             (
             as
             many
             who
             understood
             little
             of
             State-affairs
             had
             given
             out
             )
             to
             form
             the
             Type
             of
             a
             Tyrannical
             Government
             ;
             but
             that
             that
             excellent
             Writer
             ,
             by
             his
             so
             particular
             Narration
             of
             the
             enormous
             cruelties
             ,
             not
             only
             of
             inhuman
             Tiberius
             ,
             but
             of
             
               Caligula
               ,
               Claudius
               ,
               Nero
            
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             other
             most
             cruel
             Tyrants
             which
             were
             Emperors
             since
             ,
             used
             against
             the
             Roman
             Nobility
             ,
             had
             no
             other
             intention
             ,
             then
             to
             let
             the
             Senators
             of
             Commonwealths
             see
             ,
             into
             what
             deplorable
             calamities
             they
             run
             ,
             when
             preferring
             the
             hatred
             of
             their
             privat
             passions
             ,
             and
             their
             own
             self-interests
             before
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             they
             suffered
             the
             pretious
             Jewel
             of
             their
             Countries
             
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             they
             ought
             so
             diligently
             to
             keep
             and
             preserve
             ,
             to
             be
             stoln
             away
             from
             them
             by
             cruel
             Tyrants
             .
             For
             it
             being
             a
             precept
             exactly
             practiced
             by
             Tyrants
             ,
             wholly
             to
             extirpate
             the
             Nobility
             which
             formerly
             bore
             any
             sway
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             themselves
             might
             reigne
             securely
             ,
             the
             inhumanity
             of
             Tiberius
             ,
             and
             others
             such
             as
             he
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             him
             in
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             was
             not
             used
             by
             them
             out
             of
             any
             thirst
             they
             had
             after
             human
             bloud
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             meer
             politick
             necessity
             ,
             and
             Tyrannical
             prudence
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               blind
               man
               of
               Forli
               ,
               that
               famous
               Italian
               Mountebank
               being
               ,
               to
               the
               wonder
               of
               all
               the
               Senat
               of
               Vertuosi
               ,
               admitted
               by
               Apollo
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               is
               by
               his
               Majesty
               put
               upon
               an
               imployment
               of
               importance
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHristofano
               de
               Sordi
            
             ,
             called
             the
             blind
             man
             of
             Forli
             ,
             a
             famous
             Italian
             Mountebank
             ,
             him
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Illustrious
             Euterpe
             gave
             the
             fluent
             vein
             of
             singing
             Verses
             
               ex
               tempore
            
             ,
             in
             guiderdon
             ,
             for
             a
             receit
             which
             he
             gave
             her
             where
             with
             to
             make
             her
             hair
             yellow
             ,
             hath
             these
             many
             years
             been
             standing
             at
             Parnassus
             Gate
             ,
             where
             he
             hath
             still
             been
             troublesom
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             submiss
             prayers
             ,
             sometimes
             by
             fervent
             pressures
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             with
             importunate
             complaints
             ,
             was
             so
             bold
             the
             last
             week
             (
             which
             caused
             much
             laughture
             in
             the
             Litterati
             )
             to
             post
             up
             certain
             papers
             in
             the
             chiefest
             places
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             wherein
             he
             divulged
             ,
             that
             if
             there
             were
             any
             sprightly
             wit
             amongst
             the
             learned
             Poets
             ,
             who
             durst
             contend
             with
             him
             in
             singing
             Verses
             
               ex
               tempore
            
             to
             his
             Harp
             ,
             he
             challenged
             him
             to
             meet
             him
             in
             Euterpe's
             open
             field
             ,
             where
             he
             would
             make
             it
             evidently
             appear
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             never
             a
             Poet
             in
             Parnassus
             of
             so
             flowing
             a
             vein
             as
             could
             hold
             up
             against
             the
             fluency
             of
             his
             Verses
             sung
             
               ex
               tempore
            
             ,
             or
             that
             was
             worthy
             to
             carry
             his
             Harp
             after
             him
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             had
             ever
             formerly
             laught
             at
             the
             fond
             pretensions
             of
             this
             unworthy
             fellow
             ,
             did
             on
             Thursday
             last
             ,
             of
             his
             own
             meer
             motion
             ,
             in
             publick
             Senat
             decree
             Immortality
             to
             his
             name
             ;
             and
             commanded
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             usual
             pomp
             of
             solemn
             attendance
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             brought
             into
             his
             presence
             .
             The
             next
             morning
             the
             Triumphant
             Gate
             of
             Parnassus
             was
             thrown
             open
             to
             the
             blind
             man
             of
             Forli
             ,
             by
             which
             such
             Vertuosi
             enter
             ,
             who
             by
             his
             Majesty
             are
             judged
             worthy
             the
             glorious
             abode
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             whereat
             the
             learned
             Barons
             ,
             the
             Prince-Poets
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Potentates
             of
             this
             Court
             did
             so
             rage
             ,
             as
             just
             when
             he
             set
             his
             foot
             upon
             the
             threshold
             of
             the
             dore
             ,
             a
             great
             Monarch
             was
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             Parnassus
             began
             now
             to
             be
             an
             aboad
             for
             trivial
             companions
             ,
             since
             Mountebanks
             and
             Quacksalvers
             were
             admitted
             thereinto
             .
             These
             words
             being
             spoken
             somewhat
             aloud
             ,
             were
             heard
             by
             the
             blind
             man
             ;
             who
             presently
             asked
             his
             guide
             who
             that
             was
             that
             had
             spoken
             so
             ill
             of
             him
             ?
             Be
             quiet
             ,
             said
             the
             
             guide
             ,
             take
             off
             your
             hat
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             it
             becomes
             you
             ,
             make
             a
             low
             leg
             to
             him
             that
             hath
             injured
             you
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             the
             powerful
             King
             of
             
               England
               ,
               Henry
            
             the
             eight
             .
             Then
             said
             the
             blind
             man
             boldly
             ,
             Master
             Henry
             ,
             If
             you
             will
             play
             Orlando's
             part
             ,
             and
             choak
             me
             with
             your
             bravadoes
             ,
             get
             you
             back
             to
             England
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             all
             equal
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             if
             Mountebanks
             be
             not
             worthy
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             I
             wonder
             how
             you
             came
             thither
             ,
             who
             very
             well
             know
             with
             what
             Ballads
             you
             cheated
             the
             English.
             King
             Harry
             grew
             highly
             incensed
             at
             so
             sharp
             an
             answer
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             taken
             the
             blind
             man
             by
             the
             beard
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             long
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             pul'd
             it
             off
             ,
             but
             he
             withheld
             himself
             when
             he
             considered
             better
             ,
             how
             unwise
             men
             of
             honour
             are
             ,
             when
             they
             contend
             with
             such
             as
             have
             no
             honour
             to
             lose
             .
             As
             soon
             then
             as
             the
             blind
             man
             was
             come
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             bad
             his
             guide
             give
             him
             his
             Harp
             ,
             and
             then
             desired
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             would
             favour
             him
             with
             a
             Theme
             ;
             whereupon
             (
             to
             the
             teeth
             of
             all
             hidebound
             Poets
             ,
             who
             are
             half
             a
             year
             in
             squeesing
             out
             a
             woful
             Sonnet
             )
             he
             offered
             himself
             to
             sing
             a
             hundred
             
               octavoes
               ex
               tempore
               :
               Apollo
            
             laught
             at
             the
             blind
             man
             ,
             who
             did
             pretend
             to
             give
             satisfaction
             ,
             with
             his
             silly
             
               ex
               tempore
            
             verses
             ,
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             where
             the
             best
             Poets
             ,
             with
             their
             well
             filed
             ,
             and
             long
             studied
             verses
             ,
             could
             scarcely
             do
             it
             ;
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             admit
             you
             into
             this
             place
             ,
             for
             any
             pleasure
             I
             take
             in
             your
             Verses
             sung
             
               ex
               tempore
            
             ,
             but
             only
             that
             you
             may
             teach
             my
             Litterati
             ,
             in
             a
             publick
             School
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             assigned
             you
             ,
             the
             Important
             Art
             of
             Walking
             Well
             and
             Safely
             .
             
               Giorolomo
               Morone
            
             ,
             Secretary
             to
             Sforzo
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Millan
             ,
             when
             he
             heard
             that
             blind
             men
             were
             to
             teach
             such
             as
             could
             see
             ,
             how
             to
             walk
             ;
             broke
             forth
             into
             loud
             laughter
             ;
             to
             whom
             Apollo
             ,
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             alteration
             ,
             said
             ,
             moreover
             ,
             I
             bear
             with
             this
             your
             wonder
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             astonishment
             which
             I
             see
             in
             the
             faces
             of
             these
             my
             Litterati
             ,
             is
             common
             to
             many
             :
             But
             know
             that
             the
             waies
             of
             this
             present
             Age
             ,
             being
             so
             stony
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             bad
             passages
             ,
             as
             you
             all
             find
             them
             to
             be
             ,
             blind
             men
             who
             walk
             leasurely
             ,
             leaning
             upon
             a
             guide
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             staff
             in
             their
             hand
             ,
             who
             raise
             their
             feet
             high
             ,
             and
             grope
             their
             way
             as
             they
             go
             ,
             are
             excellent
             good
             to
             teach
             those
             hasty
             wits
             ,
             those
             lively
             ,
             inconsiderate
             ,
             rash
             ,
             and
             impatient
             spirits
             ,
             how
             to
             walk
             safely
             ,
             who
             being
             impatient
             of
             all
             circumspection
             ,
             do
             abhor
             considerate
             mature
             delay
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             well
             pleased
             that
             you
             are
             not
             only
             an
             example
             of
             this
             truth
             unto
             your self
             ,
             but
             unto
             all
             others
             .
             Then
             turning
             to
             the
             blind
             man
             ,
             he
             bad
             him
             take
             Morone
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             walk
             two
             hundred
             paces
             with
             him
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             :
             And
             it
             fell
             out
             ,
             that
             whilst
             the
             blind
             man
             and
             Morone
             were
             walking
             thus
             ,
             the
             blind
             man
             found
             by
             his
             staff
             wherewith
             he
             tryed
             the
             way
             before
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             come
             to
             a
             bad
             passage
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             held
             back
             Morone
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             (
             who
             was
             heedlesly
             walking
             over
             it
             )
             Stay
             :
             For
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             Morone
             ,
             we
             are
             come
             to
             a
             place
             where
             we
             may
             break
             our
             necks
             ;
             lift
             your
             foot
             high
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             be
             careful
             how
             we
             pass
             over
             this
             dangerous
             place
             :
             Try
             every
             place
             of
             it
             with
             your
             staff
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             ,
             and
             diligently
             measure
             the
             length
             ,
             breadth
             ,
             and
             depth
             of
             this
             hole
             ,
             unless
             you
             will
             have
             us
             fall
             into
             it
             .
             Open
             the
             eyes
             of
             your
             judgement
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Lanthorn
             ,
             which
             in
             darkest
             times
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             greatest
             danger
             ,
             serves
             for
             the
             Sun.
             Morone
             punctually
             obeyed
             the
             blind
             man
             ;
             and
             though
             with
             some
             trouble
             and
             expence
             of
             time
             ,
             they
             at
             last
             overcame
             all
             hindrances
             ,
             and
             past
             over
             the
             dangerous
             passage
             .
             Apollo
             then
             bad
             Morone
             turn
             back
             ,
             and
             to
             consider
             well
             the
             dangerous
             hole
             ,
             which
             ,
             guided
             by
             a
             blind
             man
             ,
             he
             had
             happily
             
             escaped
             ;
             which
             when
             he
             had
             done
             ,
             he
             run
             full
             of
             amazement
             and
             apprehension
             ,
             and
             threw
             himself
             down
             before
             his
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             and
             humbly
             craving
             pardon
             for
             his
             having
             laughed
             ,
             confest
             that
             by
             the
             guidance
             of
             a
             silly
             blind
             man
             ,
             he
             had
             prosperously
             past
             over
             that
             deadly
             Ford
             of
             the
             fraudulent
             Marquiss
             of
             Piscara
             ,
             wherein
             himself
             ,
             who
             was
             judged
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             best
             guides
             of
             all
             the
             Italian
             Princes
             ,
             broke
             his
             neck
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Luigi
                 Alemanni
              
               having
               in
               an
               Elegant
               Oration
               set
               forth
               the
               Praises
               of
               the
               French
               Nation
               ,
               repented
               that
               his
               action
               afterward
               ,
               and
               desired
               leave
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               make
               his
               Recantation
               ,
               but
               was
               not
               permitted
               so
               to
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               LUigi
               Alemanni
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Florentine
             Poet
             ,
             gave
             himself
             to
             hate
             the
             Spanish
             Nation
             deadly
             ,
             ever
             since
             his
             Country
             was
             overcome
             by
             the
             Forces
             of
             the
             Emperor
             Charls
             the
             fifth
             ;
             an
             action
             which
             would
             have
             purchast
             him
             much
             love
             amongst
             the
             Italians
             ,
             had
             he
             not
             obscured
             this
             his
             glory
             ,
             with
             the
             common
             ignorance
             of
             many
             modern
             Italians
             ,
             of
             not
             knowing
             how
             to
             hate
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             without
             declaring
             partiality
             to
             the
             French
             ,
             of
             whom
             Alemanni
             grew
             so
             inamoured
             ,
             as
             much
             to
             his
             Majesties
             admiration
             ,
             he
             asked
             leave
             to
             make
             a
             publick
             Oration
             in
             Praise
             of
             them
             ;
             a
             resolution
             which
             did
             not
             only
             redound
             to
             his
             own
             particular
             shame
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             shame
             of
             all
             Italy
             ;
             every
             one
             being
             scandalized
             that
             so
             famous
             a
             Florentine
             Poet
             should
             extoll
             the
             praise
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             from
             whose
             sole
             ambition
             Italy
             may
             justly
             acknowledg
             all
             her
             present
             slavery
             to
             proceed
             .
          
           
             Alemanni
             made
             this
             his
             Oration
             ,
             and
             did
             therein
             very
             much
             exaggerate
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             French
             Nation
             ,
             terming
             it
             the
             overthrow
             of
             the
             famous
             Roman
             Liberty
             ,
             only
             because
             it
             gave
             the
             Arms
             of
             Tyranny
             into
             Cesars
             hands
             ,
             wherewith
             that
             ambitious
             man
             did
             afterwards
             slay
             the
             Liberty
             of
             his
             Country
             :
             He
             said
             that
             the
             French
             had
             in
             their
             Wars
             perpetual
             victory
             ,
             in
             
               Africa
               ,
               Asia
            
             ,
             and
             Europe
             ,
             and
             ruled
             with
             infinite
             glory
             .
             He
             stiled
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             the
             Triumphant
             Princess
             over
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             her
             enemies
             scourge
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             means
             and
             instrument
             of
             the
             yet
             remaining
             Liberty
             of
             Italy
             :
             He
             attested
             for
             truth
             ,
             That
             France
             was
             the
             most
             numerous
             Nation
             that
             was
             under
             the
             Sun
             ;
             he
             said
             it
             was
             rich
             ,
             fruitful
             ,
             well
             armed
             ,
             united
             ,
             strong
             ,
             well
             peopled
             with
             such
             as
             were
             most
             devoted
             to
             their
             King
             ;
             all
             which
             he
             said
             were
             things
             requisite
             in
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             held
             to
             be
             formidable
             and
             lasting
             .
             This
             Oration
             made
             Alemanni
             be
             followed
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             French
             ;
             so
             as
             being
             made
             strangely
             much
             of
             ,
             by
             many
             of
             the
             Barons
             of
             that
             Nation
             he
             was
             easily
             perswaded
             to
             go
             into
             France
             ,
             where
             he
             found
             that
             true
             ,
             which
             his
             best
             friends
             had
             taught
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             desired
             to
             love
             
             the
             French
             men
             ,
             he
             should
             by
             all
             means
             shun
             going
             to
             France
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             not
             been
             twenty
             daies
             in
             the
             French
             Court
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             so
             used
             by
             those
             people
             ,
             and
             so
             distasted
             at
             them
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             fly
             from
             France
             ,
             as
             full
             of
             ill
             affection
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             he
             went
             thither
             with
             ravishment
             ;
             insomuch
             as
             he
             presented
             himself
             the
             other
             day
             with
             a
             much
             imbittered
             mind
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             having
             in
             that
             his
             Oration
             very
             falsly
             exaggerated
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             French
             Nation
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             truth
             might
             prevail
             ,
             he
             desired
             leave
             to
             make
             his
             Recantation
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             unfortunate
             experience
             which
             he
             had
             made
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             he
             had
             found
             them
             to
             be
             so
             indiscreet
             ,
             so
             furious
             ,
             impertinent
             ,
             and
             so
             phantastically
             humerous
             ,
             and
             ingratefull
             beyond
             all
             human
             creatures
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             were
             no
             less
             capital
             enemies
             to
             the
             Italians
             ,
             though
             they
             knew
             they
             had
             many
             there
             that
             sided
             with
             them
             ,
             then
             they
             were
             to
             the
             English
             ,
             Spaniards
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             Dutch
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             forein
             Nations
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             Apollo
             readily
             answered
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             only
             deny
             him
             the
             leave
             he
             had
             asked
             ,
             but
             straitly
             charged
             to
             repeat
             the
             same
             Oration
             again
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             French
             ;
             and
             that
             amongst
             the
             other
             singular
             vertues
             of
             that
             Warlike
             Nation
             ,
             he
             should
             mention
             the
             infinite
             glory
             which
             they
             had
             won
             by
             appearing
             to
             be
             mortal
             enemies
             to
             all
             forein
             Nations
             .
             Which
             singular
             vertue
             he
             said
             the
             Italians
             were
             so
             far
             from
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             become
             the
             apes
             of
             all
             the
             most
             barbarous
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             in
             their
             discourse
             ,
             aparrel
             ,
             feeding
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             other
             their
             actions
             :
             In
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Jews
             did
             rule
             in
             any
             part
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             be
             believed
             ,
             that
             to
             curry
             favour
             with
             that
             base
             generation
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             would
             not
             be
             ashamed
             to
             wear
             yellow
             hats
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XX.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Corbulone
               having
               with
               much
               honour
               ended
               his
               prefixt
               time
               of
               Government
               in
               Pindo
               ,
               a
               Patent
               to
               continue
               the
               same
               Iurisdiction
               for
               one
               year
               longer
               ,
               is
               graciously
               sent
               him
               by
               Apollo
               ;
               which
               he
               refuseth
               to
               accept
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               DOmitio
               Corbulone
            
             having
             happily
             ended
             the
             first
             year
             of
             his
             Government
             of
             
               Pindo
               ,
               Apollo
            
             ,
             who
             was
             very
             well
             satisfied
             with
             him
             ,
             sent
             him
             his
             Letters
             Patents
             to
             continue
             in
             the
             same
             Government
             the
             next
             year
             ;
             though
             Corbulone
             knew
             very
             well
             that
             all
             the
             people
             of
             his
             Government
             did
             very
             much
             desire
             his
             continuance
             in
             Pindo
             ,
             yet
             he
             had
             importuned
             Apollo
             to
             send
             one
             with
             all
             speed
             to
             succeed
             him
             in
             that
             place
             :
             And
             though
             he
             foresaw
             that
             Apollo
             would
             interpret
             his
             refusal
             sinisterly
             ,
             yet
             he
             again
             desired
             to
             be
             changed
             ;
             and
             had
             his
             request
             granted
             .
             Being
             returned
             to
             Parnassus
             ,
             his
             friends
             desired
             to
             know
             why
             he
             had
             refused
             to
             continue
             still
             in
             that
             imployment
             ,
             which
             many
             other
             great
             personages
             were
             ambitious
             of
             ?
             Corbulone
             answered
             them
             ,
             That
             he
             who
             would
             preserve
             his
             body
             in
             health
             ,
             and
             keep
             up
             his
             reputation
             ,
             must
             
             be
             so
             much
             master
             of
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             able
             to
             rise
             from
             the
             Table
             with
             an
             appetite
             ,
             and
             to
             quit
             Governments
             when
             people
             seemed
             to
             be
             best
             satisfied
             with
             him
             :
             For
             Officers
             (
             though
             they
             were
             foolish
             and
             untoward
             ,
             were
             alwaies
             adored
             by
             the
             people
             the
             first
             six
             months
             ,
             well
             enough
             believed
             the
             second
             six
             months
             ;
             but
             that
             though
             they
             were
             good
             ,
             they
             were
             hated
             the
             third
             six
             months
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             end
             of
             two
             years
             ,
             the
             people
             grew
             sick
             of
             those
             that
             were
             best
             ;
             not
             for
             any
             misdemerits
             of
             the
             Governor
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             peoples
             too
             great
             curiosity
             ,
             who
             as
             easily
             grow
             weary
             of
             good
             things
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             of
             bad
             .
             That
             therefore
             that
             Servant
             or
             Officer
             of
             a
             Prince
             deserved
             to
             be
             esteemed
             wise
             ,
             who
             havng
             done
             some
             special
             good
             service
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             could
             resolve
             to
             leave
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             leave
             his
             Master
             in
             love
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             tarry
             till
             that
             unfortunate
             time
             ,
             which
             will
             at
             last
             happen
             in
             all
             Courts
             ,
             of
             being
             shamefully
             driven
             out
             of
             dores
             ;
             either
             for
             some
             small
             fault
             ,
             which
             is
             able
             to
             cancel
             any
             former
             merit
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ,
             or
             else
             for
             that
             not
             only
             privat
             men
             ,
             but
             Princes
             are
             subject
             to
             be
             glutted
             with
             the
             same
             conversation
             still
             ,
             and
             do
             daily
             love
             new
             things
             ,
             and
             take
             delight
             in
             growing
             worse
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Sebastian
                 Veneri
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Venice
               ,
               after
               his
               admittance
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               desires
               Apollo
               that
               he
               may
               have
               the
               precedency
               given
               him
               before
               Hereditary
               Kings
               and
               Monarchs
               ;
               and
               obtains
               a
               favourable
               Decree
               from
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             THough
             the
             Illustrious
             Prince
             ,
             
               Sebastian
               Venieri
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             ,
             had
             a
             place
             alotted
             unto
             him
             in
             Parnassus
             by
             Apollo's
             extraordinary
             favour
             ,
             worthy
             the
             magnanimity
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             ,
             before
             he
             made
             this
             his
             desire
             unto
             him
             ;
             yet
             would
             he
             not
             appear
             in
             publick
             ,
             before
             the
             controversie
             was
             decided
             which
             was
             on
             foot
             ,
             before
             his
             Majesties
             own
             Tribunal
             ,
             to
             which
             of
             the
             three
             Colleagues
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Naval
             Victory
             which
             he
             obtained
             at
             the
             
               Scogli
               Corzolari
            
             did
             of
             due
             belong
             :
             The
             which
             being
             afterwards
             decided
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             in
             manner
             as
             shall
             be
             hereafter
             said
             ,
             Prince
             Venieri
             made
             his
             publick
             solemn
             entrance
             on
             horseback
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             this
             regard
             very
             remarkable
             ,
             because
             none
             were
             suffered
             to
             honour
             ,
             accompany
             ,
             or
             serve
             this
             Illustrious
             Duke
             at
             his
             entrance
             ,
             save
             free-men
             ,
             who
             were
             looked
             upon
             in
             Parnassus
             with
             envy
             ,
             tenderly
             beloved
             ,
             and
             honoured
             with
             such
             observance
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             are
             deservedly
             called
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             Princes
             of
             privat
             persons
             .
             The
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             were
             extraordinarily
             joy'd
             to
             see
             to
             what
             sublime
             degree
             Venieri's
             merit
             had
             brought
             a
             privat
             man
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             honoured
             the
             immortal
             Venetian
             Commonwealth
             ,
             which
             by
             having
             so
             largely
             rewarded
             the
             desert
             of
             one
             of
             her
             Senators
             ,
             had
             thrown
             the
             Gate
             of
             Merit
             and
             gallant
             actions
             wide
             open
             ;
             which
             many
             Monarchs
             either
             keep
             
             close
             shut
             ,
             or
             else
             out
             of
             a
             capricio
             ,
             open
             it
             rather
             to
             unworthy
             ,
             then
             to
             deserving
             men
             .
             It
             was
             afterwards
             observed
             for
             a
             very
             rare
             thing
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             Princes
             entrance
             ,
             the
             Grecians
             ,
             who
             since
             the
             fall
             of
             their
             Empire
             ,
             have
             lived
             in
             a
             perpetual
             melancholy
             ,
             never
             taking
             joy
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             being
             now
             overjoy'd
             ,
             were
             seen
             to
             dance
             and
             rejoyce
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             as
             if
             Prince
             Veniero
             had
             been
             one
             of
             their
             Nation
             ;
             and
             that
             all
             the
             jollity
             of
             that
             shew
             had
             belonged
             to
             them
             .
             Some
             said
             that
             this
             was
             ,
             because
             the
             Grecians
             being
             reduced
             into
             great
             calamity
             ,
             could
             not
             hope
             to
             be
             freed
             from
             their
             slavery
             by
             any
             other
             Potentate
             then
             by
             the
             State
             of
             Venice
             ,
             at
             whose
             victory
             obtained
             by
             this
             Prince
             against
             the
             Tyrannical
             Ottaman
             Empire
             ,
             they
             did
             rejoyce
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             an
             act
             of
             their
             own
             :
             To
             boot
             ,
             they
             were
             mightily
             gladded
             to
             see
             the
             Duke
             of
             Venice
             wear
             the
             ancient
             stately
             Grecian
             Habit
             ;
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             happy
             and
             secure
             Augury
             ,
             that
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             ancient
             Grecian
             Empire
             would
             be
             renewed
             in
             the
             Immortal
             Commonwealth
             of
             Venice
             ,
             when
             God
             should
             be
             appeased
             in
             his
             just
             anger
             against
             the
             Schism
             of
             that
             Nation
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             this
             solemnity
             ,
             when
             all
             the
             Princes
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Senat
             of
             Poets
             ,
             went
             in
             good
             order
             to
             visit
             the
             chief
             Temple
             of
             that
             State
             ,
             to
             beg
             of
             God
             to
             stir
             up
             the
             hearts
             of
             Princes
             to
             be
             liberal
             towards
             the
             Vertuosi
             :
             Prince
             Venieri
             ,
             who
             was
             placed
             by
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Ceremonies
             (
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             custom
             )
             amongst
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Venice
             ,
             boldly
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             ought
             of
             right
             to
             have
             precedency
             before
             the
             greatest
             hereditary
             Kings
             and
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             world
             .
             The
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             did
             then
             humbly
             beseech
             Venieri
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             content
             with
             his
             accustomed
             place
             ,
             and
             shun
             both
             giving
             and
             receiving
             great
             distastes
             in
             Parnassus
             by
             this
             hateful
             novelty
             .
             Venieri
             answered
             resolutely
             ,
             that
             common
             men
             observed
             customs
             ,
             such
             as
             he
             would
             have
             what
             was
             just
             ,
             who
             very
             well
             knowing
             what
             was
             their
             due
             ,
             did
             not
             live
             according
             to
             past
             errors
             ,
             but
             did
             correct
             them
             .
             Some
             great
             Princes
             laughed
             openly
             at
             this
             novelty
             endeavoured
             by
             Venieri
             ;
             but
             others
             who
             were
             of
             a
             more
             refined
             judgement
             ,
             began
             through
             apprehension
             ,
             to
             look
             pale
             ,
             and
             were
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             belonged
             to
             fools
             to
             laugh
             at
             great
             mens
             pretentions
             ,
             who
             being
             excellently
             well
             nosed
             spannels
             ,
             never
             wag
             their
             tails
             till
             they
             be
             very
             near
             the
             Partridg
             :
             For
             wise
             men
             thought
             ,
             that
             were
             the
             business
             never
             so
             hard
             ,
             it
             might
             be
             effected
             when
             it
             was
             taken
             in
             hand
             by
             such
             a
             one
             as
             Prince
             Venieri
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             so
             great
             a
             personage
             as
             he
             ,
             would
             not
             set
             his
             rest
             of
             reputation
             upon
             a
             game
             ,
             unless
             he
             were
             sure
             of
             five
             and
             fifty
             in
             his
             hand
             .
             When
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             found
             Venieri
             to
             be
             so
             resolute
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             prevent
             the
             scandal
             which
             they
             feared
             such
             a
             novelty
             might
             occasion
             ,
             hasted
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             him
             with
             what
             had
             hapned
             .
             His
             Majesty
             did
             not
             only
             not
             abhor
             Prince
             Venieri's
             pretention
             (
             as
             many
             thought
             he
             would
             have
             done
             )
             but
             contrary
             to
             the
             opinion
             of
             most
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             that
             were
             about
             him
             ,
             did
             mightily
             admire
             it
             ;
             and
             wondred
             very
             much
             that
             that
             singular
             man
             should
             find
             out
             an
             inconveniency
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             observed
             by
             as
             many
             Elective
             Princes
             as
             were
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             And
             because
             manifest
             danger
             of
             great
             scandal
             appeared
             to
             be
             in
             delay
             of
             resolution
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             business
             required
             expedition
             ,
             without
             citing
             the
             parties
             to
             appear
             ,
             using
             the
             Plenipotentiary
             power
             which
             he
             hath
             over
             his
             Litterati
             ;
             he
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             decreed
             ,
             That
             Prince
             Venieir
             should
             be
             placed
             according
             to
             his
             desire
             ,
             above
             all
             Hereditary
             
             Monarchs
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             
               generari
               ,
               &
               nasci
               Principibus
               fortuitum
               ,
               nec
               ultra
               aestimator
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
            
             That
             to
             be
             begotten
             or
             born
             of
             Princes
             ,
             was
             chance
             ,
             nor
             was
             it
             otherwise
             to
             be
             esteemed
             of
             ;
             that
             it
             appeared
             not
             only
             to
             be
             high
             injustice
             ,
             but
             infinite
             ignorance
             ;
             that
             hereditary
             Monarchies
             ,
             which
             without
             any
             precedent
             merit
             ,
             fell
             to
             Princes
             only
             by
             blind
             fortune
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             relation
             of
             bloud
             ,
             should
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             where
             vertue
             was
             only
             had
             in
             consideration
             ,
             be
             preferred
             before
             personages
             of
             worth
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             rare
             vertue
             ,
             and
             singular
             merit
             ,
             knew
             how
             to
             get
             a
             Principality
             in
             a
             well
             regulated
             election
             of
             worthy
             Electors
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               being
               greatly
               moved
               to
               compassion
               ,
               by
               seeing
               a
               poor
               Souldier
               ,
               who
               had
               lost
               both
               his
               hands
               in
               the
               Wars
               ,
               goe
               a
               begging
               ,
               doth
               sharply
               reprehend
               Princes
               for
               their
               ingratitude
               to
               Military
               men
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             morning
             ,
             as
             Apollo
             went
             out
             of
             dores
             ,
             a
             souldier
             who
             had
             lost
             both
             his
             hands
             in
             the
             Wars
             ,
             came
             before
             him
             and
             beg'd
             an
             alms
             :
             Apollo
             asked
             him
             how
             he
             came
             to
             be
             so
             maimed
             ;
             the
             souldier
             answered
             ,
             That
             whilst
             he
             was
             handling
             his
             Pike
             in
             a
             battel
             ,
             in
             the
             service
             of
             a
             great
             Prince
             ,
             both
             his
             hands
             were
             shot
             off
             by
             a
             Canon
             .
             Apollo
             commanded
             a
             liberal
             alms
             to
             be
             given
             to
             the
             poor
             man
             ,
             and
             bad
             some
             Princes
             who
             were
             by
             him
             ,
             remove
             away
             that
             unfortunate
             witness
             of
             their
             ingratitude
             ,
             from
             the
             eyes
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             sad
             example
             of
             the
             miserable
             condition
             of
             souldiers
             in
             these
             modern
             daies
             :
             For
             it
             was
             a
             spectacle
             which
             did
             too
             much
             afflict
             the
             soul
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             miserable
             souldier
             beg
             his
             bread
             ,
             who
             had
             deserved
             from
             the
             Prince
             whom
             he
             had
             served
             ,
             a
             rich
             patrimony
             ,
             whereby
             to
             give
             that
             alms
             to
             others
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             now
             forced
             to
             beg
             for
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               greatly
               compassionating
               the
               lamentable
               shipwrack
               which
               his
               Vertuosi
               make
               in
               great
               Princes
               Courts
               ,
               to
               secure
               their
               Navigation
               ,
               Commands
               some
               of
               the
               chief
               Litterati
               of
               his
               State
               to
               make
               a
               Card
               whereby
               men
               may
               sail
               by
               Land.
               
            
          
           
             APollo
             being
             every
             day
             more
             grieved
             then
             other
             ,
             at
             the
             sad
             shipwracks
             which
             many
             of
             his
             Litterati
             do
             often
             make
             in
             the
             Courts
             of
             great
             Princes
             ;
             who
             having
             loaded
             their
             Vessels
             (
             their
             minds
             )
             with
             the
             sweat
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             thereby
             to
             merit
             their
             Princes
             favour
             ,
             are
             unfortunatly
             lost
             upon
             the
             sands
             of
             some
             hired
             lodging
             ,
             drowned
             in
             the
             Whirlpool
             of
             a
             shameful
             Hospital
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             split
             upon
             the
             rocks
             of
             beggery
             and
             dispair
             ,
             the
             wealth
             of
             infinite
             vertues
             not
             being
             able
             to
             free
             them
             from
             so
             lamentable
             calamities
             ,
             would
             by
             all
             means
             find
             out
             a
             remedy
             for
             so
             great
             evils
             ,
             that
             his
             Vertuosi
             might
             make
             safe
             Navigation
             in
             all
             Courts
             ,
             but
             particularly
             in
             that
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             is
             placed
             in
             so
             dangerous
             a
             climat
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             Learning
             ,
             which
             looseth
             much
             reputation
             ,
             when
             men
             see
             how
             little
             they
             get
             thereby
             ,
             who
             spend
             their
             whole
             life
             in
             obtaining
             it
             .
             Meditating
             therefore
             maturely
             with
             himself
             ,
             that
             since
             Portugal
             Pilats
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             
               Biscay
               ,
               England
               ,
               Holland
            
             ,
             and
             Zealand
             ,
             by
             only
             observing
             the
             Sun
             ,
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Stars
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             stone
             in
             their
             hand
             ,
             knew
             how
             to
             bridle
             the
             dreadful
             Ocean
             ,
             which
             they
             so
             freely
             cut
             through
             into
             all
             parts
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             seasons
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             made
             road-waies
             all
             over
             it
             ;
             why
             his
             Vertuosi
             by
             their
             powerfull
             aids
             of
             Astronomy
             ,
             Cosmography
             ,
             Mathematicks
             ,
             Meteors
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             by
             their
             dexterous
             wits
             ,
             sharpned
             by
             perpetual
             reading
             ,
             could
             not
             invent
             as
             safe
             a
             Navigation
             by
             land
             ,
             as
             the
             Pilats
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Nations
             had
             found
             out
             by
             sea
             .
          
           
             To
             secure
             therefore
             Land
             Navigation
             (
             for
             as
             much
             as
             might
             be
             done
             by
             Learning
             )
             Apollo
             some
             months
             ago
             instituted
             a
             Committee
             of
             choice
             men
             in
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             necessary
             for
             such
             a
             business
             ,
             and
             made
             Ptolomy
             ,
             that
             Prince
             of
             Cosmographers
             ,
             the
             Chairman
             ;
             to
             whom
             he
             gave
             Aristotle
             for
             his
             Companion
             in
             the
             Meteors
             ,
             Euclid
             in
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             
               Guido
               Bonati
            
             in
             the
             Astronomy
             ,
             and
             to
             these
             he
             added
             Count
             Baltazar
             of
             Castiel
             ,
             one
             very
             much
             verst
             in
             the
             deep
             Court
             Oceans
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             better
             carrying
             on
             of
             whatsoever
             was
             requisite
             to
             so
             weighty
             a
             business
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             gave
             order
             that
             the
             famous
             Carthaginian
             
               Hannae
               ,
               Palinurus
               ,
               Columbus
               ,
               il
               Cortese
               ,
               Terrante
               Magaglianes
               ,
               Americo
               Vespuci
               ,
               Vasco
               di
               Gama
               ,
            
             all
             of
             them
             being
             the
             chiefest
             Pilats
             that
             ever
             sailed
             on
             the
             Seas
             ,
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             this
             Committee
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             then
             (
             as
             was
             very
             fitting
             )
             an
             exquisite
             Card
             whereby
             to
             sail
             by
             land
             ,
             was
             made
             by
             Ptolomy
             ,
             which
             with
             singular
             skill
             ,
             was
             struck
             through
             with
             lines
             on
             all
             parts
             ;
             and
             not
             only
             divers
             learned
             Astralobes
             ,
             
             but
             a
             new
             artificial
             Quadrant
             was
             invented
             ,
             to
             learn
             the
             true
             elevation
             of
             Courtiers
             deserts
             ,
             and
             the
             latitude
             and
             longitude
             of
             rewards
             with
             which
             their
             service
             ought
             to
             be
             acknowledged
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             that
             
               Guido
               Bonati
            
             took
             very
             much
             pains
             to
             find
             out
             the
             true
             height
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome's
             Pole
             ;
             yet
             nor
             he
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             of
             the
             Committee
             ,
             could
             ever
             by
             any
             Astralobe
             adjust
             the
             course
             of
             the
             sun
             of
             any
             humerous
             Princes
             phantastical
             wit
             ;
             but
             the
             genius
             of
             a
             Prince
             being
             the
             true
             and
             safe
             North
             Star
             ,
             which
             Court-Marriners
             ought
             to
             observe
             in
             their
             land-Navigation
             ;
             these
             gallant
             men
             did
             all
             of
             them
             much
             wonder
             ,
             how
             a
             Star
             which
             was
             so
             certain
             for
             Navigation
             by
             Sea
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             not
             firm
             and
             stable
             in
             Land-Navigation
             ,
             but
             was
             continually
             carried
             about
             by
             the
             two
             contrary
             motions
             ,
             of
             Interest
             ,
             and
             Passion
             ,
             whence
             such
             dangerous
             Court-difficulties
             and
             troubles
             doe
             arise
             ,
             as
             doe
             often
             occasion
             fowle
             shipwracks
             .
          
           
             They
             discovered
             greater
             difficulties
             in
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             wandring
             Stars
             (
             Princes
             Officers
             )
             for
             they
             were
             so
             far
             from
             being
             carried
             about
             ,
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             by
             the
             
               primum
               mobile
            
             (
             their
             Princes
             service
             )
             as
             they
             were
             often
             seen
             to
             go
             retrograde
             thereunto
             ,
             nay
             the
             Committee
             were
             past
             all
             expression
             amazed
             ,
             when
             they
             by
             their
             observation
             found
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             inferior
             heavens
             (
             the
             Officers
             )
             did
             by
             the
             course
             of
             their
             privat
             passions
             and
             interests
             ,
             often
             hurry
             about
             the
             aforesaid
             
               primum
               mobile
            
             ;
             so
             as
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             accidents
             ,
             the
             business
             grew
             so
             confused
             ,
             as
             the
             Committee
             could
             never
             come
             at
             the
             perfect
             knowledg
             of
             the
             motions
             of
             so
             many
             sphears
             ,
             as
             was
             necessary
             for
             those
             to
             do
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             publish
             the
             certain
             and
             assured
             rules
             thereof
             .
             Their
             obstacles
             grew
             greater
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             score
             out
             the
             compass
             of
             winds
             ,
             whose
             number
             they
             found
             not
             to
             be
             certain
             and
             bounded
             ,
             as
             is
             seen
             in
             Navigation
             by
             Sea
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             were
             little
             less
             then
             infinite
             :
             For
             besides
             the
             four
             Master-Winds
             ,
             the
             Princes
             Will
             ,
             his
             childrens
             desires
             ,
             the
             Authority
             of
             his
             Brethren
             ,
             and
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             bloud
             ,
             and
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Councel
             ,
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             half-winds
             were
             discovered
             ,
             Court-Officers
             ,
             Princes
             favorits
             ,
             make-mirths
             ,
             flatterers
             ,
             and
             even
             Pandors
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             so
             irregular
             ,
             and
             upon
             some
             occasious
             so
             boysterous
             as
             they
             begot
             great
             difficulty
             in
             contriving
             the
             Compass
             :
             So
             as
             these
             Pilats
             thought
             the
             condition
             of
             Court-Navigators
             to
             be
             very
             miserable
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             fit
             their
             Sails
             (
             their
             Wits
             )
             to
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             winds
             .
             Yet
             for
             all
             these
             difficulties
             ,
             these
             famous
             men
             were
             never
             disheartnep
             ,
             but
             buckled
             themselves
             closer
             to
             the
             business
             by
             how
             many
             the
             more
             flats
             ,
             sholes
             ,
             and
             quick-sands
             ,
             Silla's
             and
             Caribde's
             ,
             vast
             Whirlpools
             of
             rivals
             ,
             enviers
             ,
             malcontents
             ,
             persecuters
             ,
             and
             heteroclite
             spirits
             they
             found
             in
             the
             vast
             Ocean
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             Astralobes
             and
             Quadrants
             being
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             Compass
             being
             brought
             to
             the
             greatest
             perfection
             that
             might
             be
             ,
             the
             Committee
             thought
             to
             make
             trial
             :
             Wherefore
             eight
             spruce
             Courtiers
             were
             listed
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             well
             provided
             of
             Patience
             (
             a
             necessary
             Biskat
             )
             for
             such
             as
             have
             courage
             enough
             to
             plough
             the
             tempestuous
             Ocean
             of
             the
             Court.
             And
             whilst
             these
             were
             ready
             to
             hoist
             sail
             ,
             and
             only
             staid
             for
             a
             favourable
             wind
             ,
             there
             hapned
             a
             thing
             altogether
             incredible
             ;
             for
             a
             favourable
             North
             wind
             blowing
             ,
             to
             which
             all
             the
             eight
             Courtiers
             suddenly
             spread
             abroad
             their
             Sails
             (
             their
             Hopes
             )
             the
             Sails
             of
             only
             one
             of
             them
             were
             seen
             to
             swel
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             prosperous
             Voyage
             ,
             whilst
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Courtiers
             stirred
             not
             one
             whit
             from
             their
             place
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Committee
             were
             strangely
             confused
             ,
             when
             they
             found
             that
             in
             Land-Navigation
             ,
             prosperous
             winds
             (
             the
             Princes
             favour
             )
             did
             not
             blow
             alike
             in
             all
             the
             sails
             of
             equally
             deserving
             Cou●…tiers
             :
             Much
             greater
             was
             the
             wonder
             ,
             when
             the
             same
             prosperous
             wind
             returning
             to
             blow
             again
             ;
             to
             the
             which
             some
             other
             Courtiers
             who
             were
             ready
             for
             their
             journey
             ,
             displaid
             their
             sails
             ,
             there
             was
             one
             ,
             who
             being
             without
             either
             mast
             or
             sail
             (
             without
             any
             merit
             )
             who
             stood
             idle
             in
             the
             haven
             ,
             to
             learn
             before
             he
             put
             himself
             upon
             so
             dangerous
             a
             Navigation
             as
             Court-service
             ;
             this
             man
             I
             say
             was
             by
             a
             blast
             of
             that
             prosperous
             wind
             ,
             hurried
             from
             the
             haven
             of
             his
             quiet
             ,
             carried
             into
             the
             high
             sea
             of
             imployments
             ,
             much
             above
             his
             capacity
             ,
             and
             yet
             did
             make
             a
             happy
             voyage
             ,
             got
             great
             riches
             and
             honors
             .
             A
             novelty
             which
             appeared
             so
             strange
             to
             these
             Pilats
             ,
             as
             Magaglianes
             being
             astonished
             at
             so
             great
             a
             wonder
             ,
             said
             ,
             Gentletlemen
             ,
             I
             should
             never
             have
             imagined
             there
             had
             been
             so
             great
             a
             diff●…rence
             between
             Sea-Navigation
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Land
             ;
             and
             these
             extravagant
             passages
             which
             I
             see
             ,
             makes
             me
             greatly
             doubt
             the
             good
             success
             of
             this
             our
             enterprise
             ;
             but
             patience
             overcomes
             all
             difficulties
             ;
             therefore
             let
             us
             proceed
             .
          
           
             Then
             a
             Courtier
             that
             was
             a
             great
             Vertuoso
             displaid
             his
             sails
             (
             his
             faithful
             service
             )
             to
             a
             prosperous
             West
             wind
             (
             his
             Princes
             favour
             )
             and
             by
             his
             swolne
             sails
             (
             fair
             words
             from
             his
             Master
             )
             thinking
             that
             he
             had
             made
             a
             long
             voyage
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             calculated
             what
             way
             he
             had
             made
             ,
             found
             himself
             to
             be
             just
             in
             the
             same
             place
             as
             he
             was
             before
             he
             hoisted
             sail
             ,
             having
             been
             still
             fed
             in
             all
             his
             long
             journey
             (
             his
             assiduous
             service
             )
             with
             false
             hopes
             and
             expectation
             ,
             not
             meeting
             with
             any
             real
             substance
             .
             But
             a
             stranger
             thing
             then
             all
             this
             ,
             was
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             both
             the
             South
             and
             the
             North
             wind
             blow
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             so
             furiously
             from
             the
             fantastick
             brain
             of
             an
             extravagant
             Prince
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             unfortunate
             Courtiers
             being
             molested
             by
             two
             contrary
             winds
             ,
             knew
             not
             which
             way
             to
             turn
             their
             Tacklings
             ;
             so
             as
             between
             these
             two
             winds
             ,
             many
             Vertuosi
             were
             miserably
             drowned
             .
             At
             this
             so
             strange
             a
             novelty
             Columbus
             cryed
             out
             ,
             I
             now
             find
             for
             certain
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             Navigation
             by
             Sea
             ,
             wherein
             these
             extravagancies
             are
             not
             met
             with
             ,
             is
             so
             safe
             a
             business
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             be
             compared
             to
             travailing
             by
             land
             in
             a
             Litter
             .
             Columbus
             had
             no
             sooner
             said
             these
             things
             ,
             when
             the
             whole
             Committee
             were
             aware
             that
             certain
             Courtiers
             that
             were
             Vertuosi
             ,
             lying
             in
             the
             Haven
             ,
             were
             in
             great
             danger
             of
             being
             drown'd
             in
             the
             Court-Sea
             ,
             which
             was
             swolne
             much
             more
             then
             usual
             ,
             raised
             a
             great
             storm
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Anchor-Cable-Ropes
             of
             the
             most
             exquisite
             Court-patience
             ,
             broke
             short
             in
             two
             ,
             every
             thing
             threatned
             shipwrack
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             air
             of
             the
             Prince
             his
             countenance
             was
             very
             calm
             ,
             the
             pleasant
             West
             wind
             of
             his
             content
             was
             only
             seen
             to
             blow
             ;
             the
             danger
             appeared
             plainly
             ,
             no
             wind
             of
             the
             Princes
             anger
             was
             discerned
             ,
             and
             yet
             the
             Court-Navigators
             ran
             hazard
             of
             perishing
             in
             the
             Haven
             :
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             in
             this
             so
             inraged
             Tempest
             ,
             one
             bold
             Courtier
             had
             courage
             enough
             to
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Haven
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             only
             not
             drowned
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             believed
             he
             would
             have
             been
             ,
             but
             that
             horrible
             cross
             wind
             which
             would
             have
             indangered
             any
             other
             man
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             well
             experienced
             ,
             proved
             so
             prosperous
             a
             wind
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             short
             time
             it
             brought
             him
             to
             the
             Haven
             of
             great
             Dignities
             :
             A
             thing
             certainly
             very
             strange
             ,
             and
             which
             did
             much
             astonish
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Committee
             ,
             who
             wondred
             that
             those
             tempestuous
             storms
             should
             in
             Land-Navigation
             prove
             prosperous
             winds
             to
             
             some
             few
             ,
             which
             even
             in
             the
             safest
             Harbours
             did
             shipwrack
             many
             .
             But
             it
             seemed
             yet
             more
             strange
             ,
             when
             the
             skie
             being
             clear
             ,
             no
             claps
             of
             thunder
             heard
             ,
             no
             lightning
             seen
             ,
             some
             thunderbolts
             did
             notwithstanding
             fall
             ,
             which
             burnt
             two
             unfortunate
             Courtiers
             ;
             this
             unusual
             accident
             made
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Committee
             muse
             ,
             why
             thunderbolts
             shot
             from
             an
             incensed
             Prince
             ,
             should
             not
             be
             preceded
             by
             such
             thunder
             and
             lightning
             ,
             whereby
             to
             admonish
             Courtiers
             to
             escape
             them
             ,
             as
             those
             are
             which
             are
             shot
             by
             the
             all
             powerful
             hand
             of
             God
             against
             mankind
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             angry
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Soon
             after
             a
             Courtier
             was
             seen
             to
             be
             assaulted
             by
             a
             terrible
             Tempest
             (
             Persecutions
             )
             who
             after
             having
             long
             defended
             himself
             from
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             high
             going
             Sea
             (
             his
             Princes
             anger
             )
             and
             from
             the
             boysterous
             winds
             of
             cruel
             calamities
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             keep
             himself
             from
             being
             swallowed
             up
             ,
             was
             forced
             to
             throw
             all
             his
             Merchandize
             overboard
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             spent
             the
             main
             mast
             of
             his
             hope
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             deserts
             leaked
             water
             of
             dispair
             ,
             split
             himself
             upon
             the
             Rocks
             (
             the
             ingratitude
             of
             an
             not
             acknowledging
             Prince
             .
             )
             Then
             (
             which
             appeared
             very
             strange
             )
             the
             Vessel
             of
             this
             Courtiers
             service
             being
             after
             so
             hard
             an
             incounter
             ,
             broken
             and
             sunk
             ,
             the
             tempest
             of
             Court-persecutions
             ceased
             ,
             the
             sea
             of
             the
             Princes
             anger
             was
             appeased
             ,
             the
             rock
             which
             had
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             shipwrack
             ,
             turned
             to
             a
             safe
             haven
             ,
             the
             Courtiers
             sunk
             ship
             rose
             again
             from
             underneath
             the
             water
             ,
             fairer
             ,
             stronger
             ,
             and
             better
             tackle
             then
             befored
             ,
             and
             was
             again
             loaded
             with
             the
             Merchandize
             of
             his
             Merits
             ,
             the
             which
             he
             afterwards
             bartered
             at
             dear
             rates
             ,
             for
             great
             dignities
             ,
             and
             rich
             revennues
             .
             This
             appeared
             very
             strange
             to
             these
             Pilats
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             whole
             Committee
             ,
             neither
             could
             they
             sufficiently
             wonder
             ,
             how
             in
             land-Navigation
             ,
             shipwracks
             could
             prove
             fortunate
             to
             Navigators
             .
          
           
             But
             continuing
             to
             make
             new
             experiences
             ,
             they
             commanded
             a
             very
             wary
             Courtier
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             display
             the
             sails
             of
             his
             talent
             to
             a
             wind
             which
             blew
             from
             the
             South
             ,
             and
             he
             steering
             his
             course
             fortunately
             full
             North
             ,
             after
             many
             daies
             sail
             ,
             the
             Court-Pilat
             ,
             to
             find
             where
             he
             was
             ,
             took
             the
             altitude
             of
             the
             Pole
             of
             his
             desert
             ,
             with
             his
             Astralobe
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             much
             wonder
             ,
             found
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             had
             still
             kept
             the
             fore-castle
             (
             his
             good
             service
             )
             directly
             towards
             the
             North
             (
             his
             Princes
             Interests
             )
             he
             had
             sailed
             Southward
             .
             The
             Courtier
             at
             first
             alloted
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             disorder
             ,
             to
             his
             not
             having
             kept
             the
             rudder
             of
             his
             soul
             faithful
             (
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             )
             towards
             the
             North
             of
             his
             Masters
             service
             ;
             bu●…
             when
             he
             found
             both
             by
             the
             Card
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Compass
             which
             he
             held
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             alwaies
             steered
             the
             ship
             of
             his
             actions
             aright
             ,
             he
             clearly
             found
             that
             the
             error
             of
             his
             unfortunate
             voyage
             was
             occasioned
             ,
             because
             the
             North-star
             of
             his
             Princes
             mind
             was
             turned
             by
             malignant
             men
             ,
             which
             are
             alwaies
             about
             him
             ,
             towards
             the
             South
             .
          
           
             Then
             
               Vespucci
               ,
               Gama
            
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Pilats
             ,
             desired
             the
             Committee
             that
             they
             would
             give
             over
             the
             business
             ,
             as
             being
             a
             desperate
             cure
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             nothing
             made
             the
             Navigation
             by
             Sea
             so
             certain
             ,
             as
             the
             immutability
             of
             the
             North-star
             :
             And
             that
             having
             clearly
             found
             ,
             by
             the
             last
             unfortunate
             experience
             ,
             that
             Princes
             minds
             (
             which
             was
             the
             certain
             North-star
             of
             land-Navigation
             )
             were
             carried
             about
             and
             diverted
             by
             malicious
             Courtiers
             ,
             to
             saile
             on
             the
             tempestuous
             Court-seas
             ,
             was
             not
             a
             resolution
             to
             be
             put
             on
             by
             wise
             men
             ,
             but
             by
             such
             as
             were
             desperate
             .
          
           
             At
             this
             instant
             the
             Committee
             saw
             a
             spruce
             neat
             Courtier
             ,
             who
             had
             
             sailed
             so
             prosperously
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             Courts
             for
             seventy
             years
             space
             together
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             had
             not
             only
             overcome
             tempestuous
             storms
             ,
             and
             boisterous
             winds
             of
             persecution
             ,
             but
             had
             even
             broken
             the
             hard
             rocks
             which
             his
             ship
             had
             given
             against
             ;
             this
             man
             pursuing
             on
             his
             voyage
             prosperously
             with
             a
             most
             favourable
             wind
             ,
             was
             drowned
             for
             having
             only
             unfortunately
             falne
             upon
             a
             company
             of
             sedges
             (
             a
             Catchpoles
             impertinences
             )
             an
             accident
             which
             did
             so
             astonish
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Committee
             ,
             as
             they
             resolved
             to
             make
             trial
             only
             of
             one
             other
             Courtier
             who
             was
             outward
             bound
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             be
             quiet
             :
             They
             commanded
             him
             therefore
             to
             put
             to
             sea
             ;
             and
             it
             hapned
             that
             whilst
             he
             was
             sailing
             in
             a
             road
             which
             was
             held
             by
             all
             men
             to
             be
             very
             safe
             ,
             his
             ship
             at
             unawares
             gave
             against
             a
             rock
             ,
             and
             split
             in
             pieces
             ;
             the
             Committee
             very
             much
             blamed
             the
             Courtiers
             ignorance
             ,
             who
             knew
             not
             how
             to
             shun
             that
             rock
             ;
             but
             he
             clearly
             shewed
             them
             that
             it
             was
             not
             specified
             in
             the
             Card
             ,
             Wherefore
             all
             the
             Pilats
             fixt
             their
             eyes
             upon
             the
             Chairman
             Ptolomy
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             did
             tacitly
             accuse
             him
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             having
             left
             out
             that
             rock
             in
             his
             Card
             ,
             which
             had
             occasioned
             so
             great
             evil
             .
             But
             Ptolomy
             having
             well
             viewed
             and
             considered
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             coast
             about
             ,
             shewed
             them
             clearly
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             living
             that
             had
             ever
             made
             that
             passage
             before
             ,
             had
             ever
             seen
             any
             rock
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             therefore
             he
             could
             not
             specifie
             it
             in
             the
             Card
             which
             he
             had
             made
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             arose
             up
             at
             that
             very
             instant
             that
             the
             unfortunate
             Courtier
             fel
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Committee
             finding
             then
             that
             in
             Land
             Navigation
             ,
             rocks
             arose
             every
             moment
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Medows
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             which
             were
             held
             to
             be
             so
             safe
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             might
             be
             passed
             over
             with
             great
             security
             in
             the
             obscurest
             nights
             ;
             they
             broke
             up
             the
             Committee
             ,
             accounting
             the
             undertaking
             to
             be
             desperate
             and
             unfeasable
             ,
             and
             commanded
             that
             none
             should
             presume
             to
             sail
             by
             land
             ,
             except
             it
             were
             at
             full
             noon
             ,
             carrying
             the
             Lanthorn
             of
             discretion
             every
             one
             of
             them
             in
             the
             fore-castle
             of
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             morning
             and
             evening
             ,
             with
             their
             bare
             knees
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             their
             hands
             lift
             up
             to
             heaven
             ,
             beseeching
             God
             to
             grant
             them
             a
             good
             voyage
             ,
             for
             to
             bring
             the
             ship
             of
             hope
             in
             safety
             into
             a
             Court
             Haven
             ,
             depended
             more
             upon
             the
             immediate
             help
             from
             heaven
             ,
             then
             upon
             any
             humane
             wisdom
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Ariadeno
                 Barbarossa
              
               being
               driven
               by
               a
               sudden
               storm
               ,
               splits
               upon
               the
               
                 Scogli
                 Cursolari
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Maturino
                 Romagasso
              
               ,
               Captain
               of
               the
               Guard
               of
               the
               Gulf
               of
               Lepanto
               ,
               endeavours
               his
               escape
               ,
               when
               he
               might
               have
               taken
               him
               prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               ARiadeno
               Barbarossa
            
             ,
             a
             great
             Pyrat
             ,
             being
             overtaken
             some
             daies
             ago
             with
             a
             cruel
             storm
             ,
             fell
             upon
             the
             
               Scogli
               Corsolari
            
             ,
             wh●…re
             he
             lost
             many
             ships
             ,
             and
             an
             infinite
             many
             of
             men
             :
             yet
             he
             suddenly
             bet●…ok
             himself
             with
             those
             that
             were
             escaped
             ,
             to
             repair
             those
             his
             Gallies
             ,
             whi●…
             were
             yet
             unsplit
             ;
             when
             the
             news
             of
             such
             a
             wrack
             being
             brought
             to
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             forthwith
             gave
             order
             to
             
               Maturino
               Romagasso
            
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             custo●…
             〈◊〉
             the
             Lepanto
             Gulf
             ,
             to
             go
             and
             seize
             upon
             that
             publick
             Thief
             .
             It
             is
             known
             that
             vigilant
             Romagasso
             did
             at
             that
             very
             instant
             charge
             a
             trusty
             Mariner
             to
             go
             with
             all
             possible
             diligence
             and
             secrecy
             to
             those
             rocks
             ,
             and
             to
             wish
             Ariadeno
             to
             remove
             from
             those
             rocks
             ,
             and
             save
             himself
             as
             well
             as
             he
             could
             .
             The
             Mariner
             wondred
             very
             much
             at
             Romagasso's
             resolution
             ;
             whom
             he
             asked
             why
             he
             would
             save
             the
             life
             of
             that
             his
             deadly
             enemy
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             now
             so
             fair
             accasion
             to
             seize
             upon
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             who
             was
             held
             Apollo's
             right
             eye
             ,
             only
             that
             he
             might
             keep
             the
             Rivers
             of
             Lepanto
             free
             from
             so
             pernitious
             a
             Pyrat
             ,
             what
             other
             man
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             ,
             should
             be
             paralel'd
             to
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             should
             have
             vanquished
             Barbarossa
             ?
             'Ts
             said
             that
             Romagasso
             repli'd
             in
             these
             i●…entical
             words
             ;
             My
             friend
             ,
             The
             greatness
             which
             you
             see
             I
             am
             now
             in
             ,
             is
             so
             annext
             to
             Barbarossa's
             power
             ,
             as
             I
             cannot
             discomfeit
             him
             without
             ruining
             my self
             .
             And
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             I
             should
             have
             committed
             this
             error
             ,
             thou
             shouldst
             see
             me
             be
             the
             most
             abject
             fellow
             of
             all
             this
             Court
             :
             For
             faithfulness
             in
             Officers
             is
             almost
             banished
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             more
             through
             the
             ingratitude
             of
             who
             commands
             ,
             then
             through
             his
             falshood
             who
             ought
             to
             obey
             .
             Whence
             it
             is
             that
             disorders
             are
             grown
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             that
             Officer
             whose
             ultimat
             end
             is
             not
             to
             keep
             his
             Prince
             in
             perpetual
             need
             of
             his
             service
             ,
             is
             more
             man
             ,
             then
             a
             wise
             man.
             And
             the
             modern
             Militia
             of
             us
             Captains
             ,
             is
             turned
             to
             publick
             Merchandize
             ;
             which
             is
             not
             occasioned
             out
             of
             any
             fault
             of
             ours
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             defect
             which
             is
             even
             graven
             in
             the
             bones
             of
             many
             Princes
             ,
             of
             making
             no
             account
             of
             clothes
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             rains
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Epictetus
               ,
               a
               Stoick
               Philosopher
               ,
               who
               finding
               his
               Sect
               to
               grow
               much
               deformed
               ,
               asks
               leave
               of
               Apollo
               to
               ground
               a
               new
               Sect
               of
               Reformed
               Stoicks
               ;
               and
               is
               rather
               reprehended
               by
               his
               Majestie
               ,
               then
               commended
               .
            
          
           
             EPictetus
             ,
             that
             famous
             Stoick
             ,
             had
             this
             day
             long
             audience
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             was
             overheard
             to
             say
             with
             great
             submissness
             ,
             that
             the
             exemplary
             life
             ,
             certainty
             of
             Doctrine
             ,
             holy
             customs
             ,
             quiet
             and
             fruitful
             leasure
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             formerly
             seen
             in
             the
             Sect
             of
             Stoicks
             ,
             had
             forced
             him
             to
             imbrace
             that
             Sect
             ,
             in
             which
             he
             had
             lived
             with
             great
             satisfaction
             for
             the
             space
             of
             25
             years
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             being
             now
             much
             falne
             from
             the
             former
             severity
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             good
             behaviour
             ,
             nothing
             of
             good
             remained
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             bare
             and
             still
             reverenced
             name
             ,
             at
             which
             he
             was
             both
             much
             afflicted
             and
             scandalized
             ,
             and
             was
             forced
             to
             forgo
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             still
             live
             in
             his
             antient
             purity
             of
             demeanour
             ,
             poverty
             of
             life
             ,
             humility
             ,
             and
             peace
             of
             mind
             .
             That
             therefore
             (
             if
             it
             should
             stand
             with
             his
             Majesties
             approbation
             )
             he
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             of
             his
             fellow-Philosophers
             who
             were
             of
             the
             same
             mind
             ,
             desired
             to
             withdraw
             themselves
             ,
             and
             to
             ground
             a
             new
             sect
             of
             reformed
             Stoicks
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             ,
             not
             without
             some
             apparent
             signes
             of
             displeasure
             ,
             answered
             Epictetus
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             so
             far
             from
             being
             willing
             to
             multiply
             the
             Sects
             of
             his
             Philosophers
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             good
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             unity
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             for
             many
             other
             weighty
             respects
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             reduce
             them
             to
             a
             lesser
             number
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             the
             Stoicks
             were
             any
             waies
             fallen
             from
             their
             former
             good
             orders
             ,
             he
             wisht
             him
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             ought
             rather
             to
             hide
             their
             defects
             ,
             then
             scandalously
             publish
             them
             to
             the
             world
             by
             new
             Reformations
             ;
             it
             not
             being
             possible
             to
             admit
             of
             a
             sect
             of
             Reformers
             ,
             without
             necessarily
             acknowledging
             a
             deformation
             :
             And
             that
             a
             Philosopher
             so
             cry'd
             up
             for
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             sincerity
             of
             soul
             ,
             as
             was
             Epictetus
             ,
             should
             not
             endeavour
             to
             purchase
             reputation
             to
             himself
             ,
             by
             defaming
             others
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             the
             laying
             a
             foundation
             of
             new
             reformed
             Stoicks
             ,
             he
             made
             it
             appear
             evidently
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             That
             the
             Stoicks
             disorders
             were
             grown
             so
             great
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             were
             become
             incorrigible
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             exemplary
             life
             of
             such
             a
             one
             as
             himself
             :
             That
             therefore
             it
             was
             the
             duty
             of
             every
             good
             Stoick
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             his
             Sect
             forget
             their
             Rules
             ,
             to
             strive
             to
             reduce
             them
             to
             their
             duties
             by
             his
             own
             good
             example
             ,
             it
             not
             being
             only
             shameful
             ingratitude
             ,
             but
             wicked
             impiety
             to
             abandon
             his
             Sect
             in
             its
             most
             urgent
             occasions
             ,
             and
             greatest
             necessity
             :
             
             For
             certainly
             that
             Pilat
             were
             very
             wicked
             ,
             who
             seeing
             his
             Ship
             ready
             to
             be
             lost
             in
             a
             fearful
             storm
             at
             Sea
             ,
             should
             abandon
             his
             companions
             ,
             and
             seeking
             to
             save
             himself
             in
             the
             Ship-bo●…t
             ,
             could
             find
             in
             his
             heart
             to
             laugh
             at
             those
             that
             were
             in
             distress
             :
             And
             that
             if
             he
             should
             open
             the
             dore
             in
             Parnassus
             to
             reformed
             Sects
             ,
             that
             
               progressus
               in
               infinitum
            
             ,
             must
             of
             necessity
             follow
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             shun'd
             by
             every
             wise
             Prince
             .
             For
             every
             thing
             necessarily
             growing
             old
             and
             corrupt
             in
             time
             ,
             by
             consequence
             the
             reformed
             Stoicks
             transgressing
             their
             rules
             ,
             would
             in
             time
             divide
             themselves
             into
             new
             reformed
             Sects
             .
             And
             because
             the
             planting
             of
             Vinyards
             ,
             and
             founding
             of
             Sects
             of
             Philosophers
             walked
             hand
             in
             hand
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             that
             the
             wise
             Husbandman
             ,
             when
             he
             saw
             his
             Vinyard
             ,
             which
             before
             was
             very
             fruitful
             ,
             go
             to
             ruine
             for
             want
             of
             dressing
             ,
             did
             not
             suddenly
             fall
             to
             plant
             a
             new
             one
             ,
             but
             endeavoured
             by
             dilligence
             and
             assiduous
             labour
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             fruitful
             again
             ,
             and
             never
             resolved
             upon
             the
             planting
             of
             a
             new
             Vinyard
             ,
             till
             he
             clearly
             found
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             impossible
             to
             reduce
             the
             impair'd
             Vinyard
             to
             its
             former
             condition
             ,
             by
             any
             whatsoever
             diligence
             .
          
           
             In
             which
             case
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             he
             plants
             his
             new
             vinyard
             ,
             he
             plucks
             up
             the
             old
             one
             by
             the
             very
             roots
             ,
             and
             turns
             it
             into
             earable
             ground
             ;
             for
             otherwise
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             foolishly
             encombred
             his
             whole
             Patrimony
             with
             wild
             Grapes
             .
             Apollo
             said
             also
             ,
             That
             Epictetus
             should
             reflect
             much
             upon
             the
             unfortunate
             condition
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             wherein
             the
             whole
             world
             being
             infected
             with
             the
             pernitious
             disease
             of
             Polititians
             ,
             whose
             particular
             profession
             it
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             adhibit
             faith
             to
             such
             actions
             as
             have
             a
             certain
             affected
             appearance
             of
             extraordinary
             goodness
             ,
             it
             was
             shrewdly
             to
             be
             feared
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             interpret
             his
             good
             will
             ,
             and
             excellent
             intention
             ,
             of
             laying
             a
             new
             foundation
             of
             reformed
             Stoicks
             ,
             to
             be
             but
             Hypocrisie
             ;
             giving
             it
             out
             (
             as
             it
             is
             their
             custom
             to
             do
             )
             in
             every
             corner
             ,
             that
             Epictetus
             ,
             a
             Philosoper
             of
             so
             well
             a
             compos'd
             soul
             ,
             would
             forsake
             the
             old
             Stoick
             Sect
             ,
             whereof
             he
             was
             but
             the
             tail
             ,
             out
             of
             ambition
             to
             become
             the
             head
             of
             a
             new
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Nobility
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Achaia
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               any
               longer
               to
               indure
               the
               insolency
               of
               the
               Commons
               ,
               who
               Governed
               the
               State
               ,
               send
               Ambassadors
               to
               Apollo
               to
               obtain
               a
               Prince
               ,
               who
               may
               govern
               them
               ;
               and
               receive
               a
               gracious
               answer
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Modern
             Commonwealth
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             all
             men
             know
             )
             is
             meerly
             Democratical
             ,
             is
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             insolent
             peoples
             great
             sedition
             ,
             so
             full
             of
             tumults
             ,
             slaughters
             ,
             rapine
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             sort
             of
             confusion
             ,
             as
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             opprest
             by
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             seditious
             people
             ,
             to
             free
             their
             Countrey
             from
             so
             cruel
             Tyranny
             ,
             thought
             it
             a
             more
             tolerable
             condition
             to
             live
             under
             the
             command
             of
             any
             one
             Prince
             ,
             how
             cruel
             or
             avaritious
             soever
             ,
             then
             to
             suffer
             the
             insolency
             of
             a
             domineering
             people
             :
             Insomuch
             as
             they
             said
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             the
             common
             good
             ,
             to
             call
             in
             a
             Forreign
             Prince
             ,
             who
             might
             govern
             the
             afflicted
             State
             ,
             and
             might
             curb
             the
             insolency
             of
             the
             rabble-rout
             :
             And
             to
             this
             purpose
             they
             summoned
             the
             people
             to
             a
             Parley
             ,
             and
             deplored
             the
             publick
             miseries
             ;
             the
             sole
             remedy
             whereof
             they
             said
             was
             ,
             to
             submit
             the
             Countrey
             unfortunately
             free
             ,
             to
             the
             command
             of
             a
             Prince
             .
          
           
             The
             ignorant
             people
             ,
             who
             in
             weighty
             resolves
             know
             not
             what
             they
             grant
             ,
             nor
             what
             they
             deny
             ,
             easily
             assented
             that
             a
             Forreign
             Prince
             should
             be
             sent
             for
             ,
             who
             re-ordering
             the
             confused
             State
             ,
             might
             govern
             their
             Country
             ,
             which
             was
             incapable
             of
             living
             free
             .
             In
             this
             Assembly
             two
             Ambassadors
             were
             chosen
             ,
             who
             were
             to
             obtain
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             a
             Prince
             fitting
             for
             their
             urgent
             affairs
             .
             The
             Ambassadors
             came
             to
             this
             Court
             three
             daies
             ago
             ,
             who
             having
             made
             their
             desires
             known
             in
             a
             publick
             audience
             ,
             they
             were
             answered
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             .
             That
             he
             would
             quickly
             send
             them
             away
             contented
             .
             Many
             prime
             Subjects
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             used
             all
             the
             means
             they
             could
             ,
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             command
             so
             Noble
             a
             Principality
             ;
             amongst
             the
             most
             remarkable
             whereof
             ,
             were
             
               Anna
               Momoranci
            
             ,
             a
             famous
             French
             Baron
             ,
             very
             much
             assisted
             by
             Francis
             the
             first
             ,
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             and
             
               Don
               Ferdinando
               di
               Toledo
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             befriended
             by
             the
             most
             Catholike
             King
             Philip
             the
             second
             ;
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             any
             affection
             he
             bore
             to
             that
             his
             servant
             ,
             as
             to
             rid
             his
             Court
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             not
             able
             to
             tolerate
             an
             equal
             ,
             much
             less
             a
             superior
             ,
             was
             very
             troublesom
             to
             him
             and
             to
             his
             Court.
             Apollo
             resolutely
             chose
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ;
             wherein
             he
             did
             so
             highly
             displease
             the
             King
             of
             France●…
             ,
             who
             complained
             grievously
             that
             Apollo's
             Majesty
             had
             preferred
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             a
             man
             in
             rigour
             of
             Justice
             not
             only
             severe
             ,
             but
             inexorable
             ,
             as
             had
             plainly
             appeared
             in
             his
             Government
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             before
             one
             of
             so
             exquisite
             goodness
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             exact
             judgement
             in
             State-Government
             ,
             as
             Momoranci
             was
             known
             to
             be
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             answered
             King
             Francis
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             preferred
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             Alva
             before
             Momoranci
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             a
             mild
             and
             sweet
             spirit
             ,
             only
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             extraordinary
             severity
             ;
             which
             was
             very
             requisite
             in
             this
             present
             occasion
             ,
             the
             other
             being
             unaccustomed
             to
             the
             difficulty
             of
             taming
             a
             coltish
             people
             ,
             born
             free
             ,
             with
             the
             cudgel
             of
             new
             servitude
             .
             And
             the
             K.
             of
             France
             not
             being
             herewithall
             satisfied
             ,
             but
             saying
             with
             some
             commotion
             of
             spirit
             ,
             that
             his
             French
             men
             ,
             when
             occasion
             did
             require
             ,
             could
             also
             not
             only
             be
             severe
             ,
             but
             cruel
             :
             Apollo
             in
             an
             angry
             tone
             ,
             bad
             him
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             wondred
             that
             sheep
             and
             lambs
             should
             pretend
             to
             play
             the
             part
             of
             wolves
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             had
             never
             been
             any
             
               Gaspero
               Colonni
            
             ,
             any
             
               Monsieur
               de
               la
               Nove
            
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             other
             great
             and
             little
             flies
             ,
             which
             none
             of
             his
             generation
             could
             ever
             find
             the
             way
             how
             to
             keep
             from
             about
             their
             noses
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               for
               a
               just
               cause
               removed
               
                 Gulielmo
                 Budeo
              
               from
               the
               Lord
               Treasurers
               place
               ;
               confers
               the
               aforesaid
               place
               upon
               
                 Diego
                 Covarruvia
              
               ,
               a
               Noble
               Spanish
               Literato
               ,
               and
               Dean
               of
               the
               Colledg
               of
               the
               Grand
               Sages
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               though
               he
               was
               much
               gainsaid
               therein
               by
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               .
            
          
           
             
               GUlielmo
               Budeo
            
             ,
             a
             Parisian
             ,
             who
             for
             his
             being
             very
             expert
             in
             the
             knowledg
             of
             monies
             ,
             hath
             for
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             with
             much
             reputation
             ,
             exercised
             the
             place
             of
             Lord
             Treasurer
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             was
             on
             the
             sudden
             on
             Munday
             last
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             great
             disgrace
             removed
             from
             that
             place
             ,
             but
             by
             express
             order
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             banisht
             for
             ever
             out
             of
             Parnassus
             ;
             which
             affront
             was
             the
             greater
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             occasion
             of
             this
             so
             high
             resentment
             was
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             infected
             with
             those
             modern
             heresies
             ,
             which
             being
             invented
             by
             ambitious
             men
             ,
             only
             to
             make
             subjects
             rebel
             against
             their
             Princes
             ,
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             followed
             by
             those
             who
             professing
             Learning
             ,
             ought
             to
             let
             the
             world
             see
             that
             they
             do
             not
             only
             know
             ,
             but
             do
             infinitely
             abhor
             the
             popular
             errors
             of
             the
             ignorant
             ,
             who
             are
             apt
             to
             be
             carried
             about
             by
             the
             impostures
             of
             impiety
             .
             After
             Budeo
             his
             expulsion
             ,
             it
             was
             suddenly
             noised
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             had
             destin'd
             
               Diego
               Covarruvio
            
             to
             be
             Treasurer
             ,
             a
             great
             Spanish
             Lawyer
             ,
             a
             man
             as
             excellent
             for
             Learning
             ,
             as
             for
             his
             plain-dealing
             ,
             and
             sincerity
             of
             an
             irreprehensible
             life
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             this
             Apollo's
             resolution
             was
             known
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             it
             begot
             great
             jealousies
             in
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             who
             thought
             it
             stood
             not
             with
             her
             advantage
             ,
             that
             a
             Spaniard
             should
             be
             called
             up
             to
             so
             high
             a
             Magistracy
             ,
             wherein
             she
             was
             much
             interessed
             .
             The
             jealousie
             and
             suspition
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Queen
             ,
             was
             the
             more
             augmented
             by
             Covarruvia's
             austerity
             ,
             his
             steadfastness
             to
             what
             was
             just
             ,
             his
             inflexibility
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             alwaies
             preferring
             his
             Princes
             honour
             and
             service
             before
             all
             other
             respects
             ,
             he
             seemed
             to
             value
             the
             favour
             or
             hatred
             of
             any
             whatsoever
             Prince
             
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             very
             little
             ,
             or
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             he
             with
             uncorrupt
             sincerity
             discharged
             the
             place
             of
             
               primo
               Savio
               Grande
            
             .
          
           
             This
             powerful
             Monarchy
             sent
             first
             (
             according
             to
             the
             fashion
             of
             great
             Courts
             )
             divers
             of
             her
             friends
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             appearing
             to
             be
             well
             wishers
             to
             Covarruvia
             ,
             and
             very
             zealous
             of
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             did
             in
             a
             seeming
             way
             of
             praising
             him
             ,
             blame
             him
             ,
             and
             persecute
             him
             by
             the
             cheating
             way
             of
             feigned
             favours
             .
             But
             this
             way
             of
             proceeding
             being
             too
             well
             known
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             these
             hypocrites
             did
             easily
             receive
             a
             repulse
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             as
             the
             very
             French
             Monarchy
             her self
             ,
             taking
             off
             her
             mask
             of
             Court-dissembling
             ,
             did
             at
             an
             extraordinary
             audience
             which
             she
             obtained
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             appear
             so
             implacable
             an
             enemy
             to
             Covarruvia
             ,
             as
             she
             could
             acquaint
             him
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             the
             greatest
             faults
             that
             he
             had
             committed
             even
             from
             his
             birth
             ,
             but
             with
             every
             his
             least
             imperfection
             (
             so
             narrowly
             do
             Princes
             observe
             the
             waies
             of
             those
             who
             were
             likely
             to
             come
             to
             advancement
             in
             great
             Courts
             .
             )
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             infinitely
             wondred
             to
             hear
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             make
             so
             strict
             a
             scrutiny
             into
             the
             life
             and
             manners
             of
             Covarruvia
             ,
             with
             that
             freedom
             which
             is
             proper
             to
             her
             ;
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             so
             much
             abhor
             human
             imperfections
             in
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             but
             that
             if
             amongst
             a
             hundred
             defects
             ,
             they
             had
             put
             one
             pair
             of
             perfections
             ,
             one
             only
             rare
             vertue
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             had
             got
             an
             excellent
             Officer
             for
             his
             service
             ,
             it
             being
             his
             custom
             to
             counterpoise
             vices
             with
             vertues
             ;
             and
             that
             Covarruvia
             (
             whatsoever
             he
             were
             in
             other
             things
             )
             in
             his
             Charge
             of
             
               Savio
               Grande
            
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             for
             many
             years
             discharged
             with
             such
             sincerity
             and
             discretion
             ,
             had
             not
             only
             proved
             himself
             worthy
             of
             the
             Lord
             Treasurers
             place
             ,
             which
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             give
             him
             ,
             but
             of
             any
             other
             whatsoever
             better
             place
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             would
             honour
             so
             high
             a
             place
             ,
             by
             removing
             that
             signal
             subject
             from
             the
             sublime
             Senat
             of
             the
             Savi
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             answered
             ,
             That
             the
             
               Lavi
               Grande
            
             of
             Parnassus
             were
             twelves
             ,
             so
             as
             his
             Majesty
             had
             scope
             enough
             to
             satisfie
             her
             in
             what
             she
             desired
             ,
             by
             chusing
             other
             instead
             of
             Covarruvia
             ;
             which
             would
             be
             the
             easilier
             done
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             
               Savi
               Grande
            
             were
             all
             of
             them
             men
             greatly
             learned
             ,
             and
             of
             singular
             worth
             .
             All
             the
             standers
             by
             perceived
             that
             Apollo
             was
             highly
             displeased
             at
             this
             pressure
             ,
             who
             angerly
             answered
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             very
             wicked
             resolution
             to
             give
             distaste
             unto
             ,
             and
             take
             from
             the
             reputation
             of
             such
             Officers
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             assiduous
             service
             ,
             had
             deserved
             chiefest
             imployments
             from
             their
             Prince
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             a
             Prince
             took
             out
             any
             person
             from
             a
             Senat
             ,
             or
             from
             a
             Colledg
             ,
             to
             advance
             him
             to
             a
             higher
             preferment
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             dangerous
             thing
             to
             chuse
             the
             worthiest
             ;
             for
             in
             such
             elections
             ,
             the
             Prince
             his
             intention
             ,
             were
             it
             never
             so
             good
             ,
             was
             interpreted
             partiality
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             such
             occasions
             ,
             the
             true
             Judge
             of
             worth
             was
             Senioriti
             ,
             and
             that
             Covarruvia
             being
             Dean
             of
             the
             Senat
             of
             the
             
               Savt
               Grande
            
             ,
             he
             had
             such
             a
             vantage
             of
             labour
             ,
             and
             such
             advancement
             of
             merit
             ,
             as
             he
             could
             not
             without
             some
             apparent
             injury
             ,
             be
             left
             out
             by
             his
             Prince
             ;
             for
             in
             all
             Senats
             ,
             that
             Senator
             deserved
             the
             prime
             preferment
             ,
             who
             had
             laboured
             longest
             at
             the
             continual
             duties
             of
             his
             place
             :
             A
             just
             and
             good
             precept
             ;
             which
             when
             it
             was
             inviolably
             observed
             ,
             every
             honored
             Vertuoso
             propounded
             to
             himself
             his
             Princes
             service
             for
             the
             ultimate
             end
             of
             all
             his
             labours
             ;
             whereas
             by
             doing
             otherwise
             ,
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             confusion
             of
             all
             business
             even
             the
             
               Savi
               Grande
            
             (
             a
             Senat
             whereon
             did
             consist
             the
             good
             Government
             of
             the
             State
             )
             and
             all
             
             
             
             
             
             other
             his
             good
             and
             best
             Officers
             ,
             forgoing
             the
             honorable
             way
             of
             merit
             ,
             and
             vertuous
             endeavour
             ,
             would
             betake
             themselves
             to
             the
             shameful
             Idolatry
             of
             adoring
             such
             as
             by
             their
             favour
             in
             Court
             ,
             were
             likeliest
             to
             help
             them
             :
             That
             therefore
             for
             the
             aforesaid
             weighty
             respects
             ,
             he
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             any
             passionate
             affection
             which
             he
             bore
             to
             Covarruvia's
             person
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             duty
             he
             ought
             unto
             his
             merits
             ,
             would
             reward
             that
             Vertuoso's
             labors
             with
             the
             Lord
             Treasurers
             place
             ,
             and
             encourage
             the
             other
             
               Savi
               Grandi
            
             ,
             willingly
             to
             take
             pains
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             since
             they
             saw
             their
             reward
             was
             not
             only
             certain
             ,
             but
             (
             which
             was
             a
             thing
             of
             more
             importance
             )
             lay
             only
             in
             the
             Prince
             his
             bosom
             .
             To
             all
             these
             things
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             answered
             ,
             That
             his
             Majesty
             was
             Patron
             and
             supreme
             Arbitrator
             of
             all
             rewards
             and
             punishments
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             That
             therefore
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             he
             might
             gratifie
             her
             in
             her
             request
             .
             To
             this
             new
             pressure
             ,
             Apollo
             more
             incenst
             then
             formerly
             ,
             reply'd
             ,
             Nor
             am
             I
             ,
             nor
             any
             man
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             master
             of
             that
             reward
             which
             is
             proposed
             by
             just
             Princes
             ,
             to
             the
             labours
             and
             deserts
             of
             faithful
             Officers
             ;
             for
             the
             highest
             dignities
             are
             by
             good
             Princes
             conferred
             upon
             their
             servants
             out
             of
             obligation
             ,
             though
             modest
             Officers
             acknowledg
             to
             receive
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Princes
             favourable
             liberality
             .
             And
             know
             ,
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             that
             Prince
             who
             doth
             not
             reward
             him
             that
             hath
             deserved
             well
             at
             his
             hands
             ,
             commits
             a
             greater
             tyranny
             then
             he
             ,
             who
             without
             any
             reason
             ,
             sheds
             his
             subjects
             bloud
             ,
             and
             takes
             away
             their
             livelihoods
             .
             After
             so
             resolute
             an
             answer
             ,
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             confest
             ingenuously
             ,
             that
             Covarruvia
             being
             by
             Nation
             a
             Spaniard
             ,
             he
             was
             consequently
             one
             whom
             she
             could
             by
             no
             means
             confide
             in
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             incens'd
             at
             these
             words
             ,
             as
             he
             broke
             forth
             into
             sudden
             fury
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Get
             you
             hence
             ,
             you
             who
             will
             play
             the
             Master
             in
             other
             folks
             States
             ,
             and
             learn
             confidence
             at
             home
             ;
             I
             ,
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             glory
             at
             my
             home
             to
             be
             an
             humble
             slave
             to
             mens
             merits
             ,
             which
             when
             nothing
             but
             it
             is
             found
             in
             an
             Officer
             ,
             although
             he
             be
             naturally
             never
             so
             discourteous
             ,
             yet
             God
             ,
             whose
             will
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             does
             well
             ,
             should
             be
             rewarded
             ,
             takes
             it
             in
             good
             part
             .
             Whereas
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             (
             the
             true
             Master
             of
             Metamorphosis
             )
             hath
             made
             those
             self-affectionate
             people
             ,
             in
             whom
             Princes
             ,
             in
             the
             collation
             of
             their
             highest
             dignities
             ,
             do
             only
             require
             confidence
             ,
             prove
             perfidious
             ,
             and
             so
             strangely
             ingrateful
             (
             only
             to
             confound
             mans
             depraved
             judgement
             )
             as
             they
             have
             revenged
             themselves
             of
             received
             benefits
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             mortal
             injuries
             ,
             as
             is
             clearly
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             by
             so
             many
             unfortunate
             examples
             which
             have
             hapned
             in
             Princes
             Courts
             ;
             by
             which
             you
             Princes
             may
             learn
             ,
             that
             to
             do
             righteously
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             all
             other
             human
             interest
             ;
             for
             when
             a
             Prince
             exalts
             one
             that
             is
             ungrateful
             ,
             though
             otherwise
             known
             to
             be
             deserving
             ,
             all
             the
             shame
             redounds
             to
             him
             that
             hath
             received
             the
             reward
             ;
             whereas
             when
             it
             falls
             out
             otherwise
             ,
             all
             the
             shame
             and
             loss
             redounds
             unto
             the
             Prince
             ,
             who
             foolishly
             thinks
             that
             he
             may
             receive
             advantage
             from
             men
             by
             offending
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Monsieur
                 Jovanni
                 de
                 la
                 Casa
              
               having
               presented
               Apollo
               with
               his
               most
               usefull
               Galateo
               ,
               meets
               with
               great
               difficulties
               in
               many
               Nations
               ,
               in
               having
               it
               observed
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Reverend
             
               Signor
               Iovanni
               della
               Casa
            
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             by
             our
             former
             Letters
             )
             was
             with
             extraordinary
             pomp
             ,
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             after
             having
             visited
             all
             the
             illustrious
             Poets
             ,
             and
             ended
             his
             Complement
             with
             all
             the
             
               Principi
               Literati
            
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             his
             beautiful
             and
             useful
             Gallateo
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             much
             approved
             of
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             he
             forthwith
             gave
             strait
             charge
             that
             it
             should
             be
             inviolably
             observed
             by
             all
             Nations
             .
             And
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             commanded
             Casa
             to
             make
             presently
             a
             Galatea
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             women
             of
             this
             modern
             age
             ,
             had
             as
             much
             need
             of
             amendment
             ,
             as
             had
             the
             men
             .
             This
             Edict
             caused
             great
             commotion
             in
             some
             that
             were
             subject
             to
             Apollo's
             Dominion
             ;
             for
             neither
             intreaties
             ,
             nor
             threats
             ,
             were
             able
             to
             make
             those
             of
             Marca
             give
             way
             to
             the
             receival
             thereof
             ,
             who
             freely
             profest
             they
             were
             resolved
             rather
             to
             forgo
             their
             Country
             and
             their
             children
             ,
             then
             leave
             their
             laudable
             custom
             of
             honouring
             their
             Masters
             with
             sincerity
             of
             heart
             ,
             and
             loving
             their
             friends
             with
             candor
             of
             mind
             ,
             rather
             then
             with
             coursies
             ,
             and
             other
             Court-ceremonies
             ,
             gotten
             without
             book
             .
             It
             met
             with
             greater
             difficulties
             amongst
             Princes
             ;
             for
             the
             most
             powerful
             French
             Monarchy
             would
             never
             give
             way
             to
             the
             observancy
             of
             Gallateo's
             rules
             ,
             
               Nisi
               si
               ,
               &
               in
               quantum
               :
            
             which
             she
             ingenuously
             profest
             she
             would
             rather
             mind
             ,
             then
             good
             manners
             ,
             which
             she
             would
             only
             observe
             with
             a
             certain
             outward
             shew
             .
             The
             Spanish
             Monarchy
             promist
             to
             submit
             to
             Gallateo's
             rules
             ,
             provided
             
               Monsieur
               de
               la
               Casa
            
             would
             leave
             out
             one
             Chapter
             :
             That
             when
             she
             should
             be
             at
             Table
             with
             other
             Princes
             ,
             she
             would
             not
             have
             it
             be
             reputed
             ill
             manners
             ,
             if
             she
             should
             take
             a
             bit
             with
             her
             hand
             ,
             from
             off
             her
             neighbours
             trencher
             ;
             neither
             would
             she
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             over-greedy
             ,
             if
             she
             should
             chance
             to
             eat
             all
             her
             next
             companions
             whole
             part
             .
          
           
             The
             Venetians
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             willingly
             admit
             of
             Gallateo
             ,
             if
             that
             
               Monsieur
               de
               la
               Casa
            
             would
             declare
             ,
             that
             to
             endeavour
             by
             all
             means
             possible
             ,
             to
             know
             another
             mans
             affairs
             ,
             was
             not
             ill
             manners
             ,
             but
             arerequisite
             point
             of
             policy
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Italian
             Princes
             readily
             imbraced
             Gallateo
             ,
             only
             said
             they
             would
             be
             allowed
             to
             eat
             on
             both
             sides
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             without
             being
             held
             ill-mannered
             .
             But
             the
             Dutchmen
             stormed
             mightily
             ,
             for
             they
             did
             not
             only
             deny
             being
             bound
             to
             the
             Italian
             sobriety
             in
             d●…inking
             ,
             but
             did
             obstinately
             require
             Gallateo
             to
             declare
             ,
             that
             the
             Dutchmens
             overmuch
             
             drinking
             ,
             and
             being
             continually
             drunk
             ,
             was
             one
             of
             their
             chiefest
             vertues
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             the
             most
             requisite
             things
             that
             their
             Princes
             and
             Commonwealths
             did
             for
             their
             safety-sake
             ,
             desire
             in
             their
             people
             .
             The
             which
             request
             was
             blamed
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             as
             impertinent
             and
             absurd
             ,
             and
             therefore
             gainsaid
             :
             Wherefore
             the
             Dutch
             were
             very
             much
             exhorted
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             submit
             themselves
             to
             Gallateo
             ,
             touching
             the
             particular
             of
             Sobriety
             ;
             because
             they
             were
             even
             pointed
             at
             by
             the
             best
             Nations
             of
             Europe
             ,
             for
             their
             immoderate
             drinking
             ,
             and
             being
             so
             often
             drunk
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             the
             Dutch
             did
             stoutly
             answer
             ,
             That
             those
             sober
             men
             deserved
             to
             be
             esteemed
             drunk
             ,
             that
             living
             under
             the
             slavery
             of
             Princes
             ,
             were
             hardly
             used
             ,
             and
             grieved
             every
             day
             by
             the
             capriciousnesse
             and
             beastly
             passions
             of
             one
             man
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             drunken
             Dutch
             ought
             to
             be
             highly
             esteemed
             ,
             who
             had
             wit
             enough
             ,
             both
             to
             vind
             cate
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             to
             maintain
             it
             when
             they
             had
             got
             it
             .
             And
             added
             ,
             That
             they
             were
             to
             be
             chained
             up
             for
             fools
             ,
             that
             did
             not
             believe
             that
             the
             drunkenesse
             of
             the
             German
             Nation
             ,
             was
             the
             true
             foundation
             of
             so
             many
             famous
             Republiques
             as
             were
             seen
             there
             .
             For
             the
             safety
             of
             a
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             universal
             peace
             ,
             depending
             wholly
             upon
             the
             fidelity
             of
             State
             Officers
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             candor
             and
             sincerity
             of
             every
             mans
             soule
             ,
             what
             greater
             Jewel
             could
             there
             be
             desired
             ,
             then
             to
             see
             the
             Germans
             by
             their
             drinking
             too
             much
             Wine
             ,
             continually
             vomit
             up
             their
             very
             intimate
             secrets
             ,
             and
             most
             concealed
             thoughts
             :
             They
             added
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             clearly
             seen
             by
             long
             experience
             ,
             that
             those
             did
             best
             counsel
             their
             Countreys
             ,
             who
             having
             drowned
             their
             private
             Interest
             ,
             and
             choaked
             their
             fair
             pretences
             (
             which
             sobriety
             useth
             to
             beget
             in
             mens
             minds
             )
             with
             good
             store
             of
             Wine
             ,
             spake
             like
             Germans
             from
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             doe
             the
             Italians
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             other
             sober
             Nations
             ,
             from
             the
             mouth
             outward
             onely
             ,
             with
             false
             and
             feigned
             words
             .
          
           
             They
             said
             also
             ,
             That
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             which
             did
             so
             much
             affect
             the
             glorious
             name
             of
             Souldiers
             ,
             as
             was
             well
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             had
             not
             patience
             to
             listen
             unto
             the
             counsels
             and
             deliberations
             of
             of
             sober
             men
             ,
             which
             were
             usually
             apprehensive
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             lewd
             circumspection
             ,
             covered
             over
             with
             the
             vaile
             of
             wisdome
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             end
             that
             their
             resolutions
             might
             be
             bold
             and
             generous
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             suffer
             any
             man
             to
             counsel
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             whilst
             he
             was
             fasting
             ;
             but
             when
             by
             having
             drunk
             much
             Wine
             ,
             they
             had
             inflamed
             their
             hearts
             with
             generosity
             :
             It
             being
             the
             proper
             vertue
             of
             Wine
             ,
             rather
             to
             drive
             fear
             from
             the
             heart
             ,
             then
             to
             rob
             the
             understanding
             of
             judgement
             .
             And
             that
             therefore
             the
             Germans
             with
             much
             reason
             ,
          
           
             
               De
               reconciliandis
               invicem
               inimicis
               ,
               &
               jungendis
               affinitatibus
               ,
               &
               adsciscendis
               Principibus
               ,
               de
               Pace
               denique
               ,
               ac
               Bello
               plerunque
               in
               conviviis
               consultant
               :
               tanquam
               nullo
               magis
               Tempore
               ad
               simplices
               cogitationes
               pateat
               animus
               ,
               aut
               a
               magnas
               incalescat
               .
               Tacit.
               de
               Mor.
               Germ.
               
            
          
           
             That
             whether
             it
             concern
             the
             reconciling
             of
             enemies
             ,
             the
             making
             of
             affinities
             ,
             the
             chusing
             of
             Princes
             ;
             finally
             ,
             be
             it
             about
             Peace
             or
             War
             ,
             they
             for
             the
             most
             part
             consult
             upon
             it
             in
             their
             cups
             ;
             as
             if
             the
             soule
             were
             at
             no
             time
             more
             open
             for
             civil
             thoughts
             ,
             or
             set
             on
             fire
             
             for
             great
             ones
             ,
             And
             they
             further
             added
             ,
             That
             if
             the
             Italian
             sobriety
             were
             introduced
             amongst
             the
             Germans
             ,
             those
             false
             hearts
             ,
             and
             double
             minds
             ,
             those
             deep
             thoughts
             ,
             those
             turn-coats
             ,
             full
             of
             treachery
             ,
             conspiracies
             ,
             plots
             ,
             of
             false
             souls
             ,
             masked
             over
             with
             hidden
             hatred
             ,
             and
             feigned
             love
             ,
             would
             begin
             to
             be
             found
             in
             that
             faithfull
             and
             sincere
             Nation
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Nations
             which
             glory
             in
             their
             sobrietry
             ,
             do
             so
             much
             abound
             ;
             a
             thing
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             the
             French
             ,
             who
             have
             been
             held
             to
             be
             so
             glorious
             by
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             their
             ancient
             candor
             and
             sinceri●…y
             of
             soul
             ,
             in
             being
             alwayes
             faithfull
             to
             their
             King
             ;
             since
             many
             of
             them
             have
             given
             over
             the
             laudable
             custom
             of
             taking
             off
             their
             Cups
             ,
             and
             being
             drunk
             after
             the
             Dutch
             fashion
             ,
             had
             suffered
             themselves
             to
             be
             wound
             about
             into
             such
             treacheries
             as
             the
             world
             took
             too
             much
             notice
             of
             .
             And
             that
             if
             that
             little
             window
             to
             be
             contrived
             in
             the
             breasts
             of
             men
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             discover
             the
             hearts
             of
             certaine
             damnable
             cheaters
             ,
             who
             being
             Devils
             inwardly
             ,
             study
             to
             appeare
             outwardly
             ,
             Angels
             ,
             was
             thought
             to
             be
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             good
             of
             mankind
             ;
             with
             what
             ground
             of
             reason
             could
             any
             man
             blame
             the
             laudable
             custom
             of
             being
             drunk
             ,
             it
             being
             clearly
             seene
             ,
             that
             by
             drinking
             of
             too
             much
             Wine
             ,
             mens
             bodies
             became
             Diaphanous
             and
             transparent
             .
          
           
             For
             these
             reasons
             ,
             which
             were
             very
             much
             approved
             of
             ,
             and
             praised
             by
             Apollo
             it
             was
             resolved
             ,
             That
             as
             touching
             the
             particular
             of
             sobriety
             in
             drinking
             ;
             the
             Noble
             German
             Nation
             should
             not
             be
             subject
             to
             Gallateo's
             Precepts
             ;
             the
             use
             of
             being
             drunk
             ,
             being
             rather
             a
             piece
             of
             publick
             cunning
             amongst
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             then
             a
             vice
             of
             private
             men
             :
             It
             being
             apparently
             known
             ,
             that
             those
             Nations
             are
             very
             well
             advised
             ,
             both
             in
             times
             of
             Peace
             and
             Warre
             ,
             who
             ,
             like
             the
             Dutch
             ,
             
               Deliberant
               ,
               dum
               fingere
               nesciunt
               ;
               constituunt
               ,
               dum
               errare
               non
               possunt
               .
               Tacit.
               de
               Mor.
               Germ.
            
             Deliberat
             whilst
             they
             know
             not
             how
             to
             counterfeit
             ,
             and
             doe
             ordaine
             whilst
             they
             cannot
             err
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               finding
               that
               wicked
               men
               ,
               by
               making
               use
               of
               the
               Sword
               of
               Iustice
               to
               injure
               honest
               men
               ,
               do
               make
               his
               Tribunals
               become
               very
               hatefull
               ,
               to
               remedy
               so
               great
               a
               disorder
               ,
               institutes
               a
               Committe
               of
               the
               greatest
               Subjects
               of
               this
               State
               ;
               but
               hath
               but
               bad
               success
               therein
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             perfidiousness
             of
             wicked
             men
             is
             arrived
             at
             that
             height
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             sacred
             Seats
             of
             Justice
             ,
             erected
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             punish
             the
             wicked
             ,
             are
             made
             use
             of
             to
             persecute
             and
             afflict
             those
             that
             are
             honest
             ,
             and
             mean
             well
             ;
             a
             disorder
             which
             his
             Majesty
             is
             very
             angry
             at
             ;
             who
             can
             by
             no
             means
             tolerate
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             so
             much
             mischief
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             the
             Seats
             of
             Justice
             should
             become
             hatefull
             :
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             try
             whether
             the
             wit
             of
             man
             could
             find
             the
             true
             Antidote
             to
             this
             raging
             Poyson
             ,
             chose
             many
             moneths
             agoe
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             best
             Philosophers
             ,
             skilfullest
             Politicians
             ,
             and
             men
             most
             esteemed
             for
             wisdom
             ,
             that
             are
             in
             the
             State
             of
             Parnassus
             ;
             all
             which
             he
             caused
             to
             be
             shut
             up
             in
             that
             Apartment
             which
             stands
             by
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             ,
             and
             straitly
             commanded
             them
             not
             to
             stir
             from
             thence
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             healed
             so
             dangerous
             a
             wound
             by
             fitting
             remedies
             .
          
           
             All
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             thought
             such
             a
             business
             might
             be
             dispatched
             in
             a
             few
             hours
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             eight
             months
             ere
             these
             men
             opened
             their
             dores
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             they
             desired
             Audience
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             whom
             they
             told
             ,
             that
             after
             having
             been
             so
             long
             shut
             up
             in
             that
             place
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             diligently
             examined
             a
             thousand
             opinions
             ,
             and
             maturely
             sifted
             an
             infinity
             of
             applications
             ,
             they
             could
             find
             no
             expedient
             means
             whereby
             severely
             to
             punish
             false
             accusations
             ,
             without
             affrighting
             true
             ones
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Marcus
                 Brutus
              
               desires
               
                 Justius
                 Brutus
              
               to
               shew
               him
               the
               perfections
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               which
               he
               so
               happily
               brought
               to
               pass
               against
               the
               Tarquins
               ,
               and
               the
               Imperfections
               of
               that
               Conspiracy
               which
               he
               so
               miserably
               executed
               upon
               Caesar.
               And
               receives
               desired
               satisfaction
               from
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               MArcus
               Brutus
            
             ,
             who
             lives
             still
             discontented
             in
             this
             Court
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             because
             that
             important
             business
             which
             he
             undertook
             of
             recovering
             the
             Roman
             Liberty
             ,
             by
             the
             murder
             of
             the
             Tyrant
             Caesar
             ,
             did
             not
             succeed
             well
             ;
             went
             the
             other
             day
             to
             finde
             out
             
               Lucius
               Brutus
            
             ,
             whom
             he
             earnestly
             desired
             to
             aquaint
             him
             with
             the
             reason
             ,
             why
             both
             of
             them
             ,
             being
             spurd
             on
             by
             the
             same
             generous
             thought
             of
             reducing
             their
             Countrey
             into
             Liberty
             ;
             they
             did
             so
             much
             differ
             in
             the
             effect
             ,
             adding
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             be
             very
             much
             satisfied
             by
             knowing
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             Conspiracy
             and
             what
             the
             faults
             were
             of
             that
             which
             he
             himself
             plotted
             against
             
               Caesar.
               Menante
            
             ,
             who
             by
             great
             good
             fortune
             was
             by
             ,
             when
             this
             demand
             was
             made
             ;
             assures
             every
             one
             that
             
               Lucius
               Brutus
            
             did
             thus
             answer
             his
             kinsman
             .
             A
             good
             intention
             is
             not
             sufficient
             Cozen
             Marcus
             ,
             to
             reap
             renown
             by
             great
             actions
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             accompanied
             by
             judgment
             .
             Know
             then
             that
             in
             purging
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             from
             the
             ill
             humors
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             wherewith
             I
             found
             her
             greatly
             opprest
             ,
             I
             successfully
             imitated
             the
             art
             which
             skilful
             Physicians
             use
             in
             restoring
             health
             to
             a
             body
             that
             is
             sick
             of
             a
             Malignant
             Feaver
             :
             which
             had
             you
             done
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             only
             not
             have
             committed
             that
             great
             error
             which
             caused
             so
             many
             mischiefs
             to
             your self
             ,
             and
             to
             our
             whole
             Country
             ,
             but
             should
             have
             happily
             acquired
             that
             glory
             ,
             which
             hath
             made
             me
             immortal
             .
             Know
             then
             ,
             that
             when
             I
             resolved
             to
             restore
             Liberty
             to
             our
             Country
             ,
             I
             did
             first
             exactly
             consider
             the
             body
             of
             the
             State
             of
             Rome
             in
             its
             sick
             condition
             ,
             the
             quantity
             ,
             and
             quality
             of
             the
             humors
             which
             she
             did
             abound
             within
             her
             sickness
             of
             servitude
             ;
             and
             like
             a
             wise
             Physician
             ,
             I
             prepared
             the
             peccant
             materials
             ,
             and
             digested
             the
             crude
             Humors
             ,
             with
             the
             syrrop
             of
             discontent
             and
             bad
             satisfaction
             which
             I
             dayly
             sowed
             in
             the
             People
             of
             Rome
             against
             the
             Tarquins
             ;
             and
             the
             insolency
             committed
             against
             Lucretia
             ,
             proved
             very
             lucky
             to
             me
             :
             for
             the
             unbridled
             lust
             of
             the
             Tyrant
             Tarquin
             ,
             brought
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             to
             that
             point
             of
             hatred
             and
             dispair
             ,
             which
             I
             had
             always
             desired
             ,
             so
             that
             finding
             the
             materials
             of
             discontent
             to
             be
             excellently
             well
             prepared
             ,
             by
             the
             water
             of
             the
             common
             peoples
             continual
             exclamations
             ,
             with
             two
             onely
             ounces
             of
             laxative
             syrrope
             of
             Roses
             (
             resolution
             )
             which
             I
             knew
             how
             to
             make
             ,
             by
             appearing
             head
             of
             the
             inraged
             Romans
             ,
             with
             permition
             of
             the
             sick
             Commonwealths
             Militia
             ,
             the
             bad
             humors
             of
             Tyranny
             were
             purged
             out
             ,
             without
             the
             pains
             of
             death
             ,
             or
             any
             alteration
             of
             Tumults
             ,
             in
             lieu
             whereof
             the
             health
             of
             Liberty
             returned
             to
             our
             Country
             .
             But
             you
             Cozen
             did
             not
             duly
             consider
             any
             of
             these
             
             important
             particulars
             .
             For
             having
             with
             a
             rash
             resolution
             given
             your self
             over
             in
             prey
             to
             the
             zeal
             of
             recovering
             lost
             Liberty
             ,
             the
             light
             of
             your
             understanding
             was
             so
             blinded
             ,
             as
             made
             you
             fall
             into
             a
             more
             cruel
             servitude
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             ,
             when
             by
             the
             immature
             counsel
             which
             you
             put
             into
             action
             against
             Caesar
             in
             the
             Capitol
             ,
             you
             gave
             the
             Roman
             Liberty
             a
             strong
             Purgation
             ,
             compounded
             of
             Colloquintida
             ,
             and
             Antimony
             ,
             and
             other
             violent
             ingred
             ents
             ,
             with
             which
             whilst
             you
             thought
             to
             evacuate
             the
             Crude
             humors
             ,
             you
             did
             infinitely
             increase
             that
             malady
             ,
             which
             having
             first
             wrought
             your
             ruine
             and
             the
             like
             of
             all
             your
             associates
             ,
             occasioned
             at
             last
             that
             so
             famous
             sickness
             (
             the
             sad
             proscription
             )
             which
             did
             kill
             outright
             the
             most
             excellent
             Roman
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             the
             Proverb
             is
             as
             true
             as
             common
             ,
             that
             Conspiracies
             are
             not
             made
             out
             of
             curiosity
             of
             changing
             the
             Prince
             his
             Face
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             important
             interest
             of
             changing
             Tyranny
             into
             Liberty
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             concernment
             ,
             a
             man
             must
             confine
             himself
             by
             the
             Charity
             which
             he
             bears
             unto
             his
             Country
             ,
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             the
             love
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             hatred
             of
             the
             publick
             Tyrant
             ;
             and
             among
             other
             considerations
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             had
             in
             a
             business
             of
             so
             great
             concernment
             ,
             the
             chiefest
             is
             ,
             to
             consider
             with
             exact
             diligence
             ,
             the
             means
             whereby
             a
             Tyrant
             hath
             possest
             himself
             of
             his
             Countries
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             whilst
             they
             continue
             in
             their
             vigour
             and
             strength
             ,
             that
             Citizen
             wishes
             no
             good
             unto
             his
             Country
             ;
             but
             is
             rather
             a
             cruel
             enemy
             thereunto
             ,
             who
             by
             plotting
             against
             the
             Tyrants
             life
             ,
             is
             cause
             of
             greater
             slavery
             to
             his
             fellow
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             of
             much
             greater
             scandals
             to
             his
             Country
             .
             The
             Tarquins
             maintaind
             themselves
             in
             their
             usurped
             Liberty
             ,
             by
             the
             love
             which
             they
             had
             cunningly
             won
             from
             the
             Romans
             ,
             which
             when
             by
             their
             cruelties
             ,
             libidinousness
             ,
             and
             avarice
             ,
             they
             had
             lost
             ,
             the
             foundation
             of
             their
             greatness
             failed
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             not
             hard
             for
             me
             to
             restore
             my
             Country
             to
             her
             ancient
             Liberty
             .
             For
             I
             did
             not
             drive
             the
             Tarquins
             out
             of
             Rome
             by
             my
             Conspiracy
             ,
             till
             being
             ready
             to
             be
             thrown
             headlong
             down
             by
             the
             publike
             hatred
             ,
             I
             gave
             then
             a
             justle
             .
             But
             you
             did
             not
             do
             so
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             evident
             that
             Caesar
             had
             possest
             himself
             of
             the
             publike
             Liberty
             ,
             by
             the
             great
             good
             opinion
             he
             had
             in
             his
             Army
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             had
             so
             many
             years
             been
             head
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             miraculous
             affection
             of
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             won
             by
             his
             profuse
             liberality
             .
             And
             by
             killing
             him
             whilst
             he
             was
             master
             of
             these
             two
             powerful
             means
             ,
             you
             did
             nothing
             else
             but
             change
             Caesar
             (
             who
             did
             study
             to
             secure
             himself
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             onely
             by
             his
             clemency
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             obliging
             every
             body
             )
             into
             Augustus
             ,
             who
             having
             seen
             the
             unfortunate
             end
             which
             Tyrants
             make
             ,
             by
             using
             the
             indulgencies
             of
             Pardons
             ,
             thought
             it
             a
             safer
             way
             for
             the
             perpetuating
             of
             his
             Dominion
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             that
             cruel
             great
             Proscription
             ,
             the
             onely
             cause
             whereby
             after
             having
             reigned
             happily
             so
             long
             ,
             he
             had
             power
             to
             transmit
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             as
             Hereditary
             ,
             into
             the
             Person
             of
             Tiberius
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Marcus
                 Cato
              
               having
               to
               the
               infinite
               dislike
               of
               Princes
               ,
               writ
               the
               word
               Libera
               underneath
               the
               Motto
               ,
               
                 Pugna
                 pro
                 Patria
              
               ,
               which
               was
               set
               upon
               his
               gate
               ,
               is
               commanded
               by
               Apollo
               to
               put
               is
               out
               .
            
          
           
             SInce
             the
             first
             day
             that
             
               Marcus
               Cato
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             
               Lavii
               Grandi
            
             of
             this
             Court
             built
             his
             house
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             made
             these
             words
             
               Pugna
               pro
               Patria
            
             ,
             be
             ingraven
             ,
             and
             written
             in
             gold
             Letters
             upon
             his
             Portal
             ,
             to
             the
             which
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             he
             added
             Libera
             :
             which
             the
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             observing
             ,
             they
             made
             great
             complaints
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             protesting
             that
             unless
             that
             seditious
             word
             ,
             which
             might
             set
             all
             the
             world
             on
             fire
             ,
             were
             rased
             from
             off
             the
             Portal
             ,
             great
             mischiefs
             were
             likely
             to
             arrive
             in
             Parnassus
             .
             And
             did
             further
             very
             much
             desire
             ,
             that
             Cato
             ,
             being
             the
             first
             instituter
             of
             that
             wicked
             generation
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             that
             they
             may
             appear
             to
             the
             base
             Plebeians
             to
             be
             lovers
             of
             Truth
             ,
             do
             practice
             an
             impertinent
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             superstitious
             pride
             over
             men
             ,
             might
             for
             the
             correction
             and
             dread
             of
             others
             ,
             be
             severely
             punisht
             .
             Cato
             was
             immediately
             sent
             for
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             blamed
             for
             having
             given
             just
             occasion
             of
             complaint
             and
             rumor
             to
             Princes
             ,
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             that
             word
             .
             Cato
             boldly
             answered
             ,
             that
             good
             men
             ought
             not
             to
             forbear
             to
             do
             or
             say
             any
             thing
             that
             became
             them
             ,
             and
             what
             their
             Consciences
             bad
             them
             do
             ,
             for
             the
             threats
             of
             whatsoever
             Princes
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             a
             cruel
             thing
             ,
             and
             which
             onely
             became
             ignorant
             and
             malicious
             men
             to
             cozen
             others
             with
             ,
             sentences
             which
             were
             onely
             specious
             in
             words
             :
             and
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             was
             great
             impiety
             to
             make
             the
             common
             people
             understand
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             bound
             to
             defend
             that
             ,
             even
             with
             their
             lives
             and
             faculties
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             properly
             belonging
             to
             them
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             not
             the
             least
             interest
             :
             that
             therefore
             the
             word
             Libera
             was
             necessary
             ,
             to
             declare
             the
             full
             signification
             of
             the
             sentence
             :
             for
             as
             it
             would
             be
             a
             great
             folly
             in
             one
             to
             take
             upon
             him
             to
             defend
             the
             title
             of
             a
             House
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             onely
             hired
             ,
             so
             that
             Country
             deserved
             to
             be
             defended
             by
             teeth
             ,
             and
             hands
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             effusion
             of
             the
             last
             drop
             of
             blood
             ,
             wherein
             a
             man
             commanded
             like
             a
             Master
             ,
             not
             that
             wherein
             he
             obeyed
             like
             a
             slave
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             Cato
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             in
             a
             great
             error
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             onely
             gross
             ignorance
             ,
             but
             tending
             to
             sedition
             ,
             to
             affirm
             that
             Princes
             had
             not
             Authority
             to
             compel
             their
             people
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
             and
             to
             defend
             their
             common
             Country
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             assaulted
             by
             their
             enemies
             .
             Cato
             replyed
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             not
             deny
             but
             that
             Princes
             had
             such
             Authority
             ,
             but
             confest
             he
             said
             that
             there
             was
             neither
             any
             power
             or
             violence
             ,
             which
             could
             inforce
             a
             man
             who
             took
             up
             Arms
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             to
             shoot
             right
             forward
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             might
             let
             his
             first
             shot
             flye
             rather
             towards
             his
             friends
             then
             towards
             his
             enemies
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             that
             Princes
             had
             likewise
             Authority
             to
             force
             their
             souldiers
             to
             shoot
             justly
             ,
             and
             to
             behave
             themselves
             couragiously
             ,
             but
             
             that
             they
             must
             be
             good
             Princes
             who
             have
             this
             Authority
             ,
             such
             as
             by
             their
             Liberality
             ,
             and
             great
             love
             ,
             shown
             in
             their
             excellent
             Government
             ,
             did
             force
             their
             subjects
             to
             defend
             their
             Princes
             Dominions
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             gallantry
             and
             undanted
             valor
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             their
             own
             private
             Patrimony
             :
             and
             that
             onely
             avaritious
             Princes
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             thirsted
             after
             their
             subjects
             blood
             were
             too
             far
             from
             reaping
             any
             good
             by
             those
             soldiers
             ,
             whom
             they
             forst
             to
             go
             to
             the
             wars
             ;
             as
             that
             they
             found
             them
             to
             be
             cruel
             enemies
             .
             That
             therefore
             he
             commanded
             him
             ,
             to
             take
             the
             word
             that
             was
             added
             to
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             immediately
             from
             off
             his
             gate
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             onely
             superfluous
             for
             the
             Reasons
             which
             he
             had
             given
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             when
             it
             was
             otherwise
             ,
             gallant
             men
             understood
             it
             to
             be
             there
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             not
             written
             ;
             it
             not
             being
             fitting
             that
             the
             baser
             sort
             of
             people
             should
             be
             acquainted
             with
             the
             great
             secret
             ,
             that
             that
             is
             onely
             the
             freemans
             Country
             where
             he
             is
             born
             ;
             the
             slaves
             ,
             that
             where
             he
             is
             best
             accommodated
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Socrates
               being
               found
               dead
               in
               the
               morning
               on
               his
               bed
               ,
               Apollo
               useth
               all
               possible
               diligence
               ta
               learn
               the
               true
               reason
               of
               so
               suddain
               a
               death
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             morning
             Socrates
             was
             found
             dead
             in
             his
             bed
             ,
             who
             ,
             was
             well
             when
             he
             lay
             down
             the
             last
             night
             ;
             and
             his
             body
             ,
             being
             exceedingly
             swoln
             ,
             many
             do
             more
             then
             suspect
             that
             he
             was
             poysoned
             ,
             and
             the
             Perepateticks
             ,
             bitter
             enemies
             to
             the
             Socratical
             sect
             ,
             were
             very
             much
             blamed
             ;
             the
             rather
             ,
             for
             that
             every
             one
             knows
             that
             Aristotle
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Sect
             ,
             is
             very
             well
             verst
             in
             handling
             poyson
             .
             The
             very
             same
             morning
             ,
             Socrates
             his
             whole
             family
             was
             imprisoned
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             nothing
             could
             be
             got
             ,
             but
             that
             some
             days
             before
             Socrates
             was
             seen
             to
             be
             very
             much
             troubled
             ,
             and
             seeming
             to
             be
             exceedingly
             grieved
             inwardly
             ,
             he
             oft
             times
             cryed
             out
             ,
             O
             corrupt
             world
             ,
             O
             depraved
             Age
             ,
             O
             most
             unfortunate
             mankinde
             .
             Apollo
             who
             was
             exceedingly
             grieved
             at
             the
             loss
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             Phylosopher
             ,
             commanded
             that
             his
             body
             should
             be
             carefully
             opened
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             should
             be
             seen
             ,
             whether
             any
             signes
             of
             poyson
             were
             to
             be
             found
             by
             his
             bowels
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             all
             his
             intrails
             were
             found
             to
             be
             open
             .
             Whence
             it
             was
             cleerly
             known
             ,
             that
             Socrates
             ,
             having
             taken
             too
             much
             wind
             of
             scandal
             ,
             at
             the
             great
             discomposures
             ,
             and
             infinite
             misbehaviors
             which
             he
             was
             necessitated
             to
             see
             in
             this
             depraved
             age
             ,
             did
             even
             burst
             .
             Great
             were
             the
             Obsequies
             which
             were
             made
             for
             this
             noble
             Pesonage
             ;
             and
             
               Marcus
               Tullius
               Cicero
            
             ,
             (
             one
             who
             was
             very
             affectionate
             to
             the
             Socratical
             Sect
             )
             having
             in
             an
             elaborate
             Oration
             infinitely
             praised
             the
             truth
             of
             so
             famous
             a
             Philosophers
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             his
             exemplary
             life
             ,
             did
             with
             many
             tears
             bewail
             the
             sad
             calamitie
             of
             these
             present
             times
             ,
             wherein
             it
             being
             under
             pain
             of
             severe
             punishment
             ,
             forbidden
             to
             play
             the
             Satyr
             ,
             gallant
             men
             who
             saw
             things
             
             every
             day
             committed
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             publikely
             declaimed
             against
             ,
             were
             forst
             to
             see
             ,
             to
             say
             nothing
             ,
             and
             to
             burst
             for
             vexation
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Hereditary
               Princes
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               do
               very
               much
               press
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               the
               Emperor
               Tiberius
               may
               be
               removed
               from
               their
               Classis
               ,
               and
               placed
               in
               that
               of
               Tyrants
               ,
               and
               he
               defends
               his
               cause
               Victoriously
               before
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             above
             1500
             year
             since
             Tiberius
             ,
             who
             succeeded
             Augustus
             ,
             was
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             had
             an
             honorable
             place
             alotted
             him
             ,
             amongst
             the
             Legitimate
             hereditary
             Princes
             ,
             where
             he
             hath
             lived
             with
             such
             glory
             and
             splendor
             ,
             as
             he
             hath
             always
             been
             held
             by
             the
             greatest
             Potentates
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Prince
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             the
             very
             picture
             of
             vigilancy
             ,
             not
             onely
             the
             Counceller
             ,
             but
             the
             Oracle
             of
             all
             those
             Princes
             who
             go
             about
             by
             violence
             and
             severity
             to
             establish
             not
             onely
             a
             new
             Tyranny
             ,
             but
             the
             mastery
             of
             any
             newly
             conquered
             State.
             For
             though
             it
             be
             to
             be
             confest
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             that
             Caesar
             the
             Dictator
             was
             he
             who
             laid
             the
             first
             foundations
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             and
             that
             Augustus
             raised
             up
             the
             walls
             thereof
             even
             to
             the
             highest
             Cornish
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             to
             be
             denyed
             but
             that
             Tiberius
             ,
             when
             by
             happily
             transmitting
             it
             over
             to
             his
             Nephews
             son
             Caligula
             ,
             he
             made
             it
             hereditary
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             the
             Iuli●…
             and
             Claudii
             ,
             did
             wisely
             establish
             it
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             compleat
             perfection
             .
             A
             great
             action
             certainly
             ,
             and
             onely
             becoming
             that
             Tiberius
             ,
             who
             knowing
             so
             excellenly
             well
             how
             to
             conceal
             his
             own
             private
             passions
             ,
             made
             himself
             be
             known
             to
             be
             an
             excellent
             Dr.
             in
             the
             cunning
             Art
             of
             discovering
             other
             mens
             thoughts
             ;
             by
             which
             he
             may
             be
             said
             to
             have
             set
             the
             roof
             over
             the
             Roman
             Monarchy
             .
             A
             great
             Conspiracy
             was
             discovered
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             against
             this
             so
             mighty
             an
             Emperor
             ,
             which
             was
             long
             before
             plotted
             against
             him
             by
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             accused
             him
             before
             his
             Majesty
             of
             being
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             as
             he
             who
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             Augustus
             his
             heirs
             ,
             had
             by
             wicked
             means
             possest
             himself
             of
             the
             Empire
             ,
             which
             they
             said
             he
             had
             governed
             with
             unheard
             of
             barbarous
             cruely
             for
             the
             space
             of
             two
             and
             twenty
             years
             ,
             shewing
             himself
             always
             to
             be
             an
             implacable
             enemy
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             ravenous
             over
             the
             wealthy
             ,
             bloody
             to
             men
             of
             great
             worth
             ,
             and
             ungrateful
             to
             those
             that
             had
             served
             him
             faithfully
             ;
             and
             this
             shameful
             accusation
             was
             aggravated
             by
             the
             Testimony
             of
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             who
             having
             ever
             appeared
             by
             all
             his
             actions
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             to
             be
             circumspect
             ,
             suffered
             himself
             notwithstanding
             to
             be
             so
             far
             carryed
             away
             by
             the
             violent
             Passion
             of
             hatred
             against
             Tiberius
             ,
             as
             he
             made
             Affidavit
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             under
             the
             rigorous
             government
             of
             this
             Monster
             of
             Nature
             ,
             
               Nobilit●…
               ,
               opes
               ,
               omissi
               ,
               gestique
               honoris
               pro
               Crimine
               ,
               &
               ob
               vertutus
               certicimum
               exitium
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
               
            
          
           
           
             This
             accusation
             wrought
             much
             with
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             truely
             said
             that
             it
             was
             a
             great
             error
             ,
             to
             have
             placed
             so
             cruel
             a
             Tyrant
             in
             the
             honorable
             Classis
             of
             Legitimate
             Princes
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             gave
             command
             that
             Tiberius
             should
             have
             notice
             given
             him
             ,
             to
             appear
             in
             the
             Court
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             defend
             himself
             against
             that
             accusation
             .
             Then
             did
             all
             men
             call
             to
             mind
             the
             unfortunate
             condition
             of
             Princes
             ,
             when
             Tiberius
             was
             seen
             to
             come
             out
             of
             his
             house
             alone
             ,
             and
             forsaken
             by
             all
             his
             friends
             ,
             to
             appear
             before
             the
             Judges
             ;
             who
             though
             he
             thought
             that
             disertion
             to
             be
             an
             evident
             sign
             of
             his
             condemnation
             ,
             yet
             entered
             he
             the
             Court
             with
             an
             undanted
             spirit
             ;
             where
             though
             he
             was
             received
             with
             severe
             looks
             ,
             and
             threatning
             jestures
             ,
             both
             by
             his
             Majesty
             and
             the
             whole
             Senate
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             yet
             he
             seemed
             even
             then
             to
             be
             fullest
             of
             courage
             ,
             when
             his
             danger
             appeared
             to
             be
             greatest
             .
             Silence
             being
             then
             proclaimed
             ,
             
               Egiddio
               Bossio
            
             the
             Atturney
             General
             ,
             read
             the
             accusation
             to
             Tiberius
             ,
             and
             then
             Tiberius
             was
             commanded
             to
             say
             what
             he
             could
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             .
             Whereupon
             he
             thus
             began
             :
             
               Prince
               of
               Learning
               !
               the
               accusations
               laid
               unto
               my
               charge
               by
               my
               ill-willers
               ,
               are
               two
               ;
               that
               I
               possest
               my self
               of
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               by
               bad
               means
               ;
               and
               that
               by
               the
               Government
               thereof
               I
               have
               used
               much
               cruelty
               towards
               the
               Nobility
               and
               other
               subjects
               of
               much
               merit
               and
               worth
               :
               the
               first
               is
               false
               ;
               for
               how
               can
               it
               be
               objected
               that
               I
               came
               by
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               fraudulently
               ,
               since
               by
               his
               last
               will
               and
               Testament
               Augustus
               made
               me
               his
               Heir
               ,
               I
               confess
               that
               
                 Agrippa
                 Posthumus
              
               ,
               and
               Germanious
               were
               neer
               allyed
               in
               blood
               to
               Augustus
               ,
               but
               it
               must
               be
               considered
               that
               Augustu
               ,
               was
               not
               so
               great
               a
               fool
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               deceived
               by
               any
               ,
               how
               crafty
               and
               fraudulent
               a
               wit
               soever
               ,
               in
               so
               important
               an
               affair
               ,
               as
               the
               leaving
               of
               an
               Heir
               who
               might
               succeed
               him
               in
               so
               great
               an
               Empire
               .
               It
               must
               be
               believed
               that
               some
               weighty
               respect
               moved
               him
               to
               prefer
               me
               ,
               who
               was
               not
               at
               all
               akin
               to
               him
               ,
               before
               his
               Nephews
               :
               and
               thought
               I
               could
               upon
               this
               occasion
               ,
               much
               to
               my
               praise
               ,
               relate
               the
               excellent
               Art
               I
               used
               to
               work
               my self
               into
               the
               good
               will
               and
               affection
               of
               this
               great
               Prince
               ,
               I
               will
               in
               this
               place
               onely
               mention
               this
               ,
               that
               if
               Augustus
               had
               found
               such
               qualities
               in
               those
               of
               his
               blood
               ,
               as
               he
               knew
               were
               requisite
               in
               him
               who
               was
               to
               be
               his
               heire
               ,
               and
               which
               by
               all
               exquisite
               diligence
               I
               endeavoured
               to
               make
               appear
               to
               be
               in
               me
               ,
               neither
               would
               the
               love
               which
               Tacitus
               says
               Augustus
               bore
               to
               my
               mother
               ,
               nor
               her
               allurements
               ,
               nor
               all
               my
               cunning
               ,
               ever
               have
               been
               sufficient
               to
               induce
               that
               wise
               Prince
               to
               do
               so
               cruel
               an
               act
               as
               to
               disinherit
               his
               Nephews
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               stranger
               his
               heir
               .
               But
               it
               will
               make
               for
               me
               ,
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               and
               upon
               this
               occasion
               to
               make
               known
               that
               my
               action
               ,
               from
               whence
               I
               have
               always
               acknowledged
               my
               access
               unto
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               did
               compel
               Augustus
               to
               love
               me
               so
               immeasurably
               .
               It
               is
               wel
               known
               to
               al
               men
               that
               after
               the
               death
               of
               
                 Marcus
                 Agrippa
                 ,
                 Augustus
              
               gave
               me
               his
               daughter
               Giulia
               for
               wife
               ;
               it
               is
               likewise
               known
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               what
               a
               one
               that
               great
               Princess
               proved
               ;
               so
               as
               being
               scorned
               ,
               by
               the
               pride
               and
               lasciviousness
               of
               that
               unchaste
               woman
               ,
               when
               I
               found
               my
               honor
               wounded
               ,
               I
               knew
               how
               to
               make
               use
               of
               that
               very
               occasion
               for
               my
               greater
               advancement
               ,
               which
               was
               likely
               utterly
               to
               ruine
               all
               the
               hopes
               of
               my
               good
               fortune
               ,
               wherein
               I
               had
               made
               so
               good
               a
               progress
               .
               For
               considering
               ,
               that
               if
               (
               as
               my
               honor
               bound
               me
               to
               do
               )
               I
               should
               revenge
               the
               injury
               done
               me
               by
               my
               wife
               by
               putting
               her
               to
               death
               ,
               the
               little
               respect
               which
               I
               should
               have
               born
               to
               Augustus
               his
               blood
               ,
               might
               alienate
               him
               from
               me
               ,
               and
               make
               him
               give
               
               over
               his
               intentions
               of
               exalting
               me
               :
               and
               long
               arguing
               with
               my self
               the
               great
               difference
               that
               there
               was
               between
               an
               injury
               received
               from
               a
               wife
               of
               a
               disproportionable
               greatness
               to
               her
               husband
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               done
               by
               ones
               equal
               ,
               I
               put
               on
               the
               bitter
               resolution
               of
               preferring
               the
               glory
               which
               I
               should
               win
               by
               obtaining
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               before
               the
               shame
               of
               being
               publikely
               cuckolded
               by
               
                 Iulia.
                 Tiberius
              
               had
               gon
               thus
               far
               in
            
             pleading
             his
             own
             excuse
             ,
             when
             a
             lowd
             voice
             was
             heard
             in
             the
             Court
             to
             cry
             out
             thrice
             ,
             
               O
               Traytor
               .
               Tiberius
            
             thinking
             that
             this
             was
             meant
             by
             him
             ,
             protested
             to
             Apollo
             that
             that
             scorn
             was
             put
             upon
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             him
             ;
             Apollo
             finding
             how
             little
             he
             was
             respected
             by
             that
             rash
             fellow
             ,
             whosoever
             he
             was
             that
             had
             said
             those
             words
             ,
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             diligently
             sought
             for
             ,
             and
             imprisoned
             ,
             which
             was
             forthwith
             done
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             found
             to
             be
             Iacomo
             Count
             of
             Marcia
             ,
             a
             famous
             Prince
             of
             the
             blood
             of
             France
             ;
             yet
             Apollo
             preferring
             the
             injury
             done
             unto
             himself
             ,
             before
             the
             linage
             of
             that
             Prince
             ,
             commanded
             him
             to
             be
             led
             to
             prison
             .
             Then
             the
             Count
             did
             publikely
             profess
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             said
             those
             words
             either
             to
             injure
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             or
             Tiberius
             ,
             but
             that
             to
             unburthen
             himself
             of
             somewhat
             which
             lay
             heavy
             in
             his
             heart
             ,
             he
             had
             called
             himself
             Traytor
             ,
             not
             meaning
             Tiberius
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             person
             ;
             for
             when
             he
             was
             marryed
             to
             the
             unchaste
             Queen
             Iane
             ,
             by
             his
             foolish
             proceeding
             against
             her
             ,
             (
             who
             had
             brought
             with
             her
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             for
             her
             portion
             )
             as
             if
             she
             had
             been
             a
             private
             Gentlewoman
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             severity
             which
             he
             like
             a
             Coxcomb
             used
             towards
             her
             ,
             he
             to
             his
             infinite
             shame
             ,
             lost
             both
             his
             wife
             ,
             and
             Kingdom
             and
             consequently
             his
             reputation
             ;
             and
             was
             forst
             to
             flye
             from
             Naples
             ,
             and
             to
             bury
             himself
             alive
             in
             a
             Monastery
             in
             France
             ,
             where
             he
             dyed
             for
             meer
             madness
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             learnt
             by
             Tiberius
             his
             wise
             demeanor
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             been
             more
             honorable
             for
             him
             to
             have
             lived
             a
             cornuted
             King
             in
             Naples
             ,
             then
             a
             private
             man
             of
             honor
             in
             
               France
               .
               Apollo
            
             did
             then
             pardon
             the
             disturbance
             which
             that
             noble
             Frenchman
             had
             occasioned
             ,
             and
             bad
             Tiberius
             proceed
             to
             make
             his
             defence
             ,
             who
             said
             :
             
               And
               because
               the
               too
               great
               connivance
               at
               the
               shameful
               life
               which
               my
               wife
               led
               in
               Rome
               ,
               would
               certainly
               have
               rendred
               me
               contemptible
               both
               to
               the
               Senate
               and
               people
               of
               Rome
               ,
               (
               a
               thing
               which
               would
               have
               been
               of
               equal
               danger
               to
               such
               a
               personage
               as
               I
               ,
               who
               lived
               in
               hope
               of
               that
               greatness
               which
               I
               afterward
               acquired
               ,
               as
               the
               resentment
               of
               such
               an
               injury
               by
               way
               of
               revenge
               would
               have
               been
               )
               I
               chose
               the
               middle
               way
               between
               these
               two
               dangerous
               extreams
               ,
               which
               in
               dubious
               resolutions
               proves
               always
               best
               .
               So
               as
               not
               to
               be
               an
               eye-witness
               of
               that
               injury
               which
               I
               could
               neither
               revenge
               nor
               tolerate
               ,
               I
               went
               from
               Rome
               under
               a
               pretence
               of
               living
               privatly
               ,
               and
               hid
               my self
               in
               Rhodes
               .
               This
               my
               modesty
               ,
               this
               great
               respect
               which
               I
               bore
               to
               Augustus
               his
               blood
               ,
               was
               the
               true
               and
               chief
               cause
               which
               did
               not
               only
               induce
               him
               to
               love
               me
               ,
               but
               which
               did
               oblige
               him
               to
               demonstrate
               that
               his
               love
               ,
               in
               such
               sort
               as
               the
               world
               hath
               seen
               since
               his
               death
               ,
               For
               this
               Pr.
               who
               was
               as
               wise
               as
               he
               was
               glorious
               ,
               pittying
               my
               so
               much
               scorned
               condition
               ,
               and
               infinitely
               loathing
               his
               daughters
               infamous
               life
               ,
               behaved
               himself
               so
               rigorously
               towards
               her
               ,
               as
               his
               demeanor
               may
               serve
               for
               a
               rule
               to
               every
               wise
               Prince
               ,
               how
               to
               handle
               their
               unchast
               daughters
               .
               If
               then
               so
               great
               Patience
               ,
               if
               the
               respect
               ,
               reverence
               ,
               and
               perfect
               obedience
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               other
               lawful
               pieces
               of
               cunning
               ,
               which
               I
               continually
               used
               to
               work
               my self
               into
               Augustus
               his
               affection
               ,
               be
               vitious
               comportments
               ,
               
               and
               fraudulent
               deceits
               ,
               (
               as
               my
               enemis
               have
               represented
               them
               to
               your
               Majesty
               )
               I
               refer
               my self
               to
               those
               who
               are
               to
               judge
               upon
               my
               reputation
               .
               I
               now
               come
               to
               the
               second
               Article
               of
               my
               impeachment
               .
               I
               acknowledge
               the
               cruelty
               which
               I
               am
               accused
               to
               have
               used
               towards
               the
               Romish
               Nobility
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               Tacitus
               hath
               said
               of
               me
               in
               that
               point
               ,
               to
               be
               very
               true
               ;
               but
               I
               desire
               that
               such
               difference
               as
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               be
               put
               between
               the
               cruelties
               used
               by
               a
               new
               Prince
               ,
               and
               those
               which
               are
               practised
               by
               an
               ancient
               and
               hereditary
               Prince
               :
               for
               if
               I
               have
               taken
               away
               any
               mans
               life
               out
               of
               an
               innate
               cruelty
               ,
               or
               thirst
               after
               humane
               blood
               ,
               or
               out
               of
               any
               capricious
               inhumanity
               ,
               I
               submit
               my self
               to
               the
               rigour
               of
               the
               Cornelian
               Law
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               were
               one
               of
               the
               meanest
               and
               most
               abject
               plebeians
               of
               this
               State
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               were
               meer
               State
               necessity
               which
               forced
               me
               to
               be
               cruel
               to
               those
               of
               Augustus
               his
               blood
               ,
               to
               the
               chiefest
               Senators
               ,
               the
               commanders
               of
               any
               extraordinary
               worth
               ,
               and
               in
               fine
               ,
               even
               to
               worth
               it self
               ;
               I
               desire
               every
               one
               to
               consider
               how
               new
               Princes
               are
               necessitated
               to
               do
               horrid
               and
               cruel
               acts
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               much
               against
               their
               Inclination
               .
               And
               upon
               this
               occasion
               ,
               I
               will
               for
               my
               defence
               make
               use
               of
               my
               implacable
               accuser
               Tacitus
               his
               words
               .
               He
               hath
               openly
               profest
               that
               the
               horrible
               Proscription
               made
               by
               Augustus
               (
               which
               I
               confess
               did
               surpass
               all
               the
               most
               immense
               cruelties
               ,
               that
               were
               ever
               commanded
               by
               cruel
               man
               )
               was
               done
               not
               out
               of
               any
               inclination
               to
               severity
               by
               those
               who
               of
               themselves
               did
               infinitely
               blame
               such
               an
               act
               ,
               but
               onely
               out
               of
               meer
               State
               necessity
               .
               
                 Sane
                 Proscriptionem
                 Civium
                 ,
                 divisiones
                 Agrorum
                 ,
                 neque
                 ipsis
                 quidem
                 qui
                 fecere
                 Laudatas
                 .
                 Tacit.
                 lib.
                 1
                 ●nnal
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               These
               are
               Tacitus
               his
               words
               .
               Which
               if
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               am
               I
               to
               be
               condemned
               for
               having
               wisely
               known
               how
               to
               establish
               my self
               in
               a
               new
               Principality
               ,
               and
               for
               having
               had
               the
               wit
               to
               execute
               those
               precepts
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               every
               other
               Politician
               ,
               but
               even
               Tacitus
               hath
               publisht
               ?
               and
               if
               it
               be
               true
               that
               indulgence
               ,
               mansuetude
               ,
               and
               clemency
               are
               then
               vices
               in
               a
               Prince
               ,
               when
               such
               signal
               vertues
               are
               used
               towards
               those
               ,
               who
               though
               they
               be
               pardoned
               ,
               keep
               malice
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               covet
               revenge
               ;
               is
               there
               any
               one
               here
               present
               who
               thinks
               that
               if
               I
               should
               have
               suffered
               
                 Agrippa
                 Posthumus
                 ,
                 Germanicus
              
               ,
               and
               the
               others
               of
               Augustus
               his
               blood
               ,
               to
               have
               lived
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               ever
               have
               sincerely
               loved
               my
               greatness
               ?
               and
               if
               it
               be
               a
               grounded
               precept
               in
               Policy
               ,
               that
               Princes
               ought
               to
               indeavour
               above
               all
               things
               ,
               to
               reign
               void
               of
               jealousie
               ,
               and
               if
               a
               Prince
               can
               never
               be
               said
               to
               be
               safe
               in
               a
               State
               ,
               whilst
               those
               live
               who
               were
               driven
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               or
               who
               pretend
               more
               right
               thereunto
               then
               he
               ,
               will
               not
               every
               one
               ,
               how
               little
               knowledge
               soever
               they
               have
               of
               worldly
               affairs
               ,
               confess
               with
               me
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               any
               innate
               cruelty
               in
               me
               ,
               but
               meer
               necessity
               of
               state
               Policy
               which
               forst
               me
               to
               appear
               so
               severe
               towards
               those
               of
               Augustus
               his
               blood
               :
               for
               a
               Prince
               is
               wise
               in
               his
               cruelty
               ,
               when
               (
               as
               Tacitus
               himself
               says
               he
               runs
               danger
               by
               being
               merciful
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               the
               many
               slaughters
               ,
               which
               I
               ,
               and
               after
               me
               many
               other
               Emperors
               gave
               order
               for
               ,
               against
               the
               chiefest
               of
               the
               Roman
               Senators
               ,
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               imputed
               to
               our
               cruelty
               ,
               (
               as
               they
               do
               unjustly
               affirm
               who
               do
               now
               persecute
               me
               )
               but
               to
               the
               indiscreet
               pride
               of
               those
               Senators
               ,
               who
               though
               they
               law
               Liberty
               banisht
               from
               out
               their
               Country
               ,
               y●t
               through
               a
               proud
               stubbornness
               of
               not
               putting
               on
               the
               cloak
               of
               humbleness
               ,
               or
               rather
               through
               a
               foolish
               ostentation
               of
               free
               speaking
               ,
               when
               they
               
               were
               inslaved
               ,
               and
               of
               commanding
               in
               subjection
               ,
               did
               every
               day
               more
               and
               more
               irritate
               Princes
               to
               use
               all
               sorts
               of
               severity
               and
               inhumanity
               ,
               against
               people
               so
               proudly
               spirited
               .
               Hence
               it
               is
               Sir
               ,
               that
               neither
               Tacitus
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               who
               writes
               my
               story
               ,
               could
               ever
               say
               that
               I
               was
               severe
               against
               any
               Citizens
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               the
               Roman
               ,
               or
               Provincial
               Plebeians
               ;
               for
               they
               never
               gave
               me
               any
               just
               occasion
               of
               suspition
               ,
               but
               onely
               say
               that
               which
               I
               confess
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               I
               did
               persecute
               the
               noblest
               of
               the
               Roman
               Senate
               ,
               the
               which
               I
               did
               to
               abase
               them
               ,
               to
               terrifie
               them
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               mistrustful
               one
               of
               another
               ,
               to
               disunite
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               them
               indure
               that
               slavery
               ,
               which
               I
               saw
               they
               did
               abhor
               :
               nor
               can
               any
               Politician
               teach
               me
               any
               better
               rules
               then
               these
               ,
               to
               be
               made
               use
               of
               to
               the
               Nobles
               of
               a
               Country
               ,
               which
               being
               but
               a
               little
               before
               bereft
               of
               its
               Liberty
               ,
               will
               not
               onely
               not
               accommodate
               it self
               to
               servitude
               ,
               but
               foolishly
               pretends
               to
               limit
               the
               Princes
               Authority
               in
               commanding
               ,
               and
               in
               servitude
               keeps
               the
               pride
               of
               freedom
               ,
               and
               an
               inraged
               mind
               ,
               upon
               any
               good
               occasion
               ,
               to
               revenge
               the
               injury
               done
               unto
               its
               Liberty
               :
               whence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               hang-men
               ,
               spies
               ,
               and
               Atturney-Generals
               are
               the
               fittest
               instruments
               to
               establish
               a
               mans
               self
               in
               those
               new
               states
               which
               but
               a
               little
               before
               hath
               lost
               the
               Liberty
               of
               a
               free
               Commonwealth
               ;
               for
               every
               cruel
               action
               is
               held
               a
               prudent
               resolution
               ,
               when
               it
               secures
               the
               life
               ,
               the
               state
               ,
               and
               honor
               of
               that
               new
               Prince
               ,
               who
               knows
               how
               to
               use
               it
               .
               Moreover
               I
               heartily
               desire
               every
               one
               to
               consider
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               boasting
               of
               their
               worth
               and
               great
               vertue
               in
               the
               Roman
               Senate
               ,
               would
               be
               known
               to
               be
               of
               a
               better
               condition
               then
               the
               rest
               did
               it
               not
               for
               that
               they
               were
               inamored
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               not
               out
               of
               that
               onely
               nobleness
               of
               minde
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               in
               every
               one
               ,
               who
               can
               be
               content
               to
               dye
               a
               private
               man
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               might
               have
               a
               noble
               retinue
               ,
               to
               win
               popular
               favour
               ,
               &
               the
               Armies
               love
               :
               a
               great
               truth
               ,
               &
               which
               hath
               not
               been
               better
               taught
               to
               such
               a
               Prince
               as
               my self
               by
               any
               writer
               ,
               then
               by
               thee
               Tacitus
               :
               for
               thou
               freely
               sayst
               ,
               that
               new
               Princes
               meet
               with
               no
               worser
               nor
               more
               wicked
               a
               subject
               ,
               then
               that
               worthy
               Senator
               ,
               who
               makes
               use
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               to
               chalk
               out
               the
               way
               to
               the
               ambition
               which
               he
               hath
               of
               Government
               .
               For
               after
               thou
               in
               thy
               Annals
               hast
               painted
               to
               the
               life
               the
               demeanor
               of
               that
               Traytor
               Sejanus
               ,
               thou
               sayst
               these
               following
               words
               ,
               which
               cleerly
               prove
               my
               intention
               .
               
                 Palam
                 compositus
                 pudor
                 ,
                 intus
                 summa
                 adipiscendi
                 libido
                 ;
                 ejusque
                 causa
                 modo
                 largicio
                 ,
                 &
                 luxus
                 ,
                 saepius
                 industria
                 ac
                 Vigilantia
                 ,
                 haud
                 minus
                 noxiae
                 ,
                 quoties
                 parando
                 Regno
                 finguntur
                 .
                 Tacit.
                 lib.
                 4.
                 
                 Ann.
              
               And
               thou
               hast
               said
               well
               :
               for
               in
               a
               new
               State
               ,
               not
               being
               yet
               secured
               in
               an
               hereditary
               descent
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               tumultuous
               choosing
               of
               a
               Prince
               hath
               so
               large
               a
               scope
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               lawful
               even
               for
               him
               that
               murders
               the
               Prince
               to
               aspire
               unto
               the
               Empire
               ,
               those
               great
               subjects
               ,
               those
               worthy
               ,
               and
               all-deserving
               Officers
               ,
               who
               are
               so
               much
               admired
               by
               private
               men
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               thought
               by
               them
               to
               merit
               their
               Princes
               integral
               love
               ,
               the
               highest
               preferments
               ,
               best
               rewards
               ;
               are
               notwithstanding
               known
               by
               him
               that
               reigns
               to
               be
               most
               pernitious
               ,
               &
               fit
               to
               be
               rooted
               out
               .
               So
               as
               ,
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               being
               no
               less
               disorderly
               in
               her
               hereditary
               succession
               ,
               then
               greatly
               tumultuous
               in
               her
               election
               ,
               required
               in
               me
               that
               severe
               way
               of
               proceeding
               ,
               which
               was
               onely
               able
               to
               save
               my
               life
               and
               preserve
               the
               State.
               Nor
               can
               I
               see
               how
               any
               man
               can
               blame
               the
               cruelty
               which
               I
               used
               towards
               the
               Roman
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               the
               worthiest
               subjects
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               since
               it
               would
               have
               been
               thought
               a
               great
               defect
               ,
               and
               
               much
               mis-becoming
               such
               a
               one
               as
               me
               ,
               if
               I
               should
               have
               used
               that
               clemency
               towards
               them
               ,
               that
               mildness
               ,
               and
               familiarity
               ,
               which
               Caesar
               to
               his
               cost
               did
               ,
               whose
               miserable
               end
               ,
               dos
               cleerly
               teach
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               states
               which
               are
               fraudulently
               possest
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               establisht
               by
               extraordinary
               severity
               .
               For
               the
               Nobility
               of
               subjugated
               Commonwealths
               ,
               make
               use
               of
               the
               new
               Princes
               Clemency
               ,
               only
               as
               of
               an
               excellent
               means
               to
               suppress
               him
               by
               Conspiracies
               :
               nor
               doth
               it
               any
               whit
               at
               all
               avail
               (
               as
               a
               man
               would
               think
               it
               should
               do
               )
               for
               the
               allaying
               of
               that
               rage
               of
               hatred
               ,
               or
               quenching
               the
               great
               and
               perpetual
               desire
               which
               they
               have
               to
               vindicate
               the
               injury
               done
               them
               in
               their
               lost
               liberties
               ,
               though
               thereby
               they
               run
               the
               greatest
               hazards
               and
               danger
               that
               can
               be
               incur'd
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Judges
             did
             much
             approve
             of
             Tiberius
             his
             defence
             ,
             for
             they
             did
             not
             onely
             allow
             of
             Augustus
             his
             last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             ,
             and
             consequently
             of
             the
             legitimacy
             of
             Tiberius
             his
             succession
             ,
             but
             they
             also
             considered
             that
             he
             being
             a
             new
             Prince
             ,
             no
             ways
             allyed
             in
             blood
             to
             Augustus
             ,
             and
             there
             being
             many
             Roman
             Senators
             better
             born
             then
             himself
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             true
             rules
             of
             Tyrannical
             Policy
             ,
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             use
             cruelty
             there
             where
             that
             veneration
             and
             Majesty
             was
             wanting
             ,
             which
             the
             being
             born
             of
             Royal
             blood
             brings
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             made
             his
             way
             ,
             by
             sword
             and
             poyson
             ,
             making
             himself
             be
             dreaded
             by
             those
             ,
             who
             presumed
             too
             much
             upon
             themselves
             ,
             and
             dared
             to
             paragonise
             their
             privat
             Nobility
             ,
             with
             his
             immense
             fortune
             who
             reigned
             ;
             and
             that
             where
             to
             use
             clemency
             was
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             new
             Princes
             ,
             the
             use
             even
             of
             unusual
             severity
             ought
             to
             be
             esteemed
             lawdable
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Hyppocrates
               having
               advised
               Apollo
               how
               to
               prevent
               the
               frequent
               deaths
               of
               sick
               folks
               ,
               occasioned
               through
               the
               ignorance
               of
               Physicians
               ,
               and
               proving
               unfortunate
               in
               that
               his
               advice
               ,
               is
               in
               great
               danger
               of
               being
               severely
               punisht
               by
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             HYppocrates
             ,
             that
             great
             Physician
             told
             Apollo
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             was
             so
             pesterd
             with
             ignorant
             Physicians
             ,
             as
             unless
             some
             suddain
             remedy
             were
             taken
             for
             it
             ,
             all
             mankind
             would
             be
             destroyed
             :
             for
             that
             sick
             folks
             were
             cured
             by
             ignorant
             Physicians
             ,
             by
             new
             experiments
             ,
             by
             contrary
             medicines
             ,
             and
             rather
             by
             Mounte
             banks
             receits
             ,
             then
             by
             canonical
             and
             true
             rules
             of
             Art
             ;
             whence
             it
             was
             that
             many
             sick
             folks
             dyed
             ,
             who
             if
             they
             had
             been
             administred
             unto
             by
             learned
             Physicians
             ,
             might
             easily
             have
             been
             restored
             to
             their
             former
             healths
             .
             Apollo
             being
             advised
             by
             so
             famous
             a
             man
             ,
             resolved
             to
             remedy
             so
             great
             an
             evil
             .
             Wherefore
             some
             six
             months
             ago
             he
             constituted
             a
             Colledge
             of
             the
             most
             famous
             Physicians
             that
             the
             world
             ever
             had
             ,
             the
             chief
             whereof
             were
             
               Cornelius
               Caelsus
               ,
               Galen
               ,
               Avesine
               ,
               Fracastoro
               ,
               Filopio
               ,
               l'Altozmari
               ,
            
             and
             the
             most
             meritorious
             
             
               Girolimo
               Mercuriale
            
             ,
             and
             made
             Hyppocrates
             ,
             that
             Prince
             of
             Physick
             ,
             head
             of
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             which
             he
             endowed
             with
             ample
             Authority
             to
             provide
             experimented
             Physick
             ,
             and
             of
             known
             vertue
             for
             mankinde
             .
             These
             Physicians
             first
             distributed
             out
             their
             orders
             ,
             and
             Physicians
             were
             sent
             into
             all
             places
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             greater
             safety
             of
             mens
             healths
             and
             long
             lives
             ,
             were
             commanded
             to
             use
             nothing
             to
             their
             Patients
             ,
             but
             common
             Glisters
             ,
             Roman
             Oyntments
             ,
             usual
             Purges
             ;
             and
             in
             pestilent
             Feavers
             pectoral
             waters
             ;
             but
             that
             when
             they
             should
             have
             occasion
             to
             let
             blood
             ,
             to
             cure
             malignant
             Feavers
             ,
             double
             Tertians
             ,
             or
             other
             grievous
             maladies
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             commanded
             to
             acquaint
             the
             Colledge
             speedily
             with
             every
             particular
             accident
             that
             befel
             the
             sick
             party
             ,
             with
             the
             condition
             of
             his
             sickness
             ,
             with
             his
             several
             accesses
             of
             Feaver
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             such
             cases
             they
             should
             be
             very
             careful
             of
             sending
             the
             water
             and
             excrements
             of
             the
             sick
             person
             every
             morning
             and
             evening
             to
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             with
             better
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             sick
             party
             ,
             take
             order
             for
             necessary
             Medicaments
             .
             The
             Physicians
             very
             willingly
             did
             what
             they
             were
             commanded
             by
             the
             Colledge
             .
             But
             it
             was
             not
             long
             ere
             the
             world
             was
             aware
             that
             those
             orders
             which
             were
             given
             with
             so
             much
             zeal
             to
             the
             publike
             good
             ,
             wrought
             not
             that
             good
             effect
             which
             his
             Majesty
             perswaded
             himself
             they
             would
             have
             done
             ;
             for
             the
             Physicians
             who
             administred
             Physick
             to
             the
             sick
             ,
             were
             so
             perplext
             in
             putting
             on
             due
             resolutions
             in
             their
             observations
             of
             the
             several
             alterations
             and
             changes
             of
             the
             maladies
             ,
             as
             they
             durst
             not
             upon
             any
             suddain
             accident
             that
             should
             arrive
             ,
             succor
             the
             sick
             parties
             with
             any
             requisite
             and
             speedy
             help
             ,
             but
             shewing
             more
             obedience
             to
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             then
             charity
             to
             their
             Patients
             ,
             refused
             to
             meddle
             with
             those
             maladies
             which
             would
             admit
             of
             no
             delay
             ,
             without
             express
             Order
             from
             their
             superiors
             ;
             and
             truely
             it
             was
             sad
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             time
             which
             should
             have
             been
             spent
             in
             the
             cure
             of
             their
             Patients
             ,
             was
             imployed
             to
             no
             purpose
             by
             those
             Physicians
             in
             writing
             eloquent
             relations
             ,
             and
             many
             learned
             advices
             to
             those
             of
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             all
             dilligence
             they
             sent
             the
             water
             and
             excrements
             of
             the
             sick
             ,
             which
             altering
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             length
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             it
             unfortunately
             fell
             out
             that
             the
             Colledg
             not
             being
             able
             to
             make
             any
             perfect
             judgement
             thereby
             ,
             the
             Recipes
             which
             they
             sent
             proved
             oft
             times
             clean
             contrary
             to
             the
             malady
             of
             the
             Patient
             ;
             moreover
             ,
             the
             sickness
             whereof
             the
             Physitians
             had
             given
             an
             exact
             account
             ,
             changed
             also
             before
             the
             answer
             could
             be
             brought
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             send
             new
             relations
             ,
             and
             new
             advertisements
             ,
             which
             occasioned
             the
             necessary
             ruine
             of
             the
             sick
             parties
             ,
             and
             oft
             times
             whilst
             they
             lay
             expecting
             medicaments
             from
             a
             far
             off
             ,
             they
             arrived
             after
             the
             parties
             were
             dead
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             should
             have
             been
             applyed
             .
             All
             which
             were
             so
             foul
             inconveniences
             ,
             as
             many
             men
             dyed
             more
             then
             had
             wont
             to
             do
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             Apollo
             hearing
             thereof
             ,
             he
             marvelled
             how
             so
             charitable
             a
             resolution
             could
             have
             so
             bad
             success
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             thinking
             himself
             much
             abused
             by
             Hyppocrates
             ,
             who
             under
             a
             pretence
             of
             publike
             Charity
             ,
             minded
             chiefly
             his
             own
             ambition
             ,
             said
             in
             a
             publike
             Audience
             ,
             that
             he
             now
             found
             ,
             that
             Physicians
             neer
             at
             hand
             ,
             though
             peradventure
             ignorant
             ,
             were
             better
             for
             sick
             persons
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             were
             more
             learned
             ,
             if
             afar
             off
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             dismist
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             resolving
             to
             take
             some
             notable
             revenge
             upon
             Hyppocrates
             .
             But
             was
             disswaded
             from
             it
             by
             Esculapius
             his
             earnest
             intreaties
             ,
             who
             confessing
             Hippocrrtes
             ambition
             ,
             excused
             it
             by
             alleadging
             the
             common
             desire
             which
             all
             
             men
             of
             Honor
             have
             to
             command
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             seem
             to
             hold
             the
             candle
             unto
             others
             ,
             but
             be
             held
             to
             be
             somewhat
             more
             then
             ordinary
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Francisco
                 Mauro
              
               ,
               a
               Noble
               Italian
               Poet
               ,
               having
               marryed
               the
               most
               vertuous
               Lady
               ,
               
                 Laura
                 Terecino
              
               ,
               is
               soon
               after
               jealous
               of
               her
               ,
               and
               kills
               her
               .
            
          
           
             FRom
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             the
             lovely
             L.
             
               Lauro
               Terecina
            
             was
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             &
             that
             the
             most
             excellent
             Euterpe
             had
             taken
             her
             to
             be
             her
             waiting
             woman
             ,
             she
             began
             to
             be
             much
             courted
             by
             many
             Amorous
             Poets
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             made
             oftnest
             addresses
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             which
             she
             peradventure
             liked
             better
             then
             the
             rest
             ,
             were
             
               Francisco
               Maria
               Molza
            
             ,
             and
             
               Francisco
               Mauro
            
             ,
             being
             both
             of
             them
             very
             famous
             Poets
             of
             this
             Court.
             Illustrious
             Euterpe
             considering
             Laura's
             youth
             ,
             her
             exquisite
             beauty
             ,
             and
             how
             she
             was
             courted
             by
             so
             many
             Vertuosi
             ,
             resolved
             to
             mary
             her
             speedily
             ,
             and
             acquainting
             Laura
             with
             her
             intention
             ,
             she
             found
             her
             very
             ready
             to
             obey
             her
             .
             Euterpe
             left
             it
             to
             her
             choice
             whether
             she
             would
             chose
             Mauro
             or
             Molza
             for
             her
             husband
             .
             Vertuous
             Terracina
             who
             would
             not
             resolve
             upon
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             by
             what
             was
             most
             pleasing
             to
             her
             eye
             ,
             as
             many
             foolish
             women
             use
             to
             do
             ,
             but
             ,
             as
             the
             wiser
             sort
             do
             ,
             by
             what
             appeared
             best
             unto
             her
             judgement
             ,
             desired
             that
             she
             might
             see
             both
             their
             Poetries
             ;
             which
             after
             she
             had
             perused
             several
             times
             ,
             and
             duly
             considered
             them
             ,
             she
             laid
             aside
             
               le
               Fitche
               del
               Molza
            
             as
             related
             in
             a
             weak
             and
             languishing
             stile
             ,
             and
             chose
             Mauro's
             Fava
             ,
             wherein
             she
             thought
             she
             found
             quainter
             conceits
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             more
             solidly
             written
             .
             The
             match
             being
             concluded
             ,
             the
             marriage
             was
             soon
             celebrated
             .
             And
             Maurus
             being
             so
             meanly
             stockt
             as
             that
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             trust
             to
             but
             his
             
               Capitola
               della
               Fava
            
             ,
             had
             by
             his
             wife
             by
             way
             of
             Joynter
             ,
             15●…0
             Octavoes
             ready
             paid
             down
             ,
             besides
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Madrigals
             ,
             Sonets
             ,
             and
             Songs
             ,
             made
             by
             that
             vertuous
             Lady
             .
             They
             had
             been
             marryed
             above
             a
             year
             ,
             when
             Mauro
             observed
             that
             his
             wife
             wore
             a
             very
             rich
             Garter
             imboidered
             all
             over
             with
             pearl
             on
             her
             right
             leg
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             other
             an
             usual
             slight
             one
             ;
             and
             not
             being
             onely
             moved
             thereat
             ,
             but
             greatly
             scandalized
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             had
             often
             marked
             ,
             that
             his
             wife
             was
             very
             proud
             of
             that
             Garter
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             she
             met
             with
             any
             Vertuosi
             she
             would
             hold
             up
             her
             coats
             on
             that
             side
             higher
             then
             in
             modesty
             she
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             he
             askt
             his
             wife
             what
             the
             meaning
             thereof
             might
             be
             ,
             and
             whether
             there
             was
             any
             thing
             of
             secret
             therein
             or
             no
             ?
             Lawra
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             Edward
             the
             sixth
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             acknowledgement
             of
             her
             devotion
             towards
             him
             ,
             had
             given
             her
             that
             Garter
             ,
             which
             for
             her
             greater
             honor
             she
             wore
             upon
             solemn
             days
             ,
             and
             that
             as
             being
             very
             affectionate
             to
             that
             great
             King
             ,
             she
             had
             sworn
             to
             serve
             him
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             always
             his
             most
             devoted
             faithful
             servant
             .
             Mauro
             grew
             so
             mad
             hereupon
             ,
             as
             flying
             upon
             her
             ,
             he
             said
             .
             Hast
             
             thou
             then
             been
             so
             affronted
             thou
             wicked
             baggage
             ,
             as
             (
             being
             the
             wife
             of
             an
             honorable
             Poet
             )
             to
             shame
             me
             ,
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             Honor
             ,
             by
             knowing
             an
             other
             man
             ,
             and
             by
             receiving
             gifts
             from
             any
             other
             then
             thy
             husband
             ,
             and
             shall
             not
             I
             ,
             being
             thus
             injur'd
             in
             my
             honer
             ,
             revenge
             my self
             ?
             and
             this
             being
             said
             ,
             it
             nothing
             availing
             the
             unfortunate
             and
             miserable
             Terecina
             to
             beg
             pardon
             ,
             nor
             to
             protest
             that
             she
             had
             never
             in
             any
             manner
             whatsoever
             injur'd
             her
             Nuptial
             bed
             ,
             he
             laid
             hold
             upon
             a
             prohihibited
             verse
             of
             six
             syllables
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             about
             him
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             stabd
             her
             sundry
             times
             in
             the
             throat
             ,
             and
             kill'd
             her
             .
             This
             bestial
             resentment
             did
             not
             only
             mightily
             displease
             all
             the
             L.
             Poetesses
             of
             this
             state
             ,
             but
             did
             very
             much
             trouble
             all
             the
             greatest
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             :
             so
             as
             both
             of
             them
             in
             great
             numbers
             appeared
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             with
             bitter
             words
             aecused
             Mauro
             ,
             who
             was
             there
             present
             ,
             that
             without
             having
             any
             just
             occasion
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             scorn
             of
             the
             honor
             of
             Knighthood
             of
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             Kings
             of
             Europe
             ,
             he
             had
             vilanously
             slain
             the
             most
             vertuous
             Lady
             of
             all
             Parnassus
             .
             To
             this
             Mauro
             couragiously
             answered
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             true
             ,
             he
             deserved
             to
             be
             severely
             punished
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             not
             for
             the
             just
             revenge
             he
             had
             taken
             of
             his
             unchaste
             wife
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             he
             had
             so
             long
             deferred
             the
             revenge
             due
             to
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             man
             of
             honor
             ,
             it
             being
             many
             months
             since
             he
             was
             aware
             of
             the
             lewdness
             of
             that
             Garter
             .
             All
             the
             Princes
             that
             stood
             by
             were
             strangely
             moved
             to
             hear
             Mauro
             utter
             these
             words
             ,
             who
             not
             being
             able
             to
             indure
             that
             honors
             conferd
             by
             them
             upon
             noble
             Forraigners
             ,
             who
             did
             adhere
             and
             were
             affectionate
             to
             them
             should
             be
             accounted
             Vituperius
             ,
             raised
             a
             great
             Noise
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             when
             Apollo
             to
             quench
             the
             fire
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             which
             he
             foresaw
             was
             likely
             to
             break
             forth
             into
             a
             great
             combustion
             ,
             said
             thus
             unto
             them
             .
             WriteO
             you
             Princes
             ,
             in
             you●…
             hearts
             ,
             with
             characters
             not
             to
             be
             rased
             out
             ,
             this
             misfortune
             which
             hath
             befaln
             
               Laura
               Tercina
            
             ,
             for
             which
             Mauro
             ought
             rather
             to
             be
             remunerated
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             commended
             by
             you
             ,
             then
             punisht
             by
             my
             Judges
             ,
             and
             by
             you
             blamed
             :
             and
             believe
             it
             for
             a
             certain
             Truth
             ,
             that
             these
             favors
             ,
             and
             honors
             which
             Princes
             confer
             upon
             Forreigners
             ,
             are
             plain
             preludiums
             to
             their
             wanton
             desires
             of
             domineering
             ,
             which
             they
             continually
             meditate
             how
             to
             bring
             about
             .
             The
             souls
             of
             subjects
             are
             linkt
             to
             their
             Princes
             by
             the
             straight
             bond
             of
             chaste
             ,
             and
             holy
             Matrimony
             ,
             and
             therefore
             ,
             as
             chaste
             wives
             ,
             they
             ought
             not
             so
             much
             as
             with
             their
             eys
             ,
             to
             acknowledge
             or
             know
             any
             other
             P.
             then
             him
             whom
             Gods
             Laws
             hath
             set
             over
             them
             and
             the
             Laws
             of
             men
             ,
             so
             far
             is
             it
             from
             being
             lawful
             for
             them
             to
             love
             them
             with
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             vow
             loyalty
             to
             them
             :
             and
             you
             are
             great
             fools
             ,
             if
             to
             revenge
             the
             infidelity
             of
             your
             subjects
             you
             wait
             the
             time
             till
             you
             can
             take
             them
             in
             the
             very
             act
             of
             adulterous
             Fellonies
             .
             For
             wounds
             which
             cause
             dishonor
             ,
             are
             warded
             ,
             and
             put
             by
             by
             good
             Fencers
             before
             they
             hurt
             ,
             they
             are
             fools
             that
             cure
             them
             when
             they
             are
             received
             ;
             the
             very
             self
             same
             hour
             that
             you
             see
             any
             subject
             of
             yours
             but
             cast
             an
             eye
             upon
             a
             Forrain
             Prince
             ,
             do
             as
             Mauro
             did
             ,
             hold
             not
             your
             thumbs
             underneath
             your
             girdles
             ,
             but
             imploy
             Gallowses
             and
             Ropes
             ;
             and
             if
             upon
             your
             greatest
             occasions
             ,
             and
             particularly
             when
             you
             wiil
             appear
             with
             honor
             before
             an
             Enemy
             Prince
             with
             your
             subjects
             Arms
             in
             hand
             ,
             be
             not
             seen
             with
             a
             pair
             of
             horns
             on
             your
             head
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Thais
               ,
               that
               famous
               Curtizan
               of
               the
               Comick
               Poets
               ,
               is
               at
               last
               though
               after
               much
               debate
               ,
               admitted
               into
               Parnassus
               ;
               who
               much
               to
               Apollo's
               satisfaction
               ,
               tells
               what
               good
               she
               hopes
               to
               bring
               to
               his
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             great
             Councel
             which
             was
             yesterday
             held
             in
             Parnassus
             by
             all
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             famous
             personages
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             many
             ,
             learned
             in
             all
             the
             Liberal
             Arts
             ,
             who
             were
             lately
             come
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             were
             propounded
             to
             have
             honourable
             places
             allowed
             them
             in
             Parnassus
             ;
             amongst
             which
             Thais
             ,
             that
             common
             whore
             of
             the
             Comick
             Poets
             ,
             was
             named
             for
             one
             ,
             and
             found
             favourable
             suffrages
             ,
             being
             extraordinarily
             assisted
             by
             
               Publius
               Terrentius
            
             ,
             who
             was
             so
             partial
             on
             her
             behalf
             ,
             as
             he
             held
             secret
             practice
             with
             all
             the
             Poets
             .
             And
             it
             hapned
             that
             whilst
             the
             gates
             of
             Parnassus
             were
             opened
             to
             her
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             she
             might
             present
             her self
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             the
             Senate
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             to
             thank
             them
             for
             the
             favor
             she
             had
             received
             ,
             the
             illustrious
             Cardinal
             
               Alexander
               Fernese
            
             ,
             accompanyed
             by
             a
             train
             of
             Prelates
             ,
             withstood
             Thais
             as
             she
             was
             about
             to
             enter
             ,
             crying
             out
             aloud
             ,
             that
             if
             so
             unworthy
             a
             person
             ,
             from
             whom
             nothing
             but
             publick
             scandal
             could
             be
             expected
             ,
             should
             be
             admitted
             into
             Parnassus
             ,
             he
             for
             his
             part
             would
             rather
             be
             gone
             from
             thence
             ,
             then
             see
             vertuous
             places
             profaned
             with
             such
             polutions
             ,
             which
             were
             onely
             aboads
             for
             those
             Litterati
             ,
             as
             by
             their
             words
             ,
             writings
             ,
             and
             exemplary
             lives
             ,
             could
             prescribe
             wholsom
             Precepts
             unto
             others
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             knew
             there
             were
             many
             Vertuosi
             who
             would
             put
             on
             the
             same
             resolution
             .
             Whilst
             the
             Cardinall
             spoke
             thus
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             endeavoured
             by
             force
             to
             keep
             her
             out
             of
             the
             gate
             ,
             she
             was
             so
             strongly
             assisted
             by
             a
             numerous
             squadron
             of
             Poets
             ,
             who
             backt
             Terrentius
             ,
             as
             there
             began
             a
             very
             dangerous
             dispute
             at
             the
             gate
             .
             But
             wary
             Thais
             ,
             who
             knew
             that
             she
             had
             always
             come
             by
             the
             worst
             in
             all
             the
             quarrels
             that
             she
             at
             any
             time
             before
             had
             ever
             been
             the
             occasion
             of
             ,
             said
             aloud
             ,
             that
             she
             did
             no
             ways
             intend
             to
             enter
             into
             Parnassus
             by
             force
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             goodwill
             of
             every
             one
             ,
             and
             more
             particularly
             by
             the
             approbation
             of
             those
             most
             illustrious
             and
             Holy
             Prelates
             :
             and
             that
             if
             they
             were
             thought
             worthy
             of
             an
             aboad
             in
             Parnassus
             who
             could
             give
             excellent
             Councel
             unto
             others
             ,
             and
             wise
             Precepts
             ,
             she
             should
             be
             unjustly
             dealt
             withal
             if
             she
             should
             be
             denyed
             to
             inhabit
             in
             those
             venerable
             places
             ,
             and
             that
             though
             she
             knew
             she
             might
             of
             right
             claim
             an
             aboad
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             yet
             she
             would
             acknowledge
             it
             as
             a
             singular
             favor
             ,
             and
             especially
             from
             those
             that
             did
             most
             withstand
             her
             :
             and
             that
             those
             that
             did
             not
             love
             to
             see
             her
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             were
             much
             deceived
             in
             the
             ill
             opinion
             they
             had
             of
             
             her
             ,
             for
             that
             there
             was
             not
             any
             one
             in
             those
             blest
             habitations
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             was
             not
             able
             to
             give
             such
             advertisements
             ,
             as
             wiser
             nor
             more
             necessary
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             given
             by
             any
             whatsoever
             Moral
             Philosopher
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             not
             so
             much
             for
             the
             purchasing
             of
             Eternity
             to
             her
             name
             ,
             that
             she
             desired
             to
             live
             amongst
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             assisting
             unto
             many
             by
             her
             perpetual
             walking
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             and
             admonishing
             every
             one
             to
             live
             modestly
             ever
             amongst
             their
             neighbours
             ;
             and
             to
             shun
             the
             foul
             vice
             of
             calling
             their
             companion
             whore
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             shun
             death
             ;
             if
             their
             own
             Consciences
             were
             not
             cleer
             :
             for
             that
             there
             being
             many
             wrangling
             Courtiers
             ,
             they
             had
             oft
             times
             faln
             at
             such
             odds
             ,
             as
             by
             blows
             and
             calumnious
             speeches
             they
             had
             wounded
             their
             reputations
             :
             and
             that
             Officers
             who
             went
             to
             have
             the
             Government
             of
             Provinces
             ,
             could
             not
             learn
             the
             important
             and
             difficult
             Philosophy
             of
             getting
             monies
             in
             their
             governments
             ,
             with
             reputation
             ,
             from
             any
             more
             learned
             instructress
             ,
             then
             from
             her
             ,
             for
             that
             onely
             Thais
             knew
             the
             accurate
             Art
             of
             fleecing
             the
             flock
             with
             such
             diligence
             and
             dexterity
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             rather
             seem
             to
             be
             tickled
             and
             rejoyce
             ,
             then
             exclaim
             or
             make
             any
             noise
             ,
             in
             which
             practice
             she
             boasted
             her self
             to
             be
             so
             singular
             ,
             as
             she
             had
             seen
             her
             sweethearts
             a
             thousand
             times
             ,
             to
             be
             then
             most
             in
             love
             with
             her
             ,
             when
             being
             flead
             to
             the
             quick
             ,
             and
             galled
             to
             the
             very
             bones
             ,
             she
             had
             sent
             them
             raw
             and
             naked
             to
             the
             Hospital
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             have
             notwithstanding
             sent
             her
             amorous
             Epistles
             .
             That
             they
             who
             were
             greedy
             of
             riches
             ,
             who
             did
             everywhere
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             means
             ,
             sweat
             and
             labour
             after
             the
             accumulating
             of
             Gold
             ,
             might
             learn
             by
             her
             onely
             unfortunate
             example
             ,
             that
             wealth
             ill
             got
             ,
             through
             Gods
             just
             Anger
             vanisht
             into
             smoak
             ;
             for
             of
             all
             the
             innumerable
             monies
             which
             she
             had
             suckt
             from
             out
             the
             veins
             of
             her
             lovers
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             riches
             which
             she
             robd
             many
             families
             of
             ,
             she
             had
             now
             nothing
             remaining
             but
             those
             four
             lashes
             which
             every
             one
             might
             see
             upon
             her
             back
             ;
             when
             if
             God
             had
             given
             a
             blessing
             to
             the
             monies
             which
             had
             past
             through
             her
             hand
             ,
             instead
             whereof
             she
             had
             had
             a
             thousand
             curses
             ;
             she
             might
             have
             vyed
             for
             wealth
             with
             any
             Princess
             .
             Next
             ,
             that
             every
             one
             might
             learn
             ,
             by
             her
             face
             which
             was
             so
             pleasing
             to
             her
             friends
             ,
             by
             her
             flatteries
             ,
             and
             falacies
             with
             which
             she
             used
             to
             delude
             and
             allure
             and
             intice
             those
             ill
             advised
             young
             men
             which
             she
             got
             into
             her
             hands
             ;
             by
             her
             continual
             smiles
             ,
             by
             which
             she
             covered
             her
             ravenous
             minde
             ,
             and
             that
             sharp
             Rasor
             ,
             wherewith
             without
             any
             manner
             of
             discretion
             or
             piety
             she
             did
             shave
             ,
             nay
             ,
             even
             flea
             her
             lovers
             ;
             never
             to
             trust
             appearances
             ,
             grateful
             acceptance
             ,
             fair
             words
             ,
             and
             offered
             courtesies
             ,
             and
             never
             to
             give
             themselves
             over
             into
             any
             ones
             power
             ,
             unless
             they
             had
             first
             perfectly
             anatomised
             them
             .
             For
             many
             such
             as
             she
             ,
             had
             pleasing
             aspects
             ,
             good
             looks
             ,
             and
             sweet
             breaths
             ,
             whose
             disguises
             being
             taken
             off
             by
             discreet
             persons
             ,
             and
             their
             inside
             of
             their
             souls
             discovered
             ,
             they
             were
             found
             to
             be
             stinking
             carren
             ,
             full
             of
             festered
             wounds
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             false
             souls
             ,
             and
             fraudulent
             hearts
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             interessed
             .
             Then
             turning
             towards
             Cardinal
             
               Fernese
               ;
               Thais
            
             said
             ,
             And
             who
             when
             I
             shall
             have
             opened
             my
             house
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             ought
             more
             to
             frequent
             my
             schoole
             then
             your
             Excellency
             my
             most
             illustrious
             Sir
             ,
             wherein
             you
             may
             learn
             
             that
             important
             vertue
             of
             newtrality
             ,
             which
             the
             Popes
             Nephews
             ,
             such
             as
             your self
             ,
             have
             so
             much
             need
             of
             :
             a
             Science
             wherein
             I
             am
             so
             well
             known
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             read
             it
             in
             the
             schooles
             ;
             for
             never
             being
             whilst
             I
             lived
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             without
             twenty
             Pamphilioes
             ,
             all
             inamored
             of
             me
             ,
             who
             all
             of
             them
             hated
             one
             another
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             jealousie
             which
             useth
             to
             be
             among
             young
             rivals
             ,
             yet
             by
             my
             sagacity
             I
             have
             always
             known
             how
             to
             behave
             my self
             so
             dexterously
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             rather
             taken
             their
             weapons
             from
             them
             ,
             then
             put
             them
             into
             their
             hands
             :
             by
             which
             means
             I
             was
             able
             to
             reap
             great
             advantage
             from
             them
             ,
             without
             ever
             loosing
             any
             one
             of
             them
             .
             A
             rare
             Precept
             ,
             and
             a
             piece
             of
             cunning
             as
             singular
             ,
             as
             hard
             to
             be
             put
             in
             practice
             :
             and
             the
             more
             necessary
             for
             such
             as
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             for
             that
             you
             do
             not
             like
             me
             ,
             who
             keep
             my
             lovers
             fast
             imprisoned
             by
             the
             strong
             chains
             of
             Lust
             ;
             but
             you
             hold
             those
             whom
             you
             have
             been
             a
             Benefactor
             unto
             ,
             by
             the
             weak
             thred
             of
             gratitude
             ;
             which
             is
             broken
             by
             every
             least
             shadow
             of
             distaste
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             unwarily
             given
             .
             And
             I
             have
             known
             many
             such
             as
             you
             ,
             who
             by
             having
             unwisely
             been
             inamored
             on
             some
             one
             person
             ,
             have
             not
             onely
             lost
             their
             own
             interest
             ,
             but
             greatly
             ruined
             that
             friends
             Fortune
             whom
             they
             would
             exalt
             ,
             by
             the
             jealousies
             which
             they
             have
             raised
             in
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             followers
             ,
             foolishly
             furnishing
             them
             with
             weapons
             ,
             whereby
             they
             have
             forced
             those
             ,
             who
             would
             otherwise
             have
             been
             very
             grateful
             ,
             to
             change
             the
             defect
             of
             partiality
             ,
             with
             the
             vice
             of
             Ingratitude
             .
             All
             which
             are
             so
             true
             and
             necessary
             Advertisements
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             be
             observed
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             by
             such
             as
             you
             are
             ,
             you
             shall
             never
             have
             any
             reason
             upon
             any
             dislike
             ,
             to
             complain
             more
             of
             your
             friends
             infidelity
             ,
             then
             of
             the
             hatred
             of
             those
             that
             love
             you
             .
             It
             being
             an
             observed
             rule
             by
             such
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             will
             be
             attended
             by
             many
             loving
             followers
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             adulterously
             in
             love
             with
             one
             onely
             person
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Ambassadors
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               Marca
               being
               sent
               to
               this
               Court
               ,
               in
               a
               publike
               Audience
               complaine
               unto
               his
               Majesty
               of
               an
               unfortunate
               affair
               which
               hath
               befaln
               his
               inhabitants
               of
               that
               Province
               ,
               for
               which
               Apollo
               provides
               sufficient
               remedy
               ,
               with
               singular
               demonstration
               of
               true
               love
               and
               affection
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Marchian
             Orator
             who
             came
             the
             last
             week
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             made
             his
             solemn
             entrance
             yesterday
             ,
             being
             attended
             by
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             being
             clad
             in
             a
             long
             mourning
             weed
             ,
             he
             appeared
             in
             the
             Colledge
             of
             the
             Litterati
             ,
             where
             after
             having
             made
             his
             low
             reverence
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             he
             spoke
             thus
             .
             Monarch
             and
             Father
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             you
             other
             Princes
             of
             the
             Cujus
             who
             hear
             me
             speak
             ,
             whilst
             learning
             flourisht
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             
               la
               Marca
            
             was
             so
             famous
             therein
             ,
             as
             she
             had
             the
             fame
             to
             have
             Poets
             ,
             Philosophers
             ,
             Orators
             ,
             and
             other
             great
             personages
             no
             whit
             inferior
             to
             those
             of
             
               Mantua
               ,
               Athens
            
             ,
             or
             Rome
             ;
             in
             so
             much
             as
             she
             hath
             been
             by
             some
             great
             wits
             compared
             to
             Greece
             her self
             ,
             that
             fruitful
             mother
             of
             all
             Sciences
             .
             But
             since
             her
             Litterati
             have
             been
             hewen
             in
             pieces
             and
             starved
             by
             Barbarians
             ,
             Learning
             hath
             been
             also
             so
             trampled
             upon
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             after
             the
             burning
             of
             so
             many
             famous
             Libraries
             ,
             wherein
             the
             labors
             of
             the
             most
             learned
             writers
             perisht
             ,
             having
             lost
             the
             Noble
             Latin
             tongue
             ,
             the
             very
             rase
             of
             Doctors
             were
             quite
             lost
             ,
             whose
             ruine
             hath
             occasioned
             the
             very
             last
             displanting
             of
             the
             noble
             Province
             of
             Marca
             ;
             for
             the
             noble
             Marchians
             being
             first
             called
             by
             the
             famous
             City
             of
             
               Iesi
               Piceini
               Aesini
            
             after
             the
             lamentable
             loss
             which
             they
             had
             of
             Dipthongs
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             said
             they
             are
             remained
             
               Piceni
               Asini
            
             :
             so
             as
             truely
             I
             do
             not
             know
             any
             other
             greater
             calamity
             that
             ever
             befel
             any
             Nation
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             compared
             to
             this
             of
             ours
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             one
             onely
             Dipthong
             ,
             hath
             so
             far
             lost
             her
             ancient
             reputation
             ,
             as
             the
             unfortunate
             Marchians
             cannot
             traffick
             ,
             nor
             appear
             in
             the
             company
             of
             any
             gallant
             men
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             be
             twitted
             in
             the
             teeth
             with
             Asino
             .
             Here
             the
             Orator
             with
             abundance
             of
             tears
             ended
             his
             discourse
             ,
             nor
             was
             there
             any
             one
             Litterato
             in
             that
             Audience
             who
             were
             not
             very
             sensible
             of
             the
             Marchians
             misfortune
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             Apollo
             himself
             being
             much
             moved
             at
             the
             misery
             of
             so
             noble
             a
             Province
             ,
             called
             for
             some
             Paper
             and
             Ink
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             did
             again
             set
             the
             Dipthong
             to
             Iesi
             ;
             and
             commanded
             Virgil
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Regent
             of
             scanning
             Verses
             ,
             that
             the
             first
             syllable
             of
             Iesi
             should
             be
             pronounced
             long
             ;
             and
             ordained
             upon
             pain
             of
             grievous
             punishment
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             for
             the
             future
             should
             dare
             to
             call
             the
             
               Marchians
               Asini
            
             ,
             since
             it
             was
             very
             true
             that
             mother
             Nature
             had
             sowed
             L'Asinita
             in
             so
             just
             a
             measure
             amongst
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             had
             a
             share
             thereof
             equal
             to
             her
             companion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Gonzalvo
                 Ferrante
                 Cordova
              
               desires
               Apollo
               that
               the
               title
               of
               Magno
               or
               Great
               may
               be
               confirmed
               unto
               him
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               being
               granted
               his
               request
               ,
               receives
               a
               very
               unsatisfactory
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             
               GOnsalvo
               Ferrante
               Cordova
            
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             
               il
               Gran
               Capitano
            
             ,
             appeared
             some
             days
             ago
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             with
             a
             noble
             train
             of
             many
             Castilian
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             having
             in
             a
             haughty
             Oration
             related
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             famous
             actions
             in
             war
             ,
             demanded
             the
             confirmation
             of
             the
             Title
             Magnns
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             him
             by
             the
             consent
             of
             the
             whole
             Militia
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             the
             Historians
             of
             Europe
             .
             Gonzalvo
             was
             graciously
             received
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             bad
             him
             give
             in
             in
             writing
             all
             his
             Military
             enterprises
             ,
             and
             commanded
             afterwards
             that
             they
             should
             be
             diligently
             examined
             by
             
               Giovani
               Giovanno
               Pontano
            
             ,
             by
             
               Francisco
               Guicchardin
            
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             most
             reverend
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
            
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             make
             an
             exact
             report
             thereof
             to
             the
             Senate
             of
             History
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             if
             they
             should
             be
             found
             to
             be
             such
             as
             did
             deserve
             the
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             ,
             they
             might
             confirm
             it
             unto
             him
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Authentick
             Letters
             Pattents
             .
             Gonsalvo
             delivered
             unto
             those
             Historians
             a
             very
             perfect
             Commentary
             of
             all
             his
             Actions
             ,
             which
             were
             by
             them
             diligently
             examined
             ,
             and
             weighed
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             made
             a
             full
             relation
             thereof
             in
             open
             Colledge
             ,
             where
             they
             resolved
             what
             answer
             should
             be
             given
             to
             Gonsalvo
             ;
             who
             being
             sent
             for
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             
               Titus
               Livy
            
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Colledge
             ,
             told
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             whole
             Senate
             ;
             that
             they
             had
             very
             exactly
             considered
             his
             war
             enterprises
             ,
             and
             had
             at
             last
             concluded
             that
             for
             what
             he
             had
             done
             in
             Granada
             ,
             being
             things
             done
             under
             the
             command
             of
             a
             C.
             who
             was
             his
             superior
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             stile
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Parnassus
             they
             were
             not
             to
             be
             reckoned
             upon
             ,
             the
             whole
             glory
             of
             victory
             in
             such
             cases
             being
             given
             to
             the
             Captain
             General
             ,
             who
             commanded
             the
             Army
             in
             chief
             ;
             and
             that
             though
             he
             had
             been
             General
             at
             the
             business
             of
             driving
             the
             Moors
             out
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Granada
             ,
             they
             thought
             the
             action
             was
             not
             such
             as
             might
             deservedly
             confer
             the
             glorious
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             upon
             the
             Commander
             in
             chief
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             no
             great
             business
             for
             all
             Spain
             to
             drive
             out
             a
             few
             Moors
             ,
             who
             were
             divided
             amongst
             themselves
             ,
             out
             of
             Granada
             .
             Then
             Livy
             added
             ,
             that
             his
             enterprises
             done
             in
             Affrica
             ,
             in
             the
             taking
             in
             of
             some
             small
             places
             ,
             were
             not
             thought
             worthy
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             a
             subject
             ,
             who
             demanding
             the
             high
             Prerogative
             of
             the
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             ,
             must
             make
             it
             manifest
             unto
             the
             world
             that
             he
             had
             atchieved
             enterprises
             which
             were
             t●…ly
             Great
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             appeared
             cleerly
             by
             his
             writings
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             won
             all
             his
             reputation
             in
             Military
             affairs
             ,
             in
             the
             war
             which
             he
             managed
             in
             the
             getting
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             wherein
             two
             field
             battles
             were
             famous
             and
             worthy
             consideration
             ;
             the
             one
             given
             at
             Saminara
             ,
             the
             other
             at
             Garigliano
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             
             were
             sufficient
             to
             purchase
             a
             man
             the
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             ,
             there
             were
             so
             many
             
               Bellisarii
               ,
               Narsetti
               ,
               Carli
               Martelli
               ,
               Scanderbegs
               ,
            
             and
             other
             famous
             Captains
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             had
             done
             more
             memorable
             acts
             ,
             as
             their
             would
             be
             more
             Magni
             in
             the
             world
             then
             Parvi
             ,
             to
             this
             Gonsolvo
             replyed
             ,
             that
             he
             thought
             that
             in
             the
             Neapolitan
             war
             ,
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             reflect
             upon
             particular
             actions
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             whole
             noble
             work
             and
             enterprise
             which
             he
             had
             gloriously
             brought
             to
             an
             end
             ,
             by
             winning
             a
             flourishing
             and
             strong
             kingdom
             unto
             his
             King
             and
             Master
             .
             Livy
             replyed
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             also
             taken
             into
             their
             consideration
             ,
             his
             winning
             of
             the
             whole
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             wherein
             he
             seemed
             to
             suffer
             much
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             as
             having
             therein
             used
             more
             fraud
             ,
             then
             true
             Military
             valor
             ;
             and
             th
             at
             therefore
             the
             History
             Colledge
             ,
             had
             adjudged
             that
             Neapolitan
             enterprise
             not
             to
             deserve
             the
             name
             of
             an
             honorable
             atchievement
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             was
             therefore
             to
             know
             that
             the
             glorious
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             was
             by
             a
             particular
             Prerogative
             onely
             granted
             to
             those
             who
             had
             atchieved
             valiant
             enterprises
             ,
             by
             their
             meer
             Military
             worth
             and
             vertue
             :
             that
             therefore
             the
             Colledge
             could
             not
             possibly
             think
             that
             Gonsalva
             could
             pretend
             to
             have
             won
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Naples
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ,
             whereinto
             being
             called
             but
             a
             little
             before
             as
             a
             friend
             ,
             by
             the
             ill-advised
             Neapolitan
             Kings
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             might
             defend
             them
             ,
             afterwards
             when
             those
             unfortunate
             Kings
             stood
             in
             greatest
             need
             of
             help
             ,
             and
             just
             then
             when
             they
             had
             put
             the
             whole
             kingdom
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             heart
             to
             declare
             himself
             their
             Enemy
             ,
             which
             whether
             it
             was
             an
             action
             fitting
             to
             confer
             the
             Title
             of
             Magnus
             upon
             him
             that
             did
             effect
             it
             ,
             the
             History
             Colledge
             would
             make
             Gonsalva
             himself
             judge
             .
             Livy
             said
             moreover
             ,
             that
             his
             obscu●…e
             Catastrophe
             ,
             might
             be
             added
             to
             what
             had
             been
             said
             ;
             misbecoming
             such
             a
             one
             as
             Gonsalvo
             ,
             who
             desiring
             to
             be
             stiled
             Magnus
             ,
             desired
             to
             be
             the
             Protosavio
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             since
             after
             the
             acquisition
             of
             such
             a
             kingdom
             ,
             not
             knowing
             how
             to
             secure
             his
             reputation
             ,
             he
             most
             ignorantly
             suffered
             himself
             to
             be
             disarmed
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             government
             of
             Naples
             afterwards
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             brought
             back
             to
             Spain
             and
             be
             confined
             ,
             and
             dye
             there
             mad
             .
             Gonsalva
             then
             exclaimed
             ,
             and
             said
             :
             That
             Pompey
             had
             made
             a
             much
             more
             unfortunate
             end
             then
             he
             ,
             and
             yet
             had
             obtained
             the
             title
             of
             Magnus
             .
             To
             which
             Livy
             answered
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             the
             institutions
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             those
             who
             to
             compass
             an
             Empire
             lost
             their
             lives
             ,
             or
             came
             by
             any
             other
             unfortunate
             end
             ,
             lost
             no
             reputation
             ;
             nor
             had
             Pompey
             the
             great
             any
             ways
             done
             so
             ,
             who
             had
             always
             the
             same
             generous
             thought
             ,
             (
             though
             he
             knew
             how
             to
             conceal
             it
             )
             as
             C●…sar
             had
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             Livy
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             two
             inexcusable
             errors
             which
             Gonsalva
             made
             in
             his
             managing
             the
             taking
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             did
             much
             derogate
             from
             his
             desire
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             did
             not
             onely
             exceed
             the
             bounds
             of
             a
             Commanders
             Liberality
             ,
             and
             Authority
             ,
             when
             after
             the
             conquest
             of
             so
             great
             a
             kingdom
             ,
             by
             rewarding
             so
             many
             Barons
             .
             Commanders
             ,
             and
             other
             deserving
             men
             ,
             he
             had
             purchast
             unto
             himself
             an
             attendance
             of
             so
             many
             signal
             subjects
             ,
             not
             having
             the
             requisite
             head
             of
             leaving
             means
             unto
             his
             King
             to
             shew
             himself
             thankful
             to
             those
             who
             had
             served
             him
             :
             and
             that
             with
             affability
             ,
             and
             behavior
             far
             differing
             from
             the
             austerity
             of
             his
             Nation
             ,
             he
             had
             appeared
             openly
             to
             affect
             that
             attendance
             and
             love
             of
             the
             Neapolitan
             Barons
             ,
             which
             ought
             mainly
             to
             be
             avoided
             by
             such
             a
             oneas
             he
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             Officer
             of
             a
             King
             naturally
             very
             jealous
             ,
             by
             which
             foolish
             proceeding
             he
             raised
             in
             him
             those
             jealousies
             ,
             which
             he
             
             could
             not
             free
             himself
             of
             without
             Gonzalva's
             ruine
             of
             reputation
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             apprehension
             of
             affecting
             the
             government
             of
             other
             mens
             kingdoms
             ,
             was
             neither
             given
             ,
             nor
             born
             withal
             in
             wise
             men
             ;
             for
             to
             be
             lukewarm
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             proved
             always
             a
             mortal
             advice
             to
             them
             that
             used
             it
             .
             Gonsalvo
             was
             much
             incenst
             to
             hear
             Livy
             speak
             thus
             ,
             who
             could
             not
             forbear
             saying
             that
             he
             had
             served
             his
             King
             with
             such
             Loyalty
             as
             became
             a
             Castilian
             Baron
             ,
             that
             the
             cunning
             how
             to
             betray
             a
             mans
             Prince
             ,
             was
             not
             known
             in
             Spain
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Nation
             reputed
             it
             a
             greater
             honor
             to
             receive
             injuries
             from
             their
             Kings
             ,
             then
             to
             betray
             them
             .
             To
             this
             Livy
             replyed
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             were
             of
             so
             well
             a
             composed
             mind
             ,
             he
             might
             do
             well
             to
             desire
             to
             be
             stiled
             an
             honest
             man
             ,
             which
             should
             willingly
             be
             granted
             him
             ,
             and
             not
             Magnus
             ,
             which
             he
             should
             have
             then
             deserved
             when
             he
             should
             have
             thought
             it
             more
             glorious
             to
             dye
             King
             of
             Naples
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             confined
             to
             a
             poor
             Castle
             of
             Spain
             ,
             onely
             for
             having
             deserved
             such
             a
             reward
             as
             could
             not
             be
             countercambiated
             by
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             then
             by
             the
             ingratitude
             which
             was
             used
             towards
             him
             .
             Then
             Gonsalva
             ,
             without
             bearing
             any
             respect
             to
             the
             place
             wherein
             were
             so
             many
             eminent
             persons
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             proceeded
             unjustly
             with
             him
             ;
             for
             that
             blaming
             his
             constant
             loyalty
             ,
             they
             affirmed
             unto
             him
             in
             publike
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             have
             received
             a
             better
             reward
             in
             ●…arnassus
             ;
             if
             he
             had
             been
             guilty
             of
             a
             thousand
             trecheries
             ;
             and
             that
             King
             Ferdinando's
             ingratitude
             did
             not
             onely
             not
             obscure
             his
             reputation
             ,
             but
             did
             infinitely
             add
             unto
             his
             glory
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             state
             which
             taught
             men
             that
             to
             measure
             their
             actions
             onely
             by
             the
             compass
             of
             interest
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             yard
             of
             reputation
             ,
             was
             a
             Do●…e
             which
             better
             became
             great
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             then
             such
             Captains
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             in
             whom
             Perjuries
             ,
             Treasons
             ,
             and
             I
             recherie
             ,
             were
             always
             accounted
             infamous
             ,
             whereas
             the
             gaining
             of
             kingdoms
             by
             supreme
             Potentates
             ,
             though
             by
             foul
             means
             ,
             were
             termed
             glorious
             atchievements
             .
             Livy
             then
             replyed
             unto
             Gonsalva
             in
             bitter
             language
             ,
             that
             the
             Italians
             were
             not
             so
             ignorant
             but
             that
             they
             very
             well
             knew
             that
             the
             Title
             which
             was
             given
             him
             in
             the
             business
             of
             Naples
             was
             
               Capitano
               Major
            
             ,
             which
             in
             Italian
             or
             in
             English
             is
             General
             ,
             not
             Magnus
             ;
             that
             he
             put
             too
             great
             a
             value
             upon
             himself
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             History
             Colledge
             had
             rather
             bereave
             Bawdy-houses
             of
             the
             Title
             of
             Signoria
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             buryed
             through
             the
             vanity
             of
             Ambitious
             men
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             would
             send
             the
             so
             highly
             esteemed
             name
             of
             Magnus
             thither
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               of
               the
               French
               Nobility
               intreat
               their
               Monarchy
               ,
               that
               according
               as
               the
               Nobility
               of
               Commonwealths
               do
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               lawful
               for
               them
               to
               use
               Marchandizing
               ;
               and
               are
               by
               her
               shamefully
               denyed
               .
            
          
           
             MAny
             of
             the
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             went
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             to
             visit
             the
             illustrious
             Venetian
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             though
             they
             did
             much
             admire
             the
             Laws
             of
             living
             free
             ,
             the
             excellent
             orders
             by
             which
             she
             maintains
             her self
             in
             that
             Liberty
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             so
             hard
             to
             be
             found
             amongst
             men
             ,
             yet
             they
             infinitely
             admire
             ,
             and
             envy
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             Noble
             Venetians
             ,
             and
             did
             chiefly
             wonder
             ,
             that
             the
             prime
             Senators
             of
             so
             excelse
             a
             Commonwealth
             ,
             did
             freely
             exercise
             marchandising
             ,
             which
             their
             Kings
             of
             France
             had
             declared
             to
             be
             mechanick
             ,
             and
             they
             thought
             it
             very
             strange
             that
             the
             French
             Nobility
             should
             be
             made
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             the
             exercise
             of
             Arms
             ,
             wherein
             men
             usually
             lose
             all
             their
             own
             estate
             ,
             should
             be
             more
             Noble
             then
             that
             of
             Marchandise
             ,
             which
             doth
             very
             much
             inrich
             men
             .
             Wherefore
             some
             of
             the
             prime
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             appeared
             not
             many
             days
             ago
             before
             their
             Monarchy
             ,
             humbly
             desiring
             that
             she
             would
             be
             pleased
             ,
             to
             declare
             by
             publike
             Edict
             that
             it
             was
             as
             honorable
             for
             her
             Nobility
             to
             follow
             Traffick
             and
             Marchandising
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             held
             to
             be
             in
             the
             famous
             Commonwealths
             of
             
               Venice
               ,
               Genua
            
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             other
             Republicks
             .
             The
             French
             Monarchy
             was
             much
             moved
             at
             this
             unexpected
             request
             ;
             and
             as
             if
             something
             of
             unseemly
             ,
             or
             misbecoming
             had
             been
             asked
             her
             ,
             she
             with
             injurious
             words
             and
             an
             angry
             countenance
             ,
             bad
             them
             be
             gone
             ;
             and
             they
             thinking
             themselves
             greatly
             wronged
             ,
             by
             being
             in
             so
             severe
             a
             manner
             denyed
             a
             request
             which
             they
             thought
             to
             be
             so
             just
             ,
             appealed
             presently
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             gave
             a
             particular
             account
             of
             all
             that
             had
             past
             between
             them
             and
             their
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             made
             the
             same
             request
             unto
             his
             M●…jesty
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             thought
             the
             French
             Nobility
             had
             demanded
             nothing
             but
             what
             was
             just
             ,
             signifyed
             un●…o
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             should
             not
             satisfie
             her
             Nobility
             in
             the
             point
             that
             they
             might
             follow
             marchandising
             ,
             without
             any
             blemish
             to
             their
             honor
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             choose
             but
             gratifie
             them
             therein
             .
             When
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             heard
             so
             great
             a
             novelty
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             prevent
             so
             great
             a
             r●…ne
             which
             she
             foresaw
             was
             likely
             to
             fall
             upon
             her
             ,
             came
             presently
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             she
             said
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             knew
             the
             true
             basis
             of
             her
             greatness
             ,
             and
             her
             chiefest
             power
             lay
             in
             the
             swords
             of
             her
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             having
             drunk
             in
             the
             opinion
             together
             with
             their
             milk
             ,
             that
             merchandising
             was
             a
             thing
             as
             becoming
             Mechanick
             men
             ,
             as
             mis-becoming
             those
             that
             were
             nobly
             born
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             mystery
             of
             war
             ,
             the
             managing
             of
             Arms
             ,
             were
             the
             true
             Traffick
             ,
             and
             proper
             Merchandise
             of
             the
             Noblesse
             :
             and
             that
             to
             overthrow
             those
             solid
             foundations
             ,
             would
             be
             no
             better
             then
             to
             annihilate
             not
             onely
             the
             kingdom
             of
             France
             ,
             
             but
             those
             likewise
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
               England
               ,
               Poland
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Monarchies
             ;
             which
             knowing
             very
             well
             the
             great
             necessity
             that
             powerful
             Potentates
             have
             of
             always
             keeping
             their
             Noblesse
             armed
             ,
             had
             by
             mysterious
             cuning
             kept
             them
             from
             any
             thought
             of
             Merchandising
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             most
             certain
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             her
             Noblesse
             should
             taste
             the
             sweets
             of
             Trading
             ,
             they
             would
             presently
             throw
             away
             their
             Arms
             ,
             whereunto
             they
             were
             bred
             up
             ,
             preferring
             the
             continual
             gain
             of
             Traffick
             ,
             before
             the
             perpetual
             expence
             of
             war
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             effect
             which
             the
             use
             of
             Merchandising
             produced
             amongst
             Senators
             ,
             was
             plainly
             seen
             in
             all
             Common-wealths
             ,
             where
             for
             greediness
             of
             maintaining
             Traffick
             ,
             they
             were
             seen
             to
             be
             too
             much
             inclined
             to
             peace
             .
             The
             same
             Monarchy
             did
             likewise
             put
             his
             Majesty
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             necessity
             she
             had
             of
             keeping
             her
             Noblesse
             in
             Arms
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             found
             in
             all
             her
             most
             important
             actions
             ,
             that
             a
             few
             of
             the
             Noblesse
             had
             overcome
             great
             Armies
             of
             Plebeians
             ;
             for
             there
             was
             no
             comparison
             to
             be
             made
             between
             the
             valor
             and
             fidelity
             of
             the
             Noblesse
             who
             fought
             to
             win
             their
             Princes
             favor
             ,
             and
             to
             purchase
             glory
             ;
             and
             those
             foot
             taken
             up
             in
             the
             streets
             ,
             who
             took
             up
             Arms
             onely
             for
             the
             poor
             gain
             of
             three
             Crowns
             a
             month
             .
             Apollo
             was
             much
             satisfyed
             with
             these
             reasons
             alleadged
             by
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             not
             long
             after
             told
             those
             French
             Noblesse
             ,
             who
             were
             returned
             to
             receive
             an
             answer
             of
             their
             business
             ,
             that
             having
             reflected
             maturely
             upon
             their
             request
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             not
             convenient
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             Noblesse
             famous
             throughout
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             for
             being
             born
             warriers
             ,
             and
             whose
             true
             element
             was
             the
             perpetual
             managing
             of
             Arms
             ,
             should
             now
             obscure
             their
             glory
             by
             the
             sordid
             gain
             of
             Merchandise
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             ends
             of
             Republicks
             did
             very
             much
             differ
             from
             those
             of
             Monarchies
             :
             for
             the
             exercise
             of
             Merchandise
             ,
             which
             by
             its
             continual
             gain
             did
             evidently
             abase
             mens
             spirits
             ,
             made
             the
             expence
             of
             war
             seem
             odious
             and
             disarmed
             those
             who
             gave
             their
             minds
             thereunto
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             good
             ,
             but
             very
             excellent
             in
             Commonwealths
             ;
             where
             such
             Senators
             whose
             Genius
             led
             them
             to
             the
             wars
             living
             in
             perpetual
             jealousie
             of
             their
             liberty
             ,
             were
             not
             a
             little
             suspected
             in
             free
             Countries
             ,
             who
             desired
             that
             their
             Senators
             should
             rather
             be
             prudently
             wise
             ,
             and
             greatly
             given
             to
             peace
             ,
             then
             overmuch
             warlike
             ;
             and
             thus
             were
             these
             French
             Noblesse
             dismist
             by
             his
             Majesty
             .
             And
             t
             is
             publikely
             said
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             so
             exasperated
             by
             this
             repulse
             ,
             as
             one
             of
             them
             was
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             O
             great
             God!
             What
             cheats
             ,
             what
             cozenages
             are
             these
             which
             are
             put
             upon
             the
             Noblesse
             in
             Monarchies
             ?
             and
             how
             can
             it
             be
             conceived
             by
             any
             man
             ,
             what
             humane
             Law
             ,
             what
             justice
             of
             God
             doth
             command
             ,
             that
             to
             gain
             for
             a
             mans
             self
             by
             Merchandise
             should
             be
             thought
             shameful
             ,
             and
             to
             plunder
             by
             Arms
             for
             others
             ,
             should
             be
             held
             an
             honorable
             imployment
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XL.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Honorable
               Title
               of
               Messere
               ,
               being
               faln
               into
               a
               miserable
               condition
               ,
               is
               shamefully
               driven
               out
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ;
               and
               not
               being
               received
               into
               Rome
               ,
               (
               as
               it
               thought
               it
               should
               be
               )
               for
               its
               last
               Refuge
               hath
               its
               recourse
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               who
               assigns
               it
               a
               very
               satisfactory
               aboad
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             publike
             meetings
             of
             the
             Seats
             of
             Justice
             at
             Naples
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Neapolitans
             call
             Chiazza
             )
             it
             was
             two
             months
             since
             resolved
             ,
             that
             the
             Title
             of
             Messere
             should
             be
             expel'd
             that
             kingdom
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             grievous
             punishment
             if
             his
             worship
             were
             not
             gone
             within
             three
             days
             .
             And
             because
             that
             honorable
             Title
             thought
             it
             had
             not
             deserved
             so
             scornful
             usage
             ,
             to
             appease
             those
             Princes
             and
             Lords
             who
             were
             so
             highly
             incenst
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             alleadged
             the
             Authority
             of
             
               Giovanni
               Scopa
               ,
               Antonio
               Mancinello
            
             ,
             and
             other
             excellent
             Grammarians
             ,
             who
             did
             all
             agree
             ,
             that
             the
             Barbarians
             ,
             who
             from
             the
             Northern
             parts
             overran
             Italy
             ,
             they
             had
             not
             onely
             through
             their
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Latin
             Tongue
             ,
             corrupted
             the
             supreme
             Title
             of
             Here
             into
             Sire
             ,
             but
             that
             those
             that
             followed
             after
             ,
             changed
             that
             likewise
             into
             Messere
             which
             signified
             as
             much
             as
             
               My
               Here
            
             which
             is
             my
             Master
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             a
             Title
             with
             which
             the
             Kings
             of
             France
             are
             pleased
             to
             honor
             their
             sacred
             Persons
             ,
             was
             unworthily
             so
             abused
             by
             the
             Italians
             ;
             but
             it
             being
             hereunto
             answered
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             important
             business
             of
             Titles
             no
             respect
             was
             had
             to
             the
             true
             worth
             thereof
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             rate
             according
             to
             which
             it
             went
             in
             the
             Market
             ,
             unfortunate
             Messere
             was
             forced
             to
             hide
             himself
             in
             the
             houses
             of
             some
             worshipful
             very
             old
             men
             ,
             who
             complained
             very
             much
             that
             worshipful
             Messere
             should
             be
             so
             hardly
             dealth
             withal
             ,
             even
             by
             shop-keepers
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             remembred
             that
             in
             former
             times
             the
             Kings
             of
             Naples
             made
             their
             own
             stile
             to
             be
             honored
             ,
             and
             reverenced
             .
             But
             the
             business
             growing
             at
             last
             desperate
             ,
             Messere
             took
             his
             journey
             for
             Rome
             by
             the
             weekly
             Carryer
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             that
             those
             honorable
             Titles
             of
             
               ●…agnifici
               ,
               Spectabili
               ,
               Sereni
            
             ,
             and
             Generosi
             ,
             fled
             secretly
             from
             the
             kingdom
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             like
             affront
             .
             When
             Messere
             was
             come
             to
             Rome
             ,
             he
             was
             but
             badly
             received
             ,
             by
             those
             Courtiers
             who
             long
             before
             had
             thought
             it
             much
             scorn
             to
             be
             cloyed
             with
             the
             jacket
             of
             
               Illustre
               ,
               Molto
               Illustre
            
             ,
             and
             who
             hoped
             shortly
             to
             manumit
             l'Illustrissimo
             .
             Wherefore
             Messere
             took
             his
             way
             towards
             Parnassus
             ,
             whether
             he
             came
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             ,
             and
             presenting
             himself
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             acquainted
             him
             first
             with
             all
             his
             persecutions
             ,
             and
             then
             earnestly
             intreated
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             appoint
             him
             out
             some
             aboad
             ,
             where
             he
             might
             rest
             quiet
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             the
             flood
             of
             Ambition
             ,
             which
             had
             infected
             even
             good
             men
             ,
             were
             parted
             from
             the
             world
             .
             Apollo
             did
             much
             compassionate
             the
             persecutions
             of
             that
             honorable
             Title
             ,
             and
             having
             first
             
             communicated
             the
             business
             to
             the
             Censors
             ,
             he
             resolved
             to
             recommend
             him
             to
             the
             care
             of
             the
             Ambassador
             of
             Marca
             ,
             by
             whom
             being
             received
             with
             great
             demonstrations
             of
             Love
             ,
             and
             carryed
             home
             into
             his
             Country
             ,
             letters
             of
             the
             twelfth
             of
             this
             month
             ,
             are
             come
             by
             the
             ordinary
             Post
             from
             Marca
             ,
             which
             say
             that
             that
             kinde
             and
             loving
             Nation
             hath
             not
             onely
             willingly
             received
             Messere
             ,
             but
             hath
             in
             great
             pomp
             admitted
             him
             into
             its
             Country
             ,
             under
             an
             imbroydered
             cloth
             of
             state
             ;
             and
             that
             Messere
             in
             recompence
             of
             that
             very
             great
             civility
             ,
             taught
             the
             Marchians
             the
             very
             next
             day
             after
             his
             arrival
             ,
             the
             true
             way
             of
             rosting
             the
             leaf
             of
             a
             Hog
             ,
             and
             of
             sopping
             their
             bread
             in
             the
             Dripping-pan
             ,
             letting
             that
             smoak
             go
             up
             the
             Chimney
             ;
             which
             the
             Neapolitans
             ,
             and
             other
             Nations
             which
             study
             appearance
             more
             then
             substance
             ,
             feed
             much
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Censors
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               having
               by
               order
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               published
               a
               rigorous
               Edict
               against
               Hypocrites
               ,
               are
               forced
               to
               moderate
               it
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               a
               weighty
               particuler
               discovered
               unto
               them
               by
               Plato
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             publike
             Censors
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             having
             learnt
             for
             certain
             ,
             that
             a
             kind
             of
             goodness
             which
             is
             lately
             discovered
             in
             some
             of
             the
             Litterati
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             composure
             of
             artificial
             appearances
             ,
             and
             real
             falshood
             ,
             and
             that
             hellish
             hypocrisie
             gets
             every
             day
             more
             footing
             in
             mens
             minds
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             all
             Parnassus
             may
             not
             be
             infected
             with
             so
             contagious
             a
             disease
             ,
             published
             by
             order
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             a
             severe
             Edict
             six
             days
             ago
             against
             Hypocrites
             .
             And
             is
             it
             not
             a
             great
             wonder
             that
             Plato
             himself
             who
             is
             held
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             to
             be
             the
             true
             Idea
             of
             all
             purity
             and
             sincerity
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             pattern
             of
             goodness
             ,
             should
             presently
             appear
             before
             the
             Censors
             Tribunal
             ,
             and
             openly
             opposing
             himself
             to
             the
             Edict
             which
             was
             so
             generally
             well
             received
             ,
             saying
             with
             his
             wonted
             freedom
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             manifest
             ignorance
             of
             modern
             men
             ,
             in
             judging
             upon
             the
             true
             condition
             of
             mens
             manners
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             very
             pernitious
             resolution
             which
             was
             tane
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             to
             extirpate
             all
             that
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             by
             which
             in
             these
             unfortunate
             times
             ,
             even
             good
             men
             were
             forced
             to
             keep
             up
             their
             reputation
             ;
             for
             plain-dealing
             men
             ,
             people
             of
             open
             hearts
             and
             cleer
             mindes
             ,
             enemies
             to
             cunning
             and
             double
             dealing
             ,
             who
             in
             former
             times
             were
             honored
             and
             admired
             like
             so
             many
             Demi-gods
             ,
             were
             so
             far
             from
             being
             well
             esteemed
             of
             in
             this
             present
             Age
             ;
             as
             to
             speak
             the
             naked
             truth
             ,
             and
             to
             proceed
             in
             all
             a
             mans
             actions
             with
             sincerity
             ,
             were
             nor
             esteemed
             good
             nor
             vertuous
             things
             ,
             but
             rather
             scurrility
             ,
             a
             relaxed
             life
             ,
             a
             licentious
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             an
             unpolisht
             behaviour
             ;
             wherefore
             even
             the
             best
             men
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             formerly
             walked
             
             in
             the
             approved
             way
             of
             
               bene
               vivere
               ,
               &
               Latari
            
             ,
             and
             who
             appeared
             to
             be
             capital
             Enemies
             to
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             yet
             that
             they
             might
             by
             so
             wicked
             a
             vice
             maintain
             that
             credit
             and
             reputation
             ,
             which
             they
             saw
             they
             lost
             by
             living
             honestly
             ,
             were
             much
             against
             their
             will
             inforc'd
             to
             use
             Hypocrisie
             .
             The
             Censors
             did
             so
             much
             approve
             of
             this
             Counsel
             given
             by
             Plato
             ;
             as
             they
             soon
             embraced
             it
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             new
             Edict
             which
             they
             published
             ,
             complained
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             so
             depraved
             Age
             ,
             to
             the
             calamity
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             and
             great
             good
             fortune
             of
             knaves
             and
             varlets
             ,
             words
             freely
             ,
             and
             merily
             spoken
             in
             publike
             by
             jovial
             people
             ,
             were
             more
             censured
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             wick
             edness
             done
             in
             Privat
             by
             modern
             Hypocrites
             ;
             wherefore
             Apollo
             ,
             (
             though
             much
             against
             his
             will
             )
             granted
             leave
             to
             all
             gallant
             people
             of
             whatsoever
             sex
             to
             use
             ,
             without
             incurring
             any
             punishment
             ,
             the
             four-scoreth
             part
             of
             one
             grain
             of
             fine
             Hypocrisie
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Immense
               bulk
               of
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               which
               was
               thought
               by
               the
               wisest
               men
               to
               be
               everlasting
               ,
               doth
               now
               of
               it self
               so
               destroy
               it self
               ,
               as
               it
               threatens
               present
               ruine
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             vast
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             well
             known
             to
             all
             those
             that
             deal
             in
             Pernassus
             )
             is
             of
             so
             large
             a
             circuit
             ,
             as
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             a
             great
             City
             ,
             the
             walls
             whereof
             being
             built
             (
             though
             the
             Princes
             thereof
             be
             barbarous
             and
             illiterate
             )
             in
             an
             excellent
             way
             of
             politick
             Architecture
             ,
             are
             of
             so
             solid
             materials
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             corresponding
             Bulwarks
             ,
             Courtines
             ,
             Platforms
             ,
             Ditches
             ,
             Ravelins
             ,
             Scarfes
             ,
             &
             Counterscarfes
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             not
             onely
             thought
             by
             many
             of
             those
             who
             of
             late
             did
             consider
             it
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             eternal
             as
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             seemed
             as
             if
             by
             means
             of
             those
             Emperors
             who
             are
             still
             more
             and
             more
             ambitious
             to
             make
             it
             greater
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             new
             appertiments
             ,
             it
             would
             like
             Nero's
             golden
             house
             ,
             possess
             whole
             Pernassus
             ;
             the
             strong
             Bulwarks
             of
             
               Tauris
               ,
               Servan
               ,
               Giorgia
               ,
               Darbecca
               ,
            
             and
             most
             of
             all
             those
             of
             Armenia
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             almost
             all
             of
             them
             faln
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             but
             that
             strongest
             Bastion
             of
             the
             lesser
             Asia
             ,
             hath
             lost
             so
             large
             a
             collop
             ,
             as
             it
             threatens
             sodain
             ruine
             ;
             so
             as
             those
             walls
             which
             seemed
             to
             be
             everlasting
             ,
             do
             now
             of
             themselves
             moulder
             away
             and
             fall
             to
             ruine
             .
             A
             novelty
             which
             makes
             the
             beholders
             wonder
             very
             much
             ,
             and
             puts
             them
             in
             minde
             of
             the
             instability
             of
             humane
             greatness
             ;
             for
             though
             nothing
             appear
             more
             potent
             and
             immortal
             to
             the
             eyes
             of
             men
             then
             great
             Empires
             ,
             yet
             we
             see
             they
             sodainly
             and
             easily
             are
             overthrown
             .
             For
             if
             a
             man
             will
             demolish
             a
             Tower
             which
             is
             strongly
             built
             ,
             he
             must
             labour
             long
             about
             it
             with
             Canon
             and
             Pick-axe
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             ruine
             of
             any
             Empire
             how
             great
             and
             potent
             soever
             ,
             one
             onely
             puff
             (
             though
             but
             very
             weak
             )
             of
             a
             Princes
             folly
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             
             private
             mans
             ambition
             ,
             who
             hath
             good
             store
             of
             Followers
             ,
             Mony
             ,
             and
             Wit
             ,
             is
             able
             to
             make
             it
             totter
             ,
             and
             fall
             ,
             before
             the
             ruine
             be
             expected
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XLIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Prince
               of
               Helicon
               desires
               by
               an
               Embassador
               of
               his
               ,
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               the
               priviledge
               of
               ordaining
               birthright
               amongst
               the
               Nobles
               of
               his
               State
               ;
               which
               his
               Majesty
               denies
               to
               grant
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Prince
             of
             Helicons
             Embassador
             ,
             who
             came
             three
             days
             since
             to
             Pernassus
             ,
             had
             audience
             given
             him
             yesterday
             by
             Apollo
             ;
             whom
             he
             acquainted
             that
             his
             Prince
             ,
             after
             having
             imbellished
             his
             flourishing
             state
             ,
             with
             all
             those
             singular
             Ornaments
             which
             render
             great
             kingdoms
             respected
             ,
             wanted
             nothing
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             numerous
             Nobility
             which
             he
             had
             instituted
             there
             ,
             might
             keep
             up
             their
             greatness
             perpetually
             ;
             and
             because
             he
             knew
             that
             it
             was
             riches
             which
             onely
             preserved
             the
             splendor
             of
             great
             Families
             ,
             he
             foresaw
             that
             the
             gallantry
             of
             his
             State
             would
             through
             peoples
             usual
             fruitfulness
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             time
             turn
             to
             its
             former
             mean
             condition
             ,
             if
             the
             fathers
             estate
             should
             be
             divided
             in
             equal
             parts
             amongst
             many
             brethren
             :
             and
             that
             the
             famous
             Nobilities
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Germany
               ,
               Poland
               ,
            
             and
             other
             kingdomes
             ,
             had
             maintained
             their
             greatness
             many
             hundreds
             of
             yeers
             ,
             onely
             by
             the
             advantage
             of
             birthright
             ;
             wherefore
             his
             Prince
             (
             who
             was
             much
             his
             Majesties
             servant
             )
             did
             humbly
             beseech
             him
             that
             he
             would
             vouchsafe
             to
             grant
             him
             the
             priviledge
             of
             instituting
             the
             Law
             of
             birthright
             amongst
             the
             Nobility
             of
             his
             state
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             the
             Embassador
             ,
             that
             he
             perceived
             his
             Prince
             did
             not
             consider
             what
             he
             asked
             ;
             for
             it
             seemed
             he
             did
             not
             well
             know
             what
             it
             imports
             in
             a
             state
             ,
             by
             rich
             patrimonies
             ,
             and
             Pretence
             of
             Nobility
             to
             put
             the
             Bulls
             horns
             upon
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             Woolves
             teeth
             in
             the
             mouths
             of
             meek
             sheep
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             milkt
             with
             both
             hands
             ,
             and
             shorn
             to
             the
             very
             quick
             ,
             when
             they
             wanted
             the
             pretension
             of
             that
             vain-glorious
             Nobility
             ,
             which
             teaching
             others
             onely
             how
             to
             command
             like
             Lords
             ,
             made
             the
             base
             slavery
             of
             obeying
             known
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             Potentates
             who
             had
             indeavoured
             to
             found
             and
             maintain
             a
             great
             Nobility
             in
             their
             states
             ,
             by
             the
             institution
             of
             birth-right
             ,
             were
             at
             last
             aware
             that
             they
             had
             foolishly
             made
             them
             the
             heads
             of
             those
             people
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             had
             wealthy
             men
             for
             their
             guides
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             remarkable
             for
             their
             Nobility
             ,
             were
             dreadful
             to
             all
             Princes
             ;
             and
             that
             great
             Families
             in
             all
             States
             served
             onely
             for
             Lanterns
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             obscu●…est
             times
             of
             revolutions
             ,
             gave
             light
             to
             the
             common
             people
             who
             walked
             in
             the
             dark
             .
             Wherefore
             in
             States
             where
             there
             was
             a
             numerous
             Nobility
             ,
             it
             behoved
             Princes
             to
             live
             with
             the
             
             punctilio
             of
             respect
             which
             was
             an
             unsufferable
             burthen
             ;
             which
             those
             kingdoms
             wanted
             ,
             where
             no
             such
             impediments
             being
             found
             ,
             their
             possessors
             might
             justly
             and
             with
             much
             reason
             term
             themselves
             true
             and
             absolute
             masters
             of
             their
             States
             :
             and
             that
             there
             wanted
             not
             examples
             of
             Noble
             men
             in
             
               France
               ,
               Flanders
            
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             who
             in
             foul
             Insurrections
             made
             by
             themselves
             ,
             durst
             take
             upon
             them
             the
             Title
             of
             Fathers
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             Protectors
             ;
             and
             who
             that
             they
             might
             Tyrannise
             over
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             give
             Laws
             even
             to
             their
             natural
             Princes
             ,
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             guild
             over
             their
             seditious
             taking
             up
             of
             Arms
             against
             their
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             specious
             and
             charitable
             pretence
             of
             publick
             good
             .
             To
             this
             the
             Embassador
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             example
             of
             the
             warlike
             Nobility
             of
             France
             ,
             was
             the
             only
             thing
             which
             had
             induced
             his
             Prince
             ,
             to
             desire
             it
             so
             much
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             for
             he
             found
             cleerly
             that
             the
             trechery
             of
             those
             who
             had
             made
             insurrections
             against
             their
             King
             ,
             had
             been
             overcome
             by
             the
             glorious
             French
             Noblesse
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             noble
             kingdom
             of
             France
             ,
             being
             armed
             by
             a
             no
             less
             numerous
             then
             warlike
             Noblesse
             ,
             had
             taught
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             how
             much
             a
             numerous
             Noblesse
             imports
             in
             a
             kingdom
             ;
             for
             't
             was
             they
             alone
             who
             by
             their
             unvanquishable
             swords
             had
             quenched
             the
             fire
             of
             those
             French
             Insurrections
             ,
             which
             in
             a
             kingdom
             that
             had
             wanted
             so
             great
             a
             benefit
             ,
             would
             have
             burnt
             eternally
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             that
             all
             this
             would
             have
             been
             true
             ,
             if
             the
             French
             Insurrections
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             spake
             ,
             had
             been
             raised
             onely
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             but
             that
             being
             apparently
             kindled
             by
             a
             great
             many
             of
             the
             Noblesse
             of
             that
             kingdom
             ,
             the
             Physician
             would
             prove
             very
             ridiculous
             who
             should
             glory
             in
             the
             cure
             of
             a
             malady
             ,
             of
             which
             through
             his
             gross
             ignorance
             he
             had
             been
             the
             onely
             cause
             :
             and
             that
             every
             wise
             Prince
             ought
             to
             keep
             from
             the
             fault
             of
             nursing
             up
             and
             nourishing
             Companions
             and
             brothers
             in
             his
             kingdom
             ,
             since
             those
             Monarchs
             reigned
             most
             securely
             ,
             who
             put
             the
             greatest
             distance
             between
             their
             greatness
             ,
             and
             the
             lowliness
             of
             their
             subjects
             .
             That
             it
             nauseated
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             ignorance
             it self
             did
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             there
             should
             be
             so
             arrogant
             and
             vain-glorious
             subjects
             in
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             kingdoms
             of
             Europe
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             proud
             pretence
             of
             their
             Nobility
             ,
             durst
             affirm
             they
             were
             as
             nobly
             born
             as
             the
             King
             himself
             ;
             as
             if
             any
             comparison
             which
             was
             not
             infinitely
             ridiculous
             and
             hateful
             ,
             could
             be
             made
             between
             a
             spindle
             ,
             and
             the
             Mast
             of
             a
             Tree
             ,
             between
             Flyes
             and
             Elephants
             ,
             between
             commanding
             ,
             and
             obeying
             .
             And
             Apollo
             added
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             this
             monstrous
             petulancy
             which
             made
             the
             Ottoman
             Emperors
             hold
             it
             the
             chief
             means
             of
             their
             security
             and
             greatness
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             without
             reason
             ,
             not
             to
             allow
             any
             the
             least
             shadow
             of
             Pretence
             to
             Nobility
             in
             their
             Dominions
             :
             and
             that
             those
             who
             would
             see
             narrowly
             into
             the
             effects
             which
             the
             Noblesse
             occasion
             in
             a
             kingdom
             ,
             did
             not
             so
             much
             blame
             the
             resolution
             of
             those
             Emperors
             ,
             as
             some
             did
             who
             understood
             very
             little
             of
             worldly
             affairs
             .
             For
             those
             great
             Princes
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             affairs
             minded
             onely
             substance
             and
             not
             appearance
             ,
             did
             infinitely
             abhor
             the
             boasting
             and
             vain-glory
             of
             those
             things
             which
             seemed
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             were
             not
             :
             and
             they
             abhord
             to
             see
             that
             a
             Nobleman
             who
             had
             no
             experience
             ,
             or
             was
             not
             any
             ways
             skild
             in
             the
             affairs
             either
             of
             war
             or
             peace
             ,
             should
             notwithstanding
             through
             the
             sole
             pretence
             of
             his
             empty
             Nobility
             ,
             think
             those
             qualifications
             in
             the
             Militia
             to
             be
             due
             to
             him
             ,
             which
             a
             Prince
             is
             so
             necessitated
             to
             confer
             upon
             the
             only
             worth
             and
             
             merit
             of
             such
             Commanders
             whose
             hairs
             were
             grown
             gray
             under
             a
             Murrion
             ,
             and
             who
             by
             perpetually
             wearing
             of
             Curasses
             in
             actions
             of
             war
             had
             made
             their
             breasts
             and
             backs
             as
             hard
             as
             horn
             ;
             and
             that
             that
             which
             above
             all
             other
             things
             made
             such
             people
             hateful
             ,
             was
             to
             see
             them
             so
             wilful
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             obey
             antient
             Commanders
             of
             a
             less
             noble
             extract
             ,
             though
             they
             themselves
             were
             but
             young
             ;
             it
             being
             certainly
             an
             insufferable
             pretension
             ,
             to
             desire
             thorow
             fool●…sh
             ostentation
             ,
             that
             the
             gifts
             of
             fortune
             should
             be
             esteemed
             by
             a
             Prince
             to
             be
             indowments
             of
             minde
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             Apollo
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             though
             tit
             was
             greater
             cruelty
             ,
             &
             high
             in●…ustice
             ,
             that
             the
             estate
             should
             not
             be
             equally
             divided
             amongst
             those
             brothers
             who
             had
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Father
             and
             Mother
             .
             That
             he
             thought
             it
             fit
             some
             Prerogative
             should
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Primogeniture
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             should
             be
             such
             as
             should
             make
             him
             appear
             to
             be
             the
             head
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             not
             the
             Master
             of
             his
             Brethren
             :
             and
             that
             the
             rich
             and
             just
             right
             of
             Eldership
             which
             Fathers
             ought
             to
             leave
             in
             their
             Families
             was
             love
             and
             concord
             between
             his
             Children
             .
             And
             that
             it
             would
             be
             both
             great
             folly
             ,
             and
             cruelty
             to
             introduce
             that
             primogeniture
             amongst
             private
             men
             ,
             which
             occasioning
             such
             scandals
             in
             the
             blood
             of
             Princes
             ,
             as
             might
             be
             seen
             registred
             in
             history
             ,
             was
             onely
             born
             withal
             for
             the
             publike
             peace
             sake
             ,
             which
             the
             people
             would
             not
             enjoy
             ,
             if
             kingdoms
             were
             divided
             ,
             and
             that
             Primogeniture
             being
             onely
             advantagious
             to
             Princes
             ,
             subjects
             who
             were
             excluded
             from
             Paternal
             Inheritance
             ,
             were
             necessitated
             for
             their
             subsistance
             to
             take
             pay
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             trained
             up
             in
             war
             ,
             by
             which
             Princes
             secured
             their
             States
             ;
             that
             they
             might
             be
             furnisht
             with
             the
             same
             abundance
             of
             Military
             men
             as
             now
             they
             had
             with
             high
             injustice
             and
             the
             peoples
             ill
             will
             ,
             if
             they
             should
             admit
             all
             Brothers
             to
             Paternal
             Inheritances
             ;
             for
             that
             was
             onely
             the
             laudable
             Primogeniture
             which
             neither
             Princes
             ,
             nor
             Parents
             ,
             but
             brothers
             themselves
             by
             joynt
             agreement
             do
             erect
             in
             their
             Families
             ,
             when
             one
             onely
             of
             them
             betaking
             himself
             to
             propagation
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             labour
             to
             augment
             the
             common
             Patrimony
             .
             Apollo
             concluded
             his
             answer
             with
             this
             ,
             that
             he
             absolutely
             denyed
             to
             grant
             the
             Prince
             of
             Helicon
             the
             Primogeniture
             which
             he
             desired
             ,
             because
             he
             could
             no
             longer
             behold
             those
             horrid
             Tragedies
             ,
             and
             cruel
             machinations
             which
             were
             plotted
             amongst
             Brethren
             in
             those
             States
             where
             the
             use
             of
             Primogeniture
             was
             practised
             ;
             for
             those
             who
             were
             excluded
             from
             paternal
             Inheritance
             ,
             left
             no
             sort
             of
             cruelty
             ,
             or
             trechery
             unindeavoured
             to
             recompence
             the
             foul
             injustice
             which
             was
             done
             them
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             all
             Primogeniture
             being
             grounded
             with
             much
             loss
             of
             blood
             ,
             he
             feared
             he
             should
             not
             be
             able
             to
             find
             out
             any
             form
             of
             priviledge
             with
             so
             strong
             and
             strict
             proviso's
             ,
             as
             would
             be
             able
             ,
             to
             keep
             people
             excluded
             from
             their
             inheritance
             from
             making
             ,
             by
             a
             dagger
             in
             their
             hand
             ,
             their
             Fathers
             last
             Will
             and
             Testament
             ineffectual
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               being
               accused
               of
               cruelty
               ,
               for
               having
               with
               exquisite
               diligence
               caused
               two
               of
               the
               prime
               subjects
               of
               his
               new
               Principality
               of
               Achaia
               ,
               to
               be
               imprisoned
               ,
               slain
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               secretly
               buryed
               in
               their
               very
               prisons
               ,
               defends
               himself
               stoutly
               before
               Apollo
               .
            
          
           
             SOon
             after
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             had
             tane
             possession
             of
             the
             new
             Principality
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             heard
             at
             large
             by
             our
             late
             Letters
             ,
             that
             severe
             spirit
             ,
             who
             being
             wholly
             composed
             of
             wariness
             ,
             and
             vigilancy
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             indowed
             by
             nature
             with
             all
             requisites
             in
             a
             Prince
             ,
             who
             will
             with
             security
             govern
             States
             newly
             acquired
             .
             After
             he
             had
             exactly
             observed
             the
             humors
             ,
             and
             behaviors
             of
             some
             chief
             men
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             he
             indeavoured
             to
             know
             who
             they
             were
             who
             had
             occasioned
             those
             many
             popular
             insurrections
             which
             had
             so
             much
             indangered
             the
             free
             State
             of
             Achaia
             :
             and
             at
             last
             he
             found
             apparently
             that
             all
             the
             former
             evils
             had
             had
             their
             rise
             from
             the
             ambition
             of
             two
             principal
             men
             ,
             who
             being
             wealthy
             ,
             liberal
             ,
             courteous
             ,
             and
             more
             ambitious
             of
             government
             then
             became
             subjects
             ,
             to
             be
             :
             qualities
             ,
             which
             in
             any
             whatsoever
             corrupted
             Commonwealth
             ,
             or
             newly
             founded
             principality
             ,
             make
             him
             who
             possesseth
             them
             formidable
             ,
             and
             by
             those
             means
             infinitely
             beloved
             by
             the
             people
             ;
             the
             Prince
             ,
             to
             secure
             the
             quiet
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             thought
             it
             very
             necessary
             to
             rid
             the
             world
             of
             so
             dangerous
             subjects
             ;
             so
             as
             with
             admirable
             dexterity
             and
             secrecy
             he
             got
             them
             both
             into
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             with
             necessary
             resolution
             ,
             made
             them
             be
             put
             to
             death
             and
             buryed
             the
             very
             hour
             that
             they
             were
             imprisoned
             .
             This
             cruel
             and
             resolute
             action
             ,
             not
             usually
             heard
             of
             ,
             nor
             seen
             ,
             in
             a
             State
             ,
             which
             never
             having
             known
             what
             belonged
             to
             servitude
             ,
             was
             not
             acquainted
             with
             those
             severe
             resentments
             which
             Princes
             through
             jealousie
             of
             State
             use
             to
             take
             ,
             gave
             that
             bad
             satisfaction
             to
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             which
             the
             severity
             of
             a
             new
             Prince
             usually
             doth
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             exercised
             against
             those
             ambitious
             popular
             Chieftains
             who
             by
             their
             seditions
             abuse
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             precipitate
             it
             into
             Tyranny
             ;
             and
             was
             of
             great
             terror
             to
             the
             common
             people
             ;
             who
             though
             they
             were
             much
             incenst
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             yet
             when
             they
             saw
             their
             leading
             men
             vvere
             tane
             from
             them
             ,
             they
             neither
             had
             courage
             nor
             vvit
             to
             move
             ;
             but
             as
             is
             usual
             upon
             such
             like
             occasions
             ,
             changed
             their
             insolency
             into
             admiration
             or
             vvonder
             ,
             their
             boldness
             into
             fear
             ,
             their
             acting
             of
             resentments
             into
             complaints
             by
             vvord
             ,
             and
             to
             threatning
             that
             revenge
             ,
             vvhich
             of
             themselves
             they
             had
             not
             vvit
             to
             execute
             .
             The
             end
             of
             their
             rancor
             vvas
             then
             ,
             the
             making
             of
             such
             appeals
             to
             Apollo
             against
             their
             Prince
             ,
             as
             his
             Majesty
             straitly
             commanded
             him
             to
             make
             his
             present
             appearance
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             plead
             his
             justification
             against
             those
             imputations
             .
             Alva
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             having
             acquainted
             his
             Majesty
             vvith
             their
             tedious
             conditions
             ,
             shevved
             him
             cleerly
             ,
             that
             to
             secure
             himself
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             
             his
             new
             Principality
             ,
             he
             was
             necessitated
             to
             use
             the
             wonted
             remedy
             of
             taking
             off
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             seditious
             people
             ,
             which
             Apollo
             seemed
             to
             be
             but
             little
             satisfyed
             with
             ;
             but
             told
             Alva
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             death
             of
             those
             two
             seditious
             men
             might
             be
             requisite
             ,
             yet
             he
             could
             not
             approve
             of
             the
             manner
             ;
             for
             that
             Princes
             who
             in
             the
             important
             resolution
             of
             putting
             any
             of
             their
             subjects
             to
             death
             ,
             did
             not
             proceed
             by
             the
             rules
             of
             known
             Justice
             ,
             injured
             their
             own
             reputation
             ,
             and
             interest
             ;
             and
             that
             Princes
             were
             obliged
             to
             make
             known
             to
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             the
             true
             reason
             which
             made
             them
             proceed
             with
             severity
             against
             their
             subjects
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Delinquents
             punishment
             ought
             to
             be
             publick
             ,
             not
             onely
             for
             the
             Prince
             his
             Justification
             ,
             but
             to
             terrifie
             others
             ,
             and
             keep
             them
             from
             doing
             amiss
             .
             The
             Prince
             grew
             pale
             ,
             to
             hear
             Apollo
             speak
             thus
             positively
             ,
             and
             answered
             ,
             that
             the
             aforesaid
             two
             persons
             were
             so
             mightily
             beloved
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             should
             have
             been
             proceeded
             against
             by
             the
             usual
             course
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             been
             executed
             (
             as
             he
             acknowledged
             they
             should
             have
             been
             )
             in
             the
             publike
             Piazza
             ,
             it
             was
             odds
             but
             that
             the
             People
             would
             by
             violence
             have
             taken
             them
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             Justice
             ;
             which
             disorder
             though
             it
             might
             have
             been
             prevented
             by
             guards
             of
             armed
             men
             ,
             yet
             it
             was
             most
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             publike
             death
             of
             such
             prime
             men
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             so
             dearly
             beloved
             by
             their
             State
             ,
             would
             have
             caused
             such
             compunction
             ,
             &
             such
             alteration
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             his
             Vassals
             ,
             as
             ,
             if
             not
             at
             that
             instant
             ,
             they
             would
             at
             least
             at
             some
             other
             time
             leave
             nothing
             unattempted
             to
             revenge
             it
             .
             Which
             respects
             made
             him
             keep
             from
             purging
             the
             body
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             from
             those
             malignant
             humors
             which
             it
             abounded
             in
             ,
             by
             approved
             Medicines
             ;
             for
             certainly
             he
             should
             have
             stirred
             up
             such
             store
             of
             more
             pernicious
             humors
             ,
             as
             would
             have
             much
             aggravated
             the
             malady
             .
             That
             it
             was
             a
             trivial
             politick
             Precept
             ,
             to
             frighten
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             from
             committing
             wickedness
             ,
             by
             the
             spectacle
             of
             mechanicks
             in
             the
             Piazza's
             ,
             and
             other
             publike
             places
             ;
             but
             that
             personages
             of
             quality
             ,
             who
             were
             beloved
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             whom
             Princes
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             onely
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             their
             State
             ,
             their
             deaths
             and
             burials
             must
             ensue
             their
             imprisonment
             ,
             in
             secret
             places
             ;
             for
             to
             punish
             signal
             men
             publikely
             upon
             scaffolds
             ,
             did
             not
             beget
             fear
             in
             men
             ,
             but
             rage
             of
             revenge
             .
             Apollo
             then
             asked
             the
             Prince
             ,
             how
             long
             it
             had
             been
             since
             he
             had
             learned
             that
             Precept
             ;
             the
             Prince
             answered
             that
             whilst
             he
             was
             a
             young
             man
             he
             learned
             it
             of
             a
             Florentine
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             Master
             in
             the
             Politicks
             ;
             Apollo
             asked
             him
             again
             ,
             why
             he
             practised
             the
             contrary
             in
             the
             memorable
             ,
             and
             fatal
             resolution
             which
             he
             took
             in
             the
             business
             of
             Prince
             Egmont
             ,
             and
             Count
             
               Horn
               ;
               Alva
            
             boldly
             answered
             his
             Malesty
             ,
             that
             the
             interests
             were
             different
             in
             him
             who
             governed
             a
             Province
             as
             an
             other
             mans
             substitute
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             who
             was
             absolute
             Prince
             thereof
             ;
             and
             that
             Nature
             had
             made
             men
             wiser
             in
             governing
             their
             own
             particular
             affairs
             ,
             then
             those
             of
             their
             Masters
             ;
             and
             that
             many
             who
             seemed
             to
             be
             blinde
             in
             the
             government
             of
             other
             mens
             States
             ,
             were
             more
             then
             Argus-eyed
             in
             their
             own
             affairs
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               chief
               subject
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               Macedonia
               ,
               being
               hired
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
               Epire
               at
               a
               great
               salary
               ,
               when
               he
               came
               to
               know
               the
               right
               cause
               why
               that
               pension
               was
               given
               him
               ,
               doth
               magnanimously
               refuse
               it
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             who
             gives
             great
             Pensions
             to
             the
             chief
             Counsellors
             of
             divers
             of
             his
             neighbouring
             Potentates
             ,
             hath
             for
             a
             long
             time
             past
             ,
             paid
             great
             sums
             of
             money
             yearly
             to
             a
             chief
             Baron
             of
             Macedonia
             ,
             who
             is
             very
             well
             beloved
             ,
             and
             hath
             many
             followers
             in
             that
             Nation
             :
             who
             believing
             that
             this
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epires
             Liberality
             ,
             proceeded
             from
             meer
             love
             ,
             &
             sincerity
             of
             mind
             ,
             to
             free
             himself
             from
             the
             superiority
             of
             any
             other
             Prince
             ,
             which
             might
             disturb
             him
             in
             his
             service
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             the
             more
             able
             to
             serve
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             to
             the
             utmost
             of
             his
             power
             ,
             sold
             all
             his
             estate
             in
             Macedonia
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             monies
             which
             he
             got
             for
             it
             ,
             purchast
             great
             store
             of
             Land
             in
             Epire
             ,
             whither
             he
             went
             to
             make
             his
             aboad
             ,
             intending
             for
             the
             future
             to
             make
             Epire
             his
             Countrey
             ;
             and
             applyed
             himself
             with
             such
             assiduity
             ,
             and
             so
             faithfully
             to
             the
             service
             of
             that
             Prince
             ;
             as
             he
             surpast
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Highness
             servants
             in
             his
             diligence
             ,
             and
             care
             in
             all
             those
             things
             of
             importance
             ,
             wherein
             he
             was
             trusted
             .
             But
             going
             to
             the
             pay-masters
             to
             receive
             his
             wonted
             half
             years
             Pension
             ,
             he
             much
             to
             his
             astonishment
             found
             ,
             that
             by
             order
             from
             the
             Treasurers
             ,
             his
             Pension
             was
             taken
             away
             .
             Which
             he
             presently
             acquainted
             the
             Prince
             with
             ,
             and
             complained
             that
             whilst
             the
             merits
             of
             his
             service
             increased
             ,
             his
             reward
             was
             lessened
             .
             The
             Prince
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             having
             changed
             his
             Country
             ,
             and
             being
             of
             a
             friend
             become
             his
             servant
             ,
             his
             case
             was
             altered
             .
             That
             he
             could
             purchase
             that
             of
             his
             equals
             which
             though
             he
             named
             it
             not
             ,
             yet
             the
             Baron
             might
             be
             wise
             enough
             to
             understand
             ;
             that
             upon
             all
             occasions
             he
             could
             purchase
             loyalty
             ,
             and
             diligence
             a
             great
             deal
             better
             cheap
             of
             his
             own
             vassals
             .
             The
             Baron
             understood
             then
             whither
             the
             Pension
             tended
             that
             had
             been
             assigned
             him
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             and
             blushing
             very
             much
             ,
             stoutly
             answered
             him
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             reputation
             which
             I
             live
             in
             in
             my
             Countrey
             ,
             hath
             cost
             me
             an
             ounce
             of
             blood
             for
             every
             ten
             pounds
             worth
             thereof
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             war
             that
             hath
             hapned
             in
             Europe
             since
             I
             wrote
             man
             ;
             let
             not
             your
             Highness
             think
             me
             so
             great
             a
             Prodigal
             ,
             as
             that
             I
             will
             sell
             it
             you
             for
             3
             shillings
             the
             pound
             .
             And
             after
             this
             having
             withdrawn
             himself
             from
             his
             new
             Barony
             which
             he
             had
             purchast
             in
             Epire
             ,
             he
             took
             his
             leave
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             returned
             to
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             admired
             and
             commended
             by
             all
             men
             for
             that
             his
             noble
             resolution
             ,
             but
             imitated
             but
             by
             a
             few
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               tenth
               of
               June
               is
               observed
               as
               a
               sad
               and
               mournful
               day
               in
               Parnassus
               ;
               in
               memory
               of
               the
               unfortunate
               loss
               of
               the
               Decads
               of
               
                 Titus
                 Livy
              
               .
            
          
           
             YEsterday
             which
             was
             the
             tenth
             of
             Iune
             ,
             was
             (
             according
             to
             custom
             )
             observed
             as
             a
             day
             of
             mourning
             in
             Pernassus
             ;
             for
             that
             on
             that
             unfortunate
             day
             ,
             by
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             Library
             in
             the
             Capitol
             ,
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Livies
             Decads
             were
             lost
             ;
             which
             loss
             is
             bitterly
             bewayled
             ,
             and
             will
             ever
             be
             so
             by
             all
             the
             lovers
             of
             learning
             .
             On
             which
             day
             ,
             in
             sign
             of
             extraordinary
             sorrow
             ,
             the
             Royal
             Palace
             dis-robes
             it self
             of
             all
             its
             Majesty
             :
             and
             together
             with
             all
             publick
             Schools
             ,
             and
             chief
             Market
             places
             ,
             is
             lined
             with
             mourning
             Bays
             ;
             and
             the
             very
             Delphick
             Library
             ,
             (
             a
             thing
             not
             done
             upon
             any
             other
             sad
             occasion
             )
             is
             shut
             up
             all
             that
             day
             .
             Honorable
             Obsequies
             were
             made
             to
             so
             famous
             writings
             ;
             and
             the
             Ceremony
             being
             ended
             ,
             
               Rafael
               Volaterano
            
             in
             a
             mournful
             Oration
             lamented
             so
             great
             a
             loss
             :
             and
             just
             as
             he
             was
             in
             the
             height
             of
             his
             inveighing
             against
             the
             ignorance
             of
             those
             sacrilegious
             persons
             ,
             it
             happened
             that
             a
             nimble
             Poet
             ,
             were
             it
             either
             out
             of
             meer
             compunction
             of
             mind
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             would
             purchase
             reputation
             ,
             by
             shewing
             the
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             how
             very
             sensible
             he
             was
             of
             that
             loss
             ,
             broke
             forth
             into
             so
             loud
             lamentations
             ,
             as
             the
             Orator
             could
             be
             no
             longer
             heard
             ,
             and
             not
             being
             able
             to
             quiet
             himself
             ,
             though
             he
             was
             willed
             to
             do
             so
             by
             the
             Censors
             ;
             Apollo
             who
             was
             present
             at
             the
             Obsequies
             ,
             and
             who
             upon
             this
             mournful
             occasion
             had
             covered
             himself
             with
             a
             dark
             Cloud
             ,
             being
             impatient
             to
             hear
             that
             noise
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             might
             the
             better
             behold
             his
             face
             who
             wept
             so
             downrightly
             ,
             by
             the
             violence
             of
             his
             beams
             rarifyed
             the
             Cloud
             ,
             and
             found
             it
             to
             be
             
               Caesar
               Caporali
            
             ,
             who
             not
             caring
             to
             see
             the
             yet
             remaining
             Decads
             of
             that
             admirable
             writer
             ,
             did
             with
             such
             lamentations
             bewayl
             those
             that
             were
             lost
             :
             which
             extraordinary
             affection
             caused
             so
             lowd
             a
             laughter
             in
             all
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             as
             Volaterrano's
             Oration
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             midst
             thereof
             was
             interrupted
             by
             the
             general
             lamentings
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             ended
             by
             reason
             of
             every
             ones
             great
             laughter
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               appointed
               Hospitals
               to
               every
               Nation
               ,
               for
               their
               fools
               ,
               puts
               down
               that
               of
               Florence
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               few
               fools
               that
               are
               found
               amongst
               the
               Florentines
               ,
               and
               adds
               the
               Revenue
               thereof
               to
               the
               Lombards
               Hospital
               ,
               which
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               greater
               number
               of
               fools
               that
               flock
               thither
               ,
               was
               run
               far
               in
               Arrears
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             being
             found
             by
             long
             experience
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Nation
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             wherein
             there
             are
             not
             great
             store
             of
             fools
             ,
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             find
             timely
             remedy
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             custom
             ,
             for
             mens
             miseries
             ,
             erected
             many
             hundred
             years
             ago
             ,
             an
             Hospital
             for
             fools
             in
             every
             Nation
             ;
             which
             he
             indowed
             with
             rich
             Revenues
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             be
             furnished
             with
             all
             things
             requisite
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             such
             as
             Divine
             Justice
             had
             for
             their
             misdemerits
             punisht
             ,
             by
             making
             them
             shallow
             braind
             .
             And
             because
             the
             Hospital
             of
             the
             noble
             Florentine
             Nation
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             very
             few
             fools
             that
             it
             produceth
             ,
             is
             at
             little
             or
             no
             cost
             ,
             and
             it
             being
             on
             the
             contrary
             seen
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             so
             great
             a
             concourse
             of
             Lombard
             fools
             ,
             as
             their
             Hospital
             is
             not
             able
             to
             receive
             them
             all
             ,
             nor
             can
             supply
             the
             great
             expence
             which
             it
             is
             forced
             to
             be
             at
             ;
             his
             Majesty
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             ,
             of
             his
             own
             meer
             motion
             ,
             put
             down
             the
             Hospital
             of
             the
             Florentine
             fools
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             Revenues
             thereof
             to
             that
             of
             Lombardy
             ,
             the
             Lombards
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             besotted
             with
             the
             foul
             indignity
             of
             playing
             the
             Hectors
             ,
             holding
             it
             to
             be
             a
             great
             honor
             ,
             to
             be
             followed
             by
             a
             great
             number
             of
             Swashbucklers
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo's
               Sea-Captains
               ,
               having
               in
               one
               of
               their
               Assemblies
               made
               many
               usefull
               Decrees
               for
               their
               Militia
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               orders
               that
               they
               be
               made
               known
               to
               Courtiers
               ,
               and
               commands
               the
               punctual
               observancy
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             many
             meetings
             had
             by
             his
             Majesties
             Sea-Captains
             ,
             ended
             not
             before
             yesterday
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             General
             ,
             
               Andrea
               Doria
            
             ,
             came
             this
             morning
             with
             the
             Constitutions
             therein
             established
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             have
             his
             Majesties
             Royal
             assent
             thereunto
             :
             It
             is
             known
             that
             his
             Majesty
             received
             great
             satisfaction
             by
             the
             Decree
             made
             touching
             the
             Gallislaves
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             are
             beaten
             by
             the
             Masters
             Mate
             ,
             may
             not
             turn
             about
             to
             look
             upon
             him
             ,
             not
             fence
             the
             blow
             ,
             not
             complain
             ,
             and
             much
             less
             rail
             at
             him
             that
             beats
             them
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             undergoing
             thrice
             as
             many
             lashes
             ;
             but
             they
             must
             so
             patiently
             ,
             and
             so
             contentedly
             receive
             their
             correction
             ,
             as
             their
             great
             humility
             moves
             the
             Masters
             Mate
             to
             be
             rather
             charitable
             then
             severe
             unto
             them
             .
             After
             Apollo
             had
             much
             commended
             this
             Decree
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             that
             it
             should
             be
             judiciously
             intimated
             to
             all
             those
             miserable
             creatures
             ,
             who
             for
             their
             secret
             misdeserts
             ,
             are
             by
             Divine
             Justice
             condemned
             to
             tug
             at
             an
             Oar
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             Court
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             learn
             with
             patience
             to
             suffer
             the
             blows
             (
             the
             misusage
             )
             the
             lashes
             (
             the
             distasts
             )
             which
             they
             in
             Courts
             receive
             from
             their
             Masters
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             do
             not
             murmur
             thereat
             ,
             but
             may
             rather
             thereby
             with
             courage
             suffer
             tribulation
             ,
             and
             betake
             themselves
             with
             the
             better
             will
             to
             the
             oar
             of
             slavery
             ,
             and
             by
             so
             doing
             ,
             inforce
             the
             Prince
             to
             be
             rather
             liberal
             and
             gracious
             towards
             them
             ,
             then
             to
             redouble
             their
             blows
             (
             their
             discourtesies
             )
             their
             lashes
             (
             their
             ill
             usage
             .
             )
             For
             to
             murmur
             ,
             complain
             ,
             or
             call
             their
             Master
             ingrateful
             ,
             doth
             beget
             in
             him
             such
             obstinacy
             ,
             not
             to
             reward
             one
             who
             may
             otherw●…se
             be
             of
             some
             desert
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             curses
             and
             blasphemies
             which
             the
             Gally-slaves
             use
             to
             those
             that
             correct
             them
             ,
             are
             the
             true
             causes
             which
             draws
             on
             their
             more
             severe
             correction
             .
             Which
             is
             so
             true
             a
             thing
             ,
             as
             Princes
             hold
             it
             for
             an
             undeniable
             maxim
             ,
             That
             an
             open
             enemy
             ,
             and
             a
             distasted
             Courtier
             ,
             
               Differant
               nomine
               ,
               nonre
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XLIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Natalis
                 Comes
              
               ,
               an
               Historian
               ,
               is
               severely
               punisht
               by
               Apollo
               ,
               for
               having
               said
               somewhat
               in
               an
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Literati
               ,
               which
               did
               hainously
               offend
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             VVHilst
             
               Natalis
               Comes
            
             ,
             the
             Latin
             Historian
             discoursed
             some
             daies
             since
             under
             Melpomenes
             Porch
             ,
             together
             with
             many
             other
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             of
             the
             glory
             of
             those
             great
             Princes
             ,
             who
             have
             left
             eternal
             memory
             behind
             them
             ,
             of
             their
             honorable
             actions
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             custom
             of
             Historians
             ,
             tearmed
             the
             seisure
             or
             getting
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             made
             by
             a
             Potent
             Prince
             ,
             without
             any
             title
             of
             right
             or
             justice
             ,
             a
             glorious
             atchievement
             :
             Which
             being
             suddenly
             carried
             to
             Apollo's
             ear
             by
             those
             malignant
             spirits
             ,
             which
             both
             the
             air
             and
             earth
             doe
             continually
             abound
             in
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             grew
             so
             incenst
             against
             Natalis
             ,
             as
             at
             the
             very
             instant
             that
             he
             was
             brought
             prisoner
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             forbad
             him
             entrance
             into
             any
             of
             the
             Libraries
             for
             three
             year
             :
             And
             though
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             intreated
             by
             the
             chief
             Historians
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             to
             shew
             some
             mercy
             to
             this
             his
             Vertuoso
             ,
             he
             hath
             not
             only
             denied
             to
             doe
             it
             ,
             but
             hath
             freely
             said
             ,
             that
             since
             there
             could
             be
             no
             greater
             wickedness
             committed
             ,
             then
             the
             unjust
             liberty
             which
             some
             Princes
             have
             usurped
             to
             bereave
             one
             another
             of
             their
             States
             ;
             an
             action
             which
             hath
             filled
             the
             whole
             world
             with
             those
             sad
             disorders
             ,
             wherewith
             mankind
             is
             so
             much
             afflicted
             ;
             he
             thought
             it
             too
             sore
             an
             iniquity
             ,
             that
             any
             so
             perfidious
             Literato
             should
             be
             found
             in
             his
             State
             ,
             who
             should
             dare
             to
             call
             those
             wicked
             thefts
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             committed
             without
             a
             million
             of
             aggravating
             circumstances
             ,
             glorious
             atchievements
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             L.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               chief
               Monarchies
               of
               Europe
               and
               Asia
               ,
               which
               now
               reside
               in
               Parnassus
               ,
               fall
               sick
               at
               one
               and
               the
               same
               instant
               ,
               and
               not
               being
               to
               be
               cured
               by
               
                 Esculapius
                 ,
                 Hippocrates
              
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               able
               Physitian
               ,
               they
               are
               restored
               to
               their
               health
               by
               a
               skilful
               Farrier
               .
            
          
           
             EVery
             one
             in
             Parnassus
             did
             infinitely
             wonder
             ,
             that
             upon
             one
             and
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             all
             the
             chief
             Monarchies
             of
             Europe
             and
             Asia
             should
             fall
             desperately
             sick
             ,
             which
             many
             thought
             occasioned
             through
             the
             putrifaction
             of
             the
             air
             ,
             or
             by
             some
             unauspitious
             aspects
             of
             the
             heavens
             .
             Apollo
             
             did
             not
             only
             send
             excellent
             remedies
             to
             all
             those
             Potentates
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             chief
             Physitians
             of
             this
             Court
             ;
             and
             commanded
             that
             great
             Esculapius
             should
             himself
             be
             assistant
             to
             their
             cure
             ,
             so
             as
             no
             remedy
             was
             left
             untri'd
             by
             so
             rare
             Physitians
             ,
             that
             so
             eminent
             personages
             might
             recover
             their
             healths
             ;
             but
             all
             proved
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             for
             all
             the
             Physitians
             did
             infinitely
             wonder
             ,
             that
             though
             their
             Medicines
             were
             most
             generous
             ,
             and
             very
             proper
             for
             the
             malady
             ,
             yet
             they
             did
             not
             work
             according
             to
             their
             particular
             vertues
             ;
             that
             their
             Manna
             ,
             Laxative
             Syrup
             ,
             and
             Sena
             it self
             ,
             though
             given
             in
             great
             quantity
             ,
             should
             rather
             prove
             restringent
             ,
             then
             cause
             usual
             evacuations
             ;
             by
             reason
             of
             which
             strange
             novelties
             ,
             wise
             Esculapius
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             rare
             Physitians
             ,
             thinking
             that
             Nature
             yielded
             to
             the
             malady
             by
             reason
             of
             her
             weakness
             ,
             gave
             over
             the
             cure
             ,
             as
             desperat
             .
             It
             hapned
             in
             this
             interim
             ,
             that
             a
             learned
             Politician
             went
             meerly
             by
             way
             of
             visit
             ,
             to
             see
             one
             of
             those
             sick
             Princes
             ,
             who
             had
             ben
             his
             antient
             Master
             ;
             from
             whom
             he
             understood
             the
             condition
             of
             his
             sickness
             ,
             and
             then
             desired
             to
             know
             what
             remedies
             were
             apply'd
             unto
             him
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             was
             satisfied
             in
             this
             his
             desire
             ,
             he
             found
             fault
             with
             the
             Medicines
             which
             were
             given
             him
             ,
             and
             exclaimed
             mightily
             against
             the
             Physitians
             ,
             not
             sticking
             to
             call
             them
             all
             ignorant
             puppies
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             sent
             with
             all
             speed
             for
             the
             Farrier
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             who
             is
             trusted
             with
             the
             cure
             of
             Pegasus
             .
             Who
             suddenly
             appearing
             ,
             he
             staid
             not
             to
             hear
             the
             relation
             of
             the
             sickness
             ,
             from
             the
             Patients
             own
             mouth
             ,
             as
             Physitians
             use
             to
             doe
             ,
             but
             without
             either
             feeling
             of
             Pulse
             ,
             or
             casting
             of
             water
             ,
             he
             presently
             knew
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             infirmity
             ,
             and
             straitwaies
             made
             a
             composition
             of
             Dragons
             bloud
             ,
             Bolearmenick
             ,
             whites
             of
             Egs
             ,
             and
             spreading
             it
             upon
             lint
             ,
             made
             Plasters
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             applyed
             them
             to
             those
             Princes
             ,
             and
             then
             made
             large
             swathes
             for
             their
             legs
             and
             arms
             ,
             afterwards
             he
             gave
             them
             a
             Laxative
             potion
             to
             drink
             in
             a
             syrup
             ,
             ordained
             by
             Galen
             .
             These
             Medicines
             which
             were
             very
             much
             blamed
             and
             laught
             at
             by
             
               Esculapius
               ,
               Hippocrates
            
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             prime
             Physitians
             ,
             did
             in
             a
             few
             hours
             work
             so
             well
             with
             these
             Princes
             ,
             as
             they
             soon
             forsook
             their
             beds
             ,
             and
             ran
             skipping
             and
             leaping
             about
             more
             nimbly
             then
             ever
             they
             had
             done
             before
             .
             Whereupon
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Parnassus
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             such
             admirable
             effects
             ,
             were
             much
             astonished
             ,
             that
             Empires
             ,
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             great
             States
             which
             could
             not
             be
             cured
             of
             the
             disorders
             which
             they
             were
             run
             into
             ,
             by
             skilfull
             Physitians
             ,
             with
             their
             Rubarbs
             ,
             and
             other
             Canonical
             Medicines
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             soon
             restored
             to
             their
             healths
             ,
             by
             a
             drench
             for
             a
             horse
             ,
             given
             them
             by
             a
             silly
             Farrier
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LI.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Achaians
               being
               much
               incenst
               against
               the
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               ,
               for
               his
               cruel
               proceeding
               against
               their
               two
               Chieftains
               ,
               take
               up
               Arms
               ,
               and
               drive
               him
               out
               of
               their
               State.
               
            
          
           
             VVHilst
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             after
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             two
             chief
             Heads
             of
             the
             People
             (
             whereof
             you
             lately
             heard
             )
             sought
             to
             secure
             his
             State
             ,
             by
             using
             great
             severity
             in
             the
             taking
             away
             of
             mens
             lives
             ,
             his
             Countrey
             grew
             still
             more
             and
             more
             unquiet
             ,
             it
             not
             being
             alwaies
             true
             ,
             That
             to
             fall
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             in
             new
             gotten
             and
             jealous
             States
             ,
             to
             the
             extirpating
             of
             such
             as
             are
             most
             eminent
             ,
             either
             for
             birth
             ,
             attendance
             ,
             worth
             ,
             or
             riches
             ,
             does
             free
             Princes
             of
             the
             jealousies
             which
             they
             have
             of
             the
             Nobility
             and
             people
             :
             For
             some
             chief
             men
             of
             Achaia
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             saw
             those
             two
             Ring-leaders
             of
             theirs
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             only
             because
             they
             were
             much
             esteemed
             and
             beloved
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             began
             to
             apprehend
             their
             own
             ruine
             :
             And
             because
             gallant
             men
             cannot
             live
             long
             in
             fear
             of
             danger
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             not
             only
             a
             safe
             way
             to
             be
             speedy
             ,
             but
             (
             not
             being
             able
             to
             live
             quietly
             and
             void
             of
             suspition
             )
             they
             fell
             chearfully
             upon
             rash
             counsels
             ;
             many
             of
             the
             best
             wits
             of
             Achaia
             made
             themselves
             the
             peoples
             heads
             ,
             being
             grieved
             to
             see
             that
             the
             love
             which
             they
             bore
             to
             those
             two
             who
             made
             so
             unfortunate
             an
             end
             ,
             should
             be
             judged
             a
             fault
             deserving
             death
             .
             So
             as
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva's
             severity
             wrought
             the
             effect
             ,
             which
             is
             usual
             in
             new
             Tyrannies
             which
             are
             crept
             into
             Free
             Countries
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             discord
             between
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Commonalty
             ,
             of
             reuniting
             the
             Nobles
             and
             Plebeians
             in
             perfect
             love
             and
             charity
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             recover
             that
             Liberty
             by
             union
             ,
             which
             they
             lost
             by
             foolish
             civil
             discord
             .
             The
             whole
             people
             of
             Achaia
             therefore
             ,
             led
             on
             by
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             took
             up
             arms
             upon
             an
             appointed
             day
             ,
             and
             falling
             fowle
             upon
             their
             Prince
             ,
             drove
             him
             easily
             out
             of
             the
             State.
             And
             it
             is
             now
             two
             daies
             since
             Alva
             recovered
             Parnassus
             ,
             and
             came
             immediately
             to
             do
             his
             obeysance
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             only
             rece●…ve
             him
             very
             coolly
             ,
             but
             was
             sorry
             that
             he
             had
             been
             deceived
             in
             the
             good
             opinion
             he
             had
             had
             of
             him
             .
             The
             Duke
             would
             have
             excused
             himself
             ,
             and
             have
             alleadged
             reasons
             for
             his
             discrimination
             ,
             but
             Apollo
             bad
             him
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             unwisely
             done
             by
             them
             who
             intended
             to
             make
             a
             Free
             People
             willingly
             to
             accept
             of
             slavery
             ,
             to
             use
             cruelty
             (
             as
             he
             had
             done
             )
             at
             the
             very
             first
             beginning
             ,
             and
             open
             inhumanity
             against
             the
             chief
             Personages
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             whereby
             the
             people
             being
             made
             to
             despair
             ,
             they
             would
             try
             all
             means
             to
             free
             themselves
             from
             that
             heavy
             yoak
             of
             servitude
             ,
             which
             they
             were
             unacquainted
             with
             ;
             and
             that
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             must
             be
             purchast
             by
             length
             of
             time
             ,
             by
             little
             and
             little
             ,
             insensibly
             introducing
             slavery
             amongst
             the
             people
             ,
             and
             bereaving
             them
             of
             their
             Liberty
             ,
             whilst
             they
             were
             not
             aware
             of
             it
             .
             The
             Duke
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             learnt
             by
             Augustus
             his
             Proscription
             ,
             by
             which
             extinguishing
             all
             the
             prime
             Nobility
             of
             Rome
             ,
             he
             bereaft
             the
             people
             of
             
             their
             Chieftains
             ,
             that
             new
             Principalities
             were
             to
             be
             grounded
             by
             such
             means
             as
             he
             had
             used
             which
             counsel
             he
             had
             likewise
             learnt
             of
             Tacitus
             ,
             who
             saies
             ,
             
               nihil
               ausuram
               Plebem
               principibus
               amotis
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Annal.
               
            
          
           
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             failed
             alwaies
             in
             his
             resolutions
             ,
             who
             governing
             his
             own
             present
             actions
             by
             former
             examples
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             same
             requisite
             circumstances
             as
             they
             had
             whom
             he
             took
             for
             his
             safe
             President
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             considered
             ,
             that
             in
             new
             Principalities
             ,
             he
             could
             only
             safely
             practise
             that
             Ta●…quinian
             Precept
             of
             cutting
             off
             the
             heads
             of
             the
             highest
             Poppies
             ,
             and
             which
             great
             Augustus
             knew
             so
             well
             how
             to
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             like
             circumstances
             as
             that
             great
             Emperor
             had
             ,
             who
             being
             armed
             ,
             and
             victorious
             ,
             could
             not
             only
             with
             safety
             make
             that
             so
             famous
             Proscription
             ,
             but
             might
             easily
             quel
             any
             popular
             insurrection
             in
             Rome
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             forces
             whereby
             he
             had
             annihilated
             the
             Roman
             Nobility
             :
             And
             that
             the
             Duke
             wanting
             that
             leaning-stock
             ,
             in
             the
             using
             of
             the
             same
             severities
             which
             Augustus
             had
             happily
             practised
             ,
             was
             much
             deceived
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             example
             of
             the
             unfortunate
             Duke
             of
             Athens
             ,
             who
             was
             called
             in
             by
             the
             Florentines
             to
             Govern
             their
             Countrey
             ,
             being
             very
             like
             his
             case
             ,
             did
             make
             it
             clearly
             appear
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             That
             Principalities
             whereunto
             others
             are
             called
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             dissention
             of
             Citizens
             ,
             are
             not
             secured
             by
             sudden
             and
             severe
             cruelties
             used
             against
             the
             chief
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             by
             cunningly
             keeping
             up
             ,
             and
             heightning
             those
             divisions
             between
             the
             Nobility
             and
             common
             people
             ,
             which
             having
             occasioned
             the
             expulsion
             of
             the
             antient
             Liberty
             from
             out
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             had
             introduced
             new
             slavery
             ;
             and
             that
             such
             Princes
             ought
             ,
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             to
             keep
             themselves
             from
             doing
             any
             thing
             which
             might
             cause
             such
             universal
             distaste
             ,
             as
             through
             meer
             dispair
             ,
             might
             make
             the
             people
             reunite
             themselves
             with
             the
             Nobility
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             saw
             every
             day
             more
             clearly
             ,
             that
             the
             Spaniards
             wit
             was
             miraculous
             in
             the
             well
             governing
             of
             those
             people
             ,
             which
             being
             born
             ,
             and
             having
             perpetually
             lived
             under
             Monarchy
             ,
             received
             all
             servitude
             willingly
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             Governing
             Nations
             that
             were
             either
             naturally
             Free
             ,
             and
             indowed
             with
             ample
             Priviledges
             ,
             or
             which
             being
             lately
             past
             from
             Liberty
             into
             Slavery
             ,
             
               Nec
               totam
               Libertatem
               ,
               nec
               totam
               servitutem
               pati
               possunt
               .
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
            
             was
             a
             business
             which
             did
             not
             suit
             well
             with
             the
             wits
             of
             those
             Nations
             ,
             which
             having
             
               Promptum
               ad
               asperiora
               ingenium
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Annal.
            
             were
             extrordinary
             
               Prompti
               ferocibus
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               An
               Italian
               Gentleman
               ,
               for
               having
               lost
               much
               bloud
               in
               the
               service
               of
               a
               great
               Prince
               ,
               is
               honoured
               by
               him
               with
               a
               Noble
               Order
               of
               Knighthood
               ,
               who
               being
               but
               slightly
               esteemed
               of
               by
               those
               of
               his
               own
               Countrey
               ,
               asks
               Apollo
               by
               what
               reasons
               he
               may
               satisfie
               those
               his
               deriders
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               the
               more
               richly
               rewarded
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               was
               paid
               in
               Honour
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               Gold
               or
               Silver
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Gentleman
             of
             Italy
             who
             came
             to
             this
             Court
             the
             last
             week
             ,
             did
             not
             (
             as
             many
             did
             believe
             )
             negotiate
             the
             publick
             affairs
             of
             any
             Prince
             ,
             but
             treated
             of
             some
             things
             concerning
             his
             own
             particular
             self
             :
             For
             being
             brought
             to
             have
             Audience
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             having
             for
             many
             years
             served
             a
             great
             Prince
             in
             his
             important
             Wars
             ,
             for
             the
             much
             bloud
             which
             he
             had
             lost
             ,
             and
             monies
             which
             he
             had
             therein
             spent
             ,
             he
             was
             rewarded
             by
             that
             liberal
             Prince
             with
             a
             most
             Noble
             Order
             of
             Knighthood
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             he
             returned
             to
             his
             own
             Countrey
             ,
             that
             rich
             reward
             was
             laught
             at
             by
             those
             his
             fellow-Citizens
             ,
             who
             love
             nothing
             but
             ready
             money
             :
             That
             therefore
             he
             most
             humbly
             beseeched
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             furnish
             him
             with
             such
             reasons
             as
             might
             serve
             him
             to
             convince
             those
             his
             deriders
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             might
             sufficiently
             satisfie
             every
             one
             by
             giving
             an
             account
             of
             the
             annual
             Revenue
             of
             the
             Commendum
             of
             his
             Order
             of
             Knighthood
             .
             The
             Gentleman
             said
             ,
             The
             Order
             of
             his
             Knighthood
             had
             no
             advantage
             of
             Commendum
             .
             To
             which
             Apollo
             said
             ,
             That
             his
             affairs
             being
             in
             so
             sad
             a
             condition
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             by
             any
             conclusive
             reason
             be
             proved
             ,
             that
             the
             honour
             of
             Knighthood
             added
             more
             to
             him
             who
             received
             it
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             honour
             and
             reputation
             ,
             then
             what
             he
             had
             formerly
             merited
             by
             his
             honourable
             actions
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             was
             the
             simplicity
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             sincerity
             of
             heart
             ,
             which
             did
             believe
             well
             in
             the
             favour
             of
             Princes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               finding
               that
               his
               having
               allowed
               the
               use
               of
               the
               80
               part
               of
               one
               grain
               of
               hypocrisie
               to
               his
               Vertuosi
               ,
               had
               wrought
               very
               bad
               effects
               ,
               does
               not
               only
               recall
               that
               his
               favour
               by
               publick
               Edict
               ,
               but
               thunders
               out
               exceeding
               severe
               punishments
               against
               hypocrites
               .
            
          
           
             YOu
             heard
             by
             our
             former
             expresses
             ,
             That
             the
             gallant
             men
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             follow
             the
             noble
             Rule
             of
             
               Bene
               Vivere
               &
               Laetari
            
             ,
             not
             being
             sufficiently
             informed
             of
             the
             malice
             and
             wickedness
             of
             those
             false
             hypocrites
             ,
             who
             by
             way
             of
             loose
             life
             ,
             and
             corrupted
             customs
             ,
             have
             the
             liberty
             of
             speaking
             from
             their
             hearts
             ,
             were
             by
             Plato's
             means
             perswaded
             to
             desire
             leave
             of
             the
             Censors
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             make
             use
             of
             a
             little
             hypocrisie
             ;
             which
             they
             obtained
             with
             very
             bad
             consequence
             ;
             for
             they
             soon
             were
             aware
             that
             hypocrisie
             is
             like
             a
             contagious
             disease
             ,
             never
             so
             little
             whereof
             spreads
             soon
             over
             the
             whole
             body
             :
             A
             disorder
             which
             those
             gallant
             men
             which
             have
             been
             spoken
             of
             ,
             found
             to
             be
             very
             true
             :
             Who
             though
             they
             did
             strangely
             abhor
             so
             lewd
             a
             vice
             ,
             and
             consequently
             bore
             a
             mortal
             hatred
             to
             hypocrites
             ,
             yet
             that
             eightieth
             part
             of
             one
             grain
             of
             hypocrisie
             which
             they
             took
             ,
             was
             sufficient
             to
             infect
             ,
             in
             a
             few
             daies
             ,
             all
             their
             sincere
             and
             plain
             dealing
             .
             For
             they
             grew
             so
             in
             love
             with
             the
             credit
             and
             reputation
             which
             they
             got
             by
             that
             seeming
             modesty
             ,
             and
             counterfeit
             devotion
             and
             charity
             ,
             as
             they
             gave
             themselves
             wholly
             over
             ,
             both
             in
             soul
             and
             body
             ,
             in
             prey
             to
             that
             horrid
             vice
             ,
             which
             but
             a
             little
             before
             they
             did
             so
             much
             detest
             :
             And
             all
             this
             with
             such
             disorder
             to
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             short
             time
             whole
             Parnassus
             was
             nothing
             but
             hypocrisie
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             Apollo
             found
             this
             inconvenience
             ,
             he
             resolved
             by
             all
             means
             possible
             ,
             to
             extirpate
             so
             venemous
             a
             plant
             by
             the
             very
             root
             from
             out
             his
             State.
             And
             knowing
             that
             cankers
             ,
             and
             fistulated
             wounds
             must
             be
             cured
             by
             fire
             and
             razor
             ,
             he
             forthwith
             fell
             upon
             an
             extraordinary
             piece
             of
             rigor
             ;
             for
             on
             Tuesday
             morning
             he
             caused
             an
             Edict
             to
             be
             published
             in
             the
             place
             appointed
             for
             such
             purposes
             ,
             whereby
             he
             strictly
             commanded
             every
             one
             that
             was
             subject
             to
             his
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             That
             within
             three
             daies
             he
             should
             cleanse
             his
             soul
             from
             that
             wicked
             filth
             of
             hypocrisie
             ;
             declaring
             ,
             That
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             ,
             he
             did
             annul
             and
             make
             void
             that
             permission
             which
             a
             little
             before
             was
             by
             his
             Censors
             granted
             to
             gallant
             men
             ,
             of
             the
             use
             of
             the
             eightieth
             part
             of
             one
             grain
             of
             hypocrisie
             :
             And
             that
             those
             three
             daies
             being
             over
             ,
             which
             he
             peremptorily
             prescribed
             as
             the
             utmost
             limit
             of
             time
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             all
             such
             as
             should
             be
             found
             guilty
             of
             so
             infamous
             a
             fault
             ,
             should
             not
             only
             be
             declared
             open
             enemies
             to
             all
             vertue
             ,
             uncapable
             or
             any
             fame
             or
             glory
             ,
             or
             of
             ever
             acquiring
             any
             honour
             ,
             but
             he
             declared
             them
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             to
             be
             viperous
             creatures
             ,
             shamelesly
             infamous
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             all
             the
             Plenipotentiary
             power
             which
             he
             had
             over
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             he
             declared
             them
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             to
             be
             grosly
             ignorant
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             that
             so
             ho●…id
             a
             monster
             should
             for
             the
             time
             to
             come
             ,
             be
             for
             ever
             banished
             from
             out
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             be
             by
             them
             detested
             and
             abhorred
             ;
             
             he
             commanded
             that
             those
             who
             should
             be
             known
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             so
             fowle
             a
             fault
             ,
             might
             without
             any
             punishment
             to
             the
             inflicters
             ,
             be
             shamed
             ,
             vituperated
             ,
             and
             rendred
             infamous
             ;
             as
             putrified
             members
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             amputated
             from
             the
             body
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             by
             Satyrical
             Poets
             with
             their
             biting
             Verses
             ,
             by
             Orators
             with
             their
             stinging
             invectives
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             weapons
             apt
             to
             derogate
             from
             the
             same
             of
             any
             man
             :
             And
             that
             not
             only
             all
             ●…nds
             and
             sorts
             of
             testimony
             ,
             how
             weak
             soever
             ,
             should
             serve
             for
             full
             proof
             against
             any
             one
             that
             was
             impeached
             of
             so
             wicked
             a
             fact
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             should
             be
             lawfull
             for
             any
             man
             to
             bastenado
             ,
             or
             stone
             one
             who
             was
             noted
             for
             an
             hypocrite
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             but
             by
             suspition
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             remote
             cause
             :
             And
             that
             to
             be
             much
             scandalized
             at
             matters
             of
             small
             moment
             ;
             to
             speak
             much
             of
             charity
             ,
             without
             ever
             giving
             any
             alms
             ;
             to
             wear
             a
             threadbare
             Cloke
             ,
             and
             yet
             be
             very
             rich
             ;
             to
             appear
             poor
             in
             publick
             ,
             and
             yet
             live
             plentifully
             at
             home
             ;
             to
             be
             damnably
             avaricious
             ,
             and
             yet
             boast
             of
             Angelical
             devoutness
             :
             to
             speak
             slow
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             weak
             voice
             ,
             and
             under
             colour
             of
             finding
             fault
             with
             publick
             vices
             ,
             to
             speak
             bitterly
             against
             particular
             men
             ;
             to
             bow
             the
             head
             with
             much
             humility
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             have
             a
             proud
             mind
             ;
             and
             to
             preach
             that
             to
             others
             ,
             which
             it
             was
             plainly
             seen
             that
             they
             themselves
             did
             not
             practice
             ;
             should
             be
             esteemed
             and
             reputed
             sufficient
             proofs
             to
             condemn
             any
             one
             of
             such
             a
             vice
             .
          
           
             The
             better
             sort
             of
             the
             Literati
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             thought
             this
             his
             Majesties
             Edict
             too
             severe
             ;
             who
             to
             secure
             their
             lives
             and
             reputations
             from
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             wise
             enough
             to
             discern
             between
             true
             and
             counterfeit
             goodness
             ,
             presented
             themselves
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             whom
             they
             desired
             that
             wicked
             hypocrites
             might
             be
             severely
             punished
             ,
             but
             so
             as
             that
             good
             and
             honest
             men
             might
             not
             incur
             the
             danger
             of
             being
             hardly
             dealt
             with
             ;
             and
             they
             said
             that
             Judicial
             Astrologers
             ,
             and
             hypocrites
             ,
             were
             a
             certain
             race
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             were
             alwaies
             banisht
             ,
             and
             yet
             every
             place
             abounded
             with
             them
             ;
             not
             for
             that
             Princes
             wanted
             Authority
             to
             extirpate
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Countries
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             those
             very
             Princes
             who
             did
             prohibit
             them
             ,
             did
             nourish
             and
             foment
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             only
             cure
             for
             hypocrisie
             was
             ,
             That
             Princes
             should
             love
             ,
             cherish
             ,
             inrich
             ,
             and
             exalt
             such
             as
             being
             ambitious
             of
             glory
             ,
             thirsting
             after
             riches
             ,
             and
             desirous
             of
             their
             good
             will
             ,
             who
             affected
             those
             things
             out
             of
             meer
             worth
             and
             merit
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             should
             suffer
             great
             hypocrites
             ,
             who
             covered
             their
             devilish
             pride
             with
             the
             cloke
             of
             humility
             ,
             an
             unquenchable
             thirst
             after
             gold
             ,
             with
             a
             vail
             of
             poverty
             ,
             and
             execrable
             ambition
             of
             dominiering
             over
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             by
             seeming
             to
             despise
             the
             world
             ;
             to
             live
             in
             their
             condition
             of
             appearing
             humility
             ,
             of
             feigned
             poverty
             ,
             counterfeit
             solitariness
             ,
             and
             retired
             life
             :
             A
             Councel
             whereby
             Princes
             would
             be
             sure
             to
             keep
             from
             erring
             ;
             for
             if
             piety
             ,
             humility
             ,
             contempt
             of
             worldly
             vanities
             ,
             which
             some
             do
             so
             much
             boast
             of
             ,
             were
             realities
             ,
             and
             things
             done
             from
             the
             heart
             ,
             they
             would
             by
             this
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             give
             men
             their
             own
             delights
             ,
             when
             they
             should
             be
             justly
             punished
             by
             their
             own
             false
             weapons
             ,
             it
             being
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             Princes
             could
             not
             better
             discover
             hypocrites
             ,
             then
             by
             suffering
             them
             (
             like
             Oysters
             )
             to
             stew
             in
             their
             own
             water
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LIV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Guiccardine
               having
               spoken
               many
               things
               prejudicial
               to
               the
               reputation
               of
               the
               Marquiss
               of
               Piscara
               ,
               In
               an
               Assembly
               of
               divers
               Vertuosi
               ,
               that
               renowned
               Commander
               doth
               sufficiently
               justifie
               himself
               before
               Apollo
               .
            
          
           
             
               DOn
               Francisco
               Ferrando
               d'Avalo
            
             ,
             Marquiss
             of
             Pis●…aro
             ,
             being
             told
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             ,
             that
             in
             an
             Assembly
             of
             the
             best
             Historians
             of
             this
             State
             of
             
               Pernassus
               ,
               Francis
               Guiccardine
            
             had
             spoken
             words
             of
             him
             ,
             tending
             much
             to
             his
             dishonour
             :
             Piscara
             ,
             who
             was
             naturally
             high
             minded
             ,
             and
             very
             proud
             ,
             was
             so
             incenst
             at
             the
             injury
             done
             him
             by
             Guiccardine
             ,
             as
             he
             made
             his
             complaint
             to
             Apollo
             ;
             to
             whom
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             very
             well
             knew
             Guiccardine's
             circumspect
             proceeding
             ,
             and
             exact
             wisdom
             ,
             answered
             ,
             That
             it
             not
             being
             likely
             that
             Guiccardine
             should
             have
             spoken
             of
             him
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             became
             a
             true
             Historian
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             any
             passion
             of
             an
             ill-affected
             mind
             ,
             he
             would
             ,
             as
             in
             justice
             he
             ought
             to
             do
             ,
             hear
             them
             both
             speak
             for
             themselves
             ,
             before
             he
             would
             resolve
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             Cause
             :
             And
             that
             if
             he
             should
             find
             that
             Guiccardine
             ,
             in
             speaking
             of
             a
             man
             of
             his
             quality
             ,
             had
             unjustly
             wounded
             his
             reputation
             ,
             he
             would
             take
             such
             course
             as
             he
             should
             think
             himself
             sufficiently
             satisfied
             .
             Which
             being
             said
             ,
             he
             forthwith
             gave
             Guiccardine
             to
             know
             by
             the
             publick
             Censors
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             to
             appear
             before
             him
             at
             ten
             of
             the
             clock
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
             to
             make
             good
             the
             words
             which
             the
             Marquiss
             of
             Piscara
             pretended
             he
             had
             spoken
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             his
             reputation
             .
             At
             the
             news
             hereof
             ,
             the
             Literati
             ,
             who
             were
             very
             curious
             ,
             and
             hoped
             to
             hear
             somwhat
             of
             execellent
             discourse
             in
             that
             point-blank
             argumentation
             ,
             came
             in
             great
             numbers
             thither
             .
             Guiccardine
             failed
             not
             to
             meet
             at
             the
             appointed
             time
             ,
             and
             freely
             told
             the
             Marquiss
             ,
             who
             was
             there
             likewise
             present
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             very
             well
             have
             purchased
             favour
             from
             the
             Emperor
             Charls
             the
             fifth
             ,
             by
             discovering
             the
             conspiracy
             unto
             him
             ,
             which
             many
             Princes
             of
             Europe
             had
             plotted
             against
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             in
             the
             worlds
             eye
             he
             had
             thereby
             purchased
             eternal
             infamy
             ;
             not
             only
             for
             that
             most
             men
             did
             firmly
             believe
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             very
             beginning
             his
             intention
             was
             to
             prove
             false
             to
             Cesar
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             though
             he
             had
             been
             still
             faithfull
             to
             him
             ,
             yet
             that
             by
             so
             many
             cosenages
             ,
             and
             such
             double-dealing
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             encouraged
             so
             great
             Princes
             ,
             and
             inticed
             them
             to
             joyn
             in
             conspiracies
             with
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             occasion
             to
             betray
             them
             ,
             and
             aggrandise
             himself
             by
             sins
             which
             he
             had
             by
             fallacies
             and
             flatteries
             drawn
             on
             ,
             appeared
             generally
             to
             be
             an
             action
             of
             infamy
             .
             Though
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             thought
             this
             to
             be
             a
             very
             hainous
             impeachment
             which
             Guiccardine
             had
             made
             against
             the
             Marquiss
             ;
             yet
             that
             Commander
             ,
             who
             in
             most
             desperate
             cases
             was
             still
             most
             undaunted
             ,
             answered
             Guiccardine
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             an
             usual
             fault
             amongst
             Historians
             ,
             but
             infinitely
             unsufferable
             ,
             to
             be
             mistaken
             in
             their
             penetrating
             into
             the
             hidden
             sense
             of
             their
             actions
             ,
             who
             had
             done
             great
             things
             both
             in
             peace
             and
             war
             ,
             and
             in
             rendring
             the
             true
             reasons
             thereof
             ,
             to
             give
             
             so
             rash
             judgements
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             oft
             times
             seen
             to
             blame
             worthy
             actions
             ,
             and
             praise
             such
             as
             were
             to
             be
             blamed
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             was
             very
             much
             scandalized
             that
             there
             was
             not
             some
             severe
             Laws
             published
             by
             the
             Colledg
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             against
             men
             who
             by
             their
             pens
             do
             daily
             occasion
             great
             shame
             ,
             and
             irrepairable
             blame
             to
             others
             ;
             which
             Laws
             should
             ordain
             ,
             that
             Historians
             (
             as
             it
             well
             became
             their
             profession
             )
             should
             only
             meddle
             with
             the
             bare
             Narration
             of
             things
             done
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             leave
             the
             judgement
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             secret
             meanings
             therein
             to
             be
             judged
             of
             by
             the
             Reader
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             all
             due
             reverence
             &
             respect
             to
             the
             place
             wherein
             he
             spake
             ,
             they
             lyed
             who
             durst
             say
             ,
             that
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             
               Ierollimo
               Marone
            
             discovered
             unto
             him
             the
             conspiracy
             which
             was
             a
             framing
             by
             the
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             Christendom
             against
             Cesar
             ,
             his
             intention
             was
             to
             prove
             false
             to
             his
             Master
             .
             For
             those
             who
             understood
             the
             true
             bounds
             of
             Policy
             ,
             knew
             that
             whilst
             a
             man
             communicates
             a
             conspiracy
             to
             any
             great
             Officer
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             agitation
             against
             his
             Prince
             ,
             the
             Officer
             ought
             at
             that
             very
             instant
             to
             resolve
             whether
             he
             liked
             the
             business
             or
             no
             ;
             for
             to
             be
             doubtfull
             in
             such
             a
             case
             ,
             was
             interpreted
             by
             Princes
             to
             be
             an
             ill-taken
             resolution
             ,
             a
             mind
             not
             only
             contaminated
             ,
             but
             already
             wholly
             putrified
             with
             the
             disease
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             not
             encouraged
             Marone
             (
             as
             Guicciardine
             had
             been
             bold
             inconsiderately
             to
             say
             )
             with
             an
             intention
             of
             double-dealing
             ,
             nor
             yet
             to
             purchase
             his
             Princes
             favour
             by
             the
             sins
             of
             others
             ;
             nor
             had
             he
             inticed
             the
             Princes
             who
             endeavoured
             to
             make
             him
             rise
             ,
             to
             discover
             unto
             him
             all
             the
             particulars
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             but
             by
             strict
             tye
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             his
             Master
             compleatly
             ;
             as
             also
             because
             the
             weighty
             business
             which
             he
             had
             in
             hand
             did
             force
             him
             so
             to
             do
             :
             For
             such
             wounds
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             discovered
             to
             their
             Princes
             by
             wary
             Officers
             blindly
             bound
             up
             without
             knowledg
             of
             the
             particulars
             ,
             but
             plainly
             laid
             open
             with
             perfect
             knowledg
             of
             every
             the
             least
             circumstance
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             one
             like
             him
             ,
             to
             have
             shewn
             the
             least
             negligence
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             been
             never
             so
             little
             remiss
             in
             a
             business
             of
             so
             great
             jealousie
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             thought
             so
             shameful
             an
             omission
             ,
             as
             would
             have
             redounded
             to
             his
             apparent
             damage
             ,
             and
             perpetual
             blame
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             reason
             hereof
             was
             very
             evident
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             heard
             conspiracies
             plotted
             against
             his
             Prince
             ,
             must
             have
             his
             eyes
             open
             ,
             and
             his
             ears
             stretcht
             out
             ,
             and
             must
             be
             exquisitely
             diligent
             in
             perfectly
             understanding
             and
             discovering
             every
             particular
             ;
             for
             by
             doing
             otherwise
             ,
             a
             man
             might
             be
             justly
             thought
             by
             his
             Prince
             to
             be
             a
             foolish
             servant
             ,
             and
             an
             unfaithful
             Officer
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             negligence
             was
             rather
             punished
             then
             excused
             ;
             that
             therefore
             before
             he
             was
             to
             reveal
             the
             conspiracie
             to
             Cesar
             ,
             as
             it
             became
             him
             well
             to
             doe
             ,
             he
             would
             inform
             himself
             of
             all
             the
             particulars
             of
             each
             person
             that
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             every
             other
             necessary
             circumstance
             :
             and
             that
             he
             did
             not
             believe
             there
             was
             any
             one
             in
             that
             honorable
             place
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             very
             well
             know
             ,
             that
             no
             greater
             misfortune
             ,
             nor
             mo●…e
             certain
             danger
             could
             befall
             a
             Souldier
             of
             reputation
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             sought
             unto
             by
             great
             Princes
             to
             betray
             his
             Master
             :
             For
             to
             quit
             a
             mans
             self
             of
             a
             business
             ,
             to
             the
             undertaking
             whereof
             he
             is
             as
             good
             as
             compelled
             by
             the
             intreaties
             of
             powerfull
             personages
             ,
             and
             think
             to
             save
             both
             his
             life
             and
             reputation
             ,
             was
             to
             act
             the
             part
             of
             common
             ignorant
             people
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             only
             way
             for
             a
             wise
             man
             to
             shun
             splitting
             against
             so
             dangerous
             a
             Rock
             ,
             was
             to
             live
             with
             such
             a
             reputation
             of
             honour
             in
             all
             his
             actions
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             ambitious
             of
             doing
             his
             Prince
             faithful
             servic
             ,
             and
             appear
             so
             desirous
             of
             purchasing
             a
             place
             ●n
             his
             
             affection
             ,
             as
             that
             these
             good
             parts
             ,
             and
             honorable
             qualities
             might
             deter
             any
             one
             from
             communicating
             any
             such
             wicked
             affair
             unto
             him
             .
             But
             that
             though
             he
             had
             very
             much
             observed
             this
             rule
             ,
             yet
             had
             it
             no
             waies
             availed
             him
             ;
             he
             knew
             not
             by
             what
             dishonourable
             action
             ,
             by
             what
             appearing
             avarice
             ,
             or
             by
             what
             appearance
             of
             inclination
             to
             commit
             wickedness
             ,
             he
             had
             encouraged
             the
             Princes
             that
             conspired
             against
             Cesar
             ,
             to
             make
             Marone
             acquaint
             him
             with
             a
             business
             so
             dissonant
             from
             his
             genius
             ,
             so
             contrary
             to
             his
             nature
             .
             That
             he
             did
             not
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             after
             the
             noble
             victory
             at
             Pavia
             ,
             wherein
             his
             comportments
             were
             witnessed
             to
             the
             world
             by
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
            
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             well
             satisfied
             with
             Cesar
             ,
             as
             thinking
             his
             service
             not
             sufficiently
             acknowledged
             ,
             nor
             himself
             enough
             rewarded
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             did
             not
             think
             any
             such
             behaviour
             in
             a
             Prince
             so
             wise
             ,
             should
             be
             thought
             sufficient
             to
             make
             one
             rebel
             against
             him
             ;
             for
             if
             his
             distaste
             ar
             ose
             ,
             from
             not
             being
             so
             highly
             favoured
             by
             his
             Prince
             ,
             as
             he
             thought
             his
             fidelity
             deserved
             ,
             they
             might
             consider
             ,
             that
             by
             discovering
             the
             conspiracy
             ,
             they
             had
             furnisht
             him
             with
             monies
             ,
             whereby
             he
             might
             purchase
             so
             m●…ch
             of
             the
             Emperors
             favour
             as
             he
             knew
             he
             wanted
             ,
             to
             obtain
             the
             Supreme
             dignity
             of
             General
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             which
             he
             so
             much
             desired
             of
             the
             Dutchy
             of
             Millan
             ,
             and
             which
             afterwards
             he
             had
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             who
             profest
             himself
             to
             be
             an
             honourable
             Souldier
             ,
             could
             receive
             a
             greater
             affront
             ,
             then
             being
             sought
             unto
             ,
             to
             do
             an
             unworthy
             action
             ;
             for
             whosoever
             treated
             with
             any
             one
             about
             such
             an
             action
             ,
             shewed
             clearly
             that
             he
             thought
             him
             he
             treated
             with
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             man
             inclin'd
             to
             wickedness
             .
             That
             he
             could
             not
             (
             as
             he
             knew
             it
             became
             him
             to
             have
             done
             )
             revenge
             this
             great
             injury
             done
             him
             by
             Marone
             ,
             with
             his
             Dagger
             ,
             because
             his
             Princes
             service
             ,
             which
             required
             other
             resolutions
             from
             him
             ,
             kept
             him
             from
             so
             doing
             .
             And
             that
             if
             his
             duty
             to
             Cesar
             had
             not
             moved
             him
             (
             as
             certainly
             it
             ought
             )
             to
             propagate
             such
             a
             machination
             ,
             certainly
             he
             should
             have
             been
             moved
             thereunto
             ,
             more
             out
             of
             rage
             to
             revenge
             himself
             for
             that
             great
             injury
             which
             the
             Princes
             did
             him
             ,
             when
             they
             seemed
             to
             esteem
             one
             like
             him
             ,
             a
             Traitor
             ,
             and
             vainly
             ambitious
             ,
             then
             out
             of
             any
             other
             reason
             :
             And
             that
             he
             should
             have
             been
             very
             simple
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             have
             imbarqued
             himself
             in
             the
             business
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             promises
             ;
             who
             for
             reward
             of
             his
             treachery
             ,
             assured
             him
             that
             they
             would
             make
             him
             King
             of
             Naples
             ;
             for
             that
             Spaniards
             ,
             of
             which
             he
             gloried
             to
             be
             one
             ,
             were
             better
             pleased
             with
             such
             a
             little
             Marquisat
             as
             Piscara
             ,
             gotten
             by
             Loyalty
             ,
             and
             by
             fighting
             valiantly
             in
             their
             Prince
             his
             service
             ,
             then
             with
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             purchast
             by
             treachery
             .
             That
             
               Francisco
               Davalo
            
             was
             not
             so
             shallow-brain'd
             ,
             nor
             so
             little
             vers'd
             in
             worldly
             affairs
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Princes
             of
             the
             League
             ;
             who
             did
             so
             much
             covet
             his
             Rebellion
             ,
             aimed
             more
             at
             keeping
             Cesar
             from
             the
             total
             acquisition
             of
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Millan
             ,
             then
             at
             the
             making
             him
             King
             of
             Naples
             .
             And
             that
             it
             was
             known
             to
             him
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             to
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             by
             so
             many
             sad
             examples
             which
             had
             happened
             ,
             that
             great
             Princes
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             imbarqued
             an
             ambitious
             personage
             ,
             out
             of
             their
             several
             ends
             ,
             in
             vaine
             hopes
             ,
             and
             wrought
             him
             into
             the
             certain
             danger
             of
             treachery
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             made
             good
             use
             of
             him
             ,
             did
             so
             totally
             abandon
             their
             protection
             ,
             not
             only
             because
             
               Graviorum
               Facinorum
               Ministri
               ,
               quasi
               exprobrantes
               aspiciuntur
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               4.
               
               Ann.
            
             but
             to
             give
             examples
             to
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             not
             to
             commit
             the
             like
             wickednesse
             ,
             by
             proving
             compleatly
             ●…famous
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             likely
             to
             be
             the
             first
             who
             would
             deliver
             them
             up
             
             into
             the
             power
             of
             their
             incensed
             Prince
             ;
             as
             (
             to
             leave
             the
             more
             hatefull
             examples
             of
             modern
             times
             )
             the
             world
             saw
             it
             formerly
             fared
             with
             Charls
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             towards
             the
             unfortunate
             and
             ill
             advised
             Count
             Saint
             Paul
             ,
             unluckily
             imployed
             by
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             though
             Spaniards
             were
             thought
             by
             all
             men
             to
             be
             puft
             up
             with
             the
             wind
             of
             Ambition
             ,
             yet
             was
             it
             not
             that
             vain-glory
             ,
             with
             which
             some
             Princes
             of
             Europe
             have
             of
             late
             years
             swoln
             many
             French
             Ballowns
             ,
             and
             not
             a
             few
             Flemmish
             Pilots
             .
             But
             that
             those
             of
             his
             Nation
             being
             very
             hard
             to
             be
             imbarqued
             in
             the
             getting
             of
             great
             riches
             by
             indirect
             waies
             ,
             sinned
             only
             in
             their
             too
             immense
             desire
             of
             being
             honoured
             and
             respected
             in
             the
             places
             ,
             which
             they
             by
             their
             faithfull
             service
             had
             deserved
             of
             their
             Prince
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             were
             far
             from
             coveting
             by
             oblique
             and
             shamefull
             waies
             ,
             those
             greatnesses
             which
             they
             saw
             they
             could
             not
             arrive
             at
             ,
             with
             secure
             peace
             and
             quiet
             :
             that
             to
             be
             a
             Coy-Duck
             for
             other
             mens
             ambition
             ,
             so
             to
             becom
             afterward
             the
             peoples
             laughing-stock
             ,
             or
             Town-talk
             ,
             was
             a
             thing
             abhorred
             by
             his
             Spain
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             have
             been
             too
             great
             a
             folly
             for
             one
             like
             him
             ,
             to
             suffer
             himself
             to
             be
             perswaded
             that
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             which
             was
             alwaies
             hereditary
             in
             the
             bloud
             of
             Spain
             ,
             and
             which
             would
             never
             accept
             of
             any
             Baron
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             though
             some
             of
             them
             had
             been
             very
             powerfull
             and
             ambitious
             ,
             and
             who
             by
             the
             effusion
             of
             their
             bloud
             ,
             had
             driven
             out
             Princes
             borne
             of
             the
             Royal
             bloud
             of
             France
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             conquered
             it
             ,
             would
             accept
             of
             him
             ,
             who
             was
             inferior
             to
             many
             Barons
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Nation
             so
             hatefull
             to
             the
             Neapolitans
             .
          
           
             That
             in
             Hereditary
             Kingdoms
             ,
             as
             was
             that
             of
             Naples
             ,
             Kings
             were
             there
             borne
             ,
             not
             made
             or
             chosen
             :
             And
             that
             those
             fools
             who
             would
             aspire
             thereunto
             by
             any
             other
             means
             then
             by
             lawfull
             succession
             of
             the
             bloud-Royal
             ,
             did
             climbe
             up
             a
             Mountain
             of
             misery
             ,
             to
             fall
             down
             headlong
             with
             the
             greater
             shame
             into
             the
             valley
             of
             infamy
             :
             And
             that
             if
             any
             one
             should
             compasse
             it
             by
             fraudulent
             means
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             like
             those
             ridiculous
             Kings
             of
             Beffana
             ,
             who
             that
             they
             might
             afford
             pastime
             to
             the
             rabble-rout
             ,
             failed
             soon
             after
             their
             creation
             .
             That
             he
             had
             alwaies
             kept
             firm
             to
             the
             resolution
             which
             he
             was
             born
             with
             ;
             rather
             to
             die
             a
             glorious
             Commander
             ,
             then
             a
             shamefull
             King.
             That
             he
             had
             rather
             sought
             to
             deserve
             ,
             then
             that
             he
             ever
             coveted
             greater
             Titles
             then
             that
             of
             a
             Marquiss
             ;
             and
             that
             having
             observed
             by
             what
             he
             had
             read
             ,
             and
             in
             consideration
             of
             the
             present
             times
             ,
             that
             all
             conspiracies
             begin
             merrily
             ,
             with
             high
             thoughts
             ,
             but
             end
             basely
             with
             weeping
             ,
             he
             was
             contented
             to
             serve
             the
             Prince
             whom
             God
             had
             set
             over
             him
             ,
             with
             those
             means
             which
             he
             had
             beene
             pleased
             to
             bestow
             upon
             him
             ;
             for
             too
             immense
             greatnesse
             promised
             by
             Forreign
             Princes
             to
             such
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             were
             but
             breaknecks
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             was
             so
             well
             pleased
             with
             Pescara's
             Apology
             ,
             as
             he
             answered
             Guicciardine
             ,
             who
             still
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             to
             intice
             the
             prime
             Princes
             of
             Europe
             ,
             with
             so
             much
             duplicity
             of
             heart
             ,
             to
             joyne
             with
             him
             in
             conspiracy
             ,
             of
             purpose
             that
             he
             might
             have
             the
             better
             occasion
             to
             discover
             it
             afterwards
             ,
             had
             rendered
             the
             
             Marquiss
             eternally
             infamous
             ,
             that
             Pescara
             had
             not
             inticed
             any
             Prince
             to
             joyne
             with
             him
             in
             framing
             any
             conspiracy
             against
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             that
             afterwards
             he
             might
             make
             advantage
             by
             revealing
             it
             :
             In
             which
             case
             he
             would
             justly
             have
             incurred
             infamy
             ;
             but
             that
             much
             to
             his
             praise
             he
             had
             used
             requisite
             double
             dealing
             ,
             to
             discover
             the
             Complices
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             every
             other
             particular
             ,
             which
             for
             his
             Masters
             better
             service
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             know
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Marquiss
             was
             the
             more
             to
             be
             praised
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             his
             honourable
             fraud
             ,
             he
             knew
             how
             to
             overcome
             the
             Princes
             so
             artificial
             deceits
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             that
             occasion
             he
             had
             so
             fully
             done
             what
             became
             him
             to
             doe
             ,
             as
             he
             deserved
             to
             be
             imitated
             by
             every
             worthy
             Commander
             who
             might
             fall
             upon
             the
             like
             misfortune
             .
          
           
             In
             Conspiracies
             which
             are
             communicated
             to
             others
             ,
             both
             he
             who
             accepted
             thereof
             ,
             and
             joyned
             therein
             ,
             and
             he
             who
             refused
             ,
             yet
             held
             his
             peace
             ,
             incurred
             the
             same
             penalty
             ;
             in
             so
             dangerous
             affairs
             ,
             the
             best
             counsel
             was
             to
             precipitate
             into
             the
             sudden
             ,
             but
             clear
             revelation
             of
             so
             unfortunate
             enterprises
             :
             And
             that
             in
             the
             most
             mortal
             infirmities
             of
             Conspiracies
             ,
             two
             of
             the
             Politick
             Hippocrates
             his
             Aphorismes
             were
             very
             true
             :
             That
             ,
             
               Qui
               deliberant
               desciverunt
            
             ,
             and
             that
             
               In
               ejusmodi
               conciliis
               periculosius
               est
               deprehendi
               quàm
               audere
               .
            
          
           
             And
             that
             they
             that
             were
             desired
             to
             enter
             into
             a
             Conspiracy
             ,
             were
             fooles
             ,
             and
             self-murderers
             ,
             if
             in
             so
             miserable
             a
             case
             they
             pitcht
             their
             thoughts
             onely
             upon
             the
             sweet
             of
             revenge
             ,
             the
             accumulating
             wealth
             ,
             or
             preferments
             to
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             Kingdoms
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             propounded
             to
             them
             in
             reward
             of
             such
             wicked
             actions
             ;
             and
             those
             wise
             and
             charitable
             ,
             who
             held
             before
             their
             eyes
             the
             pictures
             of
             Fetters
             and
             Gibbets
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             right
             rewards
             ,
             and
             certain
             acquirements
             of
             desperate
             and
             ambitious
             people
             ,
             and
             of
             such
             as
             were
             giddy-headed
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LV.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Giovan
                 Francisco
                 Pico
              
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               reconcile
               the
               differences
               between
               Plato
               and
               
                 Aristotle
                 ,
                 Apollo
              
               commands
               those
               two
               great
               Philosophers
               to
               end
               the
               business
               in
               a
               publique
               Disputation
               ;
               and
               being
               therein
               obey'd
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               notwithstanding
               part
               friends
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             task
             which
             as
             you
             heard
             of
             late
             the
             Count
             
               Giovan
               Francisco
               Pico
               della
               Mirandola
            
             ,
             that
             Phenix
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             undertook
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             of
             reconciling
             the
             immortal
             differences
             which
             are
             discust
             between
             the
             two
             supreme
             Luminaries
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             Plato
             and
             Aristotle
             ,
             hath
             been
             to
             so
             little
             purpose
             ,
             as
             not
             having
             given
             any
             satisfaction
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             nor
             to
             his
             Literati
             ,
             it
             hath
             kindled
             new
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             eager
             argumentations
             in
             Pernassus
             .
             Wherefore
             Apollo
             for
             the
             quiet
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             for
             the
             agreement
             between
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             Philosophy
             ,
             caused
             Plato
             and
             Aristotle
             to
             be
             sent
             for
             on
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             last
             month
             ,
             to
             appear
             before
             him
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             an
             austeer
             look
             he
             said
             ;
             That
             there
             being
             but
             one
             truth
             of
             all
             Sciences
             ,
             they
             much
             injured
             Philosophy
             by
             the
             diversity
             of
             their
             opinions
             ;
             that
             he
             did
             love
             peace
             and
             agreement
             between
             his
             Vertuosi
             ;
             that
             he
             likewise
             knew
             that
             the
             multitude
             of
             Sects
             ,
             was
             that
             which
             occasioned
             great
             mischief
             in
             States
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             might
             obtain
             from
             them
             such
             concord
             between
             themselves
             ,
             which
             he
             knew
             to
             be
             altogether
             necessary
             for
             his
             State
             ,
             he
             was
             pleased
             to
             use
             such
             respect
             to
             them
             both
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             proceed
             against
             them
             with
             violence
             ,
             but
             did
             let
             them
             know
             that
             he
             should
             be
             very
             glad
             that
             both
             of
             them
             would
             so
             much
             honour
             Philosophy
             ,
             as
             to
             agree
             in
             opinion
             ,
             in
             point
             of
             the
             greatest
             differences
             that
             were
             between
             them
             .
             Then
             turning
             towards
             Aristotle
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             That
             it
             made
             not
             for
             his
             honour
             to
             dissent
             from
             the
             opinions
             which
             so
             great
             a
             Master
             as
             Plato
             had
             read
             unto
             him
             in
             the
             Schools
             ;
             and
             then
             told
             Plato
             ,
             that
             he
             suffered
             much
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             should
             see
             so
             great
             a
             Rebel
             as
             Aristotle
             should
             issue
             out
             of
             his
             School
             .
          
           
             Both
             Plato
             and
             Aristotle
             seemed
             very
             willing
             to
             yield
             to
             each
             others
             opinion
             ,
             when
             by
             good
             arguments
             ,
             and
             sufficient
             reasons
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             made
             appear
             to
             be
             the
             better
             ;
             and
             joyntly
             agreed
             that
             they
             would
             dispute
             the
             business
             in
             two
             several
             chairs
             ,
             hand
             to
             hand
             ,
             without
             any
             Moderator
             .
             Apollo
             did
             not
             only
             accept
             of
             so
             glorious
             a
             defiance
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             consolation
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             made
             papers
             be
             fixt
             that
             very
             hour
             upon
             the
             gate
             of
             the
             greatest
             Philosophy-School
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             publique
             places
             ,
             wherein
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             were
             invited
             to
             come
             and
             see
             so
             gallant
             a
             spectacle
             ;
             and
             to
             the
             end
             that
             those
             who
             inhabit
             in
             far
             Countries
             ,
             might
             have
             time
             to
             come
             to
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             be
             present
             at
             so
             famous
             a
             contest
             ,
             he
             allowed
             the
             two
             Philosophers
             twenty
             daies
             to
             appear
             in
             the
             field
             .
             The
             mean
             while
             ,
             for
             the
             Vertuosis
             better
             commodity
             ,
             many
             
             Skaffolds
             were
             built
             about
             the
             great
             Court
             of
             Urania
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             day
             appointed
             for
             the
             Disputation
             ,
             
               Adriano
               ,
               Orlando
               ,
               Ciprione
            
             and
             many
             other
             modern
             Musitians
             ,
             sung
             first
             in
             several
             chorusses
             ,
             their
             excellent
             Compositions
             ,
             accompanied
             not
             only
             by
             the
             Organs
             ,
             Viols
             ,
             Harps
             ,
             and
             other
             grave
             instruments
             which
             are
             used
             at
             the
             meetings
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             but
             (
             according
             to
             the
             defect
             of
             the
             modern
             age
             )
             with
             the
             interposition
             of
             the
             Lute
             ,
             Cornet
             ,
             Theorbo
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             very
             Violin
             ,
             taken
             but
             a
             little
             before
             out
             of
             the
             ignorant
             Consort
             of
             trivial
             Fidlers
             ,
             who
             play
             fum
             fum
             in
             the
             meanest
             Assemblies
             .
             The
             Musick
             being
             ended
             ,
             the
             two
             famous
             Paladins
             of
             Philosphy
             appeared
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             and
             their
             dispute
             held
             for
             six
             hours
             together
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             not
             notwithstanding
             possible
             to
             meet
             with
             the
             desired
             agreement
             .
             For
             in
             the
             curious
             Philosophical
             wrestling
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             delightfull
             to
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             the
             Arms
             of
             solid
             and
             stout
             Arguments
             are
             only
             made
             use
             of
             ,
             backs
             of
             efficacious
             reason
             ,
             strange
             nimbleness
             of
             foot
             in
             apparent
             demonstrations
             ;
             and
             yet
             that
             last
             Effort
             which
             is
             so
             pleasing
             to
             the
             spectators
             of
             seeing
             the
             enemy
             thrown
             flat
             upon
             his
             bac●…
             ,
             overthrown
             and
             convinced
             by
             undeniable
             Arguments
             ,
             doth
             never
             ensue
             :
             For
             Philosophical
             wrestlers
             ,
             though
             they
             fall
             resolutely
             to
             catch
             where
             they
             catch
             can
             ,
             yet
             by
             means
             of
             distinctions
             which
             they
             have
             at
             their
             fingers
             ends
             ,
             they
             still
             keep
             themselves
             on
             foot
             .
             These
             two
             great
             Luminaries
             of
             Philosophy
             gave
             such
             content
             to
             the
             standers
             by
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             infinitely
             admire
             the
             reach
             of
             humane
             intellect
             ,
             which
             having
             waded
             through
             all
             the
             Heavens
             by
             the
             excellency
             of
             her
             specula●…ion
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             exactly
             know
             the
             
               quantitas
               ,
               qualitas
            
             ,
             and
             the
             motus
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             is
             arrived
             even
             at
             the
             knowledg
             of
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Divine
             Nature
             ,
             of
             which
             she
             can
             discourse
             very
             handsomly
             .
             With
             these
             wonders
             did
             the
             Disputation
             end
             ,
             which
             afforded
             as
             much
             content
             to
             the
             Literati
             ,
             as
             if
             those
             two
             Philosophers
             had
             been
             perfectly
             reconciled
             and
             agreed
             ;
             only
             Apollo
             ,
             by
             the
             apparent
             sadness
             which
             was
             seen
             in
             his
             face
             ,
             disturbed
             the
             universal
             mirth
             ;
             wherefore
             great
             Averroes
             askt
             him
             ,
             whether
             Aristotle
             and
             Plato
             had
             not
             given
             him
             such
             satisfaction
             as
             he
             desired
             :
             To
             which
             Apollo
             answered
             with
             a
             sigh
             fetcht
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             his
             heart
             ;
             that
             those
             two
             Princes
             of
             Philosophy
             had
             fully
             satisfied
             the
             opinion
             which
             all
             men
             had
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             had
             seen
             that
             in
             this
             Argumentation
             ,
             which
             would
             keep
             his
             mind
             perpetually
             afflicted
             :
             For
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             bewail
             the
             infinite
             corrupt
             condition
             of
             this
             age
             ,
             wherein
             sensuallity
             was
             grown
             so
             great
             amongst
             men
             ,
             as
             he
             who
             saw
             their
             hidden
             passions
             ,
             had
             clearly
             found
             ,
             that
             many
             were
             come
             to
             these
             disputations
             even
             from
             far
             Countries
             ,
             rather
             to
             please
             the
             itch
             of
             the
             ear
             ,
             by
             hearing
             the
             Musick
             ,
             then
             to
             feed
             their
             souls
             by
             those
             Vertuosissimi
             ,
             which
             he
             said
             were
             introduced
             into
             the
             world
             by
             those
             wicked
             Mountebanks
             ,
             who
             in
             their
             defect
             of
             too
             much
             mingling
             pleasure
             with
             profit
             ,
             were
             gone
             so
             far
             ,
             as
             having
             admitted
             of
             Jack-puddings
             ,
             and
             Pantalouns
             into
             their
             company
             ,
             many
             flockt
             to
             them
             rather
             to
             laugh
             at
             their
             sports
             and
             wantonness
             ,
             thento
             buy
             useful
             medicines
             for
             their
             maladies
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Gonsalvo
                 Ferrante
                 Cordua
              
               ,
               not
               having
               obtained
               the
               confirmation
               of
               his
               desired
               Title
               of
               Magnus
               ,
               from
               the
               reverend
               Colledge
               of
               Historians
               ,
               demands
               an
               other
               place
               in
               Pernassus
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               from
               whence
               he
               is
               likewise
               excluded
               .
            
          
           
             
               GOnsalvo
               Cordua
            
             was
             very
             much
             grieved
             at
             the
             repulse
             which
             he
             received
             from
             the
             History
             Colledge
             when
             he
             was
             denyed
             the
             Title
             of
             Great
             ;
             and
             to
             try
             whether
             the
             favor
             and
             recommendation
             of
             Princes
             were
             available
             to
             effect
             business
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             which
             justice
             could
             not
             do
             ,
             he
             addrest
             himself
             for
             help
             to
             his
             King
             Ferdinando
             ;
             whom
             having
             acquained
             with
             his
             business
             ;
             and
             received
             for
             answer
             from
             that
             wise
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             have
             thought
             them
             very
             simple
             who
             should
             have
             favoured
             a
             subject
             of
             his
             in
             obtaining
             the
             Title
             of
             great
             to
             be
             conferred
             upon
             him
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             Little
             :
             that
             he
             was
             none
             of
             those
             who
             would
             commit
             so
             great
             an
             error
             ,
             as
             to
             desire
             such
             glory
             might
             be
             atchieved
             by
             others
             ,
             as
             did
             greatly
             lessen
             his
             honor
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Conscience
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             must
             be
             so
             charitable
             to
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             endeavour
             that
             the
             whole
             glory
             of
             the
             purchase
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Naples
             might
             be
             attributed
             more
             to
             his
             wisdom
             ,
             then
             to
             Cordua's
             valour
             .
             Wherefore
             Gonsalvo
             being
             much
             incens't
             at
             so
             resolute
             and
             sharp
             an
             answer
             ,
             went
             presently
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             since
             it
             had
             not
             pleased
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Historians
             to
             think
             him
             worthy
             to
             be
             ranked
             with
             
               Pompey
               ,
               Alexander
               ,
               Charles
            
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             who
             for
             their
             glorious
             Actions
             had
             deserved
             the
             Title
             of
             Great
             ;
             that
             yet
             he
             might
             be
             favoured
             with
             adm●…ttance
             into
             the
             squadron
             of
             his
             Majesties
             
               Gens
               d'Armes
            
             ,
             wherein
             was
             that
             famous
             
               Bellisarius
               ,
               Bartholomeus
               Alvianus
               ,
               Pietro
               Navarro
               ,
               Antonio
               de
               Leva
               ,
            
             Count
             
               Petigliano
               ,
               Lorenzo
               de
               Ceri
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             famous
             warriours
             .
             Apollo
             graciously
             granted
             Gonsalvo
             what
             he
             desired
             ;
             but
             it
             fell
             out
             that
             whilst
             in
             his
             Majesties
             presence
             ,
             the
             ceremony
             of
             putting
             on
             the
             accustomed
             upper
             weed
             was
             a
             performing
             ,
             whereat
             all
             the
             chief
             military
             men
             of
             this
             Court
             gave
             their
             attendance
             ,
             Bossio
             the
             Atturney
             General
             accused
             Gonsalvo
             of
             Perjury
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             doth
             very
             much
             abhor
             those
             who
             are
             noted
             for
             falsifying
             their
             words
             with
             men
             ,
             much
             more
             those
             who
             are
             perjured
             before
             God
             ,
             allowed
             the
             Atturney-General
             three
             days
             to
             make
             good
             his
             impeachment
             ,
             and
             ordered
             that
             Gonsalvo's
             business
             might
             be
             adjourned
             until
             then
             .
             Gonsalvo
             being
             very
             much
             troubled
             at
             this
             foul
             imputation
             ,
             told
             the
             Atturney
             Bossio
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             always
             profestfidelity
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             not
             onely
             wonder
             ,
             but
             was
             very
             much
             scandalized
             ,
             that
             so
             wicked
             an
             accusation
             should
             be
             laid
             upon
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             born
             and
             bred
             up
             in
             a
             kingdom
             where
             loyalty
             to
             his
             King
             ,
             and
             fidelity
             to
             every
             privat
             man
             ,
             did
             abound
             as
             much
             as
             in
             any
             other
             place
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Bossio
             answered
             
             him
             ,
             desiring
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             relate
             the
             case
             of
             the
             imprisonment
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             Calavria
             ,
             how
             it
             had
             been
             carryed
             ,
             for
             for
             what
             appeared
             to
             him
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             proved
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             troubled
             without
             reason
             .
             Gonsalvo
             said
             ,
             that
             having
             besieged
             the
             young
             Duke
             of
             Calavria
             in
             the
             Castle
             of
             Taranto
             ,
             who
             was
             son
             to
             Frederick
             the
             last
             King
             of
             Naples
             ,
             he
             capitulated
             with
             that
             young
             Duke
             when
             he
             resolved
             upon
             rendering
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             have
             free
             leave
             to
             go
             whither
             he
             pleased
             best
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             plighted
             his
             faith
             to
             keep
             this
             promise
             ,
             and
             therupon
             he
             received
             the
             holy
             Eucharist
             ;
             but
             that
             afterwards
             falsifying
             his
             oath
             ,
             he
             made
             sure
             of
             the
             Dukes
             person
             ,
             whom
             he
             sent
             with
             a
             good
             guard
             prisoner
             into
             
               Spain
               .
               Apollo
            
             seemed
             then
             to
             be
             mightily
             offended
             with
             Gonsalvo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             so
             wicked
             and
             execrable
             an
             action
             rendred
             him
             altogether
             unworthy
             of
             any
             place
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             therefore
             willed
             him
             to
             get
             quickly
             out
             of
             his
             State.
             Gonsalvo
             was
             much
             confused
             and
             astonished
             at
             this
             so
             severe
             sentence
             ,
             and
             answered
             in
             his
             excuse
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             acknowledged
             it
             to
             be
             a
             very
             foul
             action
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             was
             necessitated
             to
             do
             it
             for
             his
             Kings
             service
             ;
             for
             it
             being
             a
             practised
             rule
             amongst
             good
             Politicians
             ,
             that
             no
             Prince
             doth
             securely
             possess
             any
             conquered
             State
             ,
             whilst
             they
             live
             who
             were
             driven
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             noble
             acquisition
             of
             the
             kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             esteemed
             a
             compleat
             victory
             ,
             unless
             he
             had
             secured
             that
             Prince
             his
             person
             :
             Apollo
             was
             so
             far
             from
             allowing
             of
             Gonsalvo's
             excuse
             ,
             as
             growing
             much
             more
             incenst
             ,
             he
             bad
             him
             be
             sure
             not
             to
             be
             seen
             any
             more
             above
             two
             days
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             which
             should
             not
             be
             a
             receptacle
             for
             those
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             actions
             shewed
             they
             more
             respected
             the
             service
             of
             men
             ,
             then
             the
             good
             will
             of
             God.
             Then
             did
             his
             Majesties
             Masters
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             drive
             Gonsalvo
             out
             of
             the
             house
             ;
             who
             whilst
             he
             went
             disconsolately
             down
             the
             stairs
             ,
             told
             the
             Atturney
             Bossio
             ,
             that
             apparent
             wrong
             was
             done
             unto
             him
             ;
             for
             Caesar
             ,
             who
             to
             purchase
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             had
             not
             onely
             violated
             the
             laws
             of
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             but
             was
             the
             first
             Author
             of
             that
             wicked
             saying
             ,
             That
             all
             things
             were
             lawful
             which
             conduced
             to
             government
             ,
             was
             seen
             to
             have
             a
             glorious
             place
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             so
             unjustly
             driven
             out
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             that
             Bossiv
             boldly
             answered
             Gonsalvo
             ,
             that
             Caesars
             example
             did
             not
             square
             with
             him
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             one
             thing
             to
             commit
             foul
             actions
             ,
             thereby
             to
             purchase
             a
             kingdom
             to
             a
             mans
             self
             ,
             and
             another
             thing
             to
             do
             the
             like
             to
             purchase
             one
             for
             ones
             Master
             .
             For
             by
             the
             laws
             both
             of
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             a
             Pander
             deserved
             greater
             punishment
             ,
             who
             meerly
             out
             of
             the
             malignity
             of
             a
             depraved
             mind
             delighted
             in
             doing
             ill
             ,
             then
             he
             who
             committed
             Fornication
             out
             of
             the
             frailty
             of
             the
             flesh
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Barque
               loaded
               with
               inventors
               of
               new
               grievances
               running
               shipwrack
               upon
               the
               shore
               of
               Lepanto
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               treats
               them
               well
               ,
               though
               he
               do
               greatly
               abominate
               such
               like
               men
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             dreadful
             storm
             at
             Sea
             occasioned
             some
             days
             ago
             by
             the
             furious
             southwest
             winds
             ,
             drove
             a
             Vessel
             upon
             the
             Strand
             of
             Lepanto
             ;
             to
             the
             succor
             whereof
             ,
             all
             the
             inhabitants
             along
             the
             river
             side
             made
             in
             ,
             (
             for
             they
             saw
             it
             was
             fraught
             with
             passengers
             )
             and
             were
             so
             fortunate
             therein
             ,
             as
             though
             the
             Barque
             split
             ,
             they
             saved
             above
             fourscore
             persons
             that
             were
             in
             her
             ;
             who
             were
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             commodiously
             lodged
             ,
             and
             were
             then
             askt
             ,
             who
             they
             were
             ,
             whence
             they
             came
             ,
             and
             whither
             they
             were
             bound
             .
             They
             answered
             they
             were
             all
             of
             them
             Italian
             Arcigogalanti
             ,
             and
             were
             lately
             come
             from
             Italy
             :
             which
             when
             his
             Majesty
             understood
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             naturally
             very
             courteous
             ,
             yet
             doth
             he
             so
             abominate
             those
             cruel
             enemies
             of
             mankind
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             almost
             repented
             the
             ayd
             which
             he
             had
             given
             them
             ,
             thinking
             those
             wicked
             ones
             unworthy
             of
             commiseration
             ,
             who
             spend
             their
             lives
             in
             nothing
             else
             but
             in
             inventing
             execrable
             grievances
             ,
             by
             which
             many
             modern
             Princes
             so
             cruelly
             torment
             their
             miserable
             people
             .
             Yet
             some
             Vertuosi
             said
             ,
             that
             since
             there
             were
             so
             many
             of
             those
             rascals
             in
             that
             Barque
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             come
             from
             Italy
             ,
             they
             must
             needs
             believe
             that
             they
             brought
             the
             good
             news
             to
             Pernassus
             ,
             that
             the
             Italian
             Princes
             had
             put
             on
             the
             noble
             resolution
             of
             purging
             their
             States
             from
             that
             wicked
             sort
             of
             men
             .
             Apollo
             commanded
             that
             they
             should
             be
             asked
             ,
             wherefore
             they
             parted
             from
             Italy
             ,
             and
             whither
             they
             were
             going
             ;
             they
             answered
             ,
             that
             having
             happily
             finished
             all
             the
             most
             witty
             inventions
             ,
             whereby
             to
             empty
             the
             peoples
             purses
             ,
             and
             fill
             the
             Princes
             coffers
             therewith
             ,
             since
             they
             had
             raised
             the
             Gabels
             and
             Taxes
             as
             high
             as
             it
             was
             possible
             for
             them
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             having
             nothing
             more
             to
             work
             upon
             in
             Italy
             ,
             they
             had
             ran
             over
             France
             ,
             and
             Spain
             ,
             in
             which
             noble
             kingdoms
             they
             had
             so
             behaved
             themselves
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             left
             eternal
             memory
             in
             both
             of
             them
             of
             the
             Florentines
             ,
             and
             Ge●…efes
             .
             That
             afterwards
             endeavouring
             to
             get
             into
             England
             ,
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             and
             Poland
             ,
             all
             of
             them
             Provincees
             abounding
             with
             gold
             ,
             and
             wealthy
             inhabitants
             ,
             and
             where
             they
             thought
             to
             have
             done
             wonders
             ,
             they
             were
             driven
             out
             with
             cudgels
             by
             those
             people
             who
             were
             born
             to
             a
             kind
             of
             Liberty
             ,
             and
             who
             might
             be
             said
             to
             be
             sheep
             ,
             which
             giving
             their
             shepherds
             a
             little
             milk
             by
             way
             of
             recognition
             or
             Fealty
             ,
             in
             a
             certain
             little
             mark'd
             measure
             .
             And
             vvho
             vvill
             not
             suffer
             themselves
             (
             as
             it
             is
             usual
             elsevvhere
             )
             to
             be
             milked
             at
             discretion
             .
             Wherefore
             like
             those
             famous
             Trojans
             led
             
             on
             by
             Aeneas
             ,
             they
             vvent
             plowing
             up
             the
             Sea
             vvith
             that
             their
             little
             vessel
             ,
             to
             finde
             out
             nevv
             people
             and
             nevv
             Countreys
             ,
             vvhere
             to
             the
             praise
             and
             glory
             and
             profit
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             to
             that
             perpetual
             desolation
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             vvhich
             occasioneth
             security
             in
             reigning
             they
             might
             use
             their
             Talent
             ,
             and
             open
             their
             shop
             .
             When
             the
             Literai
             had
             heard
             these
             things
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             presently
             beseeched
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             would
             publikely
             revenge
             the
             injuries
             done
             to
             so
             many
             Nations
             ,
             which
             through
             the
             malignity
             of
             that
             race
             of
             Vipers
             had
             been
             flead
             by
             their
             avaricious
             Princes
             ,
             with
             the
             rasor
             of
             exorbitant
             grievances
             ,
             making
             them
             be
             burnt
             in
             the
             remainders
             of
             that
             their
             Vessel
             .
             But
             Apollo
             ,
             whose
             deep
             judgement
             exceeds
             all
             humane
             wisdom
             ,
             having
             understood
             the
             shameful
             profession
             of
             those
             rascally
             people
             ,
             commanded
             that
             their
             entertainment
             should
             be
             doubled
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             be
             better
             treated
             ;
             and
             causing
             mony
             to
             be
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             great
             store
             of
             victuals
             ,
             sent
             them
             to
             Constantinople
             ,
             willing
             them
             to
             see
             whether
             they
             could
             reduce
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             Capital
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Learning
             into
             that
             desolation
             ,
             and
             desperation
             by
             their
             exorbitant
             damn'd
             new
             inventions
             ,
             into
             which
             they
             boasted
             themselves
             to
             have
             brought
             
               France
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             and
             Italy
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               By
               letters
               intercepted
               ,
               which
               were
               sent
               by
               an
               express
               from
               some
               Princes
               to
               the
               Lake
               of
               Avernus
               ,
               People
               come
               to
               know
               that
               the
               enmities
               which
               are
               seen
               to
               reign
               in
               the
               Nations
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               are
               occasioned
               by
               the
               cunning
               of
               their
               Princes
               .
            
          
           
             A
             Post
             was
             robbed
             on
             Monday
             night
             last
             between
             the
             coasts
             of
             Pindus
             and
             Libetrum
             ,
             which
             some
             great
             Princes
             had
             dispatcht
             away
             in
             much
             haste
             ,
             towards
             the
             Lake
             of
             Avernus
             .
             And
             because
             the
             Post
             had
             no
             injury
             done
             to
             his
             Person
             ,
             it
             was
             believed
             that
             the
             excess
             was
             committed
             onely
             to
             take
             his
             Letters
             from
             him
             ,
             as
             it
             proved
             afterwards
             .
             For
             they
             onely
             took
             from
             him
             a
             packet
             directed
             to
             the
             three
             infernal
             Furies
             ,
             
               Alecto
               ,
               Tisiphone
            
             ,
             and
             Megera
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             is
             known
             for
             certain
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             great
             scandal
             ,
             that
             some
             great
             Princes
             did
             hire
             those
             Furies
             ,
             to
             sow
             ,
             and
             foment
             perpetual
             strife
             and
             discord
             ,
             not
             onely
             between
             Nation
             and
             Nation
             ,
             but
             oft
             times
             between
             the
             subjects
             of
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Prince
             .
             And
             to
             aggravate
             the
             distastes
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             letter
             of
             exchange
             found
             in
             that
             packet
             ,
             of
             ten
             thousand
             Crowns
             for
             six
             months
             pay
             .
             
             The
             subjects
             to
             these
             Princes
             who
             writ
             these
             letters
             ,
             have
             sent
             them
             by
             some
             of
             their
             Deputies
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             heavily
             complaining
             that
             their
             Princes
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             study
             nothing
             more
             then
             the
             peace
             ,
             and
             unanimous
             agreement
             ,
             not
             onely
             of
             their
             own
             particular
             subjects
             ,
             but
             that
             also
             of
             all
             Nations
             ,
             did
             by
             ready
             mony
             purchase
             sedition
             amongst
             others
             ,
             and
             mischief
             to
             themselves
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             had
             not
             till
             now
             learnt
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             meerly
             the
             cunning
             and
             machinations
             of
             Princes
             ,
             which
             caused
             those
             several
             divisions
             and
             inhate
             hatreds
             between
             Nations
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             true
             root
             of
             those
             evils
             wherewith
             mankinde
             is
             so
             afflicted
             ;
             which
             if
             they
             were
             extirpated
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             men
             would
             injoy
             the
             comfort
             to
             see
             the
             French
             love
             the
             English
             ;
             the
             Spanyard
             the
             French
             :
             the
             Germans
             the
             Italians
             :
             and
             perfect
             peace
             would
             be
             amongst
             all
             men
             .
             Whilst
             these
             Deputies
             were
             reasoning
             thus
             ,
             Apollo
             was
             seen
             to
             weep
             bitterly
             out
             of
             meer
             compunction
             of
             what
             he
             had
             heard
             .
             Insomuch
             as
             the
             standers
             by
             believed
             that
             his
             Majesty
             would
             have
             broken
             out
             into
             some
             great
             heat
             against
             the
             Princes
             who
             were
             accused
             of
             so
             foul
             faults
             ,
             when
             he
             spoke
             thus
             .
             My
             friends
             ,
             your
             complaints
             are
             as
             true
             ,
             as
             grievous
             ;
             but
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             excesses
             which
             you
             now
             complain
             of
             ,
             are
             not
             occasioned
             by
             the
             ill
             nature
             of
             Princes
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             the
             peoples
             seditious
             spirits
             ;
             whose
             instability
             is
             such
             ,
             as
             the
             universal
             peace
             of
             mankinde
             cannot
             be
             better
             compassed
             by
             any
             other
             means
             ,
             then
             by
             sowing
             that
             discord
             amongst
             Nations
             ,
             and
             those
             divisions
             which
             you
             now
             so
             much
             complain
             of
             :
             for
             long
             experience
             hath
             taught
             Princes
             ;
             that
             the
             great
             frame
             of
             reigning
             securely
             is
             wholly
             grounded
             upon
             the
             sound
             foundation
             of
             dividing
             well
             .
             And
             it
             is
             apparant
             ,
             that
             were
             it
             not
             for
             Princes
             that
             govern
             them
             ,
             people
             would
             of
             themselves
             fall
             into
             greater
             seditions
             ,
             then
             those
             which
             are
             sown
             amongst
             them
             for
             the
             publike
             peace
             ,
             and
             universal
             good
             of
             all
             men
             .
             All
             which
             ,
             my
             welbeloved
             ,
             are
             necessary
             evils
             ,
             though
             it
             exceedingly
             grieve
             me
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             disease
             of
             universal
             discord
             which
             reigns
             amongst
             men
             ,
             cannot
             be
             sooner
             cured
             by
             any
             other
             medicine
             ,
             then
             by
             that
             bitter
             Pill
             ,
             which
             you
             complain
             so
             much
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Prince
               of
               the
               Laconicks
               Nephew
               ,
               being
               after
               his
               Uncles
               death
               ,
               to
               return
               to
               a
               private
               Fortune
               ,
               shews
               no
               well
               composed
               minde
               in
               making
               so
               dangerous
               a
               passage
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Prince
             of
             the
             Laconicks
             Nephew
             ,
             who
             during
             his
             Uncles
             life
             of
             famous
             memory
             ,
             did
             with
             extraordinary
             Authority
             govern
             that
             State
             ;
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             choice
             which
             was
             made
             some
             few
             days
             ago
             ,
             of
             a
             new
             Prince
             ,
             was
             two
             days
             since
             to
             return
             to
             a
             private
             life
             .
             And
             because
             the
             parting
             from
             Authority
             after
             the
             sweet
             thereof
             hath
             been
             a
             while
             tasted
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             much
             more
             fearful
             then
             the
             parting
             of
             the
             soul
             from
             the
             body
             ;
             and
             it
             having
             formerly
             hapned
             in
             Parnassus
             ,
             that
             the
             too
             great
             ambition
             of
             Government
             hath
             so
             suffocated
             the
             vertue
             of
             humility
             and
             those
             vital
             spirits
             of
             the
             minds
             moderation
             ,
             which
             keep
             a
             well
             composed
             heart
             alive
             ,
             as
             so
             great
             a
             passage
             is
             not
             to
             be
             made
             without
             reluctaney
             ;
             Apollo
             compassionating
             such
             sad
             cases
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             provide
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             so
             great
             mens
             honors
             ,
             in
             that
             time
             of
             terror
             ,
             Instituted
             in
             Parnassus
             many
             years
             ago
             ,
             the
             charitable
             company
             of
             commiseration
             ,
             whereof
             the
             chief
             Moral
             Philosophers
             of
             this
             State
             are
             members
             .
             The
             night
             preceding
             the
             day
             ,
             wherein
             this
             Prince
             was
             to
             make
             so
             sore
             a
             change
             of
             condition
             ,
             Reverend
             petrarch
             made
             him
             a
             v●…si
             with
             his
             book
             
               De
               remedi
               is
               utriusque
               Fortunae
            
             ,
             as
             also
             learned
             
               Giorolimo
               Cardano
            
             ,
             with
             his
             work
             
               De
               utilitate
               capienda
               ex
               adversis
            
             :
             and
             
               Annaeus
               Seneca
            
             the
             worthy
             President
             of
             the
             Company
             ,
             with
             the
             precious
             writings
             of
             
               Boetius
               Severinus
               de
               Consolatione
               Philosophiae
            
             :
             whom
             after
             a
             long
             preamble
             of
             fair
             words
             ,
             they
             acquainted
             with
             the
             sad
             return
             he
             was
             to
             make
             the
             next
             morning
             to
             a
             private
             life
             .
             Certainly
             most
             unwelcom
             news
             ;
             and
             which
             he
             heard
             with
             such
             impatiency
             and
             disturbance
             ,
             as
             with
             exclamations
             which
             deafened
             all
             that
             heard
             him
             ,
             and
             howlings
             which
             reacht
             Heaven
             ,
             he
             began
             to
             lament
             and
             bewail
             his
             perverse
             fortune
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             said
             he
             was
             assassinated
             :
             crying
             out
             that
             she
             had
             hardly
             suffered
             him
             to
             tast
             the
             sweet
             of
             Government
             ,
             the
             suavity
             of
             Command
             ,
             when
             she
             hurryed
             him
             down
             to
             the
             miseries
             of
             a
             private
             life
             ,
             making
             him
             to
             swallow
             down
             the
             unpleasant
             potion
             of
             changing
             Command
             ,
             for
             Obedience
             ;
             oft
             recommending
             his
             honor
             in
             this
             his
             Agony
             to
             these
             his
             comforters
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             desiring
             that
             they
             would
             not
             abandon
             him
             in
             this
             his
             urgent
             necessity
             .
             Then
             both
             
               Seneca
               ,
               Cardano
            
             ,
             and
             Petrarch
             ,
             did
             with
             unspeakable
             Charity
             imbrace
             this
             Prince
             ,
             intreating
             him
             couragiously
             to
             undergo
             this
             his
             adversity
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             to
             comfort
             him
             ,
             they
             alleadged
             all
             they
             could
             in
             praise
             of
             a
             privat
             life
             ,
             letting
             him
             know
             how
             great
             a
             happiness
             men
             found
             in
             knowing
             how
             to
             govern
             themselves
             and
             their
             affairs
             ,
             and
             making
             him
             often
             repeat
             those
             words
             of
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             Politick
             sayings
             ;
             
               Quam
               Arduum
               ,
               quam
               sub
               ectum
               Fortunae
               ,
               regendi
               Cuncta
               Onus
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Annal.
            
             Excellent
             words
             ,
             which
             being
             chewed
             by
             a
             Palat
             that
             knows
             truly
             how
             to
             taste
             
             them
             ,
             are
             of
             such
             efficacy
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             the
             power
             to
             make
             the
             great
             Emperor
             Charles
             the
             fift
             ,
             (
             who
             had
             been
             more
             ambitious
             of
             government
             then
             any
             other
             )
             to
             withdraw
             himself
             into
             a
             Monastery
             ,
             and
             become
             an
             Hermit
             .
             But
             these
             consolations
             wrought
             so
             little
             upon
             this
             Lord
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             more
             then
             once
             to
             those
             Reverend
             Comforters
             ,
             that
             to
             prefer
             a
             private
             life
             before
             Reigning
             ,
             was
             a
             most
             odious
             Paradox
             ;
             a
             thing
             which
             ,
             was
             uttered
             by
             the
             mouth
             ,
             but
             not
             believed
             by
             the
             heart
             :
             a
             Doctrine
             which
             they
             did
             mainly
             hate
             ,
             who
             went
             about
             to
             make
             others
             believe
             it
             .
             The
             next
             morning
             this
             Gentleman
             was
             stript
             of
             all
             his
             jurisdiction
             ,
             which
             caused
             such
             a
             passion
             of
             the
             heart
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             the
             Comforters
             not
             being
             able
             to
             keep
             alive
             the
             spirits
             of
             his
             Patience
             ,
             he
             swowned
             three
             times
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             wherefore
             the
             unfortunate
             Gentleman
             was
             carryed
             half
             dead
             out
             of
             the
             Palace
             ;
             who
             when
             he
             saw
             his
             own
             private
             House
             ,
             fell
             into
             yet
             greater
             Agonies
             ;
             so
             as
             these
             Comforters
             laboured
             very
             much
             to
             make
             him
             use
             in
             so
             dangerous
             a
             nick
             of
             time
             the
             vertue
             of
             a
             well-composed
             minde
             ,
             which
             men
             of
             strong
             complexions
             can
             shew
             in
             cases
             of
             Adversity
             ,
             when
             they
             seem
             to
             do
             that
             cheerfully
             ,
             of
             meer
             choice
             ,
             which
             they
             are
             forc'd
             unto
             by
             inevitable
             necessity
             .
             But
             this
             Gentleman
             despairing
             every
             hour
             more
             and
             more
             in
             his
             misfortune
             ,
             grew
             so
             horn-mad
             as
             to
             call
             every
             man
             ungrateful
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             cleerly
             seen
             that
             the
             new
             Prince
             his
             happiness
             ,
             the
             Grandetsa
             of
             his
             Nephews
             ,
             and
             the
             prosperity
             of
             his
             more
             intimate
             servants
             and
             friends
             ,
             did
             vex
             him
             more
             then
             his
             own
             Calamity
             .
             When
             he
             was
             come
             to
             his
             Paternal
             House
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             heart
             enough
             to
             look
             upon
             it
             ,
             but
             still
             kept
             his
             eye
             fixt
             upon
             the
             place
             where
             he
             had
             been
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             Comforters
             to
             do
             the
             very
             utmost
             that
             they
             could
             ,
             to
             save
             this
             Gentlemans
             reputation
             ;
             which
             was
             in
             so
             evident
             danger
             of
             being
             lost
             ,
             blind-folded
             him
             :
             he
             was
             no
             sooner
             come
             into
             the
             Hall
             ,
             (
             so
             drunk
             are
             men
             with
             the
             thought
             of
             rule
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             once
             tasted
             it
             )
             but
             he
             called
             for
             the
             Agents
             ,
             and
             Princes
             Embassadors
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             been
             under
             the
             cloth
             of
             State
             in
             the
             Palace
             ,
             and
             would
             negotiate
             with
             them
             ,
             having
             no
             business
             at
             all
             ,
             and
             seemed
             as
             if
             he
             would
             still
             govern
             the
             world
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             no
             Authority
             ;
             entertaining
             himself
             continually
             with
             grave
             Affairs
             ,
             not
             having
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             .
             By
             which
             Actions
             this
             ill
             advised
             Gentleman
             made
             every
             one
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             being
             in
             greatness
             ,
             with
             absolute
             power
             of
             Command
             ,
             makes
             men
             seem
             wise
             ●…olomons
             to
             others
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             return
             to
             their
             private
             Fortunes
             ,
             are
             found
             to
             have
             no
             more
             Brains
             then
             a
             Goose
             :
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LX.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Antonio
                 Perez
              
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               having
               presented
               Apollo
               with
               his
               book
               of
               Relations
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               does
               not
               onely
               refuse
               to
               receive
               it
               ,
               but
               commands
               it
               to
               be
               presently
               burnt
               .
            
          
           
             
               ANtonio
               Perez
            
             ,
             formerly
             Secretary
             to
             Philip
             the
             second
             King
             of
             ●…pain
             ,
             knowing
             the
             ill
             opinion
             which
             people
             have
             of
             a
             Secretary
             who
             parts
             distasted
             from
             his
             Prince
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             was
             got
             into
             France
             ,
             he
             published
             in
             his
             own
             discharge
             ,
             those
             his
             unfortunate
             relations
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             hath
             been
             so
             much
             blamed
             :
             for
             whilst
             he
             should
             have
             endeavoured
             by
             all
             means
             possible
             to
             conceal
             them
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             boldness
             to
             present
             them
             on
             Thursday
             morning
             to
             Apollo
             ;
             who
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             saw
             the
             book
             and
             was
             informed
             of
             the
             contents
             thereof
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             incens'd
             against
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             made
             it
             be
             immediately
             burnt
             in
             the
             chief
             Market-place
             ,
             and
             told
             Perez
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             given
             his
             Relations
             such
             a
             place
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             as
             they
             deserved
             :
             to
             the
             end
             that
             other
             his
             fellow
             Secretaries
             might
             take
             example
             ,
             and
             might
             learn
             to
             prefer
             secresie
             and
             faithful
             silence
             before
             the
             love
             of
             their
             own
             lives
             ,
             or
             of
             themselves
             .
             For
             as
             he
             deserved
             the
             name
             of
             a
             wicked
             man
             ,
             who
             upon
             any
             new
             distast
             discovers
             the
             secrets
             wherewith
             he
             was
             trusted
             in
             time
             of
             former
             friendship
             ;
             that
             Secretary
             was
             to
             be
             held
             a
             thousand
             times
             more
             base
             and
             infamous
             ,
             who
             for
             whatsoever
             bad
             usage
             he
             could
             receive
             from
             his
             Prince
             ,
             published
             those
             secrets
             to
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             being
             made
             acquainted
             withby
             his
             Prince
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             formerly
             had
             confidence
             in
             him
             ,
             should
             not
             onely
             not
             be
             willingly
             divulg'd
             ,
             but
             ought
             not
             be
             extorted
             from
             him
             by
             any
             whatsoever
             Fortune
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               to
               afford
               past-time
               to
               his
               Literati
               ,
               makes
               two
               useful
               Sceans
               be
               represented
               upon
               Melpomenee's
               Theater
               .
               In
               one
               of
               which
               he
               shews
               the
               lesser
               Princes
               with
               what
               wariness
               they
               ought
               to
               preserve
               themselves
               from
               a
               greater
               Potentate
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               lets
               Senators
               of
               Republicks
               know
               how
               ill
               advised
               they
               are
               who
               thorough
               partiality
               side
               with
               a
               subject
               of
               their
               own
               faction
               ,
               who
               notoriously
               ayms
               at
               Tyranny
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Ancient
             Romans
             ,
             Carthagenians
             ,
             Athenians
             ,
             and
             other
             the
             famousest
             Commonwealths
             and
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             have
             with
             much
             reason
             always
             thought
             publike
             shews
             and
             entertainments
             to
             be
             the
             best
             means
             to
             maintain
             States
             in
             that
             universal
             peace
             ,
             and
             quiet
             to
             every
             particular
             man
             ,
             which
             is
             easiest
             received
             by
             a
             people
             ,
             who
             live
             content
             and
             satisfyed
             in
             perpetual
             jollities
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             ancient
             Romans
             built
             magnificent
             Theaters
             ,
             and
             Amphitheaters
             ,
             in
             which
             to
             delight
             their
             subjects
             ,
             pleasant
             spectacles
             were
             (
             not
             without
             immense
             charges
             )
             represented
             :
             it
             being
             a
             dangerous
             advice
             for
             such
             as
             govern
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             people
             discontented
             ,
             and
             buryed
             in
             sloath
             and
             idleness
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             that
             Apollo
             doth
             not
             imploy
             himself
             more
             willingly
             in
             any
             business
             ,
             then
             in
             what
             may
             rejoyce
             the
             minds
             of
             his
             Literati
             ,
             by
             diversity
             of
             shows
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             whereas
             in
             
               Rome
               ,
               Athens
               ,
               Carthage
            
             ,
             and
             other
             places
             ;
             all
             the
             delights
             which
             the
             people
             found
             in
             those
             shows
             ,
             were
             occasioned
             sometimes
             by
             the
             obscenity
             of
             Players
             ,
             oft
             times
             by
             the
             cruelty
             of
             their
             gladiators
             ,
             and
             their
             hunting
             of
             wild-beasts
             ,
             the
             delight
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             consists
             wholly
             by
             extracting
             useful
             Precepts
             from
             noble
             representations
             ,
             thereby
             to
             inrich
             their
             minds
             .
             Apollo
             therefore
             having
             finisht
             the
             icy
             way
             of
             Winter
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             to
             begin
             his
             pleasant
             journey
             of
             the
             Spring
             ,
             was
             pleased
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             his
             Literati
             ,
             to
             have
             extraordinary
             solemnities
             used
             at
             his
             entrance
             into
             Aries
             :
             To
             which
             purpose
             he
             caused
             two
             several
             shows
             to
             be
             represented
             on
             two
             several
             days
             in
             Melpomene's
             Theater
             ,
             which
             were
             extraordinary
             useful
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             content
             .
             The
             first
             that
             entered
             upon
             the
             Theater
             ,
             were
             the
             Associates
             ,
             Confederates
             ,
             Friends
             ,
             and
             the
             sort
             of
             Militia
             which
             the
             Romans
             called
             Auxiliary
             souldiers
             .
             And
             to
             the
             end
             that
             his
             Vertuosi
             might
             be
             the
             better
             satisfyed
             by
             the
             sight
             of
             so
             numerous
             Armies
             ,
             he
             commanded
             that
             such
             souldiers
             should
             appear
             upon
             the
             Theater
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             Arms
             ,
             Ensigns
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             those
             warlike
             Instruments
             ,
             with
             which
             they
             had
             served
             in
             the
             Roman
             Armies
             ;
             and
             all
             this
             was
             performed
             with
             so
             great
             a
             number
             of
             Foot
             and
             Horse
             ,
             with
             so
             Magnificent
             Pomp
             of
             Regal
             Ensigns
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             sound
             of
             divers
             Instruments
             of
             war
             ,
             with
             such
             rich
             acoutrements
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             thereunto
             appertaining
             ,
             
             as
             all
             that
             were
             present
             at
             it
             freely
             confest
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             saw
             so
             curious
             a
             show
             in
             Pernassus
             .
             After
             that
             this
             Militia
             had
             marched
             divers
             times
             round
             ,
             both
             within
             the
             Theater
             and
             without
             it
             ,
             Apollo
             sent
             for
             the
             chief
             leaders
             thereof
             ,
             and
             bad
             them
             withdraw
             for
             a
             while
             to
             within
             their
             quarters
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             return
             to
             the
             Theater
             in
             the
             very
             same
             posture
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             ended
             their
             unfortunate
             Militia
             with
             the
             Romans
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             ,
             those
             very
             souldiers
             who
             had
             appeared
             upon
             the
             Theater
             in
             the
             aforesaid
             Pomp
             ,
             were
             seen
             to
             come
             naked
             with
             their
             hands
             tyed
             behind
             them
             ,
             stript
             of
             all
             their
             goods
             ,
             loaded
             with
             Irons
             ,
             full
             of
             wounds
             ,
             ill
             handled
             by
             executioners
             ,
             rob'd
             by
             the
             avarice
             of
             rapacious
             Consuls
             ,
             Proconsuls
             ,
             by
             the
             Emperors
             Agents
             ,
             and
             other
             Officers
             of
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             .
             So
             as
             the
             Romans
             who
             at
             their
             first
             entry
             made
             so
             stately
             a
             show
             ,
             whom
             Pernassus
             had
             seen
             so
             noble
             an
             Auxiliary
             Militia
             ,
             who
             had
             raised
             their
             Empire
             to
             such
             an
             immensity
             ,
             and
             who
             were
             so
             glad
             to
             hear
             their
             civil
             Government
             so
             exagerated
             by
             all
             the
             Literati
             ,
             in
             being
             able
             to
             dilate
             their
             Empire
             by
             the
             blood
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             were
             forced
             to
             quit
             the
             Theater
             ,
             and
             to
             hide
             themselves
             in
             holes
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             might
             shun
             hearing
             the
             scorn
             and
             injurious
             speeches
             which
             were
             uttered
             against
             them
             by
             all
             the
             Literati
             that
             were
             present
             at
             the
             show
             .
             For
             the
             noble
             Vertuosi
             ,
             hating
             from
             their
             very
             souls
             the
             Roman
             cruelty
             ,
             and
             ingratitude
             used
             towards
             those
             Nations
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             expence
             of
             blood
             had
             deserved
             so
             well
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
             asked
             where
             was
             the
             Faith
             ,
             where
             the
             sacred
             Friendship
             ,
             where
             the
             Gratitude
             used
             to
             those
             their
             Friends
             ,
             to
             those
             who
             had
             so
             well
             deserved
             of
             the
             people
             of
             Rome
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             lives
             had
             exalted
             their
             Empire
             to
             so
             great
             a
             height
             ?
             And
             whether
             these
             were
             Actions
             becoming
             that
             Roman
             Senate
             ,
             who
             made
             so
             great
             a
             show
             ,
             and
             boasted
             so
             much
             of
             Religion
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             and
             unviolable
             friendship
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             all
             did
             detest
             that
             execrable
             reason
             of
             State
             ,
             which
             following
             onely
             that
             which
             brings
             men
             apparent
             advantage
             can
             so
             impiously
             turn
             its
             back
             upon
             what
             is
             just
             and
             honest
             ,
             and
             which
             when
             her
             occasions
             are
             served
             ,
             forgets
             all
             Obligations
             ,
             how
             great
             so
             ever
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             this
             miserable
             sight
             was
             ended
             ,
             Guiccardin
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             got
             up
             into
             a
             very
             high
             place
             ,
             and
             made
             a
             long
             Political
             discourse
             upon
             the
             little
             discretion
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             want
             of
             Charity
             ,
             of
             great
             Monarchs
             towards
             petty
             Princes
             ,
             that
             are
             of
             less
             power
             then
             they
             :
             wherein
             he
             said
             ,
             that
             when
             in
             a
             State
             consisting
             of
             many
             Princes
             ,
             one
             Prince
             more
             great
             then
             any
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             took
             up
             Arms
             to
             bear
             down
             one
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             to
             keep
             from
             being
             supprest
             ,
             should
             think
             their
             Companions
             loss
             ,
             their
             own
             ruine
             ,
             a
             means
             to
             bring
             them
             into
             slavery
             ,
             a
             preparation
             for
             their
             overthrow
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             ,
             absolutely
             forgetting
             all
             private
             hatreds
             ,
             and
             heart-burnings
             ,
             they
             should
             all
             of
             them
             imbrace
             the
             publike
             Cause
             ,
             and
             ●…un
             by
             their
             common
             forces
             joyntly
             to
             asswage
             that
             fire
             which
             was
             likely
             in
             a
             short
             time
             to
             reduce
             their
             own
             homes
             into
             ashes
             :
             for
             in
             former
             times
             ,
             Asia
             and
             Africa
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             betaking
             themselves
             to
             Arms
             ,
             were
             unfortunate
             spectators
             of
             the
             servitude
             of
             whole
             Italy
             ,
             subjugated
             by
             the
             famous
             Romans
             :
             and
             in
             more
             modern
             times
             ,
             the
             whilome
             powerful
             Kingdom
             of
             Hungary
             ,
             to
             it
             s
             now
             great
             sorrow
             ,
             laught
             at
             the
             overthrow
             of
             the
             Grecian
             Empire
             ;
             that
             therefore
             in
             like
             dangers
             ,
             every
             Prince
             should
             have
             the
             two
             golden
             Sentences
             of
             that
             Master
             of
             true
             Policy
             Tacitus
             ,
             written
             in
             their
             hearts
             ;
             
               Omnibus
               perire
               quae
               singuli
               amittant
               .
               Tacit.
               in
               vita
               Agriculae
               .
            
             It
             being
             
             very
             true
             that
             in
             such
             like
             cases
             ,
             
               Singuli
               dum
               pugnant
               ,
               Universi
               vincuntur
               .
            
             And
             that
             they
             should
             esteem
             such
             honors
             as
             were
             done
             them
             by
             those
             who
             were
             more
             powerful
             then
             they
             ,
             shameful
             disgraces
             ;
             alliances
             which
             they
             might
             contract
             with
             them
             ,
             preparations
             to
             betray
             them
             ;
             the
             advantage
             which
             they
             might
             get
             by
             Pensions
             ,
             hooks
             bayted
             with
             poyson
             ;
             tricks
             to
             lull
             them
             asleep
             ,
             onely
             that
             they
             may
             afterwards
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             mony
             purchase
             that
             their
             liberty
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             payd
             by
             mountains
             of
             gold
             .
             And
             that
             above
             all
             things
             else
             ,
             they
             should
             take
             example
             by
             the
             slavery
             which
             they
             had
             seen
             of
             the
             Romans
             associates
             ,
             and
             should
             think
             that
             the
             ambition
             which
             the
             more
             powerful
             have
             to
             reign
             having
             no
             Orison
             ,
             the
             accomplishment
             of
             conquering
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             was
             the
             beginning
             to
             subjugate
             a
             Friend
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             day
             Apollo
             commanded
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             same
             Theater
             ,
             all
             those
             great
             Senators
             should
             first
             appear
             who
             had
             assisted
             Caesar
             his
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             Augustus
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Interest
             of
             private
             Ambition
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             meer
             avarice
             ,
             which
             being
             forthwith
             done
             ,
             he
             gave
             order
             that
             all
             those
             should
             appear
             who
             were
             wickedly
             slain
             in
             the
             cruel
             Proscription
             made
             by
             the
             Triumviri
             ,
             and
             in
             Augustus
             his
             long
             reign
             ,
             and
             those
             who
             had
             been
             put
             to
             death
             by
             Tiberius
             his
             cruelty
             ,
             Caligula's
             bestiality
             ,
             and
             by
             Nero's
             fierce
             Nature
             .
             This
             was
             the
             most
             sad
             and
             lamentable
             spectacle
             that
             was
             ever
             seen
             represented
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             man
             in
             any
             place
             whatsoever
             ;
             for
             then
             all
             Pernassus
             broke
             forth
             into
             deep
             sighs
             ,
             and
             shed
             tears
             in
             abundance
             ,
             when
             those
             that
             had
             assisted
             Caesar
             in
             his
             Tyranny
             ,
             saw
             that
             not
             onely
             
               Tiberius
               ,
               Caligula
               ,
               Claudius
            
             ,
             and
             Nero
             ,
             but
             even
             Augustus
             himself
             ,
             forgetting
             the
             obligations
             which
             they
             ought
             to
             their
             posterity
             who
             had
             ayded
             them
             in
             atchieving
             their
             Tyrannical
             power
             were
             by
             them
             destroyed
             and
             cruelly
             put
             to
             death
             .
             For
             Children
             not
             inheriting
             their
             fathers
             humors
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             their
             Estates
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             sons
             of
             those
             Senators
             ,
             who
             following
             Caesars
             ,
             and
             Augustus
             his
             Colours
             ,
             had
             appeared
             enemies
             to
             publike
             liberty
             ,
             were
             afterwards
             cruelly
             slain
             by
             the
             insuing
             Tyrants
             ,
             onely
             for
             that
             they
             discovered
             too
             much
             their
             love
             to
             live
             free
             ;
             others
             for
             proving
             more
             vertuous
             Senators
             ,
             then
             would
             stand
             with
             Tyrannical
             Govenment
             :
             and
             an
             infinite
             number
             by
             the
             meer
             bestiality
             of
             those
             that
             governed
             .
             This
             so
             horrid
             sight
             ,
             at
             first
             occasioned
             great
             silence
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Vertuosi
             considered
             ,
             that
             since
             not
             any
             Plebeian
             appeared
             amongst
             the
             vast
             number
             of
             those
             that
             were
             slain
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             principal
             subject
             of
             the
             Provinces
             ,
             but
             onely
             worthy
             Senators
             ,
             and
             Gentlemen
             of
             infinite
             desert
             ;
             the
             cruelties
             used
             by
             the
             Tyrants
             who
             reigned
             in
             the
             Roman
             Empire
             ,
             against
             the
             Senators
             ,
             and
             nobler
             sort
             of
             Gentry
             ,
             were
             for
             the
             most
             part
             occasioned
             ,
             thorow
             the
             defect
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ;
             who
             not
             able
             to
             preserve
             publike
             liberty
             by
             peace
             ,
             (
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             )
             could
             never
             submit
             themselves
             to
             receive
             that
             total
             servitude
             which
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             imbraced
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             one
             onely
             man
             :
             but
             by
             their
             many
             Conspiracies
             ,
             by
             continual
             misgovernment
             of
             their
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             pride
             of
             speaking
             like
             free
             men
             ,
             whilst
             they
             were
             in
             slavery
             ,
             did
             so
             provoke
             and
             anger
             them
             that
             reigned
             ,
             as
             made
             them
             become
             cruel
             Butchers
             of
             the
             Roman
             Nobility
             .
             This
             useful
             consideration
             being
             ended
             ,
             those
             unfortunate
             Senators
             ,
             who
             to
             make
             Caesar
             ,
             and
             Augustus
             great
             ,
             had
             with
             their
             swords
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             much
             effusion
             of
             blood
             ,
             banisht
             liberty
             from
             out
             their
             Country
             ,
             ran
             as
             if
             they
             had
             been
             mad
             ,
             to
             embrace
             their
             children
             ,
             
             grandchildren
             ,
             and
             great
             grand-children
             who
             had
             been
             so
             Tyrannously
             treated
             ;
             but
             being
             by
             them
             driven
             away
             with
             reproachful
             speeches
             ,
             those
             Senators
             more
             afflicted
             then
             ever
             ,
             said
             ;
             You
             have
             reason
             to
             look
             upon
             us
             your
             Progenitors
             ,
             with
             an
             incensed
             eye
             ,
             and
             to
             drive
             us
             like
             enemies
             out
             of
             your
             sight
             ;
             for
             you
             may
             truly
             say
             these
             your
             wounds
             were
             occasioned
             by
             these
             our
             hands
             ,
             the
             Tyranny
             which
             hath
             made
             you
             so
             miserable
             by
             our
             imprudency
             ,
             your
             calamities
             by
             our
             foolish
             Ambition
             ,
             all
             the
             inhumanities
             whereinto
             we
             have
             most
             imprudently
             hurryed
             you
             ,
             by
             our
             unfortunate
             jars
             ,
             and
             deplorable
             discord
             ;
             and
             now
             ,
             when
             repentance
             serves
             onely
             to
             make
             our
             afflictions
             the
             greater
             ,
             we
             cleerly
             see
             by
             this
             your
             miserable
             spectacle
             ,
             that
             nothing
             is
             sweeter
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             greater
             consolation
             ,
             no
             greater
             Jubile
             of
             content
             then
             by
             forgetting
             injuries
             ,
             pardoning
             offences
             ,
             and
             embracing
             enemies
             ,
             to
             live
             in
             a
             free
             Country
             ,
             in
             such
             peace
             as
             eterniseth
             Commonwealths
             ,
             so
             to
             keep
             from
             falling
             by
             desire
             of
             revenge
             ,
             into
             those
             mischiefs
             into
             which
             we
             are
             ran
             ,
             who
             out
             of
             our
             capricious
             humors
             having
             lost
             the
             Liberty
             of
             our
             Country
             ,
             have
             wickedly
             precipitated
             our
             Families
             ,
             and
             our
             blood
             into
             those
             dire
             miseries
             which
             we
             are
             bound
             to
             behold
             ;
             and
             have
             learnt
             to
             know
             at
             last
             ,
             by
             the
             blood
             which
             you
             have
             lost
             ,
             that
             great
             dignities
             ,
             and
             supreme
             Magistracies
             in
             a
             free
             Country
             ought
             to
             be
             conferred
             upon
             the
             vertue
             and
             merit
             of
             honorable
             Senators
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             be
             sought
             for
             by
             such
             ,
             not
             upon
             those
             who
             endeavor
             the
             procurement
             thereof
             ,
             (
             as
             we
             have
             wickedly
             done
             )
             by
             private
             disorders
             ,
             sedition
             ,
             and
             civil
             wars
             ;
             there
             not
             being
             any
             greater
             folly
             ,
             then
             for
             a
             Senator
             to
             adhere
             unto
             a
             friend
             that
             is
             a
             Tyrant
             ,
             out
             of
             vain
             hopes
             of
             bettering
             his
             condition
             ,
             and
             Family
             in
             publike
             slavery
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Lewis
                 de
                 la
                 Tremoglia
              
               ,
               a
               Noble
               French
               Baron
               ,
               renounceth
               his
               Nobility
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               priviedges
               which
               he
               therby
               injoyed
               ,
               in
               presence
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               France
               .
            
          
           
             VVHen
             the
             Illustrious
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             was
             (
             like
             the
             King
             of
             Bees
             )
             invironed
             the
             other
             day
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             the
             Barons
             of
             his
             Nation
             ,
             Monsignior
             
               Lewis
               de
               la
               Tremoglia
            
             a
             Noble
             French
             Lord
             came
             before
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             boldly
             said
             ,
             That
             though
             he
             were
             born
             a
             Noble
             man
             of
             France
             ,
             yet
             he
             freely
             renounced
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             priviledges
             thereunto
             belonging
             ,
             contenting
             himself
             to
             be
             numbred
             in
             the
             third
             rank
             of
             the
             people
             of
             France
             ,
             Those
             who
             were
             present
             at
             this
             so
             great
             Novelty
             ,
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             ,
             which
             never
             knew
             what
             fear
             meant
             ,
             shewed
             manifest
             tokens
             of
             Apprehension
             at
             the
             hearing
             of
             this
             his
             so
             resolute
             deliberation
             ,
             and
             some
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             it
             was
             occasioned
             ,
             for
             that
             Tremoglia
             being
             known
             by
             all
             the
             Nobility
             of
             France
             to
             be
             greatly
             wi●…e
             ,
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             doubted
             lest
             this
             example
             
             might
             make
             many
             others
             take
             the
             same
             resolution
             ;
             a
             disorder
             which
             might
             ,
             if
             not
             altogether
             deprive
             him
             of
             the
             gallant
             and
             couragious
             sword
             of
             his
             warlike
             Nobles
             ,
             might
             at
             least
             very
             much
             weaken
             it
             by
             the
             admirable
             worth
             whereof
             she
             had
             not
             onely
             founded
             ,
             and
             augmented
             so
             powerful
             a
             kingdom
             ,
             but
             did
             maintain
             it
             in
             great
             tranquility
             .
             This
             opinion
             was
             increased
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             seemed
             not
             onely
             not
             to
             be
             offended
             at
             this
             scandalous
             resolution
             ,
             of
             Tremoglio's
             but
             taking
             him
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             led
             him
             into
             his
             privat
             Cabinet
             ,
             where
             for
             a
             good
             while
             he
             had
             private
             discourse
             with
             him
             .
             The
             French
             Barons
             who
             stood
             without
             ,
             though
             they
             were
             very
             desirous
             to
             〈◊〉
             what
             past
             between
             Tremoglia
             and
             their
             Monarchy
             ,
             yet
             could
             〈◊〉
             ●…t
             possibly
             learn
             any
             thing
             of
             it
             ;
             they
             onely
             observed
             by
             Tremoglia's
             laying
             often
             his
             hand
             upon
             his
             breast
             ,
             that
             he
             seemed
             as
             if
             he
             made
             some
             Oath
             to
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             to
             keep
             some
             certain
             promise
             which
             those
             ●…arons
             thought
             might
             be
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             never
             discover
             the
             reason
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             which
             had
             made
             him
             put
             on
             so
             strange
             a
             resolution
             .
             Every
             one
             wondered
             to
             see
             that
             so
             gallant
             a
             personage
             could
             resolve
             to
             relinquish
             the
             honor
             of
             the
             French
             Nobility
             ,
             which
             is
             held
             in
             so
             great
             esteem
             ,
             as
             those
             who
             have
             purchased
             it
             at
             the
             prise
             of
             much
             blood
             ,
             thought
             they
             came
             cheaply
             by
             it
             .
             But
             some
             great
             men
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             whose
             usual
             custom
             it
             is
             to
             indeavour
             to
             know
             ,
             and
             freely
             to
             speak
             their
             minds
             of
             all
             mens
             actions
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             Tr●…moglia
             having
             found
             at
             last
             vvith
             vvhat
             tricks
             the
             French
             Monarchy
             doth
             fetch
             about
             her
             Nobility
             ,
             vvould
             by
             renouncing
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             let
             the
             vvorld
             knovv
             ,
             that
             the
             condition
             of
             the
             common
             people
             of
             France
             ,
             vvho
             satisfie
             their
             impositions
             by
             ready
             mony
             ,
             vvas
             much
             better
             then
             that
             of
             the
             Nobility
             who
             being
             bound
             to
             serve
             their
             King
             in
             his
             vvars
             ,
             pay
             it
             vvith
             their
             blood
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Don
                 Ferrante
                 Gonsaga
              
               being
               Governor
               of
               Corinthus
               ,
               is
               exhorted
               by
               
                 Domitio
                 Corbulone
              
               severely
               to
               resent
               a
               great
               excess
               ,
               committed
               by
               a
               chief
               personage
               of
               that
               City
               :
               which
               Counsel
               Gonsago
               wisely
               refutes
               .
            
          
           
             
               DOn
               Ferrante
               Gonsaga
            
             was
             sent
             some
             weeks
             ago
             to
             be
             Governour
             of
             Corinthus
             ;
             an
             important
             and
             difficult
             charge
             ,
             that
             Province
             abounding
             in
             a
             powerful
             ,
             and
             wealthy
             Nobility
             ,
             given
             to
             be
             proud
             ,
             and
             lovers
             of
             Arms
             :
             who
             do
             not
             onely
             (
             according
             to
             the
             usual
             custom
             )
             deal
             hardly
             with
             those
             that
             are
             less
             powerful
             ,
             but
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             ancient
             Factions
             ,
             living
             still
             contentiously
             ,
             it
             seldom
             happens
             that
             the
             Governour
             is
             of
             such
             intellectuals
             as
             to
             give
             full
             satisfaction
             both
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             people
             .
             Gonsaga
             had
             not
             past
             over
             his
             first
             months
             government
             ,
             when
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             of
             the
             Nobility
             chanced
             to
             commit
             a
             very
             inconsiderate
             insolency
             .
             
               Don
               Ferrante
            
             seemed
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             much
             perplext
             how
             to
             revenge
             ,
             but
             appeared
             to
             many
             to
             be
             very
             sad
             for
             what
             had
             happened
             .
             
               Domitio
               Corbulone
            
             a
             gallant
             Roman
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             friend
             to
             Gonsaga
             ,
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             now
             another
             fair
             
             occasion
             ,
             which
             required
             the
             same
             resolution
             which
             he
             took
             when
             he
             was
             Governor
             of
             Cicily
             ,
             against
             those
             Spanish
             souldiers
             who
             mutinyed
             :
             that
             therefore
             he
             ought
             rather
             to
             rejoyce
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             troubled
             ,
             for
             what
             had
             now
             happened
             in
             his
             government
             ;
             for
             Governors
             of
             Provinces
             where
             there
             was
             a
             seditious
             Nobility
             ,
             might
             think
             themselves
             Fortunate
             ,
             when
             at
             the
             entrance
             into
             their
             Government
             any
             great
             personage
             should
             commit
             some
             heynous
             fault
             ,
             by
             whose
             exemplary
             punishment
             ,
             the
             unquiet
             Nobility
             might
             be
             so
             terrifyed
             ,
             as
             the
             government
             of
             the
             whole
             Province
             might
             be
             the
             better
             for
             it
             a
             long
             time
             after
             :
             which
             he
             said
             was
             so
             true
             a
             Document
             ,
             as
             others
             who
             had
             practised
             it
             had
             reaped
             much
             honor
             thereby
             .
             For
             when
             the
             charge
             over
             t●…
             Roman
             Forces
             which
             were
             afterwards
             to
             fight
             in
             Armenia
             ,
             was
             giv●…●…im
             ,
             he
             finding
             that
             through
             the
             meer
             simplicity
             of
             those
             who
             had
             the
             care
             thereof
             the
             souldiers
             were
             grown
             to
             be
             very
             Licentious
             ,
             not
             observing
             any
             manner
             of
             Military
             Discipline
             ,
             by
             his
             meer
             resolution
             which
             he
             put
             on
             in
             the
             very
             beginning
             of
             his
             charge
             ,
             of
             condemning
             two
             souldiers
             to
             undergo
             the
             severest
             punishment
             ,
             the
             oneor
             that
             when
             he
             was
             working
             in
             the
             Trenches
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             any
             Arms
             at
             all
             about
             him
             ;
             the
             other
             ,
             because
             he
             wore
             a
             dagger
             without
             a
             sword
             ,
             he
             reduced
             that
             so
             licencious
             Army
             to
             the
             exact
             obedience
             of
             the
             good
             ancient
             Military
             discipline
             ;
             and
             he
             further
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             was
             so
             well
             pleased
             with
             this
             his
             severity
             ,
             as
             Tacitus
             himself
             having
             authenticated
             it
             in
             his
             Annals
             as
             an
             undoubted
             maxim
             in
             Policy
             ,
             fit
             to
             be
             imitated
             by
             all
             Officers
             ,
             had
             transmitted
             it
             to
             Posterity
             in
             these
             words
             ;
             
               Intentumque
               &
               magnis
               delictis
               inexo●…abilem
               scias
               ,
               cui
               tantum
               asperitatis
               etiam
               adversus
               levia
               credebatur
               .
               Ferrante
            
             answered
             Corbulone
             ,
             that
             one
             sort
             of
             government
             was
             to
             be
             used
             with
             souldiers
             in
             Armies
             ,
             and
             an
             other
             sort
             with
             Citizens
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Provinces
             .
             That
             Commanders
             in
             war
             judged
             according
             to
             their
             humors
             and
             with
             free
             authority
             ,
             but
             Governors
             of
             Cities
             were
             bound
             to
             observe
             Laws
             ,
             and
             having
             their
             hands
             thereby
             bound
             ,
             they
             must
             be
             thereby
             regulated
             .
             That
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             that
             many
             Officers
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             humble
             the
             insolent
             ,
             quiet
             the
             seditious
             ,
             and
             pacifie
             the
             tumultuous
             ,
             used
             unheard
             of
             severities
             at
             their
             very
             entrance
             into
             command
             upon
             such
             Delinquents
             as
             fell
             first
             into
             their
             hands
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             had
             likewise
             observed
             that
             those
             that
             did
             so
             ,
             ran
             danger
             at
             last
             ,
             by
             their
             bruitish
             way
             of
             proceeding
             .
             For
             he
             strayed
             very
             far
             from
             the
             right
             way
             ,
             who
             thought
             to
             attain
             good
             ends
             by
             unjust
             means
             .
             For
             God
             who
             did
             abhor
             that
             faults
             should
             be
             punished
             by
             greater
             faults
             ,
             could
             not
             any
             ways
             tolerate
             without
             exemplary
             punishment
             upon
             the
             Judges
             ,
             that
             injustice
             should
             be
             done
             to
             any
             one
             ,
             though
             it
             tended
             to
             the
             universal
             quiet
             .
             That
             he
             loved
             onely
             such
             understanding
             Officers
             who
             could
             conscienciously
             apply
             fitting
             punishments
             to
             faults
             ;
             that
             he
             desired
             rather
             that
             men
             might
             err
             on
             the
             charitable
             side
             ,
             then
             exceed
             in
             rigor
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             observed
             that
             those
             who
             begin
             their
             government
             with
             too
             much
             severity
             ,
             must
             either
             continue
             it
             with
             too
             barbarous
             cruelty
             ,
             or
             lose
             their
             credit
             by
             altering
             their
             maner
             of
             government
             :
             that
             he
             had
             rather
             leave
             Corinth
             with
             the
             reputation
             of
             being
             a
             too
             indulgent
             ,
             then
             too
             severe
             an
             Officer
             ,
             That
             all
             times
             ,
             places
             ,
             and
             persons
             not
             being
             alike
             ,
             that
             Officer
             was
             very
             unwise
             who
             would
             put
             himself
             upon
             a
             necessity
             to
             proceed
             always
             after
             one
             &
             the
             same
             maner
             ;
             &
             him
             wise
             ,
             who
             being
             sometimes
             indulgent
             ,
             sometimes
             severe
             ,
             &
             sometimes
             cruel
             ,
             who
             knew
             how
             to
             keep
             himself
             free
             in
             all
             his
             ways
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             
             could
             upon
             any
             excess
             suddainly
             committed
             ,
             or
             by
             too
             powerful
             a
             personage
             ,
             or
             in
             times
             of
             trouble
             ,
             or
             when
             to
             punish
             insolency
             with
             usual
             severity
             ,
             would
             rather
             aggravate
             then
             amend
             the
             malady
             ,
             make
             men
             believe
             that
             he
             had
             past
             over
             such
             a
             fault
             meerly
             out
             of
             his
             own
             clemency
             ,
             which
             he
             could
             not
             possibly
             punish
             according
             to
             the
             rigor
             of
             the
             Laws
             ,
             out
             of
             important
             respects
             .
             That
             he
             confest
             he
             might
             infuse
             the
             same
             terror
             into
             the
             Nobility
             of
             his
             government
             ,
             by
             using
             extraordinary
             rigor
             toward
             that
             powerful
             Delinquent
             ,
             which
             Corbulone
             had
             infused
             into
             his
             whole
             Army
             ,
             by
             his
             severe
             proceeding
             with
             those
             two
             soldiers
             ;
             but
             that
             then
             Corbulone
             must
             likewise
             confess
             ,
             that
             upon
             another
             occasion
             ,
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             or
             in
             another
             place
             ,
             that
             same
             noble
             man
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             m●…●…ommit
             a
             greater
             insolency
             ,
             which
             was
             for
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Coun●…
             〈◊〉
             be
             winkt
             at
             ;
             nay
             ,
             sometimes
             praysed
             and
             rewarded
             ;
             that
             this
             was
             a
             great
             advantage
             ,
             which
             was
             gotten
             by
             the
             advised
             Officer
             ,
             only
             by
             a
             judicious
             variety
             in
             his
             proceedings
             :
             and
             that
             too
             much
             rigor
             in
             a
             government
             to
             frighten
             delinquents
             ,
             was
             only
             then
             good
             when
             it
             was
             used
             towards
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             through
             their
             innate
             timerousness
             do
             more
             dread
             punishment
             then
             love
             reputation
             .
             But
             that
             the
             nobly
             born
             (
             who
             usually
             erred
             more
             in
             revenging
             the
             injuries
             done
             unto
             his
             honor
             ,
             then
             through
             any
             malignity
             of
             minde
             )
             thought
             himself
             injured
             by
             the
             too
             great
             severity
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             together
             with
             his
             kindred
             and
             friends
             who
             account
             that
             shame
             ,
             whotever
             it
             be
             ,
             as
             done
             to
             their
             whole
             generation
             ,
             grevv
             so
             incenc'd
             ,
             and
             inraged
             ,
             as
             to
             aff●…ont
             the
             too
             humerous
             Officer
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             and
             study
             revenge
             .
             By
             all
             vvhich
             he
             cleerly
             savv
             that
             the
             Officer
             vvas
             ill
             advised
             ,
             vvho
             vvhilst
             he
             might
             carry
             himself
             freely
             in
             all
             his
             actions
             ,
             should
             by
             his
             cruel
             usage
             of
             the
             Nobiliy
             exceed
             the
             terms
             of
             that
             equal
             Justice
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             so
             adequate
             to
             the
             crime
             committed
             .
             That
             to
             proceed
             otherwise
             ,
             was
             foolishly
             to
             put
             fetters
             upon
             a
             mans
             own
             feet
             ,
             by
             obliging
             him
             to
             be
             equally
             severe
             to
             all
             sorts
             and
             conditions
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             make
             himself
             slave
             to
             shameful
             &
             dangerous
             cruelty
             .
             To
             this
             Corbulone
             replyed
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             wise
             enough
             to
             weigh
             businesses
             with
             the
             distinctions
             of
             time
             ,
             place
             and
             persons
             ;
             but
             that
             practice
             being
             the
             rule
             that
             he
             went
             by
             ,
             he
             knew
             that
             the
             punishment
             of
             those
             two
             foot
             souldiers
             ,
             had
             kept
             him
             from
             being
             trou●…led
             with
             using
             many
             the
             like
             severities
             .
             But
             ,
             said
             Gonsaga
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             proved
             otherwise
             if
             you
             had
             used
             the
             same
             cruelty
             to
             any
             of
             the
             chief
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             :
             and
             that
             the
             custom
             used
             by
             Gardners
             was
             excellently
             good
             ,
             and
             very
             fit
             to
             be
             imitated
             by
             all
             wise
             Governors
             of
             Provinces
             ,
             who
             make
             scare-crows
             of
             the
             filthiest
             rags
             and
             ●…outs
             about
             the
             house
             ,
             to
             frighten
             birds
             from
             eating
             their
             fruit
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             rich
             silks
             and
             velvets
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Prince
               of
               Macedon
               accuseth
               the
               Nobility
               of
               Athens
               of
               Treason
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               who
               are
               freed
               from
               that
               imputatoon
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesties
               Councel
               of
               war.
               
            
          
           
             THe
             Duke
             of
             Athens
             dyed
             about
             the
             last
             of
             September
             ,
             and
             difference
             arose
             between
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             of
             Epire
             
             touching
             the
             succession
             of
             that
             State.
             The
             Prince
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             being
             called
             in
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             took
             possession
             of
             Athens
             ,
             against
             whom
             the
             Lord
             of
             Epire
             came
             with
             a
             numerous
             Army
             ,
             and
             besieged
             his
             enemy
             in
             the
             City
             of
             Epire
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             modern
             way
             of
             warfare
             ,
             begirt
             it
             with
             Trenches
             and
             Forts
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             might
             bring
             the
             defendants
             the
             sooner
             to
             yield
             ,
             he
             assaulted
             Macedonia
             with
             an
             other
             flourishing
             Army
             ,
             making
             great
             progress
             there
             ,
             and
             doing
             much
             harm
             .
             The
             Prince
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             who
             knew
             he
             could
             not
             long
             maintain
             himself
             in
             the
             besieged
             City
             ,
             and
             defend
             his
             own
             Patrimony
             ,
             to
             keep
             from
             loosing
             both
             ,
             resolved
             to
             yield
             ,
             and
             was
             contented
             to
             deliver
             up
             possession
             of
             whole
             Athens
             ,
             to
             the
             enemy
             ,
             upon
             condition
             he
             should
             restore
             such
             place
             unto
             him
             as
             he
             had
             taken
             in
             Macedon
             .
             As
             soon
             as
             the
             Nobility
             of
             th●…●…esieged
             City
             heard
             of
             this
             resolution
             ,
             the
             chief
             of
             them
             came
             un●…
             Prince
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             as
             they
             had
             called
             him
             in
             to
             be
             their
             Lord
             and
             Master
             ,
             so
             would
             they
             never
             acknowledge
             any
             other
             Prince
             but
             he
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             would
             but
             be
             of
             good
             courage
             ,
             he
             should
             find
             them
             ready
             to
             defend
             that
             State
             even
             to
             the
             last
             drop
             of
             their
             bloods
             .
             To
             this
             the
             Panswered
             ,
             that
             the
             danger
             of
             his
             becoming
             a
             private
             foot
             souldier
             ,
             was
             too
             great
             ,
             that
             therefore
             for
             the
             better
             security
             of
             his
             fortune
             ,
             he
             was
             resolved
             to
             deliver
             up
             Athens
             to
             the
             Lord
             of
             Epire.
             Those
             Lords
             did
             then
             again
             beseech
             their
             Prince
             to
             confide
             in
             his
             subjects
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             onely
             assure
             him
             that
             they
             would
             defend
             Attica
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             would
             likewise
             recover
             Macedon
             ;
             and
             lastly
             conjured
             him
             to
             remember
             ,
             that
             they
             who
             with
             such
             readiness
             ,
             and
             singular
             affection
             ,
             had
             chosen
             him
             to
             be
             their
             Prince
             ,
             did
             not
             deserve
             in
             this
             their
             urgent
             necessity
             ,
             to
             be
             so
             ungratefully
             abandoned
             ,
             and
             given
             up
             in
             prey
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ;
             who
             was
             much
             inraged
             against
             them
             for
             being
             rejected
             by
             them
             in
             that
             Election
             ▪
             The
             offers
             and
             intercedings
             of
             these
             noble
             men
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             not
             at
             all
             incourage
             this
             Prince
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             very
             self
             same
             time
             he
             dispatched
             away
             a
             Herald
             to
             the
             enemies
             Camp
             to
             conclude
             the
             agreed
             on
             Capitulation
             ▪
             Then
             the
             people
             of
             Athens
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             sold
             as
             slaves
             to
             that
             their
             enemy
             ,
             whom
             they
             knew
             they
             had
             so
             hainously
             offended
             ,
             seised
             on
             their
             Prince
             and
             made
             him
             prisoner
             ,
             and
             secured
             his
             person
             in
             the
             Palace
             putting
             a
             numerous
             and
             faithful
             guard
             upon
             him
             of
             the
             best
             men
             of
             the
             City
             .
             This
             mean
             while
             the
             deputies
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             came
             to
             conclude
             the
             agreement
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Athens
             answered
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             they
             that
             must
             be
             treated
             with
             in
             the
             point
             of
             surrender
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             far
             from
             making
             any
             agreement
             with
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             as
             they
             willed
             him
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             resolved
             to
             defend
             their
             Country
             ,
             and
             sent
             away
             the
             Deputie●…
             with
             this
             resolute
             and
             stout
             answer
             .
             The
             next
             day
             the
             young
             men
             of
             Athens
             sallyed
             forth
             armed
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             couragious
             assault
             slew
             many
             of
             the
             enemy
             ;
             and
             soon
             after
             making
             many
             other
             sallies
             ,
             put
             the
             enemies
             Camp
             into
             such
             confusion
             ,
             as
             the
             Prince
             of
             Epire
             ,
             who
             thought
             himself
             before
             to
             be
             very
             sure
             of
             the
             business
             ,
             began
             much
             to
             doubt
             the
             victory
             ,
             and
             after
             many
             months
             siedge
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             time
             the
             Citizens
             of
             Athens
             appeared
             to
             have
             no
             less
             resolute
             hearts
             ,
             then
             ready
             hands
             ,
             came
             to
             parley
             with
             the
             enemy
             ,
             who
             had
             already
             enough
             of
             the
             business
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             11
             of
             this
             present
             month
             such
             advantagious
             conditions
             were
             agreed
             upon
             for
             the
             people
             of
             Athen●…
             as
             became
             free
             men
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             they
             sent
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macedonia
             home
             to
             his
             own
             State
             ;
             who
             three
             days
             since
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             only
             complain
             bitterly
             of
             the
             hard
             proceedings
             used
             ●…to
             him
             by
             the
             Nobility
             of
             Athens
             ,
             
             but
             prest
             very
             hard
             that
             they
             should
             be
             hung
             up
             in
             effigies
             as
             Traytors
             ,
             in
             the
             great
             Pegasean
             Tower
             ,
             for
             this
             their
             execrable
             rebellion
             .
             His
             Majesty
             thought
             this
             a
             very
             weighty
             business
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             referred
             it
             to
             his
             Counsel
             of
             War
             :
             The
             reasons
             of
             both
             sides
             were
             divers
             times
             heard
             ,
             and
             discust
             by
             the
             Counsel
             ,
             which
             at
             last
             gave
             sentence
             ,
             That
             the
             offers
             of
             the
             A●…tick
             Nobility
             being
             made
             so
             chearfully
             to
             the
             Prince
             of
             Macedon
             ,
             and
             they
             being
             by
             him
             refused
             ,
             it
             being
             apparent
             that
             he
             was
             resolved
             for
             other
             particular
             ends
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             to
             give
             over
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             it
             was
             lawful
             for
             those
             Noble
             men
             ,
             when
             their
             Prince
             had
             abandoned
             that
             protection
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             which
             all
             Princes
             stand
             deeply
             bound
             ,
             to
             use
             that
             expedient
             though
             it
             were
             very
             severe
             .
             A
             thing
             done
             by
             
               il
               Signor
               Lodovico
               Oriosto
            
             ,
             caused
             much
             wonder
             in
             all
             those
             who
             were
             present
             at
             this
             so
             signal
             sentence
             ;
             who
             when
             he
             had
             heard
             the
             judgement
             given
             ,
             took
             his
             hat
             from
             off
             his
             head
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             mad
             man
             ,
             threw
             it
             on
             the
             ground
             ;
             then
             lifting
             up
             his
             eyes
             to
             heaven
             ,
             and
             fetching
             a
             deep
             sigh
             ,
             uttered
             these
             words
             in
             a
             sorrowful
             tone
             ,
             
               Dii
               immortale
               ,
               homo
               homini
               quid
               praestat
               ?
               stulte
               Intelligens
               quid
               interest
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Shop-Keeper
               is
               condemned
               to
               the
               Gallies
               at
               the
               very
               instant
               that
               he
               was
               seised
               on
               by
               the
               Serjeants
               ,
               not
               being
               so
               much
               as
               examined
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Shop-keeper
             who
             dwelt
             at
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             two
             Crowns
             in
             Mercers
             Street
             ,
             was
             four
             daies
             since
             taken
             prisoner
             by
             the
             Serjeants
             ;
             and
             being
             immediately
             upon
             his
             being
             taken
             ,
             carried
             to
             the
             Haven
             ,
             and
             put
             into
             the
             Gallies
             ;
             whole
             Pernassus
             wondred
             very
             much
             hereat
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Judgement
             should
             precede
             process
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             that
             this
             was
             done
             at
             the
             instance
             of
             the
             chief
             Monarchs
             of
             the
             world
             then
             resident
             in
             this
             State
             ,
             who
             held
             themselves
             mightily
             offended
             with
             that
             Shop-keeper
             ,
             because
             he
             sold
             publiquely
             meer
             smoke
             ▪
             a
             commodity
             which
             Princes
             pretend
             is
             not
             to
             be
             sold
             by
             private
             men
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             thought
             ,
             that
             by
             his
             example
             they
             would
             affright
             others
             from
             not
             troubling
             them
             in
             things
             which
             concern
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             and
             although
             the
             less
             solid
             sort
             of
             men
             thought
             that
             the
             Shop-keeper's
             fault
             deserved
             not
             so
             great
             a
             resentment
             ,
             yet
             those
             who
             see
             further
             into
             the
             interest
             of
             great
             Princes
             ,
             say
             that
             they
             dealt
             very
             gently
             with
             him
             ;
             for
             meer
             smoke
             serving
             Princes
             upon
             many
             occasions
             instead
             of
             ready
             money
             ,
             all
             their
             richest
             Treasure
             would
             soon
             be
             exhausted
             ,
             when
             the
             so
             current
             money
             of
             meer
             smoke
             becoming
             of
             no
             reputation
             amongst
             people
             ,
             Princes
             should
             be
             forced
             ,
             like
             to
             common
             people
             ,
             to
             pay
             their
             debts
             in
             ready
             coyn
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Bernardino
                 Rota
              
               ,
               a
               famous
               Neapolitan
               Poet
               ,
               being
               greatly
               beloved
               by
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               all
               Professions
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               is
               accused
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               for
               having
               purchast
               so
               general
               a
               good
               liking
               by
               some
               ill
               means
               .
            
          
           
             
               BErnardino
               Rota
            
             ,
             a
             Noble
             Neapolitan
             Poet
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             wonder
             of
             all
             the
             Literati
             of
             th●…s
             Court
             ,
             is
             so
             strangely
             beloved
             by
             the
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ;
             as
             he
             is
             stiled
             by
             every
             one
             ,
             the
             delight
             of
             Pernassus
             .
             And
             truely
             it
             appears
             a
             great
             miracle
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             that
             since
             there
             are
             more
             then
             capital
             jars
             ,
             divisions
             ,
             and
             enmities
             between
             the
             Greeks
             and
             Latins
             ,
             between
             the
             Latins
             and
             Italians
             ,
             between
             Physitians
             and
             Doctors
             of
             Law
             ,
             between
             the
             Peripatetick
             and
             Platonick
             Philosophers
             between
             the
             Grammarians
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             professions
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             ,
             only
             
               La
               Rota
            
             is
             rather
             adored
             then
             beloved
             ,
             by
             all
             ,
             and
             by
             each
             of
             them
             .
             And
             because
             it
             appears
             very
             strange
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             that
             if
             so
             amiable
             a
             nature
             proceed
             only
             from
             the
             vertue
             of
             the
             soul
             ,
             it
             be
             not
             found
             to
             be
             in
             any
             other
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             its
             being
             only
             seen
             to
             be
             in
             
               La
               Rota
            
             ,
             hath
             made
             every
             one
             suspect
             ,
             that
             this
             man
             who
             appears
             to
             have
             a
             candid
             and
             liberal
             soul
             ,
             is
             in
             effect
             otherwise
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             hath
             won
             this
             universal
             good
             will
             by
             the
             vice
             of
             playing
             Jack
             of
             both
             sides
             ,
             a
             vice
             which
             his
             Majesty
             doth
             so
             much
             detest
             ;
             and
             therefore
             being
             questioned
             by
             Marioulo
             in
             the
             Tribunal
             
               Della
               Vicaria
            
             ,
             he
             was
             made
             prisoner
             two
             daies
             since
             ;
             and
             it
             hapned
             ,
             that
             whilst
             the
             Tipstafs
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             searched
             him
             to
             see
             whether
             he
             had
             any
             weapons
             about
             him
             or
             no
             ,
             they
             found
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Storax
             and
             Incense
             bound
             up
             in
             a
             paper
             in
             his
             pocket
             .
             Severe
             process
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Judges
             against
             
               La
               Rota
            
             .
             But
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             inform
             himself
             of
             what
             was
             proved
             against
             this
             his
             Vertuoso
             ,
             commanded
             that
             he
             should
             be
             brought
             into
             the
             
               Quarantia
               Criminale
            
             ;
             where
             his
             Majesty
             asked
             him
             ,
             whether
             he
             did
             inchant
             mens
             minds
             by
             the
             Magick
             of
             flattery
             ,
             by
             the
             sacriledg
             of
             assisting
             others
             in
             their
             fowl
             vices
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             was
             only
             by
             the
             chains
             of
             vertue
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             so
             straitly
             fasten
             unto
             him
             his
             Literati
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             that
             he
             should
             tell
             him
             what
             use
             he
             made
             of
             that
             Storax
             and
             Incense
             which
             was
             found
             about
             him
             .
             To
             which
             
               La
               Rota
            
             answered
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             purchast
             the
             love
             of
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             only
             by
             detesting
             to
             imitate
             others
             in
             their
             contentions
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             won
             upon
             the
             affections
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             made
             them
             love
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             sincerity
             of
             his
             soul
             ,
             and
             candidness
             of
             heart
             ,
             by
             not
             desiring
             to
             know
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             busie
             himself
             in
             other
             mens
             affairs
             ,
             and
             by
             practicing
             the
             excellent
             vertue
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             of
             seeing
             ,
             hearing
             ,
             and
             concealing
             the
             actions
             of
             his
             loving
             friends
             and
             companions
             ,
             and
             by
             divulging
             only
             such
             as
             might
             purchase
             others
             glory
             and
             reputation
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             by
             applying
             himself
             to
             every
             ones
             humor
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             rather
             make
             himself
             be
             idolatrized
             then
             beloved
             by
             all
             men
             ,
             he
             
             used
             to
             perfume
             every
             one
             with
             the
             Storax
             of
             praise
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             Incense
             of
             commendations
             ,
             which
             was
             found
             about
             him
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             then
             spoke
             alowd
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             O
             you
             that
             are
             overswaid
             with
             passion
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             obstinate
             in
             your
             opinions
             ;
             learn
             from
             this
             my
             most
             wise
             Poet
             ,
             the
             Art
             so
             necessary
             for
             men
             ,
             of
             applying
             your selves
             to
             the
             humor
             of
             those
             with
             whom
             you
             converse
             .
             This
             is
             the
             way
             to
             live
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             true
             means
             to
             make
             men
             flock
             after
             you
             ,
             by
             making
             your selves
             slaves
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             so
             to
             arrive
             afterwards
             at
             the
             happy
             condition
             of
             commanding
             all
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Carpenter
               being
               cudgeled
               somewhat
               severely
               ,
               for
               having
               uttered
               certain
               insolent
               words
               against
               the
               most
               noble
               Scaliger
               ,
               to
               his
               greater
               calamity
               ,
               complains
               first
               of
               him
               to
               the
               Lord
               chief
               Iustice
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               appeals
               to
               Apollo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Julius
               Cesar
               Scaliger
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             Literato
             of
             Verona
             ,
             caused
             some
             curious
             shelves
             to
             be
             made
             some
             few
             daies
             ago
             in
             his
             Library
             ,
             by
             a
             Carpenter
             ,
             which
             being
             finished
             ,
             a
             dispute
             arose
             between
             them
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             concerning
             the
             price
             ,
             as
             the
             ill
             workmanship
             ;
             and
             whilst
             they
             were
             at
             variance
             ,
             the
             Carpenter
             being
             more
             bold
             then
             became
             him
             (
             as
             is
             the
             fashion
             of
             Plebeians
             ,
             who
             negotiating
             for
             the
             most
             part
             with
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             weigh
             not
             their
             words
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             to
             do
             with
             people
             of
             quality
             )
             said
             ,
             that
             Scaliger
             was
             subject
             to
             the
             fault
             of
             other
             Noble
             men
             ,
             to
             stand
             upon
             hard
             tearms
             with
             poor
             Artificers
             .
             Scaliger
             was
             so
             touched
             to
             the
             quick
             with
             this
             injury
             ,
             as
             appearing
             presently
             to
             be
             very
             well
             satisfied
             with
             the
             shelves
             ;
             and
             with
             their
             price
             ,
             he
             caused
             the
             money
             to
             be
             forthwith
             paid
             unto
             the
             Carpenter
             ,
             which
             he
             demanded
             .
             The
             Carpenter
             answering
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             fully
             satisfied
             ,
             Scaliger
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             it
             now
             rested
             that
             he
             must
             likewise
             have
             his
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             lay
             in
             teaching
             such
             arrogant
             fellows
             as
             he
             ,
             how
             to
             govern
             their
             tongues
             ;
             which
             being
             said
             ,
             he
             commanded
             a
             servant
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             take
             a
             Cudgel
             ,
             and
             therewithall
             conjure
             out
             the
             fowl
             fiend
             of
             insolence
             that
             was
             in
             him
             ;
             wherein
             he
             was
             instantly
             obeyed
             .
             The
             miserable
             Carpenter
             being
             soundly
             beaten
             ,
             presented
             himself
             all
             bleeding
             before
             the
             chief
             Justice
             ,
             and
             complained
             grievously
             of
             Scaliger
             for
             having
             treated
             him
             so
             ill
             .
             The
             Justice
             ,
             before
             he
             would
             resolve
             on
             any
             thing
             ,
             would
             (
             as
             it
             became
             him
             )
             inform
             himself
             fully
             of
             the
             fact
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             heard
             the
             insolent
             words
             wherewith
             the
             Carpenter
             had
             provoked
             Scaliger
             ,
             he
             commanded
             the
             Goaler
             forthwith
             to
             give
             that
             insolent
             fellow
             three
             sound
             lashes
             with
             a
             rope
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             cudgel'd
             Carpenter
             went
             about
             Pernassus
             crying
             ,
             and
             exclaiming
             more
             against
             the
             Justice
             ,
             then
             against
             Scaliger
             .
             The
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             differed
             in
             their
             opinions
             
             touching
             the
             chief
             Justice
             his
             Act
             ;
             some
             of
             them
             blamed
             him
             extreamly
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             that
             action
             he
             did
             too
             much
             encourage
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             who
             were
             naturally
             given
             to
             deal
             too
             injuriously
             with
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             ;
             and
             some
             of
             these
             ,
             who
             bore
             ill
             will
             to
             the
             chief
             Justice
             ,
             egg'd
             on
             the
             Carpenter
             to
             complain
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             both
             of
             Scaliger
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             chief
             Justice
             .
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             had
             a
             little
             before
             been
             very
             particularly
             informed
             of
             all
             that
             had
             passed
             in
             this
             business
             ,
             speaking
             to
             the
             Carpenter
             ,
             &
             those
             who
             were
             back-friends
             to
             the
             chief
             Justice
             ,
             who
             had
             egg'd
             him
             on
             to
             make
             his
             appeal
             ,
             said
             ,
             That
             he
             as
             much
             hated
             the
             insolent
             proceedings
             of
             his
             Nobility
             with
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             very
             much
             distasted
             that
             Shop-keepers
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             should
             by
             bold
             speeches
             injure
             the
             reputation
             of
             those
             who
             live
             only
             to
             purchase
             honour
             and
             renown
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             common
             sort
             of
             people
             were
             much
             deceived
             ,
             if
             they
             did
             believe
             that
             such
             Justice
             was
             practised
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             as
             wrought
             no
             other
             effect
             then
             what
             would
             make
             the
             rabble-rout
             insolent
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             great
             folly
             to
             trouble
             a
             Noble
             man
             ,
             who
             having
             moderately
             revenged
             himself
             for
             an
             injury
             done
             unto
             him
             by
             a
             Plebeian
             ,
             had
             only
             deserved
             punishment
             if
             he
             should
             have
             basely
             put
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             did
             much
             misbecome
             such
             a
             personage
             as
             Scaliger
             ,
             to
             apply
             himself
             to
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             for
             injuries
             done
             unto
             him
             by
             such
             people
             ,
             and
             thereby
             become
             the
             table-talk
             of
             Justices
             and
             Notaries
             .
             That
             he
             much
             commended
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             Emperor
             Charls
             the
             fifth
             ,
             who
             as
             he
             was
             returning
             with
             his
             Emperess
             from
             a
             Turney
             which
             was
             made
             about
             Toledo
             ,
             did
             not
             only
             not
             resent
             an
             action
             done
             by
             the
             D.
             of
             Infantaga
             ,
             who
             cut
             a
             Provost
             Marshal
             soundly
             over
             the
             head
             ,
             that
             whipt
             on
             his
             horse
             ,
             bidding
             him
             ride
             faster
             ,
             though
             the
             action
             was
             done
             against
             a
             publique
             Officer
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             but
             with
             like
             Justice
             as
             ought
             to
             be
             used
             to
             a
             Noble
             man
             injured
             by
             a
             Plebeian
             ,
             gave
             the
             Duke
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             pleased
             ,
             he
             might
             hang
             that
             sawcy
             fellow
             ;
             which
             the
             Duke
             would
             not
             only
             not
             suffer
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             Castilian
             magnanimity
             ,
             beseeched
             the
             Emperor
             to
             pardon
             the
             Provost
             Marshal
             ,
             and
             accompanied
             the
             wound
             with
             500
             crowns
             which
             he
             sent
             the
             wretch
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             the
             better
             cured
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             added
             ,
             that
             there
             being
             three
             chief
             felicities
             which
             made
             humane
             men
             happy
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             and
             Plenty
             ,
             unless
             Princes
             who
             govern
             the
             world
             ,
             were
             the
             more
             circumspect
             ,
             severe
             Justice
             served
             only
             to
             make
             the
             rabble-rout
             proud
             ;
             universal
             peace
             ,
             to
             make
             men
             cowards
             ;
             and
             perpetual
             plenty
             ,
             to
             make
             people
             who
             living
             formerly
             by
             the
             sweat
             of
             their
             brows
             ,
             were
             industrious
             ,
             idle
             ,
             of
             no
             use
             ,
             and
             vagabonds
             :
             And
             that
             it
             being
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             Princes
             were
             the
             Shepherds
             of
             mankind
             ,
             the
             common
             people
             the
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             the
             Nobility
             the
             Dogs
             which
             guard
             the
             flocks
             ,
             and
             keep
             them
             from
             the
             Wolves
             ;
             it
             was
             likewise
             as
             true
             ,
             that
             by
             all
             right
             of
             good
             Government
             ,
             the
             Nobility
             ought
             to
             be
             maintained
             bold
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             rather
             armed
             with
             Iron
             Collars
             of
             Generosity
             ,
             to
             defend
             them
             from
             the
             Wolves
             ,
             then
             through
             the
             fear
             of
             equal
             Justice
             (
             so
             peculiar
             to
             ignorant
             men
             )
             be
             cow'd
             in
             such
             manner
             ,
             as
             that
             the
             very
             Sheep
             with
             the
             horns
             of
             unsupportable
             insolence
             ,
             durst
             dare
             to
             butt
             at
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               great
               Emperor
               Maximilian
               the
               first
               ,
               having
               said
               in
               a
               great
               Assembly
               of
               the
               chiefest
               Princes
               of
               this
               State
               ,
               that
               the
               Mahometan
               Religion
               was
               nothing
               but
               Policy
               ,
               proves
               by
               ●●cellent
               reasons
               to
               the
               very
               teeth
               of
               the
               Ottoman
               Monarchy
               ,
               who
               complained
               hainously
               thereof
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               said
               nothing
               but
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             VVHilst
             some
             daies
             ago
             the
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             the
             first
             ,
             Lodovick
             the
             eleventh
             King
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Matthias
               Corvino
            
             King
             of
             
               Hungary
               ,
               Stephano
               Battori
            
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             and
             the
             famous
             
               Andrea
               Gretti
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             the
             Venetian
             Republick
             ,
             were
             reasoning
             together
             (
             as
             it
             is
             the
             custom
             of
             great
             Princes
             to
             do
             )
             touching
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             spent
             much
             time
             in
             considering
             the
             greatness
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ;
             and
             whilst
             every
             one
             spake
             their
             opinion
             of
             that
             Government
             ,
             The
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             did
             freely
             confess
             that
             there
             were
             many
             Military
             Disciplines
             practised
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ,
             which
             were
             worthy
             of
             admiration
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Mahometan
             Sect
             was
             throughout
             so
             impure
             and
             foul
             ,
             as
             it
             seemed
             to
             be
             altogether
             unworthy
             the
             practice
             of
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             a
             desire
             of
             piety
             was
             manifestly
             seen
             in
             many
             Institutors
             of
             Divine
             Laws
             ,
             although
             the
             Religion
             which
             they
             profest
             ,
             was
             notoriously
             false
             ;
             their
             errors
             being
             occasioned
             meerly
             out
             of
             their
             ignorance
             of
             Divine
             things
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             infinite
             impieties
             which
             were
             discovered
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Sect
             ,
             were
             wholly
             malitious
             in
             giving
             Laws
             to
             her
             followers
             ;
             Mahomet
             having
             proved
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             better
             Politician
             then
             Divine
             ;
             it
             being
             clearly
             seen
             ,
             that
             to
             purchase
             followers
             who
             would
             imbrace
             that
             new
             Sect
             ,
             he
             had
             more
             respect
             in
             the
             forming
             of
             his
             Alcharon
             to
             satisfie
             the
             body
             then
             the
             soul
             ,
             and
             to
             aggrandize
             an
             earthly
             Kingdom
             ,
             then
             to
             make
             others
             gain
             Heaven
             .
             And
             that
             in
             other
             Sects
             ,
             the
             Institutors
             there
             of
             made
             use
             of
             Divine
             Precepts
             ,
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             human
             affairs
             ,
             very
             cunningly
             cloaking
             over
             all
             their
             impieties
             ,
             lest
             people
             when
             they
             should
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             their
             foule
             hypocrisie
             ,
             might
             be
             scandallized
             .
             But
             that
             Mahomet
             alone
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             meer
             greediness
             of
             Government
             ,
             did
             affrontedly
             laugh
             at
             sacred
             things
             ,
             to
             raise
             the
             value
             of
             prophane
             ones
             .
          
           
             These
             words
             ,
             though
             they
             past
             between
             Princes
             of
             such
             eminency
             ,
             were
             suddenly
             brought
             to
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             ,
             who
             took
             them
             so
             ill
             ,
             as
             he
             immediatly
             gave
             the
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             to
             understand
             by
             a
             Bassa
             of
             his
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             ,
             as
             it
             became
             him
             to
             do
             ,
             defend
             with
             his
             Arms
             ,
             the
             contrary
             to
             all
             that
             he
             had
             spoken
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             his
             Laws
             ;
             and
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             that
             he
             sent
             this
             Ambassy
             ,
             he
             made
             ready
             his
             numerous
             Army
             .
             Maximilian
             nothing
             affrighted
             at
             this
             defiance
             ,
             summoned
             the
             Diet
             at
             Ratisbon
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             have
             such
             assistance
             from
             Germany
             against
             so
             potent
             an
             enemy
             ,
             as
             is
             usually
             given
             either
             first
             or
             last
             .
             
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             acquainted
             with
             this
             news
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             appease
             those
             two
             great
             Monarchs
             ,
             called
             an
             Assembly
             of
             all
             the
             Princes
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             appeared
             ,
             he
             much
             complained
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy's
             barbarous
             proceedings
             ,
             since
             even
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             where
             argumentations
             ,
             and
             difference
             in
             opinion
             being
             only
             decided
             by
             the
             rule
             of
             truth
             ,
             he
             had
             dared
             to
             use
             force
             .
          
           
             He
             then
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             summoned
             that
             honorable
             Assembly
             ,
             only
             that
             they
             might
             hear
             from
             the
             Emperor
             Maximilian's
             own
             mouth
             ,
             all
             he
             reasons
             which
             had
             induced
             him
             to
             accuse
             the
             Mahometan
             Sect
             ,
             as
             being
             composed
             of
             nothing
             but
             Policy
             .
             His
             Majesty
             afterwards
             commanded
             the
             Emperor
             to
             begin
             his
             Justification
             .
             Whereupon
             Maximillian
             ,
             with
             such
             Majesty
             as
             became
             him
             ,
             began
             thus
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             moved
             to
             say
             that
             the
             Mahometan
             Sect
             was
             nothing
             but
             Policy
             ,
             meer
             ambition
             ,
             and
             interest
             of
             Reigning
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             first
             Institutors
             thereof
             were
             more
             ambitious
             then
             pious
             ,
             out
             of
             these
             clear
             reasons
             .
             For
             that
             Mahomet
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             his
             Armies
             might
             be
             free
             from
             those
             incumbrances
             ,
             and
             expence
             of
             Wine
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             Militia
             of
             Christian
             Princes
             is
             so
             much
             molested
             ,
             did
             forbid
             the
             use
             thereof
             to
             those
             of
             his
             Sect
             ;
             a
             Precept
             wholly
             Political
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             frees
             the
             Turkish
             Souldier
             from
             that
             expence
             which
             doth
             so
             abound
             in
             the
             Christian
             Militia
             ,
             particularly
             where
             there
             be
             Dutchmen
             ,
             or
             Northern
             Souldiers
             ,
             who
             consume
             more
             in
             drinking
             ,
             then
             in
             meat
             ,
             clothes
             ,
             or
             even
             in
             providing
             themselves
             with
             Arms.
             Moreover
             the
             great
             advantage
             which
             their
             Princes
             receive
             from
             their
             Souldiers
             sobriety
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             more
             particularly
             known
             to
             me
             ,
             who
             whilst
             I
             made
             war
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             much
             more
             troubled
             with
             my
             Dutch
             Souldiers
             drunkenness
             ,
             then
             with
             my
             enemies
             Arms.
             Add
             to
             this
             ,
             that
             whereas
             amongst
             the
             Turks
             ,
             the
             fields
             serve
             either
             for
             arable
             ground
             ,
             or
             pasture
             ,
             our
             grounds
             are
             encumbred
             with
             vines
             .
             The
             other
             more
             then
             Political
             Institution
             of
             the
             Mahometan
             Law
             is
             ,
             That
             the
             greatness
             of
             a
             Prince
             consisting
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             his
             Vassals
             ;
             the
             Mahometan
             Law
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             her
             Disciples
             may
             have
             so
             great
             a
             benefit
             ,
             permits
             them
             by
             a
             rare
             example
             of
             unbounded
             lust
             ,
             to
             have
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             but
             in
             divers
             places
             ,
             plurality
             of
             wives
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             concubines
             as
             they
             please
             ,
             without
             any
             sin
             unto
             their
             soul
             ,
             or
             prejudice
             to
             their
             honour
             :
             A
             thing
             which
             more
             resembling
             the
             Custom
             of
             Beasts
             ,
             then
             any
             Institution
             of
             Man
             ,
             is
             altogether
             unfitting
             to
             be
             named
             ,
             much
             more
             to
             be
             practised
             by
             any
             Nation
             :
             A
             Law
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             unexhaustible
             multitude
             of
             children
             which
             the
             Fathers
             of
             Families
             have
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             ,
             is
             altogether
             Political
             :
             For
             the
             infinite
             number
             of
             Turks
             serves
             not
             only
             for
             abundance
             of
             food
             for
             powder
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Wars
             ,
             but
             to
             reap
             the
             same
             benefit
             ,
             which
             we
             Christian
             Princes
             doe
             out
             of
             that
             trite
             politick
             precept
             ,
             of
             keeping
             the
             people
             low
             :
             For
             the
             custom
             which
             many
             of
             us
             have
             of
             burthening
             the
             people
             with
             extraordinary
             Taxes
             and
             Impositions
             ,
             so
             to
             keep
             them
             low
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             severity
             of
             our
             penal
             Laws
             ,
             which
             are
             now
             become
             matter
             of
             money
             ,
             are
             things
             which
             breeding
             ill
             bloud
             in
             our
             Vassals
             ,
             doth
             oft-times
             make
             them
             rebel
             .
             But
             wise
             Mahomet
             hath
             only
             known
             how
             to
             keep
             the
             people
             low
             perpetually
             ,
             and
             yet
             with
             their
             delight
             and
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             yet
             known
             to
             any
             other
             Politick
             Legislator
             ;
             for
             infinite
             number
             of
             children
             being
             of
             necessity
             to
             be
             born
             unto
             the
             Turks
             ,
             
             through
             their
             plurality
             of
             wives
             ,
             and
             abundance
             of
             concubines
             ,
             Politick
             Mahomet
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             may
             bring
             the
             wealthiest
             Families
             in
             a
             short
             time
             to
             beggery
             ,
             hath
             not
             been
             ashamed
             to
             command
             in
             his
             Alcharon
             ,
             that
             Bastards
             ,
             which
             are
             by
             all
             Laws
             so
             much
             detested
             ,
             should
             share
             equally
             in
             paternal
             inheritance
             with
             children
             lawfully
             begotten
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             true
             which
             I
             have
             often
             read
             ,
             and
             heard
             said
             ,
             That
             a
             Tailor
             of
             Constantinople
             shewed
             Solyman
             the
             Emperor
             thirty
             of
             his
             sons
             ,
             and
             that
             one
             Giambelat
             ,
             a
             man
             famous
             amongst
             the
             Turks
             for
             his
             fruitfulness
             ,
             had
             eight
             sons
             born
             in
             one
             and
             the
             same
             night
             ,
             and
             left
             fourscore
             sons
             alive
             when
             he
             died
             ,
             what
             is
             the
             richest
             inheritance
             of
             whatsoever
             Turk
             alive
             ,
             which
             being
             equally
             divided
             amongst
             so
             many
             children
             ,
             will
             not
             beco●…●…r
             ,
             and
             their
             Families
             be
             perpetually
             kept
             low
             ,
             and
             forced
             to
             beg
             th●…
             pay
             of
             their
             Prince
             by
             following
             the
             Wars
             ?
             And
             if
             that
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             we
             Princes
             have
             daily
             experience
             of
             ,
             That
             the
             Souldier
             that
             fears
             not
             death
             ,
             overcomes
             all
             difficulties
             which
             he
             undertakes
             ,
             and
             happily
             compasseth
             his
             end
             ,
             whatsoever
             it
             be
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             be
             impossible
             to
             withstand
             the
             most
             inconsiderable
             man
             that
             is
             ,
             who
             despiseth
             his
             own
             life
             ;
             what
             more
             politick
             and
             devillish
             precept
             could
             be
             infused
             into
             men
             by
             any
             ambitious
             Legislator
             ,
             thereby
             to
             get
             the
             government
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             fate
             ,
             which
             wicked
             Mahomet
             hath
             injoyned
             his
             followers
             to
             believe
             ?
             Who
             being
             shamefully
             seduced
             by
             so
             false
             a
             Doctrine
             ,
             believe
             firmly
             that
             all
             men
             have
             the
             prefixt
             and
             inevitable
             day
             of
             their
             deaths
             written
             in
             their
             forehead
             in
             Divine
             Characters
             ,
             though
             not
             discernable
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             man.
             A
             Law
             as
             wicked
             before
             God
             ,
             as
             greatly
             miraculous
             to
             aggrandize
             an
             Empire
             ,
             to
             which
             infernal
             institution
             ,
             the
             extent
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Empire
             is
             solely
             attributed
             .
          
           
             To
             these
             may
             be
             added
             the
             other
             powerful
             precept
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             not
             lawfull
             for
             the
             Ottoman
             Emperors
             to
             restore
             any
             Kingdom
             to
             any
             whatsoever
             Prince
             ,
             where
             they
             have
             built
             a
             Moschey
             .
             A
             Rule
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             every
             one
             may
             easily
             discern
             )
             is
             only
             made
             to
             overcome
             the
             great
             difficulty
             which
             all
             Princes
             meet
             with
             ,
             of
             keeping
             States
             newly
             acquired
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             the
             Militia
             so
             obstinate
             in
             the
             defence
             thereof
             ,
             as
             those
             Provinces
             which
             were
             conquered
             by
             victorious
             arms
             ,
             are
             only
             lost
             by
             such
             arms
             as
             were
             conquered
             .
             Nor
             is
             the
             Decree
             given
             to
             the
             Ottoman
             Emperors
             ,
             less
             politick
             then
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             be
             allowed
             ,
             either
             for
             the
             maintaining
             of
             their
             memory
             alive
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             burial
             of
             their
             bodies
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             any
             pious
             zeal
             ,
             to
             build
             any
             Moschey
             ,
             unless
             they
             have
             first
             acquired
             some
             Kingdom
             ;
             a
             Law
             only
             instituted
             to
             excite
             the
             basest
             and
             most
             cowardly
             minded
             Ottoman
             Emperors
             ,
             to
             the
             ambition
             of
             glory
             ,
             and
             propagating
             Empire
             .
             But
             of
             all
             the
             Precepts
             that
             I
             have
             touched
             upon
             ,
             or
             that
             can
             be
             related
             by
             any
             other
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             ,
             in
             my
             opinion
             more
             political
             ,
             then
             that
             of
             their
             not
             admitting
             of
             any
             women
             into
             their
             Moscheys
             ,
             to
             pray
             there
             ;
             a
             most
             wicked
             Law
             ,
             and
             which
             doth
             manifest
             ,
             that
             the
             Mahometan
             Sect
             doth
             more
             affrontedly
             make
             use
             of
             Religion
             as
             a
             pretence
             whereby
             to
             reigne
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             Sect
             that
             was
             ever
             heard
             of
             .
             For
             what
             doth
             such
             a
             Law
             denote
             ,
             but
             that
             Mahomet
             is
             content
             to
             oblige
             only
             the
             Masculine
             sex
             to
             sacred
             things
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             from
             them
             receive
             the
             advantage
             of
             loyalty
             ,
             obedience
             ,
             and
             meekness
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             curb
             of
             piety
             ,
             which
             moderating
             mans
             too
             great
             inclination
             to
             sensuality
             ,
             makes
             him
             keep
             the
             right
             rode
             of
             not
             offending
             any
             one
             ;
             and
             receive
             the
             other
             advantages
             which
             
             by
             a
             well-regulated
             Religion
             ,
             men
             partake
             of
             from
             peaceable
             commerce
             ;
             which
             because
             he
             cares
             not
             to
             receive
             from
             women
             ,
             who
             are
             not
             apt
             to
             raise
             insurrections
             ,
             to
             acquire
             nor
             keep
             States
             ,
             he
             is
             content
             to
             say
             ,
             only
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             falling
             headlong
             into
             all
             kinde
             of
             lasciviousness
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             see
             themselves
             utterly
             excluded
             from
             all
             heavenly
             glory
             ;
             that
             if
             they
             live
             chastly
             ,
             they
             shall
             ,
             when
             their
             lives
             are
             ended
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             pass
             into
             a
             place
             ,
             where
             if
             they
             do
             not
             enjoy
             the
             blessings
             of
             heaven
             ,
             they
             shall
             not
             at
             least
             suffer
             any
             evil
             ;
             a
             shameful
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             as
             never
             any
             Legislator
             durst
             dream
             of
             ,
             in
             making
             a
             foolish
             and
             ignorant
             division
             ,
             or
             distinction
             between
             the
             souls
             of
             men
             and
             women
             .
             I
             shall
             conclude
             this
             my
             justification
             with
             this
             last
             and
             chiefest
             Politick
             Law
             ;
             That
             Mahomet
             knowing
             very
             well
             how
             much
             it
             mak●…
             〈◊〉
             Monarchy
             ,
             that
             Monarchs
             should
             keep
             their
             Vassals
             in
             exact
             obedience
             ,
             as
             is
             due
             to
             all
             that
             reigne
             ,
             hath
             not
             stuck
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             those
             mens
             souls
             shall
             not
             share
             of
             salvation
             in
             the
             world
             to
             come
             ,
             who
             for
             any
             faults
             committed
             by
             them
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             other
             misdemerits
             ,
             die
             in
             their
             Princes
             displeasure
             .
             As
             if
             a
             man
             how
             wicked
             soever
             he
             be
             ,
             may
             not
             reconcile
             himself
             to
             God
             ,
             either
             by
             contrition
             ,
             repentance
             ,
             or
             condign
             penance
             for
             offences
             done
             unto
             man.
             
          
           
             Though
             the
             colour
             which
             appeared
             in
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchies
             countenance
             shewed
             plainly
             how
             much
             she
             was
             confused
             ,
             yet
             according
             to
             her
             accustom'd
             affrontedness
             ,
             she
             would
             have
             reply'd
             ,
             when
             Apollo
             beckning
             to
             her
             to
             be
             silent
             ,
             asked
             her
             ,
             whether
             it
             were
             true
             or
             no
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             Mahometan
             Law
             ,
             no
             man
             might
             dispute
             touching
             the
             Articles
             of
             her
             Faith
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             to
             be
             made
             good
             by
             force
             of
             Arms
             ;
             and
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             answering
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             true
             ,
             Apollo
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             she
             her self
             had
             confest
             those
             things
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             the
             Emperor
             Maximilian
             had
             affirmed
             .
             For
             as
             wealth
             honestly
             come
             by
             by
             good
             men
             ,
             was
             maintained
             and
             defended
             by
             Justice
             ,
             and
             plundered
             goods
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             violence
             by
             which
             they
             were
             taken
             ;
             so
             truth
             was
             defended
             by
             reason
             ,
             but
             falshood
             by
             violence
             and
             obstinacy
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Anneus
                 Seneca
              
               ,
               after
               having
               read
               Moral
               Philosophy
               in
               the
               publick
               Schools
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               obtains
               a
               Writ
               of
               ease
               from
               Apollo
               ;
               and
               being
               desirous
               to
               endow
               the
               Philosophy-School
               with
               a
               rich
               Revenue
               ,
               is
               not
               suffered
               by
               his
               Majesty
               to
               do
               so
               .
            
          
           
             SEneca
             having
             for
             above
             the
             space
             of
             forty
             years
             read
             Philosophy
             in
             the
             publick
             Schools
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             to
             his
             infinite
             praise
             ,
             and
             the
             nnspeakable
             good
             of
             the
             Publick
             ;
             Apollo
             (
             as
             to
             one
             who
             had
             so
             wel
             deserv'd
             )
             gave
             him
             the
             last
             week
             a
             Writ
             of
             Ease
             ;
             and
             the
             place
             being
             sued
             for
             by
             very
             many
             ,
             Apollo
             bestowed
             it
             upon
             Plutarch
             .
             And
             because
             Seneca
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             rich
             patrimony
             ,
             had
             discharged
             his
             place
             with
             regal
             magnificency
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             so
             honorable
             a
             place
             might
             not
             fall
             short
             of
             its
             antient
             splendor
             under
             Plutarch
             ,
             who
             was
             but
             poor
             in
             respect
             of
             Seneca
             ,
             he
             indowed
             it
             with
             an
             annual
             rent
             of
             6000
             crowns
             a
             year
             :
             A
             piece
             of
             magnanimity
             whereby
             he
             hath
             won
             immortal
             fame
             from
             all
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State.
             But
             when
             he
             came
             before
             Apollo
             to
             acquaint
             him
             with
             so
             honourable
             a
             donation
             ,
             instead
             of
             being
             commended
             for
             that
             his
             so
             glorious
             action
             ,
             he
             was
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             expectation
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             much
             blamed
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             in
             these
             very
             words
             reprehended
             :
             Seneca
             ,
             to
             trouble
             the
             Fountains
             head
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             quench'd
             his
             thirst
             ,
             is
             an
             action
             full
             of
             malice
             ;
             nor
             should
             I
             ever
             have
             imagined
             that
             such
             a
             one
             as
             you
             would
             have
             gone
             about
             to
             vituperate
             that
             School
             ,
             whereby
             you
             have
             been
             honoured
             ;
             I
             must
             praise
             your
             excellent
             intention
             ,
             but
             greatly
             blame
             the
             deed
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             pernitious
             )
             not
             suffer
             it
             to
             be
             done
             .
             It
             is
             great
             wisdom
             to
             keep
             such
             places
             poor
             ,
             as
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             discharged
             by
             men
             of
             worth
             :
             To
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             answerably
             to
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             provided
             of
             men
             ;
             which
             should
             it
             be
             otherwise
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             prejudice
             of
             my
             Literati
             ,
             men
             would
             be
             provided
             of
             such
             wealthy
             imployments
             .
             The
             School
             which
             you
             have
             given
             over
             ,
             will
             alwaies
             be
             sought
             for
             by
             such
             Literatias
             your self
             ,
             whilst
             it
             is
             but
             of
             poor
             means
             ;
             but
             were
             it
             indowed
             with
             the
             large
             revenue
             which
             you
             would
             now
             give
             it
             ,
             even
             ignorant
             men
             ,
             out
             of
             avarice
             would
             so
             endeavour
             the
             having
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             by
             means
             of
             favour
             which
             such
             men
             by
             unwarrantable
             waies
             know
             how
             to
             win
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             very
             hard
             ,
             if
             not
             impossible
             ,
             to
             keep
             it
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Diego
                 Covaruvia
              
               ,
               after
               having
               for
               a
               short
               space
               exercised
               the
               Place
               of
               his
               Majesties
               Chief
               Treasurer
               ,
               betakes
               himself
               to
               the
               Stoicks
               Sect.
               
            
          
           
             
               DIego
               Covarruvia
            
             had
             discharged
             the
             honorable
             place
             of
             his
             Majesties
             chief
             Treasurer
             ,
             just
             two
             months
             ,
             with
             so
             general
             satisfaction
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             clearly
             saw
             how
             well
             advised
             Princes
             are
             when
             they
             promote
             subjects
             to
             places
             of
             highest
             dignity
             ,
             from
             but
             a
             little
             inferior
             places
             of
             Magistracy
             :
             This
             personage
             of
             exquisite
             judgement
             ,
             after
             having
             freely
             imparted
             his
             several
             resolutions
             to
             his
             domestick
             friends
             ,
             he
             unexpectedly
             gave
             up
             the
             place
             of
             Treasurer
             into
             his
             Majesties
             hands
             ,
             and
             betook
             himself
             to
             be
             a
             Stoick
             .
             Many
             Literati
             of
             this
             State
             who
             were
             very
             great
             friends
             to
             this
             glorious
             Vertuoso
             ,
             when
             they
             heard
             so
             strange
             a
             novelty
             ,
             went
             to
             Covarruvia
             ,
             and
             seemed
             very
             sorry
             ,
             that
             by
             quitting
             a
             place
             of
             such
             dignity
             ,
             he
             had
             forgone
             the
             fair
             occasion
             which
             he
             had
             of
             making
             himself
             famous
             ,
             and
             gratifying
             his
             friends
             .
             Then
             they
             bad
             him
             consider
             his
             own
             reputation
             ,
             which
             by
             this
             unexpected
             resolution
             he
             did
             totally
             bury
             ;
             since
             not
             only
             such
             as
             did
             envie
             and
             maligne
             him
             ,
             but
             even
             his
             very
             best
             friends
             ,
             might
             blame
             that
             action
             (
             and
             peradventure
             not
             without
             reason
             )
             as
             proceeding
             rather
             from
             a
             melancholy
             humour
             ,
             from
             fickleness
             of
             mind
             ,
             as
             a
             lover
             of
             novelties
             ,
             from
             weakness
             of
             wit
             ,
             as
             unfit
             for
             such
             an
             imployment
             ,
             and
             uncapable
             thereof
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             lawdable
             desire
             of
             a
             solitary
             life
             ,
             whereby
             he
             would
             cloke
             his
             being
             unfit
             for
             such
             a
             place
             .
             It
             is
             well
             known
             that
             Covarruvia
             answered
             these
             objections
             very
             resolutely
             ,
             thus
             ;
             My
             friends
             ,
             the
             resolution
             which
             you
             see
             I
             have
             taken
             ,
             is
             not
             (
             as
             you
             believe
             )
             any
             new
             caprichio
             ,
             but
             an
             antient
             resolution
             which
             I
             have
             ever
             had
             since
             I
             learnt
             by
             Court-fallacies
             ,
             by
             the
             perfidiousness
             of
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             instability
             of
             earthly
             affairs
             ,
             that
             this
             worlds
             greatness
             ,
             which
             is
             gotten
             with
             so
             much
             toyle
             and
             labour
             ,
             managed
             with
             such
             cark
             and
             care
             ,
             and
             possest
             with
             so
             much
             danger
             ,
             was
             nothing
             else
             but
             meer
             vanity
             ;
             and
             I
             did
             not
             that
             at
             my
             first
             entrance
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             done
             of
             very
             late
             ,
             only
             that
             I
             might
             enter
             into
             this
             famous
             Sect
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             reputation
             that
             becomes
             one
             like
             me
             ;
             for
             I
             did
             not
             desire
             that
             the
             world
             should
             imagin
             that
             I
             had
             imbraced
             the
             Stoick
             Sect
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             meanness
             of
             spirit
             (
             which
             is
             a
             friend
             to
             idleness
             ,
             and
             an
             enemy
             to
             labour
             )
             for
             weakness
             of
             parts
             ,
             as
             not
             fit
             to
             attain
             the
             most
             supreme
             dignities
             ,
             for
             not
             being
             able
             to
             bear
             with
             the
             bitter
             distastes
             of
             Court
             ,
             or
             for
             any
             dislike
             that
             my
             home-affairs
             had
             occasioned
             in
             me
             ;
             but
             only
             that
             I
             might
             attain
             to
             that
             happiness
             as
             is
             usually
             enjoy'd
             in
             a
             solitary
             and
             vertuous
             life
             ,
             by
             such
             ,
             who
             being
             given
             to
             Learning
             ,
             desire
             nothing
             but
             much
             knowledg
             :
             Now
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             abandoned
             the
             happy
             condition
             that
             you
             all
             know
             I
             was
             in
             ,
             only
             that
             I
             might
             retreat
             to
             a
             better
             life
             ,
             my
             friends
             ,
             enemies
             ,
             and
             enviers
             will
             certainly
             praise
             my
             resolution
             ;
             for
             then
             doth
             a
             man
             with
             
             much
             honour
             embrace
             poverty
             ,
             when
             he
             forgoes
             riches
             ,
             and
             when
             to
             enjoy
             a
             solitary
             life
             ,
             he
             gives
             over
             weighty
             and
             gainful
             Negotiations
             .
             And
             such
             men
             as
             I
             ,
             do
             with
             glory
             spurn
             at
             the
             pomp
             and
             vanity
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             when
             by
             their
             honourable
             labour
             and
             service
             in
             Princes
             Courts
             ,
             they
             have
             known
             how
             to
             compass
             the
             prime
             places
             ,
             and
             supreme
             dignities
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               being
               imprisoned
               at
               the
               complaint
               of
               some
               great
               Princes
               ,
               for
               having
               made
               some
               Politick
               Spectacles
               ,
               which
               were
               very
               prejudicious
               to
               their
               Government
               ,
               is
               freed
               by
               Apollo
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             whole
             Colledg
             of
             the
             Literati
             were
             much
             astonished
             ,
             when
             they
             heard
             that
             
               Cornelius
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             one
             so
             famous
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             one
             so
             well
             beloved
             by
             Apollo
             the
             first
             Counseller
             of
             State
             ,
             chief
             Chronicler
             ,
             and
             Master
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Sentences
             ,
             was
             seised
             upon
             the
             last
             night
             by
             express
             Order
             from
             the
             Lords
             Censors
             .
             It
             was
             soon
             after
             known
             ,
             that
             this
             had
             hapned
             by
             reason
             of
             a
             complaint
             made
             by
             divers
             great
             Princes
             ,
             that
             Tacitus
             by
             his
             seditious
             Annals
             and
             Histories
             ,
             had
             made
             certain
             Spectacles
             which
             were
             very
             pernitious
             to
             Princes
             ;
             for
             let
             the
             simplest
             person
             put
             them
             on
             his
             nose
             ,
             they
             would
             make
             him
             so
             sharp-sighted
             ,
             as
             to
             see
             into
             the
             very
             hearts
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             and
             discover
             their
             most
             secret
             thoughts
             :
             And
             that
             which
             they
             said
             they
             neither
             could
             nor
             would
             any
             waies
             indure
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             shewed
             unto
             the
             people
             ,
             the
             very
             essence
             and
             quality
             of
             Princes-souls
             ,
             what
             they
             were
             indeed
             inwardly
             ,
             and
             not
             what
             through
             the
             necessary
             tricks
             of
             Government
             they
             were
             forced
             to
             make
             themselves
             appear
             to
             be
             outwardly
             .
             Yesterday
             morning
             the
             Counsel
             of
             the
             chief
             Monarchs
             of
             this
             State
             came
             before
             the
             Censors
             ,
             amongst
             which
             ,
             for
             Tacitus
             his
             greater
             honour
             ,
             who
             was
             to
             be
             tryed
             ,
             Apollo
             would
             make
             one
             .
             This
             Advocate
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             understanding
             men
             of
             the
             State
             knew
             very
             well
             that
             Princes
             for
             the
             peace
             and
             quiet
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             ,
             were
             oft
             times
             necessitated
             to
             do
             unwarrantable
             actions
             ,
             which
             ,
             to
             maintain
             the
             peoples
             opinion
             of
             their
             being
             good
             Princes
             (
             as
             is
             fitting
             for
             all
             to
             do
             that
             will
             govern
             )
             they
             had
             wont
             to
             palliate
             with
             specious
             pretences
             of
             good
             intentions
             ,
             and
             great
             zeal
             towards
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             those
             pieces
             of
             Policy
             which
             they
             would
             be
             no
             longer
             able
             to
             use
             ,
             if
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             their
             minds
             were
             known
             to
             all
             men
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             it
             were
             possible
             for
             people
             to
             be
             governed
             without
             submitting
             themselves
             to
             their
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             Princes
             would
             willingly
             renounce
             their
             Princely
             ●…itles
             ,
             and
             their
             power
             of
             Command
             ,
             as
             having
             found
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             Principalities
             are
             nothing
             but
             unsupportable
             burthens
             ,
             affairs
             so
             full
             of
             difficulty
             and
             danger
             ,
             as
             they
             could
             not
             taste
             any
             one
             savory
             bit
             ,
             at
             those
             their
             plentiful
             Tables
             ,
             which
             
             jealous
             men
             do
             so
             envie
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             stink
             of
             Arsnick
             ;
             but
             that
             if
             experience
             had
             made
             the
             world
             know
             ,
             that
             all
             mankind
             would
             soon
             suffer
             under
             sad
             confusion
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             for
             wise
             Princes
             who
             do
             govern
             them
             ,
             it
             was
             fitting
             that
             they
             should
             be
             permitted
             to
             use
             all
             those
             just
             waies
             which
             were
             requisite
             for
             them
             for
             the
             well-governing
             their
             Subjects
             :
             For
             ,
             if
             for
             cultivating
             grounds
             ,
             Husbandmen
             were
             not
             denied
             Oxen
             ,
             Ploughs
             ,
             and
             Mattocks
             ;
             if
             Tailors
             for
             the
             cutting
             out
             and
             making
             up
             of
             clothes
             ,
             were
             allowed
             needle
             and
             sheers
             ;
             and
             Smiths
             ,
             hammers
             and
             pincers
             ;
             wherefore
             should
             Monarchs
             be
             henceforward
             denied
             to
             throw
             dust
             in
             their
             Subjects
             eyes
             ,
             or
             cast
             a
             mist
             before
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             best
             advantage
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             necessary
             Instrument
             for
             the
             right
             Government
             of
             States
             ,
             which
             any
             Polititian
             had
             ever
             yet
             found
             out
             in
             any
             of
             the
             most
             excellent
             Reasons
             of
             State.
             All
             which
             things
             Princes
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             Tacitus
             his
             seditious
             inventions
             ,
             should
             now
             be
             no
             longer
             able
             to
             do
             ;
             it
             being
             clearly
             seen
             that
             the
             devillish
             spectacles
             invented
             by
             that
             alwaies
             seditious
             Tacitus
             ,
             to
             boot
             with
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             their
             making
             the
             people
             sharp-sighted
             ,
             had
             also
             another
             pernitious
             effect
             ,
             by
             sticking
             so
             close
             to
             mens
             noses
             ,
             as
             Princes
             were
             now
             no
             longer
             able
             ,
             as
             formerly
             they
             had
             with
             as
             much
             ease
             as
             advantage
             done
             ,
             to
             throw
             dust
             in
             their
             Subjects
             Eyes
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             most
             artificial
             ,
             and
             super-fine
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             would
             be
             aware
             of
             their
             being
             abused
             .
          
           
             The
             Complaints
             made
             by
             the
             Monarchs
             ,
             seemed
             to
             be
             very
             just
             ,
             both
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Censors
             ;
             and
             they
             therefore
             thought
             worthy
             of
             mature
             consideration
             ;
             and
             after
             a
             long
             discourse
             had
             about
             so
             weighty
             a
             business
             ,
             their
             opinion
             seemed
             to
             prevail
             ;
             who
             voted
             that
             Tacitus
             with
             his
             scandalous
             Annals
             ,
             and
             seditious
             Histories
             ,
             should
             be
             banished
             the
             company
             of
             man.
             But
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             not
             disgrace
             the
             Prince
             of
             Political
             History
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             distast
             gallant
             men
             ,
             by
             depriving
             them
             of
             their
             delights
             ,
             was
             content
             that
             Tacitus
             should
             be
             told
             ,
             he
             might
             do
             well
             to
             make
             as
             few
             of
             those
             spectacles
             as
             possible
             he
             could
             ,
             which
             were
             indeed
             so
             pernitious
             to
             Princes
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             chiefly
             be
             sure
             not
             to
             part
             with
             any
             but
             to
             choice
             personages
             ,
             to
             the
             Secretaries
             ,
             and
             privy
             Councel
             of
             Princes
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             might
             know
             the
             more
             easily
             how
             to
             Govern
             the
             people
             ;
             and
             that
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             as
             he
             valued
             his
             Majesties
             favour
             ,
             he
             should
             keep
             from
             communicating
             them
             to
             such
             seditious
             people
             ,
             who
             in
             troublesom
             times
             might
             serve
             for
             Lanterns
             to
             the
             simpler
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             who
             suffered
             themselves
             easily
             to
             be
             governed
             ,
             when
             not
             being
             inlightned
             by
             Learning
             ,
             they
             might
             be
             said
             to
             be
             blind
             ,
             and
             want
             a
             guide
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               Carriers
               ,
               who
               contrary
               to
               the
               Laws
               ,
               brought
               great
               store
               of
               Beans
               into
               Parnassus
               ,
               are
               taken
               Prisoners
               by
               the
               Scouts
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             morning
             ,
             being
             the
             twentieth
             of
             this
             present
             moneth
             ,
             the
             Field-Scouts
             met
             with
             some
             Carriers
             ,
             who
             brought
             store
             of
             beans
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             Pulse
             which
             was
             long
             since
             banished
             out
             of
             all
             Apollo's
             Dominions
             ;
             for
             his
             Majesty
             having
             found
             in
             many
             unfortunate
             former
             occasions
             ,
             that
             many
             passionate
             Literati
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             vent
             their
             mad
             passions
             which
             burn'd
             within
             their
             bosoms
             ,
             whilst
             they
             made
             use
             of
             these
             beans
             in
             the
             Senat
             ,
             have
             utterly
             undone
             themselves
             and
             their
             whole
             Families
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             he
             might
             maintain
             peace
             and
             concord
             amongst
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             did
             many
             years
             since
             forbid
             the
             sale
             of
             any
             such
             Pulse
             under
             pain
             of
             severe
             punishment
             ;
             it
             having
             been
             used
             by
             divers
             instead
             of
             musket-bullets
             ,
             only
             to
             blast
             the
             reputation
             of
             honest
             men
             .
             It
             was
             learn'd
             from
             the
             same
             Carriers
             ,
             that
             this
             Inhibited
             .
             Merchandize
             was
             sent
             from
             ignorant
             and
             malignant
             Countries
             ,
             to
             such
             perfidious
             Courtiers
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             who
             study
             nothing
             else
             but
             how
             to
             scatter
             beans
             upon
             other
             mens
             stairs
             ,
             only
             to
             make
             such
             simple
             people
             fall
             and
             break
             their
             necks
             ,
             who
             firmly
             believe
             that
             no
             man
             can
             walk
             safely
             any
             where
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             feet
             of
             upright
             meaning
             ,
             and
             good
             conscience
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             Apollo
             did
             very
             much
             wonder
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             through
             the
             malignity
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             all
             Princes
             Courts
             are
             so
             pestered
             with
             these
             malignant
             spirits
             ,
             as
             they
             study
             more
             how
             to
             discompose
             other
             mens
             affairs
             ,
             then
             how
             to
             accommodate
             their
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Seneca
               having
               bought
               great
               store
               of
               Poultrey
               in
               a
               Countrey-house
               of
               his
               ,
               which
               lies
               in
               the
               Gnides
               Territories
               ,
               those
               people
               come
               to
               the
               true
               reason
               of
               that
               his
               forestalling
               the
               Market
               .
            
          
           
             SOon
             after
             that
             (
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             )
             the
             most
             excellent
             
               Annaeus
               Seneca
            
             obtained
             a
             Writ
             of
             Ease
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             from
             further
             exercising
             his
             place
             of
             Chairman
             in
             the
             Moral
             Philosophy-School
             ,
             he
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             refresh
             his
             eminent
             wit
             ,
             which
             was
             much
             harras'd
             in
             his
             perpetual
             studies
             ,
             withdrew
             himself
             to
             a
             pleasant
             Countrey-house
             of
             his
             ,
             seated
             in
             the
             Territories
             of
             Gnido
             ,
             from
             whence
             they
             write
             ,
             That
             this
             so
             famous
             Literato
             ,
             at
             his
             very
             first
             coming
             thither
             ,
             made
             so
             great
             a
             provision
             of
             Cocks
             ,
             Hens
             ,
             and
             Capons
             ,
             as
             they
             that
             saw
             them
             in
             the
             place
             where
             they
             were
             kept
             ,
             judged
             them
             to
             amount
             to
             the
             number
             of
             above
             five
             hundred
             ;
             a
             thing
             which
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             Gnido
             did
             much
             wonder
             at
             ;
             and
             those
             speculative
             Wits
             ,
             who
             spend
             more
             time
             in
             vainly
             prying
             into
             other
             mens
             actions
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             well
             governing
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             were
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             Seneca
             had
             avarice
             joyned
             to
             the
             other
             faults
             which
             were
             imputed
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             he
             had
             forestalled
             ,
             and
             bought
             up
             all
             those
             Poultrey
             (
             which
             was
             an
             action
             misbecoming
             a
             man
             of
             his
             parts
             )
             only
             that
             he
             might
             inhance
             the
             price
             of
             them
             .
             And
             it
             was
             said
             by
             the
             same
             Letters
             ,
             that
             some
             thought
             that
             he
             had
             added
             the
             detestable
             vice
             of
             gluttony
             ,
             to
             his
             infinite
             thirst
             after
             riches
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             being
             observed
             in
             process
             of
             time
             ,
             that
             Seneca
             spent
             three
             hours
             daily
             after
             dinner
             ,
             in
             looking
             upon
             those
             his
             Poultrey
             :
             it
             was
             at
             last
             known
             ,
             that
             this
             great
             Philosopher
             learn'd
             from
             that
             sort
             of
             Poultrey
             ,
             the
             art
             ,
             wherein
             he
             did
             not
             only
             exceed
             all
             other
             Writers
             ,
             but
             hath
             been
             followed
             therein
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             others
             ,
             of
             crowing
             well
             ,
             and
             scraping
             ill
             ▪
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Grand-child
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               the
               Laconicks
               asks
               counsel
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               what
               course
               he
               should
               take
               to
               live
               with
               reputation
               in
               Laconia
               .
            
          
           
             THat
             Grand-child
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             you
             heard
             by
             the
             last
             Post
             )
             through
             the
             froward
             stubbornness
             of
             his
             mind
             ,
             betook
             himself
             to
             the
             general
             scandal
             of
             his
             Government
             ,
             to
             lead
             a
             privat
             life
             ,
             being
             much
             afflicted
             and
             troubled
             in
             mind
             ,
             is
             this
             morning
             returned
             to
             Pernassus
             ;
             and
             presenting
             himself
             before
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             much
             to
             his
             sorrow
             and
             trouble
             ,
             he
             had
             at
             last
             found
             that
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             had
             been
             often
             told
             him
             by
             his
             best
             and
             dearest
             friends
             ;
             That
             most
             men
             were
             so
             full
             of
             ingratitude
             ,
             as
             they
             loved
             Fortune
             only
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             persons
             of
             their
             beneficent
             Princes
             ;
             a
             fault
             which
             occasioned
             that
             which
             good
             men
             were
             sorry
             to
             see
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             as
             sure
             to
             fail
             their
             friends
             when
             their
             fortunes
             failed
             them
             ,
             as
             Tacitus
             had
             reason
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             
               Intuta
               erant
               adversa
               .
               Tacit.
               lib.
               12.
               
               Annal.
            
             for
             much
             to
             his
             grief
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             Chain
             of
             Munificence
             whereby
             he
             had
             endeavoured
             to
             fasten
             unto
             him
             the
             affection
             of
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             friends
             ,
             in
             his
             Uncles
             Kingdom
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             expected
             a
             return
             of
             much
             gratitude
             ,
             to
             be
             but
             very
             weak
             :
             And
             that
             if
             it
             were
             true
             which
             many
             Elective
             Princes
             had
             together
             with
             himself
             experienced
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             That
             a
             stroke
             of
             ingratitude
             gave
             the
             deadliest
             wound
             which
             could
             be
             received
             by
             a
             Noble
             mind
             ,
             and
             that
             to
             sow
             benefits
             ,
             and
             reap
             neglects
             ,
             was
             the
             saddest
             and
             most
             sorrowful
             exercise
             which
             could
             be
             practised
             by
             a
             Prince
             ,
             he
             deserved
             not
             only
             to
             be
             pittied
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             by
             all
             good
             men
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             assisted
             by
             advice
             :
             And
             that
             in
             this
             his
             horrid
             change
             of
             fortune
             ,
             to
             see
             himself
             not
             only
             little
             respected
             by
             those
             whom
             he
             knew
             not
             ,
             but
             wounded
             by
             the
             speeches
             of
             those
             his
             dearest
             friends
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             endeavoured
             to
             oblige
             ,
             and
             scorn'd
             by
             the
             actions
             of
             those
             which
             had
             formerly
             adored
             him
             ,
             was
             an
             affliction
             which
             did
             so
             inwardly
             grieve
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             not
             able
             to
             support
             to
             strange
             a
             Metamorphosis
             .
             That
             therefore
             since
             he
             was
             forced
             to
             pass
             from
             Principality
             to
             a
             privat
             life
             ,
             from
             commanding
             to
             obeying
             ;
             he
             greatly
             desired
             to
             know
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             what
             course
             he
             should
             take
             to
             live
             with
             reputation
             in
             Laconia
             .
             To
             this
             Apollo
             briefly
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             first
             inform
             himself
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             examples
             of
             the
             most
             heroick
             vertues
             did
             abound
             ,
             and
             then
             imitate
             the
             great
             splendor
             of
             Edward
             Cardinal
             Fernese
             ,
             who
             by
             a
             Princely
             generosity
             ,
             and
             profuse
             liberality
             used
             towards
             all
             men
             ,
             had
             made
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Nobility
             of
             Rome
             so
             in
             love
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             now
             more
             honoured
             and
             observed
             in
             anothers
             Popedom
             ,
             then
             the
             great
             Alexander
             Cardinal
             Fernese
             was
             formerly
             in
             the
             Popedom
             of
             his
             Uncle
             ,
             Paul
             the
             third
             .
          
           
             To
             this
             the
             Prince
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             he
             knew
             the
             counsel
             which
             his
             Majesty
             gave
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             true
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             receit
             being
             very
             costly
             ,
             he
             
             thought
             it
             to
             be
             too
             dear
             ;
             That
             therefore
             he
             humbly
             beseeched
             him
             to
             teach
             him
             a
             cheaper
             remedy
             .
             Apollo
             laughed
             ,
             and
             freely
             told
             this
             Prince
             ,
             that
             to
             pretend
             to
             be
             beloved
             and
             honoured
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             be
             attended
             and
             followed
             like
             a
             great
             Prince
             ,
             and
             yet
             to
             keep
             his
             purse
             close
             ty'd
             ,
             his
             Cellar-dore
             shut
             ,
             his
             Granaries
             lockt
             up
             and
             close
             bar'd
             ,
             was
             a
             greater
             vanity
             than
             to
             pretend
             to
             open
             the
             gates
             of
             heaven
             by
             impious
             blasphemy
             ;
             for
             the
             face
             of
             a
             sordid
             covetous
             man
             was
             much
             more
             dreadful
             to
             the
             people
             ,
             than
             the
             face
             of
             Lucifer
             himself
             ;
             whereas
             liberality
             used
             towards
             friends
             ,
             to
             keep
             men
             in
             perpetual
             protection
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             continually
             ready
             to
             patronize
             them
             ,
             defend
             ,
             help
             ,
             and
             assist
             them
             in
             their
             oppressions
             ,
             was
             the
             true
             Magick
             ,
             and
             pious
             inchantment
             by
             which
             men
             were
             fascinated
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             strangely
             hate
             such
             avaritious
             people
             ,
             who
             being
             unwilling
             to
             bait
             their
             hooks
             with
             little
             Pilchards
             ,
             dare
             not
             venture
             at
             catching
             a
             great
             Sturgeon
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Isabella
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Milan
               ,
               being
               continually
               prosecuted
               by
               adverse
               Fortune
               ,
               is
               brought
               to
               a
               very
               unhappy
               condition
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Ephesus
               .
            
          
           
             THat
             famous
             Dutchess
             of
             
               Milan
               ,
               Isabella
            
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             who
             by
             unparallel'd
             example
             of
             misfortune
             ,
             within
             the
             space
             of
             a
             few
             months
             ,
             lost
             her
             Grand-father
             ,
             Father
             ,
             Brother
             ,
             and
             her
             Nephew
             ,
             having
             all
             of
             them
             been
             Kings
             of
             Naples
             ,
             as
             also
             her
             Paternal
             Kingdom
             of
             Naples
             ,
             and
             the
             Dukedom
             of
             Milan
             ,
             which
             was
             her
             Husbands
             and
             her
             Sons
             Patrimony
             ,
             when
             she
             subscribed
             her
             name
             to
             any
             Letter
             that
             she
             writ
             ,
             after
             her
             name
             of
             Isabella
             of
             Aragon
             ,
             Dutchess
             of
             Milan
             ,
             added
             (
             as
             she
             had
             good
             reason
             to
             do
             )
             the
             only
             Unfortunate
             .
             For
             ,
             Fortune
             ,
             when
             she
             once
             begins
             to
             persecute
             any
             one
             ,
             never
             leaves
             her
             malignity
             ;
             till
             she
             have
             buried
             them
             alive
             in
             the
             grave
             of
             most
             deplorable
             misery
             .
             Her
             unfortunate
             condition
             did
             daily
             so
             impair
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             woful
             example
             of
             the
             vicissitude
             of
             human
             greatness
             ,
             she
             lives
             now
             in
             Ephesus
             ,
             where
             from
             the
             ●…st
             day
             that
             she
             entred
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             she
             gets
             her
             living
             by
             the
             sad
             and
             woful
             means
             of
             selling
             Tinder
             and
             Matches
             ,
             as
             she
             goes
             along
             the
             streets
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               of
               the
               Literati
               who
               do
               much
               apprehend
               the
               severity
               of
               the
               Reformation
               ,
               which
               by
               Order
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               is
               now
               in
               Treaty
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               do
               seditiously
               rise
               in
               Rebellion
               against
               the
               Reformers
               ;
               and
               his
               Majesty
               appeaseth
               the
               tumult
               by
               applying
               a
               fitting
               remedy
               .
            
          
           
             ALl
             those
             that
             submitted
             to
             the
             Reformation
             which
             is
             at
             this
             time
             treated
             of
             in
             Pernassus
             with
             much
             severity
             ,
             took
             up
             Arms
             in
             a
             seditious
             manner
             some
             eight
             daies
             ago
             ,
             and
             ran
             to
             the
             Reformers
             houses
             ,
             carrying
             Links
             and
             Fire-brands
             with
             them
             to
             burn
             those
             reverend
             Reformers
             in
             their
             own
             houses
             .
             Who
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             were
             aware
             of
             the
             uprore
             ,
             fortified
             themselves
             within
             their
             house
             ,
             and
             they
             from
             within
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             from
             without
             ,
             let
             fly
             at
             one
             another
             ,
             so
             as
             a
             very
             bloudy
             and
             cruel
             skermish
             was
             begun
             ;
             and
             those
             without
             grew
             so
             outragious
             ,
             as
             they
             fastned
             a
             Petar
             to
             the
             Gate
             .
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             was
             soon
             advertised
             of
             this
             disorder
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             prevent
             any
             inconvenience
             which
             might
             arise
             from
             this
             tumult
             ,
             sent
             forthwith
             his
             Guard
             of
             Provincial
             Poets
             thither
             ,
             who
             were
             commanded
             in
             chief
             by
             the
             great
             French
             Ronsard
             ,
             ordering
             him
             to
             let
             those
             men
             in
             Arms
             know
             in
             his
             name
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             immediately
             lay
             down
             those
             their
             seditious
             Arms
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             being
             from
             that
             very
             instant
             declared
             to
             be
             ignorant
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             should
             apply
             themselves
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             ready
             to
             hear
             their
             grievances
             .
          
           
             These
             men
             immediately
             obeyed
             his
             Majesties
             commands
             ,
             before
             whom
             when
             they
             appeared
             ,
             Apollo
             with
             an
             angry
             countenance
             asked
             them
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             they
             were
             those
             rash
             ,
             those
             insolent
             people
             ,
             who
             pretended
             to
             live
             in
             that
             disorderly
             and
             abusive
             way
             of
             licentiousness
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             made
             return
             to
             the
             way
             of
             well-living
             ,
             from
             which
             it
             was
             evidently
             known
             that
             they
             had
             very
             much
             gone
             astray
             .
             Sir
             ,
             said
             
               Iovanni
               Scopa
            
             ,
             a
             Neapolitan
             ,
             in
             name
             of
             all
             that
             were
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             We
             ingenuously
             confess
             that
             our
             faults
             are
             heynous
             in
             condition
             ,
             in
             number
             infinite
             ,
             and
             very
             fitting
             to
             be
             amended
             ;
             we
             are
             so
             far
             from
             hating
             (
             as
             your
             Majesty
             may
             perchance
             believe
             )
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             the
             Reformers
             ,
             as
             we
             do
             greatly
             love
             it
             and
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             rage
             to
             see
             that
             the
             end
             of
             our
             Reformers
             is
             far
             from
             the
             pretence
             wherewith
             they
             palliate
             their
             Reformation
             ,
             hath
             put
             into
             our
             hands
             these
             weapons
             of
             despair
             .
             For
             if
             those
             who
             pretend
             our
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             zealously
             intending
             our
             welfare
             ,
             should
             let
             us
             plainly
             see
             that
             they
             desire
             nothing
             of
             us
             but
             our
             own
             good
             ,
             we
             should
             as
             willingly
             submit
             to
             the
             pleasing
             yoke
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             any
             man
             of
             honour
             ought
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             long
             since
             ,
             that
             after
             our
             so
             many
             sufferings
             ,
             we
             have
             at
             last
             clearly
             found
             ,
             that
             this
             Reformation
             is
             not
             introduced
             out
             of
             any
             charitable
             intentions
             towards
             us
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             a
             desire
             to
             remove
             scandals
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             a
             wilely
             end
             ,
             to
             keep
             
             those
             grand
             Literati
             ,
             who
             do
             so
             much
             hate
             a
             privat
             life
             ,
             and
             covet
             nothing
             but
             food
             for
             their
             ambition
             ,
             in
             the
             power
             which
             they
             have
             of
             dominiering
             over
             their
             inferiors
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             this
             our
             Reformation
             meets
             with
             so
             many
             complaints
             ,
             and
             such
             venim
             against
             our
             Reformers
             ;
             who
             foolishly
             perswading
             themselves
             ,
             to
             be
             able
             to
             correct
             mens
             vices
             ,
             and
             to
             purge
             the
             world
             of
             that
             ignorance
             which
             doth
             so
             much
             deform
             it
             ,
             by
             their
             only
             outward
             appearing
             good
             intention
             to
             Reformation
             ,
             are
             pleased
             with
             our
             complaints
             ,
             their
             main
             ends
             being
             ,
             that
             the
             world
             may
             believe
             ,
             that
             our
             complaint
             ,
             which
             is
             occasioned
             by
             their
             fowl
             proceedings
             with
             us
             ,
             springs
             from
             our
             being
             nauseated
             with
             our
             correction
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             clean
             contrary
             to
             this
             is
             true
             :
             For
             finding
             our selves
             griev'd
             by
             the
             evil
             opinion
             which
             men
             have
             ,
             more
             then
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             ,
             and
             daily
             more
             and
             more
             opprest
             by
             those
             whose
             power
             is
             greatest
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             any
             one
             that
             doth
             listen
             unto
             us
             ,
             nor
             mind
             what
             we
             say
             ,
             though
             we
             cry
             never
             so
             lowd
             for
             Justice
             .
             For
             men
             of
             power
             are
             alwaies
             honoured
             and
             exalted
             ,
             though
             they
             deserve
             the
             contrary
             ;
             and
             such
             wretched
             people
             as
             we
             ,
             are
             opprest
             and
             afflicted
             ,
             let
             our
             deserts
             be
             never
             so
             good
             .
             And
             hence
             it
             is
             that
             we
             who
             are
             ill
             at
             ease
             ,
             do
             continually
             complain
             more
             of
             the
             Physick
             not
             proportionate
             to
             our
             disease
             ,
             then
             of
             our
             malady
             it self
             ;
             and
             of
             our
             Physitians
             ,
             whose
             end
             in
             curing
             us
             ,
             is
             not
             (
             as
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             )
             our
             health
             ,
             but
             their
             daily
             gain
             in
             exercising
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             in
             feeding
             their
             ambition
             by
             the
             food
             of
             other
             mens
             injuries
             .
             But
             that
             which
             afflicts
             us
             most
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             in
             this
             our
             corrupt
             and
             depraved
             age
             ,
             the
             important
             business
             of
             Reformation
             should
             be
             begun
             by
             the
             most
             threadbare
             and
             ruin'd
             people
             that
             are
             in
             Pernassus
             .
             We
             (
             as
             your
             Majesty
             may
             see
             )
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             hunger-starv'd
             Grammarians
             ,
             broken
             Correctors
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             woful
             Ushers
             of
             Schools
             ,
             and
             poor
             vulgar
             Poets
             ,
             of
             so
             miserable
             a
             condition
             ,
             as
             we
             live
             by
             conceits
             ,
             which
             we
             daily
             borrow
             from
             the
             fruitful
             wits
             of
             Latin
             Poets
             and
             Orators
             ,
             so
             as
             if
             our
             daily
             necessities
             were
             not
             abundantly
             supplyed
             by
             the
             bounty
             of
             our
             alwaies
             most
             reverend
             Callepine
             ,
             if
             we
             were
             not
             fed
             by
             the
             free
             defrayment
             of
             our
             Cornucopia
             ,
             and
             clothed
             out
             of
             the
             Wardrobe
             of
             
               Mario
               Nizzolio
            
             ,
             what
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             how
             poor
             so
             ever
             ,
             could
             be
             compared
             to
             us
             ?
             But
             to
             speak
             unto
             your
             Majesty
             with
             that
             freedom
             which
             becomes
             such
             as
             are
             overwhelmed
             with
             despair
             ,
             the
             thefts
             of
             
               Ausonius
               Gallo
            
             ,
             the
             execrable
             avarice
             and
             immense
             ambition
             of
             
               Seneca
               ,
               Martials
            
             unpolished
             language
             ,
             Aristotles
             perfidiousness
             ,
             
               Catullus
               ,
               Tibullus
            
             ,
             and
             Propertius
             their
             unbridled
             lusts
             ,
             the
             bac
             bitings
             of
             Iuvenal
             and
             
               Perseus
               ,
               Lucians
            
             impiety
             ,
             Ovids
             obsceneness
             ,
             and
             those
             libidinous
             Treaties
             of
             Virgil
             ,
             which
             it
             is
             not
             fit
             for
             me
             to
             name
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             offending
             your
             Majesties
             chaste
             ears
             ,
             are
             those
             who
             through
             their
             dissolute
             vices
             have
             brought
             the
             State
             of
             Pernassus
             into
             the
             miserable
             condition
             that
             now
             it
             is
             in
             :
             And
             yet
             these
             whom
             I
             may
             freely
             say
             are
             the
             true
             Authors
             of
             so
             many
             scandals
             ,
             are
             all
             of
             them
             great
             personages
             ,
             the
             chief
             Lords
             of
             Learning
             ,
             and
             are
             so
             powerful
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             as
             their
             vices
             are
             reputed
             vertues
             :
             And
             that
             which
             makes
             us
             rage
             the
             more
             in
             our
             despair
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             these
             our
             Reformers
             do
             rather
             stand
             in
             fear
             of
             such
             men
             as
             these
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             have
             courage
             to
             correct
             their
             enormities
             :
             and
             yet
             your
             Majesty
             greatly
             desires
             that
             the
             Justice
             which
             is
             exercised
             in
             this
             your
             State
             ,
             should
             be
             like
             the
             generosity
             of
             the
             Falcon
             ,
             whose
             proper
             instinct
             it
             is
             to
             prey
             
             upon
             that
             Pigeon
             ,
             which
             of
             many
             others
             that
             fly
             before
             her
             ,
             hath
             the
             rankest
             wing
             .
             And
             certainly
             it
             does
             not
             only
             appear
             to
             be
             foolish
             ,
             but
             is
             a
             very
             sad
             thing
             ,
             that
             when
             a
             body
             hath
             received
             mortal
             wounds
             in
             its
             most
             principal
             parts
             ;
             these
             our
             Reformers
             ,
             for
             the
             cure
             thereof
             ,
             do
             apply
             medicines
             only
             to
             the
             ball
             of
             the
             foot
             ,
             or
             wash
             the
             heels
             with
             rose-water
             ;
             by
             which
             shameful
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             they
             rather
             seem
             to
             mock
             the
             world
             ,
             then
             to
             mind
             the
             mending
             of
             men
             .
             And
             what
             a
             hellish
             piece
             of
             charity
             is
             this
             which
             our
             Reformers
             use
             towards
             us
             ,
             in
             being
             so
             curious
             in
             discovering
             our
             defects
             ,
             and
             in
             making
             us
             lose
             our
             reputation
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             opinion
             which
             hitherto
             men
             have
             had
             of
             us
             ,
             without
             induing
             us
             with
             that
             amendment
             and
             vertue
             ,
             wherein
             these
             our
             Reformers
             profess
             themselves
             to
             be
             so
             great
             Masters
             ?
             And
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             if
             these
             men
             do
             so
             compassionate
             a
             straw
             which
             they
             see
             in
             our
             eyes
             ,
             why
             take
             they
             not
             the
             beam
             away
             which
             is
             in
             their
             own
             ?
             A
             hellish
             charity
             ,
             I
             must
             say
             again
             ,
             to
             seem
             as
             if
             they
             did
             bewail
             other
             mens
             evils
             ,
             and
             indeed
             make
             merry
             with
             their
             own
             miseries
             .
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             cruelty
             to
             put
             a
             probe
             of
             Iron
             into
             a
             wound
             which
             a
             man
             minds
             not
             to
             amend
             ,
             or
             else
             knows
             he
             cannot
             cure
             ?
             Who
             knows
             not
             that
             mens
             vices
             have
             so
             long
             corrupted
             their
             manners
             ,
             as
             a
             man
             may
             say
             this
             world
             was
             born
             lame
             ,
             or
             maimed
             ?
             Which
             being
             most
             true
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             gross
             ignorance
             in
             our
             Reformers
             to
             believe
             that
             in
             three
             or
             four
             daies
             they
             will
             be
             able
             to
             make
             him
             walk
             upright
             ,
             who
             was
             born
             with
             a
             lame
             leg
             ?
             Evils
             ,
             which
             by
             reason
             of
             long
             continuation
             ,
             are
             incureable
             ,
             ought
             rather
             to
             be
             winked
             at
             by
             wise
             men
             ,
             then
             exasperated
             by
             corroding
             medicines
             ;
             it
             being
             of
             ill
             example
             ,
             and
             of
             very
             bad
             consequence
             to
             make
             him
             known
             to
             be
             lame
             ,
             who
             for
             ought
             any
             man
             knows
             ,
             hath
             no
             defect
             in
             his
             legs
             :
             For
             men
             who
             are
             in
             perfect
             charity
             with
             their
             neighbours
             ,
             do
             first
             secretly
             cure
             their
             defects
             ,
             before
             they
             discover
             them
             to
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             no
             man
             ever
             won
             renown
             by
             robbing
             another
             man
             of
             his
             honour
             .
             But
             that
             which
             troubles
             us
             most
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             see
             that
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             our
             poverty
             ,
             we
             have
             Seneca
             proposed
             unto
             us
             ,
             who
             was
             Master
             of
             so
             immense
             riches
             ,
             which
             God
             knows
             how
             he
             came
             by
             ;
             to
             the
             humble
             and
             abject
             ,
             insolent
             Aristotle
             ,
             and
             gluttonous
             Martial
             ,
             to
             those
             that
             die
             for
             hunger
             .
             And
             if
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             any
             man
             who
             is
             in
             his
             right
             wits
             cannot
             deny
             ,
             that
             a
             gluttonous
             Physitian
             is
             not
             likely
             to
             do
             any
             good
             by
             perswading
             another
             to
             keep
             a
             strict
             diet
             ;
             what
             good
             is
             there
             to
             be
             expected
             from
             his
             Reformation
             ,
             whilst
             Martial
             ,
             who
             is
             so
             obscene
             in
             his
             Verses
             ,
             wils
             us
             to
             speak
             modestly
             ?
             Aristotle
             (
             who
             to
             revenge
             injurious
             words
             ,
             made
             use
             of
             poyson
             even
             to
             his
             Prince
             )
             to
             pardon
             injuries
             received
             ;
             when
             Chastity
             is
             recommended
             unto
             us
             by
             Ovid
             ,
             the
             Father
             of
             all
             Lasciviousness
             ;
             Piety
             by
             Lucian
             ,
             who
             so
             openly
             plaid
             upon
             God
             ;
             
               Ausonius
               Gallo
            
             ,
             who
             so
             shamefully
             sackt
             ●…gypt
             ,
             which
             was
             given
             to
             him
             to
             Govern
             ,
             admonishing
             us
             to
             abstain
             from
             other
             mens
             goods
             :
             And
             when
             chaste
             love
             is
             prescribed
             unto
             us
             by
             Virgil
             ,
             who
             hath
             made
             himself
             so
             infamous
             by
             so
             highly
             celebrating
             his
             Alexis
             ?
             Nothing
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             hath
             greater
             operation
             or
             fruit
             in
             matter
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             then
             when
             those
             that
             are
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             think
             well
             of
             their
             Reformers
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             good
             example
             of
             great
             men
             .
             For
             he
             who
             cures
             an
             a
             king
             head
             ,
             enlivens
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             body
             ;
             but
             he
             who
             to
             cure
             the
             Megrim
             ,
             anoints
             the
             feet
             only
             ,
             doth
             both
             
               Oleum
               &
               operam
               perdere
            
             .
             Therefore
             that
             such
             fruit
             may
             be
             gathered
             from
             this
             Reformation
             ,
             as
             is
             wished
             for
             by
             honest
             
             men
             ,
             we
             beg
             that
             as
             a
             special
             favour
             from
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             Justice
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             denied
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             be
             permitted
             to
             put
             the
             Reformers
             in
             mind
             of
             such
             things
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             fit
             for
             the
             increase
             of
             their
             honour
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             universal
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             have
             plenary
             power
             to
             correct
             our
             misdemeanors
             ,
             that
             so
             we
             proceeding
             with
             them
             in
             tearms
             of
             love
             ,
             and
             they
             with
             us
             in
             tearms
             of
             charity
             ,
             the
             Reformation
             proving
             essential
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             in
             appearance
             ,
             may
             abundantly
             produce
             amendment
             both
             in
             life
             and
             manners
             .
          
           
             Although
             the
             standers
             by
             thought
             that
             
               La
               Scopa
            
             had
             spoke
             too
             freely
             in
             Apollo's
             presence
             ;
             yet
             his
             Majesty
             commended
             the
             Proposition
             as
             very
             just
             ,
             and
             calling
             for
             a
             particular
             of
             such
             things
             as
             they
             desired
             should
             be
             reformed
             ,
             did
             first
             dismiss
             the
             Auditory
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             great
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             did
             by
             writing
             commend
             a
             business
             of
             that
             importance
             ,
             to
             his
             
               Regio
               Collaterale
            
             ,
             induing
             them
             with
             ample
             Authority
             to
             decide
             it
             actually
             as
             they
             should
             in
             reason
             ,
             
               Sola
               Veritate
               facti
               ,
               inspecta
               ,
               omni
               ,
               &
               quacun
               ue
               Appellatione
               remota
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Negative
             to
             this
             was
             often
             broacht
             ,
             and
             disputed
             :
             and
             though
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Collaterale
             ,
             thought
             the
             desire
             of
             those
             that
             were
             to
             be
             reformed
             ,
             very
             just
             ;
             yet
             after
             a
             long
             argumentation
             had
             thereupon
             ,
             
               Giacomo
               Menocchio
            
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             chiefest
             of
             those
             Counsellers
             being
             brought
             into
             the
             Collaterale
             ,
             said
             ,
             with
             an
             incens'd
             countenance
             ,
             and
             in
             an
             angry
             tone
             ;
             You
             through
             your
             hair-braind
             rashness
             ,
             make
             your selves
             appear
             to
             be
             a
             rabble
             of
             insolent
             people
             ,
             since
             you
             have
             presumed
             to
             go
             about
             to
             reform
             Poets
             ,
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             whose
             names
             you
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             take
             within
             your
             mouthes
             ,
             and
             by
             your
             bold-faced
             behaviour
             ,
             have
             committed
             high
             Treason
             ,
             having
             so
             highly
             offended
             your
             superiors
             ;
             Who
             time
             out
             of
             mind
             ,
             find
             themselves
             in
             peacefull
             possession
             ,
             and
             enjoy
             the
             
               Ius
               Quaesitum
            
             of
             reforming
             others
             ,
             without
             being
             ever
             to
             be
             reformed
             by
             any
             one
             .
             Nor
             must
             you
             by
             playing
             the
             good
             Companions
             ,
             live
             according
             to
             your
             own
             humors
             ,
             but
             in
             spight
             of
             your
             hearts
             submit
             your
             jobernols
             to
             the
             sacred
             precepts
             of
             Nature
             ;
             which
             not
             without
             a
             great
             Mystery
             ,
             is
             contented
             ,
             that
             greater
             Fishes
             devour
             the
             lesser
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             possible
             to
             take
             from
             small
             flies
             ,
             special
             priviledge
             which
             they
             have
             over
             lean
             Cattel
             ,
             without
             overthrowing
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             the
             Civil
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Many
               Princes
               believing
               that
               the
               disorder
               of
               their
               Courts
               ,
               which
               were
               abandoned
               by
               Courtiers
               ,
               proceeded
               from
               the
               injurious
               speeches
               used
               by
               
                 Cesar
                 Caparoli
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Chapter
               
                 Della
                 Corte
              
               ,
               desire
               Apollo
               that
               it
               may
               be
               remedied
               ,
               and
               obtain
               their
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             DIvers
             Princes
             complained
             bitterly
             to
             Apollo
             on
             Wednesday
             morning
             ,
             that
             their
             Courts
             which
             were
             formerly
             in
             such
             high
             esteem
             with
             all
             men
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             believed
             that
             all
             consolation
             ,
             and
             chearfull
             passing
             away
             time
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Learning
             to
             enrich
             the
             mind
             with
             noble
             vertues
             ,
             all
             means
             to
             come
             by
             wealth
             and
             honourable
             preferments
             ,
             were
             only
             to
             be
             found
             in
             them
             ,
             were
             now
             become
             so
             abhorr'd
             ,
             as
             being
             accounted
             by
             all
             men
             to
             be
             but
             meer
             snares
             ,
             and
             publick
             Hospitals
             for
             unfortunate
             people
             ,
             they
             were
             very
             much
             troubled
             to
             find
             out
             men
             to
             serve
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             few
             who
             came
             to
             Court
             ,
             were
             none
             but
             shallow-pated
             people
             ,
             driven
             from
             their
             own
             houses
             by
             despair
             ,
             hunger
             ,
             and
             poverty
             :
             who
             if
             they
             were
             not
             immediately
             enricht
             at
             their
             very
             first
             coming
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             suddenly
             obtain
             such
             degrees
             of
             honour
             and
             supreme
             dignities
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             first
             propounded
             unto
             themselves
             in
             their
             vast
             desires
             ,
             grew
             forthwith
             so
             foolishly
             impatient
             ,
             as
             like
             unbroken
             Colts
             ,
             and
             tender-mouthed
             horses
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             but
             lightly
             touched
             with
             the
             spur
             ,
             or
             had
             but
             never
             so
             little
             a
             check
             with
             the
             bridle
             given
             them
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             after
             having
             first
             insolently
             kickt
             at
             their
             Masters
             with
             their
             heels
             ,
             they
             would
             discourteously
             forsake
             their
             service
             .
             And
             that
             whereas
             formerly
             the
             noblest
             and
             wealthiest
             personages
             thought
             it
             a
             great
             favour
             to
             be
             received
             into
             Court
             ,
             though
             they
             had
             but
             lodging
             ,
             bread
             and
             beer
             ,
             and
             six
             pence
             a
             day
             for
             other
             expences
             besides
             allowed
             them
             :
             they
             did
             not
             only
             complain
             now
             of
             the
             scarcity
             of
             all
             these
             ,
             but
             even
             the
             most
             inconsiderable
             people
             did
             not
             stick
             to
             demand
             great
             sallaries
             .
             Which
             disorder
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             the
             sooner
             prevented
             ,
             one
             of
             two
             inconveniences
             must
             necessarily
             follow
             :
             either
             Princes
             must
             shortly
             live
             desolate
             in
             their
             Courts
             without
             attendance
             ;
             or
             they
             must
             afford
             matter
             of
             murmur
             to
             their
             people
             ,
             by
             altering
             their
             publick
             expences
             to
             supply
             the
             new
             charge
             of
             their
             Courtiers
             Sallaries
             .
             And
             that
             they
             had
             at
             last
             found
             that
             
               Cesar
               Caporali
            
             was
             the
             only
             occasioner
             of
             so
             many
             disorders
             ;
             who
             not
             content
             to
             have
             shamed
             them
             to
             all
             Nations
             by
             that
             his
             seditious
             Chapter
             written
             in
             defamation
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             but
             was
             ever
             seen
             to
             whisper
             the
             sad
             miseries
             which
             Courtiers
             were
             to
             undergo
             ,
             into
             the
             ears
             of
             such
             as
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             apply
             themselves
             to
             Court
             service
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             thought
             the
             complaint
             of
             these
             Princes
             to
             be
             very
             just
             ;
             wherefore
             he
             forthwith
             forbad
             that
             famous
             Poets
             Chapter
             of
             the
             Court.
             The
             chief
             Literati
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             when
             they
             first
             heard
             this
             so
             rigorous
             Edict
             
             published
             ,
             very
             much
             prest
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             alter
             that
             his
             resolution
             ,
             which
             would
             so
             much
             afflict
             the
             very
             souls
             of
             his
             beloved
             Vertuosi
             ;
             but
             all
             was
             in
             vain
             ,
             for
             Apollo
             was
             resolute
             in
             his
             answer
             ,
             bidding
             them
             be
             quiet
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             by
             no
             means
             desert
             the
             Courts
             of
             Princes
             ;
             which
             were
             the
             only
             whetstones
             to
             sharpen
             mens
             wits
             ,
             the
             true
             Schools
             wherein
             men
             learnt
             that
             vertuous
             dissimulation
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             necessary
             for
             such
             as
             sail
             upon
             the
             vast
             Ocean
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             that
             patience
             ,
             that
             sagacity
             which
             all
             men
             wanted
             who
             were
             not
             trained
             up
             there
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             make
             Princes
             imbase
             that
             their
             so
             currant
             money
             of
             hope
             ,
             which
             served
             Courtiers
             for
             rich
             Sallary
             ,
             would
             be
             to
             turn
             the
             world
             up-side-down
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Learned
               Seneca
               ,
               seeing
               that
               his
               late
               Reformation
               of
               his
               former
               too
               splendid
               way
               of
               living
               ,
               was
               ill
               taken
               by
               the
               Universality
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               distributes
               his
               immense
               riches
               in
               a
               work
               which
               was
               greatly
               commended
               by
               all
               men
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             certainly
             a
             thing
             worthy
             much
             consideration
             ,
             that
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Learned
             
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             ,
             so
             full
             of
             holy
             Precepts
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             excellent
             instructions
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             as
             they
             make
             their
             Author
             to
             appear
             a
             man
             of
             singular
             goodness
             ,
             yet
             he
             daily
             grows
             so
             much
             less
             in
             esteem
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             not
             much
             valued
             by
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             Court
             :
             Which
             Seneca
             perceiving
             ,
             and
             fearing
             lest
             the
             abundance
             of
             his
             Servants
             ,
             his
             rich
             apparel
             ,
             store
             of
             Plate
             ,
             and
             the
             greatness
             of
             his
             Wardrobe
             might
             lessen
             his
             reputation
             ,
             not
             only
             with
             those
             that
             were
             his
             rivals
             ,
             and
             did
             envy
             him
             ,
             but
             even
             with
             his
             loving
             and
             learned
             friends
             ,
             shut
             up
             his
             dores
             not
             long
             since
             ;
             sold
             all
             his
             Apparel
             ,
             Plate
             ,
             and
             Wardrobe
             ,
             and
             dismist
             at
             once
             three
             parts
             of
             his
             Family
             ;
             a
             resolution
             which
             was
             infinitely
             commended
             by
             all
             the
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             which
             renew'd
             Seneca's
             reputation
             which
             was
             almost
             lost
             ;
             but
             it
             soon
             began
             to
             decrease
             again
             ;
             for
             those
             quick-ey'd
             Cou●…tiers
             ,
             who
             being
             careless
             of
             their
             own
             behaviours
             ,
             busie
             themselves
             wholly
             in
             prying
             into
             other
             mens
             carriages
             ,
             quickly
             learnt
             ,
             that
             Seneca
             had
             bettered
             his
             Estate
             by
             the
             sale
             of
             his
             personal
             Estate
             ;
             so
             as
             what
             he
             thought
             should
             have
             bettered
             his
             reputation
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             did
             much
             impair
             it
             .
          
           
             Wherefore
             it
             being
             by
             this
             accident
             clearly
             made
             known
             that
             the
             mystery
             of
             hypocrisie
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             easily
             practised
             amongst
             shallow-pated
             people
             ,
             is
             impossible
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             with
             safety
             to
             reputation
             in
             Courts
             which
             are
             full
             of
             men
             ,
             who
             erring
             more
             in
             knowing
             too
             much
             ,
             then
             in
             not
             knowing
             how
             men
             are
             naturally
             given
             ,
             judge
             not
             by
             mens
             words
             ,
             but
             by
             their
             deeds
             .
             Which
             made
             Seneca
             perceive
             at
             last
             it
             was
             not
             harder
             to
             make
             an
             Iron
             Clock
             without
             a
             File
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             able
             to
             use
             Hypocrite
             amongst
             great
             Wits
             ,
             without
             danger
             of
             being
             discovered
             to
             
             be
             a
             Pillary
             bird
             .
             And
             perceiving
             likewise
             that
             the
             profession
             of
             affected
             goodness
             won
             but
             little
             credit
             in
             a
             man
             who
             was
             very
             rich
             ,
             and
             avaritious
             withal
             ;
             that
             he
             might
             not
             see
             the
             death
             of
             those
             his
             writings
             ,
             which
             had
             given
             him
             so
             long
             and
             so
             honourable
             a
             life
             ,
             he
             put
             on
             an
             honorable
             resolution
             ,
             which
             was
             totally
             to
             give
             over
             the
             way
             of
             appearance
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             been
             long
             accustomed
             to
             ,
             and
             to
             betake
             himself
             to
             realities
             ,
             which
             only
             occasion
             the
             reputation
             of
             true
             goodness
             .
             It
             is
             whispered
             in
             Court
             that
             this
             alteration
             was
             occasioned
             ,
             for
             that
             Apollo
             being
             told
             by
             Seneca's
             rivals
             ,
             that
             though
             this
             Philosopher
             did
             no
             longer
             use
             Plate
             at
             his
             Table
             ,
             yet
             he
             fed
             more
             deliciously
             then
             ever
             ;
             his
             Majesty
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             true
             Reformation
             of
             good
             men
             ,
             consisted
             not
             in
             the
             not
             using
             of
             Silver
             Vesse's
             at
             their
             Tables
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             eating
             of
             fat
             Capons
             notwithstanding
             in
             earthen
             dishes
             ;
             wherefore
             Seneca
             much
             moved
             with
             this
             sharp
             repremand
             ,
             resolved
             he
             would
             be
             no
             longer
             scorned
             for
             spending
             so
             immense
             a
             wealth
             only
             upon
             his
             belly
             and
             his
             back
             ,
             divided
             his
             whole
             Estate
             ,
             consisting
             of
             three
             millions
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             into
             four
             equal
             parts
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             founded
             as
             many
             publick
             Hospitals
             ,
             and
             indowed
             them
             with
             rich
             Revenues
             ,
             and
             ordered
             that
             the
             four
             sorts
             of
             fools
             wherewith
             the
             world
             did
             abound
             ,
             should
             be
             therein
             commodiously
             cured
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             was
             to
             be
             for
             those
             foolish
             people
             who
             throw
             away
             their
             Estates
             ,
             waste
             their
             wits
             ,
             and
             lose
             their
             reputations
             in
             seeking
             for
             the
             Philosophers
             Stone
             ;
             fools
             that
             are
             indeed
             to
             be
             pittied
             ,
             for
             whom
             all
             good
             people
             ought
             to
             pray
             :
          
           
             The
             second
             for
             those
             ignorant
             hiddy
             giddy
             people
             ,
             who
             
               Data
               opera
            
             seek
             for
             riches
             by
             Exorcisms
             and
             Inchantments
             .
          
           
             The
             third
             was
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             such
             idle
             fools
             ,
             worthy
             of
             punishment
             :
             who
             not
             caring
             to
             know
             things
             past
             ,
             by
             the
             reading
             of
             History
             ,
             foolishly
             imagin
             they
             may
             arrive
             at
             the
             knowledg
             of
             foretelling
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             by
             Astrology
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             was
             for
             the
             advantage
             of
             such
             simple
             folks
             ,
             who
             having
             wasted
             all
             their
             Estates
             ,
             and
             not
             having
             one
             farthing
             left
             ,
             do
             notwithstanding
             still
             proudly
             boast
             of
             their
             Noble
             Families
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Some
               Princes
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               having
               spent
               a
               great
               mass
               of
               wealth
               in
               a
               stinking
               sort
               of
               Merchandise
               ,
               and
               having
               thereby
               incurred
               great
               debts
               ,
               are
               forced
               to
               profess
               themselves
               Bankrupts
               ,
               and
               to
               leave
               Pernassus
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             Exchange
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             the
             most
             important
             Bankruptship
             is
             discovered
             that
             ever
             hapned
             in
             the
             memory
             of
             man
             ;
             for
             it
             fell
             not
             out
             (
             as
             usualy
             )
             between
             private
             Merchants
             ,
             but
             between
             the
             most
             Potent
             Princes
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             as
             no
             payments
             of
             monies
             are
             made
             
             any
             where
             ,
             and
             Merchants
             refuse
             to
             pay
             Letters
             of
             Exchange
             ,
             every
             one
             standing
             at
             a
             gaze
             till
             they
             see
             where
             this
             business
             will
             end
             ,
             which
             hath
             drawn
             along
             with
             it
             the
             breaking
             of
             divers
             other
             Merchants
             who
             were
             considerable
             .
             The
             rich
             Indian
             Fleet
             ,
             almost
             wholly
             fraught
             with
             Sugars
             ,
             which
             entred
             some
             daies
             ago
             into
             the
             Gulf
             of
             Lepanto
             ,
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             these
             so
             many
             disorders
             .
             Some
             of
             the
             chief
             Princes
             of
             Pernassus
             bought
             all
             the
             Sugar
             ,
             which
             brought
             in
             great
             store
             of
             money
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             provided
             many
             Magazines
             and
             Ware-houses
             ,
             and
             made
             great
             provisions
             of
             Cauldrons
             ,
             and
             other
             brass
             Vessels
             ,
             and
             were
             at
             such
             an
             expence
             with
             all
             this
             ,
             as
             they
             took
             up
             monies
             at
             huge
             high
             Interest
             from
             Merchants
             at
             all
             Marts
             by
             exchange
             and
             bartering
             .
             The
             true
             end
             of
             these
             Princes
             was
             to
             know
             for
             certain
             ,
             whether
             they
             could
             happily
             compass
             the
             difficult
             business
             of
             preserving
             Turds
             ,
             a
             business
             which
             had
             been
             formerly
             endeavoured
             by
             many
             great
             men
             ,
             but
             still
             unfortunately
             :
             Many
             rich
             Lords
             were
             so
             resolved
             upon
             the
             undertaking
             of
             this
             stinking
             occupation
             ,
             as
             they
             neither
             spared
             for
             cost
             nor
             labour
             to
             bring
             this
             their
             stinking
             designto
             their
             desired
             end
             ,
             for
             they
             put
             all
             their
             minnions
             ,
             Hephestion
             ,
             idols
             ,
             flatterers
             ,
             and
             bawds
             into
             the
             great
             Caldrons
             which
             they
             had
             prepared
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             were
             not
             ashamed
             to
             pay
             all
             the
             most
             abject
             and
             base
             slavery
             and
             obedience
             .
             These
             unfortunate
             Confectioners
             cover
             over
             this
             scum
             of
             people
             which
             are
             so
             fatal
             to
             men
             of
             power
             ,
             with
             the
             sugar
             of
             honourable
             imployments
             ,
             and
             highest
             dignities
             :
             and
             though
             it
             was
             clearly
             seen
             ,
             that
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             stinking
             lewd
             conditions
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             only
             not
             become
             ever
             a
             whit
             the
             sweeter
             in
             merit
             and
             vertue
             ,
             but
             the
             more
             sugar
             was
             heaped
             upon
             them
             by
             those
             unfortunate
             Princes
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             stunk
             in
             the
             nostrils
             of
             men
             of
             honour
             ,
             yet
             did
             they
             daily
             persist
             the
             more
             in
             that
             their
             woful
             occupation
             ,
             and
             the
             obstinacy
             of
             those
             ill
             advised
             Princes
             was
             so
             fatal
             ,
             as
             the
             worser
             they
             found
             their
             business
             to
             proceed
             ,
             the
             more
             did
             their
             diligence
             and
             expences
             increase
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             impossibility
             and
             shame
             of
             the
             fowle
             undertaking
             ;
             those
             foolish
             Merchants
             did
             still
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             the
             infinite
             quantity
             of
             Sugar
             and
             fragrant
             Musk
             had
             power
             to
             make
             the
             stink
             of
             those
             their
             shameful
             favorites
             sweet
             and
             odoriferous
             .
             But
             at
             last
             ,
             though
             late
             ,
             they
             found
             their
             business
             impossible
             to
             be
             effected
             :
             and
             having
             consumed
             all
             their
             Sugar
             they
             were
             aware
             that
             those
             their
             Idols
             had
             not
             only
             shamefully
             infected
             theirCourts
             by
             their
             insufferable
             stench
             ,
             but
             had
             infinitely
             defamed
             them
             ,
             who
             for
             want
             of
             caution
             had
             doated
             upon
             so
             unsavory
             carrion
             ;
             wherefore
             they
             quit
             the
             enterprise
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             moneys
             which
             they
             had
             taken
             up
             at
             use
             ,
             were
             already
             grown
             due
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             their
             Creditors
             ,
             they
             have
             all
             played
             least
             in
             sight
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             to
             aggravate
             so
             great
             a
             disorder
             ,
             we
             hear
             that
             a
             great
             King
             ,
             who
             that
             he
             might
             confectionate
             a
             base
             minnion
             of
             his
             was
             for
             certain
             the
             first
             who
             advised
             to
             this
             miserable
             Merchandize
             ,
             fell
             unfortunately
             off
             horseback
             as
             he
             fled
             away
             ,
             and
             is
             since
             dead
             .
             His
             Majesty
             was
             very
             much
             troubled
             at
             these
             disorders
             ,
             and
             to
             hinder
             the
             like
             inconveniences
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             hath
             commanded
             ,
             that
             on
             the
             first
             day
             of
             August
             (
             a
             remarkable
             day
             ,
             since
             not
             only
             the
             universal
             Banckrupt
             ,
             but
             the
             death
             of
             that
             great
             King
             hapned
             on
             that
             day
             )
             so
             sad
             a
             misfortune
             should
             be
             publickly
             commemorated
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             example
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Monarch
             could
             not
             deter
             powerful
             men
             from
             the
             like
             undertaking
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             granted
             that
             this
             calamity
             was
             occasion'd
             through
             the
             same
             weakness
             of
             brain
             ,
             by
             which
             privat
             men
             are
             blinded
             ,
             and
             for
             avarice
             undo
             themselves
             in
             pursuit
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             Stone
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Certain
               prime
               Politicians
               of
               Pernassus
               pray
               the
               Ottoman
               Monarchy
               to
               tell
               them
               the
               true
               reason
               why
               she
               makes
               short
               war
               with
               her
               enemies
               ,
               and
               are
               by
               her
               satisfyed
               .
            
          
           
             MEnante
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             his
             customers
             to
             whom
             he
             sends
             his
             weekly
             Gasetta's
             ,
             is
             very
             diligent
             in
             prying
             into
             the
             very
             secretest
             passages
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             having
             discovered
             the
             other
             day
             that
             some
             Politicians
             of
             this
             Court
             desired
             Audience
             of
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             ,
             was
             so
             watchful
             ,
             as
             when
             they
             went
             to
             that
             mighty
             Queen
             ,
             he
             went
             along
             with
             them
             in
             company
             ;
             and
             heard
             
               Scipio
               deCastro
            
             ,
             whom
             those
             Politicians
             call
             their
             File-leader
             ,
             beseech
             her
             Majesty
             that
             she
             would
             vouchsafe
             to
             acquaint
             those
             Politicians
             ,
             that
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             true
             reason
             wherefore
             she
             makes
             but
             short
             war
             with
             the
             Princes
             who
             are
             her
             enemies
             ,
             even
             when
             she
             was
             victorious
             ,
             and
             certain
             to
             make
             greater
             acquisitions
             ,
             and
             did
             prosecute
             others
             even
             to
             their
             uttermost
             ruine
             .
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             did
             after
             no
             barbarous
             manner
             answer
             them
             ;
             you
             must
             know
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             use
             to
             lay
             down
             Arms
             ,
             when
             I
             make
             war
             against
             Nations
             ,
             which
             though
             never
             so
             great
             ,
             are
             divided
             into
             several
             Principalities
             ,
             wherein
             I
             finde
             discord
             and
             faction
             to
             reign
             ,
             till
             I
             have
             totally
             conquered
             them
             :
             as
             I
             did
             in
             the
             Grecian
             Empire
             ,
             whose
             division
             into
             several
             despoters
             ,
             and
             the
             intestine
             discord
             which
             reigned
             amongst
             them
             ,
             did
             I
             confess
             ,
             throw
             open
             the
             gates
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             made
             way
             for
             my
             acquisition
             of
             that
             famous
             Empire
             .
             Likewise
             when
             I
             go
             against
             a
             Prince
             who
             is
             abandoned
             by
             his
             friends
             ,
             I
             never
             make
             peace
             with
             him
             till
             I
             have
             fully
             conquered
             him
             ;
             as
             was
             cleerly
             seen
             in
             the
             expedition
             which
             I
             made
             against
             the
             Soldan
             of
             Chaire
             .
             But
             when
             I
             fall
             upon
             aPrince
             whom
             either
             through
             his
             own
             power
             ,
             or
             the
             adherence
             of
             his
             friends
             ,
             I
             know
             I
             cannot
             utterly
             ruine
             in
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             I
             use
             to
             make
             but
             short
             war
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             out
             of
             many
             important
             reasons
             .
             For
             knowing
             that
             it
             is
             a
             great
             piece
             of
             folly
             to
             desert
             ones
             own
             Country
             ,
             out
             of
             hopes
             to
             conquer
             what
             belongs
             to
             another
             man
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             detesting
             the
             opinion
             ,
             that
             lesser
             Armies
             ,
             provided
             they
             be
             well
             disciplined
             ,
             are
             fitter
             for
             war
             ,
             then
             huge
             vast
             hosts
             of
             men
             ,
             (
             an
             opinion
             which
             I
             hold
             to
             be
             wholly
             erroneous
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             hath
             brought
             many
             Princes
             to
             utter
             desolation
             )
             and
             loving
             onely
             the
             secure
             though
             costly
             way
             of
             overcoming
             by
             an
             unexhaustible
             multitude
             of
             souldiers
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             make
             war
             long
             in
             a
             Province
             ,
             I
             must
             so
             sack
             the
             Cities
             and
             people
             thereof
             ,
             as
             I
             must
             lay
             it
             wholly
             waste
             ;
             so
             as
             to
             the
             end
             that
             the
             subjugated
             people
             may
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
             recover
             the
             losses
             which
             they
             have
             suffered
             by
             war
             ,
             I
             use
             to
             grant
             Peace
             unto
             them
             ,
             upon
             any
             little
             acquisition
             of
             state
             that
             I
             have
             made
             .
          
           
           
             Moreover
             ,
             I
             make
             short
             war
             with
             my
             enemies
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             I
             may
             enjoy
             that
             great
             benefit
             which
             ascertains
             all
             enterprises
             ,
             of
             assayling
             weak
             people
             with
             my
             veteran
             souldiers
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             ignorant
             in
             matter
             of
             Militia
             ,
             I
             content
             my self
             with
             having
             made
             my self
             Master
             of
             some
             little
             part
             of
             their
             Country
             ,
             for
             that
             when
             they
             shall
             be
             by
             their
             long
             training
             up
             in
             wars
             accustomed
             to
             war-faring
             ,
             and
             become
             fit
             not
             onely
             to
             defend
             that
             part
             of
             their
             Country
             which
             yet
             remains
             unto
             them
             ,
             but
             to
             recover
             what
             they
             have
             lost
             ,
             I
             endeavour
             to
             make
             peace
             with
             them
             (
             which
             is
             usually
             desired
             by
             those
             who
             fight
             against
             a
             more
             powerful
             enemy
             )
             upon
             the
             best
             conditions
             that
             I
             can
             .
             And
             know
             ,
             that
             this
             my
             advisedness
             is
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             as
             I
             may
             boldly
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             from
             thence
             that
             I
             acknowledge
             the
             best
             part
             of
             my
             greatness
             ;
             for
             no
             purchase
             ,
             how
             great
             soever
             it
             be
             ,
             can
             justly
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             great
             loss
             which
             a
             Prince
             undergoes
             ,
             when
             by
             many
             years
             obstinate
             war
             ,
             he
             inures
             his
             enemy
             to
             be
             a
             warriour
             .
             And
             in
             the
             wars
             which
             I
             have
             had
             of
             late
             with
             the
             Emperors
             of
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             contented
             to
             gaul
             them
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             utterly
             subdued
             them
             ,
             not
             onely
             out
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             reason
             ,
             of
             not
             inuring
             the
             Germans
             ,
             and
             Hungarians
             to
             war
             ,
             who
             are
             valiant
             people
             ,
             bred
             up
             in
             wars
             ,
             and
             naturally
             given
             to
             thirst
             after
             the
             hazard
             thereof
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             I
             have
             by
             long
             experience
             found
             at
             last
             ,
             that
             the
             dilating
             of
             Empires
             lies
             not
             ,
             (
             as
             many
             foolishly
             believe
             )
             in
             over-running
             many
             Provinces
             in
             one
             year
             ,
             but
             in
             taking
             some
             few
             ,
             and
             in
             making
             those
             sure
             .
             For
             as
             much
             as
             eating
             is
             not
             requisite
             for
             making
             a
             man
             fat
             ,
             so
             the
             aggrandising
             of
             States
             depends
             not
             upon
             making
             of
             infinite
             acquisitions
             ,
             but
             the
             making
             of
             a
             man
             fat
             ,
             and
             the
             dilating
             of
             Empires
             consist
             wholly
             in
             little
             eating
             ,
             and
             in
             good
             digestion
             ,
             and
             this
             not
             without
             good
             reason
             .
             For
             to
             maintain
             States
             whichare
             newly
             gotten
             ,
             by
             power
             and
             Arms
             ,
             is
             a
             very
             laborious
             business
             ,
             and
             even
             then
             very
             hard
             when
             the
             conquered
             Nation
             is
             weak
             .
             For
             the
             change
             of
             a
             natural
             Prince
             for
             a
             forraigner
             ▪
             chiefly
             when
             he
             is
             of
             a
             differing
             Religion
             and
             Nation
             ,
             is
             so
             hateful
             a
             burthen
             to
             people
             ,
             as
             they
             cannot
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             bear
             it
             without
             much
             difficulty
             .
             But
             it
             is
             exceeding
             difficult
             to
             keep
             a
             State
             newly
             won
             ,
             which
             is
             inhabited
             by
             stout
             and
             warlike
             m●…n
             ,
             nay
             even
             then
             when
             being
             utterly
             vanquished
             ,
             and
             their
             Prince
             lost
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             to
             vvhat
             or
             to
             vvhom
             to
             betake
             themselves
             .
             But
             vvhen
             one
             hath
             possest
             himself
             of
             a
             Province
             belonging
             to
             a
             povverful
             Prince
             ,
             who
             wants
             not
             onely
             forces
             to
             defend
             what
             he
             is
             yet
             master
             of
             ,
             but
             to
             regain
             what
             he
             hath
             lost
             ,
             all
             that
             is
             gotten
             is
             of
             hard
             digestion
             ,
             and
             almost
             impossible
             to
             be
             kept
             .
             But
             as
             all
             sorts
             of
             meat
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             hard
             of
             digestion
             ,
             concoct
             well
             when
             they
             are
             moderately
             eaten
             ;
             so
             acquisitions
             made
             of
             warlike
             people
             ,
             and
             whose
             ancient
             Prince
             lives
             still
             in
             power
             and
             greatness
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             small
             ones
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             they
             may
             be
             easily
             digested
             ,
             and
             that
             people
             that
             are
             subjugated
             may
             of
             enemies
             be
             made
             friends
             ,
             and
             of
             strangers
             ,
             natural
             subjects
             .
             Moreover
             I
             use
             to
             make
             but
             short
             war
             with
             a
             Prince
             ,
             whose
             ruine
             tending
             to
             the
             depression
             of
             other
             powerful
             Princes
             ,
             may
             occasion
             too
             much
             State-jealousie
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             onely
             reason
             I
             did
             not
             continue
             the
             war
             which
             I
             made
             last
             against
             the
             house
             of
             Austria
             in
             Hungary
             ;
             for
             the
             jealousie
             of
             losing
             Vienna
             ,
             which
             is
             accounted
             theout-Bulwark
             of
             Germany
             and
             Italy
             ,
             might
             certainly
             have
             drawn
             upon
             me
             the
             joynt
             forces
             of
             the
             Empire
             
             of
             Germany
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Princes
             of
             Italy
             :
             and
             the
             great
             error
             which
             I
             committed
             in
             my
             unfortunate
             taking
             of
             the
             Island
             of
             Cyprus
             ,
             made
             me
             know
             the
             danger
             that
             I
             may
             undergo
             by
             the
             Christian
             leagues
             ;
             for
             for
             one
             Island
             which
             I
             may
             call
             a
             Desart
             ,
             I
             lost
             by
             the
             Naval
             rout
             which
             was
             given
             me
             at
             the
             battel
             of
             Lepanto
             my
             reputation
             at
             Sea
             ,
             which
             God
             knows
             when
             I
             shall
             recover
             ;
             a
             loss
             which
             hath
             done
             me
             more
             harm
             then
             seven
             kingdoms
             of
             Cyprus
             can
             do
             me
             good
             .
             These
             Gentlemen
             thanked
             the
             Ottoman
             Monarchy
             ,
             who
             wisht
             them
             upon
             any
             occurrency
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             freely
             demand
             of
             her
             whatsoever
             they
             desired
             ,
             for
             she
             would
             willingly
             give
             them
             all
             satisfaction
             ;
             saying
             that
             they
             understood
             the
             Theory
             of
             Policy
             which
             was
             learnt
             by
             books
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             ,
             though
             ignorant
             of
             Letters
             ,
             might
             boast
             she
             was
             able
             to
             read
             in
             the
             schools
             that
             good
             and
             sound
             practical
             Policy
             ,
             which
             was
             learnt
             by
             the
             governing
             of
             States
             ,
             and
             managing
             of
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vertuosi
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               after
               having
               paid
               in
               the
               accustomed
               Donative
               of
               a
               Milli●…n
               of
               Conceits
               to
               his
               Majesties
               Treasurer
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               wont
               ,
               ask
               a
               favour
               of
               him
               .
            
          
           
             THose
             who
             exactly
             understand
             the
             affairs
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             know
             that
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             do
             not
             onely
             pay
             into
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             the
             Tythe
             of
             all
             the
             fruits
             of
             their
             wits
             ,
             but
             a
             Tax
             which
             is
             laid
             upon
             every
             one
             according
             to
             his
             Talent
             .
             Whence
             it
             is
             that
             Ovid
             pays
             in
             to
             the
             publike
             receivers
             ,
             yeerly
             eight
             Elegies
             ,
             Virgil
             fourscore
             Heroick
             Verses
             ,
             Horace
             five
             Odes
             ,
             Martial
             eleven
             Epigrams
             ,
             and
             others
             according
             as
             they
             are
             taxed
             .
             Moreover
             the
             Vertuosi
             do
             every
             year
             by
             name
             of
             a
             Donative
             (
             yet
             such
             a
             Donative
             as
             if
             it
             be
             not
             willingly
             given
             ,
             may
             without
             the
             loss
             of
             its
             modest
             Title
             ,
             be
             levyed
             out
             of
             their
             goods
             by
             the
             Serjeants
             ,
             and
             sold
             by
             the
             Candle
             )
             pay
             in
             into
             the
             Delphick
             Treasury
             a
             Million
             of
             Conceits
             ,
             which
             are
             after
             liberally
             distributed
             by
             the
             Muses
             to
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             the
             Literati
             ,
             who
             wanting
             invention
             ,
             deserve
             assisting
             for
             the
             meer
             love
             which
             they
             bear
             to
             learning
             ;
             and
             upon
             this
             so
             large
             a
             Donative
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             is
             pleased
             to
             grant
             his
             Vertuosi
             some
             such
             gracious
             favors
             as
             they
             are
             permitted
             to
             demand
             .
             So
             as
             the
             last
             week
             after
             the
             Donative
             was
             prepared
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi
             resolved
             in
             a
             general
             Assembly
             to
             beg
             seven
             boons
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             which
             were
             all
             put
             in
             a
             Scedule
             which
             was
             to
             be
             presented
             unto
             him
             .
             But
             the
             polisht
             Class●…s
             of
             Politicians
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             upon
             occasion
             of
             demanding
             Graces
             from
             a
             Prince
             out
             of
             merit
             ,
             they
             must
             shun
             the
             error
             of
             demanding
             many
             things
             ;
             not
             onely
             for
             that
             Princes
             ,
             who
             do
             quickly
             take
             distaste
             when
             they
             are
             to
             acquit
             themselves
             of
             an
             obligation
             ,
             era
             annoyed
             at
             
             the
             demand
             of
             many
             favours
             ,
             but
             for
             that
             it
             always
             falls
             out
             that
             he
             who
             asks
             many
             things
             ,
             is
             rewarded
             with
             the
             slightest
             .
             That
             therefore
             in
             such
             a
             case
             it
             were
             wisely
             done
             to
             beg
             but
             one
             onely
             boon
             ,
             provided
             it
             were
             of
             moment
             ,
             which
             upon
             such
             an
             occasion
             could
             not
             be
             denyed
             by
             the
             Prince
             without
             a
             mark
             of
             much
             ingratitude
             .
             The
             Politicians
             Advice
             was
             much
             commended
             by
             the
             whole
             Colledge
             of
             Vertuosi
             ,
             and
             was
             followed
             by
             them
             .
             Wherefore
             the
             next
             day
             
               Bernardino
               Biscia
            
             ,
             and
             
               Tiberio
               Cerasi
            
             ,
             the
             Vertuosi's
             Aadvocates
             ,
             were
             sent
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             had
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             the
             Donative
             ,
             did
             humbly
             beseech
             him
             ,
             that
             in
             chusing
             Judges
             for
             his
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             other
             Officers
             for
             publike
             Magistracy
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             chuse
             men
             of
             a
             benign
             Nature
             ,
             of
             a
             courteous
             Genius
             ,
             humble
             spirit
             ,
             and
             patient
             Minde
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             would
             send
             certain
             Hyteroclical
             ,
             Bankrupts
             ,
             phantastical
             ,
             proud
             ,
             insolent
             men
             ,
             who
             were
             so
             arrant
             beasts
             ,
             as
             did
             more
             vex
             and
             grieve
             those
             miserable
             men
             who
             had
             suits
             at
             Law
             ,
             by
             their
             discomposed
             phantastical
             brains
             ,
             then
             the
             suits
             themselves
             did
             ;
             to
             be
             Boatsons
             and
             Auditors
             in
             the
             Galleys
             ,
             where
             they
             might
             ercise
             their
             vexatious
             Talents
             of
             wit
             amongst
             slaves
             ,
             which
             were
             so
             unsupportable
             to
             free-born
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Arcadians
               being
               up
               in
               Arms
               against
               their
               Prince
               for
               certain
               new
               Taxes
               imposed
               upon
               them
               ,
               he
               wisely
               appeaseth
               them
               by
               delivering
               up
               unto
               them
               ,
               him
               who
               had
               perswaded
               him
               thereunto
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Prince
             of
             Arcadia
             ,
             a
             Prince
             who
             was
             much
             beloved
             and
             reverenced
             by
             his
             people
             ,
             was
             perswaded
             some
             months
             ago
             by
             a
             wicked
             Projecter
             to
             impose
             some
             new
             Gabels
             upon
             his
             people
             ,
             who
             after
             having
             complained
             bitterly
             to
             their
             Prince
             against
             this
             Projector
             ,
             and
             desired
             that
             he
             might
             be
             banished
             the
             State
             as
             a
             most
             pernicious
             person
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Gabels
             imposed
             by
             his
             advice
             might
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             finding
             that
             their
             Petitions
             were
             without
             any
             fruit
             ,
             and
             that
             whilst
             they
             bore
             respect
             unto
             their
             Prince
             ,
             their
             grievances
             were
             increased
             by
             the
             greedy
             Tax-takers
             ,
             their
             patience
             being
             overcome
             ,
             turned
             into
             such
             fury
             (
             as
             it
             always
             falls
             out
             when
             superiors
             seem
             not
             to
             value
             or
             care
             for
             the
             peoples
             complaints
             )
             as
             taking
             up
             Arms
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             them
             publikely
             rebelling
             ,
             they
             resolved
             to
             remedy
             their
             inconveniencies
             by
             disorders
             .
             They
             fell
             furiously
             first
             upon
             the
             Collectors
             of
             these
             new
             Gabels
             ,
             and
             then
             their
             sedition
             increasing
             ,
             they
             besieged
             the
             Prince
             in
             his
             Castle
             ,
             whither
             for
             his
             greater
             safety
             he
             had
             withdrawn
             himself
             ;
             nor
             satisfyed
             with
             all
             this
             insolency
             ,
             they
             threatned
             worser
             mischief
             if
             they
             did
             not
             quickly
             receive
             the
             satisfaction
             which
             they
             desired
             .
             In
             the
             midst
             of
             these
             troubles
             the
             Prince
             consulted
             with
             those
             whose
             judgements
             he
             most
             relyed
             upon
             ,
             
             whether
             it
             were
             less
             shameful
             for
             him
             to
             seek
             his
             safety
             by
             flight
             ,
             or
             to
             appease
             the
             people
             by
             anulling
             the
             new
             Gabels
             .
             When
             the
             news
             of
             this
             insurrection
             ,
             and
             the
             Princes
             intention
             of
             quieting
             those
             tumults
             with
             so
             much
             infamy
             to
             himself
             ,
             was
             known
             by
             some
             of
             his
             neighboring
             Princes
             ,
             who
             very
             well
             knew
             that
             their
             interest
             were
             concerned
             in
             this
             Arcadian
             insurrection
             ,
             they
             suddainly
             with
             their
             whole
             Courts
             betook
             themselves
             to
             Arms
             ,
             and
             getting
             on
             horseback
             ,
             entred
             the
             Castle
             ,
             where
             they
             found
             the
             Prince
             of
             Arcadia
             ,
             who
             just
             then
             made
             the
             Edict
             for
             revocation
             of
             these
             Gabels
             be
             published
             .
             These
             Princes
             earnestly
             desired
             him
             that
             he
             would
             neither
             injure
             nor
             shame
             himself
             nor
             his
             neighbours
             so
             much
             as
             to
             be
             discouraged
             at
             this
             the
             peoples
             insurrection
             ,
             for
             it
             would
             be
             too
             scandalous
             an
             example
             to
             the
             subjects
             of
             his
             other
             neighbour
             Princes
             ,
             when
             it
             should
             be
             known
             that
             the
             people
             of
             Arcadia
             having
             rebelled
             against
             their
             Prince
             by
             reason
             of
             Taxes
             ,
             they
             had
             through
             fear
             and
             force
             of
             Arms
             caused
             him
             to
             revoke
             them
             .
             That
             therefore
             to
             the
             loss
             of
             his
             last
             drop
             of
             blood
             he
             should
             defend
             that
             his
             Authority
             which
             other
             Princes
             had
             kept
             unviolated
             among
             a
             much
             greater
             and
             more
             dreadful
             people
             ;
             and
             amidst
             a
             thousand
             dangers
             had
             so
             long
             continued
             their
             subjects
             grievances
             ,
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             Gabels
             ,
             as
             there
             not
             being
             any
             man
             alive
             that
             can
             truly
             say
             he
             ever
             knew
             any
             of
             them
             taken
             off
             ,
             even
             those
             which
             were
             at
             first
             sessed
             but
             for
             a
             limited
             time
             ,
             were
             by
             all
             Nations
             thought
             to
             be
             immortal
             .
             They
             told
             him
             likewise
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             to
             consider
             that
             the
             common
             people
             which
             are
             ensatiable
             in
             all
             their
             desires
             ,
             by
             the
             bad
             example
             of
             taking
             away
             these
             new
             Gabels
             might
             grow
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             demand
             the
             abolishment
             of
             the
             old
             ones
             .
             All
             which
             things
             did
             upon
             this
             urgent
             occasion
             admonish
             him
             to
             appease
             the
             incensed
             people
             by
             the
             usual
             remedy
             which
             had
             been
             with
             good
             success
             practised
             by
             great
             Princes
             ,
             of
             d●…livering
             up
             the
             first
             inventer
             of
             those
             Gabels
             into
             the
             peoples
             power
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             by
             his
             ruine
             who
             had
             advised
             the
             mischief
             ,
             the
             tumult
             might
             be
             quieted
             ;
             a
             remedy
             which
             they
             said
             was
             so
             much
             the
             more
             certain
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             common
             people
             who
             take
             up
             Arms
             upon
             like
             occasions
             resemble
             dogs
             ,
             which
             when
             they
             bark
             violently
             at
             any
             one
             ,
             were
             appeased
             by
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             biting
             a
             stone
             which
             had
             been
             thrown
             at
             them
             ,
             and
             had
             hurt
             them
             .
             The
             Prince
             of
             Arcadia
             answered
             these
             Princes
             ,
             that
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             the
             Counsel
             which
             they
             gave
             him
             was
             good
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             thought
             it
             too
             unjust
             .
             To
             which
             one
             of
             them
             replyed
             ,
             that
             in
             extremities
             a
             man
             must
             have
             courage
             enough
             to
             know
             how
             to
             use
             corrosives
             for
             Cankers
             .
             The
             Prince
             of
             Arcadia
             did
             then
             imbrace
             the
             propounded
             proposition
             ,
             and
             immediately
             caused
             publike
             Proclamation
             to
             be
             made
             throughout
             all
             his
             Country
             ,
             that
             he
             being
             seduced
             by
             this
             wicked
             Projector
             ,
             was
             pleased
             that
             his
             beloved
             people
             who
             thought
             themselves
             so
             highly
             injured
             by
             him
             ,
             should
             take
             what
             revenge
             they
             pleased
             of
             that
             sedicious
             fellow
             .
             And
             soon
             after
             the
             inventer
             of
             those
             grievances
             was
             delivered
             into
             the
             power
             of
             those
             inraged
             people
             ,
             who
             first
             with
             their
             teeth
             ,
             then
             with
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             lastly
             with
             all
             sort
             of
             Arms
             did
             so
             deal
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             having
             made
             more
             pieces
             then
             one
             of
             him
             ,
             they
             dragged
             him
             in
             triumphant
             manner
             through
             all
             the
             streets
             of
             the
             City
             .
             The
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             the
             Prince
             opened
             the
             Castle
             gates
             ,
             and
             was
             thanked
             by
             all
             the
             people
             ,
             who
             ran
             joyfully
             to
             kiss
             his
             hands
             for
             the
             satisfaction
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             given
             them
             ;
             and
             he
             taking
             them
             all
             into
             his
             
             favor
             ,
             continued
             in
             the
             peaceful
             receiving
             of
             those
             his
             new
             Taxes
             ,
             which
             were
             willingly
             payed
             by
             the
             people
             ,
             they
             being
             satisfyed
             with
             that
             revenge
             :
             so
             proper
             is
             it
             to
             the
             common
             people
             inragedly
             to
             bite
             the
             dart
             which
             hath
             wounded
             them
             ,
             and
             affectionately
             to
             kiss
             the
             hand
             that
             threw
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Marcus
                 Portius
                 Cato
              
               whilst
               he
               reprehends
               
                 Salustius
                 Crispus
              
               for
               flattering
               the
               Emperour
               Tiberius
               ,
               is
               severely
               taxt
               by
               him
               for
               being
               too
               obstinate
               .
            
          
           
             ALL
             that
             come
             to
             this
             Court
             do
             infinitely
             wonder
             ,
             why
             
               Marcus
               Portius
               Cato
            
             ,
             a
             personage
             so
             famous
             as
             he
             is
             celebrated
             and
             exalted
             even
             to
             the
             skyes
             by
             all
             writers
             for
             his
             austere
             manners
             ,
             integrity
             of
             life
             ,
             wisdom
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             excessive
             love
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             always
             shewed
             to
             his
             Country
             ,
             is
             not
             held
             in
             so
             high
             esteem
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             so
             cryed
             up
             a
             subject
             seems
             to
             deserve
             :
             for
             though
             from
             the
             first
             day
             that
             he
             entred
             Pernassus
             he
             hath
             ever
             aymed
             at
             honorable
             imployments
             ,
             yet
             could
             he
             never
             obtain
             any
             :
             nay
             the
             best
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             who
             do
             exceedingly
             favor
             him
             ,
             have
             cleerly
             found
             a
             resolution
             in
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             no
             means
             to
             make
             use
             of
             such
             a
             man.
             The
             reason
             of
             this
             Apollo's
             aversion
             ,
             forasmuch
             as
             is
             said
             by
             them
             who
             are
             quickest
             sighted
             ,
             is
             ,
             for
             that
             Apollo
             having
             well
             examined
             Cato's
             minde
             and
             Genius
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             holds
             him
             to
             be
             but
             an
             impetuous
             ,
             proud
             ,
             impertinent
             fellow
             ,
             a
             capricious
             wit
             of
             the
             first
             head
             ,
             one
             that
             means
             well
             ,
             but
             judges
             ill
             ,
             and
             one
             who
             is
             all
             zeal
             ,
             crusted
             up
             in
             imprudency
             ;
             which
             qualities
             are
             very
             hateful
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             thinks
             it
             very
             ill
             done
             to
             bestow
             publike
             imployments
             upon
             such
             companions
             ,
             as
             ought
             onely
             to
             be
             conferred
             upon
             men
             civilly
             behaved
             ,
             and
             upon
             such
             as
             are
             so
             far
             from
             giving
             distaste
             to
             any
             who
             have
             business
             ,
             as
             they
             know
             it
             chiefly
             becomes
             them
             to
             give
             at
             least
             satisfactory
             words
             to
             all
             men
             .
             This
             Cato
             hapned
             to
             be
             present
             two
             days
             ago
             ,
             when
             
               Salustius
               Crispus
            
             ,
             one
             of
             Tiberius
             his
             intimate
             servants
             ,
             did
             not
             onely
             openly
             flatter
             his
             master
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             might
             obtain
             some
             very
             chief
             place
             ,
             had
             humbled
             himself
             to
             some
             of
             the
             most
             abject
             Courtiers
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             were
             well
             esteemed
             by
             the
             Emperor
             :
             at
             which
             base
             action
             Cato
             seemed
             to
             be
             so
             scandallized
             ,
             as
             mightily
             reprehending
             Salust
             ;
             he
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             men
             ought
             to
             obtain
             places
             from
             their
             Princes
             by
             deserts
             ;
             and
             that
             preferments
             obtained
             by
             the
             means
             of
             unworthy
             people
             ,
             did
             not
             become
             men
             of
             worth
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             praising
             of
             Tiberius
             ,
             a
             man
             who
             was
             known
             to
             all
             the
             world
             to
             be
             so
             vitious
             ,
             had
             purchast
             him
             as
             much
             blame
             ,
             as
             he
             might
             have
             won
             praise
             by
             putting
             him
             in
             minde
             of
             his
             faults
             .
             To
             this
             reprehension
             Salust
             without
             any
             the
             least
             alteration
             of
             minde
             ,
             answered
             ;
             To
             be
             free
             spoken
             
             doth
             not
             always
             help
             ,
             nor
             do
             men
             always
             win
             reputation
             thereby
             ,
             as
             you
             believe
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             folly
             to
             sow
             good
             seed
             in
             the
             sands
             ,
             so
             all
             counsel
             is
             cast
             away
             when
             it
             is
             given
             to
             obstinate
             people
             ,
             and
             where
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             doing
             any
             good
             thereby
             .
             For
             
               Suadere
               principi
               quod
               oporteat
               ,
               multi
               Laboris
               .
               Assentatio
               ergo
               Principem
               quemcumque
               sine
               affectu
            
             &c.
             
               Tacit.
               lib.
               1.
               
               Hist.
            
             
          
           
             But
             upon
             such
             occasions
             as
             these
             ,
             goodness
             ,
             or
             honesty
             must
             be
             accompanyed
             with
             wisdom
             ;
             and
             who
             hath
             not
             wit
             enough
             to
             fit
             the
             Sayles
             of
             his
             interest
             to
             every
             favourable
             wind
             that
             blows
             ,
             is
             a
             fool
             if
             he
             sayle
             in
             the
             tempestuous
             Sea
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             wherein
             those
             obstinate
             men
             who
             cannot
             accommodate
             their
             wits
             to
             place
             ,
             time
             ,
             and
             persons
             ,
             do
             either
             perish
             in
             their
             first
             voyage
             ,
             or
             run
             hazard
             of
             dangerous
             tempests
             all
             their
             life
             time
             ,
             without
             ever
             gaining
             the
             Haven
             of
             their
             coveted
             desires
             .
             Know
             Cato
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             pointed
             at
             by
             all
             men
             as
             great
             fools
             ,
             who
             standing
             in
             need
             of
             other
             mens
             assistance
             ,
             mar
             their
             business
             ,
             onely
             because
             they
             will
             stand
             upon
             the
             punctilio
             of
             what
             is
             meet
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             scruples
             of
             reputation
             .
             The
             greatest
             wisdom
             of
             a
             perfect
             Courtier
             ,
             consists
             in
             knowing
             how
             to
             fit
             himself
             to
             all
             humors
             ;
             without
             which
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             come
             to
             any
             good
             in
             Court
             :
             and
             he
             who
             attains
             to
             his
             desired
             greatness
             of
             obtaining
             a
             principal
             dignity
             or
             a
             great
             Office
             ,
             is
             much
             more
             admired
             by
             every
             one
             for
             the
             dignity
             whi●…h
             he
             possesseth
             ,
             then
             undervalued
             for
             the
             means
             he
             used
             to
             come
             by
             it
             .
             Every
             stain
             of
             honor
             which
             is
             committed
             for
             the
             bettering
             of
             a
             mans
             condition
             ,
             is
             excellently
             well
             washt
             away
             ,
             if
             he
             can
             make
             vertuous
             use
             of
             his
             new
             obtained
             Honor.
             And
             to
             preach
             chastity
             (
             as
             you
             do
             )
             in
             Bawdy-houses
             ,
             or
             fasting
             in
             time
             of
             Carnevale
             ,
             is
             no
             better
             then
             to
             make
             musick
             to
             them
             that
             are
             deafe
             ,
             or
             to
             light
             the
             blinde
             with
             Torches
             .
             And
             of
             this
             which
             I
             say
             ,
             I
             will
             crave
             no
             other
             Testimony
             then
             your
             own
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             Roman
             Commonwealth
             where
             you
             made
             publike
             profession
             of
             being
             chief
             Corrector
             of
             the
             Press
             ,
             you
             did
             but
             badly
             govern
             your
             own
             private
             condition
             ,
             without
             ever
             being
             able
             to
             better
             the
             publike
             affairs
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               by
               a
               new
               Edict
               inhibited
               Poets
               to
               make
               use
               of
               any
               fabulous
               Creature
               in
               their
               verses
               ,
               at
               the
               fervent
               intreaties
               of
               the
               Poets
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               revokes
               the
               said
               Edict
               .
            
          
           
             FOur
             days
             since
             ,
             the
             Urban
             Pretor
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             publisht
             an
             Edict
             in
             the
             usual
             places
             by
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             by
             order
             from
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             being
             resolved
             by
             no
             means
             to
             tolerate
             that
             men
             who
             should
             speak
             nothing
             but
             Truths
             ,
             should
             invent
             falshoods
             ,
             and
             having
             heard
             that
             Poets
             in
             their
             writings
             had
             mentioned
             Tritons
             ,
             Basilisks
             ,
             Unicorns
             ,
             Sirens
             ,
             Hypogriffiks
             ,
             Phenixes
             ,
             Sphinxces
             ,
             Centaurs
             ,
             and
             other
             Animals
             ,
             as
             realities
             ,
             being
             creatures
             which
             mother
             Nature
             did
             never
             create
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             mischiefs
             arose
             from
             the
             publishing
             of
             such
             things
             ;
             understanding
             particularly
             that
             many
             notorious
             cheaters
             sold
             the
             Unicorns
             horn
             at
             great
             rates
             to
             simple
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             aforesaid
             things
             ,
             did
             by
             that
             his
             Decree
             declare
             the
             aforesaid
             creatures
             and
             other
             things
             to
             be
             express
             lyes
             ,
             meer
             fables
             ,
             and
             Poetical
             fictions
             .
             That
             therefore
             his
             pleasure
             was
             that
             Poets
             should
             for
             the
             future
             forbear
             committing
             any
             such
             disorders
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             make
             use
             of
             nothing
             in
             their
             verses
             ,
             save
             what
             was
             really
             produced
             by
             nature
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             being
             banisht
             Pernassus
             .
             The
             capricious
             Poets
             were
             scandalized
             at
             this
             news
             ,
             wherefore
             they
             assembled
             themselves
             suddainly
             together
             in
             their
             Academy
             ,
             where
             by
             common
             consent
             they
             chose
             Sannezzarro
             for
             their
             spokesman
             to
             request
             the
             revocation
             of
             that
             Edict
             which
             was
             so
             prejudicial
             to
             their
             Poetry
             .
             Sanezzarro
             presented
             himself
             forthwith
             before
             the
             Pretor
             ,
             complaining
             bitterly
             ,
             that
             in
             an
             Age
             which
             did
             so
             abound
             in
             lyes
             the
             vertuous
             inventions
             of
             Poets
             should
             onely
             be
             forbidden
             ,
             a
             thing
             the
             more
             worthy
             consideration
             ,
             for
             that
             by
             exempting
             the
             invention
             of
             all
             fabulous
             things
             from
             their
             Poems
             ,
             the
             very
             soul
             thereof
             was
             taken
             away
             .
             And
             that
             the
             Poets
             ,
             who
             had
             always
             been
             obedient
             to
             all
             his
             Majesties
             commands
             ,
             would
             willingly
             submit
             to
             the
             rigor
             of
             this
             Edict
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             made
             universal
             .
             That
             it
             was
             very
             well
             known
             that
             infinite
             things
             ,
             yea
             which
             much
             commendeed
             Encomiums
             ,
             were
             named
             for
             truths
             by
             both
             the
             meanest
             ,
             and
             best
             Literati
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             which
             were
             no
             where
             to
             be
             found
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             would
             be
             as
             acceptable
             as
             useful
             to
             declare
             them
             to
             be
             false
             .
             The
             Pretor
             wisht
             Sanezzarro
             freely
             to
             name
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             were
             with
             admiration
             named
             for
             truths
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             and
             yet
             were
             false
             ;
             for
             Apollo
             who
             was
             no
             respecter
             of
             persons
             ,
             would
             assuredly
             make
             them
             be
             put
             into
             the
             same
             Edict
             .
             Then
             said
             Sanezzarro
             ,
             uninteressed
             men
             ,
             people
             who
             love
             the
             publike
             good
             better
             then
             their
             own
             private
             affairs
             ,
             Officers
             who
             are
             not
             slaves
             to
             their
             passions
             ,
             Princes
             who
             are
             not
             ambitious
             of
             coveting
             what
             belongs
             to
             other
             men
             ,
             are
             publikely
             said
             to
             live
             by
             thousands
             and
             thousands
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             better
             known
             to
             Apollo
             
             then
             to
             any
             other
             ,
             whether
             any
             such
             Phenixes
             be
             to
             be
             found
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
               Arabia
            
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             part
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             that
             therefore
             if
             his
             Majesty
             would
             insert
             these
             Chimera's
             into
             his
             Edict
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             Law
             general
             ,
             Poets
             would
             have
             no
             just
             cause
             of
             complaint
             .
             This
             being
             said
             ,
             the
             Pretor
             went
             presently
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             him
             with
             Sanezzarro's
             desire
             ;
             who
             did
             so
             much
             wonder
             at
             the
             request
             made
             by
             Sanezzarro
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             these
             very
             words
             to
             the
             Pretor
             .
             Now
             I
             perceive
             the
             Poets
             have
             reason
             for
             their
             complaint
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Edict
             is
             not
             universal
             ,
             therefore
             revoke
             it
             without
             more
             ado
             :
             for
             I
             will
             rather
             take
             the
             shame
             upon
             my self
             ,
             to
             let
             my
             Literati
             know
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             inconsiderate
             in
             the
             publication
             of
             this
             Edict
             ,
             then
             shame
             all
             mankind
             by
             making
             it
             know
             that
             men
             absolutely
             uninteressed
             are
             meerly
             fabulous
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Giovangirolimo
                 Aquaviva
              
               ,
               haveng
               overcome
               a
               very
               great
               difficulty
               ,
               is
               with
               much
               Honor
               admitted
               into
               Pernassus
               .
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             which
             was
             held
             for
             that
             purpose
             on
             Thursday
             last
             ,
             the
             credential
             Letters
             brought
             by
             a
             Gentleman
             who
             was
             sent
             to
             this
             Court
             from
             Signior
             
               Givangirolimo
               Aquaviva
            
             Duke
             of
             Atri
             ,
             were
             read
             ;
             who
             afterwards
             delivering
             his
             Embassie
             ,
             did
             in
             very
             handsome
             language
             desire
             that
             the
             Duke
             his
             Master
             might
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             same
             assembly
             the
             good
             deserts
             of
             the
             said
             Duke
             were
             diligently
             examined
             ,
             and
             maturely
             discust
             ,
             and
             this
             noble
             Duke
             being
             found
             to
             be
             very
             well
             verst
             in
             all
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             and
             arrived
             at
             the
             height
             of
             excellency
             in
             the
             Mathematicks
             ;
             by
             his
             Majesties
             express
             order
             who
             was
             ever
             very
             partial
             to
             this
             noble
             Family
             ,
             wherein
             learning
             seems
             rather
             to
             be
             hereditary
             ,
             then
             purchas'd
             by
             long
             study
             ,
             was
             created
             superintendent
             of
             the
             Triangles
             and
             
               lineatore
               Maggiore
               di
               euclide
            
             :
             after
             this
             the
             wonted
             Cavalcata
             was
             decreed
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             being
             accompanyed
             by
             the
             Lord
             Poets
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             learned
             Princes
             of
             fruitful
             Parthenope
             ,
             with
             many
             of
             their
             servants
             in
             rich
             liveries
             ,
             the
             shew
             was
             very
             noble
             ,
             and
             worthy
             so
             deserving
             a
             Prince
             ;
             but
             the
             greatest
             wonder
             was
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             Duke
             discourse
             a
             long
             time
             with
             Homer
             ,
             and
             Pindarus
             not
             making
             use
             of
             Valla
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             interpreter
             ,
             certainly
             a
             very
             glorious
             action
             in
             these
             Times
             ,
             and
             which
             purchas'd
             the
             Duke
             the
             more
             glory
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             Pernassus
             did
             consisider
             that
             this
             Princes
             learning
             was
             of
             the
             very
             finest
             sort
             which
             makes
             them
             so
             much
             respected
             who
             are
             therewith
             indued
             .
             Nor
             did
             he
             this
             out
             of
             necessity
             to
             eat
             bread
             ,
             nor
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             (
             as
             many
             do
             )
             for
             a
             Patrimony
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             ,
             though
             he
             was
             born
             of
             noble
             blood
             ,
             and
             very
             rich
             ,
             he
             might
             not
             be
             thought
             an
             ignorant
             Plebeian
             ,
             and
             an
             unlearned
             
             begger
             :
             for
             this
             Prince
             always
             held
             that
             perfect
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             true
             riches
             did
             onely
             consist
             in
             vertue
             .
             The
             Duke
             was
             already
             come
             with
             his
             noble
             Cavalcata
             into
             the
             
               Via
               Sacra
            
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             made
             known
             unto
             him
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             ,
             by
             a
             publike
             messenger
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             return
             back
             ,
             for
             there
             was
             so
             great
             an
             impediment
             found
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Pragmatical
             Law
             he
             could
             not
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             .
             Upon
             this
             unfortunate
             news
             
               il
               Rota
               ,
               il
               Tansillo
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Neapolitan
             Poets
             of
             the
             first
             Classis
             ,
             hasted
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             understood
             that
             the
             impediment
             arose
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             illustrious
             Octavius
             Cardinal
             Aquaviva
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             Prelate
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Rome
             ,
             had
             exercised
             the
             place
             of
             
               Maistre
               d'Hostelle
            
             under
             Pope
             Gregory
             the
             fourteenth
             ,
             and
             that
             since
             it
             was
             known
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             that
             the
             formerly
             stately
             Courts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             through
             the
             tricks
             and
             inventions
             of
             beggerly
             
               Mastre
               d'Hostels
            
             were
             infected
             with
             the
             sordid
             contagion
             of
             foul
             avarice
             ,
             it
             was
             enacted
             by
             a
             very
             severe
             Edict
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             not
             onely
             such
             as
             had
             exercised
             the
             hateful
             Office
             of
             
               Maistre
               d'Hostelle
            
             in
             Princes
             Courts
             should
             never
             be
             admitted
             into
             Pernassus
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             that
             descended
             from
             them
             ,
             or
             were
             any
             ways
             allyed
             unto
             them
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             fortieth
             degree
             ,
             should
             be
             for
             ever
             excluded
             .
             The
             Duke
             was
             very
             much
             troubled
             at
             this
             unfortunate
             rub
             ;
             but
             having
             known
             that
             Edict
             long
             before
             ,
             he
             had
             foreseen
             the
             difficulties
             ,
             which
             he
             might
             meet
             withal
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             remove
             away
             all
             obstacles
             ,
             he
             took
             a
             letter
             out
             of
             his
             bosom
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             unto
             his
             son
             ,
             wherein
             he
             did
             expresly
             forbid
             him
             to
             accept
             of
             that
             place
             ;
             but
             the
             business
             of
             
               Maistre
               d'Hostel
            
             is
             so
             odious
             in
             this
             Court
             ,
             as
             the
             Letter
             in
             justification
             of
             the
             Duke
             ,
             was
             not
             read
             ,
             nor
             any
             ways
             taken
             into
             consideration
             ;
             and
             now
             the
             business
             grew
             desperate
             ,
             and
             the
             Cavalcata
             began
             to
             return
             backwards
             ,
             when
             
               Cesare
               Caporale
            
             a
             Poet
             ,
             who
             having
             been
             greatly
             obliged
             to
             the
             house
             of
             Aquaviva
             ,
             hasted
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             largely
             attested
             ,
             that
             Signior
             Octavio
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             nobly
             minded
             ,
             so
             had
             he
             always
             lived
             in
             a
             liberal
             manner
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             not
             made
             
               Maistre
               d'Hostelle
            
             by
             that
             free
             handed
             Pope
             for
             having
             a
             narrow
             soul
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             getting
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             by
             the
             dignity
             of
             that
             so
             honorable
             a
             degree
             ,
             he
             might
             shew
             him
             to
             be
             a
             person
             fit
             to
             be
             made
             a
             Cardinal
             ,
             as
             it
             soon
             after
             fell
             out
             ;
             and
             that
             whilst
             he
             did
             discharge
             that
             place
             ,
             he
             studyed
             nothing
             more
             then
             how
             to
             feed
             the
             Vertuosi
             plentifully
             ,
             to
             protect
             the
             Literati
             ,
             and
             to
             reward
             those
             that
             deserved
             well
             ;
             a
             piece
             of
             generosity
             ,
             wherin
             he
             did
             always
             shew
             such
             liberality
             and
             greatness
             ,
             as
             finding
             that
             certain
             roguish
             Butlers
             ,
             mingled
             water
             with
             wine
             in
             the
             Popes
             Cellar
             ,
             he
             commanded
             by
             a
             severe
             and
             noble
             Edict
             ,
             which
             even
             to
             this
             day
             is
             punctually
             observed
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             lawful
             for
             any
             one
             for
             the
             future
             to
             have
             any
             water
             in
             those
             Cellars
             .
             Apollo
             was
             so
             well
             pleased
             with
             this
             decree
             ,
             as
             he
             commanded
             that
             it
             should
             be
             written
             in
             large
             letters
             of
             gold
             by
             Croessis
             that
             famous
             Millanese
             Scribe
             and
             chief
             writer
             of
             Text-hand
             ,
             in
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             the
             honor
             and
             glory
             of
             the
             famous
             Family
             of
             the
             Aquavive
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Dukes
             reputation
             who
             had
             inriched
             the
             present
             age
             with
             so
             deserving
             a
             son
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             carryed
             before
             him
             in
             the
             Cavalcata
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             noblest
             and
             most
             admired
             thing
             that
             was
             seen
             therein
             :
             and
             to
             compleat
             the
             Dukes
             contentment
             ,
             and
             the
             splendor
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             decreed
             the
             Title
             of
             Mecenas
             to
             Signior
             Octavio
             Cardinal
             Aquaviva
             ,
             and
             sent
             it
             him
             by
             an
             express
             Messenger
             yesterday
             in
             
               forma
               dignum
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Laconia
               to
               revenge
               himself
               by
               way
               of
               Law
               upon
               a
               chief
               Senator
               of
               State
               for
               some
               private
               distastes
               that
               he
               had
               taken
               at
               him
               ,
               commanded
               
                 Fleminio
                 Cartaro
              
               ,
               his
               Iudge
               of
               Assize
               ,
               to
               proceed
               severely
               against
               him
               upon
               some
               heads
               which
               he
               would
               give
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               denyes
               to
               obey
               him
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             to
             take
             revenge
             for
             some
             distastes
             which
             he
             pretended
             to
             have
             received
             from
             a
             chief
             Senator
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             began
             under
             other
             pretences
             to
             trouble
             him
             at
             Law
             ;
             and
             having
             made
             him
             be
             imprisoned
             ,
             he
             commanded
             
               Flaminio
               Cartaro
            
             one
             of
             his
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             ,
             to
             make
             severe
             process
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             some
             heads
             in
             writing
             ,
             whereupon
             to
             examine
             him
             .
             Cartaro
             when
             he
             had
             considered
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             person
             against
             whom
             he
             was
             to
             proceed
             ,
             and
             the
             faults
             which
             were
             pretended
             to
             be
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             easily
             perceived
             that
             the
             Duke
             would
             vent
             his
             private
             rage
             of
             hatred
             against
             that
             so
             signal
             personage
             ,
             by
             colour
             of
             justice
             .
             And
             thinking
             it
             misbecame
             a
             man
             of
             his
             place
             to
             serve
             as
             a
             Minister
             to
             other
             mens
             passions
             ,
             and
             knowing
             that
             the
             purchase
             of
             unjust
             Princes
             favors
             by
             the
             shedding
             of
             innocent
             blood
             would
             soon
             be
             severely
             vindicated
             both
             by
             God
             and
             man
             ;
             rather
             then
             to
             stain
             his
             reputation
             by
             so
             foul
             an
             action
             ,
             put
             on
             that
             generous
             resolution
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             imitated
             by
             all
             Judges
             in
             the
             like
             case
             ;
             he
             escaped
             by
             night
             out
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             and
             some
             six
             days
             ago
             came
             to
             this
             Court.
             The
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             heard
             Cartaro
             was
             fled
             ,
             and
             knew
             what
             way
             he
             took
             ,
             sent
             forthwith
             two
             Embassadours
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             earnestly
             desired
             his
             Majesty
             that
             for
             weighty
             state-Interest
             Cartaro
             might
             be
             kept
             forthcoming
             ,
             and
             sent
             back
             to
             their
             Prince
             .
             Apollo
             who
             before
             he
             would
             take
             any
             resolution
             ,
             would
             know
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             business
             from
             Cartaro's
             self
             ,
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             immediately
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             before
             the
             Embassadors
             asked
             him
             the
             reason
             of
             his
             so
             sudden
             and
             secret
             flight
             from
             Laconia
             .
             Who
             plainly
             and
             very
             particularly
             acquainted
             Apollo
             with
             the
             truth
             of
             what
             had
             hapned
             between
             him
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             and
             then
             added
             ,
             that
             had
             it
             been
             in
             an
             hereditary
             state
             ,
             he
             would
             in
             giving
             judgement
             have
             obeyed
             his
             Princes
             will
             ;
             but
             that
             in
             an
             elective
             Principality
             ,
             as
             was
             that
             of
             Laconia
             ,
             where
             
               Brevi
               Momento
               summa
               verti
               possunt
               ,
               Tacit.
               lib.
               5.
               
               Annal.
            
             and
             where
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             eye
             ,
             he
             might
             command
             in
             chief
             ,
             who
             did
             formerly
             obey
             ,
             and
             where
             new
             Princes
             are
             usually
             either
             of
             a
             differing
             Genius
             ,
             or
             contrary
             factions
             to
             the
             former
             ,
             when
             a
             Prince
             ,
             say
             it
             be
             not
             out
             of
             private
             hatred
             ,
             but
             justly
             doth
             vex
             any
             great
             Officer
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             finde
             either
             Judges
             ,
             Advocates
             ,
             or
             Serjeants
             ready
             to
             serve
             him
             .
             For
             new
             Princes
             ,
             who
             commonly
             do
             not
             approve
             of
             their
             
             Predecessors
             Actions
             ,
             when
             they
             cannot
             cudgel
             the
             Ass
             (
             the
             dead
             Prince
             )
             vent
             all
             their
             rage
             and
             fury
             upon
             the
             pack-saddle
             (
             the
             Judge
             whom
             they
             have
             in
             their
             power
             )
             and
             that
             in
             faults
             committed
             by
             great
             men
             ,
             and
             executed
             by
             those
             that
             are
             meaner
             ,
             the
             known
             proverb
             was
             very
             true
             ,
             that
             
               the
               weakest
               went
               to
               the
               wall
            
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             onely
             the
             custom
             of
             angry
             dogs
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             judicious
             men
             ,
             to
             revenge
             themselves
             upon
             the
             stone
             ,
             when
             they
             cannot
             come
             by
             the
             Arm
             that
             threw
             it
             :
             and
             that
             this
             his
             doctrine
             was
             so
             true
             ,
             as
             he
             could
             give
             them
             the
             example
             of
             a
             famous
             Doctor
             of
             
               Castel
               Bolognese
            
             ,
             who
             was
             forced
             to
             feel
             the
             Tempest
             of
             that
             Rage
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             possible
             to
             shower
             down
             upon
             those
             great
             dogs
             ,
             which
             had
             good
             teeth
             to
             bite
             withal
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             LXXXVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Some
               Princes
               of
               this
               State
               having
               presented
               Apollo
               with
               a
               Book
               of
               the
               Reason
               of
               State
               ,
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               Pernassus
               not
               approving
               of
               the
               definition
               of
               State
               therein
               given
               ,
               publish
               a
               new
               one
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               much
               displeasing
               to
               those
               Princes
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             greatest
             Princes
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             did
             with
             general
             applause
             present
             Apollo
             two
             days
             ago
             with
             a
             book
             which
             treated
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             :
             and
             press'd
             very
             much
             ,
             that
             as
             being
             a
             very
             meritorious
             work
             it
             might
             be
             put
             into
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             .
             Apollo
             who
             knew
             very
             well
             how
             much
             Princes
             abhor
             those
             writings
             ,
             which
             treating
             of
             State-affairs
             ,
             discover
             their
             souls
             ,
             fashions
             ,
             and
             inward
             intentions
             to
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             men
             ,
             wondered
             very
             much
             when
             he
             saw
             it
             was
             greatly
             desired
             by
             them
             that
             the
             book
             might
             be
             published
             to
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             commonly
             falls
             out
             in
             such
             like
             cases
             ,
             he
             sorely
             suspected
             ,
             lest
             these
             Princes
             might
             in
             such
             a
             business
             hide
             some
             private
             ends
             of
             their
             own
             ;
             whereupon
             according
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             the
             book
             was
             assigned
             over
             to
             the
             Library
             Censors
             ,
             who
             did
             the
             more
             diligently
             consider
             it
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             likewise
             did
             apprehend
             some
             cheat
             ,
             which
             they
             soon
             found
             out
             .
             They
             therefore
             told
             his
             Majesty
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             that
             those
             Princes
             did
             so
             highly
             celebrate
             the
             book
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             which
             they
             had
             presented
             unto
             him
             out
             of
             self-interest
             ;
             for
             nothing
             being
             treated
             of
             therein
             but
             the
             Politicks
             
               In
               genere
            
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             mention
             made
             therin
             of
             that
             reason
             of
             State
             which
             the
             Title
             promised
             ;
             and
             that
             Reason
             of
             State
             being
             of
             the
             Politicks
             ,
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             book
             had
             craftily
             ,
             (
             and
             peradventure
             bribed
             so
             to
             do
             by
             the
             Princes
             )
             given
             it
             the
             specious
             definition
             which
             belongs
             to
             the
             whole
             body
             of
             the
             Politicks
             ;
             saying
             ,
             That
             the
             reason
             of
             State
             was
             the
             knowledge
             of
             fitting
             means
             to
             ground
             ,
             maintain
             ,
             and
             inlarge
             a
             State
             ;
             by
             which
             gilded
             definition
             they
             endeavoured
             to
             make
             the
             Reason
             of
             state
             appear
             to
             be
             a
             good
             thing
             ,
             
             which
             Learned
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             did
             more
             fear
             God
             ,
             then
             flatter
             Princes
             ,
             freely
             termed
             the
             Devils
             Law.
             Apollo
             did
             infinitely
             dislike
             the
             falshood
             used
             by
             that
             Author
             ,
             and
             immediatly
             gave
             order
             ,
             That
             the
             Title
             of
             Reason
             of
             State
             should
             be
             taken
             from
             that
             Book
             (
             which
             otherwise
             was
             very
             elegantly
             written
             ,
             )
             and
             that
             of
             the
             Politicks
             ,
             put
             in
             the
             place
             of
             it
             :
             At
             which
             ,
             the
             Princes
             were
             infinitly
             displeased
             ;
             when
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             one
             mightily
             cried
             up
             for
             his
             skill
             in
             the
             Politicks
             ,
             did
             with
             excellent
             Reasons
             refute
             the
             former
             Erroneous
             definition
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             publickly
             another
             definition
             ;
             which
             was
             ,
             That
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             was
             a
             Law
             useful
             for
             Commonwealths
             ,
             but
             absolutely
             contrary
             to
             the
             Laws
             ,
             both
             of
             God
             and
             Man.
             A
             Definition
             which
             being
             written
             in
             Letters
             of
             Gold
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             affixed
             upon
             the
             Columns
             of
             the
             Peripatetick
             Porch
             ,
             was
             approved
             of
             by
             all
             the
             Literati
             for
             as
             absolutely
             true
             ,
             as
             the
             other
             was
             in
             extremity
             false
             .
          
           
             The
             Princes
             ,
             who
             thought
             that
             this
             new
             Definition
             was
             published
             onely
             to
             put
             a
             scorn
             upon
             them
             ,
             were
             so
             highly
             incensed
             ,
             as
             some
             of
             them
             moved
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             the
             Literati
             ,
             and
             to
             end
             that
             important
             business
             with
             Sword
             in
             hand
             ;
             but
             the
             wiser
             sort
             did
             mollifie
             the
             rage
             of
             the
             more
             capricious
             ,
             and
             did
             joyntly
             present
             themselves
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             where
             Lewis
             the
             Twelfth
             ,
             that
             famous
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             speaking
             to
             His
             Majesty
             in
             the
             name
             of
             all
             the
             other
             Princes
             ,
             complained
             ,
             That
             a
             Definition
             was
             given
             to
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             by
             the
             Literati
             ,
             which
             was
             very
             wicked
             ;
             which
             if
             His
             Majesty
             should
             not
             soon
             recal
             ,
             their
             States
             should
             be
             put
             into
             confusion
             .
             Apollo
             answered
             King
             Lewis
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             declare
             the
             Definition
             given
             lately
             by
             his
             Vertuosi
             to
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             to
             be
             utterly
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             wicked
             ;
             but
             that
             to
             provide
             against
             the
             evil
             which
             so
             free
             a
             Definition
             might
             occasion
             amongst
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             a
             good
             remedy
             to
             cloake
             it
             over
             with
             fair
             words
             ,
             as
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Book
             had
             done
             ;
             for
             mischiefs
             were
             not
             cured
             by
             concealing
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Princes
             would
             confess
             the
             Definition
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             they
             seemed
             so
             much
             to
             dread
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             did
             any
             thing
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             impiety
             thereof
             ,
             did
             neither
             agree
             with
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             ,
             nor
             man
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             afterwards
             asked
             by
             any
             one
             why
             they
             had
             done
             so
             impious
             a
             thing
             ;
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             alleadge
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             for
             the
             occasion
             thereof
             .
          
           
             Then
             turning
             to
             Lewis
             the
             twelfth
             ,
             Apollo
             said
             ;
             The
             better
             to
             manifest
             the
             truth
             of
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             to
             your self
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             these
             Princes
             which
             are
             here
             present
             ,
             I
             will
             make
             use
             of
             one
             of
             your
             Actions
             ,
             which
             will
             make
             it
             appear
             clearly
             ,
             that
             the
             Definition
             of
             State
             ,
             published
             by
             my
             Literati
             ,
             and
             which
             you
             do
             now
             so
             much
             oppugn
             ,
             is
             very
             true
             .
          
           
             You
             know
             ,
             your
             first
             Wife
             was
             Sister
             to
             Charles
             the
             eighth
             ,
             your
             Predecessor
             in
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ;
             and
             I
             know
             ,
             you
             likewise
             remember
             that
             you
             did
             adhere
             to
             the
             Conspiracy
             made
             by
             Francis
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             by
             Charles
             Duke
             of
             Burgundy
             ,
             and
             by
             many
             other
             great
             Lords
             ,
             against
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             France
             ,
             
             and
             that
             you
             were
             taken
             prisoner
             by
             King
             Charles
             your
             Sisters
             husband
             ;
             and
             that
             whilst
             the
             putting
             of
             you
             to
             death
             as
             a
             Rebel
             was
             in
             agitation
             ,
             your
             Wives
             efficacious
             Prayers
             was
             that
             which
             saved
             your
             life
             .
          
           
             You
             know
             likewise
             ,
             that
             Charles
             being
             dead
             a
             little
             while
             after
             ,
             you
             succeeded
             him
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             might
             marry
             the
             Queen
             Dowager
             ,
             Wife
             to
             the
             late
             Charles
             ,
             you
             got
             to
             be
             Divorc'd
             from
             your
             former
             Wife
             ,
             which
             you
             excused
             by
             pretending
             that
             your
             Marriage
             with
             so
             great
             a
             Princess
             was
             done
             by
             compulsion
             ;
             as
             if
             there
             needed
             violence
             to
             marry
             the
             Sister
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Prince
             to
             any
             one
             ;
             you
             your self
             know
             Lewis
             ,
             that
             this
             Divorce
             was
             neither
             answerable
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             nor
             Man
             :
             tell
             me
             then
             what
             was
             the
             reason
             that
             moved
             you
             to
             banish
             that
             wife
             your
             bed
             ,
             to
             whom
             you
             confess
             you
             owe
             your
             life
             .
          
           
             King
             Lewis
             freely
             answered
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             doubtless
             it
             was
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             that
             had
             compelled
             him
             so
             to
             do
             ;
             for
             the
             Queen
             Dowager
             of
             France
             having
             in
             her
             ,
             the
             noble
             Dowry
             of
             the
             Dukedome
             of
             Britany
             ,
             he
             had
             marryed
             her
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             that
             Province
             which
             was
             of
             so
             great
             importance
             ,
             and
             from
             which
             France
             had
             formerly
             received
             so
             much
             mischief
             ,
             should
             not
             again
             be
             disunited
             from
             his
             Kingdom
             .
          
           
             See
             then
             said
             Apollo
             ,
             how
             you
             made
             that
             marriage
             which
             you
             knew
             did
             neither
             agree
             with
             the
             Laws
             of
             God
             nor
             man
             ,
             being
             forced
             to
             do
             so
             by
             Reason
             of
             State
             ;
             by
             which
             example
             ,
             you
             and
             all
             these
             Princes
             may
             cleerly
             see
             that
             the
             Definition
             made
             by
             my
             Literati
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             is
             most
             true
             ;
             now
             then
             since
             you
             are
             convinced
             of
             the
             foul
             impiety
             thereof
             ,
             know
             that
             the
             best
             means
             that
             you
             can
             and
             ought
             to
             use
             to
             keep
             your self
             and
             your
             State
             from
             being
             damnifyed
             thereby
             ,
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             use
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             too
             bare-faced
             Hypocrisie
             to
             seem
             more
             to
             abhor
             fould
             words
             ,
             then
             foul
             deeds
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Marcantonio
                 Moreto
              
               desires
               Apollo
               that
               he
               may
               have
               leave
               to
               make
               an
               Oration
               in
               the
               publike
               Schooles
               of
               Pernassus
               in
               the
               praise
               of
               the
               Clemency
               of
               the
               most
               glorious
               King
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Henry
              
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               but
               is
               denyed
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               MErcantonio
               Moreto
            
             a
             famous
             French
             Orator
             ,
             told
             Apollo
             some
             few
             days
             since
             ,
             that
             having
             exactly
             examined
             all
             the
             vertues
             of
             all
             the
             French
             Kings
             ,
             and
             compared
             them
             with
             the
             valor
             and
             glory
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             he
             found
             that
             there
             was
             not
             any
             of
             them
             that
             might
             be
             compared
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             make
             the
             French
             adore
             so
             gallant
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             incite
             all
             Christian
             Princes
             to
             heroick
             vertue
             ,
             he
             desired
             his
             Majesty
             to
             give
             him
             leave
             to
             declame
             in
             the
             praise
             of
             so
             glorious
             a
             King
             publikely
             in
             the
             Rhetorick
             school
             :
             and
             because
             to
             speak
             of
             all
             the
             vertues
             which
             did
             abound
             in
             so
             great
             a
             King
             ,
             would
             require
             more
             then
             a
             months
             space
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             his
             Oration
             might
             not
             exceed
             the
             usual
             time
             of
             one
             hour
             ,
             he
             would
             onely
             celebrate
             that
             admirable
             vertue
             of
             Clemency
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             peculiar
             to
             his
             Henry
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             cleerly
             found
             ,
             by
             the
             use
             thereof
             he
             had
             so
             far
             exceeded
             all
             humane
             mansuetude
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             bordered
             upon
             heavenly
             mercy
             :
             for
             he
             had
             pardoned
             such
             injuries
             in
             his
             most
             implacable
             enemies
             ,
             as
             would
             never
             have
             been
             forgotten
             by
             any
             one
             save
             by
             a
             King
             of
             France
             ;
             a
             vertue
             which
             appeared
             to
             be
             so
             much
             the
             more
             eminent
             in
             that
             great
             Monarch
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             these
             so
             corrupt
             present
             times
             ,
             to
             pardon
             injuries
             vvas
             not
             thought
             to
             be
             an
             heroick
             and
             vertuous
             action
             ,
             but
             base
             and
             abject
             covvardise
             .
             The
             same
             Moreto
             told
             every
             one
             ,
             that
             contrary
             to
             vvhat
             he
             could
             ever
             have
             believed
             ,
             Apollo
             vvas
             highly
             incensed
             at
             that
             his
             request
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             an
             angry
             countenance
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             grosly
             ignorant
             in
             going
             about
             to
             celebrate
             the
             most
             revengeful
             and
             implacable
             K.
             that
             did
             ever
             live
             for
             his
             mercifulness
             :
             and
             that
             if
             he
             would
             praise
             the
             infinite
             valor
             of
             Henry
             the
             fourth
             his
             invincible
             constancy
             in
             adverse
             fortune
             ,
             moderation
             in
             prosperity
             ,
             his
             excellent
             knowledge
             in
             military
             affairs
             (
             wherin
             he
             had
             far
             exceeded
             all
             Kings
             and
             Commanders
             who
             had
             ever
             purchased
             the
             glorious
             name
             of
             warlike
             )
             the
             more
             then
             humane
             vivacity
             of
             his
             spirit
             ,
             the
             vigilancy
             of
             his
             indefatigable
             minde
             ,
             or
             his
             dexterous
             government
             of
             that
             great
             Kingdom
             ,
             he
             nor
             his
             Literati
             ,
             who
             were
             partially
             addicted
             to
             so
             puissant
             a
             King
             ,
             could
             not
             hear
             any
             more
             melodious
             Harmony
             :
             but
             that
             since
             that
             noble
             acquisition
             which
             he
             made
             of
             France
             ,
             he
             had
             revenged
             himself
             much
             more
             cruelly
             upon
             his
             enemies
             ,
             then
             merciless
             Augustus
             had
             done
             by
             his
             execrable
             Proscription
             ;
             &
             that
             Pernassus
             was
             no
             place
             to
             exaggerate
             falshoods
             in
             :
             Notwithstanding
             this
             so
             resolute
             answer
             ,
             Moreto
             was
             not
             discouraged
             ,
             but
             with
             great
             observancy
             replyed
             ;
             that
             having
             exactly
             considered
             all
             the
             vertues
             of
             
             his
             King
             ,
             he
             did
             again
             affirm
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             that
             he
             found
             not
             that
             any
             one
             of
             them
             did
             shine
             more
             brightly
             in
             him
             then
             his
             clemency
             .
             Then
             Apollo
             looking
             with
             a
             very
             pleasant
             countenance
             upon
             Moreto
             ,
             said
             ,
             t
             is
             plainly
             seen
             thou
             honest
             French
             man
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             onely
             a
             meer
             Grammarian
             ,
             for
             thou
             seemest
             not
             to
             know
             that
             that
             King
             onely
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             vindicative
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             did
             Augustus
             )
             kills
             his
             enemies
             when
             he
             hath
             conquered
             them
             ;
             for
             to
             take
             an
             evil
             wishers
             life
             away
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             may
             not
             see
             his
             enemies
             Triumphs
             and
             prosperity
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             may
             not
             suffer
             a
             thousand
             torments
             and
             deaths
             hourly
             ,
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             pitty
             .
             He
             is
             to
             be
             accounted
             revengeful
             ,
             and
             infinitely
             cruel
             ,
             who
             suffers
             him
             to
             live
             ,
             who
             confounds
             him
             with
             pardon
             ,
             and
             who
             doth
             continually
             martyrise
             and
             torment
             him
             by
             his
             worthy
             actions
             and
             perpetual
             prosperity
             ,
             as
             yours
             and
             my
             beloved
             Henry
             hath
             been
             observed
             to
             do
             more
             then
             all
             the
             Kings
             that
             ever
             were
             on
             earth
             ;
             who
             still
             growing
             more
             and
             more
             cruel
             ,
             by
             his
             perpetual
             felicity
             ,
             by
             shewing
             to
             the
             world
             his
             Justice
             ,
             liberality
             ,
             advisedness
             ,
             and
             great
             piety
             ;
             did
             still
             the
             more
             afflict
             those
             his
             enemies
             ,
             who
             that
             they
             might
             render
             him
             odious
             to
             his
             people
             of
             France
             ,
             did
             openly
             affirm
             ,
             that
             if
             ever
             he
             should
             come
             to
             be
             King
             of
             that
             powerful
             Monarchy
             ,
             he
             would
             surely
             prove
             the
             utter
             and
             final
             ruine
             thereof
             .
             And
             how
             much
             did
             it
             grieve
             the
             enemies
             of
             so
             great
             a
             King
             thinkest
             thou
             Moreto
             ,
             when
             they
             saw
             his
             victory
             compleated
             ,
             and
             his
             fortune
             confirmed
             by
             his
             own
             worth
             ,
             and
             valor
             ?
             and
             with
             what
             an
             eye
             thinkest
             thou
             they
             did
             behold
             him
             conqueror
             ,
             triumphing
             ,
             and
             not
             onely
             adored
             ,
             but
             reverenced
             by
             his
             people
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             ancient
             custom
             of
             France
             ?
             so
             glorious
             ,
             as
             the
             very
             first
             day
             that
             he
             mounted
             the
             Throne
             ,
             he
             became
             the
             absolute
             Arbitrator
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Dost
             not
             thou
             believe
             it
             did
             much
             more
             grieve
             these
             mens
             hearts
             to
             see
             the
             King
             of
             Navar
             ,
             whose
             suppression
             they
             had
             so
             much
             indeavoured
             ,
             become
             the
             most
             glorious
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             then
             when
             they
             thought
             themselves
             surest
             of
             his
             down-fall
             ?
             and
             then
             confirmed
             in
             his
             Kingdom
             by
             so
             plentiful
             an
             issue
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             forced
             to
             confess
             they
             were
             sent
             him
             by
             Heaven
             ?
             Dost
             not
             thou
             believe
             Moreto
             ,
             that
             these
             his
             malevolents
             esteem
             so
             great
             happiness
             ,
             such
             prosperity
             given
             by
             God
             to
             this
             our
             King
             ,
             to
             be
             their
             shame
             and
             misery
             ?
             They
             are
             perpetually
             tortured
             ,
             who
             for
             their
             greater
             confusion
             are
             suffered
             to
             live
             ,
             being
             forced
             to
             see
             the
             Halcyon
             days
             of
             this
             powerful
             Kingdom
             of
             France
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             LXXXIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Literato
               presents
               Apollo
               with
               an
               Oration
               made
               by
               him
               in
               praise
               of
               the
               present
               Age
               :
               Which
               is
               laid
               aside
               byish
               Majesty
               ,
               as
               not
               grounded
               upon
               any
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             SOme
             few
             daies
             since
             a
             famous
             Literato
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             an
             eloquent
             Oration
             composed
             by
             him
             in
             praise
             of
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             wherein
             he
             clearly
             shewed
             how
             much
             of
             latter
             times
             goodness
             ,
             godliness
             ,
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             vertue
             are
             increased
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             concluded
             ,
             that
             from
             such
             excellent
             beginnings
             ,
             mankind
             might
             securely
             hope
             ,
             that
             that
             happy
             .
             Golden
             Age
             so
             cry'd
             up
             by
             the
             Poets
             ,
             was
             now
             very
             nigh
             at
             hand
             .
             This
             Literato
             and
             his
             Oration
             found
             but
             cold
             acceptance
             at
             Apollo's
             hands
             ;
             and
             being
             asked
             whether
             he
             had
             so
             well
             considered
             the
             Age
             which
             he
             had
             so
             highly
             praised
             ,
             as
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             spectacles
             he
             had
             viewed
             and
             contemplated
             it
             ,
             he
             answered
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             not
             only
             viewed
             the
             Courts
             of
             a
             great
             many
             famous
             Princes
             ,
             the
             most
             accurately
             that
             he
             could
             ,
             but
             had
             travailed
             over
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             Europe
             ,
             in
             all
             which
             Courts
             and
             Countries
             he
             had
             diligently
             observed
             the
             lives
             of
             those
             who
             commanded
             in
             chief
             ,
             and
             their
             fashions
             who
             obeyed
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             observed
             nothing
             in
             them
             which
             was
             not
             highly
             to
             be
             praised
             ;
             and
             that
             then
             in
             passing
             his
             judgement
             upon
             all
             the
             particulars
             of
             the
             present
             Age
             ,
             which
             appeared
             to
             him
             to
             deserve
             praise
             ,
             he
             ,
             not
             aiding
             himself
             by
             any
             spectacles
             ,
             made
             only
             use
             of
             the
             eyes
             of
             his
             judgement
             ,
             which
             he
             thought
             were
             not
             dim
             sighted
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             reply'd
             ,
             That
             surely
             he
             had
             written
             that
             his
             Oration
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             true
             state
             of
             the
             present
             age
             ,
             the
             true
             intimate
             intentions
             of
             those
             that
             govern
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             real
             meanings
             of
             those
             that
             live
             in
             it
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             seen
             ,
             no
             not
             by
             Linceus's
             eyes
             ,
             unless
             a
             man
             did
             put
             the
             purest
             Politick
             Spectacles
             upon
             his
             nose
             ,
             whereby
             he
             might
             see
             the
             truth
             of
             passions
             ,
             which
             lay
             deeply
             hid
             in
             the
             breasts
             of
             modern
             men
             ;
             who
             were
             so
             mysterious
             in
             all
             their
             proceedings
             ,
             as
             their
             inward
             meanings
             appeared
             least
             outwardly
             .
             Which
             being
             said
             ,
             Apollo
             caused
             a
             pair
             of
             excellent
             spectacles
             to
             be
             given
             to
             that
             Literato
             ,
             which
             were
             lately
             made
             in
             Tacitus
             his
             Forge
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             view
             the
             present
             age
             through
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             tell
             him
             whether
             it
             appeared
             to
             be
             the
             same
             which
             he
             had
             so
             exalted
             in
             his
             Oration
             .
             The
             other
             obey'd
             ,
             and
             after
             having
             well
             contemplated
             and
             considered
             the
             Age
             through
             those
             spectacles
             ;
             Sir
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             That
             which
             I
             now
             see
             wi●…h
             these
             spectacles
             ,
             is
             not
             the
             age
             wherein
             we
             now
             live
             ,
             but
             a
             world
             full
             of
             ostentation
             ,
             and
             outward
             appearance
             ,
             with
             very
             little
             substance
             of
             true
             vertue
             ,
             where
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             men
             are
             lined
             with
             feigned
             simplicity
             ,
             clad
             with
             the
             false
             Alchumy
             of
             appearing
             goodness
             ;
             but
             full
             fraught
             with
             cosenage
             ,
             tricks
             ,
             and
             plots
             ,
             where
             nothing
             is
             more
             studied
             ,
             then
             how
             to
             over-reach
             ones
             companion
             ,
             and
             to
             hurl
             his
             neighbour
             into
             the
             hell
             of
             wicked
             enterprises
             ,
             by
             false
             pretence
             of
             sanctified
             meanings
             .
             I
             see
             a
             world
             full
             of
             
             Interest
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             cannot
             discern
             charity
             ,
             and
             candid
             love
             between
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Son
             ;
             and
             by
             these
             miraculous
             spectacles
             I
             plainly
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             World
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             large
             Shop
             ,
             where
             all
             things
             under
             the
             Moon
             are
             bought
             and
             sold
             ;
             so
             as
             the
             true
             meaning
             of
             men
             that
             live
             therein
             ,
             is
             meer
             gain
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             heap
             up
             monies
             ;
             and
             in
             fine
             ,
             the
             world
             is
             so
             ugly
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             hateful
             to
             me
             to
             keep
             these
             spectacles
             on
             my
             nose
             ;
             for
             certainly
             mankind
             might
             be
             truely
             termed
             miserable
             ,
             if
             our
             present
             age
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             deservedly
             praised
             in
             my
             Oration
             ,
             were
             in
             any
             the
             least
             degree
             like
             this
             which
             I
             behold
             .
             Truely
             ,
             said
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             world
             which
             you
             now
             have
             seen
             with
             these
             politickspectacles
             ,
             is
             the
             very
             same
             which
             you
             glory
             so
             much
             in
             having
             praised
             ,
             where
             those
             who
             will
             pass
             their
             judgement
             without
             making
             use
             of
             these
             penetrating
             spectacles
             ,
             are
             like
             those
             unfortunate
             wretches
             ,
             who
             putting
             their
             hands
             into
             a
             hole
             to
             find
             a
             Creafish
             ,
             pluck
             out
             a
             Toad
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XC
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Christopher
                 Columbus
              
               ,
               and
               other
               famous
               discoverers
               of
               the
               new
               world
               ,
               desire
               Apollo
               that
               Immortality
               may
               be
               decreed
               them
               for
               their
               noble
               daring
               ,
               but
               are
               denied
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               CHristophano
               Colombo
               ,
               Ferrante
               Cortese
               ,
               Magelin
               Pizzaro
               ,
               Gama
               ,
               Americo
               Vespuchi
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             famous
             discoverers
             of
             the
             new
             World
             ,
             appeared
             two
             daies
             since
             in
             this
             Court
             :
             Never
             was
             there
             seen
             a
             more
             signal
             pleasing
             spectacle
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             nor
             fuller
             of
             curiosity
             ,
             then
             the
             entrata
             made
             by
             these
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             were
             met
             ,
             accompanied
             ,
             visited
             ,
             welcomed
             ,
             and
             lodg'd
             by
             the
             Princely
             Poets
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             affection
             and
             honour
             as
             men
             deserve
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             incessant
             labour
             ,
             and
             numberless
             hazards
             ,
             have
             inriched
             the
             Universe
             with
             a
             new
             World.
             Nor
             is
             it
             to
             be
             believed
             what
             consolation
             the
             Vertuosi
             received
             ,
             for
             having
             at
             last
             come
             to
             the
             clear
             and
             distinct
             knowledg
             of
             the
             quantity
             and
             quality
             of
             that
             great
             Machine
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             which
             immortal
             God
             hath
             created
             to
             be
             an
             habitation
             for
             men
             :
             In
             so
             much
             as
             
               Ptolomy
               ,
               Varro
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Cosmographers
             did
             very
             often
             visit
             these
             Gentlemens
             houses
             ;
             not
             being
             able
             to
             satisfie
             their
             curiosity
             of
             seeing
             those
             parts
             of
             
               Asia
               ,
               Africa
            
             ,
             and
             whole
             America
             together
             with
             the
             Cape
             of
             good
             Hope
             ,
             and
             the
             Straits
             of
             Magelen
             ,
             which
             for
             so
             many
             thousand
             years
             were
             unknown
             to
             Antiquity
             .
             Astrologers
             have
             hardly
             satisfied
             their
             desires
             by
             the
             purchast
             knowledg
             which
             they
             had
             of
             the
             Stars
             of
             the
             other
             Pole.
             Aristotle
             was
             greatly
             amazed
             when
             these
             Gentlemen
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Torrid
               Zone
            
             did
             not
             only
             not
             burn
             through
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             as
             all
             Philosophy-Schools
             did
             hold
             affirmatively
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             rather
             too
             humid
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             inhabited
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             people
             :
             and
             it
             was
             a
             novelty
             which
             appeared
             to
             surpass
             all
             human
             miracles
             ,
             to
             hear
             that
             the
             Winters
             were
             there
             too
             cold
             and
             rainy
             ,
             when
             the
             Sun
             was
             perpendicular
             over
             
             the
             peoples
             heads
             :
             By
             which
             he
             clearly
             found
             how
             many
             falshoods
             he
             and
             other
             Philosophers
             had
             published
             of
             the
             
               Torrid
               Zone
            
             ,
             and
             how
             fallacious
             it
             was
             to
             give
             positive
             judgement
             ,
             out
             of
             meer
             conjectures
             upon
             the
             wonders
             of
             the
             all
             powerful
             God
             miraculously
             fabricated
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             very
             much
             pleased
             to
             arrive
             at
             last
             at
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             the
             flowing
             of
             the
             River
             Nile
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             together
             with
             many
             other
             Philosophers
             ,
             he
             remembred
             he
             had
             said
             many
             foolish
             things
             .
             Seneca
             the
             Tragedian
             made
             use
             of
             so
             great
             a
             novelty
             ,
             arrived
             in
             Pernassus
             to
             his
             immortal
             glory
             ,
             boasting
             every
             where
             ,
             that
             being
             inspired
             by
             Divine
             Poetical
             fury
             ,
             he
             had
             by
             his
             famous
             Verses
             foretold
             for
             above
             1400
             years
             ago
             so
             great
             a
             discovery
             :
             And
             some
             Literati
             ,
             who
             laughing
             at
             him
             ,
             said
             that
             Seneca
             in
             that
             his
             Tragedy
             spoke
             but
             by
             guess
             ,
             tasted
             of
             his
             Majesties
             displeasure
             ;
             who
             thinking
             that
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Muses
             was
             much
             concern'd
             by
             that
             incredulity
             ,
             made
             them
             inhabit
             for
             many
             daies
             amongst
             the
             ignorant
             .
             
               Dantz
               Aligieri
            
             won
             more
             glory
             ,
             who
             had
             affirmatively
             held
             in
             his
             Verses
             ,
             that
             the
             Antartick
             Pole
             ,
             which
             had
             never
             been
             seen
             by
             any
             in
             his
             daies
             ,
             was
             
               un
               Grand
               Crosiero
            
             .
          
           
             These
             famous
             Hero's
             had
             audience
             on
             Tuesday
             last
             in
             the
             Royal
             Hall
             ,
             where
             Apollo
             was
             assisted
             by
             the
             Muses
             ,
             who
             were
             come
             thither
             out
             of
             a
             curiosity
             to
             see
             the
             faces
             of
             those
             men
             who
             had
             courage
             enough
             not
             to
             dread
             the
             incensed
             Seas
             ,
             and
             to
             plough
             them
             up
             (
             though
             they
             were
             unknown
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             shelves
             and
             rocks
             )
             even
             in
             the
             darkest
             and
             most
             tempestuous
             night
             .
             Columbus
             ,
             after
             having
             kist
             the
             last
             step
             of
             the
             Royal
             Throne
             ,
             and
             the
             nethermost
             hem
             of
             the
             Muses
             garment
             ,
             and
             made
             low
             reverence
             to
             the
             Colledg
             of
             Literati
             ,
             said
             in
             a
             stately
             Oration
             for
             him
             and
             his
             Companions
             ,
             that
             the
             two
             glorious
             Princes
             ,
             Ferdinand
             of
             Aragon
             and
             Isabella
             of
             Castile
             having
             extirp'd
             the
             wicked
             Mahometan
             Sect
             from
             out
             the
             Catholick
             Kingdoms
             of
             Spain
             ,
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             much
             gold
             and
             bloud
             ,
             God
             was
             resolved
             to
             gratifie
             them
             with
             a
             gift
             worthy
             of
             so
             great
             piety
             :
             And
             that
             therefore
             his
             Divine
             Majesty
             having
             debarred
             the
             courage
             and
             curiosity
             of
             men
             in
             former
             times
             from
             discovery
             of
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             had
             reserved
             it
             to
             remunerate
             the
             zeal
             which
             he
             had
             discovered
             in
             those
             two
             famous
             and
             powerful
             Princes
             ,
             to
             his
             service
             ;
             who
             being
             born
             to
             propagate
             the
             holy
             Christian
             Religion
             amongst
             Infidels
             ,
             had
             piously
             caused
             it
             to
             be
             planted
             amongst
             those
             Idolaters
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             ever
             living
             God
             having
             at
             last
             permitted
             men
             to
             make
             discovery
             of
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             he
             himself
             first
             ,
             and
             then
             those
             other
             famous
             Pilats
             that
             were
             there
             with
             him
             ,
             had
             so
             succesfully
             sailed
             over
             all
             the
             vast
             Ocean
             ,
             as
             after
             having
             discovered
             new
             and
             large
             Provinces
             ,
             and
             very
             rich
             Kingdoms
             ,
             they
             following
             the
             same
             source
             which
             his
             Majesty
             had
             laboured
             so
             much
             in
             ,
             from
             the
             East
             to
             the
             West
             ,
             had
             compassed
             the
             whole
             world
             about
             .
             By
             which
             their
             fortunate
             fate
             ,
             not
             only
             Cosmography
             ,
             Astronomy
             ,
             and
             the
             Meteors
             ,
             but
             even
             Physick
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             praise-worthy
             Sciences
             had
             received
             singular
             advantage
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             boot
             with
             the
             curiosity
             of
             infinite
             diversity
             of
             Customs
             and
             Rites
             ,
             newly
             discovered
             by
             them
             amongst
             incredible
             numbers
             of
             people
             :
             they
             had
             also
             inriched
             the
             old
             world
             with
             spices
             ,
             and
             medicines
             excellently
             good
             for
             the
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             with
             such
             riches
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             caused
             Rivers
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             to
             run
             throughout
             Europe
             ,
             and
             great
             store
             of
             pretious
             stones
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             reward
             for
             so
             great
             labours
             ,
             they
             only
             desired
             that
             that
             eternal
             fame
             might
             be
             granted
             
             to
             them
             and
             to
             their
             memory
             ,
             for
             the
             purchase
             whereof
             they
             had
             freely
             undertaken
             ,
             and
             happily
             finished
             that
             which
             appeared
             so
             dreadful
             to
             men
             of
             former
             times
             .
             Columbus's
             Speech
             was
             attentively
             listned
             unto
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             immediately
             decreed
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             these
             so
             famous
             Heroes
             should
             be
             preferred
             before
             the
             Argonauts
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             glorious
             Ship-Victory
             ,
             with
             which
             Mageline
             had
             first
             compassed
             the
             world
             ,
             should
             be
             placed
             in
             heaven
             amongst
             the
             fixt
             stars
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             names
             of
             so
             illustrious
             men
             should
             be
             ingraven
             with
             indilable
             Characters
             in
             the
             Tables
             of
             Eternity
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Foro
               Massimo
            
             .
             And
             whilst
             
               Nicholas
               Perinotto
            
             the
             Delphick
             chief
             Chancellor
             ,
             held
             forth
             the
             Decree
             that
             it
             might
             be
             the
             more
             binding
             ,
             
               Mario
               Molza
            
             appeared
             in
             the
             Royal
             Hall
             ,
             a
             cry'd
             up
             Poet
             ,
             but
             very
             deformed
             ,
             as
             not
             having
             any
             hair
             either
             on
             his
             head
             or
             face
             ,
             who
             was
             yet
             rendred
             more
             monstrous
             by
             his
             having
             no
             nose
             ,
             his
             face
             full
             of
             gum
             and
             scabs
             ,
             who
             pointing
             with
             his
             finger
             to
             his
             wounds
             ,
             said
             with
             a
             lowd
             voice
             ,
             These
             which
             you
             see
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             in
             my
             face
             ,
             are
             the
             new
             Worlds
             ,
             the
             new
             Customs
             and
             rites
             of
             the
             Indians
             ;
             these
             are
             the
             Jewels
             ,
             Pearls
             ,
             Drugs
             ,
             Astrology
             ,
             Meteors
             ,
             Cosmography
             ,
             these
             are
             the
             Rivers
             of
             Gold
             wherewith
             these
             new
             and
             unfortunate
             Argonauts
             of
             the
             French
             Pox
             ,
             who
             are
             come
             into
             Pernassus
             only
             to
             add
             scorn
             and
             derision
             to
             our
             mischiefs
             ,
             have
             enriched
             and
             filled
             the
             world
             ;
             these
             are
             the
             new
             receits
             which
             they
             have
             brought
             with
             them
             to
             infect
             mankind
             with
             a
             disease
             so
             contagious
             ,
             so
             cruel
             and
             shameful
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             greatly
             disputed
             amongst
             the
             Learned
             ,
             whether
             it
             do
             more
             pollute
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             shame
             reputation
             :
             These
             hair-braind
             men
             have
             enrich'd
             and
             beautified
             the
             world
             with
             these
             Jewels
             wherewith
             you
             see
             my
             face
             blistered
             ,
             and
             my
             body
             wounded
             ;
             these
             implacable
             enemies
             of
             mankind
             have
             corrupted
             the
             very
             generation
             of
             man.
             Then
             turning
             towards
             
               Colombo
               ,
               Molza
            
             began
             to
             unty
             his
             briches
             ,
             but
             the
             Muses
             ,
             to
             keep
             their
             eyes
             from
             being
             contaminated
             with
             the
             sight
             of
             any
             obscenity
             ,
             commanded
             the
             under
             Officers
             to
             hinder
             him
             from
             so
             doing
             ;
             which
             Molza
             perceiving
             ;
             I
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             most
             Divine
             Dieties
             ;
             will
             shew
             no
             dishonesty
             in
             this
             august
             place
             ,
             but
             the
             woful
             calamities
             ,
             and
             miserable
             wounds
             brought
             by
             these
             men
             from
             their
             stately
             new
             worlds
             ,
             which
             are
             unknown
             to
             all
             former
             Physick
             and
             Chyrurgery
             .
             And
             how
             ,
             
               Signor
               Christophano
            
             ,
             would
             you
             have
             men
             taste
             the
             odoriferousness
             of
             those
             Aromaticks
             which
             you
             so
             much
             glory
             to
             have
             brought
             from
             the
             Indies
             ,
             if
             the
             French
             Pox
             ,
             wherewith
             you
             have
             so
             perfumed
             the
             world
             ,
             be
             a
             capital
             enemy
             to
             the
             nose
             ?
             I
             know
             not
             with
             what
             face
             you
             can
             say
             ,
             that
             God
             ,
             to
             reward
             the
             merits
             of
             your
             Potent
             Princes
             ,
             hath
             bestowed
             upon
             them
             the
             world
             which
             you
             have
             discovered
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             much
             more
             true
             ,
             that
             his
             divine
             Majesty
             hath
             made
             use
             of
             you
             to
             transplant
             the
             pestiferous
             French
             Pox
             ,
             which
             is
             so
             sore
             a
             scourge
             to
             the
             libidinous
             ,
             into
             Europe
             .
             And
             how
             dare
             you
             say
             that
             you
             have
             enrich'd
             the
             world
             with
             Drugs
             ,
             if
             Pepper
             ,
             Cynamon
             ,
             and
             Cloves
             cost
             thrice
             as
             much
             now
             as
             they
             did
             ,
             before
             you
             did
             imbitter
             those
             
               Dolci
               Fichi
            
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             so
             highly
             praised
             in
             my
             Verses
             ,
             with
             the
             Arsnick
             ,
             and
             Nax
             Vomica
             of
             those
             tortering
             plasters
             ,
             and
             shameful
             incissions
             which
             I
             dare
             not
             name
             in
             this
             place
             ?
             And
             do
             you
             think
             that
             your
             having
             brought
             such
             quantity
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             as
             you
             speak
             of
             ,
             from
             the
             new
             world
             ,
             into
             the
             old
             ,
             can
             be
             termed
             our
             felicity
             ,
             when
             our
             greatest
             happiness
             would
             have
             been
             ,
             never
             to
             have
             been
             acquainted
             with
             any
             of
             those
             
             damn'd
             mettals
             which
             are
             the
             chief
             cause
             of
             all
             our
             evils
             ?
             But
             you
             and
             your
             companions
             may
             doubly
             glory
             ,
             first
             for
             having
             put
             the
             old
             world
             into
             such
             confusion
             ,
             with
             the
             great
             store
             of
             Gold
             which
             you
             say
             you
             have
             brought
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             then
             for
             having
             brought
             the
             new
             world
             to
             a
             final
             ruine
             ,
             by
             introducing
             the
             sword
             .
             But
             what
             need
             hath
             Europe
             of
             so
             much
             Gold
             ,
             since
             all
             things
             necessary
             for
             human
             life
             grow
             daily
             dearer
             ,
             and
             the
             peoples
             poverty
             increaseth
             every
             day
             ?
             And
             not
             to
             conceal
             that
             which
             ought
             to
             make
             you
             odious
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             any
             thi●…st
             after
             honour
             ,
             nor
             (
             as
             you
             have
             falsely
             affirmed
             )
             the
             desire
             of
             that
             glory
             which
             eternizeth
             mens
             memories
             ,
             which
             hath
             eg'd
             you
             on
             to
             so
             dangerous
             and
             damnable
             an
             enterprise
             ,
             but
             incited
             by
             avarice
             ,
             spur'd
             on
             by
             ambition
             ,
             and
             driven
             on
             by
             the
             thirsting
             after
             that
             gold
             which
             your
             Country
             doth
             value
             so
             lightly
             ,
             is
             that
             which
             made
             you
             rashly
             pass
             those
             Hercules
             his
             Pillars
             ,
             which
             wise
             Antiquity
             set
             for
             bounds
             to
             the
             insatiable
             curiosity
             of
             man
             ;
             and
             for
             proof
             of
             what
             I
             say
             ,
             did
             not
             you
             ,
             
               Signor
               Christophano
            
             ,
             compel
             your
             Kings
             of
             Spain
             to
             pay
             your
             good
             deserts
             ,
             by
             making
             you
             be
             brought
             prisoner
             from
             your
             Judges
             ,
             and
             fettered
             as
             a
             publick
             thief
             of
             the
             Regal
             Treasure
             ?
             And
             you
             ,
             Marquiss
             Pizzaro
             ,
             Did
             not
             you
             play
             the
             trick
             of
             a
             special
             Gentleman
             to
             Antabalipa
             King
             of
             Peru
             ,
             in
             robbing
             him
             of
             the
             great
             store
             of
             Gold
             which
             you
             found
             he
             had
             ?
             And
             fully
             to
             compleat
             your
             infamy
             ,
             Did
             not
             you
             rebel
             against
             the
             Emperor
             your
             Master
             ?
             An
             action
             so
             much
             the
             more
             shameful
             ,
             for
             that
             such
             bruitishness
             is
             seldom
             seen
             to
             fall
             out
             amongst
             the
             Spanish
             Nobility
             .
             For
             these
             reasons
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             evil
             behaviour
             which
             these
             famous
             Argonauts
             of
             Torters
             have
             used
             to
             the
             Indians
             ,
             wrought
             off
             their
             legs
             in
             the
             Forges
             of
             Gold
             ,
             are
             so
             far
             from
             receiving
             any
             favour
             from
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             cudgeled
             out
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             as
             pernitious
             people
             ,
             and
             fatal
             to
             mankind
             .
             Molza's
             discourse
             appeared
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             reverend
             Colledg
             of
             Literati
             ,
             to
             deserve
             better
             consideration
             then
             did
             appear
             at
             the
             first
             ;
             wherefore
             Colombo
             was
             answered
             in
             his
             Majesties
             name
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             take
             back
             the
             French
             Pox
             ,
             the
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             which
             he
             found
             in
             his
             Judges
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             and
             his
             companions
             should
             with
             all
             speed
             quit
             Pernassus
             ;
             for
             that
             he
             had
             gained
             enough
             ;
             and
             because
             mans
             happiness
             consisted
             in
             living
             in
             a
             little
             world
             well
             inhabited
             by
             men
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             being
             Master
             of
             many
             great
             worlds
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             uninhabited
             by
             men
             ,
             and
             only
             fraught
             with
             wild
             beasts
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Sigismond
               King
               of
               Polonia
               ,
               prefers
               a
               Paladine
               to
               the
               prime
               dignities
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               who
               proving
               perfidious
               ,
               the
               Polack
               Nobility
               ,
               thinking
               the
               publick
               reputation
               was
               concerned
               in
               this
               privat
               Palatines
               Misdemeanour
               ,
               revenge
               themselves
               severely
               upon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               SIgismund
               Augustus
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             King
             of
             Poland
             ,
             being
             strangely
             affectionate
             to
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             of
             his
             Nobility
             ,
             raised
             him
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             ,
             richest
             ,
             and
             most
             powerful
             Paladine
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ;
             but
             with
             bad
             success
             to
             his
             Family
             :
             For
             this
             great
             Personage
             ,
             were
             it
             either
             through
             his
             particular
             vice
             of
             ingratitude
             ,
             or
             for
             that
             the
             fatal
             destiny
             of
             Princes
             will
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             and
             that
             human
             mischief
             requires
             it
             ,
             that
             benefits
             which
             for
             their
             immensity
             cannot
             be
             rewarded
             ,
             should
             be
             paid
             with
             the
             wicked
             coyn
             of
             ingratitude
             ;
             or
             else
             that
             it
             be
             the
             particular
             defect
             of
             great
             men
             ,
             to
             love
             (
             like
             generous
             animals
             )
             Liberty
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             to
             hate
             being
             fettered
             by
             the
             Chain
             of
             obligation
             ;
             when
             this
             Paladine
             found
             that
             he
             could
             expect
             nothing
             more
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             nor
             that
             the
             King
             could
             confer
             no
             more
             upon
             him
             ;
             he
             did
             not
             only
             not
             stick
             to
             shew
             himself
             manifestly
             ingrateful
             ,
             but
             had
             the
             audacity
             to
             discover
             himself
             upon
             some
             important
             occasions
             ,
             his
             deadly
             enemy
             .
             This
             man
             being
             stained
             with
             so
             enormous
             a
             fault
             ,
             was
             found
             the
             night
             preceding
             ,
             the
             14
             of
             this
             present
             month
             ,
             dead
             in
             his
             bed
             ,
             stab'd
             through
             with
             many
             daggers
             :
             and
             a
             Note
             was
             left
             upon
             his
             head
             ,
             which
             advised
             the
             Judge
             not
             to
             trouble
             any
             body
             concerning
             that
             fault
             ,
             which
             the
             Paladines
             of
             Warsavia
             ,
             of
             Uratislavia
             ,
             and
             of
             Posna
             ,
             confessed
             to
             have
             committed
             with
             their
             own
             hands
             ,
             out
             of
             justifiable
             reasons
             .
             This
             accident
             ,
             very
             hainous
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             consideration
             of
             him
             that
             was
             slain
             ,
             as
             of
             those
             that
             slew
             him
             ,
             was
             of
             so
             much
             greater
             wonder
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Authors
             of
             so
             great
             a
             Riot
             ,
             were
             held
             to
             be
             the
             dearest
             and
             most
             intimate
             friends
             that
             the
             slain
             Paladine
             had
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             aforesaid
             Note
             was
             held
             to
             be
             fictitious
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             afterwards
             believed
             to
             be
             true
             by
             those
             Paladines
             being
             retired
             into
             their
             own
             Palatinates
             ,
             who
             were
             that
             very
             day
             seen
             in
             Pernassus
             .
          
           
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             much
             loves
             the
             peace
             of
             Polonia
             ,
             fearing
             lest
             it
             might
             be
             disturbed
             by
             so
             sad
             an
             accident
             ,
             which
             had
             made
             the
             chief
             Lords
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             take
             up
             Arms
             ,
             caused
             peace
             immediately
             to
             be
             treated
             of
             between
             the
             murtherers
             ,
             and
             the
             sons
             of
             him
             that
             was
             slain
             ;
             who
             out
             of
             such
             reverence
             as
             became
             them
             ,
             signified
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             to
             give
             him
             satisfaction
             ,
             they
             would
             readily
             forget
             the
             injury
             which
             they
             had
             received
             by
             their
             fathers
             death
             ;
             but
             that
             to
             wipe
             the
             tears
             from
             off
             their
             eyes
             ,
             and
             to
             cure
             their
             wounded
             hearts
             ,
             they
             desired
             only
             so
             much
             satisfaction
             ,
             as
             that
             their
             enemies
             might
             declare
             whether
             their
             miserable
             father
             had
             so
             much
             distasted
             those
             his
             friends
             ,
             as
             did
             deserve
             
             so
             cruel
             a
             resentment
             ;
             this
             request
             seemed
             very
             reasonable
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             immediately
             gave
             order
             that
             the
             Delinquents
             should
             have
             notice
             given
             them
             thereof
             .
             They
             returned
             answer
             ,
             That
             having
             long
             before
             observed
             the
             great
             ingratitude
             of
             that
             Paladine
             towards
             the
             King
             his
             Benefactor
             ,
             they
             had
             often
             severely
             admonished
             him
             to
             forbear
             those
             actions
             ,
             which
             did
             so
             much
             misbecome
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             was
             ,
             but
             that
             all
             being
             in
             vain
             ,
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             publick
             reputation
             of
             the
             Polack
             Nobility
             ,
             had
             forced
             them
             with
             their
             daggers
             to
             revenge
             the
             injury
             which
             was
             thereunto
             done
             by
             this
             ungrateful
             person
             .
          
           
             When
             Apollo
             had
             read
             this
             Justification
             ,
             't
             is
             said
             he
             confest
             ,
             that
             since
             many
             riotous
             excesses
             were
             committed
             out
             of
             good
             intentions
             ,
             and
             meer
             punctilio's
             of
             honour
             ;
             Judges
             and
             Princes
             must
             some
             times
             not
             only
             bear
             with
             Delinquents
             ,
             but
             punish
             the
             offended
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             sent
             the
             Note
             of
             Justification
             to
             the
             sons
             of
             the
             slain
             Paladine
             ;
             who
             being
             more
             vertuously
             minded
             then
             was
             their
             father
             ,
             came
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             having
             considerately
             reflected
             upon
             their
             fathers
             demeanors
             towards
             his
             so
             well
             deserving
             King
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             occasion
             which
             had
             forced
             those
             Paladines
             to
             bereave
             him
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             they
             saw
             they
             were
             compelled
             to
             pardon
             the
             publick
             revenge
             which
             they
             had
             taken
             ,
             for
             the
             so
             great
             offence
             done
             to
             the
             Polack
             Nobility
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             that
             a
             Noble
             man
             who
             had
             received
             great
             advantages
             by
             his
             Princes
             munificence
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             afterwards
             prove
             ungrateful
             ,
             did
             so
             cut
             up
             even
             by
             the
             very
             roots
             ,
             all
             hopes
             of
             greatness
             and
             honour
             ,
             which
             the
             Nobility
             of
             a
             great
             Kingdom
             might
             deserve
             ,
             as
             that
             any
             whatsoever
             cruel
             revenge
             was
             taken
             in
             that
             behalf
             deserved
             to
             be
             excused
             ,
             if
             not
             justified
             :
             For
             that
             Princes
             terrified
             by
             the
             shameful
             example
             of
             the
             ingratitude
             of
             Noble
             Personages
             ,
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             bestowing
             of
             their
             most
             eminent
             dignities
             ,
             they
             sought
             for
             that
             gratitude
             amongst
             the
             meaner
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             which
             they
             feared
             they
             should
             not
             find
             in
             the
             haughty
             Nobility
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               a
               notorious
               hypocrite
               in
               his
               hands
               ,
               punisheth
               him
               severely
               .
            
          
           
             SO
             implacable
             is
             the
             hatred
             which
             Apollo
             bears
             to
             hypocrisie
             ,
             as
             till
             he
             published
             that
             severe
             Edict
             against
             them
             ,
             of
             which
             you
             were
             fully
             informed
             by
             our
             late
             dispatches
             ,
             he
             promised
             great
             rewards
             to
             those
             who
             would
             discover
             such
             devils
             to
             his
             Judges
             .
             And
             having
             had
             certain
             notice
             of
             one
             of
             them
             some
             six
             daies
             ago
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             made
             him
             suddenly
             be
             laid
             hands
             on
             ;
             and
             causing
             him
             to
             be
             brought
             before
             him
             ▪
             at
             the
             very
             first
             sight
             he
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             a
             compleat
             hypocrite
             ;
             wherefore
             having
             stript
             him
             of
             all
             appearances
             ,
             fictions
             ,
             and
             a
             number
             of
             falshoods
             ,
             and
             lastly
             pluckt
             from
             off
             his
             back
             his
             glittering
             cloke
             of
             feigned
             honesty
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             was
             wholly
             covered
             ,
             and
             shewed
             him
             to
             his
             Vertuosi
             
             who
             were
             there
             about
             him
             in
             his
             naked
             tearms
             of
             devillish
             hypocrisie
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             the
             terror
             of
             others
             who
             trade
             in
             such
             wickedness
             ,
             gave
             order
             that
             he
             should
             be
             close
             tied
             to
             the
             Gate
             of
             the
             Delphick
             Temple
             ,
             which
             was
             suddenly
             done
             .
             Never
             was
             there
             any
             monster
             seen
             ,
             any
             wild
             beast
             ,
             or
             any
             infernal
             hag
             ,
             more
             horrid
             and
             dreadful
             then
             he
             ,
             who
             made
             use
             of
             counterfeit
             goodness
             to
             cover
             real
             vice
             .
             For
             then
             in
             this
             lewd
             companions
             eyes
             ,
             who
             had
             formerly
             a
             commiserating
             countenance
             ,
             an
             incredible
             intense
             malignity
             was
             discovered
             ,
             a
             tyrannous
             pride
             in
             his
             speech
             ,
             which
             was
             formerly
             all
             humility
             ;
             and
             in
             all
             his
             actions
             ,
             wherein
             he
             first
             seemed
             to
             be
             content
             with
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             scandallized
             with
             having
             much
             ,
             such
             a
             voracity
             of
             possessing
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             as
             he
             publickly
             affected
             that
             all
             humane
             kinde
             should
             be
             reduced
             to
             beg
             bread
             of
             him
             .
             Besides
             ,
             so
             envious
             a
             genius
             was
             discovered
             in
             him
             ,
             as
             he
             desired
             nothing
             more
             ,
             then
             that
             the
             Sun
             should
             shine
             upon
             none
             but
             himself
             and
             his
             affairs
             ;
             which
             was
             so
             apparent
             a
             truth
             ,
             as
             that
             his
             monstrous
             leanness
             was
             seen
             to
             proceed
             more
             from
             other
             mens
             prosperity
             ,
             then
             from
             his
             own
             misery
             .
             In
             fine
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             horrid
             and
             frightful
             a
             spectacle
             ,
             as
             the
             people
             durst
             not
             come
             into
             the
             Temple
             for
             fear
             of
             coming
             near
             him
             .
             The
             chief
             Literati
             of
             this
             State
             did
             then
             much
             wonder
             how
             it
             was
             possible
             that
             these
             fraudulent
             hypocrites
             ,
             with
             one
             only
             grain
             of
             musk
             of
             appearing
             sanctity
             ,
             could
             make
             the
             noisom
             jakes
             of
             their
             stinking
             and
             most
             abominable
             wickedness
             appear
             so
             odoriferous
             to
             blockish
             men
             ,
             as
             with
             a
             little
             Orpine
             of
             affected
             goodness
             ,
             they
             can
             cover
             over
             such
             wicked
             vices
             .
             And
             the
             wonder
             was
             greater
             ,
             to
             consider
             where
             the
             eyes
             and
             judgement
             of
             lasie
             men
             were
             ,
             when
             bewitch'd
             with
             the
             cunning
             of
             such
             raskals
             ,
             they
             flock
             like
             fools
             after
             them
             ,
             whom
             they
             should
             fly
             from
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             Plague
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apuleius
               his
               Ass
               having
               given
               his
               Master
               two
               kicks
               in
               the
               breast
               ,
               is
               severely
               punished
               by
               him
               .
            
          
           
             IT
             is
             sufficiently
             known
             to
             all
             the
             professors
             of
             Learning
             ,
             that
             next
             to
             the
             famous
             Pegasean
             Horse
             ,
             Apuleius
             his
             Golden
             Ass
             is
             the
             beast
             of
             highest
             esteem
             in
             all
             
               Perna●…sus
               .
               Beroaldo
            
             the
             Bolognian
             ,
             who
             by
             Apollo's
             own
             self
             is
             chosen
             to
             have
             care
             of
             this
             highly
             prized
             Steed
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             hath
             three
             crowns
             a
             month
             Sallary
             allotted
             him
             ,
             was
             currying
             him
             the
             other
             day
             before
             the
             stable-dore
             ,
             whilst
             Apuleius
             himself
             ,
             to
             make
             his
             Ass
             the
             more
             sleek
             ,
             was
             stroaking
             down
             his
             hair
             with
             his
             hand
             ;
             and
             it
             hapned
             that
             the
             Ass
             ,
             without
             any
             bad
             intention
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             flung
             out
             with
             his
             heels
             ,
             and
             hit
             his
             Master
             on
             the
             breast
             ,
             throwing
             him
             backward
             on
             the
             ground
             half
             dead
             :
             And
             certainly
             Apuleius
             was
             sorely
             hurt
             ,
             for
             the
             Apothecaries
             had
             much
             adoe
             to
             recall
             him
             to
             life
             ,
             by
             many
             comfortable
             applications
             .
             But
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             was
             come
             to
             himself
             ,
             he
             laid
             hold
             on
             the
             Pitchfork
             which
             he
             found
             in
             the
             Stable
             ,
             and
             revenging
             
             himself
             upon
             his
             unwary
             steed
             ,
             laid
             load
             upon
             him
             therewith
             ,
             and
             having
             well
             basted
             him
             ,
             went
             his
             waies
             .
             Then
             Beroaldo
             much
             afflicted
             for
             the
             misfortune
             which
             had
             befalne
             his
             beloved
             beast
             ,
             taking
             him
             about
             the
             neck
             and
             kissing
             him
             ,
             said
             ,
             my
             golden
             Ass
             ,
             what
             dire
             destiny
             of
             thine
             and
             mine
             was
             it
             that
             hath
             drawn
             upon
             thee
             this
             misfortune
             of
             being
             so
             sorely
             beaten
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             affliction
             of
             thy
             dear
             Beloardo
             ?
             The
             brotherly
             love
             which
             I
             bear
             thee
             ,
             forceth
             me
             to
             tell
             thee
             that
             thou
             hast
             dearly
             paid
             for
             the
             misfortune
             which
             hath
             hapned
             unto
             thee
             ,
             for
             having
             foolishly
             ,
             and
             with
             no
             advantage
             to
             thy self
             ,
             dealt
             so
             hardly
             with
             thy
             Master
             .
          
           
             The
             Ass
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             so
             many
             blows
             which
             he
             had
             received
             from
             h●…s
             Master
             ,
             had
             been
             so
             many
             special
             favours
             ,
             chearfully
             answered
             Beloardo
             thus
             ;
             Know
             my
             Beloardo
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             neither
             unadvertency
             ,
             nor
             bestiality
             which
             made
             me
             do
             that
             to
             my
             Master
             Apuleins
             ,
             which
             you
             saw
             ,
             and
             which
             doth
             so
             much
             displease
             you
             ,
             but
             t
             is
             a
             thing
             which
             I
             have
             long
             premeditated
             ,
             and
             resolved
             to
             do
             ;
             and
             know
             that
             the
             bastenadoes
             which
             I
             but
             now
             received
             ▪
             though
             I
             feel
             them
             to
             be
             very
             sore
             ,
             were
             notwithstanding
             very
             pleasing
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             these
             fifty
             blows
             which
             I
             have
             now
             at
             once
             received
             ,
             will
             save
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             assured
             ,
             above
             a
             hundred
             every
             month
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             every
             year
             .
             And
             you
             shall
             see
             ,
             Beloardo
             ,
             that
             Apuleius
             will
             deal
             more
             circumspectively
             with
             me
             hereafter
             for
             my
             late
             resentment
             :
             I
             know
             that
             it
             is
             necessary
             and
             useful
             ,
             suddenly
             to
             obey
             whatsoever
             is
             commanded
             ,
             and
             with
             patience
             to
             undergo
             whatsoever
             hard
             usage
             we
             receive
             from
             our
             Masters
             ;
             such
             Masters
             I
             mean
             as
             suffer
             themselves
             to
             be
             overcome
             by
             the
             humility
             of
             those
             that
             serve
             them
             ,
             and
             who
             will
             return
             gratitude
             and
             better
             usage
             ,
             for
             the
             good
             service
             that
             is
             done
             them
             ;
             but
             to
             put
             on
             the
             resolution
             which
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             doth
             like
             me
             ,
             with
             such
             indiscreet
             beasts
             ,
             such
             as
             you
             know
             our
             Master
             Apuleius
             is
             ,
             who
             delights
             to
             dominier
             over
             such
             as
             I
             am
             ,
             is
             the
             way
             to
             make
             them
             wiser
             .
             And
             wo
             unto
             him
             who
             living
             in
             all
             submissness
             with
             an
             humorous
             Master
             ,
             hath
             not
             heart
             enough
             so
             to
             resent
             himself
             once
             a
             year
             ,
             as
             may
             turn
             injuries
             into
             better
             observances
             :
             Nor
             are
             we
             burthen-bearing
             beasts
             more
             beaten
             then
             Mules
             are
             ,
             for
             any
             other
             reason
             but
             that
             they
             are
             excellently
             well
             skil'd
             in
             kicking
             ,
             whilst
             we
             patiently
             undergo
             the
             lash
             ;
             and
             you
             know
             much
             better
             then
             I
             ,
             Beroaldo
             ,
             that
             in
             these
             times
             with
             Masters
             ,
             
               Nihil
               profeci
               patientia
               ,
               nisi
               ut
               graviora
               ,
               tanquam
               ex
               facili
               toler
               antibus
               imperentur
               .
               Tacit.
               vita
               Agric.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCIV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
               presents
               Apollo
               with
               his
               most
               elegant
               Histories
               ,
               which
               give
               full
               satisfaction
               to
               his
               Majesty
               and
               the
               College
               of
               Vertuosi
               ,
               and
               not
               withstanding
               some
               opposition
               that
               is
               made
               ,
               he
               is
               admitted
               with
               great
               applause
               into
               Pernassus
               .
            
          
           
             
               PAulus
               Iovius
            
             ,
             Bishop
             of
             
               di
               Nocera
            
             ,
             that
             Noble
             and
             famous
             Historian
             ,
             after
             having
             been
             long
             expected
             by
             all
             the
             Literati
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             came
             some
             daies
             since
             to
             the
             Confines
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             soon
             visited
             by
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Poets
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             greatest
             Historians
             ,
             and
             welcomed
             with
             many
             learned
             refreshments
             and
             entertainments
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             all
             those
             men
             who
             were
             famous
             for
             Arms
             or
             Learning
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             he
             had
             made
             honourable
             mention
             in
             his
             Elogies
             ,
             and
             other
             Writings
             ,
             after
             having
             past
             their
             complements
             with
             him
             ,
             accompanied
             him
             with
             a
             numerous
             and
             noble
             attendance
             unto
             the
             Palace
             Royal
             ,
             where
             the
             Senat
             of
             the
             Vertuosi
             were
             met
             :
             He
             there
             presented
             Apollo
             with
             all
             his
             excellent
             Compositions
             ,
             which
             were
             acceptably
             received
             by
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             assigned
             them
             over
             to
             the
             
               Censori
               Bibliothecarii
            
             .
             These
             caused
             Edicts
             to
             be
             posted
             up
             the
             next
             day
             in
             all
             the
             publike
             places
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             wherein
             notice
             was
             given
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             that
             the
             Histories
             ,
             and
             other
             Writings
             of
             the
             reverend
             
               Paulus
               Iovius
            
             ,
             being
             to
             be
             consecrated
             to
             Immortality
             ,
             they
             had
             prefixt
             five
             daies
             for
             the
             first
             ,
             five
             for
             the
             second
             ,
             and
             five
             more
             for
             the
             last
             peremptory
             tearm
             ,
             for
             every
             one
             to
             come
             in
             that
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             alleadg
             against
             him
             .
             The
             day
             being
             thus
             appointed
             ,
             all
             the
             Literati
             met
             together
             in
             the
             great
             Council-Hall
             ,
             where
             Iovius
             appeared
             before
             Apollo
             ,
             where
             the
             
               Censori
               Bibliothecarii
            
             made
             an
             honorable
             Relation
             of
             the
             Writings
             of
             that
             famous
             Prelat
             ,
             and
             did
             infinitely
             praise
             the
             purity
             of
             the
             Latin
             Tongue
             ,
             the
             loftiness
             of
             his
             stile
             ,
             his
             perspicuous
             method
             ,
             the
             infinite
             variety
             of
             things
             treated
             of
             therein
             ,
             the
             exquisite
             diligence
             used
             in
             the
             texture
             of
             those
             his
             eternal
             labours
             ,
             which
             they
             said
             were
             such
             ,
             as
             that
             there
             was
             not
             any
             Latin
             Historian
             ,
             who
             since
             the
             declination
             of
             the
             Roman
             Tongue
             and
             Empire
             ,
             had
             advanced
             further
             in
             the
             Latin
             History
             .
             Only
             some
             over-curious
             Literati
             said
             ,
             they
             could
             have
             wished
             for
             some
             of
             the
             Policy
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             those
             Sentences
             ,
             taken
             from
             the
             very
             bowels
             of
             the
             Reason
             of
             State
             ,
             in
             that
             Prelats
             Writings
             ,
             which
             the
             Latin
             and
             Italian
             Tacitus
             are
             censured
             to
             be
             too
             full
             of
             .
             Then
             he
             was
             bitterly
             reprehended
             for
             the
             vast
             Voragini
             which
             were
             in
             his
             Histories
             ;
             and
             the
             Censors
             ,
             not
             without
             discovery
             of
             some
             passion
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             Vertuosi
             could
             not
             with
             patience
             see
             the
             defaults
             of
             such
             worthy
             Writers
             as
             
               Livy
               ▪
               Tacitus
               ,
               Dion
            
             ,
             and
             other
             famous
             Historians
             ,
             whose
             labours
             through
             the
             injury
             of
             time
             ,
             were
             lost
             ;
             it
             was
             altogether
             intolerable
             in
             his
             .
             Nor
             was
             his
             excuse
             taken
             for
             good
             which
             he
             alleadged
             ,
             that
             
             the
             Books
             which
             were
             wanting
             ,
             were
             lost
             in
             the
             sacking
             of
             Rome
             ,
             for
             the
             Censors
             freely
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             spent
             those
             pretious
             hours
             in
             filling
             up
             what
             was
             wanting
             in
             his
             History
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             thrown
             away
             in
             entertaining
             the
             Cardinals
             ,
             Fernese
             and
             Carpi
             ,
             w●…th
             his
             pleasant
             genius
             in
             the
             winter
             evenings
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             pleased
             his
             friends
             the
             Literati
             better
             .
             The
             Censors
             having
             made
             their
             Relation
             ,
             the
             Hall-dores
             were
             thrown
             open
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             had
             leave
             to
             make
             what
             objections
             they
             pleased
             against
             Iovius
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             that
             they
             found
             amiss
             in
             his
             Writings
             .
             Wherefore
             he
             was
             accused
             by
             
               Natalis
               Comes
            
             ,
             for
             having
             too
             much
             praised
             
               Cosmo
               de
               Medici
            
             ,
             the
             great
             Duke
             of
             Tuscany
             ;
             and
             that
             being
             bribed
             ,
             he
             had
             published
             such
             prowesse
             in
             the
             Marquisses
             of
             Pescara
             and
             Vasto
             ,
             as
             a
             maker
             of
             Romances
             could
             have
             said
             but
             little
             more
             of
             the
             antient
             Paladines
             of
             France
             .
             The
             Censors
             reply'd
             to
             this
             accusation
             of
             
               Natalis
               Comes
            
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             observed
             that
             Iovius
             had
             used
             diversity
             of
             ink
             in
             his
             praises
             of
             the
             great
             Duke
             Cosmo
             ,
             and
             the
             two
             Marquisses
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             found
             that
             by
             Edict
             from
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             like
             License
             was
             given
             to
             Historians
             ,
             as
             was
             permitted
             unto
             Poets
             ,
             to
             imbroider
             their
             Mecenas's
             Garments
             with
             Gold
             and
             pretious
             Stones
             ,
             in
             hatred
             to
             certain
             greedy
             curmuggions
             ,
             who
             value
             not
             the
             leaving
             of
             a
             good
             name
             behind
             them
             to
             posterity
             .
             That
             therefore
             it
             was
             not
             only
             lawfull
             ,
             but
             very
             praise-worthy
             in
             Bishop
             Iovius
             to
             exaggerate
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Princes
             his
             Benefactors
             ,
             and
             to
             barter
             his
             purest
             quill
             with
             their
             liberalities
             :
             And
             though
             it
             be
             his
             bounden
             duty
             to
             hold
             his
             peace
             ,
             who
             is
             censured
             ,
             as
             the
             Masters
             of
             the
             Pegasean
             Ceremonies
             had
             signified
             unto
             Iovius
             at
             his
             first
             entrance
             into
             the
             Hall
             ;
             yet
             overcome
             with
             anger
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             able
             to
             contain
             himself
             ,
             but
             turning
             to
             
               Natalis
               Comes
            
             ,
             said
             ,
             What
             humane
             praise
             may
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             say
             a
             man
             ,
             but
             a
             Demi-God
             deserve
             ,
             which
             ought
             not
             fully
             to
             be
             given
             to
             my
             great
             Cosmo
             ,
             the
             second
             Italian
             Augustus
             ?
             Soon
             after
             
               Francisco
               Berni
            
             objected
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             pursued
             the
             memory
             of
             
               Lorenzo
               de
               Medici
            
             too
             bitterly
             .
             To
             which
             the
             Censors
             answered
             ,
             That
             Iovius
             was
             so
             far
             from
             deserving
             blame
             for
             that
             his
             action
             ,
             as
             those
             seditious
             Historians
             were
             rather
             to
             be
             punished
             ,
             who
             invited
             ignorant
             people
             to
             rebellion
             by
             their
             Encomium
             upon
             Brutus
             and
             Cassius
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             and
             who
             provoked
             fierce
             spirits
             ,
             beastial
             wits
             ,
             and
             desperate
             persons
             to
             plot
             conspiracies
             against
             good
             Princes
             .
             Lastly
             
               Giorolimo
               Mutio
               Iustinopolitano
            
             ,
             said
             ,
             that
             that
             Iovius
             his
             Histories
             being
             full
             of
             falshoods
             ,
             deserved
             better
             ●…o
             be
             burn'd
             ,
             than
             to
             have
             Eternity
             decreed
             unto
             them
             .
             The
             Censors
             wisht
             Mutio
             to
             instance
             in
             the
             places
             wherein
             Iovius
             had
             lied
             :
             Who
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             knew
             not
             any
             thing
             himself
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             had
             heard
             it
             commonly
             said
             so
             ;
             whence
             they
             all
             found
             Mutius
             to
             be
             one
             of
             those
             ignorant
             fellows
             ,
             who
             accuse
             Iovius
             for
             a
             lier
             without
             having
             read
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCV
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               very
               famous
               Literato
               ,
               who
               was
               imprisoned
               by
               the
               Iudges
               of
               Assise
               for
               being
               a
               pratler
               ,
               is
               freed
               by
               Apollo
               ,
               as
               not
               guilty
               of
               such
               a
               crime
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             are
             bound
             to
             speak
             with
             as
             much
             premeditation
             and
             weighing
             of
             their
             words
             ,
             as
             other
             men
             write
             in
             other
             parts
             ;
             for
             ●…pollo's
             pleasure
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             general
             good
             ,
             that
             to
             hear
             his
             Li●…erati
             discourse
             upon
             any
             whatsoever
             business
             ,
             be
             as
             profitable
             as
             to
             study
             books
             ;
             wherefore
             the
             speeches
             of
             every
             one
             be
             so
             narrowly
             watcht
             ,
             as
             every
             least
             error
             is
             sure
             to
             receive
             exemplary
             punishment
             .
             It
             hapned
             some
             three
             daies
             ago
             ,
             that
             a
             very
             learned
             Vertuoso
             discoursing
             upon
             some
             Poetical
             matter
             ,
             fell
             into
             an
             incidental
             digression
             ,
             wherein
             he
             so
             far
             expatiated
             himself
             ,
             as
             when
             he
             had
             finished
             it
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             reassume
             the
             thread
             of
             his
             former
             discourse
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             only
             noted
             for
             a
             great
             error
             ,
             but
             the
             Censors
             being
             forthwith
             acquainted
             with
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             imprisoned
             .
             And
             the
             fault
             appearing
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             not
             only
             by
             the
             testimony
             of
             divers
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             own
             confession
             ,
             the
             Judges
             proceeded
             with
             much
             rigour
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             inhibited
             him
             the
             use
             of
             writing
             or
             reading
             .
             This
             miserable
             Literato
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             this
             severe
             sentence
             might
             either
             be
             totally
             taken
             off
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             much
             mitigated
             ,
             had
             recourse
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             he
             much
             abhor'd
             that
             one
             of
             his
             Vertuosi
             should
             be
             esteemed
             a
             prater
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             might
             upon
             better
             grounds
             judge
             this
             Literato
             ,
             he
             would
             know
             from
             the
             accused
             partie
             's
             own
             mouth
             ,
             what
             the
             matter
             was
             ;
             which
             is
             certainly
             an
             excellent
             way
             of
             proceeding
             ,
             and
             which
             if
             it
             were
             imitated
             by
             Princes
             who
             govern
             the
             world
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             be
             so
             much
             troubled
             with
             other
             mens
             faults
             .
             The
             Vertuoso
             acquainted
             Apollo
             with
             all
             that
             had
             been
             laid
             to
             his
             charge
             ;
             who
             having
             heard
             his
             confession
             ,
             did
             immediately
             revoke
             the
             sentence
             (
             so
             far
             doth
             the
             Justice
             differ
             which
             God
             infuseth
             into
             the
             hearts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             from
             what
             Judges
             learn
             in
             their
             Decrees
             )
             for
             finding
             that
             the
             digression
             into
             which
             that
             Literato
             had
             falne
             ,
             and
             wherein
             he
             had
             so
             inlarged
             himself
             ,
             was
             much
             more
             delicate
             than
             his
             first
             discourse
             ,
             his
             Maj●…sty
             thought
             he
             had
             no
             waies
             misdemerited
             by
             that
             his
             forgetfulness
             ,
             since
             the
             error
             committed
             was
             not
             occasioned
             through
             his
             desire
             to
             prate
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             ambition
             to
             purchase
             honour
             to
             himself
             ,
             by
             making
             that
             digression
             .
             And
             therefore
             he
             commanded
             the
             Judges
             to
             set
             him
             at
             liberty
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             not
             to
             be
             blamed
             for
             much
             discourse
             ,
             who
             discoursed
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCVI
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Philip
               the
               second
               ,
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               being
               offended
               at
               what
               the
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               had
               told
               Apollo
               ,
               concerning
               his
               Government
               of
               Flanders
               ,
               whilst
               he
               seeks
               to
               revenge
               himself
               upon
               that
               his
               Minister
               of
               State
               ,
               is
               sent
               for
               by
               Apollo
               ,
               who
               was
               acquainted
               with
               what
               had
               past
               ,
               and
               is
               by
               him
               pacified
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             was
             never
             any
             Court
             wherein
             there
             were
             not
             of
             those
             malitiously
             minded
             men
             ,
             who
             reporting
             what
             ought
             to
             be
             concealed
             ,
             are
             very
             desirous
             to
             raise
             scandals
             ,
             and
             to
             kindle
             enmity
             amongst
             their
             neighbours
             .
             This
             is
             said
             ,
             for
             that
             Duke
             Alva
             ,
             formerly
             Prince
             of
             the
             Achaians
             ,
             had
             no
             sooner
             told
             Apollo
             ,
             that
             (
             though
             he
             foresaw
             it
             would
             be
             occasion
             of
             great
             scandal
             )
             he
             had
             caused
             the
             heads
             of
             Prince
             Egmont
             and
             Count
             Horn
             to
             be
             publickly
             shewed
             upon
             the
             Skaffolds
             in
             Brussels
             ,
             only
             because
             men
             are
             of
             another
             opinion
             when
             they
             govern
             another
             mans
             State
             ,
             than
             when
             their
             own
             peculiar
             Estate
             is
             concerned
             :
             But
             the
             news
             thereof
             was
             forthwith
             brought
             to
             the
             wise
             King
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
               Philip
            
             the
             second
             ,
             who
             being
             highly
             offended
             with
             that
             his
             Minister
             of
             State
             ,
             resolved
             to
             revenge
             so
             great
             an
             injury
             by
             Arms
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             commanded
             some
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             to
             arm
             themselves
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             evil
             intreat
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             ,
             wheresoever
             they
             should
             meet
             him
             .
             This
             resolution
             of
             the
             Kings
             was
             discovered
             ,
             and
             being
             forthwith
             made
             known
             to
             Apollo
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             sent
             for
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Alva
             to
             come
             to
             him
             ;
             who
             when
             they
             appeared
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             highly
             incensed
             ,
             complained
             bitterly
             upon
             the
             Duke
             ,
             that
             meerly
             out
             of
             ambition
             of
             perpetuating
             himself
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             he
             had
             put
             his
             patrimony
             into
             the
             present
             inextricable
             troubles
             ,
             a
             thing
             the
             more
             worthy
             of
             punishment
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             himself
             had
             confest
             his
             dealing
             so
             badly
             with
             his
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             freedom
             as
             others
             glory
             in
             honorable
             actions
             .
             The
             Duke
             answered
             in
             his
             own
             defence
             to
             this
             complaint
             made
             against
             him
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             fought
             for
             his
             King
             ,
             in
             Africa
             ,
             in
             Germany
             ,
             in
             France
             ,
             in
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             in
             Italy
             ,
             and
             still
             with
             victory
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             faithful
             and
             honorable
             actions
             had
             been
             so
             ill
             rewarded
             in
             peace
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             men
             of
             the
             Long
             Robe
             ,
             who
             were
             unfit
             for
             War
             ,
             had
             been
             preferred
             before
             him
             in
             those
             Provinces
             from
             whence
             he
             had
             driven
             out
             the
             enemy
             ,
             but
             even
             women
             ,
             whereby
             he
             was
             either
             en
             tertained
             idlely
             afterwards
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             or
             else
             in
             imployments
             misbecoming
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             ,
             only
             that
             he
             might
             idolatrize
             the
             power
             of
             
               Ruy
               Gomes
               di
               Selva
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Subjects
             who
             were
             mean
             in
             comparison
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             yet
             were
             in
             greater
             esteem
             then
             he
             ,
             in
             his
             Kings
             Court
             ;
             a
             thing
             which
             misbecoming
             him
             to
             suffer
             ,
             and
             which
             he
             could
             in
             no
             waies
             digest
             ,
             as
             being
             altogether
             contrary
             to
             his
             genius
             ,
             and
             he
             one
             that
             could
             not
             suffer
             indignities
             ,
             was
             not
             only
             interpreted
             
             by
             his
             malevolents
             ,
             but
             even
             by
             his
             King
             ;
             to
             be
             an
             intolerable
             pride
             in
             him
             ,
             in
             not
             being
             willing
             to
             tolerate
             an
             equal
             ,
             much
             less
             a
             superior
             to
             himself
             in
             Court
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             true
             ,
             that
             to
             preserve
             his
             reputation
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             such
             a
             one
             as
             he
             from
             being
             numbred
             amongst
             the
             rank
             of
             ordinary
             Courtiers
             in
             the
             Court
             of
             Spain
             ,
             he
             had
             endeavoured
             to
             eternize
             himself
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             Flanders
             ,
             which
             he
             would
             intentively
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             have
             reduced
             into
             a
             peaceful
             condition
             if
             he
             had
             thought
             he
             could
             have
             governed
             it
             in
             peace
             .
             The
             King
             of
             Spain
             was
             much
             incenst
             at
             this
             so
             resolute
             answer
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             that
             his
             State-Minister
             having
             confest
             his
             fault
             twice
             over
             ,
             nothing
             remained
             but
             condemnation
             .
             Nay
             rather
             (
             said
             Apollo
             to
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             )
             I
             must
             by
             absolving
             the
             Duke
             from
             all
             that
             you
             lay
             to
             his
             charge
             ,
             admonish
             such
             great
             Kings
             as
             you
             ,
             to
             deal
             well
             with
             those
             Commanders
             ,
             who
             having
             purchased
             the
             glory
             of
             true
             Military
             valour
             at
             the
             expence
             of
             their
             bloud
             ,
             deserve
             their
             Kings
             full
             favour
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             just
             and
             reasonable
             ,
             that
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             great
             Provinces
             ,
             should
             be
             governed
             by
             those
             in
             times
             of
             peace
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             courage
             to
             acquire
             them
             in
             war
             ,
             or
             who
             by
             their
             Arms
             have
             defended
             them
             against
             the
             publick
             enemy
             ;
             but
             because
             many
             of
             you
             care
             not
             to
             do
             what
             is
             just
             ,
             nor
             what
             out
             of
             gratitude
             ought
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             since
             I
             find
             you
             slow
             in
             learning
             by
             the
             advantagious
             reading
             of
             History
             ,
             how
             you
             ought
             to
             satisfie
             and
             content
             those
             Commanders
             ,
             who
             with
             their
             weapons
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             have
             deserved
             to
             be
             largely
             rewarded
             ,
             be
             not
             at
             least
             ashamed
             to
             take
             example
             in
             a
             business
             of
             such
             importance
             ,
             from
             the
             Ottoman
             Emperors
             ,
             who
             in
             the
             troublesom
             times
             of
             War
             ,
             give
             the
             charge
             of
             Generalissimo
             of
             their
             Armies
             ,
             and
             therein
             all
             usefull
             and
             advised
             liberty
             ,
             to
             none
             but
             to
             their
             chief
             Vziiers
             ,
             aso
             sublime
             dignity
             ,
             as
             he
             who
             possesseth
             it
             ,
             governs
             the
             vast
             Ottoman
             Empire
             in
             Supreme
             Authority
             ,
             as
             sole
             Arbitrator
             of
             Peace
             and
             War.
             Wherefore
             the
             chief
             Viziers
             ,
             knowing
             that
             their
             places
             are
             much
             more
             advantagious
             and
             honourable
             in
             Peace
             then
             in
             War
             ,
             behave
             themselves
             very
             faithfully
             in
             their
             warlike
             expeditions
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             through
             their
             worth
             ,
             they
             may
             maintain
             the
             dignity
             which
             they
             possess
             ;
             moreover
             they
             hasten
             to
             get
             the
             victory
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             discharge
             so
             great
             an
             imployment
             ,
             by
             the
             acquisition
             of
             new
             States
             ,
             and
             by
             subduing
             the
             enemy
             .
             Philip
             ,
             't
             is
             neither
             in
             my
             power
             ,
             nor
             yet
             in
             the
             power
             of
             any
             other
             Prince
             ,
             to
             make
             men
             love
             the
             advantage
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             more
             then
             their
             own
             :
             And
             the
             true
             art
             of
             making
             Commanders
             eternally
             loyal
             ,
             is
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             )
             to
             shew
             them
             honorable
             and
             gainful
             peace
             at
             home
             ,
             amidst
             the
             troubles
             of
             War.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             XCVII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Pompey
               the
               great
               having
               invited
               many
               Noble
               Lords
               of
               Rome
               to
               be
               present
               at
               the
               dedication
               of
               the
               magnificent
               Theatre
               which
               he
               had
               built
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               they
               refuse
               to
               come
               .
            
          
           
             POmpey
             the
             great
             having
             finished
             his
             stately
             Fabrick
             of
             a
             Theatre
             in
             Pernassus
             ,
             which
             was
             no
             whit
             inferior
             to
             that
             which
             he
             erected
             in
             Rome
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             to
             dedicate
             it
             ,
             resolved
             to
             celebrate
             the
             shew
             of
             Gladiators
             ;
             and
             amongst
             many
             other
             Princes
             ,
             invited
             some
             modern
             Roman
             Lords
             to
             the
             entertainment
             ,
             who
             did
             not
             only
             excuse
             themselves
             ,
             alleadging
             they
             had
             not
             heart
             enough
             to
             behold
             so
             bloudy
             a
             spectacle
             ,
             but
             confest
             that
             they
             were
             much
             scandallized
             to
             think
             that
             their
             fore-fathers
             did
             not
             only
             not
             detest
             that
             cruel
             pastime
             ,
             to
             see
             men
             become
             so
             merciless
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             but
             that
             even
             women
             delighted
             in
             so
             horrid
             barbarism
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             would
             be
             bold
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             such
             like
             Spectacles
             were
             a
             shame
             to
             those
             that
             saw
             them
             ,
             and
             did
             but
             little
             honour
             to
             those
             that
             caused
             them
             to
             be
             represented
             .
             It
             is
             known
             that
             Pompey
             readily
             reply'd
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             very
             much
             admire
             and
             love
             the
             civility
             and
             humanity
             of
             the
             present
             Romans
             ,
             in
             abhorring
             the
             shedding
             of
             humane
             bloud
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             stained
             this
             their
             worthiness
             with
             the
             shameful
             curiosity
             of
             flocking
             with
             the
             basest
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             to
             see
             men
             put
             to
             death
             by
             the
             Hangman
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCVIII
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Peter
                 Aretine
              
               being
               again
               assaulted
               ,
               Apollo
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               lewd
               conditions
               of
               that
               Satyrical
               vitious
               Poet
               ,
               commanded
               that
               no
               Process
               should
               be
               made
               upon
               that
               Riot
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             last
             night
             past
             ,
             
               Peter
               Aretine
            
             ,
             as
             he
             returned
             from
             visiting
             his
             beloved
             Titian
             ,
             was
             assaulted
             by
             one
             who
             gave
             him
             a
             fowl
             slash
             over
             the
             face
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             said
             to
             be
             the
             twentieth
             blow
             that
             he
             hath
             received
             ,
             either
             by
             pugniard
             or
             cudgel
             ,
             wherewith
             people
             as
             quick
             of
             hand
             as
             he
             was
             of
             tongue
             ,
             have
             so
             cut
             his
             face
             ,
             hands
             ,
             and
             breast
             ,
             as
             they
             look
             like
             a
             Sea-Card
             .
             Apollo
             was
             much
             displeased
             at
             this
             Riot
             ,
             and
             commanded
             the
             Attorney-General
             to
             be
             diligent
             in
             finding
             out
             the
             delinquent
             .
             Aretine
             was
             strictly
             examined
             ,
             who
             swore
             that
             he
             neither
             knew
             ,
             nor
             could
             he
             imagin
             who
             it
             was
             that
             had
             hurt
             him
             .
             'T
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             
             Apollo
             having
             heard
             Aretines
             examination
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             commanded
             that
             no
             further
             Process
             should
             be
             made
             thereupon
             ;
             for
             since
             Aretine
             could
             not
             so
             much
             as
             imagin
             who
             it
             was
             that
             had
             dealt
             so
             ill
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             must
             of
             necessity
             be
             guilty
             of
             one
             of
             those
             two
             defects
             which
             deserve
             no
             compassion
             ,
             either
             of
             having
             offended
             so
             many
             ,
             as
             he
             could
             not
             number
             his
             enemies
             ,
             or
             of
             forgetting
             those
             that
             had
             done
             him
             injuries
             worthy
             resentment
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             XCIX
             .
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               Apollo
               having
               received
               news
               by
               an
               express
               Poet
               ,
               whereat
               he
               was
               much
               rejoyced
               ,
               communicates
               it
               to
               his
               Literati
               with
               great
               Iubile
               .
            
          
           
             SO
             greatly
             is
             Apollo
             pleased
             with
             mens
             vertuous
             proceedings
             ,
             as
             he
             doth
             maintain
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             men
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             Italy
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             Europe
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             where
             Learning
             flourisheth
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             gives
             large
             Salaries
             ,
             to
             give
             him
             speedy
             notice
             by
             expresses
             of
             all
             the
             honorable
             actions
             ,
             and
             worthy
             works
             ,
             that
             either
             any
             Prince
             ,
             or
             privat
             man
             doth
             perform
             in
             any
             whatsoever
             Kingdom
             .
             Which
             being
             after
             freely
             communicated
             by
             his
             Majesty
             to
             his
             beloved
             Literati
             ,
             serves
             them
             for
             a
             learned
             and
             useful
             Lecture
             .
             This
             was
             the
             cause
             why
             the
             Royal
             Hall
             of
             Audience
             was
             filled
             betimes
             the
             next
             morning
             with
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             the
             Literati
             of
             Pernassus
             ,
             who
             had
             heard
             ,
             that
             on
             Tuesday
             about
             eight
             of
             the
             clock
             at
             night
             ,
             a
             Poet
             was
             come
             unto
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             partake
             of
             the
             news
             he
             brought
             from
             Italy
             ,
             which
             being
             the
             Soveraign
             Queen
             of
             all
             Provinces
             ,
             the
             Supreme
             Monarch
             of
             all
             the
             most
             famous
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             particular
             Seat
             of
             all
             the
             most
             reputed
             Sciences
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             looked
             upon
             by
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             other
             favourable
             Planets
             ,
             but
             by
             all
             the
             fixt
             Stars
             ,
             with
             those
             benigne
             aspects
             which
             beget
             in
             men
             the
             vivacity
             of
             a
             sprightly
             genius
             ,
             born
             to
             new
             inventions
             of
             the
             quaintest
             and
             rarest
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             knowledg
             how
             to
             talk
             well
             ,
             and
             do
             better
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             delightfull
             vain
             of
             writing
             learnedly
             ,
             and
             the
             easie
             apprehension
             of
             all
             the
             Liberal
             Sciences
             .
             Apollo
             appearing
             then
             in
             the
             Hall
             ,
             drew
             first
             the
             Letters
             from
             out
             his
             bosom
             ,
             which
             were
             brought
             to
             him
             by
             the
             Post
             from
             Italy
             ,
             and
             shewing
             them
             to
             all
             the
             lookers
             on
             ,
             said
             ,
             My
             beloved
             Literati
             ,
             the
             world
             which
             never
             ceased
             in
             producing
             Princes
             of
             eminent
             vertue
             ,
             and
             private
             men
             of
             excellent
             Learning
             ,
             will
             likewise
             for
             ever
             hereafter
             produce
             great
             store
             of
             the
             like
             ;
             for
             by
             Gods
             particular
             goodness
             ,
             Learning
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             inundation
             of
             barbarous
             people
             ,
             hath
             some
             time
             been
             seen
             to
             go
             less
             ,
             cannot
             notwithstanding
             perish
             .
             Rejoyce
             then
             all
             of
             you
             together
             with
             me
             ,
             be
             blithe
             and
             chearfull
             ;
             for
             so
             the
             acceptable
             and
             happy
             news
             requires
             you
             to
             be
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             now
             received
             from
             Italy
             ,
             where
             my
             most
             vertuous
             
               Francisco
               Maria
               della
               
               Rovere
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Urbin
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             of
             all
             the
             modern
             Literati
             ,
             perceiving
             that
             that
             sacred
             Justice
             ,
             which
             eternal
             God
             hath
             pleased
             should
             inhabit
             upon
             earth
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             there
             should
             no
             difference
             arise
             amongst
             men
             touching
             Meum
             and
             Tuum
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             be
             not
             suddenly
             lul'd
             asleep
             by
             the
             unfortunate
             labours
             of
             an
             infinite
             number
             of
             Lawyers
             ,
             who
             by
             their
             writings
             have
             buried
             the
             wholsom
             Laws
             in
             the
             ditches
             of
             cautions
             ,
             and
             confusions
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             is
             now
             become
             prejuditial
             to
             that
             height
             ,
             as
             Suits
             at
             Law
             ,
             may
             now
             be
             added
             as
             a
             fourth
             plague
             to
             the
             former
             three
             ,
             wherewith
             the
             living
             God
             is
             wont
             to
             scourge
             mankind
             ;
             a
             punishment
             which
             afflicting
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             consuming
             the
             wealth
             of
             whatsoever
             rich
             Patrimony
             is
             more
             cruel
             then
             their
             War
             ,
             Plague
             ,
             or
             Famin
             :
             A
             disorder
             which
             ,
             my
             beloved
             ,
             is
             the
             more
             harmful
             to
             human
             kind
             ,
             for
             that
             though
             it
             be
             known
             ,
             and
             complained
             of
             by
             every
             one
             ,
             yet
             hath
             it
             been
             given
             over
             as
             an
             uncureable
             disease
             ,
             nor
             was
             there
             ever
             any
             Physitian
             found
             yet
             ,
             who
             durst
             undertake
             the
             amendment
             thereof
             ;
             but
             that
             God
             who
             by
             his
             inscrutable
             Judgements
             hath
             suffered
             such
             a
             disorder
             to
             reign
             thus
             long
             amongst
             men
             ,
             now
             at
             last
             hath
             out
             of
             his
             innate
             goodness
             which
             suffers
             not
             mischiefs
             nor
             errors
             to
             reign
             long
             upon
             earth
             ,
             raised
             up
             a
             new
             Justinian
             ,
             who
             hath
             drawn
             sacred
             Justice
             ,
             out
             of
             that
             obscurity
             and
             confusion
             ,
             wherein
             the
             unwary
             Lawyers
             by
             their
             imbroiled
             writing
             had
             thrown
             her
             :
             For
             the
             Illustrious
             
               Francisco
               Mario
               della
               Rovere
            
             ,
             hath
             set
             forth
             a
             holy
             Edict
             ,
             which
             commands
             that
             no
             Advocate
             in
             pleading
             for
             his
             Clyent
             before
             any
             Judge
             of
             his
             State
             ,
             shall
             be
             suffered
             to
             alleadg
             any
             thing
             but
             the
             very
             Laws
             themselves
             ,
             Accursius
             his
             Gloss
             ,
             the
             Comment
             of
             
               Bartolo
               ,
               Baldo
               ,
               Paolo
               de
               Castro
               ,
               Giasone
            
             ;
             and
             in
             criminal
             affairs
             ,
             
               Angelo
               de
               Maleficii
            
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             others
             :
             This
             is
             so
             excellent
             a
             Decree
             ,
             my
             beloved
             ,
             as
             I
             cannot
             but
             with
             tears
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             that
             Law-Suits
             have
             been
             so
             inhumanely
             immortal
             in
             all
             Tribunals
             ,
             as
             that
             more
             disputes
             have
             been
             raised
             ,
             then
             have
             been
             able
             to
             be
             decided
             in
             any
             one
             mans
             life-time
             .
             And
             yet
             every
             one
             knows
             ,
             that
             even
             amongst
             the
             Turks
             (
             who
             are
             wise
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             though
             ignorant
             and
             without
             books
             they
             have
             been
             known
             to
             be
             resolv'd
             and
             decided
             at
             one
             only
             Audience
             .
             Add
             to
             this
             ,
             my
             beloved
             ,
             that
             the
             most
             pernitious
             disease
             of
             everlasting
             pleadings
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             have
             been
             banish'd
             out
             of
             the
             Territories
             of
             all
             Princes
             who
             fear
             God
             ,
             and
             covet
             their
             peoples
             welfare
             ;
             is
             for
             the
             final
             infelicity
             of
             man
             ,
             become
             a
             dreadful
             and
             mortal
             Merchandize
             of
             unprofitable
             men
             ,
             who
             whilst
             they
             suck
             the
             vital
             bloud
             out
             of
             Artificers
             ,
             husbandmen
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
             and
             others
             that
             are
             of
             service
             for
             Commerce
             ,
             and
             waste
             all
             their
             wealth
             ;
             nothing
             is
             so
             much
             magnified
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             the
             great
             incomes
             left
             by
             Advocates
             ,
             Notaries
             ,
             Sergeants
             ,
             Proctors
             ,
             and
             Judges
             .
             His
             Majesty
             having
             said
             this
             ,
             he
             went
             accompanied
             by
             an
             infinite
             company
             of
             Vertuosi
             who
             had
             heard
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             chief
             Temple
             of
             Pernassus
             ;
             whither
             being
             come
             ,
             he
             beseeched
             God
             that
             he
             would
             grant
             many
             years
             of
             long
             life
             to
             
               Francisco
               Mario
            
             ,
             for
             the
             universal
             good
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             fill
             the
             world
             with
             Princes
             of
             like
             conditions
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             would
             awake
             the
             like
             honorable
             and
             holy
             thoughts
             in
             other
             earthly
             Potentates
             ,
             as
             so
             wise
             a
             Prince
             had
             put
             in
             execution
             in
             his
             happy
             Patrimony
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             a
             misery
             and
             affliction
             not
             to
             be
             indured
             by
             the
             best
             composed
             minds
             ,
             to
             sea
             the
             administration
             of
             Justice
             reduced
             to
             that
             confusion
             ,
             as
             the
             common
             ,
             more
             common
             ,
             nay
             most
             common
             opinions
             of
             privat
             Doctors
             being
             more
             
             alleadged
             at
             the
             bar
             ,
             then
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Law
             it self
             ,
             Suits
             were
             grown
             so
             chargeable
             and
             so
             eternal
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             better
             for
             men
             to
             part
             with
             their
             patrimonies
             ,
             then
             to
             defend
             it
             with
             much
             anguish
             of
             mind
             before
             such
             cruel
             Harpyes
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             C.
             ADVERTISEMENT
             .
          
           
             
               A
               more
               then
               usual
               sweet
               Odor
               issuing
               from
               the
               Delphick
               Library
               ,
               Apollo
               goes
               himself
               in
               person
               thither
               to
               discover
               the
               Miracle
               ,
               and
               soon
               finds
               the
               occasion
               of
               so
               great
               a
               novelty
               .
            
          
           
             SOme
             six
             daies
             since
             ,
             an
             extraordinary
             and
             miraculous
             sweet
             Odor
             proceeded
             from
             the
             Delphick
             Library
             ,
             which
             increasing
             every
             day
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             did
             very
             much
             astonish
             the
             Vertuosi
             of
             this
             State
             :
             And
             not
             being
             able
             to
             guess
             at
             the
             reason
             of
             so
             strange
             an
             accident
             ,
             they
             earnestly
             requested
             Apollo
             that
             he
             would
             discover
             it
             unto
             them
             .
             His
             Majesty
             being
             likewise
             moved
             at
             the
             novelty
             ,
             went
             the
             next
             morning
             early
             to
             the
             Library
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             perfume
             of
             that
             Odor
             came
             so
             generally
             dispers'd
             from
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Library
             ,
             as
             the
             Literati
             could
             not
             discern
             any
             particular
             place
             from
             which
             it
             proceeded
             ;
             yet
             Apollo
             immediately
             found
             out
             the
             very
             Fountains
             head
             from
             whence
             such
             Fragrancy
             did
             flow
             .
             And
             going
             directly
             to
             the
             place
             ,
             where
             ,
             in
             an
             Urn
             of
             purest
             Oriental
             Christal
             ,
             beset
             with
             Pearls
             and
             Rubies
             ,
             the
             little
             less
             then
             divine
             writings
             of
             Seneca
             the
             Morallist
             are
             kept
             ,
             he
             first
             honoured
             those
             happy
             Writings
             ,
             took
             up
             the
             Urn
             with
             both
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             then
             turning
             towards
             his
             Vertuosi
             ,
             who
             thinking
             themselves
             unworthy
             to
             behold
             Writing
             so
             exquisitely
             excellent
             ,
             were
             on
             their
             knees
             with
             head
             bowed
             towards
             the
             ground
             ,
             My
             dearest
             Literati
             (
             said
             he
             )
             learn
             from
             this
             strange
             fragrancy
             which
             you
             find
             doth
             proceed
             from
             the
             immortal
             labours
             of
             my
             beloved
             
               Anneus
               Seneca
            
             ,
             that
             if
             by
             your
             late
             watchings
             you
             will
             make
             your
             sanctified
             precepts
             savour
             well
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             will
             perfume
             your
             persons
             with
             glorious
             Fame
             ;
             you
             must
             ,
             as
             Seneca
             did
             at
             last
             ,
             live
             answerable
             to
             your
             Writings
             ,
             and
             do
             as
             you
             say
             .
          
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           Second
           Century
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           Politick
           Touchstone
           .
        
         
           
             
               CHAP.
               I.
            
             Why
             the
             Neapolitans
             are
             so
             strangely
             opprest
             ,
             and
             hardly
             treated
             by
             the
             Spaniard
             .
          
           
             EVer
             since
             it
             pleased
             Almighty
             God
             to
             give
             the
             Neapolitans
             into
             the
             power
             of
             Pharaoh
             ,
             as
             a
             severe
             punishment
             for
             their
             great
             treachery
             used
             to
             their
             former
             Kings
             ;
             the
             wary
             Kings
             of
             Spain
             did
             ordain
             by
             a
             Law
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             ever
             punctually
             observed
             since
             ,
             that
             that
             unbridled
             horse
             which
             the
             State
             bears
             for
             her
             Ensign
             ,
             boasting
             that
             he
             can
             indure
             neither
             saddle
             nor
             bridle
             ,
             should
             be
             brought
             once
             every
             six
             months
             into
             the
             publick
             Market-place
             ,
             and
             that
             exact
             diligence
             should
             be
             used
             in
             chusing
             a
             formal
             Colledg
             of
             Politick
             Farriers
             ,
             who
             should
             order
             whatsoever
             was
             thought
             necessary
             to
             tame
             so
             fierce
             ,
             so
             inconstant
             ,
             and
             so
             seditious
             an
             animal
             ,
             which
             hath
             often
             chosen
             rather
             to
             be
             ridden
             by
             two
             Kings
             at
             one
             and
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             then
             by
             one
             .
             This
             unfortunate
             Steed
             was
             yesterday
             led
             out
             of
             the
             Stable
             by
             the
             Spaniards
             who
             had
             the
             looking
             to
             him
             ;
             and
             because
             he
             was
             so
             consumed
             as
             he
             could
             not
             well
             stand
             upon
             his
             legs
             ,
             he
             was
             drawn
             with
             ropes
             into
             the
             Market-place
             .
             It
             was
             a
             sad
             spectacle
             to
             see
             that
             Steed
             which
             was
             formerly
             so
             glorious
             ,
             become
             now
             so
             lean
             ,
             as
             you
             might
             count
             his
             bones
             ;
             he
             was
             cruelly
             crest-fallen
             ,
             and
             broken-winded
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             many
             blows
             he
             had
             given
             him
             ,
             his
             nose
             was
             slit
             ;
             yet
             the
             jealous
             Spaniards
             keep
             shackles
             day
             and
             night
             upon
             his
             feet
             ,
             a
             caveson
             upon
             his
             nose
             ,
             a
             bit
             in
             his
             mouth
             ,
             a
             spectacle
             on
             his
             eyes
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             afraid
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             certain
             to
             receive
             quickly
             some
             great
             damage
             by
             him
             .
             These
             wise
             Farriers
             did
             diligently
             consider
             this
             horses
             condition
             ;
             and
             after
             having
             advised
             long
             about
             him
             ,
             not
             without
             much
             dispute
             ,
             at
             last
             they
             concluded
             unanimously
             ,
             that
             his
             rack
             should
             be
             raised
             up
             a
             handful
             higher
             then
             ordinary
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             third
             
             part
             of
             his
             allowance
             of
             corn
             should
             be
             taken
             from
             him
             :
             Some
             moral
             Philosophers
             ,
             and
             therefore
             good
             men
             ,
             hapned
             to
             be
             present
             when
             this
             severe
             resolution
             was
             taken
             ,
             who
             being
             greatly
             moved
             to
             pitty
             ,
             to
             see
             him
             so
             extenuated
             ;
             they
             asked
             the
             Farriers
             why
             they
             were
             so
             cruel
             ,
             as
             to
             diminish
             the
             food
             of
             that
             macerated
             horse
             ,
             which
             was
             reduced
             to
             such
             weakness
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             nothing
             left
             but
             skin
             and
             bone
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             spirit
             ,
             which
             could
             only
             keep
             him
             alive
             for
             some
             few
             weeks
             .
             The
             wisest
             of
             these
             Farriers
             turning
             towards
             the
             Philosophers
             ,
             told
             them
             in
             a
             shameful
             manner
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             done
             much
             better
             in
             attending
             their
             disputations
             about
             Entitie
             and
             Quidditie
             ,
             then
             to
             reason
             of
             those
             politick
             affairs
             whereof
             they
             were
             so
             very
             ignorant
             :
             That
             if
             it
             had
             fallen
             to
             their
             share
             to
             have
             the
             government
             of
             this
             capricious
             beast
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             found
             their
             charity
             rewarded
             with
             kicking
             and
             biting
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             had
             ofttimes
             very
             unthankfully
             rewarded
             some
             of
             his
             most
             bountifull
             Masters
             ;
             and
             would
             have
             been
             thrown
             all
             broken
             and
             bruised
             into
             ditches
             :
             For
             it
             was
             the
             custom
             of
             that
             fickle
             and
             seditious
             beast
             ,
             to
             vex
             his
             Masters
             with
             all
             sorts
             of
             unruliness
             ,
             yea
             though
             they
             were
             never
             so
             good
             unto
             him
             ,
             unless
             he
             were
             hardly
             used
             by
             them
             ,
             and
             brought
             by
             fasting
             ,
             to
             that
             weak
             condition
             which
             they
             saw
             he
             was
             in
             :
             And
             that
             to
             make
             right
             judgement
             of
             that
             horse
             ,
             and
             how
             he
             ought
             to
             be
             governed
             ,
             they
             must
             not
             consider
             his
             lean
             sides
             ,
             and
             weak
             legs
             ,
             but
             the
             lewdness
             of
             his
             genius
             ,
             which
             was
             more
             phantastical
             ,
             seditious
             ,
             and
             capricious
             now
             ,
             and
             more
             given
             to
             love
             novelty
             then
             ever
             .
             And
             they
             further
             said
             ,
             Wo
             to
             the
             Spaniards
             ,
             if
             the
             fierce
             Neapolitan
             horse
             had
             power
             and
             means
             to
             do
             that
             mischief
             which
             he
             did
             phancy
             both
             night
             and
             day
             in
             that
             his
             paltery
             pate
             ,
             which
             was
             alwaies
             naturally
             an
             enemy
             to
             the
             present
             Government
             .
          
           
             All
             which
             things
             did
             make
             it
             appear
             clearly
             unto
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             the
             present
             Neapolitan
             oppressions
             proceed
             not
             from
             the
             cruelty
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Nations
             ,
             nor
             from
             the
             avarice
             of
             the
             Kings
             Officers
             ,
             nor
             yet
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Spains
             neglect
             ;
             but
             from
             advised
             Counsel
             ,
             it
             being
             great
             charity
             to
             bereave
             him
             by
             all
             severe
             waies
             ,
             of
             the
             means
             of
             doing
             ill
             ,
             who
             could
             never
             be
             taught
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             by
             any
             good
             usage
             or
             courtesie
             .
             That
             they
             must
             therefore
             all
             confess
             ,
             that
             the
             detestable
             Cancer
             of
             the
             seditious
             Neapolitan
             dispositions
             could
             not
             be
             cured
             by
             any
             better
             appropriated
             Medicine
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             Corrosive
             Oyntment
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Severity
             .
          
           
             
               Genua
               excuses
               her
               freedom
               in
               Pernassus
               .
            
             
               FOr
               these
               many
               years
               last
               past
               ,
               the
               Illustrious
               Liberty
               of
               Genua
               hath
               not
               been
               admitted
               to
               visit
               ,
               nor
               to
               have
               domestical
               conversation
               with
               the
               renowned
               Venetian
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               other
               chast
               Italian
               and
               Forreign
               Liberties
               :
               For
               though
               she
               hath
               formerly
               lived
               in
               Pernassus
               with
               a
               great
               repute
               of
               chastity
               ,
               yet
               she
               hath
               much
               lost
               her
               reputation
               of
               late
               years
               by
               her
               too
               domestick
               conversation
               with
               the
               perfidious
               Spanish
               Nation
               ;
               the
               which
               (
               to
               the
               great
               loss
               of
               her
               honour
               )
               she
               hath
               not
               only
               accommodated
               with
               the
               best
               Lodgings
               of
               her
               house
               ,
               but
               hath
               
               permitted
               her
               prime
               Nobility
               to
               serve
               her
               .
               For
               which
               disorders
               ,
               which
               in
               such
               a
               Lady
               are
               held
               to
               be
               very
               heynous
               ,
               many
               have
               spoken
               freely
               of
               her
               ,
               That
               she
               hath
               not
               only
               contracted
               too
               great
               a
               familiarity
               ,
               with
               people
               who
               seek
               to
               insnare
               her
               chastity
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               publickly
               said
               ,
               that
               she
               hath
               granted
               things
               to
               be
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               which
               are
               exceeding
               prejudicial
               to
               her
               honour
               ;
               and
               her
               thirsting
               after
               the
               Spanish
               Gold
               is
               much
               talked
               of
               :
               An
               avarice
               which
               is
               as
               proper
               to
               a
               base
               dishonest
               Whore
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               altogether
               misbecoming
               a
               chast
               Madam
               .
               By
               which
               disorders
               it
               plainly
               appears
               ,
               that
               so
               noble
               a
               Princess
               ,
               who
               before
               she
               lived
               so
               lewdly
               ,
               was
               numbred
               amongst
               the
               loveliest
               and
               most
               beautiful
               Commonwealths
               ,
               is
               now
               become
               deformed
               in
               her
               members
               :
               For
               the
               Dorii's
               Nose
               is
               grown
               four
               Inches
               longer
               ,
               and
               the
               Spinola's
               right
               leg
               half
               a
               handful
               .
               To
               this
               great
               inequality
               of
               members
               ,
               the
               infinite
               shame
               is
               added
               ,
               which
               is
               cast
               upon
               her
               by
               mens
               publick
               discourse
               ,
               That
               her
               Citizens
               serve
               Spaniards
               for
               Bawds
               ;
               and
               things
               are
               so
               far
               proceeded
               ,
               as
               there
               are
               some
               who
               do
               freely
               affirm
               that
               the
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               would
               have
               been
               dishonest
               with
               this
               Lady
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               may
               know
               in
               what
               terms
               they
               stand
               with
               her
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               may
               hope
               for
               from
               her
               ,
               they
               have
               some
               few
               daies
               since
               ,
               sent
               her
               a
               Love-Letter
               in
               form
               of
               a
               Citation
               ,
               by
               an
               Officer
               of
               theirs
               which
               they
               have
               in
               Italy
               ,
               named
               
                 Enriques
                 Gusman
              
               ,
               Count
               
                 de
                 Fuentes
              
               ,
               which
               they
               say
               did
               contain
               very
               exorbitant
               things
               and
               which
               touched
               much
               upon
               her
               honour
               .
               By
               which
               all
               men
               perceive
               that
               the
               care
               and
               affection
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               seem
               to
               bear
               to
               this
               Noble
               Lady
               ,
               hath
               nothing
               in
               it
               of
               the
               Platonick
               ,
               but
               is
               a
               meer
               lust
               to
               dominier
               over
               her
               .
            
             
               Whereupon
               the
               renowned
               Liberty
               of
               Genua
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               she
               got
               so
               presumptuous
               a
               Letter
               into
               her
               hands
               ,
               first
               broke
               his
               nose
               that
               brought
               it
               with
               a
               Pantufle
               which
               she
               took
               from
               off
               her
               foot
               ;
               and
               then
               shewed
               such
               resentment
               to
               the
               impudent
               fellow
               that
               sent
               it
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               words
               ,
               and
               such
               willingness
               and
               resoluteness
               ,
               if
               n●…ed
               should
               require
               ,
               to
               come
               to
               action
               ,
               as
               she
               hath
               fully
               regained
               that
               reputation
               amongst
               men
               ,
               which
               without
               any
               fault
               of
               hers
               ,
               she
               had
               formerly
               lost
               .
               Whereupon
               so
               honorable
               a
               Lady
               ,
               to
               give
               the
               world
               a
               more
               particular
               account
               of
               her
               worthy
               actions
               ,
               and
               chast
               thoughts
               ,
               hath
               made
               it
               plainly
               appear
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               by
               her
               Ambassadors
               which
               she
               hath
               sent
               to
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               ,
               that
               the
               domestick
               conversation
               which
               she
               holds
               with
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               is
               not
               only
               for
               her
               own
               honour
               ,
               and
               the
               advantage
               of
               her
               Citizens
               ,
               but
               very
               usefull
               for
               Italy
               ,
               wherewith
               her
               Interest
               is
               as
               nearly
               joyned
               ,
               as
               is
               that
               of
               any
               other
               of
               her
               Potentates
               .
               For
               in
               former
               times
               ,
               and
               now
               more
               then
               ever
               ,
               she
               hath
               held
               ,
               and
               doth
               still
               hold
               the
               adverse
               Nation
               o●…
               Spain
               so
               opprest
               by
               change
               ,
               and
               change
               upon
               exchange
               ,
               and
               by
               exorbitant
               Use
               ,
               as
               she
               doth
               thereby
               make
               more
               cruel
               war
               upon
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               than
               do
               the
               Hollanders
               and
               Zealanders
               by
               their
               Fleets
               and
               Forces
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               complains
               that
               her
               falshoods
               are
               discovered
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               not
               known
               whether
               it
               were
               occasioned
               through
               the
               malice
               of
               any
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               or
               by
               chance
               ,
               or
               as
               some
               have
               very
               much
               suspected
               ,
               through
               the
               plotting
               of
               that
               Nation
               which
               is
               so
               implacable
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               French
               for
               these
               many
               years
               ,
               that
               the
               Royal
               Palace
               of
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               fell
               on
               fire
               ,
               and
               so
               great
               and
               fearful
               were
               the
               flames
               ,
               as
               the
               neighbouring
               Monarchies
               began
               to
               fear
               lest
               that
               fire
               might
               end
               with
               the
               ruine
               of
               their
               States
               .
               So
               as
               every
               one
               for
               their
               own
               concern
               ,
               ran
               to
               quench
               the
               fire
               of
               their
               neighbours
               house
               .
               The
               English
               (
               though
               naturally
               enemies
               to
               the
               French
               )
               brought
               with
               all
               speed
               the
               water
               of
               their
               Thames
               ;
               the
               Germans
               ,
               those
               of
               the
               Mause
               and
               Rhein
               ;
               the
               Venetians
               did
               almost
               drain
               all
               their
               Marish
               grounds
               ;
               and
               the
               most
               wise
               Dukes
               of
               Tuscany
               hasted
               to
               quench
               that
               fire
               with
               their
               Arno
               ,
               which
               wise
               men
               thought
               was
               to
               end
               with
               an
               universal
               combustion
               .
               And
               truely
               it
               was
               strange
               to
               see
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               her self
               ,
               which
               was
               held
               to
               be
               so
               great
               an
               enemy
               to
               the
               French
               ,
               did
               bestir
               her self
               amongst
               other
               friends
               ,
               to
               quench
               that
               fire
               ,
               at
               which
               it
               was
               generally
               believed
               she
               did
               rather
               desire
               to
               warm
               her self
               :
               In
               so
               much
               as
               every
               one
               wondred
               to
               see
               how
               solicitous
               and
               charitable
               she
               was
               in
               bringing
               thither
               not
               only
               the
               waters
               of
               her
               Tagus
               and
               Heber
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               Ocean
               it self
               ,
               of
               which
               she
               is
               absolute
               Mistriss
               ,
               when
               the
               English
               and
               Hollanders
               permit
               her
               to
               be
               so
               .
               For
               Politicians
               giving
               a
               sinister
               interpretation
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               charity
               ,
               would
               needs
               have
               it
               pernicious
               for
               the
               French
               ,
               to
               admit
               in
               their
               necessities
               ,
               of
               aid
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               who
               having
               been
               alwaies
               mortal
               enemies
               to
               the
               French
               ,
               were
               rather
               to
               be
               esteemed
               the
               contrivers
               of
               the
               ruine
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               then
               zealous
               of
               its
               good
               ;
               as
               being
               men
               who
               measuring
               the
               actions
               of
               all
               that
               Reign
               ,
               only
               with
               the
               Compass
               of
               self-concernment
               ,
               do
               often
               not
               admit
               of
               piety
               towards
               God
               ,
               in
               what
               belongs
               unto
               the
               actions
               of
               Princes
               ,
               much
               less
               of
               charity
               towards
               men
               .
               And
               such
               Politicians
               became
               the
               more
               abominable
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               was
               plainly
               seen
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               their
               diligence
               and
               charity
               of
               bringing
               water
               to
               that
               fire
               ,
               did
               not
               only
               equal
               ,
               but
               out-doe
               the
               best
               friends
               that
               the
               French
               had
               .
               And
               that
               which
               was
               yet
               more
               miraculous
               ,
               and
               which
               won
               much
               honour
               to
               the
               Spanish
               Nation
               amongst
               simple
               men
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               when
               Flanders
               and
               Austria
               ,
               her
               antient
               Patrimonies
               ,
               were
               cruelly
               pestered
               with
               the
               fire
               of
               War
               ,
               she
               had
               preferred
               the
               welfare
               of
               the
               French
               before
               charity
               to
               her self
               .
               But
               no
               human
               help
               ,
               no
               water
               whatsoever
               was
               able
               to
               quench
               any
               sparkle
               of
               so
               terrible
               a
               fire
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               diligence
               and
               remedies
               that
               could
               be
               had
               ,
               the
               flames
               of
               that
               bloudy
               civil
               War
               did
               daily
               more
               and
               more
               increase
               .
               Wherefore
               the
               best
               and
               most
               devout
               of
               the
               sillier
               sort
               of
               people
               began
               to
               listen
               to
               Politick
               Records
               ,
               and
               to
               suspect
               that
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchies
               Charity
               was
               wholly
               Interest
               ;
               which
               is
               indeed
               the
               Spaniards
               proper
               charity
               :
               Wherefore
               they
               resolved
               to
               believe
               appearances
               no
               longer
               ,
               but
               to
               look
               into
               the
               Barrels
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               brought
               ;
               and
               see
               what
               was
               in
               them
               .
               Wherein
               ,
               instead
               of
               water
               to
               quench
               the
               fire
               ,
               they
               found
               them
               filled
               with
               Pitch
               ,
               Oyle
               ,
               Turpentine
               ,
               and
               devillish
               dissention
               to
               increase
               it
               .
            
             
             
               Some
               French
               Barons
               were
               found
               to
               use
               the
               like
               treachery
               ,
               who
               appearing
               more
               charitable
               then
               the
               rest
               ,
               applyed
               the
               self-same
               Barrels
               and
               materials
               which
               were
               lent
               them
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               .
               Wherefore
               they
               were
               immediatly
               put
               to
               death
               by
               the
               justly
               offended
               French
               Monarchy
               ,
               and
               were
               burnt
               in
               the
               same
               fire
               which
               they
               had
               with
               such
               sedition
               and
               treachery
               fomented
               in
               their
               own
               Country
               ?
               And
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               not
               only
               forbidden
               further
               assistance
               ,
               but
               were
               proclaimed
               to
               be
               hypocrites
               by
               sound
               of
               Trumpet
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               made
               known
               to
               all
               men
               by
               a
               particular
               Edict
               of
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               one
               ,
               at
               any
               time
               hereafter
               should
               be
               induced
               to
               believe
               that
               it
               were
               possible
               for
               the
               Spaniards
               to
               have
               any
               charity
               for
               the
               French
               ,
               they
               should
               be
               held
               to
               be
               great
               Coxcombs
               :
               And
               that
               if
               he
               should
               persist
               in
               his
               error
               after
               the
               first
               admonition
               ,
               he
               should
               be
               tost
               in
               a
               blanket
               as
               a
               seditious
               malignant
               .
               'T
               was
               a
               wonder
               to
               see
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Spaniards
               and
               aforesaid
               French
               forbore
               their
               said
               assistance
               the
               French
               combustion
               ,
               which
               was
               held
               by
               judicious
               men
               ,
               to
               be
               unquenchable
               by
               human
               means
               ,
               ceased
               of
               it self
               ;
               so
               as
               the
               famous
               golden
               Flowre-de-Luces
               ,
               formerly
               so
               troden
               under
               foot
               ,
               sprung
               up
               more
               resplendant
               and
               glorious
               then
               before
               ;
               and
               France
               ,
               which
               through
               many
               mens
               too
               much
               ambition
               ,
               laboured
               for
               above
               forty
               years
               under
               intestine
               combustions
               ,
               became
               peaceful
               and
               quiet
               in
               the
               twinkling
               of
               an
               eye
               .
               Which
               made
               it
               appear
               clearly
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               the
               first
               Authors
               of
               that
               fire
               in
               France
               ,
               which
               under
               specious
               pretences
               of
               Religion
               and
               charity
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               made
               the
               world
               believe
               their
               intentions
               were
               to
               quench
               .
               'T
               is
               said
               by
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               retired
               her self
               into
               her
               Royal
               Palace
               ,
               and
               did
               not
               suffer
               her self
               for
               many
               daies
               to
               be
               seen
               by
               any
               one
               ,
               giving
               her self
               over
               to
               a
               deep
               melancholy
               ,
               and
               that
               not
               without
               shedding
               abundance
               of
               tears
               ,
               she
               freely
               confest
               she
               would
               rather
               have
               lost
               two
               of
               her
               best
               Kingdoms
               ,
               then
               to
               see
               those
               her
               holy
               pretences
               ,
               whereby
               she
               had
               often-times
               ,
               much
               to
               her
               advantage
               ,
               vented
               stinking
               Arsafetida
               ,
               for
               Musk
               ,
               and
               Ambergrees
               ,
               so
               quell'd
               and
               derided
               .
               She
               thought
               she
               had
               lost
               her
               richest
               Treasure
               ,
               and
               the
               unexhaustable
               veins
               of
               gold
               and
               silver
               in
               Peru
               and
               the
               new
               World
               ,
               by
               being
               deprived
               of
               being
               ever
               able
               to
               paint
               white
               for
               black
               to
               the
               common
               sort
               of
               people
               .
            
             
               She
               thought
               it
               very
               hard
               for
               her
               to
               be
               reduced
               to
               that
               pass
               which
               she
               had
               alwaies
               seen
               the
               French
               to
               be
               ,
               of
               winning
               Kingdoms
               barely
               by
               the
               sword
               :
               whereas
               formerly
               she
               knew
               she
               had
               set
               the
               whole
               world
               on
               fire
               ,
               only
               by
               her
               appearing
               holy
               pretences
               ,
               in
               lieu
               of
               a
               formidable
               Army
               .
               She
               was
               very
               much
               grieved
               to
               have
               lost
               so
               much
               credit
               amongst
               men
               ,
               as
               she
               ran
               danger
               of
               not
               being
               believed
               in
               the
               future
               ,
               though
               she
               spake
               truth
               ,
               whereas
               formerly
               her
               false
               pretences
               ,
               and
               her
               hypocrisie
               ,
               were
               taken
               for
               sacred
               Truths
               ,
               and
               perfect
               Devotion
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               comes
               to
               Pernassus
               ,
               and
               desires
               Apollo
               to
               be
               cured
               of
               an
               Issue
               ,
               but
               is
               dismist
               by
               the
               Politick
               Physitians
               .
            
             
               THough
               Apollo
               did
               not
               only
               give
               sudden
               order
               for
               the
               solemn
               entry
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               ,
               who
               came
               four
               months
               ago
               to
               this
               Court
               ,
               but
               also
               for
               a
               publick
               Consistory
               of
               the
               Literati
               in
               the
               Royal
               Hall
               of
               Audience
               ,
               where
               the
               Muses
               were
               all
               to
               be
               present
               ;
               yet
               was
               not
               the
               Ceremony
               performed
               til
               some
               two
               daies
               ago
               ;
               for
               she
               spent
               four
               months
               time
               in
               agreeing
               with
               the
               Prince-Poets
               touching
               the
               Titles
               that
               she
               should
               give
               to
               ,
               and
               receive
               from
               every
               man
               ;
               and
               in
               what
               manner
               she
               should
               receive
               them
               ,
               and
               be
               received
               by
               them
               in
               visits
               .
               Which
               made
               the
               Vertuosi
               wonder
               ,
               and
               bitterly
               bewail
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               present
               times
               ,
               which
               were
               infected
               with
               so
               much
               vanity
               :
               But
               the
               Vertuosi
               werè
               more
               afflicted
               when
               they
               heard
               that
               many
               learned
               Princes
               did
               openly
               forbid
               that
               great
               Queen
               to
               visit
               them
               ;
               affirming
               that
               they
               feared
               to
               receive
               some
               affront
               from
               her
               ;
               for
               they
               had
               received
               fresh
               Letters
               from
               Italy
               ,
               wherein
               they
               were
               advised
               by
               their
               friends
               ,
               to
               be
               aware
               what
               they
               did
               in
               that
               point
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               the
               usual
               custom
               of
               Spaniards
               to
               visit
               people
               more
               to
               injure
               them
               ,
               then
               honour
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               therefore
               they
               thought
               it
               a
               great
               piece
               of
               folly
               ,
               instead
               of
               shunning
               affronts
               ,
               to
               wait
               for
               them
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               receive
               them
               with
               cap
               in
               hand
               .
               And
               though
               so
               potent
               a
               Monarchy
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               wonder
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               seemed
               more
               close-handed
               in
               giving
               satisfaction
               to
               others
               in
               Titles
               ,
               then
               in
               giving
               them
               gold
               ,
               she
               hath
               notwithstanding
               received
               what
               greatest
               contentment
               she
               could
               desire
               in
               point
               of
               Title
               from
               the
               Prince-Poets
               ;
               and
               from
               all
               the
               potent
               Vertuosi
               who
               mind
               realities
               more
               then
               vain-glory
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               it
               hath
               much
               detracted
               from
               the
               reputation
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Queen
               ,
               in
               this
               Court
               ,
               to
               see
               ,
               that
               though
               she
               hath
               great
               need
               of
               friends
               ,
               she
               appears
               so
               indifferent
               in
               alienating
               those
               who
               desire
               nothing
               of
               her
               but
               good
               words
               .
               Every
               one
               noted
               it
               for
               a
               great
               singularity
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               Ceremonies
               told
               her
               that
               that
               nice
               punctilio
               which
               she
               stood
               upon
               was
               hatefull
               ,
               fit
               for
               a
               barbarous
               King
               ,
               but
               far
               unworthy
               so
               great
               a
               Queen
               as
               she
               ,
               she
               should
               in
               a
               rage
               reply
               ,
               That
               she
               wondred
               at
               him
               ,
               and
               at
               all
               Masters
               of
               Ceremony
               ;
               since
               he
               seemed
               not
               to
               know
               that
               a
               Prince
               without
               gravity
               ,
               was
               like
               a
               Peacock
               without
               a
               tail
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               impossible
               to
               write
               with
               what
               curiosity
               of
               desire
               ,
               so
               great
               a
               Princess
               was
               expected
               and
               looked
               upon
               by
               these
               Literati
               :
               For
               people
               flockt
               from
               all
               the
               parts
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               to
               behold
               that
               powerful
               Queen
               ,
               who
               with
               such
               strange
               success
               ,
               had
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               united
               great
               Kingdoms
               under
               her
               ,
               and
               made
               so
               formidable
               an
               Empire
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               there
               is
               not
               any
               one
               Prince
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               who
               hath
               not
               for
               fear
               of
               her
               put
               on
               a
               Coat
               of
               Male
               ,
               and
               an
               Iron
               Brestplate
               .
               This
               Queen
               attended
               by
               a
               numerous
               Navy
               ,
               arrived
               happily
               some
               months
               ago
               in
               the
               Island
               of
               Lesbos
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady
               Republick
               of
               Genua
               lent
               her
               her
               famous
               Haven
               gratis
               ,
               though
               by
               a
               certain
               antient
               prerogative
               ,
               the
               Family
               of
               the
               Dorii
               received
               a
               great
               Rent
               for
               it
               .
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               is
               young
               in
               respect
               of
               that
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 England
              
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               antient
               Monarchies
               of
               Europe
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               much
               larger
               body
               then
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               disproportionably
               great
               for
               her
               years
               :
               
               whence
               it
               is
               believed
               ,
               that
               if
               she
               should
               continue
               to
               grow
               as
               long
               as
               humane
               bodies
               use
               to
               do
               ,
               she
               would
               become
               so
               great
               a
               Gyantess
               ,
               as
               she
               would
               arrive
               at
               that
               immeasurable
               height
               of
               Universal
               Monarchy
               ,
               at
               which
               the
               Roman
               Monarchy
               arrived
               .
               But
               the
               accidents
               which
               attend
               State-affairs
               ,
               say
               for
               certain
               ,
               that
               she
               will
               grow
               no
               greater
               ;
               and
               that
               she
               is
               grown
               in
               her
               tenderest
               years
               to
               the
               utmost
               height
               that
               ever
               she
               will
               be
               at
               .
               Which
               is
               clearly
               proved
               by
               this
               undeniable
               Argument
               ,
               That
               she
               hath
               more
               ado
               to
               grow
               an
               inch
               in
               these
               present
               times
               ,
               then
               two
               handfuls
               heretofore
               .
               This
               powerful
               Lady
               is
               of
               so
               ssallow
               a
               complexion
               ,
               as
               she
               shadows
               upon
               the
               Moor
               :
               And
               therefore
               is
               rather
               proud
               in
               her
               behaviour
               ,
               then
               grave
               ;
               and
               all
               her
               actions
               relish
               much
               more
               of
               cruelty
               ,
               than
               severity
               :
               Wherefore
               having
               never
               been
               able
               to
               learn
               the
               so
               necessary
               Art
               for
               Princes
               of
               pardoning
               ;
               it
               is
               that
               which
               in
               the
               opinion
               of
               many
               ,
               doth
               most
               impede
               her
               growth
               :
               For
               boasting
               her self
               of
               nothing
               more
               then
               in
               being
               called
               Doctor
               of
               the
               Science
               of
               knowing
               how
               to
               cut
               off
               the
               heads
               of
               those
               detested
               Poppies
               ,
               which
               in
               her
               State-Gardens
               overtop
               the
               rest
               ,
               she
               joyes
               it
               should
               be
               said
               ,
               That
               in
               this
               Art
               she
               hath
               exceeded
               that
               great
               Tarquin
               ,
               who
               was
               the
               first
               Inventer
               of
               such
               a
               Secret.
               Being
               then
               so
               bold
               and
               resolute
               in
               her
               severities
               ,
               she
               is
               very
               costive
               in
               conferring
               favours
               ,
               which
               proceed
               but
               very
               seldom
               from
               her
               :
               And
               she
               is
               so
               arrogant
               in
               those
               few
               which
               she
               confers
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               not
               very
               acceptable
               :
               yet
               in
               outward
               shew
               she
               is
               wholly
               composed
               of
               civility
               and
               complement
               ;
               but
               who
               can
               prie
               into
               her
               heart
               with
               Politick
               Spectacles
               ,
               will
               find
               nothing
               therein
               but
               pride
               ,
               avarice
               ,
               and
               cruelty
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               as
               they
               who
               have
               convers'd
               longest
               with
               her
               ,
               tell
               us
               that
               no
               Princess
               gives
               better
               words
               ,
               and
               worser
               acts
               .
               Whence
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               taken
               as
               a
               Mistriss
               ,
               men
               like
               her
               very
               well
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               Soveraign
               very
               ill
               .
               Her
               hands
               are
               extraordinary
               long
               ,
               which
               she
               turns
               whither
               she
               lists
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               makes
               most
               for
               her
               advantage
               ,
               without
               distinguishing
               between
               friend
               and
               foe
               ,
               kindred
               or
               strangers
               ;
               she
               hath
               Harpye's
               nails
               ,
               and
               so
               hard
               and
               tenacious
               fingers
               ,
               as
               they
               never
               let
               go
               what
               once
               they
               grasp
               .
               Her
               eyes
               are
               black
               ,
               but
               very
               sharp-sighted
               ;
               a
               squint-ey'd
               look
               ,
               wherewith
               whilst
               she
               seems
               to
               look
               fixedly
               upon
               one
               ,
               she
               is
               very
               intent
               in
               observing
               another
               (
               a
               very
               dangerous
               thing
               for
               Princes
               )
               for
               having
               of
               late
               years
               her
               face
               turned
               towards
               Algiers
               ,
               she
               fixt
               her
               eyes
               upon
               Marselles
               :
               And
               much
               greediness
               is
               seen
               in
               her
               eyes
               ,
               for
               she
               sees
               nothing
               with
               them
               ,
               which
               she
               doth
               not
               in
               her
               heart
               desire
               :
               So
               as
               those
               who
               are
               most
               speculative
               say
               ,
               that
               this
               Queen
               doth
               thirst
               immoderately
               after
               what
               's
               another
               mans
               ,
               and
               that
               she
               never
               had
               friend
               ,
               whom
               she
               did
               not
               soon
               make
               her
               slave
               .
            
             
               All
               which
               things
               witness
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               she
               is
               fitter
               to
               command
               slaves
               ,
               than
               free-men
               :
               For
               she
               expects
               more
               then
               any
               other
               Princess
               ,
               to
               be
               served
               not
               only
               by
               her
               Subjects
               ,
               but
               even
               by
               her
               friends
               .
               She
               stands
               so
               much
               upon
               her
               punctilio
               ,
               as
               she
               will
               not
               be
               civil
               ,
               even
               on
               good
               occasions
               which
               have
               often
               times
               come
               home
               unto
               her
               .
               She
               exceeds
               all
               past
               and
               present
               Princes
               ,
               in
               knowing
               how
               to
               cover
               all
               her
               diabolical
               Interests
               with
               a
               cloak
               of
               double
               Brocato
               :
               And
               though
               she
               be
               every
               day
               seen
               to
               do
               unhandsom
               things
               ,
               yet
               she
               boasts
               of
               nothing
               more
               then
               of
               her
               conscience
               :
               Wherefore
               the
               French
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               so
               often
               deceived
               under
               the
               colour
               of
               holy
               pretences
               ;
               have
               at
               their
               own
               cost
               learnt
               at
               last
               ;
               then
               to
               take
               up
               arms
               and
               get
               on
               horseback
               ,
               when
               with
               her
               beads
               in
               her
               hand
               ,
               they
               see
               her
               treat
               of
               business
               full
               of
               Religious
               pretences
               ,
               and
               charity
               towards
               
               her
               beloved
               neighbour
               ;
               she
               is
               so
               skilful
               in
               riding
               ,
               as
               she
               hath
               not
               only
               successfully
               tamed
               the
               Noble
               Neapolitan
               Coureer
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               untoward
               Spanish
               Mules
               ,
               who
               are
               so
               naturally
               given
               to
               lay
               about
               them
               with
               their
               heels
               .
               She
               is
               of
               so
               much
               more
               suspicious
               a
               genius
               then
               all
               other
               Queens
               ,
               as
               setting
               her
               own
               Nation
               aside
               ,
               she
               hath
               declared
               her
               distrust
               of
               all
               others
               that
               are
               subject
               unto
               her
               ,
               though
               she
               hath
               found
               them
               upon
               all
               occasions
               to
               be
               very
               faithful
               :
               Which
               makes
               so
               much
               for
               her
               prejudice
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               mind
               the
               worlds
               affairs
               ,
               say
               ,
               that
               were
               it
               only
               out
               of
               this
               respect
               ,
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               her
               to
               grow
               greater
               .
               And
               this
               is
               occasioned
               ,
               because
               no
               Queen
               loves
               less
               to
               be
               loved
               ,
               and
               more
               to
               be
               feared
               by
               her
               subjects
               then
               she
               :
               And
               therefore
               Politicians
               think
               it
               a
               great
               piece
               of
               folly
               in
               her
               ,
               to
               believe
               so
               firmly
               that
               she
               can
               make
               people
               adore
               her
               ,
               by
               ill
               usage
               :
               yet
               she
               allures
               people
               to
               serve
               her
               by
               these
               hateful
               customs
               ;
               for
               her
               great
               store
               of
               wealth
               is
               that
               Loadstone
               which
               violently
               draws
               the
               souls
               ,
               even
               of
               such
               unto
               her
               ,
               whose
               duty
               it
               being
               to
               abhor
               her
               ,
               ought
               to
               seek
               her
               lessening
               .
               She
               is
               very
               accurate
               in
               petty
               affairs
               ;
               but
               in
               matters
               of
               great
               importance
               ,
               no
               Princess
               suffers
               her self
               to
               be
               more
               easily
               deceived
               .
               She
               shews
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               wisdom
               and
               understanding
               in
               arguing
               and
               resolving
               upon
               matters
               of
               weight
               ;
               but
               be
               it
               either
               out
               of
               her
               innate
               slowness
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               cunning
               of
               her
               State
               Officers
               (
               who
               are
               greedy
               Merchants
               of
               great
               affairs
               )
               or
               for
               that
               she
               thinks
               nothing
               is
               done
               with
               decorum
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               long
               looked
               for
               ,
               she
               is
               so
               slow
               in
               putting
               her
               resolves
               into
               execution
               ,
               as
               the
               face
               of
               affairs
               altering
               with
               the
               times
               ,
               resolutions
               which
               are
               at
               first
               wisely
               taken
               ,
               prove
               unfortunate
               .
               She
               is
               therefore
               held
               by
               all
               men
               ,
               to
               be
               better
               at
               ordering
               of
               plots
               and
               businesse
               ,
               then
               in
               the
               managing
               of
               Arms
               ,
               wherein
               she
               is
               very
               hearty
               ,
               greatly
               constant
               ,
               and
               doth
               strangely
               undergo
               all
               hardships
               ,
               but
               is
               so
               little
               resolute
               ,
               as
               her
               too
               great
               circumspection
               hath
               many
               times
               the
               face
               of
               fear
               :
               So
               as
               she
               appears
               fitter
               to
               keep
               States
               ,
               then
               to
               acquire
               them
               ;
               and
               many
               singular
               men
               laugh
               at
               her
               ,
               for
               that
               she
               will
               regulate
               all
               her
               actions
               by
               certain
               sound
               and
               mature
               advice
               ,
               not
               leaving
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               hands
               of
               that
               Fortune
               or
               Fate
               ,
               which
               hath
               so
               favoured
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               made
               them
               so
               glorious
               ,
               when
               they
               have
               shewed
               much
               boldness
               ,
               but
               little
               advisedness
               in
               their
               actions
               .
               And
               some
               think
               that
               this
               happens
               because
               she
               is
               as
               sparing
               of
               her
               own
               bloud
               ,
               as
               greedy
               of
               that
               of
               other
               people
               ;
               which
               makes
               the
               most
               understanding
               Warriours
               laugh
               at
               her
               for
               aspiring
               at
               Universal
               Monarchy
               ,
               without
               fighting
               :
               The
               which
               she
               doth
               ,
               because
               being
               used
               to
               make
               great
               acquisitions
               by
               alliances
               ,
               she
               abhors
               the
               fearful
               French
               fashion
               ,
               of
               purchasing
               other
               peoples
               Patrimonies
               at
               the
               price
               of
               her
               own
               bloud
               .
               Being
               therefore
               more
               advised
               then
               adventurous
               ,
               she
               is
               more
               prejudicial
               to
               her
               enemies
               in
               peace
               ,
               than
               in
               war
               :
               Wherefore
               the
               French
               who
               have
               hitherto
               lived
               with
               her
               in
               a
               supine
               carelessness
               ,
               have
               after
               their
               so
               many
               calamities
               ,
               learnt
               at
               last
               ,
               to
               double-bolt
               their
               dores
               when
               they
               have
               made
               peace
               with
               the
               Spaniards
               .
               She
               is
               very
               careless
               of
               her
               own
               riches
               ,
               but
               so
               greedy
               of
               what
               is
               anothers
               ,
               as
               she
               cares
               not
               to
               desert
               her
               own
               patrimonial
               estate
               ,
               so
               she
               may
               come
               by
               those
               of
               others
               .
               She
               is
               of
               so
               deep
               thoughts
               ,
               and
               of
               so
               conceal'd
               a
               soul
               ,
               as
               it
               lies
               not
               in
               the
               skill
               of
               men
               to
               find
               out
               her
               ends
               :
               Nay
               Linceus
               himself
               with
               his
               acute
               eye-sight
               cannot
               so
               much
               as
               penetrate
               the
               outmost
               film
               thereof
               :
               Whereas
               short-sighted
               men
               can
               see
               even
               into
               the
               bowels
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               men
               of
               other
               Nations
               .
            
             
             
               But
               he
               who
               will
               judge
               of
               this
               great
               Ladies
               genius
               and
               customs
               ,
               must
               believe
               her
               to
               be
               in
               all
               her
               negotiations
               clean
               contrary
               to
               what
               she
               appears
               to
               be
               outwardly
               .
               And
               although
               amongst
               the
               vertues
               that
               have
               been
               named
               ,
               she
               hath
               many
               enormous
               vices
               ,
               yet
               she
               hath
               the
               good
               fortune
               to
               have
               all
               things
               in
               her
               ,
               held
               vertues
               ,
               and
               admired
               for
               such
               ;
               wherefore
               many
               wise
               Princes
               think
               it
               an
               honour
               to
               them
               to
               imitate
               her
               even
               in
               her
               vices
               .
               She
               is
               of
               a
               strong
               constitution
               ,
               which
               makes
               many
               men
               think
               her
               to
               be
               long-liv'd
               :
               She
               suffers
               only
               in
               having
               her
               members
               so
               far
               distant
               ,
               a
               thing
               which
               doth
               infinitely
               weaken
               so
               great
               a
               body
               :
               And
               though
               by
               the
               assistance
               of
               the
               Genoweses
               ,
               and
               her
               alliance
               with
               the
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               ,
               she
               endeavours
               to
               unite
               them
               ;
               yet
               does
               she
               but
               little
               good
               therein
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               diversity
               of
               Interest
               of
               these
               two
               Potentates
               .
               But
               so
               great
               a
               Princess
               is
               prejudiced
               by
               nothing
               more
               ,
               then
               by
               her
               own
               Spanish
               State-Ministers
               ,
               which
               she
               makes
               use
               of
               in
               all
               great
               imployments
               ,
               wherein
               they
               carry
               themselves
               so
               proudly
               ,
               and
               with
               such
               hateful
               haughtiness
               ,
               as
               they
               will
               not
               be
               only
               honoured
               as
               men
               ,
               but
               even
               adored
               as
               Gods.
               An
               impertinency
               which
               hath
               made
               the
               Spanish
               Government
               tedious
               and
               nauseous
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               the
               Italians
               and
               Flemmish
               ,
               but
               even
               to
               the
               very
               Spaniards
               themselves
               .
               All
               that
               behold
               so
               powerful
               a
               Queen
               ,
               wonder
               to
               see
               that
               she
               should
               all
               her
               life-time
               be
               troubled
               with
               Leeches
               ,
               and
               those
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               Genua
               ;
               And
               some
               of
               them
               are
               so
               great
               as
               good
               big
               Eels
               .
               And
               it
               is
               not
               known
               whether
               her
               not
               shaking
               them
               off
               proceeds
               from
               impotency
               ,
               from
               negligence
               ,
               or
               from
               the
               destiny
               of
               great
               Princes
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               alwaies
               fatal
               to
               have
               these
               ugly
               animals
               suck
               out
               their
               very
               life-bloud
               .
            
             
               This
               potent
               Princess
               being
               come
               into
               the
               Royal
               Hall
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               made
               her
               left
               arm
               be
               untied
               by
               some
               of
               her
               servants
               ,
               and
               shewing
               it
               naked
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               College
               of
               Literati
               ,
               spake
               thus
               :
               Lord
               and
               Father
               of
               Learning
               !
               this
               which
               you
               see
               ,
               is
               that
               stinking
               issue
               of
               Flanders
               ,
               which
               the
               French
               ,
               Germans
               ,
               and
               some
               Italian
               Princes
               who
               seem
               to
               be
               my
               friends
               ,
               and
               that
               unbowel'd
               beyond-sea
               Renegado
               made
               in
               me
               so
               many
               years
               ago
               ,
               for
               the
               jealousies
               they
               had
               of
               me
               .
               I
               confess
               that
               the
               before
               named
               Princes
               had
               reason
               to
               be
               jealous
               of
               me
               ,
               when
               after
               the
               death
               of
               Henry
               the
               second
               ,
               they
               saw
               France
               falne
               into
               the
               calamity
               of
               infant
               Kings
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               ,
               in
               their
               minority
               ,
               sought
               to
               sow
               discord
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               :
               Now
               that
               there
               is
               no
               more
               cause
               for
               these
               suspitions
               ,
               and
               that
               (
               I
               do
               not
               blush
               to
               say
               it
               )
               I
               have
               been
               sentenced
               to
               pay
               charges
               in
               the
               great
               contention
               which
               I
               had
               with
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               particularly
               with
               that
               mad
               Prince
               of
               Bearne
               ,
               I
               desire
               your
               Majesty
               that
               so
               troublesom
               an
               issue
               may
               be
               closed
               up
               ,
               since
               every
               one
               sees
               that
               it
               is
               become
               so
               inraged
               a
               canker
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               abundance
               of
               humors
               that
               have
               confluence
               thither
               ,
               as
               I
               wish
               to
               God
               it
               may
               not
               prove
               my
               ruine
               .
               I
               did
               not
               pass
               into
               Italy
               meerly
               out
               of
               mine
               own
               ambition
               ,
               nor
               had
               I
               so
               immoderate
               a
               thirst
               (
               as
               my
               enemies
               affirm
               )
               to
               command
               it
               all
               .
               Every
               one
               knows
               that
               I
               was
               called
               in
               ,
               and
               haled
               by
               meer
               force
               ,
               by
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               own
               selves
               ,
               to
               free
               them
               from
               the
               fear
               of
               being
               Lorded
               over
               by
               the
               French
               :
               And
               there
               is
               none
               in
               Europe
               that
               does
               not
               know
               ,
               that
               I
               lose
               so
               much
               of
               my
               principal
               ,
               every
               year
               in
               the
               States
               which
               I
               hold
               in
               Italy
               ,
               as
               they
               serve
               but
               to
               weaken
               and
               oppress
               me
               .
               Happy
               had
               it
               been
               for
               my
               Spanish
               Palace
               ,
               which
               I
               would
               have
               tiled
               over
               with
               Silver
               and
               Massie
               Gold
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               never
               medled
               with
               the
               Italians
               ,
               a
               double-dealing
               people
               ,
               full
               of
               fallacies
               and
               interests
               ,
               and
               
               who
               are
               only
               good
               to
               Imbarque
               people
               in
               dangerous
               businesses
               without
               bisket
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               abandon
               them
               in
               their
               greatest
               necessities
               ;
               professing
               nothing
               more
               openly
               ,
               then
               to
               take
               Crafish
               out
               of
               their
               holes
               with
               other
               mens
               hands
               .
               And
               I
               strangely
               wonder
               why
               Italy
               ,
               which
               (
               as
               every
               one
               knows
               )
               hath
               suffered
               her self
               to
               be
               overrun
               by
               all
               Forreign
               Nations
               ,
               should
               now
               make
               such
               profession
               of
               chastity
               to
               me
               ,
               as
               she
               cannot
               see
               me
               move
               never
               so
               little
               ,
               but
               she
               is
               afraid
               I
               should
               bereave
               her
               of
               the
               honour
               of
               her
               Liberty
               :
               And
               though
               the
               greatness
               which
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               France
               is
               at
               present
               in
               ,
               does
               secure
               Italy
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               aforesaid
               Princes
               from
               the
               fear
               they
               have
               of
               my
               power
               ;
               yet
               ,
               if
               your
               Majesty
               shall
               be
               so
               pleased
               ,
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               give
               security
               to
               every
               one
               
                 de
                 non
                 offendendo
              
               ;
               provided
               this
               my
               so
               troublesome
               issue
               may
               be
               closed
               up
               .
            
             
               The
               Issue
               was
               forthwith
               by
               order
               from
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               very
               diligently
               considered
               by
               the
               Politick
               Physitians
               ,
               and
               having
               held
               a
               careful
               Council
               thereupon
               ,
               they
               said
               ,
               That
               it
               being
               clearly
               seen
               that
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               was
               affected
               with
               a
               continual
               ardent
               thirst
               of
               Rule
               ,
               she
               had
               need
               of
               that
               issue
               ,
               by
               which
               those
               gross
               humors
               might
               be
               purged
               away
               ,
               which
               fell
               upon
               her
               stomack
               from
               Peru
               ,
               and
               occasioned
               that
               unquenchable
               thirst
               .
               And
               these
               able
               Physitians
               considered
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               aforesaid
               Monarchy
               had
               not
               had
               that
               issue
               ,
               it
               was
               apparently
               dangerous
               that
               the
               pernitious
               humors
               of
               Peru
               might
               mount
               to
               the
               head
               of
               Italy
               ,
               to
               the
               manifest
               ruine
               of
               her
               so
               principal
               Members
               ,
               which
               remain
               as
               yet
               unviolated
               ;
               And
               that
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               might
               fall
               into
               a
               Dropsie
               of
               Universal
               Monarchy
               :
               For
               which
               inconveniences
               ,
               they
               said
               excellent
               provision
               was
               had
               by
               this
               issue
               of
               Flanders
               ;
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               kept
               open
               ,
               whilst
               Peru
               did
               subminister
               such
               pernitious
               humors
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Spain
               .
            
             
               She
               was
               much
               displeased
               with
               this
               resolution
               ,
               wherefore
               ,
               greatly
               incenst
               ,
               she
               said
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               If
               by
               the
               malignity
               of
               others
               I
               must
               so
               shamefully
               consume
               away
               by
               administring
               oyntment
               to
               this
               Canker
               ,
               which
               my
               enemies
               term
               a
               diversive
               issue
               ;
               others
               who
               least
               believe
               it
               ,
               may
               pechance
               bring
               clouts
               to
               it
               .
               The
               meaning
               of
               this
               was
               soon
               understood
               by
               the
               French
               ,
               English
               ,
               and
               Italians
               ,
               who
               reply'd
               ,
               That
               they
               feared
               nothing
               less
               :
               For
               they
               sent
               but
               the
               scum
               of
               their
               States
               to
               Flanders
               ,
               whereas
               the
               Spaniards
               spent
               their
               gold
               ,
               and
               very
               life-bloud
               therein
               .
               For
               ,
               to
               secure
               themselves
               from
               the
               formidable
               power
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               ambition
               ,
               which
               they
               found
               had
               no
               Orison
               ;
               the
               English
               ,
               French
               ,
               Germans
               ,
               and
               Italians
               ,
               were
               forced
               answerable
               to
               Tacitus
               his
               Aphorism
               .
               
                 Consiliis
                 &
                 Astu
                 res
                 externas
                 moliri
                 ,
                 armaprocul
                 habere
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               A
               Secretary
               of
               Monsieur
               de
               Guise
               is
               punisht
               for
               having
               spoken
               amiss
               .
            
             
               MOnsieur
               
                 de
                 Guise
              
               his
               Secretary
               ,
               speaking
               yesterday
               with
               some
               French
               Barons
               of
               the
               late
               Tumults
               in
               France
               ,
               as
               he
               mentioned
               his
               Masters
               party
               ,
               called
               it
               the
               holy
               League
               ;
               which
               when
               Apollo
               heard
               ,
               he
               caused
               him
               to
               have
               the
               Strappado
               given
               him
               thrice
               in
               publick
               ,
               and
               made
               him
               be
               told
               he
               might
               learn
               to
               put
               a
               difference
               between
               a
               Holy
               League
               ,
               and
               a
               devillish
               Rebellion
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Spaniards
               endeavour
               the
               getting
               of
               Savioveda
               ,
               but
               in
               vain
               .
            
             
               SInce
               the
               ill
               advised
               Princes
               of
               Italy
               made
               use
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Pickax
               ,
               to
               take
               the
               French
               nail
               out
               ,
               which
               was
               fixt
               in
               the
               Table
               of
               Millan
               ,
               which
               Ax
               entred
               so
               far
               into
               the
               Table
               it self
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               never
               able
               to
               be
               got
               out
               by
               any
               whatsoever
               Pincers
               ;
               all
               the
               Potentates
               of
               Europe
               ,
               and
               more
               particularly
               the
               Princes
               of
               Italy
               ,
               who
               were
               aware
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               after
               having
               inslaved
               Millan
               ,
               did
               openly
               aspire
               to
               get
               the
               absolute
               Dominion
               of
               all
               Italy
               ;
               to
               the
               end
               that
               they
               might
               secure
               the
               remaining
               Liberty
               that
               was
               left
               them
               ;
               they
               made
               an
               agreement
               amongst
               themselves
               ,
               that
               once
               every
               five
               and
               twenty
               year
               ,
               the
               Chain
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               forged
               for
               the
               Italian
               slavery
               ,
               should
               be
               exactly
               measured
               by
               people
               purposely
               deputed
               thereunto
               .
               And
               coming
               not
               many
               daies
               ago
               to
               the
               act
               of
               measuring
               ,
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               found
               much
               to
               their
               amazement
               ,
               that
               the
               so
               hateful
               Chain
               was
               increased
               by
               five
               prejudicial
               Links
               :
               The
               politick
               Smiths
               were
               immediately
               sent
               for
               ,
               who
               very
               diligently
               took
               test
               ,
               or
               say
               of
               the
               Iron
               which
               was
               added
               to
               the
               Chain
               ,
               and
               they
               found
               that
               the
               first
               Link
               was
               made
               at
               Piombine
               ,
               the
               second
               at
               Finale
               ,
               the
               third
               at
               Correggio
               ,
               the
               fourth
               at
               Portolungone
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               at
               Monaco
               .
               The
               Princes
               wondred
               exceedingly
               hereat
               ,
               and
               many
               of
               them
               were
               ashamed
               of
               themselves
               ,
               to
               find
               that
               by
               their
               supine
               blockheadishn●…s
               ,
               the
               Spaniards
               had
               increased
               the
               Chain
               of
               the
               Italian
               slavery
               much
               more
               in
               time
               of
               peace
               ,
               then
               they
               would
               have
               done
               with
               four
               Armies
               in
               time
               of
               War.
               They
               were
               therefore
               so
               incens'd
               against
               the
               Spaniards
               for
               these
               exorbitant
               novelties
               ,
               as
               they
               freely
               told
               them
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               would
               not
               keep
               themselves
               within
               the
               bounds
               of
               honesty
               and
               modesty
               ,
               in
               case
               the
               Italian
               Files
               were
               not
               sufficient
               to
               reduce
               that
               woful
               Chain
               to
               its
               due
               measure
               ,
               they
               would
               make
               use
               of
               those
               of
               France
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               could
               not
               thereby
               compass
               their
               ends
               ,
               they
               would
               bring
               enough
               from
               Germany
               and
               England
               ;
               and
               that
               if
               put
               to
               despair
               ,
               they
               would
               provide
               themselves
               of
               those
               excellent
               damask
               blades
               which
               are
               made
               in
               Turkey
               .
            
             
               Whilst
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               were
               in
               this
               dispute
               ,
               a
               Post
               came
               to
               them
               dispatcht
               in
               all
               hast
               from
               Italy
               ,
               advertising
               them
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               hammering
               another
               Link
               in
               Savioneda
               ,
               to
               add
               unto
               the
               Chain
               of
               their
               slavery
               .
               At
               the
               news
               whereof
               the
               State
               of
               Venice
               straight
               waies
               threw
               open
               her
               Arsenal
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Italy
               hasted
               to
               take
               up
               arms
               :
               The
               
               Warlike
               French
               Nation
               commanded
               her
               Nobility
               to
               get
               on
               horseback
               ;
               the
               Germans
               put
               themselves
               in
               order
               to
               pass
               over
               the
               Mountains
               ;
               numerous
               Fleets
               of
               English
               ,
               Hollanders
               ,
               and
               Zealanders
               ,
               hasted
               towards
               the
               Straits
               of
               Gebraltar
               ;
               when
               just
               as
               the
               whole
               world
               was
               up
               in
               arms
               ,
               a
               new
               Post
               came
               with
               the
               joyful
               and
               certain
               news
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               had
               done
               their
               utmost
               endeavour
               to
               make
               the
               important
               Link
               of
               Sabioneda
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               had
               lost
               their
               labour
               ;
               for
               as
               they
               were
               sodering
               it
               ,
               it
               knapt
               in
               two
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Moore
              
               ,
               an
               Englishman
               ,
               asks
               Apollo
               when
               Her●…sies
               will
               cease
               .
            
             
               SIr
               
                 Thomas
                 Moore
              
               ,
               that
               Englishman
               ,
               who
               the
               very
               first
               day
               that
               he
               was
               received
               into
               Pernassus
               ,
               was
               honoured
               with
               the
               Title
               of
               singular
               and
               holy
               Literato
               ,
               and
               who
               lives
               much
               afflicted
               in
               this
               Court
               ,
               being
               perpetually
               cruciated
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               wicked
               heresies
               which
               proceed
               from
               his
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               from
               elsewhere
               ;
               and
               which
               having
               chased
               true
               Christian
               piety
               from
               out
               the
               hearts
               of
               men
               ,
               hath
               put
               both
               holy
               and
               profane
               things
               into
               a
               horrid
               confusion
               ;
               this
               singular
               mans
               affliction
               grew
               so
               really
               great
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               perpetually
               seen
               to
               bemoan
               the
               heresies
               of
               the
               seduced
               people
               ,
               and
               the
               seducers
               open
               Atheism
               .
               This
               so
               famous
               Personage
               came
               yesterday
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               and
               earnestly
               desired
               his
               Majesty
               that
               he
               would
               let
               him
               know
               when
               the
               present
               disorders
               and
               heresies
               which
               were
               crept
               into
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               and
               which
               were
               invented
               and
               sown
               by
               wicked
               men
               ,
               either
               out
               of
               ambition
               of
               getting
               ,
               fear
               of
               loss
               ,
               or
               desire
               of
               revenge
               ,
               should
               have
               an
               end
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               Apollo
               suddenly
               answered
               ;
               You
               shall
               see
               (
               my
               beloved
               Moore
               )
               the
               mischiefs
               of
               the
               present
               heresies
               cease
               ,
               when
               the
               Spaniards
               contenting
               themselves
               with
               their
               own
               Spain
               ,
               will
               cause
               no
               further
               jealousies
               in
               other
               Princes
               :
               And
               when
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               resting
               content
               with
               her
               antient
               Patrimony
               of
               Auspurg
               in
               Germany
               ,
               shall
               bound
               her
               ambition
               of
               dominiering
               over
               the
               whole
               world
               .
               For
               the
               present
               Heresies
               being
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               League
               of
               Potentates
               ,
               against
               the
               greatness
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               the
               evils
               will
               not
               cease
               before
               the
               true
               occasion
               thereof
               be
               taken
               away
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               French
               desire
               Apollo
               that
               he
               will
               teach
               them
               the
               true
               Spanish
               Perfume
               for
               Gloves
               .
            
             
               GReat
               and
               eternal
               is
               the
               emulation
               between
               the
               two
               Warlike
               and
               Potent
               Nations
               of
               France
               and
               Spain
               .
               There
               is
               no
               singularity
               in
               France
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               ambitiously
               coveted
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               ;
               nor
               are
               the
               French
               ever
               quiet
               ,
               till
               they
               have
               made
               themselves
               Masters
               of
               those
               rarities
               ,
               which
               they
               see
               Spain
               indued
               with
               .
               And
               because
               the
               Perfuming
               of
               Gloves
               with
               Ambergrees
               ,
               is
               a
               particular
               invention
               and
               gift
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               the
               French
               have
               left
               nothing
               untried
               ,
               how
               to
               come
               to
               the
               like
               perfection
               .
               
               They
               have
               been
               at
               great
               cost
               in
               providing
               themselves
               of
               Musk
               ,
               Ambergrees
               ,
               Civet
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               the
               odoriferous
               drugs
               which
               come
               from
               the
               East
               ;
               but
               all
               in
               vain
               :
               For
               neither
               hath
               their
               expence
               ,
               nor
               their
               diligence
               been
               able
               to
               make
               them
               obtain
               their
               desired
               end
               .
               Yet
               before
               they
               would
               give
               over
               their
               business
               as
               desperat
               ,
               the
               Noble
               French
               Nation
               had
               recourse
               to
               Apollo's
               Majesty
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               bringer
               forth
               of
               all
               Aromaticks
               ,
               whom
               they
               earnestly
               desired
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               vouchsafe
               to
               teach
               the
               French
               the
               true
               Spanish
               perfume
               ,
               wherewith
               to
               dress
               Amber-gloves
               .
               'T
               is
               very
               certain
               that
               Apollo
               was
               not
               seen
               to
               laugh
               so
               heartily
               at
               the
               down-fall
               of
               unfortunate
               Icarus
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               at
               the
               request
               of
               these
               Frenchmen
               .
               He
               commanded
               the
               Priests
               that
               were
               by
               him
               ,
               to
               smell
               to
               their
               hands
               ,
               and
               tell
               him
               of
               what
               they
               smelt
               .
               The
               Priests
               obeyed
               ,
               and
               told
               his
               Majesty
               they
               smelt
               very
               well
               .
               Then
               said
               Apollo
               to
               the
               French
               ,
               Nature
               alwaies
               helps
               mens
               defects
               ,
               with
               somewhat
               of
               rare
               vertue
               ;
               and
               that
               therefore
               she
               had
               given
               the
               Monopoly
               of
               making
               sweet
               Gloves
               to
               that
               Nation
               whose
               hand
               did
               stink
               insufferably
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               goes
               to
               the
               Oracle
               of
               Delphos
               ,
               to
               know
               whether
               she
               shall
               ever
               obtain
               the
               Universal
               Monarchy
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               ;
               and
               receives
               a
               negative
               answer
               .
            
             
               THe
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               parted
               very
               privatly
               from
               Pernassus
               yesterday
               morning
               two
               hours
               before
               day
               ,
               in
               a
               Coach
               with
               six
               horses
               ;
               carrying
               along
               with
               her
               only
               some
               of
               her
               chief
               Court-confidents
               ,
               which
               caused
               great
               jealousies
               .
               And
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               was
               particularly
               so
               moved
               hereat
               ,
               as
               she
               presently
               took
               Post
               ,
               and
               followed
               after
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               ,
               to
               know
               the
               reason
               of
               this
               Voyage
               ;
               and
               overtook
               her
               just
               as
               she
               arrived
               at
               Delphos
               ,
               at
               Apollo's
               Oracle
               .
               Before
               which
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               presenting
               her self
               ,
               those
               who
               were
               then
               present
               ,
               say
               ,
               that
               she
               made
               this
               supplication
               unto
               it
               .
            
             
               O
               Eternal
               and
               resplendent
               Lamp
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               Heavens
               right
               Eye
               ,
               which
               art
               not
               only
               the
               producer
               of
               day
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               good
               that
               befalls
               mankind
               !
               Thou
               knowst
               that
               all
               my
               thoughts
               have
               for
               this
               long
               time
               been
               set
               upon
               the
               Universal
               Monarchy
               ,
               which
               only
               the
               Romans
               arrived
               unto
               :
               Thou
               knowst
               what
               effusion
               of
               bloud
               and
               treasure
               it
               hath
               cost
               me
               to
               compass
               my
               intent
               .
               The
               watchings
               ,
               sweat
               ,
               and
               cunning
               industry
               which
               I
               have
               used
               to
               atchieve
               so
               important
               a
               designe
               ,
               are
               only
               known
               to
               thee
               ;
               and
               thou
               likewise
               knowst
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               valour
               of
               my
               Nation
               ,
               the
               dexterousness
               of
               mine
               own
               wit
               ,
               and
               my
               monies
               efficacy
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               many
               years
               since
               I
               sowed
               s●…ch
               troubles
               and
               civil
               Wars
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               whereupon
               I
               had
               chiefly
               grounded
               my
               hopes
               ,
               as
               that
               I
               was
               near
               compassing
               my
               desire
               ;
               nothing
               remained
               to
               overcome
               all
               difficulties
               ,
               but
               to
               joyn
               Naples
               to
               Millan
               ;
               which
               if
               I
               shall
               at
               any
               time
               be
               able
               to
               do
               ,
               I
               may
               safely
               say
               I
               have
               done
               the
               deed
               .
               But
               since
               ,
               were
               it
               either
               through
               my
               fatal
               misfortune
               ,
               through
               the
               impossibility
               of
               the
               business
               ,
               or
               through
               the
               power
               of
               my
               cruel
               enemies
               who
               appeared
               against
               me
               ,
               the
               scandallous
               revolutions
               which
               I
               have
               
               been
               so
               long
               a
               plotting
               ,
               and
               sowing
               amongst
               the
               French
               ,
               are
               in
               despit●…
               of
               me
               ,
               turned
               on
               the
               sudden
               into
               that
               peace
               and
               tranquillity
               which
               it
               breaks
               my
               very
               heart
               to
               think
               on
               :
               That
               I
               may
               not
               utterly
               ruine
               those
               my
               people
               ,
               whom
               I
               have
               almost
               brought
               to
               utter
               desolation
               ,
               by
               this
               undertaking
               which
               I
               propounded
               unto
               my self
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               may
               be
               no
               longer
               the
               discourse
               of
               people
               ,
               I
               now
               present
               my self
               before
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               humbly
               beseeching
               you
               to
               give
               me
               a
               clear
               answer
               ,
               whether
               that
               Universal
               Monarchy
               whi●…h
               I
               have
               so
               much
               set
               my
               heart
               upon
               ,
               and
               which
               is
               the
               only
               scope
               of
               all
               my
               actions
               ,
               be
               by
               the
               will
               of
               heaven
               destin'd
               to
               me
               and
               to
               my
               Nation
               .
               And
               this
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               if
               the
               business
               prove
               impossible
               ,
               I
               may
               appease
               my self
               ,
               and
               set
               my
               mind
               in
               quiet
               ;
               or
               if
               it
               be
               feasible
               ,
               I
               may
               incourage
               my
               Spaniards
               in
               the
               possibility
               thereof
               ;
               for
               to
               tell
               thee
               the
               truth
               ,
               who
               seest
               the
               hidden
               thoughts
               of
               men
               ,
               by
               the
               so
               many
               hardships
               and
               sufferings
               which
               I
               have
               undergon
               by
               sea
               and
               land
               ,
               by
               the
               so
               many
               conspiracies
               and
               counter-plots
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               framed
               against
               me
               by
               my
               implacable
               enemies
               ,
               and
               which
               are
               framing
               faster
               now
               then
               ever
               ,
               I
               begin
               to
               be
               totally
               discouraged
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               request
               the
               Temple
               shook
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               Earthquake
               followed
               immediately
               after
               ;
               when
               these
               words
               proceeded
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               Apollo's
               Minister
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Universal
                 Monarchy
                 shall
                 again
                 return
                 to
                 the
                 Noble
                 Italian
                 Nation
                 ,
                 when
                 she
                 shall
                 have
                 banished
                 all
                 those
                 intestine
                 discords
                 which
                 have
                 made
                 her
                 a
                 slave
                 to
                 other
                 Nations
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               sad
               answer
               being
               given
               ,
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               went
               much
               afflicted
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               was
               very
               much
               astonished
               ;
               and
               when
               she
               saw
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               present
               her self
               before
               her
               ,
               she
               first
               past
               usual
               complements
               with
               her
               ,
               then
               taking
               her
               by
               the
               hand
               ,
               drew
               her
               aside
               ;
               and
               having
               acquainted
               her
               with
               what
               answer
               she
               had
               received
               from
               the
               Oracle
               ,
               she
               told
               her
               ,
               That
               since
               the
               Universal
               Monarchy
               was
               by
               the
               will
               of
               heaven
               to
               return
               again
               to
               the
               Italian
               Nation
               ,
               France
               would
               as
               soon
               make
               trial
               of
               new
               Cesar's
               ,
               as
               Spain
               should
               do
               of
               second
               Scipio's
               :
               That
               therefore
               to
               secure
               themselves
               ,
               she
               thought
               the
               b●…st
               course
               would
               be
               to
               divide
               Italy
               between
               them
               .
               She
               offered
               to
               teach
               her
               the
               same
               receit
               which
               (
               as
               she
               affirms
               )
               she
               had
               made
               happy
               trial
               of
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               would
               so
               secure
               themselves
               from
               the
               Italian
               Nation
               ,
               as
               nothing
               should
               remain
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               of
               that
               wicked
               generation
               of
               men
               ,
               but
               the
               bare
               name
               .
            
             
               Suffer
               me
               (
               reply'd
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               )
               to
               forget
               that
               unfortunate
               division
               that
               my
               King
               ,
               Lodovick
               the
               twelfth
               ,
               made
               lately
               with
               you
               ;
               and
               we
               will
               then
               speak
               further
               of
               this
               business
               :
               For
               the
               French
               are
               not
               deceived
               the
               second
               time
               so
               easily
               ,
               as
               I
               perceive
               you
               fancy
               they
               are
               .
               Then
               ,
               for
               the
               receit
               which
               you
               propose
               unto
               me
               to
               secure
               our selves
               from
               the
               Italians
               ,
               keep
               it
               I
               beseech
               you
               for
               your self
               .
               For
               ,
               to
               rout
               out
               men
               from
               out
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               enjoy
               the
               naked
               earth
               without
               inhabitants
               (
               as
               it
               hath
               been
               your
               practice
               to
               do
               in
               the
               Indies
               )
               is
               a
               politick
               precept
               which
               is
               not
               found
               in
               the
               French
               Reason
               of
               State.
               I
               have
               at
               my
               cost
               ,
               learn'd
               to
               content
               my self
               with
               a
               little
               ,
               provided
               it
               be
               good
               .
               And
               therefore
               I
               ground
               my
               greatness
               more
               upon
               the
               multitude
               of
               my
               Subjects
               ,
               then
               upon
               the
               largeness
               of
               my
               Dominion
               .
               And
               provided
               that
               my
               Frenchmen
               enjoy
               some
               satisfaction
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               I
               am
               content
               that
               others
               may
               do
               the
               like
               .
               The
               business
               of
               agreement
               concerning
               Italy
               ,
               will
               require
               time
               ;
               and
               you
               
               know
               by
               experience
               ,
               that
               purgations
               taken
               to
               preserve
               ones
               self
               from
               apprehended
               malladies
               ,
               do
               often
               bring
               them
               the
               faster
               on
               .
               I
               will
               be
               bold
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               with
               that
               liberty
               which
               is
               proper
               to
               my
               nature
               ,
               that
               the
               business
               of
               subjugating
               whole
               Italy
               ,
               is
               not
               so
               easie
               a
               thing
               as
               I
               perceive
               you
               perswade
               your self
               it
               is
               .
               For
               when
               I
               had
               the
               same
               caprichio
               ,
               it
               proved
               pernitious
               to
               me
               ;
               wherefore
               I
               believe
               it
               will
               prove
               little
               better
               to
               you
               :
               For
               to
               my
               great
               loss
               ,
               I
               have
               learn'd
               ,
               that
               the
               Italians
               are
               a
               sort
               of
               people
               who
               watch
               alwaies
               how
               to
               escape
               out
               of
               our
               hands
               ,
               and
               which
               are
               never
               tamed
               under
               forreign
               slavery
               ▪
               And
               though
               like
               crafty
               Apes
               ,
               they
               transform
               themselves
               into
               the
               customs
               of
               those
               Nations
               which
               rule
               over
               them
               ,
               yet
               they
               preserve
               their
               antient
               hatred
               concealed
               inwardly
               in
               their
               heart
               .
               And
               they
               are
               expert
               Merchants
               of
               their
               slavery
               ;
               for
               they
               make
               you
               believe
               they
               are
               become
               good
               Spaniards
               ,
               by
               only
               pu●…ng
               on
               a
               pair
               of
               Sicilian
               slops
               ,
               and
               us
               that
               they
               are
               become
               Frenchmen
               ,
               by
               putting
               on
               a
               Cambrick
               band
               :
               But
               when
               they
               come
               to
               the
               point
               of
               business
               ,
               they
               shew
               more
               teeth
               then
               a
               thousand
               saws
               .
               They
               are
               very
               like
               those
               greedy
               dames
               ,
               who
               by
               their
               alluring
               smiles
               ,
               soundly
               fleece
               their
               Sweet-hearts
               ,
               without
               ever
               coming
               to
               the
               conclusive
               point
               which
               they
               would
               be
               at
               .
               Believe
               me
               therefore
               ,
               who
               have
               paid
               dearly
               for
               my
               learning
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               shall
               reap
               nothing
               but
               loss
               and
               shame
               in
               going
               about
               to
               subdue
               Italy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Philip
               the
               second
               ,
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               after
               some
               dispute
               concerning
               his
               Title
               ,
               enters
               in
               great
               State
               into
               Pernassus
               .
            
             
               PHilip
               the
               second
               ,
               that
               potent
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               who
               came
               two
               months
               ago
               to
               this
               Court
               ,
               was
               not
               permitted
               to
               make
               his
               publick
               entry
               till
               yesterday
               :
               The
               reason
               why
               ,
               was
               because
               in
               some
               Triumphant
               Arches
               which
               were
               built
               for
               him
               with
               great
               magnificence
               ,
               by
               the
               Spanish
               Nation
               ,
               these
               words
               were
               written
               .
            
             
               
                 Philippo
                 secundo
                 ,
                 Hispaniarum
                 ,
                 utriusque
                 Siciliae
                 ,
                 &
                 Indiarum
                 Regi
                 Catholico
                 ,
                 Italiae
                 Pacis
                 Auct●…ri
                 felicissimo
                 .
              
            
             
               At
               which
               words
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               being
               displeased
               ,
               they
               desired
               they
               might
               be
               cancelled
               ,
               saying
               they
               would
               by
               no
               means
               acknowledge
               that
               peace
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               which
               they
               bought
               with
               ready
               moneys
               from
               the
               Hollanders
               and
               Zealanders
               .
            
             
               This
               Aromatick
               business
               suffered
               a
               long
               dispute
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               did
               sufficiently
               prove
               that
               the
               present
               Peace
               of
               Italy
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               owned
               from
               any
               good
               intention
               in
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               who
               would
               have
               wholly
               overrun
               it
               ,
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               that
               great
               diversion
               ;
               yet
               in
               the
               greatest
               heat
               of
               this
               contention
               ,
               the
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               with
               her
               wonted
               wisdom
               quenched
               the
               fire
               .
               For
               having
               summoned
               all
               her
               Princes
               together
               ,
               she
               bad
               them
               leave
               ostentation
               and
               boasting
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               and
               that
               minding
               realities
               ,
               they
               should
               not
               stick
               to
               feed
               them
               with
               smoak
               .
               The
               Cavalcata
               was
               the
               stateliest
               that
               was
               ever
               seen
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               both
               for
               the
               number
               and
               quality
               of
               Princes
               who
               came
               thither
               to
               favour
               and
               honour
               that
               great
               King
               ;
               who
               was
               placed
               amongst
               those
               
               Monarchs
               who
               have
               been
               held
               famous
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               more
               for
               their
               wisdom
               and
               sagacity
               in
               peace
               ,
               then
               for
               their
               valour
               shewn
               in
               War.
               And
               therefore
               the
               Impressa
               which
               he
               bore
               in
               his
               chief
               Standard
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               writing
               Pen
               ,
               afforded
               much
               wonder
               to
               the
               Literati
               ;
               with
               which
               Pen
               ,
               as
               is
               fully
               witnessed
               by
               all
               Historians
               ,
               he
               had
               caused
               greater
               ruine
               and
               hurleyburleys
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               wheresoever
               else
               he
               had
               occasion
               to
               use
               it
               ,
               then
               his
               Father
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               could
               have
               done
               with
               all
               the
               Cannons
               of
               Europe
               .
               This
               Impressa
               was
               much
               commended
               by
               all
               the
               College
               of
               the
               Vertuosi
               ;
               Writers
               having
               attributed
               it
               to
               great
               honour
               ,
               that
               a
               Pen
               in
               the
               hand
               of
               one
               that
               knew
               how
               to
               use
               it
               ,
               had
               done
               such
               remarkable
               things
               .
               So
               great
               a
               King
               is
               alwaies
               treated
               in
               
                 Pernassus
                 ,
                 alla
                 Grande
              
               ,
               for
               even
               the
               chiefest
               Monarchs
               of
               Europe
               have
               thought
               it
               an
               honour
               to
               serve
               him
               :
               In
               so
               much
               as
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               under
               the
               Barbers
               hands
               the
               next
               day
               after
               his
               entry
               ,
               the
               Queen
               of
               England
               held
               the
               basin
               to
               his
               neck
               ,
               and
               the
               warlike
               King
               of
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Henry
              
               the
               fourth
               thought
               it
               great
               glory
               that
               he
               was
               able
               to
               wash
               his
               head
               ;
               which
               he
               did
               with
               such
               dexterity
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               bred
               up
               to
               that
               exercise
               ;
               though
               some
               Malignants
               say
               it
               was
               without
               sope
               ,
               and
               with
               very
               strong
               lye
               .
               This
               great
               Monarch
               was
               presented
               by
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               with
               many
               pieces
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               other
               elaborat
               Writings
               ,
               which
               he
               rewarded
               very
               liberally
               .
               He
               gave
               twenty
               crowns
               in
               Gold
               to
               a
               Literato
               who
               presented
               him
               with
               a
               solid
               Discourse
               ,
               wherein
               he
               shewed
               how
               the
               Noble
               Parthenope
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               flourishing
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               which
               is
               now
               brought
               to
               utter
               desolation
               ,
               by
               the
               plundering
               of
               souldiers
               ,
               Judges
               lewdness
               ,
               by
               the
               Barons
               pilling
               and
               polling
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               general
               ransacking
               of
               the
               Vice-Roys
               ,
               who
               are
               sent
               from
               Spain
               to
               grow
               rich
               there
               ,
               might
               be
               brought
               to
               its
               antient
               glory
               and
               splendor
               ,
               and
               gave
               the
               discourse
               to
               his
               Confessor
               ,
               and
               willed
               him
               to
               have
               a
               care
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               of
               that
               which
               was
               written
               very
               highly
               ▪
               But
               he
               gave
               twelve
               thousand
               crowns
               a
               year
               Rent
               to
               an
               excellent
               Politician
               ,
               who
               gave
               him
               a
               long
               Treaty
               ;
               but
               clean
               contrary
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               wherein
               was
               discust
               what
               way
               might
               be
               taken
               to
               afflict
               that
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               much
               more
               then
               it
               is
               now
               ,
               and
               how
               it
               might
               be
               reduced
               to
               such
               calamity
               and
               misery
               ,
               as
               that
               generous
               Steed
               without
               or
               saddle
               or
               bridle
               ,
               which
               the
               City
               of
               Naples
               gives
               for
               her
               Impresse
               ,
               might
               be
               brought
               to
               bear
               a
               pack-saddle
               and
               a
               heavy
               burthen
               patiently
               ,
               nay
               even
               to
               draw
               in
               a
               Cart
               ;
               and
               moreover
               he
               made
               him
               a
               Grandee
               of
               Spain
               ,
               affirming
               that
               it
               was
               discreetly
               written
               according
               to
               the
               true
               terms
               of
               good
               Policy
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               Princes
               ,
               Commonwealths
               ,
               and
               States
               ,
               are
               justly
               weighed
               in
               the
               Scales
               by
               
                 Lorenzo
                 de
                 Medici
              
               .
            
             
               SInce
               it
               is
               clearly
               seen
               ,
               that
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Rome
               ,
               after
               the
               acquisition
               which
               she
               made
               of
               whole
               Italy
               ,
               could
               in
               a
               short
               space
               arrive
               at
               that
               Universal
               Monarchy
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
               and
               is
               so
               famous
               ,
               and
               to
               which
               many
               ambitious
               Princes
               have
               since
               in
               vain
               aspired
               :
               The
               Empire
               and
               Kingdoms
               which
               were
               afterwards
               built
               out
               of
               the
               ruines
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Monarchy
               ,
               came
               to
               a
               great
               contest
               ,
               Whether
               it
               were
               possible
               to
               hinder
               that
               Potentate
               who
               should
               be
               suffered
               to
               grow
               to
               such
               a
               greatness
               
               of
               stature
               and
               strength
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               was
               not
               to
               be
               counterpoised
               by
               anyone
               single
               other
               Prince
               ,
               as
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Rome
               could
               never
               be
               ,
               after
               she
               had
               once
               got
               to
               be
               Mistriss
               of
               Italy
               ,
               from
               arriving
               in
               a
               short
               time
               at
               Universal
               Monarchy
               .
            
             
               Since
               it
               is
               evidently
               known
               by
               many
               occasions
               which
               have
               hapned
               ,
               that
               peoples
               aid
               and
               succour
               are
               but
               vain
               hopes
               ,
               and
               wofull
               remedies
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               diversity
               of
               Interests
               ,
               and
               infinite
               jealousies
               ,
               which
               use
               to
               reign
               amongst
               Colleagues
               ;
               and
               the
               Empires
               and
               Kingdoms
               which
               arose
               in
               the
               world
               after
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               they
               might
               shun
               those
               calamities
               and
               dissolutions
               which
               those
               Potentates
               underwent
               ,
               who
               were
               opprest
               by
               the
               Roman
               Power
               ,
               did
               wisely
               make
               an
               agreement
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               should
               meet
               together
               every
               fifteenth
               year
               ,
               and
               that
               their
               Forces
               should
               be
               weighed
               ,
               and
               a
               due
               counterpoise
               and
               allay
               should
               be
               given
               to
               him
               who
               should
               be
               found
               to
               be
               grown
               to
               such
               a
               greatness
               ,
               as
               might
               prove
               dangerous
               to
               his
               neighbours
               .
            
             
               Many
               great
               wits
               were
               propounded
               for
               the
               honourable
               imployment
               of
               this
               poysing
               ;
               but
               for
               above
               these
               hundred
               last
               years
               ,
               it
               hath
               alwaies
               been
               discharged
               by
               the
               Princely
               House
               of
               Medici
               ,
               and
               particularly
               by
               the
               great
               Lorenzo
               .
               At
               which
               Prerogative
               ,
               though
               many
               thought
               the
               Pope
               was
               highly
               offended
               ,
               and
               the
               Venetian
               Senat
               ,
               who
               have
               been
               alwaies
               as
               watchful
               at
               least
               ,
               if
               not
               more
               ,
               to
               maintain
               the
               power
               of
               Potentates
               equal
               as
               well
               in
               Italy
               ,
               as
               elsewhere
               ,
               as
               Lorenzo
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               the
               Florentines
               ,
               yet
               all
               Historians
               do
               agree
               that
               the
               weight
               of
               this
               business
               was
               bequeathed
               to
               Lorenzo
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               day
               of
               August
               then
               ,
               all
               the
               Princes
               and
               Potentates
               of
               Europe
               met
               at
               Phocides
               ,
               to
               be
               present
               at
               the
               important
               affair
               of
               having
               perfect
               knowledge
               of
               their
               own
               actions
               ,
               and
               (
               that
               which
               imports
               more
               by
               much
               in
               matters
               of
               State
               )
               of
               those
               of
               others
               .
               By
               antient
               and
               just
               prerogative
               the
               Aristocratical
               Monarchy
               of
               the
               Apostolick
               Sea
               ,
               was
               put
               first
               into
               the
               Scales
               ;
               and
               because
               the
               weight
               thereof
               did
               not
               exceed
               six
               millions
               of
               pounds
               the
               last
               fifteen
               years
               ,
               and
               now
               it
               was
               found
               to
               weigh
               seven
               millions
               and
               a
               half
               ,
               every
               one
               knew
               that
               the
               addition
               of
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Ferrara
               was
               the
               occasion
               thereof
               :
               And
               then
               a
               vail
               being
               taken
               off
               ,
               the
               sacred
               sharp
               edged
               sword
               appeared
               ,
               shining
               as
               clear
               as
               the
               Sun
               amidst
               spiritual
               and
               temporal
               Authority
               .
               And
               because
               a
               thing
               of
               so
               great
               esteem
               cannot
               be
               weighted
               by
               the
               Scales
               of
               humane
               judgement
               ;
               it
               was
               honoured
               ,
               adored
               ,
               and
               admired
               only
               by
               the
               minds
               of
               all
               men
               .
               Next
               to
               this
               ,
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               was
               brought
               to
               the
               Scales
               by
               the
               seven
               Princes
               Electors
               ;
               which
               was
               found
               in
               the
               old
               books
               to
               have
               weighed
               seventy
               millions
               of
               pounds
               .
               But
               her
               healthful
               complexion
               being
               spoiled
               by
               the
               irregular
               living
               of
               many
               of
               her
               Emperors
               ,
               which
               made
               her
               be
               dreaded
               by
               every
               one
               ;
               she
               is
               fallen
               into
               such
               dangerous
               sicknesses
               ,
               as
               after
               a
               long
               Quartane
               Ague
               hath
               terminated
               in
               a
               Hectick
               Feaver
               ,
               which
               hath
               so
               macerated
               her
               ,
               as
               nothing
               is
               seen
               to
               remain
               in
               her
               in
               this
               our
               age
               ,
               but
               skin
               and
               bones
               .
               Yet
               though
               she
               be
               so
               much
               lessened
               in
               Revenue
               ,
               she
               makes
               a
               fair
               appearance
               by
               the
               stately
               motion
               of
               her
               body
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               her
               intrinsecal
               imperfections
               may
               not
               be
               known
               ,
               good
               people
               haue
               much
               imbellished
               her
               outwardly
               ,
               and
               honested
               her
               with
               the
               antient
               Title
               of
               August
               ,
               and
               the
               Majestical
               name
               of
               Cesar.
               But
               when
               she
               came
               to
               the
               Scales
               ,
               she
               was
               found
               to
               be
               altogether
               
               empty
               within
               ;
               no
               feather
               being
               so
               light
               as
               the
               name
               of
               a
               Prince
               without
               authority
               ,
               is
               idle
               .
               The
               weight
               therefore
               of
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               did
               not
               exceed
               480
               pound
               ;
               and
               this
               redounded
               certainly
               to
               the
               infinite
               shame
               of
               the
               lay
               Electors
               ,
               who
               were
               thought
               to
               be
               those
               that
               by
               their
               cunning
               had
               brought
               her
               to
               that
               unfortunate
               condition
               :
               For
               the
               common
               opinion
               was
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               wrought
               it
               so
               ,
               as
               those
               Cities
               ,
               and
               States
               which
               they
               themselves
               could
               not
               enjoy
               ,
               should
               by
               rebelling
               against
               the
               Empire
               ,
               vindicate
               their
               Liberty
               ;
               to
               the
               end
               that
               those
               Emperors
               might
               not
               have
               power
               to
               regain
               those
               States
               by
               force
               of
               arms
               ,
               which
               they
               had
               possessed
               themselves
               of
               with
               so
               much
               perfidiousness
               :
               So
               as
               to
               the
               miserable
               example
               of
               the
               vicissitude
               of
               humane
               affairs
               ,
               the
               formerly
               dreaded
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               hath
               wickedly
               wasted
               her
               antient
               Dominions
               ,
               by
               her
               Subjects
               avarice
               and
               ambition
               ,
               and
               is
               now
               reduced
               into
               a
               Lodging
               ,
               with
               the
               miserable
               salary
               of
               seven
               duckets
               a
               month
               ;
               which
               is
               given
               her
               rather
               by
               way
               of
               recognition
               and
               alms
               ,
               than
               as
               any
               due
               tribute
               :
               In
               so
               much
               as
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               is
               forced
               to
               maintain
               the
               Imperial
               dignity
               (
               which
               is
               now
               brought
               to
               so
               low
               a
               condition
               )
               out
               of
               her
               own
               Patrimonial
               Estate
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               this
               so
               great
               misery
               moved
               commiseration
               in
               many
               Princes
               ;
               yet
               those
               who
               did
               remember
               the
               Henrie's
               insolences
               ,
               the
               cruelty
               of
               the
               Fredericks
               ,
               the
               seditions
               ,
               impieties
               ,
               and
               plunderings
               used
               by
               many
               other
               Emperors
               in
               Italy
               ,
               affirmed
               freely
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               the
               rapacity
               of
               the
               Electors
               ,
               nor
               the
               Germans
               infidelity
               ;
               but
               that
               it
               was
               the
               great
               wisdom
               of
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               ,
               who
               for
               the
               good
               of
               the
               publick
               peace
               ,
               cut
               the
               talons
               ,
               and
               pluckt
               the
               chief
               feathers
               of
               the
               Eagle
               ,
               which
               had
               alwaies
               made
               profession
               to
               live
               by
               rapine
               ;
               and
               which
               made
               her self
               believe
               that
               all
               the
               people
               of
               Europe
               ,
               like
               so
               many
               tame
               pigeons
               were
               her
               prey
               .
               And
               it
               was
               observed
               by
               many
               ,
               that
               the
               Princes
               of
               Italy
               did
               very
               much
               rejoyce
               to
               see
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               reduced
               to
               so
               great
               ruine
               ,
               as
               those
               who
               remembred
               what
               hard
               usage
               they
               had
               often
               received
               from
               thence
               in
               Italy
               .
            
             
               Then
               was
               the
               flourishing
               and
               warlike
               Nation
               of
               France
               brought
               to
               the
               Scales
               by
               her
               famous
               Peers
               ;
               a
               four-square
               Edifice
               ,
               of
               five
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               miles
               extent
               on
               every
               side
               ,
               full
               of
               an
               infinite
               well
               armed
               Nobility
               on
               horseback
               ,
               who
               do
               not
               only
               maintain
               peace
               at
               home
               ,
               but
               make
               so
               great
               a
               King
               formidable
               to
               all
               Nations
               ;
               where
               are
               seen
               great
               abundance
               of
               sacred
               Personages
               ,
               which
               render
               her
               religious
               ;
               of
               Learned
               men
               who
               do
               beautifie
               her
               ;
               of
               Merchants
               and
               Artificers
               who
               enrich
               her
               ;
               and
               of
               Husbandmen
               who
               do
               make
               her
               abound
               in
               all
               good
               things
               .
               But
               nothing
               makes
               the
               beholders
               wonder
               more
               ,
               then
               to
               see
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               France
               is
               a
               Sea
               which
               is
               sailed
               upon
               ,
               and
               a
               Land
               which
               is
               sowed
               by
               all
               Wines
               .
               The
               antient
               weight
               of
               this
               famous
               Kingdom
               ,
               was
               twenty
               millions
               of
               pounds
               ;
               but
               when
               she
               was
               weighed
               the
               last
               fifteen
               years
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               great
               calamities
               she
               was
               put
               into
               by
               some
               of
               her
               disloyal
               Barons
               ,
               she
               reached
               not
               to
               twelve
               millions
               .
               And
               at
               this
               present
               she
               doth
               not
               only
               equal
               ,
               but
               exceed
               her
               weight
               ,
               in
               the
               best
               of
               her
               former
               times
               ;
               for
               she
               weighs
               25
               millions
               ,
               a
               thing
               which
               all
               men
               have
               much
               wondred
               at
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Spaniards
               put
               their
               Spectacles
               upon
               their
               noses
               ,
               and
               did
               observe
               very
               punctually
               ,
               whether
               the
               weights
               were
               just
               or
               no.
               Since
               Bressia
               is
               added
               to
               the
               antient
               Kingdom
               of
               France
               ,
               given
               unto
               her
               by
               the
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               ;
               which
               because
               it
               flanks
               the
               
               City
               of
               Lions
               ,
               hath
               increased
               her
               weight
               above
               one
               million
               .
            
             
               Next
               the
               many
               Kingdoms
               of
               Spain
               were
               put
               into
               the
               Scale
               by
               the
               Spanish
               Grandees
               .
               And
               to
               the
               great
               amazement
               of
               those
               old
               men
               that
               remembred
               that
               some
               sixscore
               years
               before
               those
               Kingdoms
               were
               but
               meanly
               esteemed
               of
               ;
               the
               weight
               came
               to
               twenty
               millions
               :
               And
               they
               assured
               themselves
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               addition
               of
               so
               many
               other
               States
               which
               were
               yet
               to
               be
               put
               into
               the
               Scales
               ,
               she
               would
               not
               only
               equal
               ,
               but
               exceed
               the
               greatest
               weight
               of
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               .
            
             
               They
               did
               then
               forthwith
               put
               into
               the
               Scales
               ,
               the
               flourishing
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               which
               was
               believed
               would
               add
               two
               millions
               to
               the
               weight
               ;
               but
               did
               take
               a
               million
               and
               a
               half
               from
               the
               weight
               thereof
               .
               At
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               being
               much
               astonished
               ,
               said
               ,
               that
               Lorenzo
               had
               either
               used
               some
               cosenage
               ,
               or
               else
               the
               scales
               of
               necessity
               must
               not
               be
               just
               ;
               since
               it
               was
               not
               to
               be
               believed
               that
               the
               weight
               should
               grow
               lesser
               by
               addition
               .
               And
               growing
               into
               great
               choler
               ,
               the
               Spaniards
               said
               that
               the
               Medici
               should
               do
               well
               to
               be
               once
               quiet
               ,
               and
               not
               add
               new
               offences
               ,
               and
               things
               hateful
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               to
               the
               insufferable
               distastes
               of
               
                 Flanders
                 ,
                 Marselles
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Aldighiera
                 .
                 Lorenzo
              
               ,
               without
               any
               the
               least
               alteration
               ,
               reply'd
               to
               these
               resentful
               words
               ,
               That
               his
               scales
               were
               just
               ;
               but
               that
               the
               Neapolitans
               and
               Millaneses
               did
               not
               add
               any
               weight
               thereunto
               ,
               being
               so
               far
               distant
               from
               the
               strength
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               people
               who
               did
               so
               unwillingly
               undergo
               the
               Dominion
               of
               Forreigners
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Indies
               were
               void
               of
               Inhabitants
               ;
               that
               the
               love
               and
               multitude
               of
               subjects
               ,
               the
               fertility
               and
               conjunction
               of
               States
               ,
               was
               that
               which
               weighed
               down
               his
               scales
               .
               Then
               answering
               with
               some
               more
               shew
               of
               anger
               to
               the
               particular
               of
               
                 Flanders
                 ,
                 Marselles
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Aldighiera
                 ,
                 Lorenzo
              
               said
               ,
               that
               as
               long
               as
               the
               Spaniards
               would
               keep
               themselves
               within
               the
               bounds
               of
               honesty
               ,
               they
               should
               alwaies
               be
               beloved
               ,
               honoured
               ,
               and
               served
               by
               his
               gre●…
               Dukes
               of
               Tuscany
               ;
               but
               that
               they
               were
               very
               much
               deceived
               ,
               if
               they
               thought
               they
               should
               ever
               be
               able
               to
               draw
               the
               Medici
               out
               of
               Florence
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               done
               the
               unfortunate
               Sforz
               out
               of
               Millan
               :
               That
               States
               could
               not
               be
               deposited
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               Princes
               ,
               as
               monies
               were
               ,
               with
               a
               mind
               to
               recall
               them
               in
               a
               fitting
               time
               :
               And
               that
               the
               merit
               of
               any
               gift
               ,
               how
               great
               soever
               ,
               was
               lost
               when
               one
               went
               about
               to
               reassume
               it
               .
               Then
               the
               Princes
               ,
               who
               heard
               words
               begin
               to
               multiply
               ,
               interposed
               themselves
               between
               Lorenzo
               and
               the
               Spaniards
               ;
               and
               breaking
               off
               that
               hot
               discourse
               ,
               bad
               them
               proceed
               on
               to
               the
               scales
               .
            
             
               The
               Spaniards
               put
               then
               thereinto
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Millan
               ,
               which
               withdrew
               likewise
               a
               million
               from
               the
               weight
               ;
               whereat
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               so
               astonished
               ,
               as
               they
               would
               not
               put
               Flanders
               into
               the
               scales
               ,
               fearing
               to
               receive
               som
               further
               affront
               .
               'T
               was
               said
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               would
               have
               put
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               they
               might
               have
               done
               some
               good
               ,
               but
               not
               such
               miracles
               as
               some
               wide
               mouthes
               speak
               of
               ,
               who
               speak
               of
               millions
               of
               crowns
               with
               as
               much
               ease
               as
               Pigeons
               eat
               pease
               .
            
             
               The
               English
               were
               next
               called
               in
               ,
               who
               put
               their
               Kingdom
               into
               the
               scales
               ,
               formidable
               for
               the
               strength
               of
               its
               miraculous
               scituation
               ,
               for
               the
               mountains
               wherewith
               she
               is
               invironed
               ,
               serve
               for
               walls
               ,
               made
               like
               bulwarks
               by
               Gods
               own
               hand
               ;
               and
               the
               sea
               supplying
               the
               place
               of
               a
               deep
               ditch
               ,
               makes
               her
               a
               redoubted
               Kingdom
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               commodity
               she
               hath
               to
               assail
               others
               ,
               and
               the
               insufferable
               difficulties
               which
               they
               mee●…
               with
               ,
               who
               will
               assault
               her
               .
               This
               Kingdom
               the
               last
               fifteen
               years
               ,
               weighed
               
               fifteen
               millions
               ;
               but
               at
               the
               present
               it
               comes
               short
               of
               nine
               ;
               the
               occasion
               of
               this
               decrease
               ,
               to
               boot
               with
               the
               Apostasie
               of
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               was
               said
               to
               be
               because
               the
               King
               is
               of
               a
               forreign
               Nation
               ,
               a
               stranger
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               therefore
               must
               require
               some
               time
               to
               sit
               fast
               in
               the
               saddle
               ,
               and
               to
               get
               his
               foot
               into
               the
               stirrup
               of
               that
               his
               new
               Kingdom
               :
               The
               English
               to
               add
               to
               the
               weight
               of
               their
               Nation
               ,
               would
               put
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               into
               the
               scales
               ;
               when
               all
               the
               Scots
               Nobility
               appeared
               with
               their
               swords
               drawn
               ,
               and
               boldly
               said
               ,
               they
               would
               never
               suffer
               that
               their
               Kingdom
               should
               be
               joyned
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               .
               'T
               is
               very
               certain
               that
               the
               King
               of
               England
               seemed
               not
               to
               be
               any
               whit
               offended
               with
               these
               men
               who
               had
               spoken
               so
               boldly
               in
               his
               presence
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Christendom
               who
               were
               there
               present
               :
               But
               told
               them
               in
               very
               mild
               words
               ,
               that
               this
               Union
               of
               the
               Scots
               would
               be
               of
               infinite
               commodity
               .
               To
               which
               the
               Scots
               answered
               ,
               that
               the
               sad
               example
               of
               the
               miseries
               of
               Flanders
               was
               fresh
               in
               memory
               ,
               which
               when
               she
               saw
               her
               Counts
               become
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               ,
               did
               foolishly
               believe
               that
               she
               should
               master
               the
               Spaniards
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               not
               long
               ere
               Flanders
               was
               sackt
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               not
               Spain
               by
               the
               Flemmish
               .
               And
               to
               fill
               their
               miseries
               up
               to
               the
               brim
               ,
               the
               Emperor
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               and
               King
               Philip
               his
               son
               ,
               who
               were
               formerly
               Flemmish
               ,
               being
               become
               Spaniards
               ,
               the
               unfortunate
               Flemmish
               ,
               for
               having
               lost
               their
               Prince
               ,
               from
               being
               natural
               subjects
               ,
               began
               to
               be
               accounted
               strangers
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               their
               loyalty
               suspected
               .
               And
               therefore
               Flanders
               which
               was
               the
               native
               Countrey
               of
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               and
               Philip
               the
               seconds
               Patrimony
               ,
               in
               terms
               of
               modern
               Policy
               ,
               was
               become
               a
               conquered
               State
               ;
               and
               was
               therefore
               begun
               to
               be
               governed
               by
               forreiners
               ,
               with
               such
               jealousies
               ,
               hard
               dealings
               ,
               such
               grievousness
               of
               new
               gabels
               ,
               aids
               ,
               contributions
               ,
               and
               donatives
               ,
               which
               ingendered
               those
               ill
               humors
               ,
               and
               gave
               that
               bad
               satisfaction
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               rise
               of
               the
               civil
               war
               that
               insued
               ;
               which
               after
               an
               unspeakable
               profusion
               of
               Gold
               ,
               an
               infinite
               effusion
               of
               bloud
               ,
               and
               an
               incredible
               loss
               of
               honour
               to
               the
               Flemmish
               ,
               is
               turned
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               into
               a
               Merchandize
               .
               That
               the
               Scots
               had
               learn'd
               by
               these
               deplorable
               miseries
               ,
               not
               to
               suffer
               their
               Kings
               to
               leave
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               Royal
               abode
               of
               their
               antient
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               carry
               it
               to
               a
               greater
               Kingdom
               whereunto
               he
               was
               lately
               called
               :
               Which
               should
               they
               do
               ,
               the
               Scots
               were
               to
               expect
               all
               the
               calamities
               from
               their
               cruel
               enemies
               the
               English
               ,
               when
               Scotland
               should
               be
               united
               to
               England
               ,
               and
               the
               Scottish
               Kings
               were
               become
               Englishmen
               ,
               which
               inferior
               Nations
               are
               forced
               to
               suffer
               by
               superiors
               who
               rule
               over
               them
               .
               That
               Scotland
               for
               misfortune
               would
               be
               like
               Flanders
               ;
               and
               the
               English
               for
               their
               pride
               ,
               cruelty
               ,
               and
               avarice
               ,
               like
               the
               Spaniards
               .
            
             
               Those
               that
               were
               present
               at
               this
               dispute
               ,
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               told
               the
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               that
               those
               Scots
               who
               had
               spoken
               with
               such
               arrogance
               in
               his
               Majesties
               presence
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               punished
               .
               To
               whom
               the
               King
               of
               England
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               Spaniards
               should
               not
               give
               that
               advice
               to
               others
               ,
               which
               had
               proved
               so
               very
               pernitious
               to
               themselves
               .
               But
               commanding
               that
               they
               should
               forbear
               the
               business
               of
               the
               scales
               ,
               assured
               the
               Scots
               ,
               that
               ere
               long
               he
               would
               give
               them
               full
               satisfaction
               .
            
             
               The
               vast
               Ottoman
               Empire
               was
               next
               put
               into
               the
               scales
               ,
               which
               the
               last
               fifteen
               years
               arrived
               at
               the
               weight
               of
               32
               millions
               ;
               but
               was
               found
               to
               weigh
               less
               then
               16
               millions
               now
               .
               A
               novelty
               whereat
               those
               Princes
               were
               much
               amazed
               ,
               and
               particularly
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               believe
               
               so
               great
               an
               abatement
               ;
               wherefore
               they
               desired
               that
               it
               might
               be
               again
               weighed
               ,
               and
               more
               exactly
               :
               And
               it
               was
               found
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               little
               interim
               of
               time
               betwixt
               the
               first
               and
               second
               weighing
               ,
               it
               weighed
               less
               by
               822
               pounds
               ;
               a
               thing
               which
               made
               it
               appear
               evidently
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               ,
               formerly
               the
               terror
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               hasted
               towards
               its
               ruine
               ;
               which
               all
               the
               Princes
               were
               very
               glad
               to
               see
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               wiser
               sort
               of
               men
               observed
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               jollity
               was
               altered
               ,
               fearing
               lest
               the
               Turks
               depression
               might
               turn
               to
               the
               exaltation
               of
               the
               Venetian
               Commonwealth
               .
            
             
               The
               Senators
               of
               Poland
               brought
               their
               Kingdom
               next
               unto
               the
               scales
               ,
               which
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               seditious
               heresies
               which
               they
               have
               suffered
               to
               creep
               in
               amongst
               them
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               little
               authority
               which
               their
               King
               hath
               over
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               over-great
               power
               which
               their
               Paladines
               have
               arrogated
               to
               themselves
               ,
               did
               not
               now
               weigh
               full
               out
               six
               millions
               ,
               whereas
               formerly
               it
               weighed
               above
               twelve
               .
            
             
               After
               this
               ,
               the
               wise
               Grandees
               of
               the
               
                 Terra
                 ferma
              
               ,
               and
               the
               dreadful
               Magistracy
               of
               the
               Councel
               of
               Ten
               ,
               brought
               the
               flourishing
               State
               of
               Venice
               ,
               to
               the
               scales
               ,
               miraculous
               for
               her
               greatness
               ,
               and
               for
               her
               situation
               :
               she
               proved
               of
               good
               weight
               ,
               for
               she
               weighed
               eight
               millions
               ;
               which
               was
               said
               to
               be
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               mass
               of
               Gold
               gotten
               in
               so
               long
               a
               time
               of
               peace
               ,
               into
               her
               Treasury
               by
               her
               wise
               Senators
               .
            
             
               Then
               the
               Swissers
               ,
               Grisons
               ;
               and
               other
               free
               people
               of
               Germany
               ,
               brought
               their
               Republick
               to
               the
               scales
               ,
               which
               the
               Princes
               desired
               might
               be
               weighed
               severally
               apart
               ;
               which
               the
               Germans
               were
               contented
               with
               ,
               if
               the
               poyser
               were
               able
               to
               do
               it
               .
               But
               when
               Lorenzo
               had
               put
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Basil
               into
               the
               scales
               ,
               he
               found
               that
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               other
               free
               States
               of
               Germany
               were
               so
               link'd
               together
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               impossible
               to
               separate
               them
               one
               from
               another
               .
               Which
               made
               sweat
               appear
               upon
               the
               brows
               of
               many
               ambitious
               Princes
               ;
               wherefore
               Lorenzo
               ,
               being
               necessitated
               to
               put
               them
               all
               together
               into
               the
               scales
               at
               once
               ,
               was
               not
               able
               to
               raise
               up
               the
               heavier
               scale
               .
            
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               was
               brought
               next
               unto
               the
               scales
               by
               Knights
               of
               the
               Annuntiation
               ,
               who
               weighed
               as
               much
               as
               he
               had
               done
               the
               last
               fifteen
               years
               :
               But
               when
               Lorenzo
               put
               into
               the
               scales
               the
               noble
               Prerogative
               which
               the
               same
               Duke
               
                 Charls
                 Emanuel
              
               enjoyes
               ,
               of
               being
               stiled
               
                 Il
                 primo
                 guerriero
                 Italiano
              
               ,
               it
               added
               a
               million
               and
               420
               pounds
               to
               his
               former
               weight
               .
            
             
               Then
               with
               equal
               pomp
               and
               Majesty
               to
               that
               of
               Kings
               ,
               did
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lorain
               appear
               ;
               whose
               State
               ,
               though
               it
               were
               but
               small
               ,
               equalled
               the
               weight
               of
               great
               Kingdoms
               ;
               which
               hapned
               through
               his
               good
               fortune
               of
               having
               his
               Territories
               so
               seated
               ,
               as
               he
               can
               put
               great
               difficulties
               upon
               the
               Low
               countries
               ,
               by
               impeding
               the
               passage
               of
               succours
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               bring
               from
               Italy
               ;
               which
               raised
               him
               to
               such
               a
               height
               of
               reputation
               ,
               as
               he
               sold
               that
               his
               adhearance
               at
               the
               weight
               of
               Gold
               ,
               to
               him
               that
               would
               give
               most
               for
               it
               ;
               in
               such
               sort
               ,
               as
               after
               having
               assisted
               the
               Spaniards
               as
               much
               as
               any
               of
               the
               devoutest
               French
               Barons
               of
               the
               holy
               League
               ,
               turning
               to
               the
               French
               who
               won
               the
               field
               ,
               he
               faced
               about
               so
               fairly
               ,
               as
               so
               great
               a
               King
               as
               was
               Harry
               the
               fourth
               of
               France
               ,
               the
               great
               Duke
               of
               Tuscany
               ,
               and
               the
               Duke
               of
               Mantua
               were
               glad
               to
               have
               alliance
               with
               him
               .
               And
               to
               add
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               jealousie
               ,
               the
               very
               immortal
               State
               of
               Venice
               did
               so
               affectionately
               take
               one
               of
               those
               Princes
               into
               
               pay
               ,
               as
               had
               not
               that
               illustrious
               Lady
               vowed
               perpetual
               chastity
               ,
               and
               had
               not
               her
               privy
               parts
               been
               sown
               upon
               the
               very
               first
               day
               of
               her
               birth
               ,
               by
               Venetian
               Gentlemen
               who
               are
               very
               jealous
               of
               her
               chastity
               ,
               many
               men
               thought
               she
               would
               have
               married
               him
               .
               The
               Duke
               of
               Savo●…
               was
               known
               to
               envy
               this
               Prince
               his
               felicity
               very
               much
               ;
               for
               he
               being
               likewise
               placed
               as
               a
               bar
               between
               the
               French
               and
               the
               Spaniards
               of
               Millan
               ,
               as
               was
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lorain
               between
               the
               French
               and
               the
               Spaniards
               of
               Flanders
               ,
               yet
               had
               he
               received
               hard
               usage
               ,
               both
               from
               the
               French
               when
               they
               were
               his
               enemies
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               when
               his
               friends
               ;
               instead
               of
               so
               many
               good
               turns
               and
               advantages
               which
               he
               found
               in
               the
               Dukes
               of
               Lorain
               :
               so
               as
               every
               one
               thought
               the
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               did
               now
               clearly
               perceive
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               had
               practised
               pernitiously
               against
               him
               .
            
             
               Next
               ,
               the
               most
               flourishing
               State
               of
               the
               great
               Dukes
               of
               Tuscany
               was
               brought
               to
               the
               scales
               by
               the
               
                 Otto
                 di
                 Balia
              
               ;
               very
               admirable
               for
               the
               excellent
               cond●…tions
               of
               her
               inhabitants
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               being
               fructiferous
               ,
               and
               who
               have
               alwaies
               taken
               pains
               both
               with
               their
               brains
               and
               bodies
               ,
               for
               the
               exact
               government
               ,
               perpetual
               plenty
               ,
               peace
               and
               quiet
               which
               she
               enjoyes
               .
               So
               as
               she
               being
               altogether
               substance
               ,
               weighed
               as
               much
               as
               any
               whatsoever
               famous
               Monarchy
               .
               And
               Lorenzo
               was
               observed
               to
               rejoice
               very
               much
               ,
               when
               he
               saw
               that
               his
               successors
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               model
               which
               the
               great
               Cosmo
               had
               left
               them
               ,
               had
               known
               how
               to
               build
               strong
               Cittadels
               upon
               the
               foundations
               of
               Churches
               and
               Hospitals
               ,
               which
               he
               and
               his
               Ancestors
               had
               laid
               in
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Florentine
               Liberty
               .
               Wherefore
               Lorenzo
               ,
               the
               more
               to
               shew
               the
               worth
               and
               wisdom
               of
               the
               Princes
               of
               his
               Family
               ,
               put
               the
               sound
               headpiece
               of
               Ferdinand
               the
               great
               into
               the
               scales
               ,
               which
               weighed
               so
               very
               much
               ,
               as
               the
               scales
               fell
               over
               and
               over
               ,
               and
               broke
               the
               great
               chain
               which
               governed
               them
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               went
               topsey
               turvey
               .
            
             
               All
               the
               Princes
               were
               then
               aware
               of
               the
               Prerogative
               which
               the
               Court
               of
               Rom●…
               hath
               in
               producing
               men
               of
               singular
               wisdom
               ;
               for
               that
               all
               knew
               so
               great
               a
               Scholar
               came
               out
               of
               that
               School
               .
               The
               breaking
               of
               the
               scales
               was
               the
               cause
               why
               some
               Italian
               Princes
               who
               were
               yet
               to
               the
               fore
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               weighed
               .
               Wherefore
               it
               was
               agreed
               upon
               ,
               that
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               being
               according
               to
               antient
               custom
               ,
               to
               be
               weighed
               against
               all
               the
               Princes
               and
               Potentates
               of
               Italy
               ,
               the
               particular
               weight
               of
               every
               Italian
               Prince
               should
               be
               calculated
               by
               the
               general
               weight
               of
               them
               altogether
               .
               A
               large
               and
               just
               ballance
               was
               therefore
               brought
               into
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               greater
               Hall
               ,
               into
               which
               on
               the
               one
               side
               were
               put
               all
               the
               Kingdoms
               belonging
               to
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               other
               all
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               :
               and
               the
               scales
               were
               found
               to
               stand
               in
               equal
               ballance
               .
               A
               thing
               which
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               were
               much
               troubled
               at
               ;
               who
               whilst
               they
               were
               in
               that
               agony
               ,
               it
               was
               observed
               by
               all
               that
               looked
               on
               ,
               that
               the
               powerfull
               Monarchy
               of
               France
               ,
               by
               one
               only
               loving
               smile
               which
               she
               cast
               upon
               the
               scale
               wherein
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               were
               placed
               ,
               made
               it
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               joy
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               suddenly
               weigh
               down
               on
               their
               side
               .
            
             
               It
               must
               not
               be
               forgotten
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniaros
               ,
               when
               they
               saw
               the
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               (
               who
               refused
               the
               last
               fifteenth
               year
               to
               be
               put
               into
               the
               same
               scale
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Italian
               forces
               )
               put
               himself
               into
               the
               scale
               ,
               to
               counterpoyse
               the
               Spanish
               Forces
               ,
               in
               a
               threatning
               manner
               ,
               bit
               their
               fingers
               at
               him
               ;
               the
               which
               when
               he
               saw
               ,
               he
               with
               great
               generosity
               
               said
               unto
               them
               ,
               You
               Gentlemen
               of
               Spain
               ,
               it
               is
               now
               no
               longer
               time
               to
               feed
               men
               with
               hopes
               ,
               I
               have
               at
               last
               clearly
               discovered
               all
               your
               tricks
               ;
               and
               do
               so
               call
               to
               mind
               your
               past
               actions
               ;
               as
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               I
               will
               score
               up
               my
               accounts
               with
               another
               cole
               ;
               for
               yours
               ,
               which
               till
               now
               I
               have
               only
               made
               use
               of
               ,
               hath
               stained
               and
               scorched
               my
               hands
               too
               much
               .
               Your
               baits
               of
               hope
               have
               not
               brought
               me
               yet
               to
               be
               such
               a
               fool
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               me
               forgo
               the
               little
               bit
               of
               bread
               which
               I
               have
               yet
               in
               my
               mouth
               ,
               to
               snatch
               at
               the
               shadow
               of
               the
               great
               Spanish
               Inheritance
               which
               I
               see
               in
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               water
               .
            
             
               And
               the
               Spaniards
               further
               complaining
               that
               the
               Dukes
               of
               
                 Parma
                 ,
                 Modena
              
               ,
               and
               Urbine
               ,
               the
               Lord
               of
               Mirandola
               ,
               and
               the
               famous
               Roman
               Barons
               ,
               
                 Gazitani
                 ,
                 Colonesi
              
               ,
               and
               Orsini
               ,
               who
               have
               all
               of
               them
               the
               Golden
               Fleece
               ,
               and
               are
               their
               Pensioners
               ,
               were
               weighed
               together
               with
               the
               Italian
               Forces
               ;
               whereas
               by
               the
               Orders
               of
               that
               Knighthood
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Pensions
               which
               they
               received
               ,
               they
               were
               bound
               to
               adhere
               to
               the
               Spanish
               Interest
               ,
               and
               to
               contribute
               unto
               the
               Spaniards
               greatness
               :
               They
               were
               by
               them
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               Lords
               and
               Princes
               of
               Italy
               received
               the
               honour
               of
               the
               Golden
               Fleece
               ,
               and
               rich
               Pensions
               from
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               ,
               just
               as
               do
               those
               honorable
               Ladies
               ,
               who
               receive
               Presents
               from
               their
               sweet
               hearts
               by
               way
               of
               Courtesie
               ;
               not
               out
               of
               any
               intention
               to
               do
               the
               foule
               thing
               you
               wot
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               Why
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               withdrew
               her self
               into
               her
               Palace
               .
            
             
               BEcause
               for
               many
               daies
               past
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               had
               not
               been
               seen
               to
               come
               abroad
               ,
               nay
               that
               not
               only
               she
               had
               been
               all
               this
               while
               retired
               into
               her
               own
               house
               ,
               but
               had
               continually
               kept
               the
               gates
               of
               her
               Palace
               shut
               ;
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               and
               especially
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               only
               the
               diligent
               observers
               of
               the
               actions
               ,
               but
               the
               most
               subtile
               pryers
               into
               the
               very
               thoughts
               of
               that
               great
               Queen
               ,
               began
               to
               grow
               exceeding
               jealous
               of
               such
               a
               novelty
               :
               And
               because
               it
               was
               still
               impossible
               for
               them
               to
               know
               what
               might
               be
               the
               meaning
               of
               so
               much
               solitariness
               ,
               they
               all
               concluded
               that
               there
               must
               needs
               be
               some
               great
               mystery
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               Venetians
               out
               of
               a
               jealousie
               for
               their
               States
               becoming
               impatient
               of
               any
               delay
               ,
               with
               ladders
               set
               against
               the
               Palace
               of
               the
               said
               Monarchy
               ,
               got
               in
               at
               the
               windows
               ,
               and
               saw
               her
               hard
               at
               work
               ;
               and
               with
               a
               State-Minister
               of
               hers
               ,
               called
               the
               
                 Conte
                 di
                 Fuentes
              
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               sturdy
               fellows
               ,
               very
               busie
               in
               stopping
               up
               all
               the
               holes
               in
               her
               house
               :
               Whereupon
               the
               witty
               Venetians
               very
               well
               foreseeing
               to
               what
               end
               all
               this
               pains
               was
               taken
               ,
               advised
               their
               friends
               to
               arm
               themselves
               ;
               for
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               ever
               they
               had
               stopped
               up
               the
               holes
               of
               supplies
               ,
               would
               be
               sure
               to
               fall
               a
               hunting
               of
               the
               Rats
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               great
               massacre
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               being
               arrived
               at
               Pernassus
               ,
               in
               complementing
               with
               
                 Prospero
                 Colonna
              
               ,
               he
               falls
               to
               cuffs
               with
               him
               about
               Titles
               ;
               whereof
               he
               had
               defrauded
               the
               Colonnesi
               .
            
             
               
                 DOn
                 Fernando
                 di
                 Toledo
              
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               ,
               some
               few
               daies
               ago
               ,
               came
               to
               Pernassus
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               an
               express
               Order
               from
               Apollo
               ,
               diligent
               examination
               having
               been
               made
               of
               his
               actions
               ,
               was
               ,
               by
               the
               Military
               men
               ,
               found
               worthy
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               Pernassus
               amongst
               those
               famous
               Captains
               ;
               who
               fighting
               with
               patience
               and
               art
               ,
               knew
               rather
               how
               to
               overcome
               their
               enemies
               without
               bloudshed
               ,
               then
               with
               open
               force
               and
               desperateness
               ,
               to
               hazard
               the
               fortune
               of
               Kingdoms
               in
               the
               doubtfull
               chance
               of
               a
               set
               battel
               .
               But
               because
               
                 Lodovick
                 Guicchiardin
              
               ,
               a
               very
               judicious
               Writer
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Flanders
               gave
               in
               a
               complaint
               ,
               That
               for
               some
               distastful
               things
               which
               he
               had
               written
               of
               the
               Duke
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               evil
               intreated
               by
               him
               ,
               he
               was
               fain
               to
               wait
               yet
               a
               good
               while
               to
               clear
               himself
               of
               that
               foule
               imputation
               :
               For
               in
               Pernassus
               there
               is
               yet
               in
               force
               an
               Edict
               very
               strictly
               observed
               by
               Apollo
               ,
               wherein
               that
               Prince
               or
               private
               man
               is
               declared
               to
               be
               fallen
               into
               a
               premunire
               ,
               and
               liable
               to
               the
               penalty
               of
               reproach
               ,
               that
               should
               dare
               to
               affront
               any
               Historian
               ,
               or
               other
               Writer
               ,
               for
               things
               written
               ,
               though
               little
               for
               his
               honour
               ,
               yet
               (
               howsoever
               )
               true
               :
               But
               so
               potent
               were
               the
               Dukes
               friends
               ,
               that
               Guicchiardin
               was
               content
               to
               withdraw
               the
               suit
               ;
               whereupon
               he
               was
               admitted
               into
               Pernassus
               with
               all
               the
               greatest
               solemnities
               possible
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               place
               among
               his
               Majesties
               
                 Gens
                 d'armes
              
               ,
               commanded
               by
               the
               famous
               
                 Quintus
                 Fabius
                 Maximus
              
               ,
               who
               for
               his
               singular
               wariness
               was
               sirnamed
               Cunctator
               .
               And
               it
               hapned
               ,
               that
               among
               other
               Princes
               and
               great
               Commanders
               whom
               this
               Duke
               visited
               ,
               that
               one
               was
               the
               most
               excellent
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
                 Colonna
              
               ,
               of
               whom
               he
               was
               received
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               honour
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               the
               more
               ,
               because
               he
               understood
               that
               the
               Duke
               made
               publick
               profession
               of
               being
               a
               Disciple
               ,
               a
               follower
               ,
               and
               imitator
               of
               that
               slow
               ,
               but
               sure
               way
               of
               waging
               war
               ,
               used
               by
               this
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               .
               But
               in
               this
               visit
               ,
               there
               fell
               out
               a
               strange
               accident
               ,
               and
               in
               truth
               a
               very
               troublesome
               chance
               :
               for
               at
               the
               first
               meeting
               ,
               the
               Duke
               having
               given
               to
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Vostra
                 Merce
              
               ,
               he
               grew
               into
               such
               a
               rage
               ,
               that
               taking
               so
               base
               a
               Title
               for
               a
               great
               affront
               ,
               he
               said
               with
               an
               angry
               voice
               ;
               Duke
               ,
               I
               thought
               thou
               hadst
               come
               into
               my
               house
               to
               reverence
               one
               that
               is
               greater
               then
               thy self
               ,
               not
               to
               undervalue
               him
               :
               But
               because
               the
               men
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Colonna
               answer
               injuries
               done
               by
               words
               ,
               with
               deeds
               ,
               Get
               thee
               out
               of
               this
               house
               ,
               for
               in
               the
               street
               ,
               with
               weapons
               in
               hand
               ,
               I
               will
               make
               it
               good
               upon
               thee
               ▪
               that
               they
               which
               proceed
               with
               such
               as
               I
               am
               ,
               in
               base
               uncivil
               tearms
               ,
               deserve
               not
               to
               be
               admitted
               into
               any
               commerce
               with
               men
               of
               honour
               .
               The
               Duke
               was
               amazed
               at
               this
               so
               resolute
               resentment
               which
               he
               observed
               in
               that
               great
               Commander
               ,
               and
               resisting
               the
               violence
               that
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               used
               to
               thrust
               him
               out
               of
               the
               Chamber
               ,
               he
               fell
               to
               fisticuffs
               with
               him
               .
               And
               because
               the
               Spaniards
               that
               were
               in
               the
               Dukes
               company
               ,
               seeing
               him
               struggle
               with
               Colonna
               ,
               came
               in
               to
               help
               him
               ,
               the
               Italians
               that
               waited
               upon
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               ,
               did
               the
               same
               too
               :
               So
               that
               a
               
               great
               many
               men
               being
               gotten
               into
               a
               very
               narrow
               place
               ,
               there
               insued
               a
               very
               cruel
               scuffle
               ;
               the
               noise
               whereof
               being
               heard
               into
               the
               street
               ,
               was
               the
               occasion
               that
               the
               news
               of
               so
               dangerous
               an
               accident
               was
               suddenly
               carried
               to
               Apollo
               :
               Who
               in
               great
               hast
               dispatch'd
               away
               thither
               the
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               with
               a
               guard
               ,
               which
               took
               the
               Duke
               out
               of
               Prospero's
               hands
               ;
               and
               having
               quieted
               the
               uprore
               ,
               commanded
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               already
               shrewdly
               handled
               ,
               to
               get
               them
               home
               again
               .
               Then
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               ,
               before
               any
               body
               could
               give
               in
               sinister
               information
               against
               him
               ,
               presented
               himself
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               is
               reported
               ,
               that
               with
               great
               haughtiness
               of
               mind
               ,
               he
               spake
               these
               words
               :
               Sir
               ,
               It
               is
               well
               known
               to
               every
               one
               ,
               that
               those
               of
               the
               house
               of
               Colonna
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               men
               of
               my
               quality
               ,
               have
               alwaies
               enjoy'd
               the
               Title
               of
               Excellency
               ,
               
                 antequam
                 Abraham
                 fuerit
              
               ,
               and
               ere
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               in
               
                 rerum
                 natura
              
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               that
               this
               Nation
               should
               undertake
               to
               misuse
               such
               a
               one
               as
               I
               am
               ,
               as
               at
               this
               very
               instant
               the
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               hath
               had
               the
               audaciousness
               to
               do
               in
               mine
               own
               house
               ,
               is
               a
               thing
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               indured
               .
               For
               if
               the
               abjectness
               of
               him
               that
               makes
               the
               trespass
               ,
               doth
               infinitely
               aggravate
               the
               injury
               to
               him
               against
               whom
               it
               is
               made
               ,
               how
               is
               it
               possible
               that
               an
               Italian
               Baron
               of
               my
               quality
               ,
               should
               contain
               himself
               within
               the
               bounds
               of
               modesty
               ,
               when
               he
               sees
               he
               is
               so
               much
               undervalued
               by
               that
               Spanish
               Nation
               ,
               whose
               miseries
               within
               these
               four
               daies
               ,
               the
               whole
               world
               did
               so
               pitty
               ,
               that
               the
               Christians
               were
               fain
               to
               have
               gatherings
               for
               them
               in
               their
               Churches
               ,
               to
               free
               them
               from
               that
               wretched
               slavery
               ,
               wherein
               they
               were
               so
               unfortunately
               oppressed
               by
               the
               Moors
               of
               Granada
               .
               The
               Spaniards
               enjoy
               the
               Dominion
               over
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               Italy
               ,
               where
               ,
               by
               such
               as
               I
               am
               ,
               though
               every
               day
               they
               threaten
               us
               with
               cruel
               and
               universal
               slavery
               ,
               they
               are
               lov'd
               ,
               honoured
               ,
               yes
               ,
               and
               serv'd
               .
               And
               they
               with
               their
               portentous
               avarice
               have
               deprived
               us
               of
               our
               estates
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               deplorable
               sack
               of
               Rome
               ,
               with
               their
               unexpressible
               sensuality
               ,
               have
               bereft
               our
               chastest
               Matrons
               of
               their
               honours
               :
               Yet
               that
               now
               in
               return
               of
               so
               prostrated
               a
               patience
               ,
               they
               would
               fain
               take
               from
               us
               this
               little
               vapour
               of
               honour
               that
               we
               have
               left
               ,
               and
               these
               poor
               Titles
               ,
               the
               unhappy
               remainders
               ,
               and
               lamentable
               Reliques
               of
               the
               Italian
               Reputation
               ,
               is
               a
               thing
               so
               hard
               to
               be
               digested
               ,
               that
               by
               every
               honorable
               Baron
               of
               Italy
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               revenged
               ;
               not
               with
               verbal
               complaints
               as
               I
               do
               ,
               but
               with
               the
               daggers
               point
               .
            
             
               They
               that
               were
               present
               at
               this
               passage
               ,
               say
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               while
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               was
               speaking
               ,
               Apollo
               look'd
               something
               smiling
               :
               And
               still
               the
               angrier
               Colonna
               grew
               ,
               the
               more
               did
               the
               mirth
               of
               his
               Majesties
               divine
               and
               resplendent
               face
               appear
               ;
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               when
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               had
               broken
               forth
               into
               those
               over-daring
               words
               ,
               that
               the
               gross
               abuses
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               offer
               to
               the
               Italians
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               revenged
               with
               the
               daggers
               point
               ,
               he
               burst
               out
               into
               a
               downright
               laughter
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               Prospero
               ,
               Thou
               hast
               been
               ,
               and
               alwaies
               wilt
               be
               ,
               too
               cholerick
               .
               And
               I
               must
               needs
               tell
               thee
               ,
               I
               am
               infinitely
               scandalized
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               one
               as
               thou
               who
               hath
               alwaies
               made
               particular
               profession
               of
               a
               sound
               judgement
               ,
               should
               wonder
               that
               slaves
               ,
               which
               for
               twenty
               years
               together
               have
               been
               fed
               in
               a
               Galley
               with
               black
               and
               musty
               bisket
               ,
               when
               they
               light
               upon
               a
               batch
               of
               Manchet
               ,
               use
               to
               fill
               themselves
               ,
               till
               their
               guts
               be
               ready
               to
               crack
               .
               Yet
               that
               their
               outragious
               greediness
               ,
               and
               every
               indecent
               action
               with
               which
               they
               use
               to
               gorge
               themselves
               ,
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               odious
               to
               those
               good
               honest
               men
               
               which
               look
               on
               ▪
               that
               it
               rather
               moves
               them
               to
               pitty
               .
               Do
               you
               Italians
               therefore
               give
               way
               too
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               (
               men
               so
               newly
               come
               into
               the
               world
               ,
               and
               but
               lately
               gotten
               out
               of
               the
               slavery
               under
               the
               Moors
               of
               Granada
               )
               may
               glut
               themselves
               with
               diet
               so
               delicious
               to
               their
               taste
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               honoured
               Titles
               they
               have
               met
               with
               in
               Italy
               .
               For
               I
               assure
               you
               ,
               that
               as
               soon
               as
               ever
               they
               shall
               be
               satiated
               with
               these
               vanities
               ,
               they
               too
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               French
               ,
               will
               be
               so
               fair
               conditioned
               ,
               that
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               such
               as
               you
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               very
               Grooms
               of
               their
               Stables
               ,
               they
               will
               very
               gladly
               give
               the
               Title
               of
               Excellence
               .
               And
               let
               me
               tell
               thee
               ,
               that
               if
               thou
               hadst
               that
               discretion
               ,
               and
               that
               perfect
               knowledg
               of
               worldly
               things
               ,
               as
               I
               ●…ould
               with
               thee
               ,
               thou
               would'st
               very
               well
               know
               ,
               that
               these
               exorbitances
               ,
               and
               this
               so
               odious
               manner
               of
               behaviour
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               use
               in
               Italy
               ,
               whereat
               thou
               art
               so
               extreamly
               vex'd
               ,
               is
               as
               so
               much
               of
               the
               best
               sugar
               for
               you
               Italians
               ,
               and
               as
               so
               much
               of
               the
               bitterest
               poyson
               for
               the
               Spanish
               Nation
               :
               Which
               if
               to
               her
               valour
               ,
               to
               her
               subtilty
               ,
               and
               to
               that
               inexplicable
               ambition
               of
               hers
               ,
               she
               had
               added
               amiable
               conditions
               ,
               by
               absolutely
               casting
               out
               that
               remainder
               of
               Liberty
               which
               is
               not
               yet
               quite
               gone
               ;
               she
               would
               soon
               have
               made
               her self
               entire
               Mistress
               of
               the
               Universe
               .
               All
               whose
               insolencies
               would
               be
               revenged
               ,
               not
               with
               the
               daggers
               point
               by
               you
               Italians
               ,
               but
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               cruelty
               by
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               her self
               ,
               upon
               her
               own
               Spanish
               Officers
               ,
               who
               with
               their
               vapouring
               ,
               distast
               the
               good
               servants
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Queen
               ,
               and
               make
               her
               Soveraignty
               unpleasing
               to
               all
               her
               subjects
               .
               Disorders
               ,
               against
               which
               ,
               some
               course
               of
               necessity
               must
               be
               taken
               ,
               since
               they
               greatly
               hinder
               the
               main
               subsistence
               of
               that
               universal
               Monarchy
               ,
               to
               which
               with
               the
               publick
               ha●…e
               of
               all
               Italy
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               ever
               be
               possible
               for
               her
               to
               attain
               .
            
             
               And
               with
               this
               answer
               ,
               Apollo
               sent
               home
               again
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               ,
               very
               well
               satisfied
               .
            
             
               After
               which
               ,
               appeared
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Alva
               ,
               with
               all
               his
               retinue
               ,
               so
               mel●…ncholike
               ,
               that
               the
               great
               store
               of
               
                 Unguentum
                 album
              
               ,
               then
               on
               their
               faces
               ,
               made
               that
               those
               Spaniards
               did
               not
               look
               so
               black
               as
               the
               Moores
               come
               from
               Granada
               ,
               ordinarily
               use
               to
               be
               .
            
             
               Then
               Apollo
               ,
               interrupting
               the
               Duke
               in
               the
               complaints
               which
               he
               was
               about
               to
               make
               against
               Colonna
               ,
               said
               ,
               Duke
               ,
               I
               like
               not
               that
               disorder
               which
               I
               understand
               hath
               lately
               fallen
               out
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               the
               less
               ,
               as
               the
               cause
               of
               such
               a
               tumult
               hath
               been
               unjust
               ,
               and
               no
               less
               dishonourable
               on
               your
               part
               .
               And
               upon
               this
               occasion
               I
               am
               pleased
               to
               put
               you
               Italians
               in
               mind
               ,
               that
               your
               not
               only
               being
               covetous
               (
               as
               by
               every
               one
               you
               are
               known
               to
               be
               )
               but
               your
               not
               using
               to
               be
               prodigal
               in
               giving
               others
               those
               Titles
               which
               are
               desired
               ,
               is
               a
               manifest
               signe
               of
               a
               malign
               nature
               .
               Since
               ingenuous
               Nobleness
               is
               known
               by
               shewing
               little
               greediness
               after
               Titles
               ,
               in
               receiving
               them
               ;
               and
               much
               liberality
               in
               giving
               them
               :
               For
               ,
               not
               to
               speak
               of
               such
               as
               are
               due
               ,
               even
               by
               those
               honours
               as
               are
               superfluous
               ,
               he
               acquires
               more
               reputation
               to
               himself
               that
               gives
               them
               ,
               then
               he
               that
               receives
               them
               .
               And
               for
               you
               Spaniards
               ,
               that
               would
               so
               rigorously
               ingross
               great
               Titles
               to
               your selves
               alone
               ,
               you
               are
               so
               far
               from
               increasing
               your
               good
               estimation
               by
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               rather
               grown
               so
               odious
               and
               ridiculous
               to
               people
               ,
               that
               the
               Italians
               (
               born
               to
               scoff
               at
               every
               one
               )
               when
               in
               their
               Comedies
               they
               would
               represent
               to
               the
               world
               a
               perfect
               braggadochio
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               Neapolitan
               ,
               do
               not
               undeservedly
               personate
               it
               by
               a
               Spaniard
               :
               A
               thing
               whereof
               you
               Spaniards
               should
               be
               much
               ashamed
               :
               And
               I
               wonder
               you
               perceive
               
               not
               ,
               that
               your
               intent
               of
               attaining
               to
               universal
               dominion
               ,
               by
               means
               of
               affronting
               all
               men
               ,
               is
               a
               going
               the
               clean
               contrary
               way
               to
               work
               .
               The
               hearts
               of
               men
               ,
               Duke
               ,
               are
               taken
               with
               that
               bait
               of
               courtesie
               ,
               with
               the
               whistle
               of
               gratitude
               ,
               of
               civilities
               ,
               and
               of
               being
               courteous
               ;
               for
               very
               ignorant
               doth
               that
               Fowler
               shew
               himself
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               I
               see
               you
               Spaniards
               foolishly
               do
               )
               goes
               into
               a
               Dove
               house
               to
               catch
               Pigeons
               with
               a
               Drum.
               And
               I
               tell
               you
               moreover
               ,
               that
               if
               ever
               any
               Nation
               had
               reason
               to
               bait
               the
               Italians
               with
               honou●…s
               and
               dignities
               to
               bring
               them
               into
               their
               Nets
               ,
               and
               take
               them
               with
               their
               bird-lime
               ,
               't
               is
               you
               Spaniards
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               ends
               which
               you
               have
               upon
               Italy
               .
               And
               besides
               ,
               you
               should
               consider
               ,
               that
               with
               those
               States
               of
               Naples
               and
               Milan
               ,
               you
               are
               fastened
               there
               but
               with
               wax
               :
               For
               so
               long
               shall
               you
               govern
               those
               two
               members
               which
               you
               have
               there
               ,
               as
               till
               the
               Italians
               shall
               resolve
               to
               drive
               you
               out
               :
               Who
               if
               after
               your
               ruine
               ,
               they
               could
               be
               sure
               to
               keep
               themselves
               from
               falling
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               you
               know
               very
               well
               ,
               that
               with
               only
               a
               little
               trouble
               which
               they
               might
               give
               you
               in
               the
               Port
               of
               Genoua
               ,
               they
               could
               put
               you
               into
               a
               thousand
               inextricable
               distresses
               .
               All
               which
               are
               things
               that
               admonish
               you
               to
               give
               satisfaction
               at
               least
               in
               words
               ,
               to
               those
               ,
               to
               whom
               by
               the
               dominion
               which
               you
               have
               in
               Italy
               ,
               you
               will
               be
               forced
               to
               give
               so
               many
               bitter
               distastes
               by
               your
               deeds
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               affront
               which
               you
               say
               you
               have
               received
               from
               
                 Signior
                 Prospero
              
               ;
               I
               tell
               you
               plainly
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               mischief
               may
               be
               done
               you
               ,
               upon
               such
               a
               titular
               occasion
               as
               this
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               only
               no●…
               express
               any
               resentment
               against
               it
               ,
               but
               imagin
               that
               you
               have
               paid
               your self
               for
               it
               before-hand
               .
               Then
               the
               Duke
               would
               have
               excused
               himself
               ,
               by
               saying
               that
               he
               had
               instructions
               from
               his
               King
               ,
               how
               he
               was
               to
               carry
               himself
               towards
               the
               Barons
               of
               Italy
               in
               point
               of
               Titles
               ;
               when
               Apollo
               told
               him
               that
               the
               Spanish
               insolence
               over
               the
               Italians
               ,
               reached
               not
               but
               to
               the
               Neapolitans
               ,
               and
               the
               Milaneses
               ;
               and
               his
               Majesty
               added
               ,
               that
               if
               much
               passion
               had
               not
               blinded
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               they
               might
               very
               well
               know
               that
               their
               grandees
               ,
               whom
               Spain
               it self
               cannot
               contain
               ,
               and
               which
               in
               Italy
               ,
               will
               needs
               be
               playing
               the
               Gyants
               ▪
               when
               they
               come
               to
               be
               compared
               with
               the
               Barons
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               those
               too
               but
               of
               the
               middle
               size
               ,
               prove
               meer
               Dwarfs
               .
               With
               that
               a
               cloud
               ,
               white
               as
               snow
               ,
               beginning
               by
               little
               and
               little
               to
               cover
               the
               person
               of
               Apollo
               ,
               the
               Priests
               that
               were
               about
               him
               ▪
               perceived
               that
               his
               Majesty
               would
               prophesie
               .
               Whereupon
               all
               of
               them
               being
               falne
               prostrate
               upon
               the
               earth
               ,
               the
               Duke
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               that
               were
               with
               him
               did
               the
               same
               .
               Then
               was
               his
               Majesties
               Divine
               voice
               perceived
               to
               come
               out
               of
               that
               hollow
               cloud
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               most
               delightful
               accent
               ,
               thus
               it
               spake
               .
            
             
               I
               prognosticate
               to
               you
               ,
               Spaniards
               ,
               that
               with
               your
               troublesome
               and
               odious
               behaviour
               ,
               you
               will
               enforce
               the
               Nobility
               of
               Italy
               ,
               Mistress
               of
               the
               cruel
               Sicilian
               Even-song
               ,
               to
               plot
               against
               you
               some
               bloudy
               Neapolitan
               night-service
               .
            
             
               It
               being
               a
               custom
               most
               proper
               to
               the
               Italians
               ,
               with
               greater
               fury
               to
               revenge
               the
               insolencies
               of
               words
               ,
               then
               the
               injuries
               of
               blows
               :
               As
               those
               who
               having
               short
               patience
               ,
               and
               long
               hands
               ,
               are
               not
               only
               born
               with
               hearts
               much
               inclined
               to
               great
               resolutions
               ,
               but
               so
               that
               they
               use
               not
               to
               revenge
               their
               wrongs
               (
               which
               when
               they
               do
               ,
               they
               do
               to
               purpose
               )
               till
               those
               which
               have
               done
               them
               ,
               have
               quite
               forgotten
               them
               .
               And
               you
               ,
               to
               your
               infinite
               ruine
               shall
               then
               find
               them
               ,
               with
               arms
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               to
               be
               
               doughty
               Orlando's
               :
               When
               you
               shall
               be
               fully
               perswaded
               that
               they
               are
               grown
               to
               be
               but
               so
               many
               over-jaded
               and
               dry-basted
               Asses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Boccace
               is
               as●…ssinated
               by
               Salviati
               .
            
             
               
                 LEonardo
                 Salviati
              
               ,
               a
               man
               (
               as
               far
               as
               the
               present
               times
               ,
               and
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               modern
               Tuscans
               allow
               it
               ,
               of
               singular
               learning
               ,
               did
               an
               action
               two
               daies
               agoe
               ,
               which
               hath
               been
               infinitely
               blamed
               by
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               .
               For
               about
               two
               a
               clock
               at
               night
               ,
               at
               the
               entrance
               of
               
                 Forum
                 maximum
              
               ,
               having
               affronted
               
                 Signior
                 Giovanni
                 Boccacio
              
               ,
               Prose-Master
               Major
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               he
               gave
               him
               many
               wounds
               ,
               with
               which
               he
               so
               disfigured
               and
               maim'd
               him
               ,
               that
               his
               most
               intimate
               acquaintance
               ,
               which
               have
               seen
               him
               since
               this
               mischance
               ,
               affirm
               that
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               to
               know
               him
               for
               that
               same
               bonny
               Boccace
               which
               formerly
               he
               was
               .
               And
               that
               which
               infinitely
               aggravated
               so
               foul
               a
               fault
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               Salviati
               did
               not
               thus
               inhumane
               trespasses
               for
               any
               particular
               distast
               given
               him
               by
               Boccace
               ;
               but
               at
               the
               request
               of
               the
               Giunti
               ,
               Printers
               at
               Florence
               ,
               for
               greediness
               after
               five
               and
               twenty
               crowns
               ,
               which
               they
               gave
               him
               by
               way
               of
               reward
               for
               so
               impious
               an
               act
               .
               In
               so
               much
               ,
               that
               this
               morning
               ,
               Cavalier
               
                 Leonardo
                 Salviati
              
               ,
               a
               man
               born
               of
               so
               Noble
               a
               Family
               ,
               was
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               publick
               Pulpit
               ,
               standing
               in
               the
               Rostra
               ,
               proclaimed
               a
               publick
               and
               notorious
               Asassinate
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Sicilian
               Ambassadors
               cannot
               obtain
               Audience
               from
               Apollo
               ;
               but
               are
               disgracefully
               driven
               away
               by
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               IN
               the
               Port
               of
               Pindus
               ,
               about
               two
               daies
               agone
               there
               arrived
               a
               ship
               ,
               which
               set
               on
               shore
               some
               Ambassadors
               from
               Sicily
               ,
               sent
               by
               those
               of
               that
               Island
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               about
               matters
               of
               great
               importance
               ,
               who
               having
               given
               his
               Majesty
               notice
               of
               their
               arrival
               ,
               demanded
               Audience
               .
               No
               sooner
               did
               Apollo
               hear
               Sicilians
               named
               ,
               but
               he
               shewed
               open
               signes
               of
               extream
               indignation
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               commanded
               
                 Luigi
                 Pulci
              
               ,
               Provost
               Marshal
               of
               Campania
               ,
               to
               tell
               them
               he
               would
               not
               so
               much
               as
               see
               them
               ,
               much
               less
               hear
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               therefore
               they
               should
               get
               them
               aboard
               again
               .
               For
               because
               of
               that
               insupportable
               wrong
               which
               he
               had
               received
               from
               the
               Sicilians
               ,
               he
               had
               of
               a
               long
               time
               firmly
               resolved
               never
               to
               have
               any
               commerce
               more
               with
               that
               Nation
               .
            
             
               The
               Ambassadors
               returning
               to
               their
               ships
               ,
               obeyed
               his
               Majesties
               commands
               ▪
               To
               whom
               they
               sent
               an
               humble
               Petition
               ,
               wherein
               th●…y
               declared
               ,
               That
               they
               were
               sent
               to
               give
               his
               Majesty
               an
               account
               of
               the
               new
               Drudgeries
               ,
               the
               unheard
               of
               oppressions
               ,
               the
               miserable
               impositions
               which
               they
               suffer
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               .
               And
               that
               so
               calamitous
               were
               the
               afflictions
               wherein
               the
               miserable
               Sicilians
               found
               themselves
               involved
               ,
               that
               they
               not
               only
               deserved
               to
               be
               graciously
               listened
               to
               by
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               but
               were
               worthy
               to
               be
               pittied
               and
               bewailed
               by
               the
               most
               barbarous
               Scythians
               that
               ever
               the
               earth
               bore
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Petition
               was
               presented
               to
               Apollo
               by
               the
               reverend
               Father
               
                 T●…maso
                 Fazzello
              
               ,
               a
               very
               elegant
               Writer
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Sicily
               ,
               who
               assured
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               at
               this
               present
               ,
               the
               miserable
               condition
               of
               the
               Sicilians
               surpassed
               the
               utmost
               of
               all
               humane
               afflictions
               .
               Apollo
               told
               Fazzello
               again
               ,
               that
               the
               Sicilians
               demerits
               were
               such
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               thereby
               made
               themselves
               most
               worthy
               of
               the
               hard
               usages
               whereof
               they
               complained
               so
               much
               .
               That
               therefore
               as
               soon
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               he
               should
               give
               the
               Ambassadors
               to
               understand
               ,
               That
               if
               within
               two
               hours
               they
               did
               not
               pack
               out
               of
               the
               Haven
               of
               Pindus
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               without
               more
               ado
               ,
               their
               ship
               sunk
               with
               his
               Cannon
               :
               For
               he
               was
               absolutely
               resolv'd
               not
               to
               see
               the
               face
               of
               any
               that
               was
               of
               that
               most
               unadvised
               Nation
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               first
               Author
               of
               those
               horrid
               scandals
               ,
               that
               had
               brought
               excessive
               miseries
               upon
               her self
               ,
               and
               other
               people
               of
               Europe
               :
               For
               having
               attracted
               that
               inhumane
               and
               ambitious
               Spanish
               Nation
               ,
               before
               utterly
               unknown
               to
               Italy
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Provinces
               of
               Europe
               ,
               when
               with
               fatal
               resolution
               ,
               they
               made
               themselves
               subjects
               to
               the
               Kings
               of
               Aragon
               .
               They
               then
               likewise
               gave
               the
               beginning
               to
               that
               fatal
               and
               cruel
               Tragedy
               ,
               whereof
               did
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               know
               what
               the
               conclusion
               of
               the
               last
               Scene
               of
               the
               fifth
               Act
               is
               likely
               to
               be
               ,
               they
               would
               keep
               a
               perpetual
               Fast
               ,
               and
               upon
               their
               naked
               knees
               continually
               pray
               for
               the
               obtaining
               of
               Divine
               aid
               ,
               to
               free
               themselves
               from
               those
               mischiefs
               ,
               against
               which
               it
               is
               apparent
               that
               humane
               remedies
               are
               not
               able
               to
               do
               any
               more
               good
               .
            
             
               Fazzello
               then
               reply'd
               ,
               That
               his
               Majesty
               was
               not
               to
               be
               offended
               with
               the
               Sicilians
               ;
               but
               that
               Queen
               Ioane
               the
               second
               ,
               by
               her
               ever
               to
               be
               deplored
               adoption
               of
               Peter
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               had
               occasioned
               the
               present
               evils
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Government
               in
               Italy
               ;
               and
               that
               with
               very
               good
               reason
               ,
               he
               might
               vent
               his
               discontents
               against
               that
               indiscreet
               and
               unchast
               Lady
               .
               To
               this
               Apollo
               answered
               ,
               That
               indeed
               ,
               those
               who
               had
               not
               an
               exact
               insight
               into
               Princes
               secret
               thoughts
               (
               as
               he
               for
               his
               part
               had
               )
               laid
               the
               blame
               of
               the
               present
               slavery
               of
               Italy
               ,
               upon
               that
               Queen
               ;
               but
               the
               truth
               was
               otherwise
               :
               For
               it
               was
               a
               clear
               case
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               never
               ,
               to
               defend
               her self
               from
               the
               French
               Kings
               ,
               have
               fallen
               into
               that
               error
               ,
               of
               adopting
               a
               Spaniard
               for
               her
               King
               ,
               had
               she
               not
               first
               seen
               him
               a
               powerfull
               one
               ,
               by
               his
               rule
               over
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Sicily
               :
               and
               that
               the
               Kings
               of
               Aragon
               were
               no
               sooner
               called
               to
               the
               Government
               of
               that
               Island
               ,
               but
               they
               began
               those
               designs
               upon
               Italy
               ,
               which
               for
               the
               Italians
               exceeding
               great
               torment
               ,
               have
               had
               but
               too
               good
               success
               :
               And
               that
               they
               were
               all
               so
               u●…questionably
               deserv'd
               by
               the
               Sicilians
               ,
               that
               to
               seek
               to
               lessen
               the
               calamities
               in
               which
               they
               did
               pennance
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               their
               indiscretion
               ,
               was
               as
               heinous
               a
               kind
               of
               impiety
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               an
               act
               of
               highest
               charity
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               yet
               more
               severe
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               serve
               for
               a
               manifest
               example
               to
               all
               Nations
               ,
               what
               bitter
               fruits
               the
               plant
               of
               wicked
               and
               cruel
               resolution
               doth
               in
               time
               bring
               forth
               ,
               when
               out
               of
               a
               desperate
               rage
               ,
               people
               run
               headlong
               into
               that
               abyss
               of
               subjecting
               themselves
               to
               the
               dominion
               of
               a
               forrein
               Nation
               ▪
            
             
               Fazzello
               reply'd
               ▪
               That
               all
               this
               had
               been
               very
               true
               ,
               had
               the
               Sicilians
               altered
               the
               rule
               of
               an
               Italian
               King
               ,
               to
               make
               themselves
               slaves
               to
               Barbarians
               :
               But
               that
               having
               by
               their
               Vesper
               changed
               the
               indiscreet
               and
               hairbrain'd
               French
               ,
               into
               considerate
               and
               grave
               Spaniards
               ,
               it
               seemed
               that
               the
               intention
               of
               the
               Sicilians
               having
               been
               good
               ,
               deserved
               not
               such
               an
               odium
               from
               his
               Majesty
               .
            
             
             
               At
               that
               ,
               Apollo
               grew
               extreamly
               incens'd
               againk
               Fazzello
               too
               ;
               and
               full
               of
               indignation
               ,
               he
               said
               to
               him
               ,
               And
               dost
               thou
               think
               that
               was
               not
               a
               very
               lewd
               ignorance
               of
               the
               Sicilians
               to
               remove
               from
               the
               insolence
               ,
               the
               prodigality
               ,
               the
               carelessness
               of
               the
               French
               Government
               ,
               to
               the
               cruelty
               ,
               to
               the
               avarice
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               insupportable
               strictness
               of
               the
               Spanish
               ?
               Were
               the
               Sicilians
               only
               ignorant
               of
               that
               which
               is
               known
               to
               every
               man
               ,
               that
               the
               Dominion
               of
               the
               Spanish
               over
               Countries
               ,
               is
               eternal
               :
               And
               therefore
               out
               of
               all
               question
               ,
               deadly
               ?
               Whereas
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               French
               is
               just
               like
               a
               violent
               fever
               ,
               though
               it
               may
               be
               very
               dangerous
               ,
               yet
               it
               yields
               one
               some
               hope
               of
               life
               ,
               and
               there
               are
               many
               medicines
               with
               which
               it
               may
               be
               cured
               ;
               as
               indeed
               you
               cured
               it
               with
               your
               Sicilian
               Vespers
               .
               A
               glorious
               Vesper
               certainly
               ,
               had
               you
               not
               by
               that
               Physick
               brought
               your
               health
               into
               an
               infinitely
               worse
               condition
               .
               For
               ,
               Fazzello
               ,
               those
               people
               that
               are
               wise
               ,
               never
               take
               up
               the
               Arms
               of
               Rebellion
               ,
               but
               when
               they
               are
               sure
               to
               gain
               very
               well
               by
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               change
               bondage
               into
               liberty
               :
               For
               the
               fish
               which
               perceives
               he
               cannot
               make
               his
               passage
               out
               of
               the
               boyling
               oyle
               into
               cold
               water
               ,
               thinks
               it
               less
               hurtfull
               for
               him
               ,
               to
               stay
               in
               the
               frying-pan
               ,
               than
               to
               make
               an
               escape
               ,
               and
               leap
               into
               the
               glowing
               fire
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Sigismondo
                 Battori
              
               hath
               learned
               the
               Latine
               Tongue
               .
            
             
               YEsterday
               ,
               late
               in
               the
               evening
               ,
               arrived
               at
               this
               Court
               ,
               the
               ordinary
               Post
               of
               Germany
               ,
               who
               made
               every
               one
               joyful
               with
               the
               welcom
               tidings
               he
               brought
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               
                 Sigismondo
                 Battori
              
               ,
               late
               Prince
               of
               Transilvania
               ,
               was
               grown
               so
               much
               in
               love
               with
               the
               Latine
               Tongue
               ,
               that
               to
               his
               exceeding
               great
               glory
               ,
               he
               spake
               and
               wrote
               it
               ,
               with
               the
               purity
               and
               sincerity
               of
               Cesars
               stile
               .
               Whereupon
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               earnestly
               besought
               Apollo
               ,
               that
               for
               so
               joyful
               news
               ,
               there
               might
               be
               made
               all
               those
               demonstrations
               of
               gladness
               ,
               which
               when
               any
               Prince
               is
               become
               Learned
               ,
               were
               usually
               made
               to
               encourage
               great
               men
               to
               love
               Learning
               .
               But
               because
               his
               Majesty
               sees
               into
               the
               inside
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               he
               denied
               those
               Vertuosi
               their
               request
               ,
               and
               told
               them
               ,
               That
               Pernassus
               then
               only
               feasted
               ,
               when
               Princes
               took
               their
               Learning
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               free
               choice
               of
               a
               noble
               mind
               ,
               and
               meer
               love
               to
               their
               books
               ,
               not
               constrained
               by
               any
               necessity
               at
               all
               .
               And
               that
               they
               must
               all
               know
               that
               Prince
               Battori
               had
               attained
               to
               this
               elegancy
               of
               the
               Latine
               Tongue
               ,
               not
               out
               of
               any
               ambition
               to
               shew
               himself
               learned
               ,
               nor
               out
               of
               a
               vertuous
               curiosity
               to
               know
               many
               things
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               the
               necessity
               he
               was
               put
               to
               ,
               of
               correcting
               for
               his
               credit's
               sake
               ,
               that
               simple
               boyish
               misconstruction
               which
               he
               committed
               in
               
                 Gender
                 ,
                 Number
              
               ,
               and
               Case
               ,
               then
               ,
               when
               in
               the
               Hungarian
               War
               ,
               he
               made
               that
               fatal
               resolution
               of
               taking
               up
               arms
               against
               the
               Turks
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               adhere
               to
               the
               Emperor
               of
               Germany
               ;
               of
               whom
               ,
               having
               so
               strong
               and
               lively
               pretences
               upon
               the
               Principality
               of
               Transilvania
               ,
               he
               should
               have
               stood
               in
               more
               fear
               ,
               then
               of
               threescore
               and
               ten
               Ottoman
               Emperors
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               French
               are
               freed
               out
               of
               the
               Mad-mens
               Hospital
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               .
            
             
               SOme
               two
               daies
               ago
               ,
               did
               Apollo
               now
               at
               last
               cause
               to
               be
               releas'd
               out
               of
               the
               Mad-mens
               Hospital
               ,
               a
               great
               number
               of
               French
               ,
               that
               had
               lain
               there
               many
               years
               :
               During
               which
               time
               ,
               in
               their
               raging
               fits
               ,
               they
               had
               committed
               both
               against
               themselves
               and
               their
               friends
               ,
               many
               lamentable
               trespasses
               ,
               and
               had
               given
               cause
               sufficient
               for
               tears
               to
               all
               Europe
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               because
               by
               Affidavit
               formally
               given
               in
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               of
               the
               most
               illustrious
               Physicians
               (
               or
               Medici
               )
               of
               Florence
               ,
               who
               have
               alwaies
               been
               assisting
               in
               the
               cure
               of
               the
               dangerous
               malady
               of
               that
               Nation
               ,
               it
               was
               made
               fully
               to
               appear
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               recovered
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               dismiss'd
               .
               But
               before
               their
               departure
               out
               of
               Pernassus
               ,
               his
               Majesty
               sent
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               told
               them
               ,
               That
               for
               the
               future
               they
               should
               understand
               how
               to
               enjoy
               so
               flourishing
               and
               potent
               a
               Kingdom
               with
               more
               discretion
               then
               formerly
               they
               had
               ;
               and
               that
               above
               all
               things
               ,
               they
               should
               remember
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               recovery
               of
               their
               healths
               ,
               they
               had
               been
               wholly
               obliged
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               who
               with
               only
               appearing
               armed
               in
               France
               ,
               and
               particularly
               in
               Paris
               ,
               had
               returned
               some
               brains
               into
               the
               beetle-heads
               of
               those
               Frenchmen
               ,
               that
               formerly
               had
               played
               such
               mad
               pranks
               in
               France
               .
            
             
               Many
               and
               hearty
               thanks
               did
               then
               these
               Frenchmen
               return
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               said
               they
               should
               be
               so
               far
               mindful
               of
               the
               wholsom
               counsel
               he
               gave
               them
               ,
               that
               in
               measuring
               the
               distances
               of
               places
               ,
               they
               would
               hereafter
               accustom
               themselves
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Italian
               mile
               ,
               that
               so
               they
               might
               avoid
               that
               woful
               name
               of
               League
               :
               But
               as
               for
               the
               recovery
               of
               their
               brains
               ,
               they
               were
               altogether
               beholding
               for
               that
               ,
               to
               their
               most
               generous
               ,
               and
               ever
               victorious
               King
               ,
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               ,
               who
               with
               the
               splendor
               of
               his
               valour
               ,
               had
               opened
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               that
               had
               been
               foully
               blinded
               with
               Spanish
               hypocrisie
               :
               Besides
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               which
               had
               been
               the
               first
               authors
               of
               that
               lamentable
               French
               Tragedy
               ,
               had
               so
               cunningly
               gotten
               a
               trick
               to
               make
               way
               for
               themselves
               in
               France
               ,
               with
               their
               glittering
               and
               most
               beloved
               double
               Pistolets
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               made
               both
               the
               foolish
               and
               the
               wise
               too
               ,
               to
               run
               out
               of
               their
               wits
               .
            
          
           
             
               Some
               for
               examples
               sake
               are
               made
               a
               spectacle
               to
               the
               people
               .
            
             
               APollo
               ,
               to
               his
               singular
               discontent
               ,
               was
               informed
               that
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               modern
               Princes
               do
               not
               for
               the
               subduing
               of
               their
               enemies
               ,
               make
               use
               according
               to
               the
               custom
               of
               the
               antient
               Heroes
               ,
               of
               open
               force
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               of
               fraud
               :
               In
               the
               exercise
               of
               which
               they
               so
               much
               preval
               ,
               that
               only
               by
               the
               powerful
               means
               thereof
               ,
               they
               have
               made
               shift
               to
               bring
               their
               most
               important
               enterprises
               to
               pass
               .
               Whence
               it
               is
               ;
               that
               the
               first
               weapon
               which
               these
               draw
               against
               their
               enemies
               ,
               is
               that
               so
               shamefull
               one
               of
               corrupting
               the
               Loyalty
               of
               their
               discontented
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               of
               stirring
               up
               the
               Nobility
               to
               rebellion
               .
               Wherefore
               to
               remedy
               such
               grievous
               disorders
               ,
               about
               thirty
               years
               ago
               his
               Majesty
               gave
               command
               that
               
               the
               most
               unfortunate
               ,
               the
               Count
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               and
               the
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               ,
               should
               be
               brought
               in
               a
               wheele-barrow
               by
               
                 Iohn
                 Francesco
                 Lottini
              
               ,
               privy
               Register
               of
               moral
               Precepts
               in
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               set
               under
               the
               Porch
               of
               the
               Delphick
               Temple
               .
            
             
               Whereupon
               these
               three
               great
               Princes
               ,
               with
               their
               hands
               fingerless
               ,
               and
               all
               pittifully
               mangled
               ,
               looking
               as
               if
               the
               dogs
               had
               gnawn
               them
               ,
               were
               shewn
               by
               Lottini
               ,
               to
               the
               people
               that
               went
               in
               and
               out
               of
               the
               Temple
               :
               To
               whom
               with
               a
               loud
               voyce
               thus
               he
               spake
               ;
               Ye
               faithful
               Vertuosi
               ,
               devoted
               to
               Learning
               ,
               and
               sacred
               Morality
               ,
               take
               example
               by
               the
               so
               wretched
               calamity
               of
               these
               unfortunate
               Princes
               ,
               deprived
               of
               the
               use
               of
               their
               hands
               (
               which
               God
               send
               you
               ever
               to
               enjoy
               )
               and
               learn
               to
               know
               what
               comes
               of
               it
               ,
               when
               men
               will
               be
               perswaded
               to
               be
               so
               simple
               ,
               as
               to
               draw
               Crabs
               out
               of
               their
               holes
               with
               their
               own
               hands
               ,
               for
               the
               benefit
               of
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               discovery
               made
               ,
               that
               the
               Spanish
               Officers
               are
               wholly
               concern'd
               in
               their
               own
               profits
               .
            
             
               THree
               daies
               ago
               ,
               about
               one
               a
               clock
               at
               night
               ,
               forty
               Carts
               of
               Hay
               were
               seen
               to
               enter
               the
               Royal
               Palace
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               :
               and
               because
               the
               unseasonableness
               of
               the
               time
               filled
               with
               jealousie
               the
               French
               ,
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               and
               other
               Potentates
               ,
               that
               live
               in
               perpetual
               jealousie
               of
               so
               formidable
               a
               Princesse's
               greatness
               ;
               with
               exact
               diligence
               ,
               inquiry
               was
               made
               ,
               whether
               the
               Carts
               carried
               any
               thing
               prejudicial
               under
               the
               hay
               ?
               And
               the
               Spies
               brought
               in
               word
               ,
               that
               under
               the
               hay
               were
               hidden
               chests
               full
               of
               mattocks
               ,
               spades
               ,
               and
               pickaxes
               .
               And
               because
               these
               are
               tools
               that
               belong
               to
               Pioneers
               ,
               the
               French
               were
               resolved
               to
               stand
               to
               their
               arms
               ,
               and
               the
               Venetians
               would
               needs
               lanch
               out
               those
               Gallies
               that
               were
               in
               their
               Arsenal
               ;
               when
               it
               was
               resolved
               ,
               that
               before
               they
               would
               discover
               themselves
               ,
               they
               should
               do
               well
               to
               be
               informed
               whether
               the
               Spaniards
               had
               brought
               any
               other
               quantity
               of
               those
               instruments
               ,
               or
               whether
               they
               expected
               any
               from
               some
               other
               place
               .
               And
               they
               were
               assured
               ,
               that
               neither
               formerly
               had
               they
               received
               any
               ,
               nor
               for
               the
               future
               did
               they
               expect
               any
               .
               And
               the
               Spies
               added
               ,
               That
               as
               soon
               as
               those
               chests
               were
               taken
               down
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               carried
               into
               the
               Royal
               Magazine
               ;
               but
               all
               the
               Grandees
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               the
               prime
               Officers
               of
               that
               mighty
               Monarchy
               ,
               suddenly
               divided
               amongst
               them
               ,
               those
               mattocks
               ,
               those
               spades
               ,
               and
               those
               pickaxes
               ,
               with
               which
               the
               next
               morning
               ,
               very
               early
               ,
               with
               all
               speed
               ,
               they
               fell
               to
               digging
               of
               ditches
               ,
               to
               drawing
               of
               channels
               ,
               to
               making
               of
               banks
               ,
               and
               to
               loading
               the
               earth
               with
               a
               thousand
               Aqueducts
               ,
               every
               one
               with
               so
               much
               labour
               and
               diligence
               drawing
               the
               water
               to
               his
               own
               Mill
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               brought
               the
               publick
               affairs
               to
               such
               a
               sad
               condition
               ,
               that
               the
               Mills
               of
               the
               Commonalty
               of
               Spain
               could
               grind
               no
               longer
               for
               want
               of
               water
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Maximilian
               the
               Emperor
               is
               advertised
               of
               the
               tumults
               sprung
               up
               amongst
               his
               Sons
               .
            
             
               THis
               last
               night
               there
               came
               in
               three
               Posts
               to
               the
               Emperor
               Maximilian
               the
               second
               ;
               and
               instantly
               it
               was
               divulged
               ,
               that
               they
               brought
               news
               ,
               how
               Matthias
               the
               Arch-Duke
               had
               taken
               up
               arms
               against
               his
               brother
               Rodulphus
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               with
               which
               he
               seditiously
               claimed
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               Hungary
               ,
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               of
               Austria
               ,
               and
               the
               absolute
               Soveraignty
               over
               other
               Provinces
               .
            
             
               These
               unhappy
               tidings
               infinitely
               troubled
               the
               Emperors
               mind
               ;
               for
               he
               very
               well
               knew
               ,
               that
               the
               discord
               arisen
               amongst
               his
               Sons
               ,
               afforded
               to
               the
               enemies
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               that
               contentment
               ,
               which
               they
               so
               much
               desired
               to
               see
               .
               Whereupon
               yesterday
               morning
               very
               early
               ,
               he
               presented
               himself
               before
               Apollo
               ,
               and
               with
               tears
               trickling
               down
               his
               cheeks
               ,
               he
               desired
               to
               know
               when
               the
               disasters
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               long
               since
               begun
               by
               a
               cruel
               Conspiracy
               of
               all
               Germany
               against
               it
               ,
               would
               come
               to
               an
               end
               ,
               and
               for
               what
               demerit
               such
               bitter
               punishments
               were
               inflicted
               upon
               his
               Family
               ?
               To
               this
               demand
               Apollo
               answered
               after
               this
               manner
               ;
               Great
               Emperor
               ,
               the
               persecutions
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               troubles
               of
               your
               Family
               will
               then
               cease
               ,
               when
               it
               shall
               wholly
               give
               over
               those
               ambitious
               thoughts
               of
               desiring
               to
               dominier
               over
               Hungary
               and
               Transilvania
               ;
               which
               thoughts
               have
               put
               Germany
               into
               such
               jealousies
               ,
               that
               to
               secure
               her
               antient
               Liberty
               from
               the
               power
               of
               your
               House
               ,
               she
               studies
               nothing
               else
               but
               how
               to
               keep
               it
               down
               .
               For
               the
               Germans
               fearing
               much
               greater
               mischiefs
               from
               your
               acquisitions
               ,
               then
               from
               the
               Turks
               victories
               ,
               are
               absolutely
               resolved
               rather
               to
               lose
               Vienna
               ,
               then
               to
               take
               in
               Buda
               :
               And
               then
               will
               the
               potent
               Conspiracy
               begun
               against
               you
               be
               dissolved
               ,
               and
               all
               Germany
               heartily
               affect
               your
               Arch-Dukes
               ,
               when
               laying
               aside
               their
               present
               ambition
               ,
               they
               shall
               make
               it
               appear
               to
               all
               men
               ,
               that
               they
               desire
               to
               be
               the
               other
               German
               Princes
               equals
               ,
               not
               their
               Superiors
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Doggs
               in
               the
               Indies
               are
               grown
               Wolves
               .
            
             
               VPon
               the
               twelfth
               of
               this
               moneth
               ,
               about
               mid-night
               ,
               came
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               a
               Post
               sent
               from
               Lisbon
               in
               all
               hast
               ;
               and
               told
               him
               that
               he
               had
               brought
               news
               of
               very
               great
               concernment
               from
               the
               West
               Indies
               .
            
             
               Very
               early
               next
               morning
               ,
               all
               the
               Literati
               ran
               to
               the
               Palace-Royal
               ,
               to
               know
               what
               was
               the
               news
               .
               And
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               the
               first
               ,
               who
               with
               much
               carefulness
               ,
               demanded
               if
               there
               were
               discovered
               in
               the
               Indies
               some
               second
               
                 Monte
                 di●…otossi
              
               ,
               or
               some
               new
               
                 Rio
                 della
                 Plata
              
               ,
               whither
               they
               would
               fain
               go
               ,
               and
               there
               sow
               the
               Holy
               Word
               of
               God
               ?
               The
               French
               were
               very
               inquisitive
               to
               know
               whether
               there
               were
               any
               new
               World
               found
               ,
               that
               by
               making
               the
               Spaniards
               so
               very
               potent
               ;
               might
               perfect
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               old
               .
               But
               it
               was
               taken
               for
               a
               very
               bad
               signe
               ,
               to
               see
               Apollo
               ,
               after
               he
               had
               read
               the
               Letters
               ,
               grow
               exceeding
               sad
               ;
               and
               that
               muffled
               up
               in
               a
               thick
               cloud
               ,
               he
               fell
               a
               weeping
               bitterly
               .
               For
               which
               novelty
               ,
               every
               
               one
               conceived
               that
               the
               Post
               had
               brought
               very
               unhappy
               news
               .
               Whilst
               then
               the
               place
               was
               full
               of
               Literati
               ,
               and
               every
               sort
               of
               Vertuosi
               ,
               which
               much
               afflicted
               ,
               were
               there
               waiting
               to
               know
               the
               cause
               of
               his
               Majesties
               so
               evident
               sadness
               ;
               after
               many
               claps
               of
               Thunder
               ,
               and
               infinite
               store
               of
               Lightning
               ,
               they
               heard
               a
               dreadful
               voice
               ,
               which
               spake
               thus
               ;
               Fast
               ,
               be
               mortified
               ,
               cloath
               your selves
               in
               sack-cloth
               ,
               sprinkle
               your selves
               with
               ashes
               ,
               eat
               your
               bread
               mingled
               with
               tears
               ,
               O
               ye
               that
               inhabit
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               with
               prayers
               appease
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               ;
               with
               a
               contrite
               heart
               ,
               and
               a
               pure
               spirit
               ,
               beseech
               him
               that
               of
               his
               infinite
               mercy
               he
               would
               vouchsafe
               to
               free
               that
               part
               of
               mankind
               as
               dwels
               in
               the
               old
               world
               ,
               from
               those
               portentous
               novelties
               ,
               which
               for
               certain
               have
               hapned
               in
               the
               new
               .
               At
               such
               terrible
               news
               ,
               the
               Vertuosi
               for
               very
               grief
               fell
               a
               swouning
               ;
               and
               believing
               that
               the
               West
               -
               Indies
               had
               either
               been
               consumed
               by
               fire
               ,
               or
               drowned
               by
               water
               ,
               were
               much
               afraid
               of
               the
               same
               disasters
               .
               For
               which
               all
               the
               people
               of
               Pernassus
               being
               in
               a
               terrible
               fright
               ,
               with
               abundance
               of
               tears
               ,
               sighs
               ,
               and
               howlings
               ,
               whose
               like
               was
               never
               heard
               ,
               cried
               out
               ,
               Mercy
               !
               mercy
               !
               and
               humbly
               intreated
               his
               Majesty
               that
               he
               would
               reveal
               to
               his
               devoted
               Subiects
               ,
               what
               those
               mischiefs
               were
               ,
               from
               which
               they
               were
               to
               beseech
               Almighty
               God
               that
               they
               might
               be
               freed
               .
               Then
               from
               the
               same
               Royal
               Seat
               was
               heard
               a
               second
               voice
               ,
               giving
               them
               all
               to
               understand
               ,
               that
               the
               Dogs
               which
               the
               Spaniards
               had
               transported
               into
               the
               Indies
               ,
               to
               preserve
               the
               Flocks
               from
               Wolves
               ,
               were
               grown
               Wolves
               themselves
               ;
               and
               that
               so
               ravenous
               ones
               ,
               as
               in
               devouring
               sheep
               ,
               they
               surpassed
               in
               greediness
               and
               cruelty
               ,
               the
               very
               Tigres
               .
            
             
               After
               so
               unhappy
               tidings
               ,
               there
               was
               heard
               a
               publick
               lamentation
               of
               all
               the
               Literati
               ,
               every
               one
               bitterly
               complaining
               ,
               that
               the
               Dogs
               which
               had
               charge
               of
               the
               Sheep
               ,
               should
               become
               such
               greedy
               Wolves
               ,
               that
               they
               devoured
               the
               Flocks
               .
               ●…o
               what
               Guardians
               shall
               the
               Shepheard
               here-after
               trust
               their
               Flocks
               ,
               the
               Guardianship
               of
               Dogs
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               so
               faithful
               to
               their
               Shepheards
               ,
               being
               no
               longer
               secure
               ?
               And
               why
               came
               there
               into
               the
               world
               the
               species
               of
               Sheep
               ,
               the
               most
               unfortunate
               of
               all
               animals
               ,
               since
               they
               must
               be
               a
               prey
               ,
               both
               to
               Wolves
               their
               enemies
               ,
               and
               to
               Dogs
               their
               friends
               ?
            
             
               Whilst
               all
               the
               Nations
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               for
               the
               great
               affright
               they
               were
               in
               ,
               look'd
               as
               if
               they
               would
               sink
               into
               the
               ground
               ,
               only
               the
               Flemings
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Low-countrey-men
               were
               observed
               to
               go
               up
               and
               down
               Pernassus
               undaunted
               ,
               encouraging
               every
               one
               to
               cheer
               up
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               out
               of
               heart
               ,
               saying
               there
               was
               no
               calamity
               threatned
               to
               any
               man
               ,
               which
               may
               not
               be
               happily
               avoided
               by
               stout
               resolutions
               proceeding
               from
               spirits
               unmoved
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               Flemmings
               cry'd
               aloud
               to
               every
               one
               ,
               that
               likewise
               in
               their
               Countrey
               ,
               the
               dogs
               whom
               the
               Spanish
               Shepheards
               had
               set
               to
               keep
               the
               Flemmish
               Flock
               ,
               were
               grown
               to
               be
               such
               ravenous
               wolves
               ,
               that
               with
               savage
               cruelty
               they
               devoured
               the
               sheep
               ,
               and
               had
               consumed
               all
               the
               Flemmish
               flock
               ,
               if
               by
               the
               resentment
               of
               that
               couragious
               resolution
               ,
               which
               is
               known
               to
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               they
               had
               not
               taken
               a
               course
               ●…or
               it
               .
               That
               therefore
               if
               those
               mischiefs
               which
               are
               reported
               to
               have
               ●…en
               out
               in
               the
               new
               world
               ,
               should
               happen
               in
               the
               old
               ,
               every
               one
               ought
               to
               know
               that
               the
               true
               way
               for
               chasti●…g
               of
               those
               dogs
               which
               have
               a
               scurvy
               quality
               of
               worrying
               sheep
               ,
               was
               to
               give
               them
               some
               Low-countrey
               
                 Nux
                 vomica
              
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               burst
               ,
               as
               they
               deserved
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               visits
               the
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               ,
               and
               there
               passe
               between
               them
               Complements
               full
               of
               kindenesse
               .
            
             
               SO
               great
               was
               the
               affright
               which
               the
               most
               illustrious
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               was
               in
               ,
               when
               she
               perceived
               that
               the
               most
               puissant
               Kings
               of
               France
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               become
               Lords
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               pretended
               to
               the
               Soveraignty
               over
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Millan
               :
               And
               though
               they
               made
               a
               shew
               of
               continuing
               in
               their
               antient
               amity
               ,
               yet
               did
               they
               very
               cruelly
               lay
               snares
               ,
               both
               against
               her
               life
               and
               reputation
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               with
               such
               bitterness
               of
               minds
               enraged
               ,
               that
               what
               with
               the
               machinations
               of
               money
               ,
               what
               with
               the
               crafty
               wiles
               of
               the
               pen
               ,
               they
               held
               up
               ,
               even
               in
               peace
               ,
               a
               cruel
               war
               for
               many
               years
               .
            
             
               Now
               whilst
               the
               heart-burnings
               and
               jealousies
               betwixt
               these
               two
               Queens
               were
               at
               the
               fiercest
               ,
               and
               their
               minds
               were
               observed
               to
               be
               poysed
               with
               the
               most
               deadly
               feud
               ;
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               ,
               beyond
               all
               expectation
               ,
               went
               with
               a
               Train
               worthy
               her
               greatness
               ,
               to
               give
               the
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               a
               visit
               ;
               who
               entertained
               her
               with
               such
               demonstrations
               of
               honour
               ,
               and
               of
               intimate
               affection
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Literati
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               face
               both
               of
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               Princess
               ,
               took
               more
               notice
               of
               the
               motions
               and
               dispositions
               of
               the
               mind
               ,
               then
               of
               their
               fine
               verbal
               Complements
               ,
               knew
               for
               certain
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               grown
               between
               them
               a
               perfect
               and
               real
               reconciliation
               .
               Nay
               ,
               never
               since
               the
               memory
               of
               man
               ,
               did
               there
               happen
               in
               Pernassus
               any
               peace
               or
               concord
               ,
               which
               did
               more
               astonish
               the
               Vertuosi
               there
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               more
               curious
               to
               know
               the
               true
               cause
               of
               so
               strange
               a
               thing
               .
            
             
               And
               because
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               the
               Poets
               ,
               and
               other
               Literati
               ,
               of
               whatsoever
               Science
               ,
               are
               but
               dim-fighted
               in
               the
               art
               of
               discovering
               the
               true
               ends
               of
               those
               wary
               resolutions
               which
               great
               Princes
               take
               ,
               they
               made
               their
               recourse
               to
               the
               University
               of
               the
               Politicians
               ,
               whose
               peculiar
               profession
               it
               is
               ,
               by
               the
               light
               of
               that
               knowledge
               which
               they
               have
               of
               all
               Potentates
               interests
               to
               know
               how
               to
               penetrate
               into
               the
               
                 abditos
                 Princip●…m
                 recessus
                 ,
                 &
                 quicquid
                 occultius
                 habent
                 .
              
               From
               whom
               they
               received
               this
               answer
               ;
               That
               the
               Queen
               of
               Italy
               ,
               to
               secure
               her
               Liberty
               from
               the
               Arms
               of
               so
               potent
               a
               Nation
               ,
               was
               inforced
               to
               joyn
               with
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               ;
               but
               that
               perceiving
               how
               she
               also
               having
               gotten
               into
               her
               hands
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               and
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Millan
               ,
               did
               with
               more
               earnest
               ambition
               ,
               with
               more
               profound
               artifices
               ,
               and
               with
               more
               fraudulent
               machinations
               ,
               than
               the
               French
               themselves
               ,
               put
               in
               for
               the
               Soveraignty
               of
               all
               Italy
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               compass
               this
               end
               in
               the
               minority
               of
               Henry
               the
               second
               's
               Sons
               ,
               she
               endeavoured
               to
               embroil
               France
               ,
               and
               how
               for
               the
               base
               Panders
               of
               her
               vast
               ambition
               ,
               and
               for
               Agents
               for
               the
               common
               bondage
               of
               Italy
               ,
               she
               made
               use
               of
               some
               principal
               (
               but
               indiscreet
               )
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               she
               began
               to
               hate
               her
               so
               extreamly
               ,
               that
               by
               every
               sort
               of
               flight
               ,
               the
               one
               sought
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               other
               :
               but
               that
               since
               ,
               by
               the
               unfortunate
               end
               which
               at
               last
               the
               business
               of
               Savioneda
               came
               to
               ,
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               plainly
               perceived
               that
               the
               purchase
               of
               all
               Italy
               was
               not
               feasible
               ,
               and
               a
               business
               utterly
               to
               be
               despaired
               of
               ,
               she
               gave
               over
               that
               ambition
               of
               being
               Mistress
               of
               it
               all
               ,
               to
               wh●…h
               she
               was
               before
               wholly
               addicted
               ;
               
               and
               observing
               that
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               her
               troubles
               in
               Flanders
               ,
               and
               elsewhere
               ,
               had
               sprung
               from
               those
               ambitious
               thoughts
               ,
               she
               perceived
               there
               was
               no
               better
               way
               for
               the
               setling
               of
               her
               own
               affairs
               ,
               then
               to
               let
               others
               live
               in
               quiet
               :
               And
               because
               she
               palpably
               found
               ,
               that
               without
               the
               friendship
               ,
               the
               favour
               and
               aid
               of
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               possible
               for
               her
               quietly
               to
               possess
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               and
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Millan
               ,
               she
               was
               desirous
               with
               that
               visit
               ,
               to
               pacify
               the
               troubled
               mind
               of
               that
               Queen
               .
               A
               Policy
               ,
               which
               the
               ●…oliticians
               called
               a
               very
               good
               one
               :
               For
               what
               manner
               of
               men
               would
               begin
               to
               rouse
               up
               themselves
               ,
               if
               the
               Spaniards
               should
               but
               make
               as
               if
               they
               would
               fall
               upon
               
                 Brescia
                 ,
                 B●…rgamo
                 ,
                 Turino
              
               ,
               and
               Genoua
               ,
               when
               for
               offering
               to
               take
               in
               that
               poor
               petty
               Town
               of
               Savioneda
               ,
               there
               were
               contrived
               against
               them
               (
               and
               that
               by
               those
               from
               whom
               it
               was
               least
               expected
               )
               such
               machinations
               ,
               that
               the
               Quail
               ●…ad
               bin
               caught
               in
               the
               Trammelli
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               have
               avoided
               falling
               into
               the
               Spaniels
               mouth
               ,
               had
               she
               not
               couragiously
               resolved
               to
               make
               a
               breach
               in
               the
               net
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               save
               her
               life
               by
               getting
               out
               at
               a
               torne
               mesh
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               throws
               her
               Physician
               out
               of
               the
               window
               .
            
             
               THis
               morning
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               having
               sent
               for
               her
               Physician
               in
               ordinary
               ,
               presently
               after
               she
               her self
               with
               her
               own
               hands
               ,
               threw
               him
               out
               of
               the
               window
               of
               her
               Royal
               Palace
               :
               So
               that
               the
               poor
               wretch
               having
               all
               his
               bones
               broken
               to
               fitters
               ,
               died
               immediately
               .
               An
               accident
               which
               seemed
               so
               much
               the
               stranger
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               Physician
               was
               held
               by
               all
               the
               Court
               to
               be
               a
               very
               honest
               man
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               exercise
               of
               his
               profession
               ,
               admirable
               .
               Diverse
               were
               the
               discourses
               made
               upon
               so
               notorious
               a
               novelty
               .
            
             
               But
               Apollo
               desiring
               to
               know
               the
               true
               cause
               of
               this
               hideous
               resentment
               ,
               from
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               her self
               ,
               she
               told
               him
               ,
               how
               about
               forty
               years
               ago
               ,
               by
               some
               fittes
               that
               she
               had
               ,
               and
               by
               other
               signes
               which
               were
               discovered
               ,
               she
               was
               afraid
               that
               in
               process
               of
               time
               ,
               she
               should
               catch
               some
               dangerous
               French
               disease
               or
               other
               ,
               of
               the
               Royal
               House
               of
               Bourbon
               ;
               and
               to
               provide
               aga●…nst
               the
               mischief
               she
               foresaw
               ,
               she
               ask'd
               counsel
               of
               her
               Physician
               ▪
               who
               prescribed
               her
               a
               tedious
               ,
               fulsom
               ,
               and
               chargeable
               Purge
               ,
               of
               divers
               Oyles
               of
               holy
               Leagues
               ,
               of
               insurrections
               of
               people
               ,
               of
               Rebellions
               of
               Nobles
               ,
               of
               Cauteries
               ,
               and
               other
               very
               painfull
               Medicines
               ,
               in
               which
               she
               had
               wasted
               her
               stomack
               ,
               weakened
               her
               strength
               ,
               and
               quite
               lost
               her
               appetite
               :
               And
               that
               the
               infinite
               store
               of
               Syrops
               ,
               and
               the
               many
               Medicines
               taken
               with
               so
               much
               anguish
               ,
               had
               procured
               nothing
               but
               the
               acceleration
               of
               the
               malady
               ;
               which
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               that
               unlucky
               and
               unseasonable
               Purge
               ,
               would
               perhaps
               never
               have
               come
               :
               Besides
               ,
               that
               the
               continual
               and
               ravenous
               leeches
               which
               were
               applyed
               to
               many
               parts
               of
               her
               body
               ,
               had
               so
               suck'd
               out
               the
               best
               vital
               bloud
               of
               h●…r
               Spanish
               Gold
               ,
               that
               by
               reason
               of
               her
               weakness
               of
               constitution
               ,
               she
               was
               not
               able
               to
               evacuate
               those
               bad
               humours
               of
               Flanders
               which
               have
               so
               much
               oppressed
               :
               her
               For
               which
               disorders
               ,
               all
               occasioned
               by
               the
               exceeding
               bad
               counsel
               of
               that
               indiscreet
               Doctor
               ,
               she
               was
               so
               vex'd
               at
               him
               ,
               that
               she
               
               seriously
               swore
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               if
               to
               free
               her
               from
               future
               infirmities
               ,
               he
               ever
               prescribed
               her
               a
               purge
               again
               ,
               she
               would
               throw
               him
               out
               of
               the
               window
               .
               And
               that
               perceiving
               the
               Low-Countrey
               Ach
               ,
               which
               at
               this
               present
               she
               feels
               in
               her
               shoulders
               ,
               to
               be
               an
               absolute
               French
               Pox
               ,
               she
               had
               asked
               counsel
               of
               the
               same
               Doctor
               ,
               how
               she
               might
               be
               rid
               of
               it
               :
               Who
               unmindfull
               of
               his
               former
               errors
               ,
               very
               simply
               prescribed
               her
               the
               other
               purge
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               world
               just
               like
               the
               first
               :
               and
               that
               hereupon
               ,
               overcome
               with
               passion
               ,
               throwing
               him
               out
               of
               the
               window
               ,
               she
               was
               desirous
               to
               punish
               him
               for
               his
               first
               fault
               in
               his
               second
               .
               And
               she
               conceived
               that
               he
               had
               deserved
               the
               misfortune
               ,
               because
               he
               had
               not
               learn'd
               by
               that
               case
               which
               had
               proved
               so
               unlucky
               to
               her
               Spaniards
               ,
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               purges
               made
               before
               the
               time
               ,
               for
               evils
               that
               are
               but
               feared
               ,
               work
               not
               those
               good
               effects
               which
               the
               Physician
               believes
               ,
               and
               the
               Patient
               desires
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Cardinal
               of
               Toledo's
               Summa
               is
               not
               admitted
               into
               the
               Library
               of
               Pernassus
               .
            
             
               THe
               most
               Illustrious
               and
               right
               reverend
               
                 Francisco
                 Cordouese
              
               Cardinal
               of
               Toledo
               ,
               a
               Personage
               of
               exemplary
               life
               ,
               an
               exquisite
               Divine
               ;
               and
               a
               prime
               Philosopher
               ,
               one
               ,
               that
               while
               he
               lived
               ,
               did
               more
               honour
               to
               Gods
               word
               in
               the
               Pulpit
               ,
               than
               any
               other
               Preacher
               whatsoever
               ,
               appeared
               some
               few
               daies
               agone
               in
               Pernssus
               ,
               being
               met
               at
               the
               borders
               of
               this
               State
               ,
               by
               
                 Alexander
                 de
                 Hales
              
               ,
               and
               by
               
                 Monsignor
                 Cornelio
                 Musso
              
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               Bitonto
               ,
               and
               entertained
               all
               the
               way
               at
               his
               Majesties
               charge
               .
               This
               honoured
               Literato
               presented
               his
               Writings
               to
               the
               reverend
               College
               of
               the
               Vertuosi
               ;
               and
               those
               which
               treated
               of
               Philosophy
               were
               not
               only
               praised
               ,
               but
               admired
               ,
               as
               likewise
               the
               Commentaries
               which
               he
               had
               made
               upon
               the
               Subjects
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               were
               received
               by
               all
               the
               sacred
               Wr●…rs
               with
               extraordinary
               applause
               ;
               and
               presently
               they
               were
               carried
               in
               a
               sumptuous
               Urne
               under
               a
               Canopy
               ,
               into
               the
               Delphick
               Library
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               name
               of
               so
               great
               an
               Author
               consecrated
               to
               Eternity
               .
               Only
               his
               Summa
               ,
               though
               very
               learned
               ,
               was
               not
               received
               by
               those
               Vertuosi
               ;
               who
               plainly
               said
               ;
               there
               was
               such
               a
               multitude
               of
               these
               kinds
               of
               Summaries
               and
               Collections
               in
               his
               Majesties
               Library
               ,
               that
               some
               of
               them
               seemed
               superfluous
               :
               For
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               the
               greatest
               Divines
               had
               with
               such
               diligence
               handled
               matters
               appertaining
               to
               private
               mens
               c●…nsciences
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               put
               to
               arbitrement
               the
               salvation
               of
               mens
               souls
               ,
               upon
               a
               three
               farthing
               business
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               world
               did
               very
               much
               desire
               to
               see
               a
               compleat
               Collection
               made
               of
               Cases
               touching
               the
               consciences
               of
               great
               Princes
               :
               A
               Subject
               very
               necessary
               for
               the
               universal
               tranquillity
               ,
               and
               yet
               wholly
               omitted
               by
               Divines
               .
               In
               which
               Collection
               men
               should
               exactly
               discourse
               upon
               those
               act●…ons
               of
               Princes
               ,
               wherewith
               they
               so
               often
               put
               the
               world
               in
               confusion
               ;
               filling
               it
               with
               Pillages
               ,
               Plunders
               ,
               and
               so
               many
               Murthers
               ,
               that
               many
               of
               them
               blinded
               with
               an
               ambition
               of
               reigning
               upon
               the
               earth
               ,
               have
               made
               it
               flow
               withrivers
               of
               humane
               bloud
               .
               And
               the
               most
               judicious
               College
               of
               the
               Literati
               hearing
               these
               particulars
               ,
               desired
               that
               they
               should
               dispute
               and
               resolve
               upon
               these
               present
               questions
               ,
               viz.
               Whether
               Christian
               Piety
               doth
               admit
               of
               that
               pretence
               of
               Right
               ▪
               which
               the
               violence
               of
               the
               sword
               hath
               usurp'd
               upon
               other
               mens
               
               Estates
               ?
               W●…ether
               a
               Principality
               taken
               either
               by
               force
               or
               fraud
               ,
               from
               another
               Prince
               ,
               may
               be
               held
               by
               one
               that
               hath
               the
               true
               fear
               of
               God
               in
               him
               ?
               Whether
               the
               determination
               of
               Governing
               a
               Kingdom
               that
               is
               conquered
               ,
               with
               a
               purpose
               only
               to
               impoverish
               and
               waste
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               Reign
               over
               it
               without
               jealousie
               ,
               may
               be
               put
               in
               practice
               by
               him
               that
               hath
               been
               bred
               up
               in
               the
               Christian
               Faith
               ?
               And
               whether
               to
               set
               and
               cry
               up
               meer
               damn'd
               Policy
               ,
               called
               
                 Ragione
                 di
                 Stato
              
               so
               high
               ,
               that
               at
               this
               instant
               she
               tramples
               upon
               all
               Laws
               ,
               Humane
               and
               Divine
               ,
               be
               not
               a
               more
               detestable
               and
               accursed
               Idolatry
               ,
               then
               to
               adore
               Nebuchadnezzars
               Image
               and
               the
               Golden
               Calf
               ?
               Lastly
               ,
               the
               College
               declared
               ,
               That
               then
               their
               desires
               should
               be
               fully
               satisfied
               ;
               when
               there
               should
               be
               found
               one
               Divine
               so
               truely
               fearing
               God
               ,
               that
               with
               his
               Writings
               he
               had
               affrighted
               Princes
               from
               doing
               amiss
               ,
               as
               (
               't
               is
               confess'd
               )
               many
               of
               them
               have
               with
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               pains
               terrified
               private
               men
               .
               For
               it
               seemed
               to
               them
               unreasonably
               strange
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               multitude
               of
               Learned
               Divines
               should
               so
               trouble
               themselves
               to
               dispute
               of
               the
               strict
               account
               which
               Shop
               keepers
               were
               to
               give
               to
               the
               Divine
               Majesty
               ,
               even
               for
               idle
               words
               ;
               and
               yet
               should
               forbear
               to
               make
               any
               mention
               of
               those
               horrid
               offences
               which
               great
               Princes
               commit
               ,
               when
               with
               armed
               Troops
               plundering
               mens
               States
               ,
               they
               bring
               all
               things
               ,
               both
               sacred
               and
               prophane
               ,
               to
               utter
               destruction
               .
               And
               that
               their
               Ministers
               should
               ,
               with
               far
               greater
               benefit
               to
               mankind
               ,
               and
               eternal
               rewards
               to
               themselves
               ,
               have
               discoursed
               upon
               the
               actions
               of
               Lewis
               the
               twelfth
               ,
               and
               Francis
               the
               first
               ,
               both
               Kings
               of
               France
               ;
               of
               Ferdinand
               King
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Emperor
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               whose
               souls
               departed
               this
               world
               charg'd
               with
               the
               heavy
               load
               of
               half
               a
               million
               of
               Homicides
               (
               all
               of
               them
               committed
               out
               of
               an
               ambition
               to
               Reign
               )
               for
               which
               they
               were
               to
               give
               a
               very
               strict
               account
               to
               God
               ;
               when
               to
               stuff
               up
               volumns
               with
               the
               venial
               sins
               of
               privat
               persons
               .
            
             
               All
               which
               would
               be
               things
               very
               necessary
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               mankind
               ,
               so
               much
               afflicted
               by
               the
               ambition
               of
               Princes
               ,
               may
               one
               day
               receive
               that
               consolation
               ,
               which
               with
               so
               much
               anxiety
               it
               longeth
               for
               ,
               that
               those
               which
               reign
               may
               be
               frighted
               from
               evil-doing
               ;
               and
               be
               brought
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               Hell
               was
               made
               as
               well
               for
               mighty
               persons
               as
               for
               mean.
               
            
          
           
             
               Almansor
               ,
               that
               was
               King
               of
               the
               Moors
               ,
               meeting
               with
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               they
               two
               fall
               a
               weeping
               ,
               and
               rehearse
               their
               miseries
               brought
               upon
               them
               by
               the
               oppression
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               .
            
             
               THe
               most
               famous
               King
               of
               the
               
                 Moors
                 ,
                 Almansor
              
               ,
               he
               that
               for
               many
               years
               governed
               the
               Noble
               Kingdom
               of
               Granada
               in
               Spain
               ,
               met
               yesterday
               with
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               and
               walking
               to
               and
               again
               ,
               began
               to
               discourse
               with
               him
               :
               And
               after
               he
               had
               for
               a
               good
               while
               viewed
               well
               the
               chain
               which
               this
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               wore
               about
               his
               legg
               ,
               he
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               being
               of
               
                 Morisco
                 ▪
              
               work
               ,
               he
               thought
               he
               had
               often
               seen
               and
               handled
               it
               :
               And
               a
               little
               while
               after
               ,
               with
               gestures
               of
               much
               amazement
               ,
               he
               assured
               him
               that
               he
               knew
               it
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               was
               the
               very
               same
               ,
               
               with
               which
               he
               and
               the
               Mauritanian
               Kings
               ,
               his
               predecessors
               ,
               had
               for
               seven
               hundred
               years
               ,
               kept
               many
               Kingdoms
               of
               Spain
               in
               bondage
               :
               And
               that
               therefore
               he
               earnestly
               intreated
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               discover
               to
               him
               ,
               how
               ,
               by
               whom
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               enchained
               .
            
             
               A
               good
               eye
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               excellent
               memory
               hast
               thou
               Almansor
               (
               answered
               then
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               for
               this
               unhappy
               chain
               which
               thou
               seest
               upon
               my
               legg
               ,
               was
               brought
               from
               Spain
               by
               
                 Consalvo
                 Cordoua
              
               ,
               called
               
                 il
                 Gran
                 Capitano
              
               :
               And
               therefore
               I
               think
               it
               very
               likely
               to
               be
               the
               same
               you
               speak
               of
               :
               And
               't
               is
               now
               a
               hundred
               years
               that
               I
               have
               been
               in
               that
               miserable
               slavery
               which
               you
               see
               me
               in
               .
               From
               which
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               ever
               I
               shall
               be
               able
               to
               free
               my self
               :
               because
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               excessive
               power
               to
               which
               I
               see
               the
               Spanish
               forces
               are
               risen
               ,
               having
               utterly
               lost
               all
               hope
               of
               aid
               that
               I
               can
               expect
               from
               men
               ,
               I
               know
               my
               antient
               liberty
               lies
               all
               in
               the
               powerful
               hand
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               must
               renew
               upon
               me
               the
               miracles
               of
               the
               Red-sea
               ,
               if
               ever
               I
               recover
               .
            
             
               The
               years
               (
               reply'd
               Almansor
               )
               do
               agree
               very
               well
               ;
               for
               it
               was
               but
               a
               little
               before
               thy
               bondage
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               loosned
               from
               off
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Granada's
               legg
               ,
               this
               chain
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               have
               bound
               thee
               :
               But
               do
               me
               the
               singular
               favour
               ,
               good
               Neapolitan
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               tell
               me
               how
               it
               was
               possible
               for
               the
               Spaniards
               to
               make
               themselves
               Masters
               of
               such
               a
               Kingdom
               as
               thou
               art
               ,
               so
               potent
               ,
               and
               so
               far
               distant
               from
               their
               Forces
               .
            
             
               By
               fraud
               ,
               Almansor
               (
               said
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               did
               the
               Spaniards
               get
               footing
               in
               Italy
               ;
               for
               with
               open
               force
               they
               would
               never
               have
               been
               able
               to
               have
               made
               such
               notable
               atchievements
               ,
               and
               (
               as
               you
               say
               very
               well
               )
               so
               infinitely
               surpassing
               their
               forces
               ,
               and
               those
               too
               lying
               so
               far
               off
               .
            
             
               But
               listen
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               be
               amazed
               at
               the
               exceeding
               large
               conscience
               which
               in
               matters
               of
               State
               ,
               a
               King
               of
               Spain
               had
               ,
               though
               he
               used
               incomparable
               artifices
               to
               be
               taken
               amongst
               fools
               for
               a
               Saint
               Macarius
               painted
               upon
               a
               Wall
               :
               For
               you
               will
               hear
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               rules
               of
               my
               Christian
               Religion
               ,
               cruel
               and
               impious
               ;
               but
               according
               to
               the
               tearms
               of
               Modern
               Policy
               ,
               the
               most
               witty
               ,
               as
               ever
               any
               Nation
               represented
               upon
               the
               Stage
               of
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               Alfonso
               my
               King
               ,
               to
               his
               final
               ,
               and
               my
               principal
               ruine
               ,
               gave
               his
               Grandchild
               Isabella
               (
               ●…or
               from
               that
               unhappy
               marriage
               ,
               had
               my
               ruine
               its
               beginning
               )
               for
               wife
               to
               
                 Giovanni
                 Galeazzo
              
               Duke
               of
               Millan
               .
               At
               first
               the
               unfortunate
               Princes
               childhood
               ,
               afterwards
               his
               unspeakable
               sottishness
               ,
               encouraged
               
                 Lodovico
                 Sforza
              
               to
               seise
               upon
               his
               Nephews
               Estate
               .
               Alfonso
               (
               as
               it
               behooved
               him
               )
               sought
               to
               hinder
               this
               usurpation
               .
               Of
               which
               ●…ent
               Lodovico
               being
               aware
               ,
               and
               knowing
               ,
               that
               without
               the
               ruine
               of
               my
               Kings
               ,
               't
               was
               impossible
               for
               him
               to
               compass
               the
               end
               of
               his
               unjust
               desire
               ,
               he
               threw
               himself
               headlong
               upon
               that
               resolution
               which
               since
               proved
               so
               fatal
               to
               him
               ,
               to
               me
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               of
               calling
               the
               French
               into
               Italy
               ,
               for
               the
               gaining
               of
               me
               .
               My
               Kings
               ,
               to
               defend
               themselves
               from
               so
               puissant
               enemies
               ,
               called
               in
               to
               their
               aid
               ,
               that
               good
               soul
               ,
               Ferdinand
               King
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               their
               Cousin
               ;
               who
               shewed
               himself
               such
               a
               loving
               Kinsman
               ,
               and
               so
               faithful
               a
               friend
               ,
               that
               instead
               of
               driving
               out
               the
               French
               ,
               he
               shared
               me
               out
               betwixt
               himself
               and
               them
               ;
               and
               to
               perfect
               the
               Tragedy
               in
               all
               points
               ,
               a
               little
               after
               this
               unhappy
               dividend
               ,
               he
               made
               War
               upon
               the
               French
               ,
               whom
               having
               overcome
               ,
               he
               forced
               to
               return
               into
               
               France
               ,
               with
               abundance
               of
               shame
               and
               loss
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               good
               King
               Ferdinand
               ,
               without
               any
               scruple
               of
               conscience
               ,
               became
               my
               absolute
               Soveraign
               :
               And
               then
               it
               was
               that
               he
               clapt
               on
               my
               legg
               this
               chain
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               taken
               notice
               of
               for
               your
               Countrey-making
               and
               workmanship
               .
               And
               I
               make
               a
               question
               ,
               whether
               in
               the
               Chronicles
               of
               the
               Saracens
               ,
               of
               the
               Moors
               ,
               or
               of
               the
               Turks
               (
               which
               you
               must
               needs
               have
               read
               )
               there
               be
               found
               registred
               a
               more
               treacherous
               act
               ,
               committed
               by
               a
               King
               ,
               who
               would
               needs
               be
               esteemed
               a
               man
               of
               a
               most
               Saint-like
               conscience
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               bare
               a
               very
               good
               mind
               ,
               and
               who
               but
               a
               little
               before
               had
               received
               from
               the
               Apostolike
               Sea
               ,
               the
               glorious
               Title
               of
               the
               Catholick
               King.
               
            
             
               Certainly
               (
               reply'd
               Almansor
               )
               in
               the
               Chronicles
               which
               you
               have
               named
               ,
               one
               may
               reade
               of
               very
               foul
               actions
               done
               by
               divers
               Princes
               ,
               out
               of
               an
               ambition
               after
               Soveraignty
               ;
               but
               this
               which
               you
               have
               related
               of
               Ferdinand
               ,
               goes
               beyond
               them
               all
               .
               But
               (
               said
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               if
               you
               Almansor
               ,
               and
               your
               Nation
               have
               held
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Granada
               enchain'd
               so
               many
               hundreds
               of
               years
               ,
               what
               course
               did
               the
               Spaniards
               take
               to
               set
               it
               at
               liberty
               ?
               That
               fatal
               Union
               (
               reply'd
               Almansor
               )
               of
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               Castile
               ,
               with
               those
               of
               Aragon
               ,
               which
               ensued
               upon
               the
               marriage
               of
               Ferdinand
               and
               Isabella
               ,
               was
               it
               that
               occasioned
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Granada's
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               most
               unhappy
               Union
               !
               which
               the
               greatest
               Potentates
               of
               Europe
               have
               bewailed
               ,
               do
               bewail
               ,
               and
               with
               true
               tears
               everlastingly
               shall
               bewail
               ,
               no
               less
               then
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               and
               do
               ;
               as
               that
               which
               hath
               been
               the
               true
               and
               onely
               root
               from
               which
               have
               sprung
               all
               those
               mighty
               subversions
               of
               States
               that
               at
               this
               day
               are
               seen
               in
               many
               parts
               of
               Europe
               ;
               and
               more
               notoriously
               in
               Italy
               .
               And
               believe
               me
               (
               Neapolitan
               Kingdom
               )
               I
               had
               reigned
               happily
               in
               Spain
               to
               this
               very
               day
               ,
               had
               not
               that
               pestilent
               Union
               broke
               the
               neck
               of
               my
               greatness
               .
               For
               those
               so
               fierce
               jealousies
               that
               were
               between
               these
               Castilians
               and
               the
               Aragonians
               ,
               were
               my
               impregnable
               Citadels
               ,
               which
               would
               have
               made
               me
               Reign
               in
               Spain
               eternally
               .
               Yet
               take
               it
               upon
               my
               word
               ,
               the
               assistances
               that
               the
               Popes
               gave
               to
               Ferdinando
               and
               Isabella
               ,
               did
               greatly
               hasten
               on
               my
               suppression
               .
               Peace
               good
               Almansor
               (
               quoth
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               no
               more
               of
               that
               ,
               if
               you
               love
               me
               :
               For
               after
               you
               were
               driven
               out
               of
               Spain
               ,
               the
               Popes
               suffered
               so
               great
               miseries
               from
               that
               ambitious
               Nation
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               very
               truely
               said
               ,
               they
               then
               purchased
               with
               ready
               money
               ,
               those
               infinite
               calamities
               which
               they
               have
               met
               withall
               .
               For
               ,
               although
               the
               Sea
               Apostolike
               was
               very
               well
               contented
               to
               see
               the
               Mauritanian
               Kings
               driven
               out
               of
               Spain
               ;
               yet
               did
               that
               great
               pleasure
               prove
               extreamly
               painful
               ,
               by
               my
               servitude
               which
               followed
               soon
               upon
               it
               :
               The
               Popes
               having
               never
               dreaded
               any
               thing
               more
               ,
               then
               that
               I
               should
               fall
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               some
               potent
               Prince
               ,
               who
               might
               make
               them
               live
               in
               those
               perpetual
               jealousies
               ,
               wherein
               finding
               themselves
               at
               this
               instant
               plunged
               up
               to
               the
               very
               eyes
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               specially
               those
               that
               have
               most
               insight
               in
               the
               affairs
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               take
               but
               little
               rest
               in
               their
               beds
               .
               A
               clear
               testimony
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               what
               I
               tell
               you
               ,
               was
               that
               lamentable
               and
               most
               vil●…anous
               sack
               of
               Rome
               ,
               committed
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               a
               little
               ●…fter
               my
               bondage
               ;
               with
               which
               ingratitude
               they
               paid
               the
               Apostolical
               Sea
               all
               they
               were
               in
               her
               debt
               ,
               both
               for
               the
               release
               of
               the
               Tribute
               of
               Naples
               ,
               and
               those
               succours
               besides
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               from
               her
               in
               the
               War
               of
               Granada
               .
               A
               calamity
               which
               passing
               the
               bounds
               of
               any
               the
               do
               ▪
               efullest
               miseries
               ,
               
               hath
               so
               open'd
               the
               eyes
               of
               even
               the
               most
               drowsie-witted
               men
               ,
               that
               every
               one
               begins
               to
               perceive
               what
               it
               is
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               zeal
               towards
               Piety
               ,
               to
               unchain
               Lions
               .
               For
               no
               sooner
               did
               the
               Spaniards
               perceive
               themselves
               freed
               from
               that
               encombrance
               ,
               which
               the
               Moors
               of
               Granada
               were
               to
               them
               ;
               but
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               ambition
               which
               they
               openly
               declared
               ,
               of
               desiring
               to
               sway
               the
               Universe
               ,
               there
               were
               discovered
               not
               only
               in
               Italy
               ,
               but
               all
               Europe
               over
               ,
               most
               important
               jealousies
               of
               State
               ,
               most
               troublesom
               differences
               in
               points
               of
               Religion
               :
               in
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               heard
               it
               maintained
               by
               men
               of
               very
               good
               understanding
               in
               the
               affairs
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               perhaps
               it
               would
               have
               been
               better
               for
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               ,
               that
               you
               had
               still
               Reigned
               in
               Granada
               ,
               then
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               should
               have
               come
               over
               into
               Italy
               ,
               to
               get
               from
               us
               such
               important
               Estates
               as
               now
               they
               possess
               there
               .
            
             
               Which
               disorder
               hath
               caused
               such
               an
               alteration
               even
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               ,
               that
               they
               which
               know
               how
               to
               discourse
               of
               the
               true
               causes
               of
               the
               weighty
               resolution
               of
               Princes
               ,
               stick
               not
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               fear
               which
               Germany
               was
               in
               of
               the
               monstrous
               power
               of
               the
               Emperor
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               was
               the
               occasion
               that
               the
               Moors
               which
               were
               in
               Granada
               ,
               are
               changed
               into
               those
               many
               Hereticks
               which
               our
               age
               beholds
               in
               Germany
               ,
               and
               elsewhere
               .
               (
               A
               race
               of
               men
               so
               execrable
               ,
               that
               with
               their
               hainous
               impiety
               they
               have
               defiled
               a
               great
               part
               of
               
                 Europe
                 .
              
               )
               To
               this
               very
               sad
               disorder
               of
               sacred
               things
               ,
               are
               added
               the
               prejudices
               both
               publick
               and
               privat
               ,
               which
               my
               ruine
               hath
               both
               brought
               ,
               and
               continually
               doth
               bring
               to
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ;
               and
               more
               particularly
               to
               the
               Popes
               .
               For
               no
               sooner
               had
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               clapt
               this
               Chain
               about
               my
               legg
               ,
               but
               they
               began
               to
               aspire
               to
               the
               Soveraignty
               of
               all
               Italy
               :
               And
               to
               come
               quickly
               to
               it
               ,
               they
               had
               a
               very
               excellent
               way
               of
               interessing
               themselves
               in
               the
               differences
               that
               were
               in
               agitation
               between
               the
               Italian
               and
               French
               Princes
               ,
               touching
               the
               possession
               of
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Millan
               ;
               in
               which
               ,
               that
               Man
               of
               Men
               ,
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               ,
               carried
               his
               matters
               so
               ,
               that
               he
               made
               himself
               to
               be
               known
               for
               a
               Grand-child
               worthy
               of
               his
               Grand-father
               by
               the
               Mothers
               side
               .
               For
               having
               with
               the
               Forces
               of
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               driven
               the
               French
               out
               of
               Italy
               ,
               instead
               of
               re-investing
               the
               Sforzi
               into
               the
               State
               ,
               as
               had
               been
               agreed
               upon
               between
               him
               and
               the
               other
               Confederate
               Princes
               ,
               by
               the
               deceitfulness
               of
               a
               thousand
               Turkish
               cavils
               which
               he
               made
               a
               shift
               to
               invent
               against
               those
               poor
               Dukes
               ,
               he
               made
               himself
               absolute
               Master
               of
               that
               so
               important
               Dukedom
               .
            
             
               Hold
               !
               good
               Neapolitan
               Kingdom
               (
               saith
               Almansor
               )
               and
               make
               a
               stop
               here
               .
            
             
               Well
               ;
               If
               that
               disorder
               hath
               likewise
               ensued
               ,
               that
               the
               Noble
               State
               of
               Millan
               is
               fallen
               into
               the
               Spaniards
               hands
               ,
               what
               hinders
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               do
               not
               suddenly
               take
               in
               all
               Italy
               ?
               And
               if
               your
               slavery
               hath
               made
               it
               apparent
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               the
               aids
               and
               succours
               of
               Princes
               ,
               serve
               rather
               for
               the
               benefit
               of
               him
               that
               gives
               them
               ,
               then
               for
               the
               profit
               of
               him
               that
               receives
               them
               ;
               why
               did
               not
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               rather
               suffer
               the
               French
               to
               rule
               over
               Millan
               ,
               then
               by
               receiving
               aid
               from
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               run
               the
               hazard
               that
               so
               important
               a
               member
               of
               Italy
               ,
               as
               that
               Dutchy
               ,
               should
               fall
               ,
               as
               indeed
               you
               say
               it
               did
               fall
               ,
               into
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               .
            
             
               What
               hinders
               ?
               (
               Reply'd
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               why
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Kings
               of
               France
               ,
               defending
               from
               the
               Spanish
               ambition
               ,
               that
               
               remainder
               of
               Liberty
               which
               is
               yet
               left
               in
               Italy
               :
               For
               those
               glorious
               Kings
               ,
               for
               the
               interest
               of
               their
               own
               greatness
               ,
               will
               not
               endure
               it
               ,
               that
               the
               Soveraignty
               of
               all
               Italy
               should
               fall
               into
               the
               power
               of
               the
               ambitious
               Spaniard
               ,
               who
               hath
               not
               been
               able
               to
               quench
               his
               vehement
               thirst
               of
               Reigning
               with
               the
               Purchase
               of
               all
               the
               new
               World
               which
               he
               hath
               discovered
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               of
               the
               old
               as
               he
               doth
               possess
               .
            
             
               Besides
               that
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               ,
               who
               know
               in
               how
               shrewd
               danger
               of
               a
               mischievous
               and
               most
               wretched
               slavery
               ,
               they
               stand
               ,
               are
               so
               united
               together
               ,
               that
               although
               they
               be
               many
               in
               number
               ,
               yet
               make
               they
               up
               but
               one
               body
               ;
               and
               the
               Spaniards
               which
               have
               used
               ,
               and
               still
               do
               use
               all
               possible
               artifices
               to
               disunite
               them
               ,
               perceive
               that
               they
               were
               as
               good
               let
               it
               alone
               .
            
             
               But
               as
               for
               the
               State
               of
               Millan
               ,
               you
               must
               know
               it
               was
               judged
               safer
               for
               the
               publick
               Liberty
               of
               Italy
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               Dutchy
               should
               fall
               into
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               then
               if
               it
               had
               remained
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               French
               ;
               who
               bordering
               upon
               Italy
               ,
               if
               once
               they
               had
               possession
               of
               never
               so
               little
               a
               part
               in
               it
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               thousand
               to
               one
               but
               they
               would
               make
               themselves
               absolute
               Masters
               of
               all
               .
               But
               in
               the
               Spaniards
               the
               case
               was
               clean
               contrary
               :
               For
               their
               forces
               ,
               though
               very
               great
               ,
               yet
               lie
               so
               far
               off
               ,
               that
               with
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               difficulty
               ,
               can
               any
               be
               transported
               such
               a
               long
               way
               by
               Sea
               ,
               out
               of
               Spain
               into
               Italy
               ,
               for
               the
               making
               good
               of
               what
               they
               have
               gotten
               there
               already
               ;
               much
               less
               such
               as
               would
               be
               sufficient
               for
               subduing
               of
               the
               whole
               .
            
             
               You
               say
               true
               (
               quoth
               Almansor
               )
               but
               go
               on
               in
               your
               relation
               to
               me
               ,
               of
               the
               prejudices
               which
               your
               falling
               into
               the
               Spaniards
               hands
               hath
               brought
               to
               the
               Popes
               .
            
             
               Know
               (
               reply'd
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               that
               whereas
               formerly
               the
               Popes
               were
               a
               terror
               to
               my
               Kings
               ;
               now
               the
               case
               is
               clean
               otherwise
               ;
               for
               they
               live
               in
               extream
               torment
               ,
               lest
               one
               day
               there
               should
               happen
               to
               be
               an
               union
               of
               Naples
               with
               Millan
               ;
               which
               they
               perceive
               to
               be
               the
               scope
               of
               all
               the
               Spaniards
               intentions
               ;
               Whereupon
               the
               Spaniards
               (
               whose
               proper
               nature
               it
               is
               ,
               to
               reap
               singular
               profit
               from
               the
               fear
               in
               which
               they
               perceive
               they
               have
               put
               their
               neighbouring
               Princes
               )
               have
               arrogated
               to
               themselves
               such
               high
               Authority
               in
               the
               Court
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               they
               boastingly
               give
               themselves
               out
               for
               the
               true
               Arbitrators
               of
               all
               important
               matters
               that
               are
               handled
               therein
               .
               Besides
               what
               I
               have
               told
               you
               ,
               there
               is
               this
               more
               ;
               When
               the
               Kings
               of
               Naples
               were
               not
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               ,
               the
               Popes
               with
               every
               slight
               ,
               threatning
               to
               deny
               the
               Investiture
               ,
               got
               from
               my
               Kings
               Principalities
               ,
               Dukedoms
               ,
               Marquissates
               ,
               and
               other
               great
               Estates
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Present
               ;
               besides
               ,
               that
               the
               Kings
               bought
               their
               friendship
               with
               Alliances
               ,
               and
               every
               other
               sort
               of
               Liberality
               .
            
             
               But
               that
               fear
               being
               now
               over
               ,
               if
               the
               Popes
               will
               aggrandize
               their
               Kinsmen
               with
               the
               Titles
               of
               Important
               States
               ,
               they
               must
               pay
               for
               them
               with
               ready
               money
               .
               And
               the
               subtile
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               ,
               over
               and
               above
               the
               precious
               Gold
               of
               Intreaties
               which
               they
               will
               have
               howsoever
               for
               the
               first
               payment
               ,
               sell
               afterwards
               at
               dear
               rates
               .
            
             
               Important
               Interests
               ,
               and
               grievous
               disorders
               (
               quoth
               Almansor
               )
               are
               these
               you
               have
               told
               me
               ;
               but
               how
               comes
               it
               to
               pass
               that
               you
               ,
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               who
               are
               the
               Magazine
               of
               Silks
               ,
               the
               Granary
               of
               Italy
               ,
               go
               so
               ragged
               ,
               and
               are
               so
               lean
               ?
               As
               long
               as
               the
               Spaniards
               (
               answered
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               that
               come
               naked
               out
               of
               Spain
               ,
               will
               within
               four
               
               daies
               after
               they
               are
               arrived
               at
               my
               house
               ,
               be
               covered
               all
               over
               with
               Gold
               ;
               needs
               must
               I
               strip
               my self
               to
               cloath
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               such
               pittifull
               tatter-de-Mallions
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               did
               you
               but
               behold
               the
               greediness
               of
               the
               Vice-Roys
               ,
               that
               are
               sent
               to
               my
               house
               to
               repair
               their
               fortunes
               ;
               and
               did
               you
               know
               the
               rapines
               of
               the
               Secretaries
               ,
               of
               a
               thousand
               Officers
               ,
               and
               other
               Courtiers
               ,
               whom
               every
               Viceroy
               brings
               with
               him
               ,
               all
               thirsting
               after
               my
               bloud
               ,
               you
               would
               extreamly
               wonder
               how
               it
               were
               possible
               for
               me
               to
               satisfie
               the
               ravenous
               and
               dog-like
               unsatiableness
               of
               such
               a
               company
               of
               starvelings
               .
               As
               for
               that
               small
               store
               of
               flesh
               you
               see
               about
               me
               ,
               the
               Spaniards
               say
               they
               find
               it
               written
               in
               a
               certain
               Book
               of
               a
               Florentine
               ,
               which
               hath
               given
               out
               rules
               of
               the
               cruel
               and
               desperate
               modern
               Policy
               ,
               that
               being
               a
               conquer'd
               Kingdom
               ,
               I
               must
               (
               like
               those
               Barbary-horses
               which
               are
               employed
               only
               in
               running
               of
               Races
               )
               be
               kept
               low
               .
            
             
               And
               how
               (
               added
               then
               Almansor
               )
               are
               the
               Millanois
               handled
               ?
            
             
               Why
               they
               too
               (
               reply'd
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               )
               are
               bathed
               in
               the
               same
               water
               ,
               wherewith
               you
               see
               me
               so
               wet
               .
               Only
               this
               difference
               there
               is
               betwixt
               us
               ,
               that
               at
               Millan
               it
               drops
               in
               ,
               and
               in
               my
               house
               it
               powres
               in
               amain
               .
               The
               true
               causes
               of
               this
               diversity
               of
               usage
               ,
               are
               the
               qualities
               of
               the
               Lombards
               inclinations
               ,
               very
               much
               unlike
               to
               those
               of
               my
               Neapolitans
               :
               For
               the
               Nobility
               of
               the
               State
               of
               Millan
               is
               naturally
               humorous
               ,
               free
               ,
               resolute
               ,
               and
               far
               from
               those
               vices
               that
               are
               most
               proper
               to
               my
               Neapolitans
               ,
               of
               flattery
               and
               affectation
               :
               But
               so
               ready
               to
               lay
               about
               them
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               wavering
               disposition
               ,
               as
               I
               dare
               say
               ,
               were
               there
               but
               one
               head-piece
               of
               Cremona
               amongst
               my
               Barons
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               sufficient
               to
               obstruct
               that
               on-forced
               Donative
               ,
               that
               hath
               brought
               me
               to
               live
               upon
               bread
               and
               onions
               :
               Which
               though
               it
               had
               been
               often
               demanded
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               Millan
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               very
               high
               tearms
               ,
               they
               were
               told
               again
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               mind
               their
               own
               livelihoods
               .
               Besides
               that
               the
               neighbourhood
               of
               the
               Grisons
               ,
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Savoy
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               are
               some
               cause
               ,
               why
               the
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               proceed
               in
               Millan
               with
               more
               discretion
               .
               When
               the
               Popes
               stood
               to
               their
               arms
               ,
               I
               was
               then
               ,
               for
               their
               sakes
               ,
               much
               respected
               too
               .
               But
               withdraw
               ,
               good
               Almansor
               ,
               for
               I
               see
               my
               most
               capital
               enemy
               ,
               
                 Don
                 Pietro
                 di
                 Toledo
              
               coming
               this
               way
               ,
               and
               I
               would
               not
               by
               any
               means
               he
               should
               perceive
               that
               I
               make
               my
               moan
               to
               you
               :
               And
               certainly
               ,
               even
               for
               this
               ,
               may
               my
               slavery
               be
               tearmed
               most
               unhappy
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               enforced
               to
               call
               this
               miserable
               condition
               which
               you
               see
               hath
               brought
               me
               to
               the
               last
               gasp
               ,
               a
               most
               happy
               Golden
               Age.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Conte
               di
               Fuentes
               
                 is
                 admitted
                 into
              
               Pernassus
               .
            
             
               
                 DOn
                 Pietro
                 Enriquez
                 Gusman
              
               ,
               Count
               of
               Fuentes
               ,
               was
               admitted
               the
               last
               Consistory
               into
               Pernassus
               ,
               but
               with
               a
               very
               severe
               censure
               ,
               because
               Apollo
               would
               be
               exactly
               resolved
               whether
               in
               the
               time
               that
               for
               many
               years
               he
               had
               governed
               the
               Dutchy
               of
               Millan
               ,
               he
               had
               given
               any
               distast
               to
               those
               Italian
               Vertuosi
               ,
               who
               for
               the
               admirable
               fruitfulness
               of
               their
               wits
               ,
               born
               to
               the
               invention
               of
               elegant
               things
               ,
               are
               deservedly
               called
               by
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               The
               first
               born
               Sons
               of
               Learning
               .
               And
               albeit
               that
               among
               other
               Objections
               made
               against
               that
               truely
               famous
               man
               ,
               that
               accusation
               
               did
               him
               most
               prejudice
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               ●…axed
               for
               giving
               his
               mind
               to
               that
               mischievous
               husbandry
               of
               sowing
               jealousies
               ,
               and
               planting
               contentions
               (
               by
               which
               he
               had
               made
               those
               Italian
               Potentates
               whose
               friendship
               he
               should
               have
               procured
               with
               all
               the
               skill
               he
               had
               ,
               to
               be
               suspected
               by
               his
               King
               )
               more
               then
               to
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               people
               ,
               yet
               were
               the
               difficulties
               of
               the
               heaviest
               accusations
               taken
               off
               by
               the
               conclusive
               proof
               of
               his
               having
               been
               in
               Italy
               a
               prodigy
               of
               nature
               ,
               a
               monster
               never
               seen
               before
               ,
               a
               Spanish
               Officer
               that
               hated
               money
               .
               For
               which
               things
               F●…ntes
               was
               declared
               to
               be
               very
               worthy
               of
               a
               residence
               in
               Pernassus
               .
               And
               because
               Apollo
               took
               him
               for
               a
               singular
               lover
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               a
               capital
               enemy
               to
               roaring
               boyes
               ,
               of
               which
               sort
               of
               rascallity
               he
               knew
               that
               he
               had
               purged
               the
               State
               of
               Millan
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               laden
               with
               it
               the
               Gallies
               of
               Spain
               ,
               he
               gave
               him
               the
               superintendency
               over
               the
               Satyrick
               Poets
               ,
               with
               full
               authority
               to
               punish
               some
               Poets
               that
               in
               Pernassus
               playing
               the
               Libellers
               with
               their
               defamatory
               Verses
               ,
               wounded
               the
               honour
               ,
               and
               maimed
               the
               reputation
               of
               persons
               of
               quality
               .
               And
               the
               Lord
               high
               Chancellor
               of
               the
               Court
               sent
               to
               the
               Count
               the
               Patent
               of
               his
               admission
               in
               a
               very
               rich
               Basin
               of
               Gold
               ,
               together
               with
               all
               the
               Acts
               of
               Grace
               ,
               Prerogatives
               ,
               honours
               ,
               and
               Pensions
               accustomed
               :
               But
               with
               a
               restraint
               under
               Apollo's
               own
               hand
               ,
               wherein
               his
               Majesty
               strictly
               commanded
               him
               ;
               that
               he
               should
               not
               by
               any
               means
               presume
               to
               stir
               out
               of
               dores
               in
               the
               month
               of
               March.
               
            
             
               Bitterly
               did
               Fuentes
               make
               his
               moan
               to
               Apollo
               of
               this
               so
               strange
               a
               restraint
               ,
               not
               used
               in
               the
               Letters
               Patents
               of
               
                 Bartolomeo
                 Alviano
              
               ,
               of
               
                 Pietro
                 Navarro
              
               ,
               of
               
                 Antonio
                 di
                 Leva
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Marquiss
               of
               Pescara
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               Commanders
               that
               were
               his
               Camerades
               there
               .
               And
               with
               all
               subtilty
               of
               Rhetorick
               he
               besought
               him
               that
               it
               might
               be
               taken
               off
               :
               But
               all
               in
               vain
               ;
               for
               Apollo
               bad
               him
               plainly
               be
               quiet
               :
               Since
               were
               not
               he
               himself
               in
               that
               Month
               withheld
               by
               the
               important
               respect
               of
               not
               leaving
               the
               world
               without
               light
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               pretermitted
               his
               wonted
               journey
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               not
               afflict
               mankind
               with
               an
               evil
               quality
               he
               hath
               ,
               which
               is
               ,
               to
               stir
               up
               pernicious
               humors
               in
               men
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               able
               to
               dissolve
               them
               .
               That
               therefore
               he
               would
               not
               at
               that
               time
               have
               a
               person
               seen
               in
               Pernassus
               ,
               which
               had
               the
               same
               defect
               ,
               more
               then
               himself
               .
            
             
               For
               all
               this
               ,
               the
               Spanish
               Nation
               (
               liberal
               in
               making
               a
               great
               shew
               of
               matters
               that
               go
               on
               their
               side
               ,
               and
               most
               skilfull
               in
               concealing
               such
               as
               go
               against
               them
               )
               did
               with
               artificial
               fires
               ,
               with
               squibs
               ,
               and
               vollies
               of
               Cannon-shot
               ,
               make
               signes
               of
               extraordinary
               jollity
               for
               the
               admission
               of
               the
               Count
               into
               Pernassus
               .
               In
               which
               it
               hapned
               ,
               that
               an
               hour
               within
               night
               ,
               while
               the
               Court
               wherein
               the
               Royal
               Palace
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               stands
               ,
               was
               thronged
               with
               Princes
               ,
               who
               taking
               delight
               in
               beholding
               those
               rarities
               ,
               went
               up
               and
               down
               disporting
               themselves
               ;
               Fuentes
               ,
               whether
               out
               of
               a
               seditious
               genius
               ,
               or
               the
               dictate
               of
               a
               mind
               desirous
               of
               novelty
               ;
               or
               out
               of
               some
               private
               distast
               ,
               or
               to
               disturb
               the
               quiet
               of
               Italy
               ,
               offered
               to
               dismount
               him
               in
               War
               ,
               who
               commanded
               in
               Peace
               .
               Forth
               he
               came
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               was
               going
               to
               fasten
               a
               long
               squib
               of
               wild-fire
               upon
               an
               Italian
               Prince
               ,
               it
               took
               fire
               so
               suddenly
               ,
               that
               it
               went
               off
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               and
               the
               flash
               did
               so
               singe
               his
               face
               ,
               having
               monstrously
               besmutted
               him
               ,
               that
               immediately
               he
               went
               out
               of
               Pernassus
               ;
               some
               say
               ,
               to
               get
               himself
               cured
               in
               some
               secret
               place
               :
               Others
               say
               't
               was
               for
               shame
               ,
               that
               the
               dammage
               and
               affront
               which
               he
               would
               have
               done
               to
               another
               ,
               was
               returned
               upon
               
               himself
               .
               But
               the
               more
               common
               opinion
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               come
               no
               more
               into
               this
               State
               ,
               lest
               people
               should
               jeer
               him
               ,
               for
               having
               by
               such
               an
               action
               ,
               utterly
               lost
               all
               that
               honour
               and
               reputation
               ,
               which
               for
               so
               many
               years
               he
               had
               purchased
               by
               his
               upright
               Government
               of
               Millan
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               most
               important
               enterprises
               in
               Flanders
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               the
               States
               of
               the
               World
               are
               censured
               in
               Pernassus
               for
               their
               errors
               .
            
             
               APollo
               having
               no
               business
               which
               runs
               more
               in
               his
               mind
               ,
               then
               that
               the
               Princes
               of
               the
               Universe
               should
               by
               the
               upright
               Government
               of
               their
               States
               ,
               give
               that
               satisfaction
               to
               the
               people
               as
               they
               ought
               ,
               did
               many
               hundreds
               of
               years
               ago
               ;
               introduce
               into
               Pernassus
               an
               admirable
               custom
               :
               Which
               was
               ,
               That
               every
               year
               the
               names
               of
               the
               chiefest
               Potentates
               on
               earthshould
               be
               written
               in
               little
               scedules
               ,
               and
               the
               Princes
               should
               be
               drawn
               out
               of
               an
               Urne
               ,
               one
               by
               one
               :
               Whom
               ,
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               all
               the
               sacred
               College
               of
               the
               Literati
               ,
               the
               publick
               Censor
               of
               Politick
               Affairs
               should
               put
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               disorders
               which
               he
               had
               observed
               in
               the
               Government
               of
               their
               States
               ,
               withall
               binding
               the
               said
               Princes
               ,
               either
               out
               of
               hand
               with
               important
               reasons
               ,
               to
               make
               good
               the
               things
               laid
               to
               their
               charge
               ,
               or
               within
               the
               space
               of
               a
               month
               to
               amend
               them
               .
               An
               Institution
               certainly
               most
               Noble
               and
               Religious
               ;
               seeing
               that
               in
               the
               progress
               of
               so
               many
               ages
               that
               it
               hath
               been
               put
               in
               practice
               ,
               it
               hath
               been
               an
               occasion
               that
               many
               Princes
               have
               mended
               an
               infinite
               number
               of
               their
               errors
               .
               Besides
               ,
               that
               knowing
               they
               must
               be
               called
               to
               such
               a
               strict
               account
               ,
               they
               study
               to
               live
               so
               vertuously
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               not
               come
               to
               be
               disgraced
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               so
               many
               Princes
               .
            
             
               On
               the
               day
               appointed
               them
               ,
               all
               the
               Potentates
               of
               the
               Universe
               appeared
               before
               Apollo
               ;
               and
               Count
               
                 Baldassar
                 Castiglione
              
               ,
               Politick
               Censor
               ,
               told
               
                 Giovanni
                 della
                 Casa
              
               ,
               Nuntio
               for
               the
               Apostolike
               Sea
               in
               this
               State
               ,
               and
               who
               was
               first
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Urne
               ,
               that
               it
               seemed
               to
               him
               a
               very
               scandalous
               thing
               ,
               and
               altogether
               unworthy
               the
               Majesty
               of
               Popes
               ,
               that
               there
               should
               be
               seen
               in
               Rome
               ,
               some
               Potent
               Famlies
               ,
               to
               whom
               it
               was
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               rich
               Patrimony
               ,
               to
               make
               themselves
               known
               to
               forreign
               Princes
               ,
               ill-affected
               to
               the
               greatness
               of
               the
               SeaApostolike
               ,
               for
               such
               as
               upon
               any
               occasion
               are
               ready
               by
               the
               Forces
               of
               their
               Faction
               ,
               to
               put
               the
               Popes
               to
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               trouble
               ;
               and
               that
               with
               much
               truth
               he
               could
               say
               ,
               that
               in
               all
               his
               time
               ,
               he
               had
               not
               seen
               a
               more
               foul
               and
               execrable
               act
               ,
               then
               that
               which
               the
               Emperor
               Charls
               the
               fifth
               did
               ,
               when
               he
               rewarded
               the
               cruel
               seditions
               ,
               and
               shameless
               treacheries
               which
               Cardinal
               
                 ●…ompeo
                 Colonna
              
               used
               towards
               Pope
               Clement
               the
               seventh
               ,
               with
               the
               most
               noble
               Charge
               of
               the
               Government
               of
               Naples
               .
            
             
               
                 Monsignor
                 Giovanni
              
               then
               ask'd
               the
               Count
               ,
               how
               long
               't
               was
               since
               he
               had
               frequented
               the
               Roman
               Court
               ?
               And
               he
               answering
               ,
               Threescore
               and
               ten
               years
               ago
               :
               The
               Nuntio
               reply'd
               ,
               he
               should
               go
               thither
               again
               ,
               now
               :
               For
               he
               would
               find
               ,
               that
               the
               Pompei
               ,
               the
               Fabritii
               ,
               the
               Prosperi
               ,
               and
               the
               Ascanii
               of
               the
               Family
               of
               Colonna
               ,
               the
               Virginii
               ,
               and
               other
               principal
               Barons
               of
               the
               House
               of
               the
               Orsini
               ,
               had
               eaten
               such
               store
               of
               sowre
               
               grapes
               ,
               as
               their
               Grand-childrens
               ,
               and
               great-Grand-childrens
               teeth
               are
               so
               set
               on
               edge
               ,
               that
               they
               cannot
               chew
               so
               much
               as
               their
               pottage
               .
               For
               the
               Popes
               ,
               who
               tied
               those
               exorbitances
               about
               their
               fingers
               ,
               knew
               so
               singularly
               well
               how
               to
               put
               Tarquin's
               Precept
               in
               practice
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               brought
               the
               Poppies
               formerly
               as
               tall
               as
               Cypresses
               ,
               to
               the
               low
               growth
               of
               ridiculous
               shrubs
               .
            
             
               At
               this
               answer
               ,
               the
               Count
               held
               his
               peace
               .
               Then
               turning
               to
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               next
               that
               was
               drawn
               ,
               he
               told
               him
               ,
               ●…hat
               the
               present
               disorders
               which
               were
               seen
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               the
               large
               Patrimony
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               but
               all
               Germany
               over
               ,
               were
               caused
               by
               the
               negligence
               of
               the
               now
               Emperor
               Rodolphus
               ;
               and
               earnestly
               desired
               that
               his
               Majesty
               would
               embrace
               the
               Government
               of
               his
               so
               great
               States
               ,
               with
               more
               care
               ,
               remembring
               ,
               that
               Princes
               ,
               Rulers
               of
               mankind
               ,
               bear
               a
               heavier
               weight
               upon
               their
               shoulders
               ,
               and
               have
               taken
               a
               more
               laborious
               work
               in
               hand
               ,
               then
               any
               the
               most
               toiling
               earth-delver
               whatsoever
               can
               deal
               in
               .
            
             
               The
               Roman
               Empire
               returned
               the
               Censor
               many
               thanks
               for
               this
               advice
               ;
               and
               then
               very
               gravely
               answered
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               a
               mischance
               common
               to
               all
               Princes
               ,
               when
               scandals
               arose
               in
               their
               States
               ,
               to
               be
               accused
               of
               negligence
               ,
               although
               it
               were
               notoriously
               manifest
               ,
               that
               since
               those
               scandals
               had
               been
               occasioned
               by
               the
               machinations
               of
               over-potent
               enemies
               ,
               they
               could
               not
               be
               avoided
               by
               never
               so
               wary
               a
               Prince
               .
               That
               therefore
               he
               left
               it
               to
               every
               one's
               consideration
               ,
               whether
               the
               prodigious
               felicities
               of
               the
               most
               puissant
               House
               of
               Austria
               ,
               in
               inheriting
               by
               alliances
               ,
               the
               States
               of
               Flanders
               ,
               the
               Kingdoms
               of
               
                 Spain
                 ,
                 Naples
                 ,
                 Sicily
                 ,
                 Bohemia
                 ,
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 Portugal
                 ,
              
               and
               the
               acquisition
               of
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Millan
               ,
               had
               not
               raised
               up
               in
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Italy
              
               ,
               and
               Europe
               ,
               such
               devillish
               jealousies
               ,
               as
               have
               caused
               the
               past
               and
               present
               desolations
               which
               are
               seen
               in
               her
               antient
               Patrimony
               :
               To
               which
               ,
               not
               all
               the
               Emperors
               that
               have
               been
               since
               Maximitian
               the
               first
               ,
               though
               they
               have
               been
               accounted
               very
               valiant
               and
               wife
               Princes
               ,
               ever
               knew
               how
               to
               apply
               any
               salve
               which
               did
               not
               infinitely
               inflame
               the
               Ulcer
               of
               the
               German
               disorders
               ,
               to
               which
               there
               flocked
               so
               many
               ,
               and
               such
               malignant
               humors
               ,
               that
               man
               might
               truely
               say
               ,
               it
               was
               incureable
               :
               And
               that
               besides
               this
               ,
               he
               desired
               them
               to
               remember
               the
               little
               authority
               that
               the
               modern
               Emperors
               have
               in
               Germany
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               not
               only
               incivility
               ,
               but
               open
               injustice
               ,
               to
               require
               that
               one
               which
               had
               his
               hands
               fast
               bound
               ,
               should
               do
               with
               them
               the
               feats
               of
               Orlando
               .
               That
               moreover
               he
               left
               to
               every
               ones
               consideration
               ,
               the
               quality
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               which
               being
               elective
               ,
               they
               that
               served
               had
               more
               authority
               in
               it
               then
               they
               that
               commanded
               .
               Besides
               ,
               he
               put
               them
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Austria's
               present
               weakness
               in
               Germany
               ;
               which
               impious
               men
               having
               by
               the
               sedition
               of
               Heresie
               ,
               rob'd
               of
               his
               subjects
               hearts
               ,
               (
               a
               robbery
               of
               that
               consequence
               ,
               that
               those
               States
               may
               be
               given
               for
               lost
               ,
               in
               which
               so
               diabolical
               a
               seed
               is
               sown
               )
               the
               lateEmp
               .
               saw
               himself
               clean
               stript
               of
               the
               obedience
               of
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               his
               vassals
               .
               And
               therefore
               he
               intreated
               every
               one
               to
               reflect
               upon
               the
               quality
               of
               those
               Cousins
               which
               the
               German
               House
               of
               Austria
               hath
               in
               Spain
               ;
               for
               they
               will
               find
               that
               the
               Germans
               being
               a
               people
               born
               to
               Liberty
               ,
               to
               secure
               themselves
               from
               the
               monstrous
               power
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Family
               ,
               take
               impious
               and
               over-thwart
               revenge
               of
               even
               those
               that
               would
               not
               be
               secure
               ,
               from
               suffering
               slavery
               under
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               if
               they
               
               for
               mens
               sins
               sake
               ,
               should
               ever
               come
               to
               get
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Universe
               :
               From
               which
               ,
               by
               the
               meer
               goodness
               and
               mercy
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               are
               still
               kept
               the
               farther
               off
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               nearer
               ,
               by
               their
               subtilties
               ,
               they
               endeavour
               to
               come
               to
               it
               .
               And
               that
               they
               should
               all
               remember
               ,
               how
               ,
               the
               first
               that
               both
               in
               Italy
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               did
               with
               all
               manner
               of
               irreverence
               ,
               and
               disrespect
               ,
               dishinherit
               the
               Empire
               of
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               were
               the
               very
               same
               Cousins
               of
               his
               in
               Spain
               ;
               which
               all
               men
               plainly
               perceived
               ,
               by
               the
               usurpation
               of
               Finale
               ,
               and
               by
               other
               Imperial
               Fee-Farms
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               seised
               upon
               .
            
             
               All
               which
               things
               ,
               stirring
               up
               very
               dangerous
               humors
               ,
               without
               dissolving
               them
               ,
               have
               brought
               it
               so
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               the
               House
               of
               Austria
               in
               Germany
               ,
               is
               cruelly
               battered
               by
               very
               powerful
               enemies
               ;
               while
               the
               Spaniards
               were
               very
               busie
               only
               with
               threatnings
               ,
               in
               filling
               the
               whole
               world
               with
               jealousies
               and
               distastes
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               he
               earnestly
               pressed
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               College
               of
               the
               Literati
               would
               well
               consider
               how
               ,
               to
               the
               miserable
               barrenness
               of
               Sons
               ,
               which
               is
               seen
               in
               the
               modern
               Emperor
               ,
               was
               added
               a
               lamentable
               fruitfulness
               of
               Brothers
               ,
               one
               of
               which
               hurried
               on
               by
               the
               violent
               instigation
               of
               ambition
               ,
               made
               no
               scruple
               at
               the
               last
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               push
               to
               his
               house
               that
               was
               tumbling
               down
               headlong
               .
               All
               which
               have
               been
               accidents
               so
               unlucky
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               have
               made
               the
               world
               have
               taken
               King
               Solomon
               himself
               for
               a
               blockhead
               .
            
             
               With
               these
               replies
               which
               seemed
               to
               every
               one
               very
               weighty
               ,
               the
               Censor
               was
               pacified
               .
               Who
               turning
               himself
               towards
               the
               Warlike
               French
               Monarchy
               ,
               told
               her
               that
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               Pernassus
               did
               earnestly
               desire
               her
               that
               she
               would
               regulate
               the
               furious
               ,
               restless
               ,
               fantastical
               ,
               and
               too-too
               rash
               brains
               of
               her
               Frenchmen
               ,
               reducing
               them
               to
               those
               terms
               of
               discretion
               ,
               wariness
               ,
               and
               calmness
               of
               mind
               ,
               as
               they
               see
               is
               in
               the
               Noble
               Italian
               and
               Spanish
               Nations
               :
               And
               it
               took
               off
               much
               from
               her
               reputation
               ,
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               France
               ,
               which
               holds
               the
               first
               place
               amongst
               the
               Principal
               Monarchies
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               should
               be
               inhabited
               by
               infinitely
               hasty
               ,
               and
               hairbrain'd
               men
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               advice
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               reply'd
               ,
               That
               the
               Censor
               not
               well
               informed
               of
               the
               Interests
               of
               her
               Kingdom
               ,
               had
               censured
               the
               prime
               vertues
               that
               she
               most
               fancified
               in
               her
               Frenchmen
               (
               as
               madness
               ,
               levity
               ,
               heedlesness
               ,
               and
               a
               hasty
               nature
               ,
               which
               had
               made
               her
               so
               dreadfull
               and
               formidable
               a
               Queen
               )
               for
               defects
               :
               Since
               her
               Frenchmen
               ,
               at
               any
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               slight
               a
               beck
               of
               hers
               ,
               did
               with
               alacrity
               and
               readiness
               of
               mind
               ,
               expose
               themselves
               to
               those
               dangers
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               saw
               that
               other
               Princes
               could
               not
               force
               their
               wary
               ,
               circumspect
               people
               to
               engage
               neither
               by
               halters
               ,
               bastenado's
               ,
               nor
               all
               the
               cruel
               tortures
               they
               could
               put
               them
               to
               .
               And
               that
               in
               those
               many
               battels
               which
               she
               hath
               had
               with
               divers
               valiant
               Nations
               ,
               she
               hath
               learned
               to
               know
               that
               Armies
               composed
               of
               Soldiers
               ,
               that
               have
               but
               little
               wit
               ,
               and
               much
               courage
               (
               so
               they
               be
               directed
               by
               a
               General
               of
               worth
               )
               carried
               the
               victory
               from
               those
               that
               made
               more
               profession
               of
               being
               circumspect
               ,
               and
               wondrous
               wise
               .
            
             
               So
               much
               the
               more
               highly
               was
               the
               answer
               of
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               France
               extolled
               by
               Castiglione
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               more
               apparently
               he
               knew
               by
               the
               quality
               of
               her
               most
               puissant
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               the
               French
               possessed
               all
               those
               endowments
               and
               vertues
               of
               mind
               ,
               as
               were
               necessary
               in
               a
               Nation
               ,
               for
               the
               founding
               ,
               enlarging
               ,
               and
               maintaining
               of
               a
               huge
               command
               .
               
               Then
               the
               Censor
               turning
               to
               the
               High
               and
               Mighty
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               ,
               he
               told
               her
               ,
               it
               was
               generally
               observed
               ,
               that
               nothing
               did
               give
               greater
               satisfaction
               to
               all
               sorts
               of
               people
               ,
               but
               more
               particularly
               to
               those
               which
               we●…e
               subjects
               to
               forreign
               Nations
               ,
               then
               the
               humanity
               and
               courteous
               behaviour
               of
               those
               that
               rule
               over
               them
               :
               And
               that
               she
               sending
               none
               to
               govern
               
                 Naples
                 ,
                 Mill
                 an
              
               ,
               and
               Sicily
               ,
               but
               her
               Spanish
               Dons
               ,
               these
               with
               their
               usual
               Castillian
               strutting
               ,
               and
               with
               unsufferable
               Spanish
               ostentation
               ,
               incomparably
               much
               greater
               then
               the
               Kings
               of
               Spain
               themselves
               ,
               either
               would
               or
               could
               have
               used
               in
               those
               States
               ,
               did
               so
               turn
               the
               stomacks
               even
               of
               her
               good
               and
               faithful
               subjects
               ,
               that
               they
               made
               the
               Spanish
               Government
               infinitely
               odious
               to
               men
               .
               And
               that
               moreover
               he
               desired
               that
               in
               all
               negotiations
               ,
               whether
               of
               more
               or
               less
               weight
               ,
               she
               would
               use
               more
               expedition
               :
               Seeing
               that
               by
               reason
               of
               her
               over-much
               tediousness
               and
               perplexity
               in
               the
               determining
               of
               important
               affairs
               ,
               she
               had
               lost
               very
               fair
               occasions
               ,
               which
               were
               presented
               her
               for
               the
               aggrandizing
               of
               her
               Power
               .
            
             
               Very
               much
               did
               the
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               thank
               the
               Censor
               for
               the
               warnings
               he
               had
               given
               her
               ;
               and
               to
               clear
               her self
               ,
               she
               said
               ,
               That
               noble
               Gentleman
               ,
               which
               had
               a
               young
               wife
               extreamly
               handsom
               ,
               but
               naturally
               inclin'd
               to
               wantonness
               ,
               would
               shew
               himself
               circumspect
               ;
               if
               he
               liked
               it
               better
               ,
               that
               a
               houshold-servant
               of
               his
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               spruce
               gallant
               ,
               should
               rather
               be
               infinitely
               hated
               ,
               then
               much
               beloved
               ,
               of
               his
               wife
               :
               And
               as
               for
               that
               tediousness
               of
               coming
               to
               a
               resolution
               in
               her
               affairs
               ,
               which
               she
               knew
               to
               be
               faulty
               and
               full
               of
               danger
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               in
               her
               power
               to
               remedy
               it
               :
               For
               ●…od
               Almighty
               having
               ,
               not
               without
               important
               reasons
               ,
               created
               her
               Spaniards
               in
               all
               and
               every
               thing
               ,
               of
               a
               geni●…s
               differing
               from
               that
               of
               the
               ●…rench
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               these
               were
               in
               their
               determinations
               ,
               rather
               hair-brain'd
               then
               good
               at
               action
               ,
               she
               by
               being
               slow
               and
               unresolved
               ,
               obey'd
               the
               will
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               had
               appointed
               that
               it
               should
               be
               so
               .
            
             
               Presently
               after
               was
               drawn
               the
               Monarchy
               of
               Poland
               ;
               to
               whom
               Count
               Baldassare
               said
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               desired
               that
               the
               present
               King
               Sigismond
               should
               have
               used
               against
               those
               sedi●…ious
               Nobles
               which
               lately
               rebelled
               against
               him
               ,
               some
               severity
               worthy
               of
               so
               grievous
               an
               offence
               ,
               only
               that
               he
               might
               thereby
               terrifie
               other
               Nobles
               from
               committing
               the
               like
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               the
               Polack
               Monarchy
               answered
               ,
               That
               in
               her
               Elective
               Kingdom
               ,
               those
               punishments
               inflicted
               upon
               the
               Nobility
               had
               alwaies
               proved
               dangerous
               ,
               which
               in
               an
               Hereditary
               State
               were
               beneficial
               :
               And
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               one
               hath
               received
               as
               a
               Donative
               from
               a
               Nobility
               that
               had
               the
               election
               of
               the
               King
               in
               her
               own
               power
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               governed
               with
               that
               rigor
               which
               in
               hereditary
               States
               was
               necess●…ry
               ,
               without
               running
               an
               evident
               hazard
               of
               ●…umbling
               down
               headlong
               from
               his
               greatness
               .
               ●…or
               that
               Senat
               whose
               election
               of
               love
               gave
               one
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               throughly
               moved
               by
               that
               most
               powerful
               passion
               of
               hate
               ,
               knew
               as
               well
               how
               to
               take
               it
               away
               again
               :
               For
               the
               wary
               Senators
               used
               to
               reserve
               to
               themselves
               those
               necessary
               instruments
               ,
               whereby
               they
               might
               be
               able
               ,
               upon
               every
               occasion
               of
               dissatisfaction
               ,
               to
               repent
               their
               liberality
               .
               A●…d
               that
               the
               pre●…ent
               Ki●…g
               Sigismond
               being
               the
               fi●…st
               of
               his
               stock
               that
               Reigned
               in
               Poland
               ,
               was
               in
               all
               his
               thoughts
               to
               aim
               at
               nothing
               more
               ,
               then
               wi●…h
               extraordinary
               diligence
               to
               get
               the
               good
               will
               of
               the
               Nobility
               of
               his
               State
               ,
               that
               so
               by
               his
               dearly
               esteemed
               memory
               ,
               he
               
               might
               perpetuate
               the
               succession
               of
               so
               great
               a
               Kingdom
               in
               his
               own
               stock
               .
               An
               advice
               so
               much
               the
               more
               necessary
               for
               her
               King
               Sigismond
               ,
               in
               that
               the
               Polacks
               ,
               though
               they
               had
               their
               King
               by
               way
               of
               election
               ,
               yet
               they
               never
               defrauded
               the
               bloud-Royal
               of
               the
               succession
               ;
               if
               he
               that
               reigned
               ,
               knew
               but
               how
               by
               his
               gentleness
               to
               gain
               the
               universal
               good-will
               of
               the
               Nobility
               .
               For
               Poland
               ,
               being
               a
               Nation
               which
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               live
               in
               an
               absolute
               freedom
               ,
               yet
               so
               much
               abhor'd
               total
               servitude
               ,
               as
               that
               King
               (
               a
               thing
               common
               to
               all
               elective
               Principaliti●…s
               )
               was
               amongst
               them
               the
               most
               sharp-fighted
               and
               vigilant
               in
               the
               affairs
               of
               his
               State
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               all
               made
               as
               if
               he
               did
               not
               see
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               greatest
               shew
               that
               he
               desired
               not
               to
               know
               all
               things
               .
            
             
               Not
               only
               the
               Censor
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               College
               of
               the
               Vertuosi
               admitted
               for
               excellent
               ,
               the
               Justification
               of
               the
               Polack
               Monarchy
               .
               And
               because
               the
               most
               famous
               English
               Monarchy
               was
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Urn
               ,
               the
               Censor
               ,
               with
               something
               an
               angry
               countenance
               ,
               yet
               in
               gentle
               words
               ,
               told
               her
               ,
               That
               if
               humane
               wisdom
               were
               necessary
               for
               any
               person
               ,
               it
               was
               was
               most
               necessary
               for
               Princes
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               important
               business
               which
               they
               had
               in
               hand
               ,
               of
               governing
               mankind
               :
               And
               that
               the
               chiefest
               and
               truest
               wisdom
               of
               men
               ,
               being
               the
               fear
               of
               God
               ,
               little
               store
               of
               discreet
               government
               could
               be
               expected
               from
               him
               who
               had
               committed
               the
               impious
               and
               detestable
               ●…olly
               ,
               of
               falling
               away
               from
               his
               Divine
               Majesty
               .
               That
               therefore
               he
               required
               her
               to
               let
               the
               present
               Iames
               the
               sixth
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               politick
               precept
               which
               England
               and
               Scotland
               had
               impudently
               put
               in
               practice
               ,
               of
               conforming
               Religion
               to
               Ambition
               ,
               and
               making
               use
               of
               her
               for
               a
               Winch
               ▪
               to
               turn
               and
               wind
               the
               people
               ,
               was
               a
               point
               of
               Policy
               that
               either
               was
               unknown
               to
               the
               Antients
               ,
               or
               which
               they
               durst
               not
               use
               ;
               for
               fear
               of
               offending
               God.
               That
               therefore
               she
               should
               put
               him
               in
               mind
               to
               have
               alwaies
               before
               his
               eyes
               ,
               the
               deplorable
               calamities
               of
               the
               Greek
               Empire
               ,
               which
               although
               for
               ampleness
               of
               State
               ,
               for
               multitude
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               wealthiness
               of
               Treasure
               ,
               it
               did
               vastly
               surpass
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               ;
               yet
               ,
               because
               to
               avoid
               being
               subject
               to
               the
               Divine
               Supremacy
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
               it
               disagreed
               from
               the
               Catholike
               Religion
               ,
               it
               so
               much
               deserved
               the
               Divine
               anger
               ,
               that
               the
               world
               hath
               beheld
               it
               made
               slave
               to
               the
               basest
               and
               most
               barbarous
               Nation
               as
               ever
               ,
               since
               the
               memory
               of
               men
               ,
               reigned
               upon
               the
               earth
               .
               That
               therefore
               she
               should
               give
               notice
               to
               the
               now-King
               Iames
               ,
               that
               he
               ought
               so
               much
               the
               more
               to
               reconcile
               himself
               to
               God
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               being
               Soveraign
               over
               two
               Kingdoms
               ,
               so
               great
               enemies
               to
               one
               another
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               possible
               for
               him
               ,
               without
               especial
               assistance
               from
               God
               ,
               to
               establish
               the
               union
               of
               those
               two
               great
               Crowns
               ;
               That
               therefore
               he
               should
               know
               ,
               that
               every
               day
               he
               did
               more
               and
               more
               provoke
               him
               against
               himself
               ,
               when
               spending
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               the
               day
               in
               defending
               the
               manifest
               errors
               of
               his
               Sect
               ,
               he
               busied
               himself
               in
               nothing
               but
               Disputations
               of
               Religion
               .
            
             
               At
               this
               severe
               and
               just
               censure
               of
               Castiglione
               ,
               the
               English
               Monarchy
               was
               seen
               to
               fall
               a
               crying
               .
            
             
               And
               after
               this
               ,
               the
               Censor
               turning
               towards
               the
               vast
               Ottoman
               Empire
               ,
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               the
               cruelty
               which
               he
               used
               so
               much
               ,
               upon
               slight
               suspicions
               ,
               against
               his
               most
               principal
               Officers
               ,
               was
               judged
               by
               all
               the
               world
               to
               be
               a
               savage
               action
               ,
               every
               one
               being
               of
               opinion
               ,
               that
               men
               of
               extraordinary
               worth
               and
               high
               deserts
               ,
               should
               never
               be
               questioned
               ,
               but
               for
               grievous
               delinquencies
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               had
               been
               proved
               against
               them
               :
               And
               
               that
               if
               the
               Ottoman
               Princes
               might
               be
               justified
               in
               taking
               away
               their
               Officers
               lives
               ;
               yet
               the
               custom
               of
               seizing
               upon
               their
               goods
               ,
               and
               making
               them
               to
               be
               carried
               to
               the
               Royal
               Treasury
               ,
               or
               Casna
               ,
               and
               so
               utterly
               to
               deprive
               the
               children
               of
               them
               ,
               had
               no
               colour
               of
               justice
               in
               it
               ;
               for
               every
               one
               conceived
               ,
               that
               by
               this
               cruel
               rigor
               ,
               mens
               Estates
               were
               rather
               proceeded
               against
               then
               their
               demerits
               .
            
             
               With
               admirable
               gravity
               answered
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               to
               this
               so
               open
               reproof
               ,
               saying
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               grown
               up
               to
               that
               greatness
               ,
               in
               which
               all
               men
               saw
               him
               ,
               only
               by
               those
               two
               powerful
               means
               ,
               of
               Reward
               without
               measure
               ,
               and
               of
               Punishment
               without
               limit
               :
               And
               that
               the
               only
               foundation
               of
               the
               tranquillity
               of
               every
               State
               being
               laid
               in
               the
               fidelity
               of
               the
               more
               important
               Ministers
               thereof
               ,
               Princes
               were
               to
               seek
               after
               nothing
               with
               greater
               care
               ,
               then
               by
               immense
               rewards
               to
               allure
               them
               to
               Loyalty
               ,
               and
               by
               infinite
               chastisements
               to
               frighten
               them
               from
               treachery
               .
               And
               that
               it
               not
               being
               possible
               for
               those
               Officers
               ,
               which
               had
               in
               their
               power
               the
               Forces
               of
               Emperors
               ,
               and
               Government
               of
               States
               ,
               to
               trespass
               but
               in
               matters
               of
               greatest
               moment
               ;
               it
               were
               the
               course
               of
               a
               simple
               Prince
               ,
               in
               suspicions
               of
               highest
               consequence
               ▪
               to
               draw
               up
               Processes
               ,
               to
               allow
               Apologies
               ,
               and
               to
               hear
               the
               Defendants
               Justifications
               :
               Whereas
               in
               such
               cases
               as
               these
               ,
               the
               Prince
               that
               will
               not
               endanger
               all
               ,
               must
               strive
               to
               take
               his
               Officer
               unawares
               ,
               and
               secure
               his
               own
               affairs
               ,
               by
               making
               the
               execution
               of
               the
               punishment
               ,
               precede
               even
               the
               accusation
               it self
               .
               And
               that
               it
               hath
               often-times
               fallen
               out
               ,
               that
               by
               a
               hasty
               punishment
               ,
               he
               hath
               prevented
               the
               consummation
               of
               very
               foul
               treasons
               :
               Which
               resolution
               ,
               though
               he
               must
               confess
               it
               to
               be
               very
               severe
               ,
               yet
               he
               knew
               it
               was
               one
               cause
               ,
               that
               in
               his
               State
               there
               were
               seen
               no
               Counts
               of
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               no
               Princes
               of
               Orange
               ,
               no●…
               Colligni's
               ,
               no
               Dukes
               of
               
                 Guise
                 ,
                 d'Aumale
                 ,
                 du
                 Main
                 ,
                 de
                 Mercurie
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               odious
               monsters
               of
               disloyalty
               ,
               as
               have
               been
               seen
               elsewhere
               ,
               to
               the
               shame
               of
               those
               Princes
               that
               with
               halters
               ,
               daggers
               ,
               and
               axes
               ,
               have
               not
               known
               how
               to
               prevent
               so
               dangerous
               offences
               :
               It
               being
               in
               matters
               of
               State
               ,
               a
               rule
               as
               common
               as
               't
               is
               certain
               ▪
               that
               ,
               that
               Officer
               which
               gives
               his
               Prince
               never
               so
               little
               cause
               to
               suspect
               his
               fidelity
               ,
               forfeits
               his
               life
               ;
               since
               those
               Commanders
               that
               have
               in
               their
               power
               the
               charge
               of
               Armies
               ,
               are
               (
               no
               less
               then
               the
               Wives
               of
               honorable
               Persons
               )
               obliged
               to
               live
               with
               such
               purity
               of
               mind
               ,
               that
               they
               must
               be
               without
               ,
               not
               only
               any
               fault
               ,
               but
               any
               the
               least
               suspicion
               of
               an
               unchast
               desire
               .
               That
               for
               his
               taking
               away
               of
               his
               B●…ssa's
               goods
               after
               their
               deaths
               ,
               he
               could
               very
               truely
               tell
               them
               ,
               that
               the
               Pensions
               ,
               the
               Donatives
               ,
               and
               Wealth
               wherewith
               other
               Princes
               reward
               their
               servants
               ,
               were
               in
               comparison
               of
               those
               inexhausted
               riches
               which
               he
               bestows
               upon
               his
               well-deserving
               Officers
               ,
               poor
               pittiful
               things
               :
               as
               the
               Royal
               Treasures
               which
               
                 Rusten
                 ,
                 Mehemet
                 ,
                 Ibrahin
              
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               left
               behind
               them
               ,
               have
               fully
               and
               amply
               testified
               :
               And
               that
               the
               greatest
               fore-cast
               which
               a
               Prince
               ought
               to
               have
               in
               rewarding
               his
               servants
               ,
               consisted
               in
               taking
               a
               course
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               never
               be
               possible
               for
               others
               to
               employ
               those
               immense
               riches
               wherewith
               he
               had
               purchased
               their
               infinite
               fidelity
               ,
               to
               the
               detriment
               of
               him
               that
               had
               been
               so
               liberal
               .
               That
               he
               had
               learned
               by
               the
               most
               lamentable
               disorders
               which
               hapned
               in
               the
               States
               of
               other
               Potentates
               ,
               how
               it
               was
               a
               most
               pernicious
               thing
               for
               Princes
               ,
               that
               the
               extraordinary
               wealth
               left
               by
               a
               deserving
               Officer
               ,
               should
               pass
               to
               his
               children
               ,
               whether
               by
               that
               vertue
               ,
               by
               that
               valour
               ,
               and
               by
               that
               same
               Loyalty
               which
               was
               in
               
               their
               Father
               ,
               they
               had
               first
               deserved
               it
               from
               the
               Prince
               ,
               or
               not
               .
               And
               that
               he
               confisc●…ted
               the
               great
               Inheritances
               of
               his
               Bassa's
               ,
               not
               out
               of
               avarice
               ,
               as
               many
               wrongfully
               judged
               ;
               but
               that
               he
               might
               not
               make
               those
               subjects
               ,
               who
               for
               being
               descended
               from
               fathers
               of
               noted
               worth
               ,
               put
               the
               Prince
               in
               certain
               hope
               that
               they
               would
               imitate
               their
               Progenitors
               in
               vertue
               ,
               by
               the
               convenience
               of
               living
               idle
               ,
               consequently
               to
               grow
               vicious
               too
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               kept
               the
               gates
               of
               his
               Treasury
               alwaies
               open
               to
               his
               Officers
               heirs
               ,
               th●…t
               he
               might
               restore
               to
               them
               their
               paternal
               inheritances
               doubled
               ,
               whensoever
               by
               Loyalty
               and
               Valour
               they
               should
               deserve
               them
               :
               And
               that
               how
               apt
               great
               riches
               possessed
               by
               a
               vicious
               man
               ,
               and
               an
               ambitious
               subject
               ,
               were
               to
               dist●…rb
               the
               peace
               of
               any
               Kingdom
               ,
               how
               great
               soever
               ,
               was
               a
               thing
               known
               to
               every
               man
               ,
               by
               the
               fresh
               examples
               which
               the
               world
               hath
               seen
               in
               France
               and
               Flanders
               .
            
             
               While
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               spake
               these
               things
               ,
               he
               observed
               that
               the
               French
               Monarchy
               by
               shaking
               her
               head
               ,
               did
               shew
               (
               as
               it
               seem'd
               )
               that
               she
               by
               no
               means
               approved
               of
               these
               discourses
               .
               Whereupon
               something
               passionately
               he
               said
               ;
               Most
               renowned
               Queen
               ,
               my
               custom
               of
               seizing
               upon
               my
               Bassa
               s
               inheritances
               ,
               makes
               well
               for
               my
               greatness
               ,
               and
               the
               tranquillity
               of
               my
               State
               ;
               and
               for
               the
               friendsh●…p
               that
               is
               betwixt
               us
               ,
               I
               could
               wish
               that
               the
               like
               were
               observed
               in
               your
               France
               .
               For
               you
               know
               well
               to
               what
               use
               Henry
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               did
               put
               that
               vast
               deal
               of
               wealth
               ,
               wherewith
               the
               liberal
               King
               Francis
               the
               fi●…st
               ,
               and
               King
               Henry
               his
               son
               ,
               rewarded
               the
               deserts
               of
               Duke
               Francis
               his
               father
               .
            
             
               For
               wo
               to
               that
               Prince
               ,
               who
               because
               he
               knows
               not
               how
               to
               be
               severe
               to
               others
               ,
               is
               so
               cruel
               to
               himself
               ,
               as
               absurdly
               to
               breed
               up
               Serpents
               in
               his
               bosom
               .
               You
               ,
               I
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               us
               that
               bear
               rule
               ,
               know
               that
               the
               sweetest
               honey
               that
               men
               can
               tast
               ,
               is
               Soveraignty
               ;
               and
               there
               being
               no
               man
               that
               for
               never
               so
               little
               of
               it
               ,
               would
               not
               gladly
               adventure
               to
               lose
               his
               life
               ;
               Princes
               ought
               to
               be
               still
               most
               vigilant
               in
               keeping
               all
               the
               avenues
               to
               Government
               block'd
               up
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               possible
               severity
               to
               hold
               every
               one
               out
               of
               the
               reach
               of
               ambition
               .
               Nay
               they
               ought
               to
               order
               their
               matters
               so
               ,
               that
               every
               privat
               m●…n
               whatsoever
               ,
               may
               despair
               of
               ever
               being
               able
               to
               tast
               of
               so
               pleasant
               a
               liquor
               .
            
             
               And
               I
               tell
               you
               plainly
               ,
               had
               your
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               but
               offered
               to
               think
               in
               my
               State
               ,
               that
               which
               with
               so
               much
               scandal
               he
               publickly
               made
               bold
               to
               put
               in
               execution
               in
               your
               Kingdom
               ;
               that
               very
               first
               day
               would
               I
               have
               shew'd
               him
               the
               same
               play
               which
               your
               Henry
               the
               third
               (
               though
               urged
               to
               it
               by
               most
               of
               the
               Italian
               ●…rinces
               )
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               resolve
               upon
               ,
               till
               the
               last
               day
               of
               his
               insufferable
               vexarions
               ;
               and
               just
               then
               when
               the
               sore
               of
               the
               French
               commotions
               was
               grown
               to
               be
               an
               incureable
               Canker
               .
               For
               where
               ambition
               reigns
               amongst
               the
               Nobles
               ,
               Princes
               are
               enforced
               to
               shew
               themselves
               totally
               severe
               ,
               keeping
               the
               gibbets
               alwaies
               ina
               readiness
               ,
               for
               punishing
               of
               the
               seditious
               and
               rebellious
               ;
               and
               their
               Treasury
               open
               to
               reward
               the
               peaceable
               and
               loyal
               ;
               that
               Prince
               being
               unworthy
               of
               command
               ,
               that
               hath
               not
               a
               genius
               to
               make
               himself
               obeyed
               :
               Neither
               is
               there
               any
               thing
               more
               scandalo●…s
               ●…n
               a
               State
               ,
               then
               that
               the
               Prince
               should
               live
               in
               jealousie
               of
               that
               Officer
               which
               ought
               to
               live
               in
               fear
               of
               him
               .
               But
               it
               is
               proper
               for
               you
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               ,
               that
               making
               a
               profession
               of
               Learning
               ,
               and
               of
               living
               according
               to
               rules
               of
               great
               Policy
               ,
               call
               me
               Barbarian
               ,
               and
               my
               safe
               manner
               of
               proceeding
               Tyrannical
               ,
               to
               suffer
               your selves
               by
               your
               heroical
               vertues
               ,
               of
               clemency
               and
               mildness
               ,
               to
               
               be
               brought
               to
               the
               shamefull
               condition
               of
               suffering
               ▪
               most
               unworthy
               things
               .
            
             
               Impossible
               it
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               how
               much
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               did
               with
               his
               discourse
               offend
               all
               the
               Vertuosi
               of
               the
               sacred
               College
               ,
               who
               standing
               up
               in
               very
               great
               wrath
               ,
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               with
               Reasons
               in
               hand
               they
               would
               make
               it
               good
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               particulars
               which
               he
               had
               spoken
               ,
               were
               most
               wicked
               conceits
               ,
               unworthy
               to
               be
               uttered
               by
               a
               person
               that
               had
               a
               soule
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               to
               be
               listened
               to
               by
               men
               that
               made
               profession
               of
               honour
               .
            
             
               At
               which
               the
               Ottoman
               Empire
               smiling
               said
               ,
               That
               in
               the
               Politick
               conceits
               ,
               by
               which
               others
               governed
               Kingdoms
               ,
               respect
               was
               had
               to
               the
               commodiousness
               of
               Moral
               Precepts
               ,
               which
               by
               well
               regulated
               customs
               ,
               were
               serviceable
               to
               goodness
               .
               And
               that
               yet
               the
               tranquillity
               and
               peace
               of
               States
               were
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               all
               other
               humane
               interests
               .
            
             
               Then
               the
               Censor
               ,
               to
               cut
               off
               so
               odious
               a
               disputation
               ,
               turning
               to
               the
               great
               Dukedom
               of
               Muscovy
               ,
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               among
               the
               greatnesses
               of
               a
               Prince
               ,
               it
               was
               called
               the
               second
               Noblest
               Prerogative
               ,
               to
               have
               command
               over
               people
               that
               were
               lovers
               of
               Learning
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               was
               not
               only
               little
               for
               his
               credit
               ,
               but
               a
               thing
               for
               which
               he
               incurr'd
               much
               reproach
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               so
               much
               give
               his
               mind
               to
               have
               his
               Subjects
               brought
               up
               in
               gross
               ignorance
               ;
               for
               he
               was
               scoffed
               at
               by
               every
               one
               ,
               that
               having
               banished
               the
               Liberal
               Arts
               ,
               he
               had
               given
               his
               people
               leave
               only
               to
               learn
               how
               to
               write
               and
               read
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               Censure
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Muscovy
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               hideous
               fire
               ,
               which
               he
               had
               observed
               Learning
               alwaies
               kindled
               in
               those
               States
               where
               it
               was
               admitted
               ,
               had
               made
               him
               resolve
               ,
               by
               no
               means
               to
               give
               way
               that
               so
               scandalous
               a
               Cockle
               should
               be
               sown
               in
               his
               Dukedom
               :
               For
               Men
               being
               as
               much
               Princes
               Heards
               ,
               as
               Sheep
               are
               private
               persons
               Flocks
               ,
               it
               were
               the
               height
               of
               madness
               to
               arm
               those
               humane
               sheep
               (
               subjects
               )
               which
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               much
               simplicity
               that
               God
               created
               in
               them
               ,
               are
               ,
               though
               many
               ,
               easily
               governed
               by
               one
               only
               Shepheard
               ,
               the
               Prince
               ,
               with
               that
               craft
               and
               malice
               ,
               which
               Learning
               engrafts
               into
               the
               brains
               of
               those
               that
               entertain
               it
               :
               And
               that
               it
               was
               no
               more
               the
               proper
               quality
               of
               fire
               to
               give
               heat
               ,
               then
               of
               books
               to
               transform
               the
               simple
               sheep
               into
               most
               corrupted
               wolves
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               that
               he
               held
               it
               for
               a
               thing
               unquestionable
               ,
               That
               if
               the
               Germans
               ,
               the
               Hollanders
               ,
               and
               the
               Zealanders
               ,
               had
               been
               kept
               by
               their
               Princes
               ,
               in
               the
               simplicity
               of
               their
               antient
               ignorance
               ,
               and
               they
               withall
               had
               given
               charge
               ,
               that
               the
               pure
               minds
               of
               those
               Nations
               should
               not
               have
               been
               contaminated
               with
               the
               pestilence
               of
               Greek
               and
               Latine
               Literature
               ;
               they
               would
               never
               with
               such
               havock
               of
               the
               old
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               casting
               out
               of
               many
               Princes
               which
               formerly
               governed
               them
               ,
               have
               had
               the
               judgement
               to
               know
               how
               to
               settle
               in
               their
               Countries
               ,
               those
               perfect
               Forms
               of
               Commonwealths
               ,
               which
               the
               wit
               of
               Solon
               ,
               the
               wisdom
               of
               Plato
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Philosophy
               of
               Aristotle
               to
               boot
               ,
               could
               never
               attain
               unto
               :
            
             
               This
               answer
               so
               troubled
               the
               minds
               of
               the
               Censor
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               whole
               College
               of
               the
               Literati
               ,
               that
               with
               threatning
               countenances
               they
               said
               ,
               That
               the
               arguments
               alleadged
               by
               the
               great
               Duke
               of
               Muscovy
               ,
               were
               most
               manifest
               blasphemies
               :
               Nay
               it
               seemed
               that
               the
               Literati
               were
               minded
               to
               doe
               themselves
               right
               by
               arms
               ;
               but
               their
               courages
               were
               cooled
               when
               they
               saw
               the
               major
               part
               of
               the
               more
               potent
               Monarchies
               betake
               
               themselves
               to
               their
               weapons
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               Muscovite
               ▪
               Who
               growing
               yet
               bolder
               by
               the
               ready
               assistance
               which
               he
               perceived
               he
               should
               have
               from
               so
               many
               Potentates
               ,
               freely
               said
               ,
               That
               if
               there
               were
               any
               present
               who
               would
               deny
               that
               Learning
               did
               infinitely
               hinder
               the
               tranquillity
               and
               good
               Government
               of
               States
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Prince
               might
               with
               more
               ease
               command
               a
               million
               of
               Idiots
               ,
               then
               a
               hundred
               Learned
               men
               ,
               born
               to
               command
               ,
               not
               to
               obey
               ;
               he
               lied
               in
               his
               throat
               .
            
             
               At
               this
               generous
               defiance
               ,
               the
               Vertuosi
               were
               all
               in
               a
               pelting
               chafe
               ,
               and
               couragiously
               said
               ,
               That
               the
               Muscovite
               had
               spoken
               with
               insolence
               worthy
               of
               an
               Idiot
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               would
               make
               it
               evident
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               men
               without
               Learning
               were
               two-legged
               Beasts
               .
            
             
               Already
               was
               the
               scuffle
               begun
               ,
               when
               the
               Censor
               cryed
               out
               ,
               Hold
               !
               bear
               due
               respect
               to
               this
               place
               where
               you
               are
               all
               assembled
               to
               amend
               disorders
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               commit
               scandals
               .
               And
               such
               was
               the
               reverence
               every
               one
               bare
               to
               the
               Majesty
               of
               the
               Censor
               ,
               that
               the
               minds
               of
               the
               Princes
               ,
               and
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               Vertuosi
               ,
               though
               stark
               mad
               for
               anger
               ,
               and
               enraged
               with
               disdain
               ,
               were
               wholly
               paci●…ied
               on
               a
               sudden
               .
            
             
               Here
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               concealed
               ,
               that
               the
               Duke
               of
               Urbin
               ,
               who
               before
               sate
               in
               the
               Classis
               of
               Princes
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               saw
               the
               fray
               begun
               ,
               went
               on
               the
               other
               side
               to
               help
               the
               Vertuosi
               ,
               and
               placing
               himself
               in
               the
               first
               rank
               ,
               shewed
               a
               mind
               resolved
               to
               lose
               his
               State
               ,
               so
               he
               might
               but
               defend
               the
               Liberal
               A●…ts
               .
            
             
               All
               Tumults
               then
               being
               appeased
               ,
               the
               Censor
               told
               the
               most
               renowned
               Venetian
               Liberty
               ,
               who
               was
               drawn
               out
               of
               the
               Urne
               ,
               That
               the
               hardest
               bone
               which
               Aristocracies
               could
               never
               gnaw
               (
               as
               she
               well
               knew
               )
               was
               the
               bridling
               of
               the
               young
               Nobility
               ,
               which
               when
               by
               over-much
               licentiousness
               it
               had
               distasted
               the
               better
               sort
               of
               Citizens
               ,
               had
               often
               occasioned
               the
               ruine
               of
               the
               most
               famous
               Commonwealths
               ▪
               and
               that
               to
               his
               great
               grief
               ,
               he
               heard
               that
               the
               young
               Nobility
               of
               Venice
               did
               by
               their
               proud
               demeanor
               give
               offence
               to
               many
               honorable
               Citizens
               of
               that
               State
               ;
               who
               loudly
               complained
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               insolence
               of
               the
               Nobil●…ty
               increased
               ,
               the
               punishments
               abated
               .
               That
               he
               therefore
               wished
               her
               to
               remember
               ,
               it
               was
               a
               dangerous
               thing
               in
               Aristocracies
               ,
               for
               those
               which
               should
               glory
               of
               being
               wholly
               freed
               from
               the
               perils
               which
               a
               State
               is
               subject
               to
               ,
               that
               obeys
               the
               caprichio
               of
               one
               Prince
               ,
               to
               be
               heard
               complain
               of
               being
               baffled
               by
               many
               Tyrants
               .
            
             
               To
               these
               things
               the
               Venetian
               Liberty
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               disorder
               recounted
               by
               the
               Censor
               ,
               was
               true
               ,
               and
               withall
               dangerous
               ;
               but
               that
               pride
               and
               insolence
               are
               so
               annexed
               to
               authority
               of
               command
               ,
               that
               they
               seemed
               to
               be
               all
               of
               a
               birth
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               excessive
               licentiousness
               which
               the
               Nobility
               of
               all
               Aristocracies
               exercised
               over
               the
               Citizens
               ,
               was
               reputed
               by
               all
               the
               famous
               men
               that
               have
               discoursed
               of
               Commonwealths
               ,
               a
               desperate
               cure
               :
               For
               though
               it
               were
               necessary
               that
               insolences
               should
               be
               restrained
               by
               severe
               punishments
               ;
               yet
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               Aristocracies
               should
               forbear
               openly
               to
               chastise
               Noblemen
               ,
               though
               seditious
               :
               and
               this
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               not
               by
               disgracefull
               ,
               sufferings
               bring
               the
               people
               to
               undervalue
               that
               very
               Nobility
               ,
               which
               having
               in
               their
               hands
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               ought
               for
               the
               main
               Interest
               of
               the
               publick
               conservation
               of
               Liberty
               ,
               to
               be
               maintained
               in
               highest
               reputation
               .
               And
               that
               if
               in
               her
               Venice
               ,
               the
               more
               stubborn
               and
               insolent
               Nobles
               were
               not
               openly
               punished
               in
               
                 St.
                 Marks
              
               Place
               ,
               between
               the
               
               two
               Columns
               so
               often
               ,
               as
               ,
               it
               seemed
               ,
               many
               desired
               ,
               that
               yet
               by
               the
               
                 Gran
                 Consiglio
              
               ,
               by
               the
               Pregadi
               ,
               by
               the
               Collegio
               ,
               and
               other
               superior
               Magistrates
               who
               dispose
               of
               publick
               Offices
               ,
               there
               was
               ,
               with
               the
               torments
               of
               disgraceful
               repulses
               ,
               made
               a
               terrible
               massacre
               of
               those
               seditious
               Nobles
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               free
               Countrey
               were
               discovered
               to
               bear
               tyrannous
               minds
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               Venice
               there
               were
               seen
               many
               persons
               of
               very
               Noble
               Families
               ,
               whose
               antient
               reputation
               had
               been
               shot
               to
               fitters
               ,
               with
               Harquebuses
               charged
               with
               bullets
               made
               of
               rags
               ,
               and
               that
               being
               by
               such
               odd
               blows
               sometimes
               felled
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               they
               were
               never
               able
               to
               rise
               again
               to
               honours
               and
               dignities
               .
               And
               that
               there
               could
               not
               be
               invented
               ,
               no
               not
               by
               Perillus
               himself
               ,
               a
               more
               torturing
               rack
               for
               the
               tearing
               of
               ones
               body
               limb
               from
               limb
               ,
               then
               that
               which
               a
               Noble
               Venetian
               hath
               sometimes
               undergon
               ,
               when
               in
               the
               Rival
               ship
               about
               Offices
               of
               credit
               ,
               and
               much
               stood
               for
               ,
               he
               hath
               seen
               go
               before
               him
               ,
               a
               person
               younger
               then
               he
               ,
               only
               because
               he
               was
               known
               by
               the
               Senate
               to
               be
               more
               deserving
               .
            
             
               Castiglione
               not
               only
               admired
               at
               the
               justification
               of
               the
               renowned
               Venetian
               Liberty
               ;
               but
               infinitely
               praised
               both
               the
               circumspectness
               and
               the
               severity
               which
               she
               used
               in
               punishing
               and
               chastising
               her
               Nobility
               ,
               in
               case
               either
               of
               any
               demerit
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               defect
               .
            
             
               Presently
               after
               ,
               the
               Censor
               said
               to
               the
               Dukedom
               of
               Savoy
               ;
               that
               his
               State
               being
               placed
               between
               the
               confines
               of
               France
               and
               Italy
               ,
               he
               was
               necessitated
               with
               all
               possible
               diligence
               to
               maintain
               neutrality
               between
               those
               Princes
               upon
               whom
               he
               did
               confine
               .
               But
               that
               in
               these
               last
               tumults
               of
               France
               ,
               having
               openly
               discovered
               himself
               to
               be
               wholly
               Spanish
               ,
               he
               had
               put
               not
               only
               his
               own
               ,
               but
               the
               States
               of
               all
               the
               Italian
               Princes
               in
               great
               trouble
               ;
               and
               that
               while
               with
               the
               bellows
               of
               his
               Forces
               he
               had
               puffed
               in
               the
               fire
               of
               the
               French
               commotions
               ,
               enkindled
               by
               Spanish
               ambition
               ,
               he
               ought
               to
               believe
               ,
               that
               that
               flame
               would
               burn
               up
               friends
               and
               kindred
               ,
               before
               it
               could
               come
               at
               the
               other
               Italian
               Potentates
               that
               were
               enemies
               .
            
             
               The
               Dukedom
               of
               Savoy
               readily
               answered
               the
               Censor
               ,
               That
               the
               adherence
               of
               his
               last
               Duke
               to
               the
               Spaniard
               was
               true
               .
               But
               the
               fair
               advantage
               which
               he
               had
               of
               three
               sevens
               in
               hand
               ,
               had
               enforced
               him
               to
               set
               his
               Rest
               ,
               hoping
               to
               have
               gotten
               the
               famousest
               Prime
               as
               ever
               any
               Prince
               whatsoever
               had
               at
               Cardes
               .
               Upon
               which
               hazard
               he
               had
               so
               much
               the
               more
               willingly
               put
               himself
               ,
               because
               it
               seemed
               a
               thing
               appointed
               by
               destiny
               ,
               that
               those
               moneys
               which
               had
               been
               gotten
               at
               play
               ,
               should
               at
               the
               same
               Game
               be
               lost
               .
               That
               afterwards
               if
               by
               his
               ill
               fortune
               ,
               in
               the
               fourth
               Card
               that
               was
               dealt
               him
               ,
               he
               should
               happen
               to
               be
               affronted
               by
               an
               ugly
               Court-Card
               ,
               with
               which
               he
               should
               have
               the
               worst
               Game
               that
               could
               be
               in
               the
               Pack
               ,
               yet
               he
               knew
               that
               honest
               good
               fellows
               would
               have
               confessed
               ,
               that
               though
               the
               resolution
               were
               very
               full
               of
               danger
               ,
               yet
               they
               themselves
               ,
               not
               to
               wrong
               the
               Cards
               ,
               would
               have
               plai'd
               it
               no
               otherwise
               .
               The
               Censor
               understood
               the
               Metaphor
               ,
               and
               highly
               praised
               that
               Dukes
               resolution
               :
               Who
               ,
               because
               from
               a
               little
               Feaver
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               received
               as
               a
               Donative
               ,
               the
               command
               of
               the
               greater
               part
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               when
               not
               only
               without
               any
               note
               of
               indiscretion
               ,
               but
               to
               his
               infinite
               glory
               ,
               he
               threw
               the
               Dy
               of
               all
               the
               greatness
               of
               his
               Fortunes
               ,
               in
               the
               Tables
               of
               chance
               ,
               he
               might
               once
               more
               say
               those
               famous
               words
               ;
               
                 Aut
                 Caesar
                 ,
                 aut
                 Nullus
              
               .
            
             
             
               Then
               the
               Censor
               turned
               to
               the
               great
               Duke
               of
               Tuscany
               ,
               and
               sharply
               reprehending
               him
               for
               rousing
               up
               the
               Wasp
               with
               those
               Gallies
               of
               his
               ,
               he
               put
               him
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               calamities
               and
               troubles
               which
               the
               Knights
               of
               St.
               Iohn
               suffered
               in
               Rhodes
               ,
               in
               Tripoly
               ,
               and
               the
               great
               hazard
               they
               ran
               at
               last
               in
               Malta
               ,
               only
               because
               like
               fools
               they
               would
               needs
               be
               fastening
               of
               squibs
               upon
               the
               Bull
               :
               And
               that
               every
               discreet
               Christian
               Prince
               should
               rather
               favour
               the
               Turks
               present
               carelesness
               ,
               then
               with
               injuries
               that
               yield
               but
               little
               benefit
               ,
               nay
               which
               may
               bring
               much
               danger
               and
               damage
               to
               awaken
               them
               ,
               and
               enforce
               them
               to
               set
               their
               minds
               again
               upon
               Maritime
               affairs
               ,
               which
               now-a-daies
               they
               had
               given
               over
               .
               He
               likewise
               recalled
               to
               his
               memory
               the
               many
               complaints
               ,
               of
               infinite
               multitudes
               which
               continually
               crie
               out
               ,
               that
               by
               his
               hindering
               of
               the
               Trade
               between
               Italy
               and
               the
               Levant
               ,
               all
               the
               Drugs
               that
               came
               from
               beyond-sea
               ,
               were
               grown
               excessive
               dear
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               reproof
               the
               Grand
               Dukedom
               of
               Tuscany
               answered
               ,
               That
               the
               power
               of
               a
               Prince
               could
               not
               be
               tearmed
               perfect
               ,
               unless
               with
               a
               considerable
               party
               of
               men
               of
               War
               ,
               he
               had
               some
               command
               upon
               the
               sea
               :
               And
               that
               his
               Gallies
               were
               very
               necessary
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               the
               Tuscan
               greatness
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               securing
               of
               the
               Liberty
               of
               all
               Italy
               ;
               as
               those
               which
               served
               for
               a
               School
               to
               Mariners
               ,
               as
               a
               Seminary
               both
               for
               sea-Captains
               ,
               and
               sea-souldiers
               .
               He
               confessed
               that
               the
               damage
               they
               did
               to
               Trading
               ,
               was
               true
               ;
               but
               that
               withall
               he
               desired
               every
               one
               to
               remember
               ,
               that
               the
               mystery
               of
               War
               ,
               both
               by
               sea
               and
               by
               land
               ,
               could
               not
               be
               learned
               by
               souldiers
               ,
               nor
               practised
               by
               Princes
               ,
               without
               bringing
               some
               damage
               along
               with
               it
               .
               And
               that
               since
               Tuscany
               did
               breed
               a
               numerous
               rascallity
               of
               turbulent
               mad-caps
               ,
               and
               extravagant
               humors
               ,
               he
               had
               yet
               farther
               very
               great
               need
               of
               those
               Gallies
               ,
               which
               were
               as
               the
               scavengery
               of
               his
               State
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               kept
               it
               cleanly
               ,
               employing
               them
               for
               slaves
               ,
               which
               had
               done
               mischiefs
               already
               ,
               and
               for
               souldiers
               ,
               those
               heteroclitick
               dispositions
               ,
               who
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               restless
               natures
               ,
               't
               was
               thought
               were
               likely
               to
               do
               worse
               .
            
             
               With
               wonderful
               applause
               was
               the
               great
               Dukedom
               of
               Tuscany's
               Apologie
               approved
               of
               ,
               both
               by
               the
               Censor
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               College
               .
               Whereupon
               the
               Count
               told
               the
               Comomnwealth
               of
               Genoua
               ,
               which
               was
               drawn
               last
               ,
               That
               the
               use
               of
               Exchange
               which
               she
               allowed
               her
               Nobility
               ,
               caused
               the
               great
               disorder
               of
               enriching
               the
               private
               ,
               and
               withall
               ,
               impoverishing
               the
               publick
               stock
               :
               whose
               in-comes
               would
               have
               yielded
               a
               notable
               sum
               of
               Gold
               ,
               had
               the
               King-like
               wealth
               of
               her
               Nobles
               been
               employed
               in
               the
               just
               traffick
               of
               Merchandize
               .
               And
               that
               together
               with
               the
               prohibition
               of
               Exchange
               ,
               her
               Nobles
               should
               give
               over
               that
               dangerous
               conversation
               with
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               which
               so
               much
               lessened
               her
               reputation
               .
            
             
               With
               a
               readiness
               that
               much
               took
               all
               the
               Literati
               ,
               the
               Common-wealth
               of
               Genoua
               answered
               ,
               It
               was
               true
               that
               the
               Exchanges
               wrought
               that
               effect
               which
               the
               Censor
               had
               intimated
               ,
               and
               therefore
               vvere
               most
               pernicious
               in
               any
               Monarchy
               ;
               but
               that
               yet
               ,
               vvithout
               any
               prejudice
               to
               the
               publick
               interests
               ,
               they
               might
               be
               permitted
               in
               a
               vvell
               ordered
               Republick
               ;
               for
               the
               most
               substantial
               and
               sure
               treasures
               of
               a
               free
               State
               ,
               vvere
               the
               riches
               of
               the
               nobility
               or
               gentry
               ,
               &
               of
               all
               the
               body
               Politick
               one
               with
               another
               .
               Athing
               vvhich
               happened
               not
               in
               Monarchies
               ,
               vvhere
               betvveen
               the
               Princes
               possessions
               ,
               and
               privat
               mens
               goods
               ,
               there
               vvas
               a
               partition-wall
               
               of
               the
               largest
               size
               ,
               made
               up
               of
               
                 meum
                 &
                 tuum
              
               :
               Because
               in
               Monarchies
               the
               change
               of
               State
               happens
               ordinarily
               with
               no
               great
               matter
               of
               concernment
               to
               the
               people
               ,
               only
               changing
               the
               name
               of
               Matthew
               to
               that
               of
               Martine
               :
               But
               in
               the
               subversion
               of
               Commonwealths
               ,
               where
               Liberty
               was
               to
               be
               changed
               into
               Bondage
               ,
               the
               publick
               treasure
               was
               made
               out
               of
               the
               peculiar
               goods
               of
               private
               men
               ,
               who
               then
               would
               profusely
               lay
               out
               all
               their
               Estates
               ,
               to
               defend
               as
               long
               as
               breath
               lasted
               ,
               every
               mans
               peculiar
               Liberty
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               dangerous
               Commerce
               that
               her
               Nobility
               held
               with
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               she
               desired
               every
               one
               throughly
               to
               consider
               whether
               the
               entercourse
               of
               her
               Genoueses
               were
               hurtfull
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               or
               the
               familiarity
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               to
               the
               Genoueses
               :
               For
               certainly
               they
               would
               find
               that
               the
               frying-pan
               stood
               in
               no
               great
               fear
               of
               being
               smutted
               by
               the
               kettle
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Spanish
               Monarchy
               invites
               the
               Cardinal
               of
               Toledo
               to
               be
               Secretary
               of
               State
               :
               who
               refuseth
               :
               and
               why
               .
            
             
               T
               Is
               given
               out
               up
               and
               down
               this
               Court
               ,
               that
               the
               high
               and
               mighty
               Monarchy
               of
               Spain
               hath
               invited
               the
               most
               illustrious
               Cardinal
               of
               Toledo
               for
               her
               chief
               Secretary
               of
               State
               ,
               with
               a
               large
               Pension
               ,
               to
               assist
               as
               her
               Divine
               in
               the
               Counsel-Royal
               ,
               that
               so
               nothing
               be
               determined
               there
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               against
               her
               conscience
               .
               This
               news
               hath
               filled
               all
               this
               Court
               with
               great
               admiration
               ,
               every
               one
               knowing
               how
               much
               this
               Prelate
               did
               work
               against
               the
               interests
               of
               her
               King
               ,
               in
               the
               re-benediction
               of
               the
               most
               Christian
               King
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               :
               Wherefore
               no
               man
               could
               imagin
               the
               reason
               why
               so
               sharp-witted
               a
               Princess
               should
               desire
               to
               make
               use
               of
               a
               person
               so
               little
               to
               be
               trusted
               in
               a
               business
               of
               highest
               importance
               .
            
             
               Those
               that
               most
               profess
               the
               knowledg
               of
               the
               subtile
               Spaniards
               manner
               of
               proceeding
               ,
               did
               even
               in
               this
               ,
               observe
               the
               old
               cunning
               of
               the
               Spanish
               Kings
               ;
               whose
               peculiar
               custom
               it
               is
               ,
               never
               to
               give
               over
               ,
               till
               with
               Pensions
               ,
               with
               honorable
               places
               of
               Command
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               courteous
               demonstrations
               of
               affection
               ,
               they
               have
               brought
               over
               to
               their
               side
               ,
               all
               those
               eminent
               persons
               whom
               they
               perceive
               to
               be
               estranged
               from
               their
               interests
               ,
               and
               from
               whom
               they
               know
               ,
               that
               at
               a
               pinch
               ,
               they
               may
               receive
               services
               .
               They
               that
               are
               most
               inward
               wi●…h
               this
               great
               Cardinal
               ,
               report
               that
               his
               grace
               cheerfully
               accepted
               of
               the
               ●…oble
               charge
               propounded
               to
               him
               :
               But
               upon
               this
               condition
               ,
               though
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               was
               immediately
               rejected
               .
               For
               he
               said
               ,
               that
               when
               by
               the
               authority
               of
               holy
               Scripture
               ,
               by
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               holy
               Fathers
               ,
               by
               the
               institutions
               of
               the
               Canons
               ,
               he
               had
               made
               it
               evident
               to
               the
               Co●…nsel-Royal
               ,
               that
               the
               results
               of
               it
               disagreed
               with
               the
               Laws
               of
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               he
               would
               then
               desire
               but
               power
               to
               hinder
               the
               execution
               of
               them
               ;
               all
               to
               no
               other
               end
               ,
               then
               to
               let
               the
               world
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               Kings
               Divi●…e
               was
               in
               that
               Counsel
               only
               to
               assist
               the
               conscience
               of
               his
               King
               ,
               with
               knowledge
               of
               the
               will
               of
               his
               Lord
               God
               ;
               not
               for
               a
               Vizard
               to
               settle
               upon
               him
               the
               Rule
               of
               Kingdoms
               over
               men
               :
               for
               he
               conceived
               it
               would
               be
               too
               shameful
               an
               action
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               one
               as
               he
               should
               be
               employed
               to
               authenticate
               the
               diabolical
               impiety
               of
               modern
               Policy
               ,
               and
               make
               silly
               souls
               believe
               ,
               that
               the
               nastiest
               
               
                 Assa
                 foetida
              
               that
               would
               outstink
               a
               Polecat
               ,
               is
               as
               pure
               Musk
               as
               ever
               came
               from
               the
               Levant
               .
            
          
           
             
               Apollo
               detesteth
               the
               means
               that
               are
               recommended
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               getting
               of
               Monies
               .
            
             
               Extraordinary
               is
               the
               want
               of
               money
               which
               at
               this
               time
               is
               in
               Pernassus
               ;
               for
               not
               only
               his
               Majesties
               Exchequer
               ,
               and
               Treasures
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               Princes
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               but
               likewise
               the
               Gentlemen
               ,
               the
               Merchants
               ,
               and
               the
               Artisans
               are
               in
               great
               distress
               for
               it
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               ,
               that
               many
               daies
               since
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Apollo's
               Royal
               Patrimony
               ,
               and
               others
               deputed
               by
               his
               Majesty
               over
               this
               business
               ,
               did
               a
               long
               time
               consider
               and
               consult
               ,
               what
               course
               was
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               the
               remedying
               of
               this
               disorder
               .
            
             
               And
               it
               was
               resolved
               by
               all
               to
               be
               very
               expedient
               ,
               that
               likewise
               into
               Pernassus
               should
               be
               introduced
               that
               admirable
               custom
               observed
               by
               many
               Princes
               in
               Italy
               ,
               of
               selling
               the
               publick
               revenues
               to
               private
               men
               ,
               they
               which
               bought
               them
               ,
               paying
               the
               honest
               Rent
               of
               six
               in
               the
               hundred
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               should
               be
               lawful
               also
               for
               private
               men
               to
               put
               out
               their
               money
               to
               such
               as
               had
               need
               of
               it
               ,
               at
               the
               return
               of
               eight
               in
               the
               hundred
               ,
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Consideration
               .
            
             
               This
               course
               which
               these
               Gentlemen
               so
               highly
               approved
               of
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               ever
               it
               was
               proposed
               to
               Apollo
               ,
               was
               immediately
               rejected
               ,
               as
               most
               pernicious
               to
               all
               Estates
               publick
               and
               private
               :
               And
               his
               Majesty
               then
               said
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               not
               by
               any
               means
               ,
               by
               the
               engaging
               to
               another
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               of
               his
               Estate
               ,
               give
               an
               odious
               president
               to
               other
               Princes
               ,
               for
               encumbring
               in
               their
               life
               times
               ,
               those
               incomes
               ,
               which
               as
               they
               had
               received
               free
               ,
               so
               they
               ought
               to
               transmit
               them
               to
               their
               successors
               .
               For
               by
               such
               inventions
               as
               these
               ,
               there
               was
               not
               only
               a
               doore
               opened
               to
               the
               ruine
               of
               Estates
               ,
               but
               the
               way
               was
               levelled
               for
               the
               avarice
               and
               malice
               of
               those
               Princes
               ,
               who
               either
               because
               they
               Reign
               in
               States
               elective
               ,
               or
               because
               in
               hereditary
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               successor
               of
               their
               own
               race
               ,
               would
               dismember
               those
               publick
               Rents
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               true
               Store-houses
               ,
               and
               the
               secure
               Magazines
               that
               preserve
               and
               aggrandize
               Kingdoms
               .
            
             
               A
               disorder
               ,
               which
               being
               by
               the
               excessive
               malice
               of
               some
               Princes
               introduced
               into
               their
               States
               hath
               extreamly
               weakened
               them
               .
               And
               upon
               the
               very
               same
               subject
               his
               Majesty
               said
               further
               ,
               that
               in
               many
               States
               ,
               the
               Taxes
               and
               Imposts
               were
               now-adaies
               observed
               to
               be
               much
               increased
               ,
               because
               the
               new-entring
               Princes
               have
               found
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               mortgaged
               by
               their
               Predecessors
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               themselves
               ,
               to
               provide
               for
               the
               urgent
               necessities
               of
               their
               States
               ,
               and
               the
               private
               exigents
               of
               their
               Families
               ,
               were
               enforced
               to
               invent
               new
               Taxes
               ,
               and
               even
               against
               their
               wils
               ,
               with
               odious
               Impositions
               to
               overload
               their
               afflicted
               and
               tired
               subjects
               .
               Which
               errors
               men
               should
               so
               much
               the
               more
               fear
               that
               they
               would
               one
               day
               ruine
               their
               States
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               more
               Princes
               ,
               not
               to
               run
               the
               manifest
               hazard
               of
               enkindling
               great
               commotions
               in
               their
               jurisdictions
               ,
               and
               being
               no
               longer
               able
               to
               charge
               the
               people
               with
               new
               Taxations
               ,
               should
               at
               last
               be
               constrained
               to
               grow
               desperate
               ,
               and
               to
               seize
               
               upon
               the
               Rents
               ,
               colouring
               their
               rapacity
               with
               the
               pretence
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               more
               then
               their
               predecessors
               could
               doe
               to
               empawn
               them
               so
               prodigally
               and
               maliciously
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               successors
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               States
               being
               subject
               to
               the
               sentence
               of
               the
               sword
               ,
               and
               the
               tribunal
               of
               violence
               ,
               if
               it
               should
               happen
               that
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               where
               the
               disorder
               of
               engaging
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               ,
               was
               practised
               ,
               should
               be
               usurped
               and
               taken
               on
               him
               ,
               by
               any
               Potentates
               ;
               the
               new
               Prince
               by
               relinquishing
               the
               ordinary
               payments
               ,
               would
               have
               ,
               if
               not
               a
               just
               ,
               at
               least
               a
               colourable
               reason
               ,
               to
               commit
               that
               cruel
               outrage
               of
               ruining
               the
               Patrimony
               of
               infinitely
               many
               widows
               ,
               orphans
               ,
               and
               other
               poor
               creatures
               that
               had
               had
               all
               their
               estates
               laid
               out
               upon
               the
               purchase
               of
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               .
               And
               that
               he
               knew
               ,
               the
               abuse
               of
               alienating
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               ,
               was
               gone
               so
               far
               ,
               that
               many
               Princes
               with
               unheard
               of
               avarice
               and
               greediness
               ,
               had
               either
               ransacked
               their
               own
               estates
               ,
               or
               suffered
               them
               to
               run
               to
               ruine
               ;
               and
               this
               horrid
               cruelty
               they
               would
               have
               to
               be
               taken
               for
               politick
               wit
               ,
               so
               to
               weaken
               ,
               in
               elective
               States
               ,
               a
               hated
               successor
               ;
               in
               hereditary
               a
               stranger
               .
               And
               lastly
               Apollo
               said
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               most
               wickedly
               resolved
               upon
               ,
               that
               private
               men
               by
               the
               purchase
               of
               the
               publick
               Revenues
               ,
               and
               the
               mischievous
               bringing
               in
               of
               Consideration-money
               ,
               should
               fetch
               gain
               out
               of
               meer
               and
               bare
               money
               ,
               without
               putting
               it
               forth
               upon
               any
               commodities
               ;
               it
               being
               a
               most
               abominable
               thing
               ,
               that
               men
               born
               to
               live
               by
               the
               sweat
               of
               their
               brows
               ,
               to
               manure
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               attend
               upon
               the
               multiplication
               of
               cattel
               ,
               should
               be
               maintained
               by
               those
               Usuries
               which
               are
               got
               out
               of
               a
               dead
               heap
               of
               money
               .
               A
               piece
               of
               bruitishness
               that
               is
               good
               for
               nothing
               but
               to
               make
               Industrious
               men
               lean
               ,
               and
               Usurers
               Fat.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .