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         De sapientia veterum. English
         Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
      
       
         
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             The vvisedome of the ancients, written in Latine by the Right Honourable Sir Francis Bacon Knight, Baron of Verulam, and Lord Chancelor or England. Done into English by Sir Arthur Gorges Knight
             De sapientia veterum. English
             Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
             Gorges, Arthur, Sir, 1557?-1625.
          
           [24], 175, [1] p.
           
             Imprinted by Iohn Bill,
             London :
             1619.
          
           
             Translation of: De sapientia veterum.
             In this edition the title page line 8 begins: Chancelor.
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           THE
           VVISEDOME
           OF
           THE
           ANCIENTS
           ,
           WRITTEN
           IN
           LATINE
           
             By
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             Sir
          
           FRANCIS
           BACON
           
             Knight
             ,
             Baron
             of
             Verulam
             ,
             and
             Lord
             Chancelor
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Done
           into
           English
           by
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Gorges
          
           Knight
           .
        
         
           Scutum
           inuincibile
           fides
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Imprinted
           by
           IOHN
           BILL
           .
           1619.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           HIGH
           AND
           ILLVSTRIOVS
           PRINCESSE
           ,
           THE
           LADY
           ELIZABETH
           OF
           GREAT
           BRITTAIN
           .
           Duchesse
           of
           Bauiere
           ,
           Countesse
           Palatine
           of
           Rheine
           ,
           and
           chiefe
           Electresse
           of
           the
           Empire
           .
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
          
        
         
           AMong
           many
           the
           worthie
           Chancellors
           of
           this
           famous
           Isle
           ,
           there
           is
           obserued
           in
           Sir
           THOMAS
           MORE
           ,
           and
           Sir
           FRANCIS
           BACON
           an
           admirable
           sympathy
           of
           wit
           and
           humour
           :
           witnesse
           those
           graue
           monuments
           of
           inuention
           &
           learning
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           world
           is
           so
           plentifully
           enricht
           by
           them
           both
           .
           I
           will
           instance
           onely
           in
           
           the
           conceaued
           Vtopia
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           reuealed
           
             Sapientia
             Veterum
          
           of
           the
           other
           :
           Whereof
           the
           first
           (
           vnder
           a
           meere
           Idea
           of
           perfect
           State
           gouerment
           )
           containes
           an
           exact
           discouerie
           of
           the
           vanities
           and
           disorders
           of
           reall
           Countries
           :
           And
           the
           second
           (
           out
           of
           the
           foulds
           of
           Poeticall
           fables
           )
           laies
           open
           those
           deepe
           Philosophicall
           mysteries
           ,
           which
           had
           beene
           so
           long
           lockt
           vp
           in
           the
           Casket
           of
           Antiquity
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           iudge
           to
           whether
           of
           these
           two
           worthies
           ,
           Policy
           and
           Morality
           is
           more
           behoulding
           .
           I
           make
           no
           question
           therefore
           but
           this
           obseruation
           (
           touching
           the
           parallel
           of
           their
           spirits
           )
           shal
           passe
           so
           currant
           to
           succeeding
           ages
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           said
           of
           thē
           as
           in
           former
           times
           pronounced
           of
           
             Xenophon
             &
             Plato
             ,
             Fuere
             aequales
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           for
           this
           Booke
           that
           humbly
           present
           to
           your
           Highnes
           ,
           which
           so
           eminently
           expresseth
           its
           owne
           perfection
           ,
           in
           me
           it
           would
           seeme
           no
           lesse
           a
           vanity
           to
           giue
           it
           attributes
           of
           glory
           and
           praise
           ,
           then
           if
           I
           should
           lend
           Spectacles
           to
           Lynx
           ,
           or
           an
           Eye
           to
           Argus
           ,
           knowing
           it
           needles
           to
           wast
           guilding
           on
           pure
           Gould
           ,
           which
           is
           euer
           best
           valued
           by
           its
           owne
           true
           touch
           &
           luster
           .
           But
           to
           descend
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           that
           doe
           now
           lay
           before
           your
           Princely
           cēsure
           the
           Translation
           of
           these
           excellent
           and
           iudicious
           discourses
           ,
           so
           barely
           wrapt
           vp
           in
           my
           harsh
           English
           phrase
           ,
           that
           were
           by
           the
           Author
           so
           richly
           attired
           in
           a
           sweet
           Latine
           stile
           :
           I
           must
           therein
           flie
           to
           the
           Sanctuary
           of
           your
           gracious
           acceptance
           .
           In
           which
           hope
           securing
           
           my
           doubts
           ,
           doe
           with
           all
           reuerence
           kisse
           your
           Princely
           hands
           :
           Remaining
           euer
           readie
           to
           approue
           my selfe
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Highnesse
            
             most
             dutifull
             and
             most
             deuoted
             Seruant
             
               Arthur
               Gorges
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Booke
           .
        
         
           
             RIch
             mine
             of
             Art
             :
             Minnion
             of
             Mercury
             ;
          
           
             True
             Truch-man
             of
             the
             mind
             of
             Mystery
          
        
         
           
             Inuentions
             storehouse
             ;
             Nymph
             of
             Helicon
             :
          
           
             Deepe
             Moralist
             of
             Times
             tradition
             :
          
        
         
           
             Vnto
             this
             Paragon
             of
             Brutus
             race
          
           
             Present
             thy
             seruice
             ,
             and
             with
             cheerefull
             grace
          
        
         
           
             Say
             (
             if
             Pythagoras
             beleeu'd
             may
             bee
             )
          
           
             The
             soule
             of
             
               ancient
               Wisedome
            
             liues
             in
             the
          
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Table
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             CAssandra
             ,
             or
             Diuination
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Typhon
             ,
             or
             a
             Rebell
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Cyclops
             ,
             or
             the
             ministers
             of
             Terror
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Narcissus
             ,
             or
             Self-loue
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Styx
             ,
             or
             Leagues
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Pan
             ,
             or
             Nature
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Perseus
             ,
             or
             Warre
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Endymion
             ,
             or
             a
             Fauorite
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             sisters
             of
             the
             Giants
             ,
             or
             Fame
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Actaeon
             and
             Pentheus
             ,
             or
             a
             curious
             Man.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             Orpheus
             ,
             or
             Philosophy
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             Caelum
             ,
             or
             Beginnings
             .
          
           
             13.
             
             Proteus
             ,
             or
             Matter
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             Memnon
             ,
             or
             a
             Youth
             too
             forward
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             Tythonus
             ,
             or
             Satiety
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             Iuno's
             Sutor
             ,
             or
             Basenesse
             .
          
           
             17.
             
             Cupid
             ,
             or
             an
             Atome
             .
          
           
             18.
             
             Diomedes
             ,
             or
             Zeale
             .
          
           
             19.
             
             Daedalus
             ,
             or
             a
             Mechanique
             .
          
           
             20.
             
             Erycthoneus
             ,
             or
             Impostury
             .
          
           
             
             21.
             
             Deucalion
             ,
             or
             Restitution
             .
          
           
             22.
             
             Nemesis
             ,
             or
             the
             Vicissitude
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             23.
             
             Achelous
             ,
             or
             Battell
             .
          
           
             24.
             
             Dyonisus
             ,
             or
             Passions
             .
          
           
             25.
             
             Atalanta
             ,
             or
             Gaine
             .
          
           
             26.
             
             Prometheus
             ,
             or
             the
             State
             of
             Man.
             
          
           
             27.
             
             Scylla
             and
             Icarus
             ,
             or
             the
             Middle
             way
             .
          
           
             28.
             
             Sphnix
             ,
             or
             Science
             .
          
           
             29.
             
             Proserpina
             ,
             or
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             30.
             
             Metis
             ,
             or
             Counsell
             .
          
           
             31.
             
             The
             Sirenes
             ,
             or
             Pleasures
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           Antiquities
           of
           the
           first
           age
           (
           except
           those
           we
           find
           in
           sacred
           Writ
           )
           were
           buried
           in
           obliuion
           and
           silence
           :
           silence
           was
           succeeded
           by
           Poeticall
           fables
           ;
           and
           Fables
           againe
           were
           followed
           by
           the
           Records
           we
           now
           enioy
           .
           So
           that
           the
           mysteries
           and
           secrets
           of
           Antiquity
           were
           distinguished
           and
           separated
           from
           the
           Records
           and
           Euidences
           of
           succeeding
           times
           ,
           by
           the
           vaile
           of
           fiction
           which
           interposed
           it selfe
           and
           came
           betweene
           those
           things
           which
           perished
           ,
           and
           those
           things
           which
           perished
           ,
           and
           those
           which
           are
           extant
           .
           I
           suppose
           some
           are
           of
           opinion
           ,
           that
           my
           purpose
           is
           to
           write
           toyes
           and
           trifles
           ,
           and
           to
           vsurpe
           the
           same
           liberty
           in
           applying
           ,
           that
           the
           Poets
           assumed
           in
           faining
           ,
           which
           I
           might
           doe
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           if
           I
           listed
           ,
           
           and
           with
           more
           serious
           contemplations
           intermixe
           these
           things
           ,
           to
           delight
           either
           my selfe
           in
           meditation
           ,
           or
           others
           in
           reading
           .
           Neither
           am
           I
           ignorant
           how
           fickle
           and
           inconstant
           a
           thing
           fiction
           is
           ,
           as
           being
           subiect
           to
           be
           drawen
           and
           wrested
           any
           way
           ,
           and
           how
           great
           the
           commoditie
           of
           wit
           and
           discourse
           is
           ,
           that
           is
           able
           to
           apply
           things
           well
           ,
           yet
           so
           as
           neuer
           meant
           by
           the
           first
           Authors
           .
           But
           I
           remember
           that
           this
           liberty
           hath
           beene
           lately
           much
           abused
           ;
           in
           that
           many
           to
           purchase
           the
           reuerence
           of
           Antiquitie
           to
           their
           owne
           inuentions
           and
           fancies
           ,
           haue
           for
           the
           same
           intent
           laboured
           to
           wrest
           many
           poeticall
           Fables
           .
           Neither
           hath
           this
           old
           and
           common
           vanity
           bene
           vsed
           onely
           of
           late
           or
           now
           and
           then
           :
           for
           euen
           Crisippus
           long
           agoe
           did
           (
           as
           an
           Interpreter
           of
           dreames
           )
           ascribe
           the
           opinions
           of
           the
           
           Stoikes
           to
           the
           ancient
           Poets
           ;
           and
           more
           sottishly
           doe
           the
           Chymicks
           appropriate
           the
           fancies
           &
           delights
           of
           Poets
           in
           the
           transformations
           of
           bodies
           ,
           to
           the
           experiments
           of
           their
           furnace
           .
           All
           these
           things
           (
           I
           say
           )
           I
           haue
           sufficiently
           considered
           and
           weighed
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           haue
           seene
           and
           noted
           the
           generall
           leuity
           and
           indulgence
           of
           mens
           wits
           about
           Allegories
           .
           And
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           I
           relinquish
           not
           my
           opinion
           .
           For
           first
           it
           may
           not
           be
           ,
           that
           the
           folly
           and
           loosenesse
           of
           a
           few
           should
           altogither
           detract
           from
           the
           respect
           due
           to
           the
           Parables
           :
           for
           that
           were
           a
           conceit
           which
           might
           sauour
           of
           prophanenesse
           and
           presumption
           :
           for
           Religion
           it selfe
           doth
           somtimes
           delight
           in
           such
           vailes
           and
           shadowes
           :
           so
           that
           who
           so
           exempts
           them
           ,
           seemes
           in
           a
           manner
           to
           interdict
           all
           commerce
           betweene
           things
           diuine
           
           and
           humane
           .
           But
           concerning
           humane
           wisedome
           ,
           I
           doe
           indeed
           ingenuously
           and
           freely
           confesse
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           enclined
           to
           imagine
           ,
           that
           vnder
           some
           of
           the
           ancient
           fictions
           lay
           couched
           certaine
           mysteries
           and
           Allegories
           ,
           euen
           from
           their
           first
           inuention
           .
           And
           I
           am
           perswaded
           (
           whether
           rauished
           with
           the
           reuerence
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           or
           because
           in
           some
           Fables
           I
           finde
           such
           singular
           proportion
           betweene
           the
           similitude
           and
           the
           thing
           signified
           ;
           and
           such
           apt
           and
           cleare
           coherence
           in
           the
           very
           structure
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           propriety
           of
           names
           wherewith
           the
           persons
           or
           actors
           in
           them
           are
           inscribed
           and
           intitled
           )
           that
           no
           man
           can
           constantly
           deny
           ,
           but
           this
           sense
           was
           in
           the
           Authours
           intent
           and
           meaning
           when
           they
           first
           inuented
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           purposely
           shadowed
           it
           in
           this
           sort
           :
           For
           who
           can
           be
           so
           stupid
           &
           
           blind
           in
           the
           open
           light
           ,
           as
           (
           when
           he
           heares
           how
           Fame
           ,
           after
           the
           Gyants
           were
           destroyed
           ,
           sprang
           vp
           as
           their
           yongest
           Sister
           )
           not
           to
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           murmers
           and
           seditious
           reports
           of
           both
           sides
           ,
           which
           are
           wont
           to
           fly
           abroad
           for
           a
           time
           after
           the
           suppressing
           of
           insurrections
           ?
           Or
           when
           he
           heares
           how
           the
           Gyant
           Typhon
           hauing
           cut
           out
           and
           brought
           away
           Iupiters
           nerues
           ,
           which
           Mercurie
           stole
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           restored
           againe
           to
           Iupiter
           ;
           doth
           not
           presently
           perceiue
           how
           fitly
           it
           may
           be
           applyed
           to
           powerfull
           rebellions
           ,
           which
           take
           from
           Princes
           their
           sinewes
           of
           money
           and
           authority
           ,
           but
           so
           ,
           that
           by
           affability
           of
           speech
           ,
           and
           wise
           edicts
           (
           the
           minds
           of
           their
           subiects
           being
           in
           time
           priuily
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           by
           stealth
           reconciled
           )
           they
           recouer
           their
           strength
           againe
           ?
           Or
           when
           he
           heares
           how
           (
           in
           that
           memorable
           
           expedition
           of
           the
           Gods
           against
           the
           Gyants
           )
           the
           braying
           of
           Silenus
           his
           Asse
           ,
           conduced
           much
           to
           the
           profligation
           of
           the
           Gyants
           ;
           doth
           not
           confidently
           imagine
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           inuented
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           the
           greatest
           enterprises
           of
           Rebels
           are
           oftentimes
           dispersed
           with
           vaine
           rumors
           and
           feares
           ?
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           to
           what
           iudgement
           can
           the
           conformitie
           and
           signification
           of
           Names
           seeme
           obscure
           ?
           Seeing
           Metis
           the
           wife
           of
           Iupiter
           doth
           plainely
           signifie
           councell
           :
           Typhon
           ,
           insurrection
           ;
           Pan
           ,
           vniuersality
           ;
           Nemesis
           ,
           reuenge
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           Neither
           let
           it
           trouble
           any
           man
           ,
           if
           sometimes
           hee
           meete
           with
           Historicall
           narrations
           ,
           or
           additions
           for
           ornaments
           sake
           ,
           or
           confusion
           of
           times
           ,
           or
           something
           transferred
           from
           one
           fable
           to
           another
           ,
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           new
           Allegory
           :
           for
           it
           
           could
           be
           no
           otherwise
           ,
           seeing
           they
           were
           the
           inuentions
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           liued
           in
           diuers
           ages
           ,
           and
           had
           also
           diuers
           ends
           :
           some
           being
           auncient
           ,
           others
           neotericall
           :
           some
           hauing
           an
           eye
           to
           things
           naturall
           ,
           others
           to
           morall
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           Argument
           (
           and
           that
           no
           small
           one
           neither
           )
           to
           prooue
           that
           these
           Fables
           containe
           certaine
           hidden
           and
           inuolued
           meanings
           ,
           seeing
           some
           of
           them
           are
           obserued
           to
           be
           so
           absurd
           and
           foolish
           in
           the
           very
           relation
           ,
           that
           they
           shew
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           proclaime
           a
           parable
           afar
           off
           :
           for
           such
           tales
           as
           are
           probable
           ,
           they
           may
           seeme
           to
           be
           inuented
           for
           delight
           ,
           and
           in
           imitation
           of
           History
           .
           And
           as
           for
           such
           as
           no
           man
           would
           so
           much
           as
           imagin
           or
           relate
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           sought
           out
           for
           other
           ends
           :
           For
           what
           kinde
           of
           fiction
           is
           that
           ,
           wherein
           Iupiter
           is
           said
           to
           
           haue
           taken
           Metis
           to
           wife
           ,
           and
           ,
           perceiuing
           that
           she
           was
           with
           child
           ,
           to
           haue
           deuoured
           her
           ,
           whence
           himselfe
           conceiuing
           ,
           brought
           forth
           Pallas
           armed
           out
           of
           his
           head
           ?
           Truly
           I
           thinke
           there
           was
           neuer
           dreame
           (
           so
           different
           to
           the
           course
           of
           cogitation
           ,
           and
           so
           full
           of
           monstrosity
           )
           euer
           hatcht
           in
           the
           braine
           of
           man.
           Aboue
           all
           things
           this
           preuailes
           most
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           is
           of
           singular
           moment
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           these
           Fables
           seeme
           not
           to
           be
           inuented
           of
           those
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           related
           and
           celebrated
           ,
           as
           by
           
             Homer
             ,
             Hesiod
          
           ,
           and
           others
           :
           for
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           tooke
           beginning
           in
           that
           age
           ,
           and
           from
           those
           Authours
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           deliuered
           and
           brought
           to
           our
           hands
           ;
           My
           mind
           giues
           me
           there
           could
           be
           no
           great
           or
           high
           matter
           expected
           ,
           or
           supposed
           to
           proceed
           from
           them
           in
           respect
           of
           these
           originals
           .
           But
           if
           
           with
           attention
           we
           consider
           the
           matter
           ,
           it
           will
           appeare
           that
           they
           were
           deliuered
           and
           related
           as
           things
           formerly
           beleeued
           and
           receiued
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           newly
           inuented
           and
           offered
           vnto
           vs.
           Besides
           ,
           seeing
           they
           are
           diuersly
           related
           by
           Writers
           that
           liued
           neere
           about
           one
           and
           the
           selfe
           same
           time
           ,
           we
           may
           easily
           perceiue
           that
           they
           were
           common
           things
           ,
           deriued
           from
           precedent
           memorials
           :
           and
           that
           they
           became
           various
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           diuers
           ornaments
           bestowed
           on
           them
           by
           particular
           relations
           .
           And
           the
           consideration
           of
           this
           must
           needs
           encrease
           in
           vs
           a
           great
           opinion
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           either
           the
           effects
           of
           the
           times
           or
           inuentions
           of
           the
           Poets
           ,
           but
           as
           sacred
           reliques
           or
           abstracted
           ayres
           of
           better
           times
           ,
           which
           by
           tradition
           from
           more
           ancient
           Nations
           fell
           into
           the
           
           Trumpets
           and
           Flutes
           of
           the
           Graecians
           .
           But
           if
           any
           doe
           obstinately
           contend
           ,
           that
           Allegories
           are
           alwaies
           aduentitially
           ,
           &
           as
           it
           were
           by
           constraint
           ,
           neuer
           naturally
           and
           properly
           included
           in
           Fables
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           be
           much
           troublesome
           ,
           but
           suffer
           them
           to
           enioy
           that
           grauity
           of
           iudgment
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           affect
           ,
           although
           indeed
           it
           be
           but
           lumpish
           and
           almost
           leaden
           .
           And
           (
           if
           they
           be
           worthy
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           )
           we
           will
           begin
           afresh
           with
           them
           in
           some
           other
           fashion
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           found
           among
           men
           (
           and
           it
           goes
           for
           currant
           )
           a
           two-fold
           vse
           of
           Parables
           ,
           and
           those
           (
           which
           is
           more
           to
           be
           admired
           )
           referred
           to
           contrary
           ends
           ;
           conducing
           as
           well
           to
           the
           foulding
           vp
           and
           keeping
           of
           things
           vnder
           a
           vaile
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           inlightning
           and
           laying
           open
           of
           obscurities
           .
           But
           omitting
           the
           former
           
           (
           rather
           then
           to
           vndergoe
           wrangling
           ,
           and
           assuming
           ancient
           Fables
           as
           things
           vagrant
           and
           composed
           onely
           for
           delight
           )
           the
           latter
           must
           questionlesse
           still
           remaine
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           be
           wrested
           frō
           vs
           by
           any
           violence
           of
           wit
           ,
           neither
           can
           any
           (
           that
           is
           but
           meanely
           learned
           )
           hinder
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           absolutely
           be
           receiued
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           graue
           and
           sober
           ,
           free
           from
           all
           vanitie
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           profitable
           and
           necessary
           to
           all
           sciences
           .
           This
           is
           it
           (
           I
           say
           )
           that
           leads
           the
           vnderstanding
           of
           man
           by
           an
           easie
           and
           gentle
           passage
           through
           all
           nouell
           and
           abstruse
           inuentions
           ,
           which
           any
           way
           differ
           from
           common
           receiued
           opinions
           .
           Therefore
           in
           the
           first
           ages
           (
           when
           many
           humane
           inuentions
           and
           conclusions
           ,
           which
           are
           now
           common
           and
           vulgar
           ,
           were
           new
           and
           not
           generally
           knowen
           )
           all
           things
           were
           full
           of
           Fables
           ,
           aenigmaes
           ,
           
           parables
           ,
           and
           similies
           of
           all
           sortes
           :
           by
           which
           they
           sought
           to
           teach
           and
           lay
           open
           ,
           not
           to
           hide
           and
           conceale
           knowledge
           ,
           especially
           ,
           seeing
           the
           vnderstandings
           of
           men
           were
           in
           those
           times
           rude
           and
           impatient
           ,
           and
           almost
           incapable
           of
           any
           subtilties
           ,
           such
           things
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           as
           were
           the
           obiects
           of
           sense
           :
           for
           as
           Hieroglyphicks
           preceded
           letters
           ,
           so
           parables
           were
           more
           ancient
           then
           Arguments
           .
           And
           in
           these
           daies
           also
           ,
           he
           that
           would
           illuminate
           mens
           minds
           anew
           in
           any
           old
           matter
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           with
           disprofit
           and
           harshnesse
           ,
           must
           absolutely
           take
           the
           same
           course
           ,
           and
           vse
           the
           help
           of
           similies
           .
           Wherefore
           all
           that
           hath
           beene
           said
           ,
           wee
           will
           thus
           conclude
           :
           The
           Wisedome
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           it
           was
           either
           much
           or
           happy
           ;
           Much
           if
           these
           figures
           and
           tropes
           were
           inuented
           by
           studie
           
           and
           premeditation
           .
           Happy
           if
           they
           (
           intending
           nothing
           lesse
           )
           gaue
           matter
           and
           occasion
           to
           so
           many
           worthy
           Meditations
           .
           As
           concerning
           my
           labours
           (
           if
           there
           bee
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           which
           may
           do
           good
           )
           I
           will
           on
           neither
           part
           count
           them
           ill
           bestowed
           ,
           my
           purpose
           being
           to
           illustrate
           either
           Antiquity
           ,
           or
           things
           themselues
           .
           Neither
           am
           I
           ignorant
           that
           this
           very
           subiect
           hath
           beene
           attempted
           by
           others
           :
           But
           to
           speake
           as
           I
           thinke
           ,
           and
           that
           freely
           without
           ostentation
           ,
           the
           dignitie
           and
           efficacy
           of
           the
           thing
           is
           almost
           lost
           by
           these
           mens
           writings
           ,
           though
           voluminous
           and
           full
           of
           paines
           ,
           whilst
           not
           diuing
           into
           the
           depth
           of
           matters
           ,
           but
           skilfull
           onely
           in
           certaine
           common
           places
           ,
           haue
           applyed
           the
           sense
           of
           these
           Parables
           to
           certaine
           vulgar
           and
           generall
           things
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           glancing
           at
           
           their
           true
           vertue
           ,
           genuine
           proprietie
           ,
           and
           full
           depth
           .
           I
           (
           if
           I
           be
           not
           deceiued
           )
           shall
           be
           new
           in
           common
           things
           .
           Wherefore
           leauing
           such
           as
           are
           plaine
           and
           open
           ,
           I
           will
           ayme
           at
           further
           and
           richer
           matters
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           WISEDOME
           OF
           THE
           ANCIENTS
           .
        
         
           
             1
          
           
             CASSANDRA
             ,
             or
             Diuination
             .
          
           
             THe
             Poets
             fable
             that
             Apollo
             being
             enamored
             of
             Cassandra
             ,
             was
             by
             her
             many
             shifts
             &
             cunning
             sleights
             still
             deluded
             in
             his
             desire
             ;
             but
             yet
             fed
             on
             with
             hope
             vntill
             such
             time
             as
             shee
             had
             drawen
             from
             him
             the
             gift
             of
             prophesying
             ;
             and
             hauing
             by
             such
             her
             dissimulation
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             atteined
             to
             that
             which
             from
             the
             beginning
             shee
             sought
             after
             ,
             at
             last
             flatly
             reiected
             his
             suite
             .
             Who
             finding
             himselfe
             so
             farre
             engaged
             in
             his
             promise
             ,
             as
             that
             hee
             could
             not
             by
             any
             
             meanes
             reuoke
             againe
             his
             rash
             gift
             ,
             and
             yet
             enflamed
             with
             an
             earnest
             desire
             of
             reuenge
             ,
             highly
             disdayning
             to
             bee
             made
             the
             scorne
             of
             a
             craftie
             wench
             ,
             annexed
             a
             penaltie
             to
             his
             promise
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             shee
             should
             euer
             foretell
             the
             trueth
             ,
             but
             neuer
             be
             beleeued
             :
             So
             were
             her
             diuinations
             alwayes
             faithfull
             ,
             but
             at
             no
             time
             regarded
             ,
             whereof
             shee
             still
             found
             the
             experience
             ,
             yea
             euen
             in
             the
             ruine
             of
             her
             owne
             countrey
             ,
             which
             shee
             had
             often
             forewarned
             them
             of
             ,
             but
             they
             neither
             gaue
             credite
             nor
             eare
             to
             her
             words
             .
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             intimate
             the
             vnprofitable
             liberty
             of
             vntimely
             admonitions
             and
             counselles
             .
             For
             they
             that
             are
             so
             ouerweened
             with
             the
             sharpnesse
             and
             dexteritie
             of
             their
             owne
             wit
             and
             capacitie
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             disdaine
             to
             submit
             themselues
             to
             the
             documents
             of
             Apollo
             ,
             the
             God
             of
             Harmonie
             ,
             whereby
             to
             learne
             and
             obserue
             the
             method
             and
             measure
             of
             affaires
             ,
             the
             grace
             and
             grauitie
             of
             discourse
             ,
             the
             differences
             between
             the
             more
             iudicious
             and
             more
             vulgar
             
             eares
             ,
             and
             the
             due
             times
             when
             to
             speake
             and
             when
             to
             be
             silent
             ;
             Bee
             they
             neuer
             so
             sensible
             and
             pregnant
             ,
             and
             their
             iudgements
             neuer
             so
             profound
             and
             profitable
             ,
             yet
             in
             all
             their
             endeuours
             either
             of
             perswasion
             or
             perforce
             ,
             they
             auaile
             nothing
             ,
             neither
             are
             they
             of
             any
             moment
             to
             aduantage
             or
             mannage
             matters
             ,
             but
             do
             rather
             hastē
             on
             the
             ruine
             of
             all
             those
             that
             they
             adhere
             or
             devote
             themselues
             vnto
             .
             And
             then
             at
             last
             when
             calamitie
             hath
             made
             men
             feele
             the
             euent
             of
             neglect
             ,
             then
             shall
             they
             too
             late
             be
             reuerenced
             as
             deep
             foreseing
             and
             faithfull
             prophets
             .
             Whereof
             a
             notable
             instance
             is
             eminently
             set
             forth
             in
             
               Marcus
               CatoVticēsis
            
             ,
             who
             as
             from
             a
             watchtower
             discouered
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             Oracle
             long
             foretold
             ,
             the
             approching
             ruine
             of
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             the
             plotted
             tyrannie
             houering
             ouer
             the
             State
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             first
             conspiracie
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             was
             prosecuted
             in
             the
             ciuill
             contention
             between
             Cesar
             and
             Pompey
             ,
             and
             did
             no
             good
             the
             while
             ,
             but
             rather
             harmed
             the
             
             commonwealth
             ,
             and
             hastned
             on
             his
             countreys
             bane
             ,
             which
             
               M.
               Cicero
            
             wisely
             obserued
             ,
             and
             writing
             to
             a
             familiar
             friēd
             doth
             in
             these
             termes
             excellently
             describe
             ,
             
               Cato
               optimè
               sentit
               ,
               sed
               nocet
               interdum
               Reipublicae
               :
               loquitur
               enim
               tanquam
               in
               Republicâ
               Platonis
               ,
               non
               tanquam
               in
               faece
               Romuli
               .
               Cato
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             iudgeth
             profoundly
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             meane
             time
             damnifies
             the
             State
             ,
             for
             he
             speakes
             as
             in
             the
             commonwealth
             of
             Plato
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             in
             the
             dregs
             of
             Romulus
             .
          
        
         
           
             2
          
           
             TYPHON
             ,
             or
             a
             Rebell
             .
          
           
             IVno
             being
             vexed
             (
             say
             the
             Poets
             )
             that
             Iupiter
             had
             begotten
             Pallas
             by
             himselfe
             without
             her
             ,
             earnestly
             pressed
             all
             the
             other
             Gods
             and
             Goddesses
             that
             shee
             might
             also
             bring
             forth
             of
             herselfe
             alone
             without
             him
             ;
             and
             hauing
             by
             violence
             and
             importunitie
             obteyned
             a
             graunt
             thereof
             ,
             shee
             smote
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             forthwith
             sprang
             vp
             Typhon
             a
             huge
             and
             horrid
             
             monster
             :
             This
             strange
             birth
             shee
             committes
             to
             a
             Serpent
             (
             as
             a
             Foster
             father
             )
             to
             nourish
             it
             ,
             who
             no
             sooner
             came
             to
             ripenes
             of
             yeeres
             ,
             but
             hee
             prouokes
             Iupiter
             to
             battell
             .
             In
             the
             conflict
             the
             Gyant
             getting
             the
             vpper
             hand
             ,
             takes
             Iupiter
             vppon
             his
             shoulders
             ,
             caries
             him
             into
             a
             remote
             and
             obscure
             countrey
             ,
             and
             (
             cutting
             out
             the
             sinewes
             of
             his
             hands
             and
             feet
             )
             brought
             them
             away
             ,
             and
             so
             left
             him
             miserably
             mangled
             and
             maymed
             .
             But
             Mercury
             recouering
             these
             nerues
             from
             Typhon
             by
             stealth
             ,
             restored
             them
             againe
             to
             
               Iupiter
               .
               Iupiter
            
             being
             againe
             by
             this
             meanes
             corroborated
             ,
             assaultes
             the
             Monster
             afresh
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             first
             strikes
             him
             with
             a
             thunderboult
             ,
             from
             whose
             bloud
             serpents
             were
             ingendred
             .
             This
             Monster
             at
             length
             fainting
             and
             flying
             ,
             Iupiter
             casts
             on
             him
             the
             mount
             Aetna
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             weight
             thereof
             crusht
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             point
             at
             the
             variable
             fortune
             of
             Princes
             ,
             and
             the
             rebellious
             insurrection
             of
             Traytors
             
             in
             a
             State.
             For
             Princes
             may
             well
             be
             said
             to
             be
             maried
             to
             their
             dominions
             ,
             as
             Iupiter
             was
             to
             Iuno
             :
             but
             it
             happēs
             now
             &
             then
             ,
             that
             being
             deboshed
             by
             the
             long
             custome
             of
             empyring
             &
             bending
             towards
             tyrāny
             ,
             they
             endeuour
             to
             draw
             all
             to
             themselues
             ,
             and
             (
             contemning
             the
             counsell
             of
             their
             Nobles
             and
             Senatours
             )
             hatch
             lawes
             in
             their
             owne
             braine
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             dispose
             of
             things
             by
             their
             owne
             fancie
             and
             absolute
             power
             .
             The
             people
             (
             repyning
             at
             this
             )
             study
             how
             to
             create
             and
             set
             vp
             a
             cheefe
             of
             their
             owne
             choise
             .
             This
             proiect
             by
             the
             secret
             instigation
             of
             the
             Peeres
             and
             Nobles
             ,
             doth
             for
             the
             most
             part
             take
             his
             beginning
             ;
             by
             whose
             conniuence
             the
             Commons
             being
             set
             on
             edge
             ,
             there
             followes
             a
             kind
             of
             murmuring
             or
             discontent
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             shadowed
             by
             the
             infancie
             of
             Typhon
             ,
             which
             being
             nurst
             by
             the
             naturall
             prauitie
             and
             clownish
             malignity
             of
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             (
             vnto
             Princes
             as
             infestious
             as
             Serpents
             )
             is
             againe
             repaired
             by
             renewed
             strength
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             
             breakes
             out
             into
             open
             Rebellion
             ,
             which
             (
             because
             it
             brings
             infinite
             mischiefs
             vpon
             Prince
             and
             people
             )
             is
             represented
             by
             the
             monstrous
             deformity
             of
             Typhon
             :
             his
             hundred
             heads
             signifie
             their
             deuided
             powers
             ;
             his
             fiery
             mouthes
             their
             inflamed
             intents
             ;
             his
             serpentine
             circles
             their
             pestilent
             malice
             in
             besieging
             ;
             his
             yron
             hands
             ,
             their
             merciles
             slaughters
             ;
             his
             Eagles
             tallents
             ,
             their
             greedy
             rapynes
             ;
             his
             plumed
             body
             ,
             their
             continuall
             rumors
             ,
             and
             scouts
             ,
             &
             feares
             and
             such
             like
             .
             And
             sometimes
             these
             rebellions
             grow
             so
             potent
             that
             Princes
             are
             inforc't
             (
             transported
             as
             it
             were
             by
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             and
             forsaking
             the
             chiefe
             Seates
             and
             Cities
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             )
             to
             contract
             their
             power
             ,
             and
             (
             being
             depriued
             of
             the
             Sinewes
             of
             money
             &
             maiestie
             )
             betake
             thēselues
             to
             some
             remote
             &
             obscure
             corner
             within
             their
             dominions
             :
             but
             in
             processe
             of
             time
             (
             if
             they
             beare
             their
             misfortunes
             with
             moderation
             )
             they
             may
             recouer
             their
             strength
             by
             the
             vertue
             and
             industry
             of
             Mercury
             ,
             
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             may
             (
             by
             becomming
             affable
             &
             by
             reconcyling
             the
             minds
             and
             willes
             of
             their
             Subiects
             with
             graue
             edicts
             &
             gratious
             speech
             .
             )
             excite
             an
             alacritie
             to
             graunt
             ayds
             and
             subsidies
             whereby
             to
             strengthen
             their
             authority
             anew
             .
             Neuertheles
             hauing
             learned
             to
             be
             wise
             and
             warie
             ,
             they
             will
             refraine
             to
             try
             the
             chaunce
             of
             Fortune
             by
             warre
             ,
             and
             yet
             studdy
             how
             to
             suppresse
             the
             reputation
             of
             the
             Rebels
             by
             some
             famous
             action
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             fall
             out
             answerable
             to
             their
             expectation
             ,
             the
             Rebels
             finding
             themselues
             weakned
             ,
             and
             fearing
             the
             successe
             of
             their
             broken
             proiects
             ;
             betake
             themselues
             to
             some
             sleight
             and
             vaine
             brauadoes
             ,
             like
             the
             hissing
             of
             serpents
             ,
             and
             at
             length
             in
             despaire
             betake
             themselues
             to
             flight
             ,
             and
             then
             when
             they
             beginne
             to
             breake
             ,
             it
             is
             safe
             and
             timely
             for
             kings
             to
             pursue
             and
             oppresse
             them
             with
             the
             forces
             and
             weight
             of
             the
             kingdome
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             with
             the
             mountaine
             Aetna
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             3
          
           
             The
             Cyclopes
             ,
             or
             the
             Ministers
             of
             Terror
             .
          
           
             THey
             say
             that
             the
             Cyclopes
             (
             for
             their
             fiercenes
             &
             crueltie
             )
             were
             by
             Iupiter
             cast
             into
             hell
             ,
             and
             there
             doomed
             to
             perpetuall
             imprisonment
             :
             but
             Tellus
             perswaded
             Iupiter
             that
             it
             would
             doe
             well
             ,
             if
             being
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             they
             were
             put
             to
             forge
             thunderboults
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             accordingly
             ,
             they
             became
             so
             painefull
             and
             industrious
             ,
             as
             that
             day
             and
             night
             they
             continued
             hammering
             out
             in
             laborious
             diligence
             thunderboults
             and
             other
             instruments
             of
             terrour
             .
             In
             processe
             of
             time
             Iupiter
             hauing
             conceiued
             a
             displeasure
             against
             Aesculapius
             the
             sonne
             of
             Apollo
             for
             restoring
             a
             dead
             man
             to
             life
             by
             physicke
             ;
             and
             concealing
             his
             dislike
             (
             because
             there
             was
             no
             iust
             cause
             of
             anger
             ,
             the
             deed
             being
             pious
             and
             famous
             )
             secretly
             incens't
             the
             Cyclopes
             against
             him
             ,
             who
             
             without
             delay
             slew
             him
             with
             a
             thunderboult
             :
             In
             reuenge
             of
             which
             act
             ;
             
               Apollo
               (
               Iupiter
            
             not
             prohibiting
             it
             )
             shotte
             them
             to
             death
             with
             his
             arrowes
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             may
             be
             applyed
             to
             the
             proiects
             of
             Kings
             ,
             who
             hauing
             cruell
             ,
             bloudy
             ,
             &
             exacting
             Officers
             ,
             do
             first
             punish
             and
             displace
             them
             ,
             afterwards
             by
             the
             counsell
             of
             Tellus
             ,
             that
             is
             of
             some
             base
             and
             ignoble
             person
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             preuayling
             respect
             of
             profite
             they
             admit
             them
             into
             their
             places
             againe
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             haue
             instruments
             in
             a
             readynes
             ,
             if
             at
             any
             time
             there
             should
             need
             either
             seuerity
             of
             execution
             ,
             or
             acerbity
             of
             exaction
             .
             These
             seruile
             creatures
             being
             by
             nature
             cruell
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             former
             fortune
             exasperated
             ,
             and
             perceiuing
             well
             what
             is
             expected
             at
             their
             hands
             ,
             doe
             shew
             themselues
             wonderfull
             officious
             in
             such
             kinde
             of
             imployments
             but
             being
             too
             rash
             and
             precipitate
             in
             seeking
             countenance
             and
             creeping
             into
             fauour
             ,
             doe
             somtimes
             take
             occasion
             from
             the
             secret
             becknings
             
             and
             ambiguous
             commandes
             of
             their
             Prince
             to
             performe
             some
             hatefull
             execution
             .
             But
             Princes
             (
             abhorring
             the
             fact
             ,
             and
             knowing
             well
             that
             they
             shall
             neuer
             want
             such
             kind
             of
             instruments
             )
             doe
             vtterly
             forsake
             them
             ,
             turning
             them
             ouer
             to
             the
             friends
             &
             allyes
             of
             the
             wronged
             to
             their
             accusations
             and
             reuenge
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             generall
             hatred
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             so
             that
             with
             great
             applause
             and
             prosperous
             wishes
             and
             exclamations
             towards
             the
             Prince
             ,
             they
             are
             brought
             ,
             rather
             too
             late
             then
             vndeseruedly
             ,
             to
             a
             miserable
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             4
          
           
             NARCISSVS
             ,
             or
             Selfe-loue
             .
          
           
             THey
             say
             that
             Narcissus
             was
             exceeding
             faire
             and
             beautifull
             but
             wonderfull
             proud
             and
             disdainfull
             ;
             wherefore
             dispising
             all
             others
             in
             respect
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             hee
             leades
             a
             solitary
             life
             in
             the
             woods
             and
             chases
             with
             a
             few
             followers
             ,
             to
             whom
             hee
             alone
             was
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             there
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             aboue
             like
             a
             man
             ,
             below
             like
             a
             beast
             ,
             his
             feet
             like
             Goates
             hoofes
             ,
             bearing
             these
             ensignes
             of
             his
             iurisdiction
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             his
             left
             hand
             a
             Pipe
             of
             seauen
             reeds
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             right
             a
             sheephooke
             ,
             or
             a
             staffe
             crooked
             at
             the
             vpper
             end
             ,
             and
             his
             mantle
             made
             of
             a
             Leopards
             skinne
             .
             His
             dignities
             and
             offices
             were
             these
             :
             hee
             was
             the
             God
             of
             Hunters
             ,
             of
             Shepheards
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             rurall
             inhabitants
             :
             cheefe
             president
             also
             of
             hils
             and
             mountaines
             ,
             &
             next
             to
             Mercury
             the
             Embassadour
             of
             the
             Gods.
             Moreouer
             hee
             was
             accounted
             the
             leader
             and
             comaunder
             of
             the
             Nymphes
             ,
             which
             were
             alwaies
             wont
             to
             dance
             the
             rounds
             and
             friske
             about
             him
             ,
             hee
             was
             acosted
             by
             the
             Satyres
             and
             the
             olde
             Sileni
             .
             Hee
             had
             power
             also
             to
             strike
             men
             with
             terrors
             ,
             and
             those
             especially
             vaine
             &
             superstitious
             ,
             which
             are
             tearmed
             Panicque
             feares
             .
             His
             acts
             were
             not
             many
             ,
             for
             ought
             that
             can
             bee
             found
             in
             records
             ,
             the
             cheefest
             was
             that
             hee
             challenged
             Cupid
             at
             wrestling
             ,
             in
             which
             conflict
             hee
             had
             the
             foile
             .
             
             The
             tale
             goes
             too
             that
             hee
             caught
             the
             Giant
             Typhon
             in
             a
             net
             ,
             and
             held
             him
             fast
             .
             Moreouer
             when
             Ceres
             (
             grumling
             and
             chafing
             that
             Proserpina
             was
             rauished
             )
             had
             hid
             her selfe
             away
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Gods
             tooke
             pains
             (
             by
             dispersing
             themselues
             into
             euery
             corner
             )
             to
             find
             her
             out
             ,
             it
             was
             onely
             his
             good
             hap
             (
             as
             hee
             was
             hunting
             )
             to
             light
             on
             her
             ,
             and
             acquaint
             the
             rest
             where
             she
             was
             .
             He
             presumed
             also
             to
             put
             it
             to
             the
             tryall
             who
             was
             the
             better
             Musitian
             hee
             or
             Apollo
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             iudgment
             of
             Midas
             was
             indeed
             preferred
             :
             But
             the
             wise
             iudge
             had
             a
             paire
             of
             Asses
             eares
             priuily
             chopt
             to
             his
             Nodle
             for
             his
             sentence
             .
             Of
             his
             louetrickes
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             reported
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             not
             much
             ,
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             especially
             being
             among
             a
             troope
             of
             Gods
             so
             profusly
             amorous
             .
             This
             onely
             is
             said
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             hee
             loued
             the
             Nymph
             Eccho
             (
             whom
             he
             tooke
             to
             wyfe
             )
             and
             one
             pretty
             wench
             more
             called
             Syrinx
             ,
             towards
             whom
             Cupid
             (
             in
             an
             angry
             and
             reuengefull
             humor
             
             because
             so
             audaciously
             hee
             had
             challenged
             him
             at
             wrestling
             )
             inflamed
             his
             desire
             .
             Moreouer
             hee
             had
             no
             issue
             (
             which
             is
             a
             maruell
             also
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Gods
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             Malekind
             ,
             were
             very
             generatiue
             )
             onely
             hee
             was
             the
             reputed
             father
             of
             a
             litle
             Girle
             called
             lambe
             ,
             that
             with
             many
             pretty
             tales
             was
             wont
             to
             make
             strangers
             merry
             :
             but
             some
             thinke
             hee
             did
             indeed
             beget
             her
             by
             his
             wife
             lambe
             .
             This
             (
             if
             any
             bee
             )
             is
             a
             noble
             tale
             ,
             as
             being
             laid
             out
             ,
             and
             bigg
             bellied
             with
             the
             secrets
             and
             mysteries
             of
             nature
             .
          
           
             Pan
             (
             as
             his
             name
             imports
             )
             represents
             and
             lays
             open
             the
             All
             of
             things
             or
             Nature
             .
             Concerning
             his
             originall
             there
             are
             two
             onely
             opinions
             that
             goe
             for
             currant
             :
             for
             either
             hee
             came
             of
             Mercury
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             the
             holy
             Scriptures
             without
             all
             controuersie
             affirme
             ,
             &
             such
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             as
             had
             any
             smacke
             of
             diuinity
             assented
             vnto
             :
             or
             els
             from
             the
             confused
             seedes
             of
             things
             .
             For
             they
             that
             would
             haue
             
             one
             simple
             beginning
             referre
             it
             vnto
             God
             :
             or
             if
             a
             materiate
             beginning
             ,
             they
             would
             haue
             it
             various
             in
             power
             .
             So
             that
             wee
             may
             end
             the
             controuersie
             with
             this
             distribution
             that
             the
             world
             tooke
             beginning
             either
             from
             Mercury
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             seeds
             of
             all
             things
             .
             
               
                 
                   Virg.
                   Eolog
                   .
                   6.
                   
                
                 
                   Namque
                   canebat
                   vti
                   magnum
                   per
                   inane
                   coacta
                
                 
                   Semina
                   ,
                   terrarumque
                   ,
                   animaeque
                   ,
                   marisque
                   fuissent
                   ,
                
                 
                   Et
                   liquidi
                   simulignis
                   :
                   &
                   his
                   exordia
                   primis
                
                 
                   Omnia
                   ,
                   &
                   ipse
                   tener
                   mundi
                   concreuerit
                   Orbis
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   For
                   rich-vaind
                   Orpheus
                   sweetly
                   did
                   rehearse
                
                 
                   How
                   that
                   the
                   seeds
                   of
                   fire
                   ,
                   ayre
                   ,
                   water
                   ,
                   earth
                   ,
                
                 
                   Were
                   all
                   pact
                   in
                   the
                   vast
                   void
                   vniuerse
                   :
                
                 
                   And
                   how
                   from
                   these
                   all
                   firstlings
                   all
                   had
                   birth
                   ,
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   how
                   the
                   bodie
                   of
                   this
                   Orbicque
                   frame
                
                 
                   From
                   tender
                   infancy
                   so
                   bigg
                   became
                   .
                
              
            
             But
             as
             touching
             the
             third
             conceipt
             of
             Pans
             originall
             ,
             it
             seemes
             that
             the
             Grecians
             (
             either
             by
             intercourse
             with
             the
             Egyptians
             or
             one
             way
             or
             other
             )
             had
             heard
             something
             of
             the
             Hebrew
             mysteries
             :
             for
             it
             points
             to
             the
             state
             of
             the
             world
             not
             considered
             in
             immediate
             creation
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             fall
             of
             Adam
             ,
             exposed
             and
             made
             subiect
             to
             death
             and
             corruption
             :
             for
             in
             that
             state
             it
             was
             (
             and
             remains
             to
             this
             day
             )
             the
             ofspring
             of
             God
             and
             Sinne.
             And
             therefore
             all
             these
             three
             narrations
             ,
             concerning
             the
             manner
             of
             Pans
             birth
             ,
             may
             seeme
             to
             bee
             true
             ,
             if
             it
             bee
             rightly
             distinguished
             betweene
             things
             and
             times
             .
             For
             this
             Pan
             or
             nature
             (
             which
             wee
             suspect
             ,
             contemplate
             ,
             and
             reuerence
             more
             then
             is
             fit
             )
             tooke
             beginning
             from
             the
             word
             of
             God
             by
             the
             meanes
             of
             confused
             matter
             ,
             and
             the
             entrance
             of
             preuarication
             
             and
             corruption
             .
             The
             Destinies
             may
             well
             be
             thought
             the
             Sisters
             of
             Pan
             or
             Nature
             ,
             because
             the
             beginnings
             ,
             and
             continuances
             ,
             and
             corruptions
             ,
             and
             depressions
             ,
             and
             dissolutions
             ,
             and
             eminences
             ,
             and
             labours
             ,
             and
             felicities
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             chances
             which
             can
             happen
             vnto
             any
             thing
             are
             linckt
             with
             the
             chaines
             of
             causes
             naturall
             .
          
           
             Hornes
             are
             attributed
             vnto
             him
             ,
             because
             Hornes
             are
             broad
             at
             the
             roote
             and
             sharpe
             at
             the
             ends
             ,
             the
             nature
             of
             all
             things
             being
             like
             a
             Pyramis
             sharpe
             at
             the
             Toppe
             .
             For
             indiuiduall
             or
             singular
             things
             being
             infinite
             are
             first
             collected
             into
             Species
             ,
             which
             are
             many
             also
             ;
             then
             from
             Species
             into
             generals
             ,
             and
             from
             generals
             (
             by
             ascending
             )
             are
             contracted
             into
             things
             or
             notions
             more
             generall
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             length
             Nature
             may
             seeme
             to
             be
             contracted
             into
             a
             vnity
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             that
             Pan
             toucheth
             heauen
             with
             his
             hornes
             ,
             seeing
             the
             height
             of
             nature
             or
             vniuersall
             Ideas
             doe
             in
             some
             sort
             ,
             
             pertaine
             to
             things
             diuine
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             ready
             and
             shorte
             passage
             from
             Metaphysicke
             to
             naturall
             Theologie
             .
          
           
             The
             body
             of
             Nature
             is
             elegantly
             and
             with
             deepe
             iudgement
             depainted
             hairy
             ,
             representing
             the
             beames
             or
             operations
             of
             creatures
             :
             for
             beames
             are
             as
             it
             were
             the
             haires
             and
             bristles
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             euery
             creature
             is
             either
             more
             or
             lesse
             beamie
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             apparent
             in
             the
             facultie
             of
             seeing
             ,
             and
             no
             lesse
             in
             euery
             vertue
             and
             operation
             that
             effectuals
             vpon
             a
             distant
             obiect
             :
             for
             whatsoeuer
             workes
             vp
             any
             thing
             afarre
             off
             ;
             that
             may
             rightly
             bee
             saide
             to
             darte
             forth
             rayes
             or
             beames
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             Pans
             beard
             is
             said
             to
             bee
             exceeding
             long
             ,
             because
             the
             beames
             or
             influences
             of
             celestiall
             bodies
             doe
             operate
             and
             pierce
             farthest
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             Sunne
             when
             (
             his
             higher
             halfe
             is
             shadowed
             with
             a
             cloud
             )
             his
             beames
             breake
             out
             in
             the
             lower
             ,
             and
             lookes
             as
             if
             he
             were
             bearded
             .
          
           
             Nature
             is
             also
             excellently
             set
             
             forth
             with
             a
             biformed
             body
             ,
             with
             respect
             to
             the
             differences
             betweene
             superiour
             and
             inferiour
             creatures
             .
             For
             the
             one
             part
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             pulchritude
             ,
             &
             equabilitie
             of
             motiō
             ,
             &
             constancy
             ,
             &
             dominion
             ouer
             the
             earth
             &
             earthly
             things
             ,
             is
             worthily
             set
             out
             by
             the
             shape
             of
             man
             :
             and
             the
             other
             part
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             perturbations
             and
             vnconstant
             motions
             (
             and
             therefore
             needing
             to
             be
             moderated
             by
             the
             celestiall
             )
             may
             be
             well
             fitted
             with
             the
             figure
             of
             a
             brute
             beast
             .
             This
             description
             of
             his
             body
             perteines
             also
             to
             the
             participation
             of
             Species
             ,
             for
             no
             naturall
             beeing
             seemes
             to
             be
             simple
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             were
             participating
             and
             compounded
             of
             two
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ;
             man
             hath
             somthing
             of
             a
             beast
             :
             a
             beast
             something
             of
             a
             plant
             :
             a
             plant
             something
             of
             a
             inanimate
             bodie
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             naturall
             things
             are
             in
             very
             deed
             biformed
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             compounded
             of
             a
             Superiour
             ,
             and
             inferiour
             Species
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             wittie
             Allegorie
             that
             same
             of
             the
             feet
             of
             a
             Goate
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             
             the
             vpward
             tending
             motion
             of
             terrestriall
             bodies
             towards
             the
             ayer
             and
             heauen
             :
             For
             the
             Goate
             is
             a
             clyming
             creature
             ,
             that
             loues
             to
             bee
             hanging
             about
             the
             rockes
             and
             steep
             mountaines
             ;
             And
             this
             is
             done
             also
             in
             a
             wonderfull
             manner
             ,
             euen
             by
             those
             things
             which
             are
             destinated
             to
             this
             inferiour
             globe
             ,
             as
             may
             manifestly
             appeare
             in
             cloudes
             and
             Meteors
             .
          
           
             The
             two
             Ensignes
             which
             Pan
             beares
             in
             his
             hands
             do
             point
             ,
             the
             one
             at
             Harmony
             ,
             the
             other
             at
             Empiry
             :
             for
             the
             Pipe
             consisting
             of
             seauen
             reedes
             doth
             euidently
             demonstrate
             the
             concent
             and
             harmony
             and
             discordant
             concord
             of
             all
             inferior
             creatures
             ,
             which
             is
             caused
             by
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             seuen
             Planets
             :
             And
             that
             of
             the
             Shep-hooke
             may
             be
             excellently
             applied
             to
             the
             order
             of
             nature
             ,
             which
             is
             partly
             right
             ,
             partly
             crooked
             :
             This
             staffe
             therefore
             or
             rodde
             is
             especially
             crooked
             in
             the
             vpper
             end
             ,
             because
             all
             the
             workes
             of
             diuine
             prouidence
             in
             the
             world
             are
             done
             in
             a
             far
             fetcht
             
             and
             circular
             manner
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             thing
             may
             seeme
             to
             be
             effected
             ,
             and
             yet
             indeed
             a
             cleane
             cōtrary
             brought
             to
             passe
             ,
             as
             the
             selling
             of
             Ioseph
             into
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Besides
             in
             all
             wise
             humane
             gouerment
             ,
             they
             that
             sit
             at
             the
             helme
             doe
             more
             happily
             bring
             their
             purposes
             about
             ,
             and
             insinuate
             more
             easily
             into
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             by
             pretexts
             and
             oblique
             courses
             ,
             then
             by
             direct
             methods
             ;
             so
             that
             all
             Scepters
             and
             Mases
             of
             authority
             ought
             in
             very
             deed
             to
             be
             crooked
             in
             the
             vpper
             end
             .
          
           
             Pans
             cloake
             or
             mantle
             is
             ingeniously
             fained
             to
             be
             the
             skin
             of
             a
             Leopard
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             full
             of
             spottes
             :
             so
             the
             heauens
             are
             spotted
             with
             stars
             ,
             the
             sea
             with
             rockes
             and
             Islands
             ,
             the
             land
             with
             flowers
             ,
             and
             euery
             particular
             creature
             also
             is
             for
             the
             most
             part
             garnished
             with
             diuers
             colours
             about
             the
             supersicies
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             it
             were
             a
             mantle
             vnto
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             office
             of
             Pan
             can
             bee
             by
             nothing
             so
             liuely
             conceaued
             and
             exprest
             ,
             as
             by
             fayning
             him
             to
             bee
             the
             
             God
             of
             hunters
             ,
             for
             euery
             naturall
             action
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             consequence
             ,
             motion
             and
             progression
             ,
             is
             nothing
             els
             but
             a
             hunting
             .
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             haue
             their
             workes
             ,
             and
             humane
             counsels
             their
             ends
             which
             they
             earnestly
             hunt
             after
             .
             All
             naturall
             things
             haue
             either
             their
             food
             as
             a
             prey
             ,
             or
             their
             pleasure
             as
             a
             recreation
             which
             they
             seeke
             for
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             most
             expert
             and
             sagacious
             manner
             .
          
           
             
               Torua
               Leaena
               Lupum
               sequitur
               ,
               Lupus
               ille
               Capellam
               :
            
             
               Florentem
               Cythisum
               sequitur
               lasciua
               Capella
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               hungry
               Lionesse
               (
               with
               sharp
               desire
               )
            
             
               Pursues
               the
               Wolfe
               ,
               the
               Wolfe
               the
               wanton
               Goate
               :
            
             
               The
               Goate
               againe
               doth
               greedily
               aspire
               .
            
             
               To
               haue
               the
               trifol-iuyce
               passe
               downe
               her
               throate
               .
            
          
           
             Pan
             is
             also
             saide
             to
             bee
             the
             God
             of
             the
             countrey
             Clownes
             ,
             because
             men
             
             of
             this
             condition
             lead
             liues
             more
             agreeable
             vnto
             nature
             ,
             then
             those
             that
             liue
             in
             the
             Cities
             and
             Courts
             of
             Princes
             ,
             where
             nature
             by
             too
             much
             arte
             is
             corrupted
             :
             So
             as
             the
             saying
             of
             the
             Poet
             (
             though
             in
             the
             sense
             of
             loue
             )
             might
             be
             here
             verified
             :
          
           
             
               Pars
               minima
               est
               ipsa
               puella
               sui
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               maid
               so
               trickt
               her selfe
               with
               arte
               .
            
             
               That
               of
               her selfe
               shee
               is
               least
               parte
               .
            
          
           
             Hee
             was
             held
             to
             be
             Lord
             President
             of
             the
             mountaines
             ,
             because
             in
             high
             mountaines
             and
             hilles
             ,
             Nature
             layes
             herselfe
             most
             open
             ,
             and
             men
             most
             apt
             to
             viewe
             and
             contemplation
             .
          
           
             Whereas
             Pan
             is
             said
             to
             bee
             (
             next
             vnto
             Mercury
             )
             the
             messenger
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             there
             is
             in
             that
             a
             diuine
             Mystery
             cōteined
             ,
             for
             next
             to
             the
             word
             of
             God
             the
             image
             of
             the
             world
             proclaimes
             the
             power
             and
             wisedome
             diuine
             ,
             as
             sings
             the
             sacred
             Poet.
             Psal.
             
             19.
             1.
             
             
               Caeli
               enarrant
               gloriam
               Dei
               ,
               atque
               opera
               manuum
               eius
               indicat
               firmamentum
               .
            
             The
             heauens
             declare
             the
             glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             firmament
             sheweth
             the
             workes
             of
             his
             hands
             .
          
           
             The
             Nymphes
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             soules
             of
             liuing
             things
             take
             great
             delight
             in
             Pan
             :
             For
             these
             soules
             are
             the
             delights
             or
             minions
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             direction
             or
             conduct
             of
             these
             Nymphes
             is
             with
             great
             reason
             attributed
             vnto
             Pan
             ,
             because
             the
             soules
             of
             all
             things
             liuing
             doe
             follow
             their
             naturall
             dispositions
             as
             their
             guides
             ,
             and
             with
             infinite
             varietie
             euery
             one
             of
             them
             after
             his
             own
             fashion
             doth
             leape
             and
             friske
             and
             dance
             with
             incessant
             motion
             about
             her
             .
             The
             Satyres
             and
             Sileni
             also
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             youth
             and
             old
             age
             are
             some
             of
             Pans
             followers
             :
             for
             of
             all
             naturall
             things
             there
             is
             a
             liuely
             iocund
             and
             (
             as
             I
             may
             say
             )
             a
             dauncing
             age
             ,
             and
             an
             age
             againe
             that
             is
             dull
             bibling
             and
             reeling
             .
             The
             cariages
             and
             dispositions
             of
             both
             which
             ages
             to
             some
             such
             as
             Democritus
             was
             
             (
             that
             would
             obserue
             them
             duely
             )
             might
             peraduenture
             seeme
             as
             ridiculous
             and
             deformed
             as
             the
             gambols
             of
             the
             Satyrs
             ,
             or
             the
             gestures
             of
             the
             Sileni
             .
          
           
             Of
             those
             feares
             and
             terrours
             which
             Pan
             is
             said
             to
             be
             the
             Author
             ,
             there
             may
             be
             this
             wise
             construction
             made
             ,
             namely
             ,
             That
             nature
             hath
             bredde
             in
             euery
             liuing
             thing
             a
             kinde
             of
             care
             and
             feare
             tending
             to
             the
             preseruation
             of
             its
             owne
             life
             and
             being
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             repelling
             and
             shunning
             of
             all
             things
             hurtfull
             .
             And
             yet
             Nature
             knowes
             not
             how
             to
             keepe
             a
             meane
             ,
             but
             alwaies
             intermixes
             vaine
             and
             emptie
             feares
             with
             such
             as
             are
             discreet
             and
             profitable
             ;
             so
             that
             all
             things
             (
             if
             their
             insides
             might
             bee
             seene
             )
             would
             appeare
             full
             of
             Panicque
             frights
             :
             but
             men
             especially
             in
             hard
             and
             fearefull
             ,
             and
             diuers
             times
             are
             wonderfully
             infatuated
             with
             superstition
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             nothing
             els
             but
             a
             Panicque
             terrour
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             audacity
             of
             Pan
             in
             challenging
             Cupid
             at
             wrestling
             ,
             
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             Matter
             wants
             no
             inclination
             and
             desire
             to
             the
             relapsing
             and
             dissolution
             of
             the
             world
             into
             the
             old
             Chaos
             ,
             if
             her
             malice
             and
             violence
             were
             not
             restrained
             and
             kept
             in
             order
             ,
             by
             the
             prepotent
             vnitie
             and
             agreement
             of
             things
             signified
             by
             Cupid
             ,
             or
             the
             God
             of
             loue
             ;
             And
             therefore
             it
             was
             a
             happie
             turne
             for
             men
             and
             all
             things
             els
             ,
             that
             in
             that
             conflict
             Pan
             was
             found
             too
             weake
             and
             ouercome
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             same
             effect
             may
             be
             interpreted
             his
             catching
             of
             Typhon
             in
             a
             net
             :
             for
             howsoeuer
             there
             may
             sometimes
             happen
             vast
             and
             vnwonted
             Tumors
             (
             as
             the
             name
             of
             Typhon
             imports
             )
             either
             in
             the
             sea
             or
             in
             the
             ayre
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             or
             els
             where
             ,
             yet
             Nature
             doth
             intangle
             in
             an
             intricate
             toile
             ,
             and
             curbe
             &
             restraine
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             with
             a
             chaine
             of
             Adamant
             the
             excesses
             and
             insolences
             of
             these
             kind
             of
             bodies
             .
          
           
             But
             for
             as
             much
             as
             it
             was
             Pans
             good
             fortune
             to
             finde
             out
             Ceres
             as
             he
             was
             hunting
             ,
             and
             thought
             little
             
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             none
             of
             the
             other
             Gods
             could
             doe
             ,
             though
             they
             did
             nothing
             els
             but
             seeke
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             seriously
             ,
             it
             giues
             vs
             this
             true
             and
             graue
             admonition
             ,
             That
             we
             expect
             not
             to
             receaue
             things
             necessary
             for
             life
             and
             manners
             from
             philosophicall
             abstractions
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             greater
             Gods
             ,
             albeit
             they
             applied
             themselues
             to
             no
             other
             studie
             ,
             but
             from
             Pan
             ,
             that
             is
             from
             discreet
             obseruation
             ,
             &
             experience
             ,
             and
             the
             vniuersall
             knowledge
             of
             the
             things
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             whereby
             (
             oftentimes
             euen
             by
             chance
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             going
             a
             hunting
             )
             such
             inuentions
             are
             lighted
             vpon
             .
          
           
             The
             quarrell
             he
             made
             with
             Apollo
             about
             Musicke
             ,
             and
             the
             euent
             thereof
             conteines
             a
             wholsome
             instruction
             ,
             which
             may
             serue
             to
             restraine
             mens
             reasons
             and
             iudgements
             with
             the
             reines
             of
             sobriety
             from
             boasting
             and
             glorying
             in
             their
             gifts
             .
             For
             there
             seemes
             to
             be
             a
             twofold
             Harmonie
             ,
             or
             Musicke
             ;
             the
             one
             of
             diuine
             prouidence
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             
             of
             humane
             reason
             .
             Now
             to
             the
             eares
             of
             mortals
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             humane
             iudgement
             ,
             the
             administration
             of
             the
             world
             and
             the
             creatures
             therein
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             secret
             iudgements
             of
             God
             ,
             sound
             very
             hard
             and
             harsh
             ;
             which
             folly
             albeit
             it
             bee
             well
             set
             out
             with
             Asses
             eares
             ,
             yet
             notwithstanding
             these
             eares
             are
             secret
             ,
             and
             doe
             not
             openly
             appeare
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             perceiued
             or
             noted
             as
             a
             deformity
             by
             the
             vulgar
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             wondred
             at
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             nothing
             attributed
             vnto
             Pan
             concerning
             loues
             ,
             but
             onely
             of
             his
             mariage
             with
             Eccho
             :
             For
             the
             World
             or
             Nature
             doth
             enioy
             it selfe
             ,
             and
             in
             it selfe
             all
             things
             els
             .
             Now
             hee
             that
             loues
             would
             enioy
             something
             ,
             but
             where
             there
             is
             inough
             there
             is
             no
             place
             left
             to
             desire
             .
             Therefore
             there
             can
             be
             no
             wanton
             loue
             in
             Pan
             or
             the
             World
             ,
             nor
             desire
             to
             obteine
             any
             thing
             (
             seeing
             he
             is
             contented
             with
             himselfe
             )
             but
             onely
             speeches
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             plaine
             )
             may
             bee
             intimated
             by
             the
             Nymph
             
             Eccho
             ,
             or
             ,
             if
             more
             quaint
             ,
             by
             Syrinx
             .
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             inuention
             ,
             that
             Pan
             or
             the
             world
             is
             said
             to
             make
             choise
             of
             Eccho
             onely
             (
             aboue
             all
             other
             speeches
             or
             voices
             )
             for
             his
             wife
             :
             for
             that
             alone
             is
             true
             philosophy
             ,
             which
             doth
             faithfully
             render
             the
             very
             words
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             is
             written
             no
             otherwise
             then
             the
             world
             doth
             dictate
             ,
             it
             being
             nothing
             els
             but
             the
             image
             or
             reflection
             of
             it
             ,
             not
             adding
             any
             thing
             of
             its
             owne
             ,
             but
             onely
             iterates
             and
             resounds
             .
             It
             belongs
             also
             to
             the
             sufficiency
             or
             perfection
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             begets
             no
             issue
             :
             for
             the
             World
             doth
             generate
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             its
             parts
             ,
             but
             in
             respect
             ,
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             how
             can
             it
             generate
             ,
             seeing
             without
             it
             there
             is
             no
             body
             ?
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             tale
             of
             that
             tatling
             Girle
             faltred
             vpon
             Pan
             may
             in
             very
             deed
             with
             great
             reason
             be
             added
             to
             the
             Fable
             :
             for
             by
             her
             are
             represented
             those
             vaine
             and
             idle
             paradoxes
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             things
             which
             haue
             bene
             frequent
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             and
             haue
             filled
             
             the
             world
             with
             nouelties
             ,
             fruitles
             if
             you
             respect
             the
             matter
             ,
             changlings
             if
             you
             respect
             the
             kind
             ,
             sometimes
             creating
             pleasure
             ,
             sometimes
             tediosnes
             with
             their
             ouermuch
             pratling
             .
          
        
         
           
             7.
             
          
           
             PERSEVS
             ,
             or
             Warre
             .
          
           
             PErseus
             is
             said
             to
             haue
             beene
             emploied
             by
             Pallas
             for
             the
             destroying
             of
             Medusa
             ,
             who
             was
             very
             infestious
             to
             the
             western
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             especially
             about
             the
             vtmost
             coasts
             of
             Hyberia
             .
             A
             monster
             to
             dire
             and
             horrid
             ,
             that
             by
             her
             onely
             aspect
             shee
             turned
             men
             into
             stones
             .
             This
             Medusa
             alone
             of
             all
             the
             Gorgons
             was
             Mortall
             ,
             the
             rest
             not
             subiect
             to
             death
             .
             Perseus
             therefore
             preparing
             himself
             for
             this
             noble
             enterprise
             had
             armes
             ,
             and
             guifts
             bestowed
             on
             him
             by
             three
             of
             the
             Gods
             :
             Mercury
             gaue
             him
             wings
             annexed
             to
             his
             heeles
             ,
             Pluto
             a
             helmet
             ,
             Pallas
             a
             sheild
             and
             a
             looking
             Glasse
             .
             Notwithstanding
             (
             although
             
             hee
             were
             thus
             furnished
             )
             hee
             went
             not
             directly
             to
             Medusa
             ,
             but
             first
             to
             the
             Greae
             which
             by
             the
             mother
             side
             were
             sisters
             to
             the
             Gorgons
             .
             These
             Greae
             from
             their
             birth
             were
             hoare-headed
             ,
             resembling
             old
             women
             .
             They
             had
             but
             one
             onely
             eye
             ,
             and
             one
             tooth
             among
             them
             all
             ,
             both
             which
             shee
             that
             had
             occasion
             to
             goe
             abroad
             was
             wont
             to
             take
             with
             her
             ,
             &
             at
             her
             returne
             to
             lay
             them
             downe
             againe
             .
             This
             eye
             and
             tooth
             they
             lent
             to
             Perseus
             :
             and
             so
             finding
             himselfe
             throughly
             furnished
             for
             the
             effecting
             of
             his
             designe
             hastens
             towards
             Medusa
             .
             Her
             hee
             found
             sleeping
             ,
             and
             yet
             durst
             not
             present
             himselfe
             with
             his
             face
             towards
             her
             ,
             least
             shee
             should
             awake
             ,
             but
             turning
             his
             head
             aside
             beheld
             her
             in
             Pallases
             glasse
             ,
             and
             (
             by
             this
             meanes
             directing
             his
             blowe
             )
             cut
             of
             her
             head
             ,
             from
             whose
             blood
             gusshing
             out
             instātly
             came
             Pegasus
             the
             flying
             horse
             .
             Her
             head
             thus
             smit
             of
             ,
             Perseus
             bestows
             on
             Pallas
             her
             sheild
             ,
             which
             yet
             reteined
             his
             vertue
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             
             looked
             vpon
             it
             should
             become
             as
             stupid
             as
             a
             stone
             or
             like
             one
             plannet-strucken
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             direct
             the
             preparation
             and
             order
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             vsed
             in
             making
             of
             Warre
             :
             for
             the
             more
             apt
             &
             considerat
             vndertaking
             whereof
             ,
             three
             graue
             and
             wholsome
             precepts
             (
             sauouring
             of
             the
             wisedome
             of
             Pallas
             )
             are
             to
             be
             obserued
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             that
             men
             doe
             not
             much
             trouble
             themselues
             about
             the
             conquest
             of
             neighbour
             nations
             ,
             seeing
             that
             priuate
             possessions
             ,
             &
             Empires
             are
             inlarged
             by
             different
             meanes
             :
             for
             in
             the
             augmentation
             of
             priuate
             reuenues
             the
             vicinity
             of
             mens
             territories
             is
             to
             bee
             considered
             :
             but
             in
             the
             propogation
             of
             publike
             dominions
             ,
             the
             occasion
             and
             facility
             of
             making
             Warre
             ,
             and
             the
             fruit
             to
             bee
             expected
             ought
             to
             be
             in
             steed
             of
             vicinity
             .
             Certeinly
             the
             Romans
             what
             time
             their
             conquests
             towards
             the
             West
             scarce
             reacht
             beyond
             Liguria
             ,
             did
             yet
             in
             the
             East
             bring
             all
             the
             Prouinces
             as
             far
             as
             the
             mountain
             Taurus
             
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             their
             armes
             and
             commaund
             :
             and
             therefore
             Perseus
             ,
             although
             he
             were
             borne
             and
             bred
             in
             the
             East
             ,
             did
             not
             yet
             refuse
             to
             vndertake
             an
             expedition
             euen
             to
             the
             vttermost
             bounds
             of
             the
             West
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             there
             must
             bee
             a
             care
             had
             that
             the
             motiues
             of
             Warre
             bee
             iust
             and
             honorable
             :
             for
             that
             begets
             an
             alacrity
             ,
             aswel
             in
             the
             Souldiers
             that
             fight
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             people
             that
             affoord
             pay
             :
             it
             draws
             on
             and
             procures
             aids
             ,
             and
             brings
             manie
             other
             comodities
             besides
             .
             But
             there
             is
             no
             pretence
             to
             take
             vp
             armes
             more
             pious
             ,
             then
             the
             suppressing
             of
             Tyrāny
             ,
             vnder
             which
             yoake
             the
             people
             loose
             there
             courage
             ,
             and
             are
             cast
             downe
             without
             heart
             &
             vigor
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             Medusa
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             is
             wisely
             added
             ;
             that
             seeing
             there
             were
             three
             Gorgons
             (
             by
             which
             Wars
             are
             represented
             )
             Perseus
             vndertooke
             her
             onely
             that
             was
             mortal
             ,
             that
             is
             hee
             made
             choice
             of
             such
             a
             kind
             of
             War
             as
             was
             likely
             to
             bee
             
             effected
             and
             brought
             to
             a
             period
             ,
             not
             pursuing
             vast
             and
             endles
             hopes
             .
          
           
             The
             furnishing
             of
             Perseus
             with
             necessaries
             was
             that
             which
             only
             aduanced
             his
             attempt
             &
             drew
             fortune
             to
             bee
             of
             his
             side
             :
             For
             hee
             had
             speed
             from
             Mercury
             ,
             concealing
             of
             his
             counsels
             from
             Orcus
             ,
             and
             Prouidence
             from
             Pallas
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             without
             an
             Allegory
             ,
             and
             that
             ful
             of
             matter
             to
             ,
             that
             those
             wings
             of
             celerity
             were
             fastned
             to
             Perseus
             his
             heeles
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             his
             anckles
             ,
             to
             his
             feet
             and
             not
             to
             his
             shoulders
             ;
             because
             speed
             and
             celerity
             is
             required
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             in
             the
             first
             preparationes
             for
             Warre
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             things
             which
             second
             &
             yeeld
             ayd
             to
             the
             first
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             error
             in
             Warre
             more
             frequent
             ,
             then
             that
             prosecutions
             and
             subsidiary
             forces
             doe
             faile
             to
             answer
             the
             alacrity
             of
             the
             first
             onsets
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             that
             helmet
             which
             Pluto
             gaue
             him
             ;
             powerful
             to
             make
             men
             inuisible
             ,
             the
             moral
             is
             plaine
             :
             But
             that
             two-fould
             guift
             of
             prouidence
             
             (
             to
             wit
             the
             sheild
             &
             looking
             glasse
             )
             is
             ful
             of
             morality
             :
             for
             that
             kind
             of
             prouidēce
             which
             like
             a
             sheild
             auoids
             the
             force
             of
             blows
             is
             not
             alone
             needfull
             ,
             but
             that
             also
             by
             which
             the
             strength
             ,
             and
             motions
             ,
             and
             councels
             of
             the
             enemy
             are
             descried
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             looking
             glasse
             of
             Pallas
             .
          
           
             But
             Perseus
             albeit
             he
             were
             sufficiently
             furnished
             with
             aid
             and
             courage
             ,
             yet
             was
             hee
             to
             doe
             one
             thing
             of
             speciall
             importance
             before
             hee
             entred
             the
             lists
             with
             this
             Monster
             ,
             &
             that
             was
             to
             haue
             some
             intelligence
             with
             the
             Greae
             .
             These
             Greae
             are
             treasōs
             which
             may
             be
             termed
             the
             Sisters
             of
             Warre
             ,
             not
             descended
             of
             the
             same
             stocke
             ,
             but
             farre
             vnlike
             in
             nobility
             of
             birth
             ;
             for
             Warres
             are
             generall
             and
             heroicall
             ,
             but
             Treasons
             are
             base
             and
             ignoble
             .
             Their
             description
             is
             elegant
             :
             for
             they
             are
             said
             to
             bee
             grayheaded
             ,
             and
             like
             old
             women
             from
             their
             birth
             ,
             by
             reason
             that
             Traitors
             are
             continually
             vext
             with
             cares
             and
             trepidations
             .
             But
             all
             their
             strength
             (
             before
             they
             breake
             out
          
           
           
        
         
           
           
             8
          
           
             ENDYMION
             ,
             or
             a
             Fauorite
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             saide
             that
             Luna
             was
             in
             loue
             with
             the
             Shepheard
             Endymion
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             strange
             and
             vnwonted
             manner
             bewrayed
             her
             affection
             :
             for
             he
             lying
             in
             a
             Caue
             framed
             by
             nature
             vnder
             the
             mountaine
             Latmus
             ,
             shee
             oftentimes
             descended
             from
             her
             sphere
             to
             enioy
             his
             companie
             as
             he
             slept
             ,
             and
             after
             shee
             had
             kissed
             him
             ascended
             vp
             againe
             .
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             this
             his
             idlenes
             and
             sleepie
             security
             did
             not
             any
             way
             impaire
             his
             estate
             or
             fortune
             ;
             for
             Luna
             brought
             it
             so
             to
             passe
             that
             hee
             alone
             (
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Shepheards
             )
             had
             his
             flocke
             in
             best
             plight
             ,
             and
             most
             fruitfull
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             may
             haue
             reference
             to
             the
             nature
             and
             disposition
             of
             Princes
             :
             for
             they
             beeing
             full
             of
             doubts
             and
             prone
             to
             iealousie
             ,
             doe
             not
             easily
             acquaint
             men
             of
             prying
             and
             curious
             eyes
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             of
             
             vigilant
             and
             wakefull
             dispositions
             ,
             with
             the
             secret
             humours
             and
             manners
             of
             their
             life
             :
             but
             such
             rather
             as
             are
             of
             quiet
             and
             obseruant
             natures
             ,
             suffering
             them
             to
             doe
             what
             they
             list
             without
             further
             scanning
             ,
             making
             as
             if
             they
             were
             ignorant
             and
             perceiuing
             nothing
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             stupid
             disposition
             and
             possest
             with
             sleepe
             ,
             yeelding
             vnto
             them
             simple
             obedience
             ,
             rather
             then
             slie
             complements
             :
             for
             it
             pleaseth
             Princes
             now
             and
             then
             to
             descend
             from
             their
             thrones
             of
             Maiestie
             (
             like
             Luna
             from
             the
             superiour
             orbe
             )
             and
             laying
             aside
             their
             Robes
             of
             dignity
             (
             which
             alwaies
             to
             bee
             cumbred
             with
             ,
             would
             seeme
             a
             kinde
             of
             burthen
             )
             familiarly
             to
             conuerse
             with
             men
             of
             this
             condition
             ,
             which
             they
             thinke
             may
             bee
             done
             without
             danger
             ;
             a
             quality
             chiefly
             noted
             in
             
               Tiberius
               Caesar
            
             ,
             who
             (
             of
             all
             others
             )
             was
             a
             Prince
             most
             seuere
             ,
             yet
             such
             onely
             were
             gracious
             in
             his
             fauour
             ,
             as
             being
             well
             acquainted
             with
             his
             disposition
             ,
             did
             yet
             constantly
             dissemble
             as
             if
             they
             knew
             nothing
             .
             
             This
             was
             the
             custome
             also
             of
             Lewis
             the
             eleuenth
             king
             of
             France
             ,
             a
             cautious
             and
             wily
             Prince
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             without
             elegancy
             ,
             that
             the
             caue
             of
             Endymion
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             vsuall
             with
             such
             as
             are
             the
             fauorites
             of
             Princes
             ,
             to
             haue
             certaine
             pleasant
             retyring
             places
             whither
             to
             inuite
             them
             for
             recreation
             both
             of
             body
             and
             mind
             ,
             and
             that
             without
             hurt
             or
             preiudice
             to
             their
             fortunes
             also
             .
             And
             indeed
             these
             kind
             of
             fauorites
             are
             men
             commonly
             well
             to
             passe
             :
             for
             Princes
             although
             peraduenture
             they
             promote
             them
             not
             euer
             to
             places
             of
             honour
             ,
             yet
             doe
             they
             aduance
             them
             sufficiently
             by
             their
             favour
             and
             countenance
             :
             neither
             doe
             they
             affect
             them
             thus
             onely
             to
             serue
             their
             owne
             turne
             ,
             but
             are
             wont
             to
             enrich
             them
             now
             and
             then
             with
             great
             dignities
             and
             bounties
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             9.
             
          
           
             THE
             SISTER
             OF
             THE
             GYANTS
             ,
             or
             Fame
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             a
             Poeticall
             relation
             that
             the
             Gyants
             begotten
             of
             the
             Earth
             made
             warre
             vpon
             Iupiter
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Gods
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             force
             of
             lightning
             they
             were
             resisted
             &
             ouerthrowne
             .
             Whereat
             the
             Earth
             being
             excitated
             to
             wrath
             ,
             in
             reuenge
             of
             her
             children
             brought
             forth
             Fame
             ,
             the
             youngest
             Sister
             of
             the
             Gyants
             .
          
           
             
               Illam
               ,
               terra
               parens
               ira
               irritata
               Deorum
               .
            
             
               Extremam
               (
               vt
               perhibent
               )
               Caeo
               Enceladoque
               sororem
               ,
            
             
               Progenuit
               .
               —
            
          
           
             
               Prouok't
               by
               wrothfull
               Gods
               the
               mother
               Earth
            
             
               Giues
               Fame
               the
               Gyants
               yongest
               sister
               birth
               .
            
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             the
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             bee
             thus
             ,
             By
             the
             Earth
             is
             signified
             
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             alwaies
             swolne
             and
             malignant
             ,
             and
             still
             broaching
             new
             scandals
             against
             superiors
             ,
             and
             hauing
             gotten
             fit
             oportunity
             ,
             stirres
             vp
             rebels
             ,
             and
             seditious
             persons
             ,
             that
             with
             impious
             courage
             doe
             molest
             Princes
             ,
             and
             endeuour
             to
             subuert
             their
             estates
             :
             but
             being
             supprest
             ,
             the
             same
             naturall
             disposition
             of
             the
             people
             stil
             leaning
             to
             the
             viler
             sort
             ,
             (
             being
             impatient
             of
             peace
             and
             tranquility
             )
             spread
             rumors
             ,
             raise
             malitious
             slanders
             ,
             repining
             whisperings
             ,
             infamous
             libelles
             ,
             and
             others
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             to
             the
             detraction
             of
             them
             that
             are
             in
             authority
             :
             So
             as
             rebellious
             actions
             ,
             and
             seditious
             reports
             ,
             differ
             nothing
             in
             kind
             and
             blood
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Sex
             onely
             ;
             the
             one
             sort
             being
             Masculine
             ,
             the
             other
             Feminine
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             10.
             
          
           
             ACTAEON
             ,
             and
             PENTHEVS
             ,
             or
             a
             curious
             Man.
             
          
           
             THe
             curiosity
             of
             Men
             ,
             in
             prying
             into
             secrets
             ,
             and
             coueting
             with
             an
             indiscreet
             desire
             to
             atteine
             the
             knowledge
             of
             things
             forbidden
             ,
             is
             set
             forth
             by
             the
             Ancients
             in
             two
             examples
             :
             the
             one
             of
             Actaeon
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             Pentheus
             .
          
           
             Actaeon
             hauing
             vnawares
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             by
             chance
             beheld
             Diana
             naked
             ,
             was
             turned
             into
             a
             Stag
             ,
             and
             deuoured
             by
             his
             owne
             Dogges
             .
          
           
             And
             Pentheus
             climing
             vp
             into
             a
             tree
             ,
             with
             a
             desire
             to
             bee
             a
             spectator
             of
             the
             hidden
             sacrifices
             of
             Bacchus
             ,
             was
             strucken
             with
             such
             a
             kind
             of
             frensie
             ,
             as
             that
             whatsoeuer
             he
             look't
             vpon
             ,
             he
             thought
             it
             alwaies
             double
             ,
             supposing
             (
             among
             other
             things
             )
             he
             saw
             two
             Sunnes
             ,
             and
             two
             Thebes
             ;
             insomuch
             that
             running
             towards
             Thebes
             ,
             spying
             another
             Thebes
             ,
             instantly
             turned
             back
             againe
             ,
             and
             so
             
             kept
             stil
             running
             forward
             and
             backward
             with
             perpetuall
             vnrest
             .
          
           
             
               Eumenidum
               veluti
               demens
               videt
               agmina
               Pentheus
               ,
            
             
               Et
               Solem
               geminum
               ,
               &
               duplices
               se
               ostendere
               Thebas
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pentheus
               amaz'd
               doth
               troops
               of
               furies
               spie
               ,
            
             
               And
               Sunne
               and
               Thebes
               seeme
               dooble
               to
               his
               eye
               .
            
          
           
             The
             first
             of
             the
             Fables
             pertains
             to
             the
             secrets
             of
             Princes
             :
             the
             second
             to
             diuine
             mysteries
             .
             For
             those
             that
             are
             neare
             about
             Princes
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             more
             secretes
             then
             they
             would
             haue
             them
             ,
             doe
             certainly
             incurre
             great
             hatred
             .
             And
             therefore
             (
             suspecting
             that
             they
             are
             shot
             at
             ,
             &
             opportunities
             watcht
             for
             their
             ouerthrow
             )
             doe
             lead
             their
             liues
             like
             Stagges
             ,
             fearefull
             and
             full
             of
             suspition
             .
             And
             it
             happens
             oftentimes
             that
             their
             Seruants
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             their
             houshould
             (
             to
             insinuate
             into
             the
             Princes
             fauor
             )
             doe
             accuse
             them
             
             to
             their
             destruction
             :
             for
             against
             whomsoeuer
             the
             Princes
             displeasure
             is
             knowne
             ,
             looke
             how
             many
             seruants
             that
             man
             hath
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             find
             them
             for
             the
             most
             part
             so
             many
             traytors
             vnto
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             end
             may
             proue
             to
             bee
             like
             Actaeons
             .
          
           
             The
             other
             is
             the
             misery
             of
             Pentheus
             :
             for
             they
             that
             by
             the
             height
             of
             knowledge
             in
             nature
             and
             philosophy
             ,
             hauing
             climed
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             into
             a
             tree
             ,
             doe
             with
             rash
             attempts
             (
             vnmindfull
             of
             their
             frailtie
             )
             pry
             into
             the
             secrets
             of
             diuine
             mysteries
             ,
             and
             are
             iustly
             plagued
             with
             perpetuall
             inconstancy
             ,
             and
             with
             wauering
             and
             perplexed
             conceits
             :
             for
             seeing
             the
             light
             of
             nature
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             of
             grace
             another
             ,
             it
             happens
             so
             to
             them
             as
             if
             they
             saw
             two
             Sunnes
             .
             And
             seeing
             the
             actions
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             decrees
             of
             will
             doe
             depend
             of
             the
             vnderstanding
             ,
             it
             follows
             that
             they
             doubt
             ,
             and
             are
             inconstant
             no
             lesse
             in
             will
             then
             in
             opinion
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             like
             manner
             they
             may
             bee
             said
             to
             see
             two
             Thebes
             :
             for
             by
             Thebes
             (
             seeing
             
             there
             was
             the
             habitation
             and
             refuge
             of
             Pentheus
             )
             is
             meant
             the
             ende
             of
             actions
             .
             Hence
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             that
             they
             knowe
             not
             whither
             they
             goe
             ,
             but
             as
             distracted
             and
             vnresolued
             in
             the
             scope
             of
             their
             intentions
             ,
             are
             in
             all
             things
             caried
             about
             with
             sudden
             passions
             of
             the
             mind
             .
          
        
         
           
             11
          
           
             ORPHEVS
             ,
             or
             Philisophy
             .
          
           
             THe
             tale
             of
             Orpheus
             ,
             though
             common
             ,
             had
             neuer
             the
             fortune
             to
             bee
             fitly
             applyed
             in
             euery
             point
             .
             It
             may
             seeme
             to
             represent
             the
             image
             of
             Philosophy
             :
             for
             the
             person
             of
             Orpheus
             (
             a
             man
             admirable
             and
             diuine
             ,
             and
             so
             excellently
             skilled
             in
             all
             kinde
             of
             harmony
             ,
             that
             with
             his
             sweet
             rauishing
             musicke
             he
             did
             as
             it
             were
             charme
             and
             allure
             all
             things
             to
             follow
             him
             )
             may
             cary
             a
             singular
             description
             of
             Philosophy
             :
             for
             the
             labours
             of
             Orpheus
             doe
             so
             far
             exceed
             the
             labors
             of
             Hercules
             ,
             in
             dignity
             &
             efficacy
             ,
             as
             the
             works
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             excell
             the
             works
             offortitude
             .
          
           
           
             Orpheus
             for
             the
             loue
             hee
             bare
             to
             his
             wife
             (
             snacht
             as
             it
             were
             from
             him
             by
             vntimely
             death
             )
             resolued
             to
             goe
             downe
             to
             Hell
             with
             his
             Harpe
             ,
             to
             try
             if
             hee
             might
             obtaine
             her
             of
             the
             infernall
             powers
             .
             Neither
             were
             his
             hopes
             frustrated
             :
             for
             hauing
             appeased
             them
             with
             the
             melodious
             sound
             of
             his
             voice
             and
             touch
             ,
             preuailed
             at
             length
             so
             farre
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             granted
             him
             leaue
             to
             take
             her
             away
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             on
             this
             condition
             that
             shee
             should
             follow
             him
             ,
             and
             hee
             not
             to
             looke
             backe
             vpon
             her
             ,
             till
             he
             came
             to
             the
             light
             of
             the
             vpper
             world
             ,
             which
             he
             (
             impatient
             of
             ,
             our
             of
             loue
             and
             care
             ,
             and
             thinking
             that
             he
             was
             in
             a
             manner
             past
             all
             danger
             )
             neuerthelesse
             violated
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             couenant
             is
             broken
             ,
             and
             shee
             forthwith
             tumbles
             backe
             againe
             headlong
             into
             hell
             .
             From
             that
             time
             Orpheus
             falling
             into
             a
             deepe
             melancholy
             became
             a
             contemner
             of
             women
             kind
             ,
             and
             bequeathed
             himselfe
             to
             a
             solitary
             life
             in
             the
             deserts
             ,
             where
             by
             the
             same
             melody
             of
             his
             voice
             and
             
             harpe
             ,
             hee
             first
             drew
             all
             manner
             of
             wild
             beasts
             vnto
             him
             ,
             who
             (
             forgetfull
             of
             their
             sauage
             fiercenes
             ,
             and
             casting
             off
             the
             precipitate
             prouocations
             of
             lust
             and
             fury
             ,
             not
             caring
             to
             satiate
             their
             voracity
             by
             hunting
             after
             prey
             )
             as
             at
             a
             Theater
             in
             fawning
             and
             reconciled
             amity
             one
             towards
             another
             ,
             stand
             all
             at
             the
             gaze
             about
             him
             ,
             and
             attentiuely
             lend
             their
             eares
             to
             his
             Musicke
             .
             Neither
             is
             this
             all
             :
             for
             so
             great
             was
             the
             power
             and
             alluring
             force
             of
             his
             harmony
             ,
             that
             he
             drew
             the
             woods
             &
             moued
             the
             very
             stones
             to
             come
             and
             place
             themselues
             in
             an
             orderly
             and
             decent
             fashion
             about
             him
             .
             These
             things
             succeeding
             happily
             and
             with
             great
             admiration
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             at
             length
             certaine
             Thracian
             Women
             (
             possest
             with
             the
             spirit
             of
             Bacchus
             )
             made
             such
             a
             horrid
             and
             strange
             noise
             with
             their
             Cornets
             ,
             that
             the
             sound
             of
             Orpheus
             harp
             could
             no
             more
             be
             heard
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             that
             Harmony
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             bond
             of
             that
             order
             and
             society
             beeing
             dissolued
             ,
             all
             dissorder
             began
             
             againe
             ,
             and
             the
             beasts
             (
             returning
             to
             their
             wonted
             nature
             )
             pursued
             one
             another
             vnto
             death
             as
             before
             :
             neither
             did
             the
             trees
             or
             stones
             remaine
             any
             longer
             in
             their
             places
             :
             and
             Orpheus
             himselfe
             was
             by
             these
             femall
             Furies
             torne
             in
             pieces
             ,
             and
             scattered
             all
             ouer
             the
             desart
             .
             For
             whose
             cruell
             death
             the
             riuer
             Helicon
             (
             sacred
             to
             the
             Muses
             )
             in
             horrible
             indignation
             ,
             hid
             his
             head
             vnder
             ground
             ,
             and
             raised
             it
             againe
             in
             another
             place
             .
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             this
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             be
             thus
             .
             Orpheus
             musicke
             is
             of
             two
             sorts
             ,
             the
             one
             appeasing
             the
             infernall
             powers
             ,
             the
             other
             attracting
             beasts
             and
             trees
             .
             The
             first
             may
             bee
             fitly
             applyed
             to
             naturall
             philosophie
             ,
             the
             second
             to
             morall
             or
             ciuill
             discipline
             .
          
           
             The
             most
             noble
             worke
             of
             naturall
             philosophy
             ,
             is
             the
             restitution
             and
             renouation
             of
             things
             corruptible
             ,
             the
             other
             (
             as
             a
             lesser
             degree
             of
             it
             )
             the
             preseruation
             of
             bodies
             in
             their
             estate
             ,
             deteining
             them
             from
             dissolution
             and
             putrefaction
             .
             And
             if
             
             this
             gift
             may
             be
             in
             mortals
             ,
             certenly
             it
             can
             be
             done
             by
             no
             other
             meanes
             then
             by
             the
             due
             and
             exquisite
             temper
             of
             nature
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             melody
             and
             delicate
             touch
             of
             an
             instrument
             .
             But
             seeing
             it
             is
             of
             all
             things
             the
             most
             difficult
             ,
             it
             is
             seldome
             or
             neuer
             attained
             vnto
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             likelyhood
             for
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             more
             then
             through
             curious
             diligence
             and
             vntimely
             impatience
             .
             And
             therefore
             Philosophy
             hardly
             able
             to
             produce
             so
             excellent
             an
             effect
             ,
             in
             a
             pensiue
             humour
             (
             and
             not
             without
             cause
             )
             busies
             herselfe
             about
             humane
             obiects
             ,
             and
             by
             perswasion
             and
             eloquence
             ,
             insinuating
             the
             loue
             of
             vertue
             ,
             equitie
             ,
             and
             concord
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             ,
             draws
             multitudes
             of
             people
             to
             a
             society
             ,
             makes
             them
             subiect
             to
             lawes
             ,
             obedient
             to
             gouerment
             ,
             and
             forgetfull
             of
             their
             vnbridled
             affections
             ,
             whilst
             they
             giue
             eare
             to
             precepts
             ,
             and
             submit
             themselues
             to
             discipline
             ,
             whence
             followes
             the
             building
             of
             houses
             ,
             erecting
             of
             townes
             ,
             and
             planting
             of
             fields
             and
             orchards
             ,
             with
             trees
             and
             
             the
             like
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             it
             would
             not
             be
             amisse
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             euen
             thereby
             stones
             ,
             and
             woods
             were
             called
             together
             ,
             and
             setled
             in
             order
             .
             And
             after
             serious
             tryall
             made
             and
             frustrated
             about
             the
             restoring
             of
             a
             body
             mortall
             ;
             this
             care
             of
             ciuill
             affaires
             followes
             in
             his
             due
             place
             :
             Because
             by
             a
             plaine
             demonstration
             of
             the
             vneuitable
             necessity
             of
             death
             ,
             mens
             minds
             are
             moued
             to
             seeke
             eternity
             by
             the
             fame
             and
             glory
             of
             their
             merits
             .
             It
             is
             wisely
             also
             said
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             that
             Orpheus
             was
             auerse
             from
             the
             loue
             of
             women
             and
             mariage
             ,
             because
             the
             delights
             of
             wedlocke
             and
             loue
             of
             children
             doe
             for
             the
             most
             part
             hinder
             men
             from
             enterprising
             great
             and
             noble
             designes
             for
             the
             publique
             good
             ,
             holding
             posterity
             a
             sufficient
             step
             to
             immortalitie
             without
             actions
             .
          
           
             Besides
             euen
             the
             very
             workes
             of
             wisedome
             ,
             (
             although
             amongst
             all
             humane
             things
             they
             doe
             most
             excell
             )
             doe
             neuerthelesse
             meete
             with
             their
             periods
             .
             For
             it
             happens
             that
             
             (
             after
             kingdomes
             and
             common-wealths
             haue
             flourished
             for
             a
             time
             )
             euen
             tumults
             ,
             and
             seditions
             ,
             and
             warres
             arise
             ;
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             which
             hurly
             burlies
             :
             first
             ,
             lawes
             are
             silent
             ,
             men
             returne
             to
             the
             prauity
             of
             their
             natures
             ,
             fields
             and
             townes
             are
             wasted
             and
             depopulated
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             (
             if
             this
             fury
             continue
             )
             learning
             and
             philosophy
             must
             needs
             be
             dismembred
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             few
             fragments
             onely
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             will
             bee
             found
             like
             the
             scattered
             boords
             of
             shipwracke
             ,
             so
             as
             a
             barbarous
             age
             must
             follow
             ;
             and
             the
             streames
             of
             Helicon
             being
             hid
             vnder
             the
             earth
             vntill
             (
             the
             vicissitude
             of
             things
             passing
             )
             they
             breake
             out
             againe
             and
             appeare
             in
             some
             other
             remote
             nation
             ,
             though
             not
             perhaps
             in
             the
             same
             climate
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             12.
             
          
           
             COELVM
             ,
             or
             Beginnings
             .
          
           
             WEe
             haue
             it
             from
             the
             Poets
             by
             tradition
             ,
             that
             Coelum
             was
             the
             ancientest
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             mēbers
             of
             generation
             were
             cut
             off
             by
             his
             sonne
             
               Saturne
               .
               Saturne
            
             had
             many
             children
             ,
             but
             deuoured
             them
             as
             soone
             as
             they
             were
             borne
             .
             Iupiter
             onely
             escapt
             ,
             who
             being
             come
             to
             mans
             estate
             ,
             thrust
             Saturne
             his
             father
             into
             hell
             ,
             and
             so
             vsurped
             the
             kingdome
             .
             Moreouer
             he
             pared
             off
             his
             fathers
             genitals
             with
             the
             same
             faulchin
             that
             Saturne
             dismembred
             Coelum
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             from
             whence
             came
             Venus
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             this
             ,
             Iupiter
             (
             being
             scarce
             setled
             and
             confirmed
             in
             this
             kingdome
             )
             was
             inuaded
             by
             two
             memorable
             warres
             .
             The
             first
             of
             the
             Titans
             ,
             in
             the
             suppressing
             of
             which
             Sol
             (
             who
             alone
             of
             all
             the
             Titans
             fauouring
             Iupiters
             side
             )
             tooke
             exceeding
             great
             pains
             .
             The
             second
             was
             
             of
             the
             Gyants
             ,
             whom
             Iupiter
             himselfe
             destroied
             with
             thunderboults
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             warres
             being
             ended
             ,
             hee
             raigned
             secure
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             enigmatically
             to
             shew
             from
             whence
             all
             things
             tooke
             their
             beginning
             ,
             not
             much
             differring
             from
             that
             opinion
             of
             philosophers
             ,
             which
             Democritus
             afterwards
             laboured
             to
             mainteine
             ,
             attributing
             eternity
             to
             the
             first
             Matter
             and
             not
             to
             the
             world
             .
             In
             which
             he
             comes
             somwhat
             neere
             the
             truth
             of
             diuine
             writ
             ,
             telling
             vs
             of
             a
             huge
             deformed
             Masse
             ,
             before
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             six
             daies
             worke
             .
          
           
             The
             meaning
             of
             the
             Fable
             is
             this
             ,
             By
             Coelum
             may
             be
             vnderstood
             that
             vast
             concauity
             ,
             or
             vaulted
             compasse
             that
             comprehends
             all
             matter
             :
             and
             by
             Saturne
             may
             bee
             meant
             the
             matter
             it selfe
             ,
             which
             takes
             from
             its
             Parent
             all
             power
             of
             generating
             :
             for
             the
             vniuersality
             or
             whole
             bulke
             of
             matter
             alwaies
             remaines
             the
             same
             ,
             neither
             increasing
             or
             diminishing
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             quality
             of
             its
             nature
             :
             
             But
             by
             the
             diuers
             agitations
             and
             motions
             of
             it
             were
             first
             produced
             imperfect
             ,
             &
             ill
             agreeing
             cōpositiōs
             of
             things
             ,
             making
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             certaine
             worlds
             for
             proofes
             or
             assaies
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             processe
             of
             time
             a
             perfect
             fabricke
             or
             structure
             was
             framed
             ,
             which
             should
             still
             reteine
             and
             keepe
             his
             forme
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             gouerment
             of
             the
             first
             age
             was
             shaddowed
             by
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Saturne
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             frequent
             dissolutions
             &
             short
             continuances
             of
             things
             was
             aptly
             fained
             to
             deuoure
             his
             children
             .
             The
             succeeding
             gouerment
             was
             deciphered
             by
             the
             raigne
             of
             Iupiter
             ,
             who
             confined
             those
             continuall
             mutations
             vnto
             Tartarus
             ,
             a
             place
             signifying
             perturbation
             .
             This
             place
             seemes
             to
             bee
             all
             that
             middle
             space
             between
             the
             lower
             Superficies
             of
             Heauen
             and
             the
             center
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             in
             which
             all
             perturbation
             and
             fragility
             and
             mortality
             or
             corruption
             are
             frequent
             .
             During
             the
             former
             generation
             of
             things
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Saturns
             raigne
             ,
             Venus
             was
             not
             borne
             :
             
             for
             so
             long
             as
             in
             the
             vniuersality
             of
             Matter
             ,
             discord
             was
             better
             &
             more
             preualent
             then
             concord
             ,
             it
             was
             necessary
             that
             there
             should
             bee
             a
             totall
             dissolution
             or
             mutation
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             whole
             fabricke
             .
             And
             by
             this
             kind
             of
             generation
             were
             creatures
             produced
             before
             Saturne
             was
             depriued
             of
             his
             genitalles
             .
             When
             this
             ceased
             ,
             that
             other
             which
             is
             wrought
             by
             Venus
             ,
             immediately
             came
             in
             ,
             consisting
             in
             setled
             and
             preualent
             concord
             of
             things
             ,
             so
             that
             Mutation
             should
             bee
             onely
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             parts
             ,
             the
             vniuersall
             fabrick
             remaining
             whole
             and
             inuiolate
             .
          
           
             Saturne
             they
             say
             was
             deposed
             &
             cast
             downe
             into
             Hell
             ,
             but
             not
             destroyed
             and
             vtterly
             extinguisht
             ,
             because
             there
             was
             an
             opinion
             that
             the
             world
             should
             relapse
             into
             the
             old
             
               Chaos
               &
               interregnum
            
             againe
             ,
             which
             Lucretius
             praied
             might
             not
             happen
             in
             his
             time
             .
             
               
                 
                   Quod
                   procul
                   a
                   nobis
                   ,
                   flectat
                   fortuna
                   gubernans
                
                 
                 
                   Et
                   ratio
                   potius
                   quam
                   res
                   persuadeat
                   ipsa
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Oh
                   guiding
                   prouidence
                   bee
                   gratious
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   this
                   Doomes-day
                   bee
                   farre
                   remou'd
                   from
                   vs.
                
                 
                   And
                   graunt
                   that
                   by
                   vs
                   it
                   may
                   bee
                   expected
                   ,
                
                 
                   Rather
                   then
                   on
                   vs
                   in
                   our
                   times
                   effected
                   .
                
              
            
             for
             afterward
             the
             world
             should
             subsist
             by
             its
             owne
             quantity
             and
             power
             .
             Yet
             from
             the
             beginning
             there
             was
             no
             rest
             :
             for
             in
             the
             celestiall
             Regions
             there
             first
             followed
             notable
             mutations
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Sunne
             (
             predominating
             ouer
             superior
             bodies
             )
             were
             so
             quieted
             ,
             that
             the
             state
             of
             the
             world
             should
             be
             conserued
             :
             and
             afterward
             (
             in
             inferior
             bodies
             )
             by
             the
             suppressing
             and
             dissipating
             of
             inundations
             ,
             tempests
             ,
             winds
             ,
             and
             generall
             earthquakes
             ,
             a
             more
             peacefull
             &
             durable
             agreement
             and
             tranquility
             of
             things
             
             followed
             .
             But
             of
             this
             Fable
             it
             may
             conuertibly
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             the
             Fable
             conteines
             philosophy
             ,
             and
             philosophy
             againe
             the
             Fable
             :
             For
             wee
             know
             by
             faith
             ,
             that
             all
             these
             things
             are
             nothing
             els
             but
             the
             long-since
             ceasing
             and
             failing
             Oracles
             of
             Sence
             ,
             seeing
             that
             both
             the
             Matter
             and
             Fabrick
             of
             the
             world
             are
             most
             truly
             referred
             to
             a
             Creator
             .
          
        
         
           
             13.
             
          
           
             PROTEVS
             ,
             or
             Matter
             .
          
           
             THe
             Poets
             say
             that
             Proteus
             was
             Neptunes
             heard-man
             ,
             a
             graue
             Syer
             ,
             and
             so
             excellent
             a
             prophet
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             well
             bee
             termed
             thrice
             excellent
             :
             for
             hee
             knew
             not
             onely
             things
             to
             come
             ;
             but
             euen
             things
             past
             aswell
             as
             present
             ,
             so
             that
             besides
             his
             skill
             in
             diuination
             ,
             hee
             was
             the
             messenger
             and
             interpreter
             of
             all
             Antiquities
             and
             hidden
             mysteries
             .
             The
             place
             of
             his
             abode
             was
             a
             huge
             vast
             caue
             ,
             where
             his
             custome
             was
             euery
             day
             at
             noone
             to
             count
             his
             flock
             of
             
             Sea-calues
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             goe
             to
             sleep
             .
             Moreouer
             he
             that
             desired
             his
             aduice
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             could
             by
             no
             other
             meanes
             obteine
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             catching
             him
             in
             Manacles
             ,
             and
             holding
             him
             fast
             therewith
             ;
             who
             neuerthelesse
             to
             bee
             at
             liberty
             would
             turne
             himselfe
             into
             all
             manner
             of
             formes
             and
             wonders
             of
             nature
             ,
             somtimes
             into
             fire
             ,
             somtimes
             into
             water
             ,
             somtimes
             into
             the
             shape
             of
             beasts
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             he
             were
             restored
             to
             his
             owne
             forme
             againe
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             may
             seeme
             to
             vnfold
             the
             secrets
             of
             nature
             ,
             and
             the
             properties
             of
             Matter
             .
             For
             vnder
             the
             person
             of
             Proteus
             ,
             the
             first
             Matter
             (
             which
             next
             to
             God
             is
             the
             auncientest
             thing
             )
             may
             be
             represented
             :
             for
             Matter
             dwelles
             in
             the
             concauity
             of
             heauen
             as
             in
             a
             Caue
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             Neptunes
             bond-man
             ,
             because
             the
             operations
             and
             dispensations
             of
             Matter
             are
             chiefly
             exercised
             in
             liquid
             bodies
             .
          
           
             His
             flocke
             or
             heard
             seemes
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             the
             ordinary
             Species
             of
             
             sensible
             creatures
             ,
             plants
             ,
             and
             mettals
             :
             in
             which
             Matter
             seemes
             to
             diffuse
             and
             as
             it
             were
             spend
             it selfe
             ,
             so
             that
             after
             the
             forming
             and
             perfecting
             of
             these
             kinds
             ,
             (
             hauing
             ended
             as
             it
             were
             her
             taske
             )
             shee
             seemes
             to
             sleepe
             and
             take
             her
             rest
             ,
             not
             attempting
             the
             composition
             of
             any
             more
             Species
             .
             And
             this
             may
             be
             the
             Morall
             of
             Proteus
             his
             counting
             of
             his
             flocke
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             sleeping
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             is
             said
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             euening
             ,
             but
             at
             noone
             ,
             to
             wit
             at
             such
             time
             as
             is
             most
             fit
             ,
             and
             conuenient
             for
             the
             perfecting
             and
             bringing
             forth
             of
             Species
             out
             of
             Matter
             ,
             duely
             prepared
             and
             predisposed
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             betweene
             their
             beginnings
             and
             declinations
             ,
             which
             wee
             know
             sufficiently
             (
             out
             of
             the
             holy
             history
             )
             to
             be
             done
             about
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Creation
             :
             for
             then
             by
             the
             power
             of
             that
             diuine
             word
             
               (
               Producat
               )
               Matter
            
             at
             the
             Creators
             commaund
             did
             congregate
             it selfe
             (
             not
             by
             ambages
             or
             turnings
             ,
             but
             instantly
             
             to
             the
             production
             of
             its
             worke
             into
             act
             and
             the
             constitution
             of
             Species
             .
             And
             thus
             farre
             haue
             wee
             the
             Narration
             of
             Proteus
             (
             free
             ,
             and
             vnrestrained
             )
             together
             with
             his
             flocke
             compleat
             :
             for
             the
             vniuersality
             of
             things
             with
             their
             ordinary
             structures
             and
             compositions
             of
             Species
             beares
             the
             face
             of
             matter
             not
             limited
             and
             constrained
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             flocke
             also
             of
             materiall
             beings
             .
             Neuerthelesse
             ,
             if
             any
             expert
             Minister
             of
             Nature
             ,
             shall
             encounter
             Matter
             by
             main
             force
             ,
             vexing
             ,
             and
             vrging
             her
             with
             intent
             and
             purpose
             to
             reduce
             her
             to
             nothing
             ;
             shee
             contrariwise
             (
             seeing
             annihilation
             and
             absolute
             destruction
             cannot
             be
             effected
             but
             by
             the
             omnipotency
             of
             God
             )
             being
             thus
             caught
             in
             the
             straites
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             doth
             change
             and
             turne
             her selfe
             into
             diuers
             strange
             formes
             and
             shapes
             of
             things
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             length
             (
             by
             fetching
             a
             circuit
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             )
             shee
             comes
             to
             a
             period
             ,
             and
             (
             if
             the
             force
             continue
             )
             be
             takes
             her selfe
             to
             her
             former
             being
             .
             The
             reason
             of
             which
             constraint
             
             or
             binding
             will
             bee
             more
             facile
             and
             expedite
             ,
             if
             Matter
             be
             laide
             hold
             on
             by
             Manacles
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             by
             extremities
             .
          
           
             Nowe
             whereas
             it
             is
             fained
             that
             Proteus
             was
             a
             prophet
             ,
             well
             skilled
             in
             three
             differences
             of
             times
             ,
             it
             hath
             an
             excellent
             agreement
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             Matter
             :
             for
             it
             is
             necessary
             that
             he
             that
             will
             knowe
             the
             properties
             and
             proceedings
             of
             Matter
             ,
             should
             comprehend
             in
             his
             vnderstanding
             the
             summe
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             haue
             bene
             ,
             which
             are
             ,
             or
             which
             shall
             be
             ,
             although
             no
             knowledge
             can
             extend
             so
             farre
             as
             to
             singular
             and
             indiuiduall
             beings
             .
          
        
         
           
             14
          
           
             MEMNON
             ,
             or
             a
             youth
             too
             forward
             .
          
           
             THe
             Poets
             say
             ,
             that
             Memnon
             was
             the
             sonne
             of
             Aurora
             ,
             who
             (
             adorned
             with
             beautifull
             armour
             ,
             and
             animated
             with
             popular
             applause
             )
             came
             to
             the
             Troiane
             warre
             :
             
             where
             (
             in
             a
             rash
             boldnes
             ,
             hasting
             vnto
             ,
             and
             thristing
             after
             glory
             )
             he
             enters
             into
             single
             combate
             with
             Achilles
             the
             valiantest
             of
             all
             the
             Grecians
             ,
             by
             whose
             powerfull
             hand
             he
             was
             there
             slaine
             .
             But
             Iupiter
             pittying
             his
             destruction
             ,
             sent
             birds
             to
             modulate
             certaine
             lamentable
             and
             dolefull
             notes
             at
             the
             Solemnization
             of
             his
             funerall
             obsequies
             .
             Whose
             statue
             also
             (
             the
             Sunne
             reflecting
             on
             it
             with
             his
             morning
             beames
             )
             did
             vsually
             (
             as
             is
             reported
             )
             send
             forth
             a
             mournfull
             sound
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             may
             be
             applied
             to
             the
             vnfortunate
             destinies
             of
             hopefull
             young
             men
             ,
             who
             like
             the
             sonnes
             of
             Aurora
             (
             puft
             vp
             with
             the
             glittering
             shew
             of
             vanity
             and
             ostentation
             )
             attempt
             actions
             aboue
             their
             strength
             ,
             and
             prouoke
             and
             presse
             the
             most
             valiant
             Heroes
             to
             combate
             with
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             (
             meeting
             with
             their
             ouermatch
             )
             are
             vanquished
             and
             destroyed
             ,
             whose
             vntimely
             death
             is
             oft
             accompanied
             with
             much
             pitty
             and
             commiseration
             .
             For
             among
             all
             the
             
             disasters
             that
             can
             happen
             to
             mortals
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             so
             lamentable
             and
             so
             powrefull
             to
             moue
             compassion
             as
             the
             flower
             of
             vertue
             cropt
             with
             too
             sudden
             a
             mischance
             .
             Neither
             hath
             it
             beene
             often
             knowne
             that
             men
             in
             their
             greene
             yeares
             become
             so
             loathsome
             and
             odious
             ,
             as
             that
             at
             their
             deathes
             either
             sorrow
             is
             stinted
             ,
             or
             commiseration
             moderated
             :
             but
             that
             lamentation
             and
             mourning
             doe
             not
             onely
             flutter
             about
             their
             obsequies
             like
             those
             funerall
             birds
             ;
             but
             this
             pittifull
             commiseration
             doth
             continue
             for
             a
             long
             space
             ,
             and
             especially
             by
             occasions
             and
             new
             motions
             ,
             and
             beginning
             of
             great
             matters
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             by
             the
             morning
             raies
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             their
             passions
             and
             desires
             are
             renued
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             15.
             
          
           
             TITHONVS
             ,
             or
             Satiety
          
           
             IT
             is
             elegantly
             fained
             that
             Tithonus
             was
             the
             paromour
             of
             Aurora
             ,
             who
             (
             desirous
             for
             euer
             to
             enjoy
             his
             company
             )
             petitioned
             Iupiter
             that
             he
             might
             neuer
             dye
             ,
             but
             (
             through
             womanish
             ouersight
             )
             forgetting
             to
             insert
             this
             clause
             in
             her
             petition
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             not
             withall
             grow
             old
             and
             feeble
             ,
             it
             followed
             that
             he
             was
             onely
             freed
             from
             the
             condition
             of
             mortality
             ,
             but
             for
             old
             age
             ,
             that
             came
             vpon
             him
             in
             a
             maruelous
             and
             miserable
             fashion
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             the
             state
             of
             those
             who
             cannot
             die
             ,
             yet
             euery
             day
             grow
             weaker
             and
             weaker
             with
             age
             .
             Insomuch
             that
             Iupiter
             (
             in
             commiseratio
             of
             this
             his
             misery
             )
             did
             at
             length
             metamorphose
             him
             into
             a
             Grashopper
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             bee
             an
             ingenuous
             Character
             or
             description
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             &
             as
             it
             were
             in
             the
             morning
             seemes
             
             to
             be
             so
             pleasant
             and
             delightfull
             that
             men
             desire
             they
             might
             enjoy
             &
             monopolize
             it
             for
             euer
             vnto
             thēselues
             ,
             vnmindfull
             of
             that
             Satiety
             and
             loathing
             ,
             which
             (
             like
             old
             age
             )
             will
             come
             vpon
             them
             before
             they
             bee
             aware
             .
             And
             so
             at
             last
             (
             when
             the
             vse
             of
             pleasure
             leaues
             men
             ,
             the
             desire
             &
             affection
             not
             yet
             yeilding
             vnto
             death
             )
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             that
             men
             please
             themselues
             onely
             by
             talking
             and
             commemorating
             those
             things
             which
             brought
             pleasure
             vnto
             them
             in
             the
             flower
             of
             their
             age
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             obserued
             in
             libidinous
             persons
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             men
             of
             military
             professions
             :
             the
             one
             delighting
             in
             beastly
             talke
             ,
             the
             other
             boasting
             of
             their
             valorous
             deeds
             like
             Grashoppers
             ,
             whose
             vigor
             consists
             onely
             in
             their
             voyce
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             16.
             
          
           
             IVNOS
             SVTOR
             ,
             or
             Basenesse
             .
          
           
             THe
             Poets
             say
             ,
             that
             Iupiter
             to
             enioy
             his
             lustfull
             delights
             tooke
             vpon
             him
             the
             shape
             of
             sundry
             creatures
             ,
             as
             of
             a
             Bull
             ,
             of
             an
             Eagle
             ,
             of
             a
             Swane
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             goulden
             shower
             :
             but
             being
             a
             Sutor
             to
             Iuno
             hee
             came
             in
             a
             forme
             most
             ignoble
             and
             Base
             ,
             an
             obiect
             full
             of
             contempt
             and
             scorne
             ,
             resembling
             indeed
             a
             miserable
             Cuckow
             ,
             weather-beaten
             with
             raine
             &
             tempest
             ,
             nummed
             ,
             quaking
             ,
             and
             halfe
             dead
             with
             coulde
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             is
             wise
             and
             seemes
             to
             bee
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             bowels
             of
             morallity
             ,
             the
             sence
             of
             it
             being
             this
             ,
             That
             men
             boast
             not
             too
             much
             of
             themselues
             ,
             thinking
             by
             ostentation
             of
             their
             owne
             worth
             to
             insinuate
             themselues
             into
             estimation
             and
             fauor
             with
             men
             ,
             the
             successe
             of
             such
             intentions
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             measured
             by
             the
             nature
             and
             disposition
             
             of
             those
             to
             whom
             men
             sue
             for
             grace
             :
             Who
             if
             of
             themselues
             they
             bee
             indowed
             with
             no
             guifts
             and
             ornaments
             of
             nature
             ,
             but
             are
             onely
             of
             haughtie
             and
             malignant
             spirits
             (
             intimated
             by
             the
             person
             of
             Iuno
             )
             then
             are
             Sutors
             to
             know
             that
             it
             is
             good
             policy
             to
             omit
             all
             kind
             of
             apparance
             that
             may
             any
             way
             shew
             their
             owne
             least
             praise
             or
             worth
             :
             and
             that
             they
             much
             deceiue
             themselues
             in
             taking
             any
             other
             course
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             inough
             to
             shew
             deformity
             in
             obsequiousnes
             ,
             vnlesse
             they
             also
             appeare
             euen
             abiect
             and
             base
             in
             their
             very
             persons
             .
          
        
         
           
             17.
             
          
           
             CVPID
             ,
             or
             an
             Atome
             .
          
           
             THat
             which
             the
             Poets
             say
             of
             Cupid
             or
             Loue
             cannot
             properly
             be
             attributed
             to
             one
             and
             the
             selfe
             same
             person
             ;
             and
             yet
             the
             difference
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             (
             by
             reiecting
             the
             confusion
             of
             persons
             )
             the
             similitude
             may
             be
             receaued
             .
          
           
           
             They
             say
             that
             Loue
             is
             the
             ancientest
             of
             all
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             things
             els
             except
             Chaos
             ,
             which
             they
             hould
             to
             bee
             a
             contemporary
             with
             it
             .
             Now
             as
             touching
             Chaos
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             ancients
             was
             neuer
             dignified
             with
             diuine
             honour
             ,
             or
             with
             the
             title
             of
             a
             God.
             And
             as
             for
             Loue
             ,
             they
             absolutely
             bring
             him
             in
             without
             a
             father
             ,
             onely
             some
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             hee
             came
             of
             an
             Egge
             which
             was
             laid
             by
             Nox
             ,
             and
             that
             on
             Chaos
             hee
             begot
             the
             Gods
             and
             all
             things
             els
             .
             There
             are
             fower
             things
             attributed
             vnto
             him
             ,
             perpetuall
             infancy
             ,
             blindnes
             ,
             nakednes
             ,
             and
             an
             Archery
             .
             There
             was
             also
             another
             Loue
             which
             was
             the
             yongest
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             he
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             was
             the
             Sonne
             of
             Venus
             .
             On
             this
             also
             they
             bestowe
             the
             attributes
             of
             the
             elder
             Loue
             ,
             as
             in
             some
             sort
             well
             applie
             vnto
             him
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             tends
             and
             lookes
             to
             the
             Cradle
             of
             
               Nature
               ,
               Loue
            
             seeming
             to
             bee
             the
             appetite
             or
             desire
             of
             the
             first
             matter
             ,
             or
             (
             to
             speake
             more
             
             plaine
             )
             the
             naturall
             motion
             of
             the
             Atome
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             ancient
             and
             onely
             power
             that
             formes
             and
             fashions
             all
             things
             out
             of
             Matter
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Parent
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             no
             cause
             ,
             seeing
             euery
             cause
             is
             as
             a
             parent
             to
             its
             effect
             .
             Of
             this
             power
             or
             vertue
             there
             can
             bee
             no
             cause
             in
             Nature
             (
             as
             for
             God
             ,
             we
             alwaies
             except
             him
             )
             for
             nothing
             was
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             no
             efficient
             cause
             of
             it
             .
             Neither
             was
             there
             any
             thing
             better
             knowen
             to
             nature
             ,
             and
             therefore
             neither
             Genus
             nor
             Forme
             .
             Wherefore
             whatsoeuer
             it
             is
             ,
             positiue
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             but
             inexpressible
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             if
             the
             manner
             and
             proceeding
             of
             it
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             conceiued
             ,
             yet
             could
             it
             not
             bee
             by
             any
             cause
             ,
             seeing
             that
             (
             next
             vnto
             God
             )
             it
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             causes
             ,
             it selfe
             onely
             without
             any
             cause
             .
             And
             perchance
             there
             is
             no
             likely
             hood
             ,
             that
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             may
             bee
             conteined
             or
             comprehended
             within
             the
             narrow
             compasse
             of
             humane
             search
             .
             Not
             without
             reason
             therefore
             is
             it
             fained
             to
             come
             of
             an
             
             Egge
             which
             was
             layed
             by
             Nox
             .
             Certenly
             the
             diuine
             Philosopher
             grants
             so
             much
             .
             
               Eccl.
               3.
               11.
               
               Cuncta
               fecit
               tempestatibus
               suis
               pulchra
               ,
               &
               mundum
               tradidit
               disputationibus
               eorum
               ,
               it
               a
               tamen
               vt
               non
               inueniat
               homo
               opus
               ,
               quod
               operatus
               est
               Deus
               ,
               a
               principio
               ad
               finem
               .
            
             That
             is
             ,
             he
             hath
             made
             euery
             thing
             beautifull
             in
             their
             seasons
             ,
             also
             he
             hath
             set
             the
             world
             in
             their
             meditations
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             man
             find
             out
             the
             worke
             that
             God
             hath
             wrought
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             euen
             to
             the
             end
             .
             For
             the
             principall
             law
             of
             Nature
             ,
             or
             power
             of
             this
             desire
             ,
             created
             (
             by
             God
             )
             in
             these
             parcels
             of
             things
             ,
             for
             concurring
             and
             meeting
             together
             (
             from
             whose
             repetitions
             and
             multiplications
             ,
             all
             variety
             of
             creatures
             proceeded
             and
             were
             composed
             )
             may
             dazzle
             the
             eies
             of
             mens
             vnderstandings
             ,
             and
             comprehended
             it
             can
             hardly
             bee
             .
             The
             Greeke
             Philosophers
             are
             obserued
             to
             be
             very
             acute
             and
             diligent
             in
             searching
             out
             the
             materiall
             principles
             of
             things
             :
             but
             in
             the
             beginnings
             of
             
             motion
             (
             wherein
             consists
             all
             the
             efficacy
             of
             operation
             )
             they
             are
             negligent
             and
             weake
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             that
             wee
             handle
             ,
             they
             seeme
             to
             be
             altogether
             blind
             and
             stammering
             :
             for
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Peripatetickes
             concerning
             the
             appetite
             of
             Matter
             caused
             by
             Priuation
             ,
             is
             in
             a
             manner
             nothing
             els
             but
             words
             ,
             which
             rather
             sound
             then
             signifie
             any
             realty
             .
             And
             those
             that
             referre
             it
             vnto
             God
             ,
             doe
             very
             well
             ,
             but
             then
             they
             leape
             vp
             ,
             they
             ascend
             not
             by
             degrees
             :
             for
             doubtles
             there
             is
             one
             chiefe
             lawe
             subordinate
             to
             God
             ,
             in
             which
             all
             naturall
             things
             concurre
             and
             meete
             ,
             the
             same
             that
             in
             the
             fore-cited
             Scripture
             is
             demonstrated
             in
             these
             words
             .
             
               Opus
               ,
               quod
               operatus
               est
               Deus
               a
               principio
               vsque
               ad
               finem
               ,
            
             the
             worke
             that
             God
             hath
             wrought
             from
             the
             beginning
             euen
             to
             the
             ende
             .
             But
             Democritus
             which
             entred
             more
             deepely
             into
             the
             consideration
             of
             this
             point
             after
             he
             had
             conceaued
             an
             Atome
             with
             some
             small
             dimension
             and
             forme
             ,
             he
             attributed
             vnto
             it
             one
             onely
             desire
             ,
             
             or
             first
             motion
             simply
             or
             absolutely
             ,
             and
             another
             comparatiuely
             or
             in
             respect
             :
             for
             hee
             thought
             that
             all
             things
             did
             properly
             tend
             to
             the
             center
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             whereof
             those
             bodies
             which
             were
             more
             materiall
             descended
             with
             swifter
             motion
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             had
             lesse
             matter
             did
             on
             the
             contrary
             tend
             vpward
             .
             But
             this
             meditation
             was
             very
             shallow
             conteyning
             lesse
             then
             was
             expedient
             :
             for
             neither
             the
             turning
             of
             the
             celestiall
             bodies
             in
             a
             round
             ,
             nor
             shutting
             and
             opening
             of
             things
             may
             seeme
             to
             be
             reduced
             or
             applied
             to
             this
             beginning
             .
             And
             as
             for
             that
             opinion
             of
             Epicurus
             concerning
             the
             casuall
             declination
             and
             agitation
             of
             the
             Atome
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             a
             meere
             toy
             ,
             and
             a
             plaine
             euidence
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             ignorant
             of
             that
             point
             .
             It
             is
             therefore
             more
             apparent
             (
             then
             wee
             could
             wish
             )
             that
             this
             Cupid
             or
             Loue
             remaines
             as
             yet
             clouded
             vnder
             the
             shades
             of
             Night
             .
             Now
             as
             concerning
             his
             attributes
             :
             Hee
             is
             elegantly
             described
             with
             perpetuall
             infancie
             
             
             
             desire
             to
             some
             indiuiduall
             nature
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             generall
             disposition
             comes
             from
             Venus
             ,
             the
             more
             exact
             sympathy
             from
             Cupid
             ,
             the
             one
             deriued
             from
             causes
             more
             neere
             ,
             the
             other
             from
             beginnings
             more
             remote
             and
             fatall
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             from
             the
             elder
             Cupid
             ,
             of
             whom
             euery
             exquisite
             sympathie
             doth
             depend
             .
          
        
         
           
             18
          
           
             DIOMEDES
             ,
             or
             Zeale
             .
          
           
             DIomedes
             flourishing
             with
             great
             fame
             and
             glory
             in
             the
             Troian
             warres
             ,
             and
             in
             high
             fauour
             with
             Pallas
             was
             by
             her
             instigated
             (
             beeing
             indeed
             forwarder
             then
             he
             should
             haue
             bene
             )
             not
             to
             forbeare
             Venus
             a
             iote
             ,
             if
             he
             encountred
             with
             her
             in
             fight
             ,
             which
             very
             boldly
             hee
             performed
             ,
             wounding
             her
             in
             the
             right
             arme
             .
             This
             presumptuous
             fact
             hee
             caried
             cleare
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             being
             honored
             and
             renowned
             for
             his
             many
             heroicke
             deeds
             ;
             at
             last
             returned
             into
             
             his
             owne
             countrey
             ,
             where
             finding
             himselfe
             hard
             besteed
             with
             domesticke
             troubles
             ,
             fled
             into
             Italy
             ,
             betaking
             himselfe
             to
             the
             protection
             of
             Forreiners
             ,
             where
             in
             the
             beginning
             he
             was
             fortunate
             and
             royally
             entertained
             by
             King
             Daunus
             with
             sumptuous
             gifts
             ,
             raising
             many
             statues
             in
             honour
             of
             him
             throughout
             his
             dominions
             .
             But
             vpon
             the
             very
             first
             calamity
             that
             hapned
             vnto
             this
             nation
             whereunto
             he
             was
             fled
             for
             succor
             :
             King
             Daunus
             enters
             into
             a
             conceipt
             with
             himselfe
             that
             he
             had
             entertained
             a
             wicked
             guest
             into
             his
             family
             ,
             and
             a
             man
             odious
             to
             the
             Gods
             and
             an
             impugner
             of
             their
             Diuinity
             ,
             that
             had
             dared
             with
             his
             sword
             to
             assault
             and
             wound
             that
             Goddesse
             ,
             whom
             in
             their
             religion
             they
             held
             it
             sacrilege
             so
             much
             as
             to
             touch
             .
             Therfore
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             expiat
             his
             countreyes
             guilt
             (
             nothing
             respecting
             the
             duties
             of
             hospitality
             ,
             when
             the
             bonds
             of
             Religion
             tyed
             him
             with
             a
             more
             reuerend
             regarde
             )
             suddenly
             slew
             Diomedes
             ,
             commanding
             withall
             
             
             
             
             
             time
             in
             their
             senses
             and
             memories
             .
          
        
         
           
             19.
             
          
           
             DAEDALVS
             ,
             or
             Mechanique
             .
          
           
             MEchanicall
             wisedome
             and
             industry
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             vnlawfull
             science
             peruerted
             to
             wrong
             ends
             ,
             is
             shadowed
             by
             the
             Ancients
             vnder
             the
             person
             of
             Daedalus
             ,
             a
             man
             ingenious
             ,
             but
             execrable
             .
             This
             Daedalus
             (
             for
             murthering
             his
             fellow
             seruant
             that
             emulated
             him
             )
             being
             bannished
             ,
             was
             kindly
             interteined
             (
             during
             his
             exile
             )
             in
             many
             cities
             ,
             and
             Princes
             Courts
             :
             for
             indeed
             he
             was
             the
             raiser
             and
             builder
             of
             many
             goodly
             structures
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             honour
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             beautie
             and
             magnificence
             of
             cities
             ,
             and
             other
             publick
             places
             :
             but
             for
             his
             works
             of
             mischeefe
             he
             is
             most
             notorious
             .
             It
             is
             he
             which
             framed
             that
             engine
             which
             Pasiphae
             vsed
             to
             satisfie
             her
             lust
             in
             companying
             with
             a
             bull
             ,
             so
             that
             by
             
             this
             his
             wretched
             industrie
             and
             pernicious
             deuice
             ,
             that
             Monster
             Minotaur
             (
             the
             destruction
             of
             so
             many
             hopefull
             youthes
             )
             tooke
             his
             accursed
             and
             infamous
             beginning
             ,
             and
             studying
             to
             couer
             and
             increase
             one
             mischeife
             with
             another
             ,
             for
             the
             security
             &
             preseruation
             of
             this
             Monster
             hee
             inuented
             and
             built
             a
             Labyrinth
             ,
             a
             worke
             for
             intent
             and
             vse
             most
             nefarious
             and
             wicked
             ,
             for
             skill
             and
             workmanship
             famous
             and
             excellent
             .
             Afterward
             that
             he
             might
             not
             bee
             noted
             onely
             for
             works
             of
             mischeefe
             ,
             but
             be
             sought
             after
             as
             well
             for
             remedies
             ,
             as
             for
             instruments
             of
             destruction
             ;
             hee
             was
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             ingenious
             deuice
             concerning
             the
             clue
             of
             threed
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Labyrinth
             was
             made
             passable
             without
             any
             let
             .
             This
             Daedalus
             was
             persecuted
             by
             Minos
             with
             great
             seuerity
             ,
             diligence
             and
             inquiry
             ,
             but
             he
             always
             found
             the
             meanes
             to
             auoid
             and
             escape
             his
             tyranny
             .
             Lastly
             he
             taught
             his
             sonne
             Icarus
             to
             flie
             ,
             but
             the
             nouice
             in
             ostentation
             of
             his
             
             art
             soaring
             too
             high
             ,
             fell
             into
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             was
             drowned
             .
          
           
             The
             Parable
             seemes
             to
             be
             thus
             :
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
             it
             may
             be
             noted
             that
             kind
             of
             enuie
             or
             emulation
             that
             lodgeth
             and
             wonderfully
             swaies
             and
             domineers
             amongst
             excellent
             artificers
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             kinde
             of
             people
             more
             reciprocally
             tormented
             with
             bitter
             and
             deadly
             hatred
             then
             they
             .
          
           
             The
             bannishment
             also
             of
             Dedalus
             (
             a
             punishment
             inflicted
             on
             him
             against
             the
             rules
             of
             policy
             and
             prouidence
             )
             is
             worth
             the
             nothing
             :
             for
             Artificers
             haue
             this
             prerogatiue
             to
             find
             enterteinment
             and
             welcome
             in
             all
             countries
             ,
             so
             that
             exile
             to
             an
             excellent
             workman
             can
             hardly
             bee
             termed
             a
             punishment
             ,
             whereas
             other
             conditions
             and
             states
             of
             life
             can
             scarce
             liue
             out
             of
             their
             owne
             country
             .
             The
             admiration
             of
             artificers
             is
             propogated
             and
             increast
             in
             forrein
             and
             strange
             nations
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             a
             naturall
             and
             inbred
             disposition
             of
             men
             to
             value
             their
             owne
             countrimen
             
             (
             in
             respect
             of
             Mechanicall
             works
             )
             lesse
             then
             strangers
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             vse
             of
             Mechanicall
             arts
             ,
             that
             which
             follows
             is
             plaine
             .
             The
             life
             of
             man
             is
             much
             beholding
             to
             them
             ,
             seeing
             many
             things
             (
             conducing
             to
             the
             ornament
             of
             religion
             ,
             to
             the
             grace
             of
             ciuill
             discipline
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             beautifying
             of
             all
             humane
             kind
             )
             are
             extracted
             out
             of
             their
             treasuries
             :
             and
             yet
             notwithstanding
             from
             the
             same
             Megazine
             or
             storehouse
             are
             produced
             instruments
             both
             of
             lust
             and
             death
             ,
             for
             (
             to
             omit
             the
             wiles
             of
             bandes
             )
             we
             well
             know
             how
             farre
             exquisit
             poisons
             ,
             warlike
             engines
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             mischeifs
             (
             the
             effects
             of
             Mechanicall
             inuentions
             )
             doe
             exceed
             the
             Minotaur
             himselfe
             in
             malignity
             &
             sauage
             cruelty
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             ,
             that
             of
             the
             Labyrinth
             is
             an
             excellent
             Allegory
             ,
             whereby
             is
             shadowed
             the
             nature
             of
             Mechanicall
             sciences
             :
             for
             all
             such
             handicrafte
             works
             as
             are
             more
             ingenious
             and
             accurate
             ,
             may
             bee
             compared
             
             to
             a
             Labyrinth
             in
             respect
             of
             subtilty
             and
             diuers
             intricate
             passages
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             plaine
             resemblances
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             iudgement
             can
             hardly
             be
             guided
             and
             discerned
             ,
             but
             onely
             by
             the
             line
             of
             experience
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             impertinently
             added
             ,
             that
             hee
             which
             inuented
             the
             intricate
             nooks
             of
             the
             Labyrinth
             ,
             did
             also
             shew
             the
             cōmodity
             of
             the
             clue
             :
             for
             Mechanicall
             arts
             are
             of
             ambiguous
             vse
             ,
             seruing
             as
             well
             for
             hurt
             as
             for
             remedy
             ,
             and
             they
             haue
             in
             a
             manner
             power
             both
             to
             loose
             and
             bind
             themselues
             .
          
           
             Vnlawfull
             trades
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             consequence
             arts
             themselues
             are
             often
             persecuted
             by
             Minos
             ,
             that
             is
             by
             lawes
             ,
             which
             doe
             condemne
             them
             and
             prohibit
             men
             to
             vse
             them
             .
             Neuerthelesse
             they
             are
             hid
             and
             retained
             euery
             where
             ,
             finding
             lurking
             holes
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             receipt
             ,
             which
             was
             well
             obserued
             by
             Tacitus
             of
             the
             Mathematicians
             and
             figure
             flingers
             of
             his
             time
             in
             a
             thing
             not
             much
             vnlike
             ;
             Genus
             (
             inquit
             )
             
               hominum
               quod
               in
               ciuitate
               
               nostra
               semper
               &
               retinebitur
               &
               vetabitur
               .
            
             There
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             men
             (
             faith
             hee
             )
             that
             will
             always
             abide
             in
             our
             Citie
             though
             always
             forbiddē
             .
             And
             yet
             notwithstanding
             vnlawfull
             &
             curious
             arts
             of
             what
             kind
             soeuer
             ,
             in
             tract
             of
             time
             ,
             when
             they
             cannot
             performe
             what
             they
             promise
             ,
             doe
             fall
             from
             the
             good
             opinion
             that
             was
             held
             of
             them
             (
             no
             otherwise
             then
             Icarus
             fell
             downe
             from
             the
             skies
             )
             they
             growe
             to
             be
             contemned
             and
             scorned
             ,
             and
             so
             perish
             by
             too
             much
             ostentation
             .
             And
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             so
             happily
             restreined
             by
             the
             raines
             of
             law
             ,
             as
             bewraied
             by
             their
             owne
             vanitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             20.
             
          
           
             ERICTHONIVS
             ,
             or
             Imposture
             .
          
           
             THe
             Poets
             fable
             that
             Vulcan
             sollicited
             Minerua
             for
             her
             virginity
             ,
             and
             impatient
             of
             deniall
             with
             an
             inflamed
             desire
             offered
             her
             violence
             ,
             but
             in
             struggling
             his
             Seed
             fell
             vpon
             the
             ground
             ,
             whereof
             came
             
             
             
             mother
             they
             cast
             them
             behind
             their
             backs
             ,
             which
             at
             first
             struck
             them
             with
             great
             amazement
             and
             dispaire
             ,
             seeing
             (
             all
             things
             being
             defaced
             by
             the
             flood
             )
             it
             would
             be
             an
             endles
             worke
             to
             find
             their
             mothers
             sepulcher
             ,
             but
             at
             length
             they
             vnderstood
             that
             by
             bones
             the
             stones
             of
             the
             earth
             (
             seeing
             the
             earth
             was
             the
             mother
             of
             all
             things
             )
             were
             signified
             by
             the
             Oracle
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             reueale
             a
             secret
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             to
             correct
             an
             error
             familiar
             to
             mens
             conceipts
             :
             for
             through
             want
             of
             knowledge
             ,
             men
             thinke
             that
             things
             may
             take
             renouation
             and
             restauration
             from
             their
             putrefaction
             and
             dregs
             ,
             no
             otherwise
             then
             the
             Phoenix
             from
             the
             ashes
             ,
             which
             in
             no
             case
             can
             be
             admitted
             ,
             seing
             such
             kind
             of
             materials
             ,
             when
             they
             haue
             fulfilled
             their
             periods
             ,
             are
             vnapt
             for
             the
             beginings
             of
             such
             things
             :
             wee
             must
             therefore
             looke
             back
             to
             more
             common
             principles
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             22.
             
          
           
             NEMESIS
             ,
             or
             the
             Vicissitude
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             NEmesis
             is
             said
             to
             be
             a
             Goddesse
             venerable
             vnto
             all
             ,
             but
             to
             bee
             feared
             of
             none
             but
             potentates
             and
             fortunes
             fauorites
             .
             She
             is
             thought
             to
             be
             the
             Daughter
             of
             Oceanus
             and
             Nox
             .
             Shee
             is
             purtrayed
             with
             wings
             on
             her
             shoulders
             ,
             and
             on
             her
             head
             a
             Coronet
             ;
             bearing
             in
             her
             right
             hand
             a
             iauelin
             of
             Ash
             ,
             and
             in
             her
             left
             a
             Pitcher
             with
             the
             similitudes
             of
             Aethiopians
             engrauen
             on
             it
             :
             and
             lastly
             shee
             is
             described
             sitting
             on
             a
             Hart.
             
          
           
             The
             Parable
             may
             bee
             thus
             vnfolded
             .
             Her
             name
             Nemesis
             doth
             plainly
             signifie
             .
             Reuenge
             or
             Retribution
             ,
             her
             office
             and
             administration
             being
             (
             like
             a
             Tribune
             of
             the
             people
             )
             to
             hinder
             the
             constant
             &
             perpetuall
             felicity
             of
             happy
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             interpose
             her
             word
             ,
             veto
             ,
             I
             forbid
             the
             continuance
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             
             chastice
             insolency
             ,
             but
             to
             intermix
             prosperity
             (
             though
             harmles
             and
             in
             a
             meane
             )
             with
             the
             vicissitudes
             of
             aduersity
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             a
             custome
             ,
             that
             noe
             mortall
             man
             should
             be
             admitted
             to
             the
             Table
             of
             the
             Gods
             but
             for
             sport
             .
             Truly
             when
             I
             read
             that
             Chapter
             ,
             wherein
             
               Caius
               Plinius
            
             hath
             collected
             the
             misfortunes
             and
             miseries
             of
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             ,
             whom
             of
             all
             men
             I
             thought
             the
             most
             happy
             ,
             who
             had
             also
             a
             kind
             of
             arte
             to
             vse
             and
             inioy
             his
             fortune
             ,
             and
             in
             whose
             mind
             might
             be
             noted
             neither
             pride
             ,
             nor
             lightnes
             ,
             nor
             nicenes
             ,
             nor
             disorder
             ,
             nor
             melancholly
             (
             as
             that
             he
             had
             appointed
             a
             time
             to
             die
             of
             his
             owne
             accord
             )
             I
             then
             deemed
             this
             Goddesse
             to
             be
             great
             and
             powerfull
             ,
             to
             whose
             altar
             so
             worthy
             a
             sacrifice
             as
             this
             was
             drawen
             .
          
           
             The
             Parents
             of
             this
             Goddesse
             were
             Oceanus
             and
             Nox
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             vicissitude
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             diuine
             iudgement
             obscure
             and
             secret
             :
             for
             the
             alterations
             of
             things
             are
             aptly
             represented
             by
             the
             Sea
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             
             continuall
             ebbing
             and
             flowing
             of
             it
             :
             and
             hidden
             prouidence
             is
             well
             set
             forth
             by
             the
             Night
             :
             for
             euen
             the
             nocturnall
             Nemesis
             (
             seeing
             humane
             iudgement
             differs
             much
             from
             diuine
             )
             was
             seriously
             obserued
             by
             the
             heathen
             .
          
           
             
               Virgill
               Aeneid
               .
               lib.
               2.
               
            
             
               —
               Cadit
               &
               Ripheus
               instissimus
               vnus
               ,
            
             
               Qui
               fuit
               ex
               Teucris
               ,
               &
               seruantissimus
               equi
               ,
            
             
               Dijs
               aliter
               visum
               —
               .
            
          
           
             
               That
               day
               by
               Greekish
               force
               was
               Ripheus
               slaine
               ,
            
             
               So
               iust
               and
               strict
               obseruer
               of
               the
               law
               ,
            
             
               As
               Troy
               within
               her
               walles
               did
               not
               containe
            
             
               A
               better
               man
               :
               Yet
               God
               then
               good
               it
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             Shee
             is
             described
             with
             wings
             ,
             because
             the
             changes
             of
             things
             are
             so
             sudden
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             are
             seene
             ,
             before
             
             foreseene
             :
             for
             in
             the
             Records
             of
             all
             ages
             ,
             wee
             finde
             it
             for
             the
             most
             part
             true
             ,
             that
             great
             potentates
             ,
             and
             wise
             men
             haue
             perished
             by
             those
             misfortunes
             which
             they
             most
             contemned
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             obserued
             in
             
               Marcus
               Cicero
            
             ,
             who
             being
             admonished
             by
             
               Decius
               Brutus
            
             of
             
               Octauius
               Cesars
            
             hippocriticall
             friendshippe
             and
             hollow
             heartednes
             towards
             him
             ,
             returnes
             this
             answere
             ;
             
               Te
               autem
               ,
               mi
               Brute
               ,
               sicut
               debeo
               ,
               amo
               ,
               quod
               istud
               quicquid
               est
               nugarum
               me
               scire
               voluisti
               .
            
             I
             must
             euer
             acknowledge
             my selfe
             
               (
               Deare
               Brutus
            
             )
             beholding
             to
             thee
             ,
             in
             loue
             ,
             for
             that
             thou
             hast
             bene
             so
             carefull
             to
             acquaint
             mee
             with
             that
             which
             I
             esteeme
             but
             as
             a
             needles
             trifle
             to
             be
             doubted
             .
          
           
             Nemesis
             is
             also
             adorned
             with
             a
             Coronet
             ,
             to
             shew
             the
             enuious
             and
             malignant
             disposition
             of
             the
             vulgar
             ,
             for
             when
             fortunes
             fauourites
             and
             great
             potentates
             come
             to
             ruine
             ,
             then
             doe
             the
             common
             people
             reioyce
             ,
             setting
             as
             it
             were
             a
             crowne
             vpon
             the
             head
             of
             reuenge
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Iauelin
             in
             her
             right
             hand
             points
             at
             those
             ,
             whom
             shee
             actually
             strikes
             and
             pierceth
             thorow
             .
          
           
             And
             before
             those
             ,
             whom
             shee
             destroyes
             not
             in
             their
             calamitie
             and
             misfortune
             ,
             shee
             euer
             presents
             that
             blacke
             and
             dismall
             spectacle
             in
             her
             left
             hand
             :
             for
             questionles
             to
             men
             sitting
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             vpon
             the
             pinnacle
             of
             prosperity
             ,
             the
             thoughts
             of
             death
             &
             painfulnes
             of
             sicknes
             and
             misfortunes
             ,
             perfidiousnes
             of
             friends
             ,
             treachery
             of
             foes
             ,
             change
             of
             state
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             ,
             seeme
             as
             ougly
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             their
             meditations
             ,
             as
             those
             Ethiopians
             pictured
             in
             Nemesis
             her
             Pitcher
             .
             Virgill
             in
             describing
             the
             battell
             of
             Actium
             ,
             speakes
             thus
             elegantly
             of
             Cleopatra
             .
          
           
             
               Regina
               in
               medijs
               patrio
               vocat
               agmina
               sistro
               ,
            
             
               Nec
               dum
               etiam
               geminos
               à
               tergo
               respicit
               angues
               ..
            
          
           
             
               The
               Queene
               amidst
               this
               hurly
               burly
               stands
               ,
            
             
             
               And
               with
               her
               Countrey
               Timbrell
               calles
               her
               bands
               ;
            
             
               Not
               spying
               yet
               where
               crawld
               behind
               her
               backe
            
             
               Two
               deadly
               Snakes
               with
               venom
               speckled
               blacke
               .
            
          
           
             But
             not
             long
             after
             ,
             which
             way
             soeuer
             shee
             turned
             ,
             troops
             of
             Ethiopians
             were
             still
             before
             her
             eies
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             it
             is
             wisely
             added
             ,
             that
             Nemesis
             rides
             vpon
             an
             Hart
             ,
             because
             a
             Hart
             is
             a
             most
             liuely
             creature
             .
             And
             albeit
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             are
             cut
             off
             by
             death
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             preuent
             and
             shunne
             the
             power
             of
             Nemesis
             ,
             yet
             doubtles
             such
             ,
             whose
             prosperity
             and
             power
             continue
             long
             ,
             are
             made
             subiect
             vnto
             her
             ,
             and
             lye
             as
             it
             were
             troden
             vnder
             her
             feete
             .
          
        
         
           
             23.
             
          
           
             ACHELOVS
             ,
             or
             Battell
             .
          
           
             IT
             is
             a
             Fable
             of
             antiquitie
             ,
             that
             when
             Hercules
             and
             Achelous
             as
             riuals
             contended
             for
             the
             mariage
             of
             
             Deianira
             ,
             the
             matter
             drew
             them
             to
             combate
             ,
             wherein
             Achelous
             tooke
             vpon
             him
             many
             diuers
             shapes
             ,
             for
             so
             was
             it
             in
             his
             power
             to
             doe
             ,
             and
             amongst
             others
             ,
             transforming
             himselfe
             into
             the
             likenes
             of
             a
             furious
             wild
             Bull
             ,
             assaults
             Hercules
             and
             prouokes
             him
             to
             fight
             .
             But
             Hercules
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             sticking
             to
             his
             old
             humane
             forme
             ,
             couragiously
             encounters
             him
             ,
             &
             so
             the
             combate
             goes
             roundly
             on
             .
             But
             this
             was
             the
             euent
             ,
             that
             Hercules
             tore
             away
             one
             of
             the
             Buls
             hornes
             ,
             wherewith
             he
             being
             mightily
             daunted
             and
             greeued
             ,
             to
             ransome
             his
             horne
             againe
             ,
             was
             contented
             to
             giue
             Hercules
             in
             exchange
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Anealthean
             horne
             ,
             or
             Cornu-Copia
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             hath
             relation
             vnto
             the
             expeditions
             of
             warre
             ,
             for
             the
             preparations
             thereof
             on
             the
             defensiue
             parte
             (
             which
             exprest
             in
             the
             person
             of
             Achelous
             )
             is
             very
             diuers
             and
             vncertaine
             .
             But
             the
             inuading
             party
             is
             most
             commonly
             of
             one
             sorte
             ,
             and
             that
             very
             single
             ,
             consisting
             of
             an
             armie
             
             by
             land
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             of
             a
             Nauie
             by
             Sea.
             But
             for
             a
             King
             that
             in
             his
             owne
             Territorie
             expects
             an
             enemy
             ,
             his
             occasions
             are
             infinite
             .
             He
             fortifies
             townes
             ,
             he
             assembles
             men
             out
             of
             the
             countreyes
             and
             villages
             ,
             hee
             raiseth
             Cittadels
             ,
             hee
             builds
             and
             breakes
             downe
             bridges
             ,
             hee
             disposeth
             garrisons
             ,
             and
             placeth
             troopes
             of
             Soldiers
             on
             passages
             of
             riuers
             ,
             on
             ports
             ,
             on
             Mountaines
             ,
             and
             ambushes
             in
             woods
             ,
             and
             is
             busied
             with
             a
             multitude
             of
             other
             directions
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             euery
             day
             he
             prescribeth
             new
             formes
             and
             orders
             ,
             and
             then
             at
             last
             hauing
             accomodated
             all
             things
             compleat
             for
             defence
             ,
             he
             then
             rightly
             represents
             the
             forme
             and
             manner
             of
             a
             fierce
             fighting
             Bull.
             On
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             the
             inuader
             his
             greatest
             care
             is
             ,
             the
             feare
             to
             bee
             distressed
             for
             victuals
             in
             an
             enemy
             Countrey
             .
             And
             therefore
             affects
             chiefly
             to
             hasten
             on
             battell
             :
             for
             if
             it
             should
             happen
             that
             after
             a
             fielde
             fought
             ,
             he
             proue
             the
             victor
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             breake
             the
             horne
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             
             then
             certainly
             this
             follows
             that
             his
             enemy
             being
             strucken
             with
             terrour
             and
             abased
             in
             his
             reputation
             ,
             presently
             bewraies
             his
             weaknes
             ,
             and
             seeking
             to
             repaire
             his
             losse
             ,
             retyres
             himselfe
             to
             some
             strong
             hold
             ,
             abandoning
             to
             the
             Conqueror
             the
             spoile
             and
             sacke
             of
             his
             countrey
             and
             citties
             :
             which
             may
             well
             bee
             termed
             a
             type
             of
             the
             Amalthean
             horne
             .
          
        
         
           
             24.
             
          
           
             DIONYSVS
             ,
             or
             Passions
             .
          
           
             THey
             say
             that
             
               Semele
               Iupiters
            
             Sweet-heart
             (
             hauing
             bound
             her
             Paramour
             by
             an
             irreuocable
             oath
             to
             grant
             her
             one
             request
             which
             shee
             would
             require
             )
             desired
             that
             he
             would
             accompany
             her
             in
             the
             same
             forme
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             accompanied
             Iuno
             :
             which
             he
             granting
             (
             as
             not
             able
             to
             deny
             )
             it
             came
             to
             passe
             that
             the
             miserable
             wench
             was
             burnt
             with
             lightning
             .
             But
             the
             infant
             which
             she
             bare
             in
             her
             wombe
             ,
             Iupiter
             the
             Father
             tooke
             out
             ,
             and
             kept
             it
             in
             a
             gash
             
             which
             hee
             cut
             in
             his
             thigh
             ,
             till
             the
             moneths
             were
             compleat
             that
             it
             should
             be
             borne
             .
             This
             burden
             made
             Iupiter
             somewhat
             to
             limpe
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             child
             (
             because
             it
             was
             heauy
             and
             troublesome
             to
             its
             Father
             ,
             while
             it
             lay
             in
             his
             thigh
             )
             was
             called
             Dionysus
             ,
             Being
             borne
             ,
             it
             was
             committed
             to
             Proserpina
             for
             some
             yeeres
             to
             be
             nurs't
             ,
             and
             being
             growne
             vp
             ,
             it
             had
             such
             a
             maiden
             face
             ,
             as
             that
             a
             man
             could
             hardly
             iudge
             whether
             it
             were
             a
             boy
             or
             a
             girle
             .
             He
             was
             dead
             also
             ,
             and
             buried
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             but
             afterward
             reuiued
             .
             Being
             but
             a
             youth
             he
             inuented
             ,
             and
             taught
             the
             planting
             and
             dressing
             of
             Vines
             ,
             the
             making
             also
             and
             vse
             of
             wine
             ,
             for
             which
             becomming
             famous
             and
             renowned
             ,
             he
             subiugated
             the
             world
             ,
             euen
             to
             the
             vttermost
             bounds
             of
             India
             .
             He
             rode
             in
             a
             Chariot
             drawen
             with
             Tygers
             .
             There
             danc't
             about
             him
             certaine
             deformed
             hobgoblins
             called
             
               Cobali
               ,
               Aoratus
            
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             yea
             euen
             the
             Muses
             also
             were
             some
             of
             his
             followers
             .
             Hee
             tooke
             to
             wife
             Ariadne
             ,
             
             forsaken
             and
             left
             by
             Theseus
             .
             The
             tree
             sacred
             vnto
             him
             was
             the
             Iuie
             .
             He
             was
             held
             the
             inuentor
             and
             institutor
             of
             Sacrifices
             ,
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             corruption
             and
             cruelty
             .
             Hee
             had
             power
             to
             strike
             men
             with
             fury
             or
             madnes
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             reported
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             celebration
             of
             his
             Orgies
             ,
             two
             famous
             worthies
             ,
             Pentheus
             and
             Orpheus
             were
             torne
             in
             pieces
             by
             certaine
             franticke
             women
             ,
             the
             one
             because
             he
             got
             vpon
             a
             tree
             to
             behold
             their
             ceremonies
             in
             these
             sacrifices
             ,
             the
             other
             for
             making
             melodie
             with
             his
             harpe
             .
             And
             for
             his
             gests
             ,
             they
             are
             in
             a
             manner
             the
             same
             with
             Iupiters
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             such
             excellent
             morality
             coucht
             in
             this
             Fable
             ,
             as
             that
             Morall
             philosophy
             affoords
             not
             better
             :
             for
             vnder
             the
             person
             of
             Bacchus
             is
             described
             the
             nature
             of
             affection
             ,
             passion
             ,
             or
             perturbation
             ,
             the
             mother
             of
             which
             (
             though
             neuer
             so
             hurtful
             )
             is
             nothing
             els
             but
             the
             obiect
             of
             apparent
             good
             in
             the
             eies
             of
             Appetite
             .
             And
             it
             is
             alwaies
             conceiued
             in
             an
             
             vnlawfull
             desire
             rashly
             propounded
             and
             obteined
             ,
             before
             well
             vnderstood
             and
             considered
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             beginnes
             to
             growe
             ,
             the
             Mother
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             desire
             of
             apparent
             good
             by
             too
             much
             feruency
             is
             destroyed
             and
             perisheth
             :
             Neuerthelesse
             (
             whilst
             it
             is
             yet
             an
             imperfect
             Embrio
             )
             it
             is
             nourished
             and
             preserued
             in
             the
             humane
             soule
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             as
             it
             were
             a
             father
             vnto
             it
             ,
             and
             represented
             by
             Iupiter
             )
             but
             especially
             in
             the
             inferiour
             parte
             thereof
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             thigh
             ,
             where
             also
             it
             causeth
             so
             much
             trouble
             and
             vexation
             ,
             as
             that
             good
             determinations
             and
             actions
             are
             much
             hindred
             and
             lamed
             thereby
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             confirmed
             by
             consent
             and
             habite
             ,
             and
             breakes
             out
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             into
             act
             ,
             it
             remaines
             yet
             a
             while
             ,
             with
             Proserpina
             as
             with
             a
             Nurse
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             it
             seekes
             corners
             and
             secret
             places
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             caues
             vnder
             ground
             ,
             vntill
             (
             the
             reines
             of
             shame
             and
             feare
             being
             laid
             aside
             in
             a
             pampered
             audaciousnes
             )
             it
             either
             takes
             the
             pretext
             of
             some
             vertue
             ,
             or
             
             becomes
             altogether
             impudent
             and
             shameles
             .
             And
             it
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             that
             euery
             vehement
             passion
             is
             of
             a
             doubtfull
             sexe
             ,
             as
             being
             masculine
             in
             the
             first
             motion
             ,
             but
             faeminine
             in
             prosecution
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             excellent
             fiction
             that
             of
             Bacchus
             his
             reuiuing
             :
             for
             passions
             doe
             somtimes
             seeme
             to
             be
             in
             a
             dead
             sleepe
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             vtterly
             extinct
             ,
             but
             wee
             should
             not
             thinke
             them
             to
             be
             so
             indeed
             ,
             no
             ,
             though
             they
             lay
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             in
             their
             graue
             ;
             for
             ,
             let
             there
             be
             but
             matter
             and
             opportunitie
             offered
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             them
             quickly
             to
             reuiue
             againe
             .
          
           
             The
             inuention
             of
             wine
             is
             wittily
             ascribed
             vnto
             him
             ,
             euery
             affection
             being
             ingenious
             and
             skilfull
             in
             finding
             out
             that
             which
             brings
             nourishment
             vnto
             it
             ;
             And
             indeed
             of
             all
             things
             knowen
             to
             men
             ,
             Wine
             is
             most
             powerfull
             and
             efficacious
             to
             excite
             and
             kindle
             passions
             of
             what
             kind
             soeuer
             ,
             as
             being
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             a
             common
             Nurse
             to
             them
             all
             .
          
           
             Againe
             his
             conquering
             of
             Nations
             ,
             
             and
             vndertaking
             infinite
             expeditions
             is
             an
             elegant
             deuice
             ;
             For
             desire
             neuer
             rests
             content
             with
             what
             it
             hath
             ,
             but
             with
             an
             infinite
             and
             vnsatiable
             appetite
             still
             couets
             and
             gapes
             after
             more
             .
          
           
             His
             Chariot
             also
             is
             well
             said
             to
             be
             drawen
             by
             Tygers
             :
             for
             as
             soone
             as
             any
             affection
             shall
             from
             going
             afoot
             ,
             be
             aduanc't
             to
             ride
             in
             a
             Chariot
             and
             shall
             captiuate
             reason
             ,
             and
             leade
             her
             in
             a
             triumph
             ,
             it
             growes
             cruell
             ,
             vntamed
             ,
             and
             fierce
             ,
             against
             whatsoeuer
             withstands
             or
             opposeth
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             worth
             the
             nothing
             also
             ,
             that
             those
             ridiculous
             hobgoblins
             are
             brought
             in
             ,
             dancing
             about
             his
             Chariot
             :
             for
             euery
             passion
             doth
             cause
             ,
             in
             the
             eies
             ,
             face
             ,
             and
             gesture
             ,
             certaine
             vndecent
             ,
             and
             ill-seeming
             ,
             apish
             ,
             and
             deformed
             motions
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             who
             in
             any
             kind
             of
             passion
             ,
             as
             in
             anger
             ,
             arrogancy
             ,
             or
             loue
             ,
             seeme
             glorious
             and
             braue
             in
             their
             owne
             eies
             ,
             do
             yet
             appeare
             to
             others
             misshapen
             and
             ridiculous
             .
          
           
           
             In
             that
             the
             Muses
             are
             saide
             to
             be
             of
             his
             company
             ,
             it
             shewes
             that
             there
             is
             no
             affection
             almost
             which
             is
             not
             soothed
             by
             some
             Art
             ,
             wherein
             the
             indulgence
             of
             wits
             doth
             derogate
             from
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Muses
             ,
             who
             (
             when
             they
             ought
             to
             bee
             the
             Mistresses
             of
             life
             )
             are
             made
             the
             waiting
             maids
             of
             affections
             .
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             where
             Bacchus
             is
             saide
             to
             haue
             loued
             Ariadne
             that
             was
             reiected
             by
             Theseus
             ;
             it
             is
             an
             Allegory
             of
             speciall
             obseruation
             :
             for
             it
             is
             most
             certaine
             ,
             that
             passions
             alwaies
             couet
             and
             desire
             that
             which
             experience
             forsakes
             ,
             and
             they
             all
             knowe
             (
             who
             haue
             paide
             deare
             for
             seruing
             and
             obeying
             their
             lusts
             )
             that
             whether
             it
             be
             honour
             ,
             or
             riches
             ,
             or
             delight
             ,
             or
             glory
             ,
             or
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             els
             which
             they
             seeke
             after
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             but
             things
             cast
             off
             ,
             and
             by
             diuers
             men
             in
             all
             ages
             ,
             after
             experience
             had
             ,
             vtterly
             reiected
             and
             loathed
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             without
             a
             mysterie
             ,
             that
             the
             Iuie
             was
             sacred
             to
             Bacchus
             :
             
             for
             the
             application
             holds
             ,
             first
             ,
             in
             that
             the
             Iuie
             remaines
             greene
             in
             winter
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             that
             it
             stickes
             too
             ,
             embraceth
             ,
             and
             ouertoppeth
             so
             many
             diuers
             bodies
             ,
             as
             trees
             ,
             walles
             ,
             and
             edifices
             .
             Touching
             the
             first
             ,
             euery
             passion
             doth
             by
             resistance
             ,
             and
             reluctation
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             by
             an
             Antiparistasis
             (
             like
             the
             Iuie
             of
             the
             colde
             of
             winter
             )
             growe
             fresh
             and
             lusty
             .
             And
             as
             for
             the
             other
             euery
             predominate
             affection
             doth
             againe
             (
             like
             the
             Iuie
             )
             embrace
             and
             limite
             all
             humane
             actions
             and
             determinations
             ,
             adhering
             and
             cleauing
             fast
             vnto
             them
             .
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             a
             wonder
             ,
             that
             superstitious
             rites
             ,
             and
             ceremonies
             were
             attributed
             vnto
             Bacchus
             seeing
             euery
             giddy
             headed
             humour
             keepes
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             Reuell-rout
             in
             false
             religions
             :
             or
             that
             the
             cause
             of
             madnes
             should
             bee
             ascribed
             vnto
             him
             ,
             seeing
             euery
             affection
             is
             by
             nature
             a
             short
             fury
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             it
             growe
             vehement
             ,
             and
             become
             habituall
             )
             concludes
             madnes
             .
          
           
           
             Concerning
             the
             rending
             and
             dismembring
             of
             Pentheus
             and
             Orpheus
             ,
             the
             parable
             is
             plaine
             ,
             for
             euery
             preualent
             affection
             is
             outragious
             and
             seuere
             against
             curious
             inquiry
             ,
             and
             wholsome
             and
             free
             admonition
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             that
             confusion
             of
             Iupiter
             and
             Bacchus
             ,
             their
             persons
             may
             be
             well
             transferred
             to
             a
             parable
             ,
             seeing
             noble
             and
             famous
             acts
             ,
             and
             remarkable
             and
             glorious
             merits
             ,
             doe
             sometimes
             proceed
             from
             vertue
             ,
             and
             well
             ordered
             reason
             ,
             and
             magnanimitie
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             from
             a
             secret
             affection
             ,
             and
             hidden
             passion
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             dignified
             with
             the
             celebritie
             of
             fame
             and
             glory
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             can
             hardly
             distinguish
             betweene
             the
             actes
             of
             Bacchus
             ,
             and
             the
             gests
             of
             Iupiter
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             25.
             
          
           
             ATALANTA
             ,
             or
             Gaine
             .
          
           
             ATalanta
             who
             was
             reputed
             to
             excell
             in
             swiftnesse
             ,
             would
             needs
             challenge
             Hippomanes
             at
             a
             match
             in
             running
             .
             The
             conditions
             of
             the
             Prize
             were
             these
             :
             That
             if
             Hippomanes
             wonne
             the
             race
             ,
             he
             should
             espouse
             Atalanta
             ;
             If
             he
             were
             out-runne
             ,
             that
             then
             hee
             should
             forfeit
             his
             life
             .
             And
             in
             the
             opinion
             of
             all
             ,
             the
             victorie
             was
             thought
             assured
             of
             Atalantas
             side
             ,
             beeing
             famous
             as
             shee
             was
             for
             her
             matchlesse
             and
             inconquerable
             speed
             ,
             whereby
             shee
             had
             bene
             the
             bane
             of
             many
             .
             Hippomanes
             therefore
             bethinkes
             him
             how
             to
             deceiue
             her
             by
             a
             tricke
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             regarde
             prouides
             three
             golden
             apples
             ,
             or
             balles
             which
             he
             purposely
             caried
             about
             him
             .
             The
             race
             is
             begunne
             ,
             and
             Atalanta
             gets
             a
             good
             start
             before
             him
             .
             Hee
             seeing
             himselfe
             thus
             cast
             behind
             ,
             being
             mindfull
             of
             his
             deuice
             ,
             throwes
             one
             of
             
             his
             golden
             balles
             before
             her
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             outright
             ,
             but
             somewhat
             of
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             both
             to
             make
             her
             linger
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             draw
             her
             out
             of
             the
             right
             course
             :
             shee
             out
             of
             a
             womanish
             desire
             ,
             (
             beeing
             thus
             enticed
             with
             the
             beautie
             of
             the
             golden
             apple
             )
             leauing
             her
             direct
             race
             ,
             runnes
             aside
             ,
             and
             stoops
             to
             catch
             the
             ball
             :
             Hippomanes
             the
             while
             holds
             on
             his
             course
             ,
             getting
             thereby
             a
             great
             start
             ,
             and
             leaues
             her
             behind
             him
             :
             But
             shee
             by
             her
             owne
             naturall
             swiftnes
             ,
             recouers
             her
             lost
             time
             ,
             and
             gets
             before
             him
             againe
             .
             But
             Hippomanes
             still
             continues
             his
             sleight
             ,
             and
             both
             the
             second
             and
             third
             times
             casts
             out
             his
             balles
             ,
             those
             enticing
             delayes
             ;
             and
             so
             by
             craft
             and
             not
             by
             his
             actiuitie
             winnes
             the
             race
             and
             victorie
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             allegorically
             to
             demonstrate
             a
             notable
             conflict
             betweene
             Art
             and
             Nature
             :
             for
             Art
             (
             signified
             by
             Atalanta
             )
             in
             its
             worke
             (
             if
             it
             be
             not
             letted
             and
             hindred
             )
             is
             farre
             more
             swift
             then
             Nature
             ,
             more
             speedie
             in
             pace
             ;
             and
             sooner
             attaines
             
             the
             end
             it
             aimes
             at
             ,
             which
             is
             manifest
             almost
             in
             euery
             effect
             :
             As
             you
             may
             see
             in
             fruit-trees
             ,
             whereof
             those
             that
             growe
             of
             a
             kernell
             are
             long
             ere
             they
             beare
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             grafted
             on
             a
             stocke
             a
             great
             deale
             sooner
             .
             You
             may
             see
             it
             in
             Clay
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             generation
             of
             stones
             ,
             is
             long
             ere
             it
             become
             hard
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             burning
             of
             Brickes
             ,
             is
             very
             quickly
             effected
             .
             Also
             in
             morall
             passages
             you
             may
             obserue
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             long
             time
             ere
             (
             by
             the
             benefit
             of
             Nature
             )
             sorrowe
             can
             be
             asswaged
             and
             comfort
             attained
             ,
             whereas
             Philosophy
             (
             which
             is
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             Art
             of
             liuing
             )
             taries
             not
             the
             leasure
             of
             time
             ,
             but
             doth
             it
             instantly
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             hand
             ;
             And
             yet
             this
             prerogatiue
             and
             singular
             agility
             of
             Art
             is
             hindred
             by
             certaine
             golden
             apples
             ,
             to
             the
             infinite
             preiudice
             of
             humane
             proceedings
             :
             for
             there
             is
             not
             any
             one
             Art
             or
             Science
             which
             constantly
             perseueres
             in
             a
             true
             and
             lawfull
             course
             ,
             till
             it
             come
             to
             the
             proposed
             ende
             or
             marke
             :
             but
             euer
             and
             anone
             makes
             stops
             ,
             after
             good
             
             beginnings
             ,
             leaues
             the
             race
             ,
             and
             turnes
             aside
             to
             profite
             and
             commoditie
             ,
             like
             Atalanta
             .
             
               
                 
                   Declinat
                   cursus
                   ,
                   aurumque
                   volubile
                   tollit
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Who
                   doth
                   her
                   course
                   forsake
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   rolling
                   gold
                   to
                   take
                   .
                
              
            
             And
             therefore
             it
             is
             no
             wonder
             that
             Art
             hath
             not
             the
             power
             to
             conquer
             Nature
             ,
             and
             by
             pact
             or
             lawe
             of
             conquest
             ,
             to
             kill
             and
             destroy
             her
             :
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             it
             falles
             out
             ,
             that
             Art
             becomes
             subiect
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             yeelds
             the
             obedience
             ,
             as
             of
             a
             wife
             to
             her
             husband
             .
          
        
         
           
             26.
             
          
           
             PROMETHEVS
             ,
             or
             the
             State
             of
             man.
             
          
           
             THe
             Ancients
             deliuer
             ,
             that
             Prometheus
             made
             a
             man
             of
             Clay
             ,
             mixt
             with
             certaine
             parcels
             taken
             from
             diuers
             animales
             ,
             who
             studying
             to
             maintaine
             this
             his
             worke
             by
             Art
             
             (
             that
             he
             might
             not
             be
             accounted
             a
             founder
             onely
             ,
             but
             a
             propagator
             of
             humane
             kinde
             )
             stole
             vp
             to
             heauen
             with
             a
             bundle
             of
             twigs
             ,
             which
             hee
             kindling
             at
             the
             Chariot
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             came
             downe
             againe
             ,
             and
             communicated
             it
             with
             men
             :
             And
             yet
             they
             say
             ,
             that
             (
             notwithstanding
             this
             excellent
             worke
             of
             his
             )
             he
             was
             requited
             with
             ingratitude
             ,
             in
             a
             treacherous
             conspiracie
             :
             For
             they
             accused
             both
             him
             and
             his
             inuention
             to
             Iupiter
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             so
             taken
             as
             was
             meet
             it
             should
             ,
             for
             the
             information
             was
             pleasing
             to
             Iupiter
             and
             all
             the
             Gods.
             And
             therefore
             in
             a
             merry
             mood
             ,
             graunted
             vnto
             men
             ,
             not
             onely
             the
             vse
             of
             fire
             ,
             but
             perpetuall
             youth
             also
             ,
             a
             boone
             most
             acceptable
             and
             desireable
             .
             They
             being
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             ouerioyed
             ,
             did
             foolishly
             lay
             this
             gift
             of
             the
             Gods
             vpon
             the
             backe
             of
             an
             asse
             ,
             who
             being
             wonderfully
             opprest
             with
             thirst
             ,
             and
             neere
             a
             fountaine
             ,
             was
             tolde
             by
             a
             Serpent
             (
             which
             had
             the
             custody
             thereof
             )
             that
             hee
             should
             not
             drinke
             ,
             vnlesse
             
             he
             would
             promise
             to
             giue
             him
             the
             burden
             that
             was
             on
             his
             backe
             .
             The
             silly
             Asse
             accepted
             the
             condition
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             restauration
             of
             youth
             (
             sold
             for
             a
             draught
             of
             water
             )
             past
             from
             men
             to
             Serpents
             .
             But
             Prometheus
             full
             of
             malice
             ,
             being
             reconciled
             vnto
             men
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             frustrated
             of
             their
             gift
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             chafe
             yet
             with
             Iupiter
             ,
             feared
             not
             to
             vse
             deceit
             in
             Sacrifice
             :
             for
             hauing
             killed
             two
             Bulles
             ,
             and
             in
             one
             of
             their
             hides
             wrapt
             vp
             the
             flesh
             and
             fat
             of
             them
             both
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             other
             onely
             the
             bones
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             shew
             of
             religious
             deuotion
             ,
             gaue
             Iupiter
             his
             choise
             ,
             who
             (
             detesting
             his
             fraude
             and
             hypocrisie
             ,
             but
             taking
             an
             occasion
             of
             reuenge
             )
             chose
             that
             that
             was
             stuft
             with
             bones
             ,
             and
             so
             turning
             to
             reuenge
             (
             when
             hee
             saw
             that
             the
             insolencie
             of
             Prometheus
             would
             not
             be
             repressed
             ,
             but
             by
             laying
             some
             grieuous
             affliction
             vpon
             mankind
             ,
             in
             the
             forming
             of
             which
             ,
             hee
             so
             much
             bragged
             and
             boasted
             )
             commanded
             Vulcan
             ,
             to
             frame
             a
             goodly
             
             beautifull
             woman
             ,
             which
             beeing
             done
             ,
             euery
             one
             of
             the
             Gods
             bestowed
             a
             gift
             on
             her
             ;
             whereupon
             shee
             was
             called
             Pandora
             .
             To
             this
             woman
             they
             gaue
             in
             her
             hand
             ,
             a
             goodly
             Box
             ,
             full
             of
             all
             miseries
             and
             calamities
             ,
             onely
             in
             the
             bottome
             of
             it
             ,
             they
             put
             Hope
             :
             With
             this
             Box
             shee
             comes
             first
             to
             Prometheus
             ,
             thinking
             to
             catch
             him
             ,
             if
             peraduenture
             ,
             he
             should
             accept
             it
             at
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             so
             open
             it
             :
             which
             he
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             with
             good
             prouidence
             and
             foresight
             refused
             .
             Whereupon
             shee
             goes
             to
             Epimetheus
             (
             who
             ,
             though
             brother
             to
             Prometheus
             ,
             yet
             was
             of
             a
             much
             differing
             disposition
             )
             and
             offers
             this
             Box
             vnto
             him
             ,
             who
             ,
             without
             delay
             ,
             tooke
             it
             ,
             and
             rashly
             opened
             it
             ,
             but
             when
             hee
             sawe
             that
             all
             kind
             of
             miseries
             came
             fluttering
             about
             his
             eares
             ,
             being
             wise
             too
             late
             ,
             with
             great
             speed
             and
             earnest
             indeauour
             ,
             clapt
             on
             the
             couer
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             with
             much
             adoe
             ,
             retained
             Hope
             sitting
             alone
             in
             the
             bottome
             .
             At
             last
             Iupiter
             laying
             many
             and
             grieuous
             
             crimes
             to
             Prometheus
             his
             charge
             (
             as
             namely
             that
             he
             had
             stollen
             fire
             from
             heauen
             ,
             that
             in
             contempt
             of
             his
             Maiestie
             ,
             he
             sacrificed
             a
             bulles
             hide
             stuft
             with
             bones
             ,
             that
             he
             scornfully
             reiected
             his
             gift
             ,
             and
             besides
             all
             this
             that
             hee
             offered
             violence
             to
             Pallas
             )
             cast
             him
             into
             chaines
             ,
             and
             doomd
             him
             to
             perpetuall
             torment
             :
             and
             by
             Iupiters
             command
             ,
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             mountaine
             Caucasus
             ,
             and
             there
             bound
             fast
             to
             a
             pillar
             that
             he
             could
             not
             stirre
             ;
             there
             came
             an
             Eagle
             also
             ,
             that
             euery
             day
             sate
             tyring
             vpon
             his
             liuar
             ,
             and
             wasted
             it
             ,
             but
             as
             much
             as
             was
             eaten
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             grew
             againe
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             that
             matter
             for
             torment
             to
             worke
             vpon
             might
             neuer
             decay
             .
             But
             yet
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             there
             was
             an
             end
             of
             this
             punishment
             :
             for
             Hercules
             crossing
             the
             Ocean
             in
             a
             Cup
             ,
             which
             the
             Sun
             gaue
             him
             ,
             came
             to
             Caucasus
             ,
             and
             set
             Prometheus
             at
             libertie
             ,
             by
             shooting
             the
             Eagle
             with
             an
             arrowe
             .
             Moreouer
             in
             some
             nations
             there
             were
             instituted
             in
             the
             honor
             of
             Prometheus
             ,
             certaine
             games
             of
             Lamp-bearers
             ,
             
             in
             which
             they
             that
             striued
             for
             the
             prize
             ,
             were
             wont
             to
             carie
             torches
             lighted
             ;
             which
             ,
             who
             so
             suffered
             to
             goe
             out
             ,
             yeelded
             the
             place
             and
             victory
             to
             those
             that
             followed
             ,
             and
             so
             cast
             backe
             themselues
             ,
             so
             that
             whosoeuer
             came
             first
             to
             the
             marke
             with
             his
             torch
             burning
             ,
             got
             the
             prize
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             demonstrates
             and
             presseth
             many
             true
             and
             graue
             speculations
             ,
             wherein
             some
             things
             haue
             bene
             heretofore
             well
             noted
             ,
             others
             not
             so
             much
             as
             touc
             ht
             .
          
           
             Prometheus
             doth
             cleerely
             and
             elegantly
             signifie
             Prouidence
             :
             For
             in
             the
             vniuersality
             of
             nature
             ,
             the
             fabricque
             and
             constitution
             of
             Man
             onely
             was
             by
             the
             Ancients
             pict
             out
             and
             chosen
             ,
             and
             attributed
             vnto
             Prouidence
             ,
             as
             a
             peculiar
             worke
             .
             The
             reason
             of
             it
             seemes
             to
             bee
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             that
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             is
             capable
             of
             a
             minde
             and
             vnderstanding
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             seate
             of
             Prouidence
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             would
             seeme
             strange
             and
             incredible
             that
             the
             reason
             
             and
             minde
             should
             so
             proceed
             and
             flowe
             from
             dumbe
             and
             deafe
             principles
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             should
             necessarily
             be
             concluded
             ,
             the
             soule
             of
             man
             to
             be
             indued
             with
             prouidence
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             example
             ,
             intention
             ,
             and
             stampe
             of
             a
             greater
             prouidence
             .
             But
             this
             also
             is
             chiefly
             propounded
             ,
             that
             man
             is
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             the
             center
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             finall
             causes
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             man
             were
             not
             in
             nature
             ,
             all
             things
             would
             seeme
             to
             stray
             and
             wander
             without
             purpose
             ,
             and
             like
             scattered
             branches
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             without
             inclination
             to
             their
             ende
             :
             for
             all
             things
             attend
             on
             man
             ,
             and
             he
             makes
             vse
             of
             ,
             and
             gathers
             fruit
             from
             all
             creatures
             :
             for
             the
             reuolutions
             and
             periods
             of
             Starres
             make
             both
             for
             the
             distinctions
             of
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             distribution
             of
             the
             worlds
             site
             .
             Meteors
             also
             are
             referred
             to
             the
             Presages
             of
             tempests
             ;
             and
             winds
             are
             ordained
             ,
             as
             well
             for
             nauigation
             ,
             as
             for
             turning
             of
             Milles
             ,
             and
             other
             engines
             :
             and
             plants
             ,
             and
             animals
             of
             what
             kind
             soeuer
             ,
             are
             vsefull
             either
             
             for
             mens
             houses
             ,
             and
             places
             of
             shelter
             ,
             or
             for
             raiment
             ,
             or
             food
             ,
             or
             medicine
             ,
             or
             for
             ease
             of
             labour
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             for
             delight
             and
             solace
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             things
             seeme
             to
             worke
             ,
             not
             for
             themselues
             ,
             but
             for
             man.
             
          
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             added
             without
             consideration
             ,
             that
             certaine
             particles
             were
             taken
             from
             diuers
             liuing
             creatures
             ,
             &
             mixt
             &
             tempered
             with
             that
             clayie
             masse
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             most
             true
             that
             of
             all
             things
             comprehended
             within
             the
             compasse
             of
             the
             vniuerse
             ,
             Man
             is
             a
             thing
             most
             mixt
             and
             compounded
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             hee
             was
             well
             termed
             by
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             A
             little
             world
             :
             for
             although
             the
             Chymicques
             doe
             ,
             with
             too
             much
             curiositie
             ,
             take
             and
             wrest
             the
             elegancie
             of
             this
             word
             
               (
               Microcosme
            
             )
             to
             the
             letter
             ,
             contending
             to
             finde
             in
             man
             all
             minerals
             ,
             all
             vegetables
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             that
             holds
             proportion
             with
             them
             ,
             yet
             this
             proposition
             remaines
             sound
             and
             whole
             ,
             that
             the
             body
             of
             man
             ,
             of
             all
             material
             beings
             ,
             is
             found
             to
             bee
             most
             compounded
             ,
             
             and
             most
             organicall
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             indued
             and
             furnished
             with
             most
             admirable
             vertues
             and
             faculties
             .
             And
             as
             for
             simple
             bodies
             ,
             their
             powers
             are
             not
             many
             ,
             though
             certaine
             and
             violent
             ,
             as
             existing
             without
             being
             weakned
             ,
             diminished
             ,
             or
             stented
             by
             mixture
             :
             for
             the
             multiplicitie
             and
             excellencie
             of
             operation
             haue
             their
             residence
             in
             mixture
             and
             composition
             ,
             and
             yet
             neuerthelesse
             ,
             man
             in
             his
             originals
             ,
             seemes
             to
             be
             a
             thing
             vnarmed
             ,
             and
             naked
             ,
             and
             vnable
             to
             helpe
             it selfe
             ,
             as
             needing
             the
             aide
             of
             many
             things
             ;
             therefore
             Prometheus
             made
             haste
             to
             finde
             out
             fire
             ,
             which
             suppeditates
             and
             yeelds
             comfort
             and
             helpe
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             to
             all
             humane
             wants
             and
             necessities
             :
             so
             that
             if
             the
             soule
             be
             the
             forme
             of
             formes
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             hand
             be
             the
             instrument
             of
             instruments
             ;
             fire
             deserues
             well
             to
             be
             called
             the
             succour
             of
             succours
             ,
             or
             the
             helpe
             of
             helpes
             ,
             which
             infinite
             waies
             affoords
             ayde
             and
             assistance
             to
             all
             labours
             and
             mechanicall
             artes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             sciences
             themselues
             .
          
           
           
             The
             manner
             of
             stealing
             this
             fire
             is
             aptly
             described
             ,
             euen
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             thing
             :
             It
             was
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             by
             a
             bundle
             of
             twigs
             held
             to
             touch
             the
             Chariot
             of
             the
             Sunne
             :
             for
             twigs
             are
             vsed
             in
             giuing
             blowes
             or
             stripes
             ,
             to
             signifie
             clearely
             ,
             that
             fire
             is
             ingendred
             by
             the
             violent
             percussion
             ,
             and
             mutuall
             collision
             of
             bodies
             ,
             by
             which
             their
             materiall
             substances
             are
             attenuated
             ,
             and
             set
             in
             motion
             ,
             and
             prepared
             to
             receiue
             the
             heat
             or
             influence
             of
             the
             heauenly
             bodies
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             in
             a
             clandestine
             manner
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             by
             stealth
             ,
             may
             be
             said
             to
             take
             and
             snatch
             fire
             from
             the
             Chariot
             of
             the
             Sunne
             .
          
           
             There
             followes
             next
             a
             remarkable
             part
             of
             the
             parable
             ,
             That
             men
             in
             steed
             of
             gratulation
             ,
             and
             thanksgiuing
             ,
             were
             angry
             ,
             and
             expostulated
             the
             matter
             with
             Prometheus
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             they
             accused
             both
             him
             and
             his
             inuention
             vnto
             Iupiter
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             acceptable
             vnto
             him
             ,
             that
             hee
             augmented
             their
             former
             commodities
             with
             a
             new
             bountie
             .
             
             Seemes
             it
             not
             strange
             ,
             that
             ingratitude
             towards
             the
             authour
             of
             a
             benefit
             (
             a
             vice
             that
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             containes
             all
             other
             vices
             )
             should
             find
             such
             approbation
             and
             reward
             ?
             No
             ,
             it
             seemes
             to
             be
             otherwise
             :
             for
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Allegory
             is
             this
             ,
             That
             mens
             outcries
             vpon
             the
             defects
             of
             nature
             and
             Arte
             ,
             proceed
             from
             an
             excellent
             disposition
             of
             the
             minde
             ,
             and
             turne
             to
             their
             good
             ,
             whereas
             the
             silencing
             of
             them
             is
             hatefull
             to
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             redounds
             not
             so
             much
             to
             their
             profit
             :
             For
             they
             that
             infinitly
             extoll
             humane
             nature
             ,
             or
             the
             knowledge
             they
             possesse
             ,
             breaking
             out
             into
             a
             prodigall
             admiration
             of
             that
             they
             haue
             and
             enioy
             ,
             adoring
             also
             those
             sciences
             they
             professe
             ,
             would
             haue
             them
             be
             accounted
             perfect
             ;
             they
             doe
             first
             of
             all
             shewe
             little
             reuerence
             to
             the
             diuine
             nature
             ,
             by
             equalizing
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             their
             owne
             defects
             with
             Gods
             perfection
             ;
             Againe
             ,
             they
             are
             wonderfull
             iniurious
             to
             men
             ,
             by
             imagining
             they
             haue
             attained
             the
             highest
             step
             
             of
             knowledge
             (
             resting
             themselues
             contented
             )
             seeke
             no
             further
             .
             On
             the
             contrary
             ,
             such
             as
             bring
             nature
             and
             Art
             to
             the
             barre
             with
             accusations
             and
             billes
             of
             complaint
             against
             them
             ,
             are
             indeed
             of
             more
             true
             and
             moderate
             iudgements
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             euer
             in
             action
             ,
             seeking
             alwaies
             to
             finde
             out
             new
             inuentions
             .
             Which
             makes
             mee
             much
             to
             wonder
             at
             the
             foolish
             and
             inconsiderate
             dispositions
             of
             some
             men
             ,
             who
             (
             making
             themselues
             bondslaues
             to
             the
             arrogancy
             of
             a
             fewe
             )
             haue
             the
             philosophy
             of
             the
             Peripateticques
             (
             containing
             onely
             a
             portion
             of
             Graecian
             wisedome
             ,
             and
             that
             but
             a
             small
             one
             neither
             )
             in
             so
             great
             esteeme
             ,
             that
             they
             hold
             it
             ,
             not
             onely
             an
             vnprofitable
             ,
             but
             a
             suspicious
             ,
             and
             almost
             hainous
             thing
             ,
             to
             lay
             any
             imputation
             of
             imperfection
             vpon
             it
             .
             I
             approue
             rather
             of
             Empedocles
             his
             opinion
             ,
             (
             who
             like
             a
             madman
             ,
             and
             of
             Democritus
             his
             iudgement
             ,
             who
             with
             great
             moderation
             complained
             how
             that
             all
             things
             were
             inuolued
             
             in
             a
             mist
             )
             that
             wee
             knew
             nothing
             ,
             that
             wee
             discerned
             nothing
             ,
             that
             trueth
             was
             drowned
             in
             the
             depthes
             of
             obscuritie
             ,
             and
             that
             false
             things
             were
             wonderfully
             ioynd
             and
             intermixt
             with
             true
             (
             as
             for
             the
             new
             Academie
             that
             exceeded
             all
             measure
             )
             then
             of
             the
             confident
             and
             pronuntiatiue
             schoole
             of
             Aristotle
             .
             Let
             men
             therefore
             be
             admonished
             ,
             that
             by
             acknowledging
             the
             imperfections
             of
             Nature
             and
             Arte
             ,
             they
             are
             gratefull
             to
             the
             Gods
             ,
             and
             shall
             therby
             obtaine
             new
             benefits
             and
             greater
             fauours
             at
             their
             bountifull
             hands
             ,
             and
             the
             accusation
             of
             Prometheus
             their
             Authour
             and
             Master
             ,
             (
             though
             bitter
             and
             vehement
             )
             will
             conduce
             more
             to
             their
             profit
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             effuse
             in
             the
             congratulation
             of
             his
             inuention
             :
             for
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             opinion
             of
             hauing
             inough
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             accounted
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             causes
             of
             hauing
             too
             little
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             touching
             the
             kind
             of
             gift
             which
             men
             are
             said
             to
             haue
             receiued
             in
             reward
             of
             their
             accusation
             (
             to
             wit
             ,
             
             
             
             hauing
             the
             vse
             of
             that
             celestiall
             fire
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             many
             arts
             ,
             are
             not
             able
             to
             get
             vnto
             themselues
             such
             things
             as
             Nature
             it selfe
             bestowes
             vpon
             many
             other
             creatures
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             sudden
             reconciliation
             of
             men
             to
             Prometheus
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             frustrated
             of
             their
             hopes
             ,
             containes
             a
             profitable
             and
             wise
             note
             ,
             shewing
             the
             leuity
             and
             temerity
             of
             men
             in
             new
             experiments
             :
             for
             if
             they
             haue
             not
             present
             successe
             answerable
             to
             their
             expectation
             ,
             with
             too
             suddaine
             haste
             desist
             from
             that
             they
             beganne
             ,
             and
             with
             precipitancy
             returning
             to
             their
             former
             experiments
             are
             reconciled
             to
             them
             againe
             .
          
           
             The
             state
             of
             man
             in
             respect
             of
             Arts
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             as
             concerne
             the
             intellect
             ,
             being
             now
             described
             ,
             the
             parable
             passeth
             to
             Religion
             :
             For
             after
             the
             planting
             of
             Arts
             followes
             the
             setting
             of
             diuine
             principles
             ,
             which
             hypocrisie
             hath
             ouerspread
             and
             polluted
             .
             By
             that
             twofold
             Sacrifice
             therefore
             is
             elegantly
             shadowed
             out
             ,
             the
             persons
             of
             a
             true
             religious
             
             man
             and
             an
             hypocrite
             .
             In
             the
             one
             is
             contained
             fatnes
             ,
             which
             (
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             inflamation
             and
             fumes
             thereof
             )
             is
             called
             the
             portion
             of
             God
             ,
             by
             which
             his
             affection
             and
             zeale
             (
             tending
             to
             Gods
             glory
             ,
             and
             ascending
             towards
             heauen
             )
             is
             signified
             .
             In
             him
             also
             are
             contained
             the
             bowels
             of
             charity
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             is
             founde
             that
             good
             and
             wholsome
             flesh
             .
             Whereas
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             dry
             and
             naked
             bones
             ,
             which
             neuerthelesse
             doe
             stuffe
             vp
             the
             hide
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             appeare
             like
             a
             faire
             and
             goodly
             sacrifice
             :
             By
             this
             may
             well
             be
             meant
             those
             externall
             and
             vaine
             rites
             ,
             and
             emptie
             Ceremonies
             by
             which
             men
             doe
             oppresse
             and
             fill
             vp
             the
             sincere
             worshippe
             of
             God
             ,
             things
             composed
             rather
             for
             ostentation
             then
             any
             way
             conducing
             to
             true
             piety
             .
             Neither
             doe
             they
             hold
             it
             sufficiēt
             to
             offer
             such
             mock-sacrifices
             vnto
             God
             ,
             except
             they
             also
             lay
             them
             before
             him
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             chosen
             and
             bespoke
             them
             .
             Certainly
             the
             Prophet
             in
             the
             person
             of
             God
             ,
             
             doth
             thus
             expostulate
             concerning
             this
             choise
             .
             Esa.
             58.
             5.
             
             
               Num
               tandem
               hoc
               est
               illud
               ieiunium
               ,
               quod
            
             ELEGI
             ,
             
               vt
               homo
               animam
               suam
               in
               diem
               vnum
               affligat
               ,
               &
               caput
               instar
               iunceae
               demittat
               ?
            
             Is
             it
             such
             a
             fast
             ,
             that
             I
             haue
             chosen
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             should
             afflict
             his
             soule
             for
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             to
             bow
             downe
             his
             head
             like
             a
             Bull-rush
             ?
          
           
             Hauing
             now
             toucht
             the
             state
             of
             Religion
             ,
             the
             parable
             conuerts
             it selfe
             to
             the
             manners
             and
             conditions
             of
             humane
             life
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             common
             ,
             but
             apt
             ,
             interpretation
             ,
             by
             Pandora
             to
             be
             meant
             pleasure
             &
             voluptuousnes
             ,
             which
             (
             when
             the
             ciuill
             life
             is
             pampered
             with
             too
             much
             Arte
             ,
             and
             culture
             ,
             and
             superfluitie
             )
             is
             ingendred
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             by
             the
             efficacy
             of
             fire
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             worke
             of
             voluptuousnes
             is
             attributed
             vnto
             Vulcan
             ,
             who
             also
             himselfe
             doth
             represent
             fire
             .
             From
             this
             doe
             infinite
             miseries
             ,
             together
             with
             too
             late
             repentance
             ,
             proceed
             and
             ouerslowe
             the
             minds
             ,
             and
             bodies
             ,
             and
             fortunes
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             onely
             in
             respect
             
             of
             particular
             estates
             ,
             but
             euen
             ouer
             kingdomes
             and
             common-wealthes
             :
             for
             from
             this
             fountaine
             haue
             wars
             ,
             and
             tumults
             ,
             and
             tyrannies
             deriued
             their
             originall
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             would
             bee
             worth
             the
             labour
             ,
             to
             consider
             how
             elegantly
             and
             proportionably
             this
             Fable
             doth
             deliniate
             two
             conditions
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             I
             may
             say
             )
             two
             tables
             or
             examples
             of
             humane
             life
             ,
             vnder
             the
             persons
             of
             Prometheus
             and
             Epimetheus
             :
             for
             they
             that
             are
             of
             Epimetheus
             his
             sect
             ,
             are
             improuident
             ,
             not
             foreseeing
             what
             may
             come
             to
             passe
             hereafter
             ,
             esteeming
             that
             best
             which
             seemes
             most
             sweete
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             whence
             it
             happens
             that
             they
             are
             ouertaken
             with
             many
             miseries
             ,
             difficulties
             and
             calamities
             ,
             and
             so
             leade
             their
             owne
             liues
             almost
             in
             perpetuall
             affliction
             ,
             but
             yet
             notwithstanding
             they
             please
             their
             fancy
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             ignorance
             of
             the
             passages
             of
             things
             ,
             doe
             entertaine
             many
             vaine
             hopes
             in
             their
             mind
             ,
             whereby
             they
             sometimes
             (
             as
             with
             sweet
             dreames
             )
             solace
             themselues
             ,
             
             and
             sweeten
             the
             miseries
             of
             their
             life
             .
             But
             they
             that
             are
             Prometheus
             his
             schollers
             ,
             are
             men
             endued
             with
             prudence
             ,
             foreseeing
             things
             to
             come
             warily
             ,
             shunning
             and
             auoyding
             many
             euils
             and
             misfortunes
             .
             But
             to
             these
             their
             good
             properties
             they
             haue
             this
             also
             annexed
             ,
             that
             they
             depriue
             themselues
             ,
             and
             defraud
             their
             Genius
             of
             many
             lawfull
             pleasures
             ,
             and
             diuers
             recreations
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             worse
             )
             they
             vexe
             and
             torment
             themselues
             with
             cares
             and
             troubles
             and
             intestine
             feares
             :
             For
             beeing
             chained
             to
             the
             pillar
             of
             necessitie
             ,
             they
             are
             afflicted
             with
             innumerable
             cogitations
             (
             which
             because
             they
             are
             very
             swift
             ,
             may
             bee
             fitly
             compared
             to
             an
             Eagle
             )
             and
             those
             griping
             ,
             and
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             gnawing
             and
             deuouring
             the
             liuer
             ,
             vnlesse
             sometimes
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             by
             night
             ,
             it
             may
             bee
             they
             get
             a
             little
             recreation
             and
             ease
             of
             mind
             ,
             but
             so
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             are
             againe
             suddenly
             assaulted
             with
             fresh
             anxieties
             and
             feares
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             this
             benefit
             happens
             
             to
             but
             a
             very
             few
             of
             either
             condition
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             retaine
             the
             commodities
             of
             prouidence
             ,
             and
             free
             themselues
             from
             the
             miseries
             of
             care
             and
             perturbation
             ;
             neither
             indeed
             can
             any
             attaine
             vnto
             it
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             Hercules
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             fortitude
             ,
             and
             constancie
             of
             minde
             ,
             which
             is
             prepared
             for
             euery
             euent
             ,
             and
             armed
             in
             all
             fortunes
             ,
             foreseeing
             without
             feare
             ,
             enioying
             without
             loathing
             ,
             and
             suffering
             without
             impatience
             .
             It
             is
             worth
             the
             noting
             also
             ,
             that
             this
             vertue
             was
             not
             naturall
             to
             Prometheus
             ,
             but
             aduentitiall
             ,
             &
             from
             the
             indulgence
             of
             another
             :
             for
             no
             in-bred
             and
             naturall
             fortitude
             is
             able
             to
             encounter
             with
             these
             miseries
             .
             Moreouer
             this
             vertue
             was
             receiued
             and
             brought
             vnto
             him
             from
             the
             remotest
             parte
             of
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             from
             wisedome
             as
             from
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             meditation
             of
             inconstancie
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             waters
             of
             humane
             life
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             sailing
             vpon
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             which
             two
             Virgill
             hath
             well
             conioyned
             in
             these
             verses
             .
             
             
          
           
           
             and
             betweene
             the
             Oracles
             of
             sense
             ,
             and
             the
             mysteries
             of
             faith
             ,
             vnlesse
             an
             hereticall
             religion
             ,
             and
             a
             commentitious
             philosophy
             be
             pleasing
             vnto
             vs.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             it
             remaines
             that
             wee
             say
             something
             of
             the
             games
             of
             Prometheus
             performed
             with
             burning
             torches
             ,
             which
             againe
             hath
             reference
             to
             arts
             and
             sciences
             ,
             as
             that
             fire
             ,
             in
             whose
             memory
             and
             celebration
             ,
             these
             games
             were
             instituted
             ,
             and
             it
             containes
             in
             it
             a
             most
             wise
             admonition
             ,
             that
             the
             perfection
             of
             sciences
             is
             to
             be
             expected
             from
             succession
             ,
             not
             from
             the
             nimblenesse
             and
             promptnes
             of
             one
             onely
             authour
             :
             for
             they
             that
             are
             nimblest
             in
             course
             ,
             and
             strongest
             in
             contention
             ,
             yet
             happily
             haue
             not
             the
             lucke
             to
             keepe
             fire
             still
             in
             their
             torch
             ;
             seeing
             it
             may
             be
             as
             well
             extinguished
             by
             running
             too
             fast
             ,
             as
             by
             going
             too
             slowe
             .
             And
             this
             running
             and
             contending
             with
             lampes
             ,
             seemes
             long
             since
             to
             be
             intermitted
             ,
             seeing
             all
             sciences
             seeme
             euen
             now
             to
             flourish
             most
             in
             
             their
             first
             Authours
             ,
             
               Aristotle
               ,
               Galene
               ,
               Euclid
            
             and
             Ptolomie
             ,
             succession
             hauing
             neither
             effected
             ,
             nor
             almost
             attempted
             any
             great
             matter
             .
             It
             were
             therefore
             to
             bee
             wished
             ,
             that
             these
             games
             in
             honour
             of
             Prometheus
             or
             humane
             nature
             were
             again
             restored
             ,
             &
             that
             matters
             should
             receiue
             successe
             by
             combate
             and
             emulation
             ,
             &
             not
             hang
             vpon
             any
             one
             mans
             sparkling
             and
             shaking
             torch
             .
             Men
             therefore
             are
             to
             bee
             admonished
             to
             rouse
             vp
             their
             spirits
             ,
             &
             trie
             their
             strengths
             and
             turnes
             ,
             and
             not
             referre
             all
             to
             the
             opinions
             and
             braines
             of
             a
             few
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             haue
             I
             deliuered
             that
             which
             I
             thought
             good
             to
             obserue
             out
             of
             this
             so
             wel
             knowen
             and
             common
             Fable
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             will
             not
             denie
             but
             that
             there
             may
             bee
             some
             things
             in
             it
             ,
             which
             haue
             an
             admirable
             consent
             with
             the
             mysteries
             of
             christian
             religion
             ,
             and
             especially
             that
             sailing
             of
             Hercules
             in
             a
             Cuppe
             (
             to
             set
             Prometheus
             at
             libertie
             )
             seemes
             to
             represent
             an
             image
             of
             the
             diuine
             Word
             comming
             in
             flesh
             as
             in
             a
             fraile
             vessell
             
             to
             redeeme
             Man
             from
             the
             slauery
             of
             Hell.
             But
             I
             haue
             interdicted
             my
             penne
             all
             liberty
             in
             this
             kinde
             ,
             lest
             I
             should
             vse
             strange
             fire
             at
             the
             altar
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             27.
             
          
           
             SCYLLA
             AND
             ICARVS
             ,
             or
             the
             Middle-way
             .
          
           
             MEdiocrity
             or
             the
             Middle-way
             is
             most
             commended
             in
             morall
             actions
             ,
             in
             contemplatiue
             sciences
             not
             so
             celebrated
             ,
             though
             no
             lesse
             profitable
             and
             commodious
             :
             But
             in
             politicall
             imployments
             to
             be
             vsed
             with
             great
             heed
             and
             iudgement
             .
             The
             Ancients
             by
             the
             way
             prescribed
             to
             Icarus
             ,
             noted
             the
             mediocrity
             of
             manners
             :
             and
             by
             the
             way
             betweene
             Scylla
             and
             Charybdis
             (
             so
             famous
             for
             difficulty
             and
             danger
             )
             the
             mediocritie
             of
             intellectuall
             operations
             .
          
           
             Icarus
             being
             to
             crosse
             the
             sea
             by
             flight
             ,
             was
             commanded
             by
             his
             Father
             that
             hee
             should
             flie
             neither
             too
             
             high
             nor
             too
             lowe
             ;
             for
             his
             wings
             being
             ioynd
             with
             waxe
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             mount
             too
             high
             ,
             it
             was
             to
             be
             feared
             lest
             the
             waxe
             ,
             would
             melt
             by
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ;
             and
             If
             too
             lowe
             ,
             least
             the
             mistie
             vapours
             of
             the
             Sea
             would
             make
             it
             lesse
             tenacious
             :
             But
             he
             in
             a
             youthfull
             iollitie
             soaring
             too
             high
             ,
             fell
             downe
             headlong
             and
             perished
             in
             the
             water
             .
          
           
             The
             parable
             is
             easie
             and
             vulgar
             :
             for
             the
             way
             of
             vertue
             lies
             in
             a
             direct
             path
             betweene
             excesse
             and
             defect
             .
             Neither
             is
             it
             a
             wonder
             that
             Icarus
             perished
             by
             Excesse
             ,
             seeing
             that
             Excesse
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             is
             the
             peculiar
             fault
             of
             youth
             ,
             as
             Defect
             is
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             yet
             of
             too
             euill
             and
             hurtfull
             waies
             ,
             youth
             commonly
             makes
             choise
             of
             the
             better
             ,
             defect
             being
             alwaies
             accounted
             worst
             :
             for
             whereas
             excesse
             containes
             some
             sparkes
             of
             magnanimitie
             ,
             &
             like
             a
             bird
             claimes
             kindred
             of
             the
             Heauens
             ,
             defect
             onely
             like
             a
             base
             worme
             crawles
             vpon
             the
             earth
             .
             Excellently
             therefore
             
             said
             
               Heraclitus
               ,
               Lumen
               siccum
               optima
               anima
               .
            
             A
             drie
             light
             is
             the
             best
             soule
             :
             for
             if
             the
             soule
             contract
             moisture
             from
             the
             earth
             it
             becomes
             degenerate
             altogether
             .
             Againe
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             there
             must
             be
             moderation
             vsed
             ,
             that
             this
             light
             be
             subtilized
             by
             this
             laudable
             siccity
             ,
             and
             not
             destroyed
             by
             too
             much
             feruency
             .
             And
             thus
             much
             euery
             man
             ,
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             knowes
             .
          
           
             Now
             they
             that
             would
             saile
             betweene
             Scylla
             &
             Charybdis
             must
             be
             furnished
             ,
             as
             well
             with
             the
             skill
             ,
             as
             prosperous
             successe
             of
             nauigation
             :
             for
             if
             their
             shippes
             fall
             into
             Scylla
             they
             are
             split
             on
             the
             Rocks
             :
             if
             into
             Charybdis
             they
             are
             swallowed
             vp
             of
             a
             Gulfe
             .
          
           
             The
             morall
             of
             this
             parable
             (
             which
             we
             will
             but
             briefly
             touch
             ,
             although
             it
             containe
             matter
             of
             infinite
             contemplation
             )
             seemes
             to
             be
             this
             ,
             that
             in
             euery
             Art
             and
             Science
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             their
             rules
             and
             Axiomes
             ,
             there
             bee
             a
             meane
             obserued
             betweene
             the
             rocks
             
             of
             distinctions
             and
             the
             gulfes
             of
             vniuersalities
             ,
             which
             two
             are
             famous
             for
             the
             wracke
             both
             of
             wittes
             and
             artes
             .
          
        
         
           
             28.
             
          
           
             SPHINX
             ,
             or
             Science
             .
          
           
             THey
             say
             that
             Sphinx
             was
             a
             monster
             of
             diuers
             formes
             ,
             as
             hauing
             the
             face
             and
             voice
             of
             a
             virgine
             ,
             the
             wings
             of
             a
             bird
             ,
             and
             the
             talents
             of
             a
             Griphin
             .
             His
             abode
             was
             in
             a
             mountaine
             neere
             the
             Citie
             of
             Thebes
             ,
             he
             kept
             also
             the
             high
             waies
             ,
             and
             vsed
             to
             lie
             in
             ambush
             for
             travellers
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             surprize
             them
             ;
             to
             whom
             (
             being
             in
             his
             power
             )
             he
             propounded
             certaine
             darke
             and
             intricate
             riddles
             ,
             which
             were
             thought
             to
             haue
             bene
             giuen
             and
             receiued
             of
             the
             Muses
             .
             Now
             if
             these
             miserable
             captiues
             were
             not
             able
             instantly
             to
             resolue
             and
             interprete
             them
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             their
             difficulties
             and
             
             
             
             vnto
             it
             for
             its
             gratious
             countenance
             and
             volubilitie
             of
             tongue
             .
             Wings
             are
             added
             because
             Sciences
             and
             their
             inuentions
             ,
             doe
             passe
             and
             flie
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             moment
             ,
             seeing
             that
             the
             communication
             of
             Science
             is
             as
             the
             kindling
             of
             one
             light
             at
             another
             .
             Elegantly
             also
             is
             it
             fained
             to
             haue
             sharpe
             and
             hooked
             talents
             ,
             because
             the
             Axioms
             and
             arguments
             of
             Science
             doe
             so
             fasten
             vpon
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             so
             strongly
             apprehend
             and
             hold
             it
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             cannot
             stirre
             or
             euade
             ,
             which
             is
             noted
             also
             by
             the
             diuine
             Philosopher
             .
             Eccl.
             12.
             11.
             
             
               Verba
               sapientum
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               sunt
               tanquam
               aculei
               &
               veluti
               claui
               in
               altum
               defixi
               .
            
             The
             words
             of
             the
             wise
             are
             like
             goads
             ,
             and
             like
             nailes
             driuen
             farre
             in
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             ,
             all
             Science
             seemes
             to
             be
             placed
             in
             steepe
             and
             high
             mountaines
             :
             as
             being
             thought
             to
             be
             a
             loftie
             and
             high
             thing
             ,
             looking
             downe
             vpon
             ignorance
             with
             a
             scornefull
             eye
             .
             It
             may
             bee
             obserued
             and
             seene
             
             also
             a
             great
             way
             ,
             and
             farre
             in
             compasse
             ,
             as
             things
             set
             on
             the
             toppes
             of
             mountaines
             .
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             Science
             may
             well
             be
             fained
             to
             besette
             the
             high
             waies
             ,
             because
             which
             way
             so
             euer
             we
             turne
             in
             this
             progresse
             and
             pilgrimage
             of
             humane
             life
             ,
             wee
             meete
             with
             some
             matter
             or
             occasion
             offered
             for
             contemplation
             .
          
           
             Sphinx
             is
             saide
             to
             haue
             receiued
             from
             the
             Muses
             diuers
             difficult
             questions
             and
             riddles
             ,
             and
             to
             propound
             them
             vnto
             men
             ,
             which
             remaining
             with
             the
             Muses
             are
             free
             (
             it
             may
             be
             )
             from
             sauage
             cruelty
             :
             for
             so
             long
             as
             there
             is
             no
             other
             ende
             of
             studie
             and
             meditation
             ,
             then
             to
             know
             ;
             the
             vnderstanding
             is
             not
             rackt
             and
             imprisoned
             ,
             but
             enioyes
             freedome
             and
             libertie
             ,
             and
             euen
             in
             doubts
             and
             variety
             findes
             a
             kind
             of
             pleasure
             and
             delectation
             :
             but
             when
             once
             these
             Aenigmaes
             are
             deliuered
             by
             the
             Muses
             to
             Sphinx
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             practise
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             bee
             sollicited
             and
             
             vrged
             by
             action
             ,
             and
             election
             ,
             and
             determination
             ;
             then
             they
             beginne
             to
             be
             troublesome
             and
             raging
             ;
             and
             vnlesse
             they
             be
             resolued
             and
             expedited
             ,
             they
             doe
             wonderfully
             torment
             and
             vexe
             the
             minds
             of
             men
             ,
             distracting
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             manner
             rending
             them
             into
             sundry
             parts
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             there
             is
             alwaies
             a
             twofold
             condition
             propounded
             with
             Sphinx
             her
             Aenigmaes
             ;
             To
             him
             that
             doth
             not
             expound
             them
             ,
             distraction
             of
             minde
             ,
             and
             to
             him
             that
             doth
             ,
             a
             kingdome
             :
             for
             he
             that
             knowes
             that
             which
             he
             sought
             to
             knowe
             ,
             hath
             attained
             the
             end
             he
             aimed
             at
             ,
             and
             euery
             artificer
             also
             commands
             ouer
             his
             worke
             .
          
           
             Of
             Sphinx
             her
             riddles
             ,
             there
             are
             generally
             two
             kinds
             ;
             some
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             things
             ,
             others
             touching
             the
             nature
             of
             Man.
             So
             also
             there
             are
             two
             kindes
             of
             Emperies
             ,
             as
             rewards
             to
             those
             that
             resolue
             them
             :
             the
             one
             ouer
             nature
             ,
             the
             other
             ouer
             men
             ;
             for
             the
             proper
             and
             
             chiefe
             end
             of
             true
             naturall
             philosophy
             is
             to
             command
             and
             sway
             ouer
             naturall
             beeings
             ,
             as
             bodies
             ,
             medicines
             ,
             mechanicall
             workes
             ,
             and
             infinite
             other
             things
             ;
             although
             the
             schoole
             (
             being
             content
             with
             such
             things
             as
             are
             offered
             ,
             and
             pryding
             it selfe
             with
             speeches
             )
             doth
             neglect
             realties
             ,
             and
             workes
             ,
             treading
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             vnder
             foote
             .
             But
             that
             Aenigma
             propounded
             to
             Oedipus
             (
             by
             meanes
             of
             which
             hee
             obtained
             the
             Thebane
             Empire
             )
             belonged
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             :
             For
             whosoeuer
             doth
             throughly
             consider
             the
             nature
             of
             man
             ,
             may
             be
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             ,
             the
             contriuer
             of
             his
             owne
             fortune
             ,
             and
             is
             borne
             to
             command
             ,
             which
             is
             wel
             spoken
             of
             the
             Romane
             Arts.
             
          
           
             
               Tu
               regere
               imperio
               populos
               ,
               Romane
               memento
               :
            
             
               Hae
               tibi
               erunt
               artes
               .
               —
            
          
           
             
             
               Romane
               remember
               that
               with
               scepters
               awe
            
             
               Thy
               Realmes
               thou
               rule
               .
               These
               arts
               let
               be
               thy
               lawe
               .
            
          
           
             It
             was
             therefore
             very
             apposit
             ,
             that
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             (
             whether
             by
             premeditation
             or
             by
             chance
             )
             bare
             a
             Sphinx
             in
             his
             Signet
             :
             for
             hee
             (
             if
             euer
             any
             )
             was
             famous
             not
             onely
             in
             politicall
             gouernment
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             the
             course
             of
             his
             life
             ;
             he
             happily
             discouered
             many
             new
             Aenigmaes
             concerning
             the
             nature
             of
             Man
             ,
             which
             if
             he
             had
             not
             done
             with
             dexteritie
             and
             promptnesse
             ,
             he
             had
             oftentimes
             fallen
             into
             imminent
             danger
             and
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Moreouer
             it
             is
             added
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             that
             the
             body
             of
             Sphinx
             when
             shee
             was
             ouercome
             was
             laide
             vpon
             an
             Asse
             :
             which
             indeed
             is
             an
             elegant
             fiction
             ,
             seeing
             there
             is
             nothing
             so
             accute
             and
             abstruse
             ,
             but
             (
             beeing
             well
             vnderstood
             and
             diuulged
             )
             may
             be
             apprehended
             by
             a
             slowe
             capacitie
             .
          
           
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             to
             be
             omitted
             ,
             that
             Sphinx
             was
             ouercome
             by
             a
             Man
             lame
             in
             his
             feet
             :
             for
             when
             men
             are
             too
             swift
             of
             foot
             and
             too
             speedy
             of
             pace
             in
             hasting
             to
             Sphinx
             her
             Aenigmaes
             ,
             it
             comes
             to
             passe
             that
             (
             shee
             getting
             the
             vpper
             hand
             )
             their
             wits
             and
             mindes
             are
             rather
             distracted
             by
             disputations
             ,
             then
             that
             euer
             they
             come
             to
             command
             by
             workes
             and
             effects
             .
          
        
         
           
             16.
             
          
           
             PROSERPINA
             ,
             or
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             PLuto
             they
             say
             ,
             being
             made
             king
             of
             the
             infernall
             dominions
             (
             by
             that
             memorable
             diuision
             )
             was
             in
             despaire
             of
             euer
             attaining
             any
             one
             of
             the
             superiour
             Goddesses
             in
             mariage
             ,
             especially
             if
             he
             should
             venter
             to
             court
             them
             either
             with
             words
             or
             with
             any
             amorous
             behauiour
             ,
             so
             that
             of
             necessitie
             he
             was
             to
             lay
             some
             plot
             to
             get
             one
             of
             them
             by
             rapine
             ,
             
             taking
             therefore
             the
             benefit
             of
             opportunitie
             ,
             he
             caught
             vp
             Proserpina
             (
             the
             daughter
             of
             Ceres
             ,
             a
             beautifull
             virgine
             )
             as
             shee
             was
             gathering
             Narcissus
             flowers
             in
             the
             meadowes
             of
             Sicily
             ,
             and
             caried
             her
             away
             with
             him
             in
             his
             Coach
             to
             the
             Subterranean
             dominions
             ,
             where
             shee
             was
             welcomed
             with
             such
             respect
             ,
             as
             that
             shee
             was
             stiled
             the
             Lady
             of
             Dis.
             But
             Ceres
             her
             mother
             ,
             when
             in
             no
             place
             shee
             could
             finde
             this
             her
             onely
             beloued
             daughter
             ,
             in
             a
             sorrowfull
             humour
             and
             distracted
             beyond
             measure
             ,
             went
             compassing
             the
             whole
             earth
             with
             a
             burning
             torch
             in
             her
             hand
             ,
             to
             seeke
             and
             recouer
             this
             her
             lost
             child
             .
             But
             when
             shee
             saw
             that
             all
             was
             in
             vaine
             ,
             supposing
             peraduenture
             that
             she
             was
             caried
             to
             Hell
             ,
             shee
             importuned
             Iupiter
             with
             many
             teares
             and
             lamentations
             ,
             that
             shee
             might
             be
             restored
             vnto
             her
             again
             ,
             &
             at
             length
             preuailed
             thus
             farre
             ,
             That
             if
             she
             had
             tasted
             of
             nothing
             in
             Hell
             ,
             shee
             should
             haue
             leaue
             to
             bring
             her
             
             from
             thence
             .
             Which
             condition
             was
             as
             good
             as
             a
             deniall
             to
             her
             petition
             ,
             Proserpina
             hauing
             already
             eaten
             three
             graines
             of
             a
             Pome-granat
             .
             And
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             ,
             Ceres
             gaue
             not
             ouer
             her
             suite
             ,
             but
             fell
             to
             prayers
             and
             moanes
             afresh
             .
             Wherefore
             it
             was
             at
             last
             granted
             ,
             that
             (
             the
             yeere
             being
             diuided
             )
             Proserpina
             should
             by
             alternate
             courses
             ,
             remaine
             one
             sixe
             moneths
             with
             her
             husband
             ,
             and
             other
             six
             moneths
             with
             her
             mother
             .
             Not
             long
             after
             this
             Theseus
             and
             Perithous
             in
             an
             ouer
             hardy
             aduenture
             attempted
             to
             fetch
             her
             from
             Plutos
             bed
             ,
             who
             being
             wearie
             with
             trauell
             and
             sitting
             downe
             vpon
             a
             stone
             in
             Hell
             to
             rest
             themselues
             ,
             had
             not
             the
             power
             to
             rise
             againe
             ,
             but
             sate
             there
             for
             euer
             .
             Proserpina
             therefore
             remained
             Queene
             of
             Hell
             ,
             in
             whose
             honour
             there
             was
             this
             great
             priuiledge
             granted
             ,
             That
             although
             it
             were
             enacted
             that
             none
             that
             went
             downe
             to
             Hell
             should
             haue
             the
             power
             euer
             to
             returne
             from
             thence
             ,
             yet
             was
             this
             
             singular
             exception
             annexed
             to
             this
             law
             ,
             that
             if
             any
             presented
             Proserpina
             with
             a
             golden
             bough
             ,
             it
             should
             bee
             lawfull
             for
             him
             to
             come
             and
             goe
             at
             his
             pleasure
             .
             Now
             there
             was
             but
             one
             onely
             such
             bough
             in
             a
             spacious
             and
             shady
             groue
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             a
             plant
             neither
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             but
             budded
             from
             a
             tree
             of
             another
             kinde
             ,
             like
             a
             rope
             of
             Gumme
             ,
             which
             beeing
             pluckt
             of
             another
             would
             instantly
             spring
             out
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             seemes
             to
             pertaine
             to
             nature
             ,
             and
             to
             diue
             into
             that
             rich
             and
             plentifull
             efficacy
             and
             variety
             of
             subalternall
             creatures
             ,
             from
             whom
             whatsoeuer
             wee
             haue
             is
             deriued
             ,
             and
             to
             them
             doth
             againe
             returne
             .
          
           
             By
             Proserpina
             the
             Auncients
             meant
             that
             aethereall
             spirite
             which
             (
             beeing
             separated
             from
             the
             vpper
             globe
             )
             is
             shut
             vp
             and
             detained
             vnder
             the
             earth
             (
             represented
             by
             Pluto
             )
             which
             the
             Poet
             well
             expressed
             thus
             .
          
           
             
             
               Siue
               recens
               tellus
               ,
               seductaque
               nuper
               ab
               alto
            
             
               Aethere
               ,
               cognati
               retinebat
               semina
               coeli
               .
            
          
           
             
               Whither
               the
               youngling
               Tellus
               (
               that
               of
               late
            
             
               Was
               from
               the
               high-reard
               Aether
               seperate
               )
            
             
               Did
               yet
               containe
               her
               teeming
               wombe
               within
            
             
               The
               liuing
               seeds
               of
               Heauen
               ,
               her
               neerest
               kin
               .
            
          
           
             This
             spirit
             is
             fained
             to
             be
             rapted
             by
             the
             Earth
             ,
             because
             nothing
             can
             with-hold
             it
             when
             it
             hath
             time
             and
             leasure
             to
             escape
             .
             It
             is
             therefore
             caught
             and
             stayed
             by
             a
             sudden
             contraction
             ,
             no
             other
             wise
             then
             if
             a
             man
             should
             goe
             about
             to
             mixe
             ayre
             with
             water
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             done
             by
             no
             meanes
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             speedy
             and
             rapid
             agitation
             ,
             as
             may
             bee
             seene
             in
             froth
             ,
             wherein
             the
             ayre
             is
             rapted
             by
             the
             water
             .
          
           
           
             Neither
             is
             it
             inelegantly
             added
             that
             Proserpina
             was
             rapte
             as
             shee
             was
             gathering
             Narcissus
             Flowers
             in
             the
             valleyes
             ,
             because
             Narcissus
             hath
             his
             name
             from
             slownesse
             or
             stupiditie
             :
             for
             indeed
             then
             is
             this
             Spirit
             most
             prepared
             and
             fitted
             to
             be
             snatcht
             by
             terrestiall
             matter
             ,
             when
             it
             beginnes
             to
             be
             coagulated
             ,
             and
             becomes
             as
             it
             were
             slowe
             .
          
           
             Rightly
             is
             Proserpina
             honoured
             more
             then
             any
             of
             the
             other
             Gods
             bed-fellowes
             ,
             in
             beeing
             styled
             the
             Lady
             of
             Dis
             ,
             because
             this
             spirit
             doth
             rule
             and
             swaye
             all
             things
             in
             those
             lower
             Regions
             ,
             Pluto
             abiding
             stupid
             and
             ignorant
             .
          
           
             This
             Spirit
             the
             power
             celestiall
             (
             shadowed
             by
             Ceres
             )
             striues
             with
             infinite
             sedulity
             to
             recouer
             and
             get
             againe
             :
             for
             that
             brand
             or
             burning
             torch
             of
             Aether
             (
             which
             Ceres
             caried
             in
             her
             hand
             )
             doth
             doubtles
             signifie
             the
             Sunne
             ,
             which
             enlightneth
             the
             whole
             circuit
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             would
             bee
             of
             greatest
             moment
             to
             
             recouer
             Proserpina
             ,
             if
             possibly
             it
             might
             be
             .
          
           
             But
             Proserpina
             abides
             still
             ,
             the
             reason
             of
             which
             is
             accuratly
             and
             excellently
             propounded
             in
             the
             conditions
             betweene
             Iupiter
             and
             Ceres
             :
             For
             first
             it
             is
             most
             certaine
             there
             are
             two
             waies
             to
             keepe
             Spirit
             in
             solid
             and
             terrestriall
             Matter
             ;
             the
             one
             by
             constipation
             or
             obstruction
             ,
             which
             is
             meere
             imprisonment
             and
             constraint
             ;
             the
             other
             by
             administration
             of
             proportionable
             nutriment
             ,
             which
             it
             receiues
             willingly
             and
             of
             its
             owne
             accord
             :
             for
             after
             that
             the
             included
             Spirit
             beginnes
             to
             feed
             and
             nourish
             it selfe
             ,
             it
             makes
             no
             haste
             to
             be
             gone
             ,
             but
             is
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             linckt
             to
             its
             Earth
             :
             And
             this
             is
             pointed
             at
             by
             Proserpina
             her
             eating
             of
             a
             Pome
             granat
             ;
             which
             if
             shee
             had
             not
             done
             ,
             shee
             had
             long
             since
             beene
             recouered
             by
             Ceres
             with
             her
             torch
             ,
             compassing
             the
             Earth
             .
             Now
             as
             concerning
             that
             Spirit
             which
             is
             in
             Mettals
             and
             minerals
             ,
             it
             is
             chiefly
             perchance
             restrained
             by
             
             the
             solidity
             of
             Masse
             :
             but
             that
             which
             is
             in
             Plants
             and
             Animals
             ,
             inhabites
             a
             porous
             body
             ,
             and
             hath
             open
             passage
             to
             bee
             gone
             in
             a
             manner
             as
             it
             lists
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             that
             it
             willingly
             abides
             of
             its
             owne
             accord
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             relish
             it
             finds
             in
             its
             entertainment
             .
             The
             second
             condition
             concerning
             the
             six
             moneths
             custome
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             other
             then
             an
             elegant
             description
             of
             the
             diuision
             of
             the
             yeere
             ,
             seeing
             this
             Spirit
             mixt
             with
             the
             Earth
             appeares
             aboue
             ground
             in
             vegetable
             bodies
             during
             the
             summer
             months
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             winter
             sinkes
             downe
             againe
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             concerning
             Theseus
             ,
             and
             Perithous
             their
             attempt
             to
             bring
             Proserpina
             quite
             away
             ;
             the
             meaning
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             oftentimes
             comes
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             some
             more
             subtill
             spirits
             descēding
             with
             diuers
             bodies
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             neuer
             come
             to
             sucke
             of
             any
             subalternall
             Spirit
             ,
             whereby
             to
             vnite
             it
             vnto
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             bring
             it
             away
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             are
             coagulated
             
             themselues
             and
             neuer
             rise
             more
             ,
             that
             Proserpina
             should
             bee
             by
             that
             meanes
             augmented
             with
             inhabitants
             and
             dominion
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             wee
             can
             say
             concerning
             that
             sprig
             of
             gold
             is
             hardly
             able
             to
             defend
             vs
             from
             the
             violence
             of
             the
             Chymicks
             ,
             if
             in
             this
             regarde
             they
             set
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             seeing
             they
             promise
             by
             that
             their
             Elixar
             to
             effect
             golden
             mountaines
             ,
             and
             the
             restoring
             of
             naturall
             bodies
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             from
             the
             portall
             of
             Hell.
             But
             concerning
             Chymistry
             ,
             and
             those
             perpetuall
             sutors
             for
             that
             philosophicall
             Elixar
             ,
             wee
             know
             certainly
             that
             their
             Theory
             is
             without
             grounds
             ,
             &
             we
             suspect
             that
             their
             practise
             also
             is
             without
             certaine
             reward
             .
             And
             therefore
             (
             omitting
             these
             )
             of
             this
             last
             part
             of
             the
             parable
             this
             is
             my
             opinion
             .
             I
             am
             induced
             to
             beleeue
             by
             many
             figures
             of
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             that
             the
             conseruation
             and
             restauration
             of
             naturall
             bodies
             in
             some
             sorte
             was
             not
             esteemed
             by
             them
             as
             a
             thing
             impossible
             
             
             
             
             
             Coronets
             .
             So
             as
             euer
             since
             that
             time
             all
             the
             Muses
             haue
             attired
             them selues
             with
             plumed
             heads
             ,
             except
             Terpsichores
             onely
             that
             was
             mother
             to
             the
             Sirenes
             .
             The
             habitation
             of
             the
             Sirenes
             was
             in
             certaine
             pleasant
             Ilands
             ,
             from
             whence
             as
             soone
             as
             out
             of
             their
             watch-tower
             they
             discouered
             any
             ships
             approching
             ,
             with
             their
             sweet
             tunes
             they
             would
             first
             entice
             and
             stay
             them
             ,
             and
             hauing
             them
             in
             their
             power
             would
             destroy
             them
             .
             Neither
             was
             their
             song
             plaine
             and
             single
             ,
             but
             consisting
             of
             such
             variety
             of
             melodious
             tunes
             ,
             so
             fitting
             and
             delighting
             the
             eares
             that
             heard
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             rauished
             and
             betrayed
             all
             passengers
             .
             And
             so
             great
             was
             the
             mischiefe
             they
             did
             ,
             that
             these
             Iles
             of
             the
             Sirenes
             ,
             euen
             as
             farre
             off
             as
             a
             man
             could
             ken
             them
             ,
             appeared
             all
             ouer
             white
             with
             the
             bones
             of
             vnburied
             Carcases
             .
             For
             the
             remedying
             of
             this
             miserie
             ,
             a
             double
             meanes
             was
             at
             last
             found
             out
             ,
             the
             one
             by
             Vlisses
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             
               Orpheus
               .
               Vlisses
            
             
             (
             to
             make
             experiment
             of
             his
             deuice
             )
             caused
             all
             the
             eares
             of
             his
             companie
             to
             bee
             stopt
             with
             waxe
             ,
             and
             made
             himselfe
             to
             be
             bound
             to
             the
             maine
             Mast
             ,
             with
             speciall
             commandement
             to
             his
             Mariners
             not
             to
             bee
             loosed
             ,
             albeit
             himselfe
             should
             require
             them
             so
             to
             doe
             .
             But
             Orpheus
             neglecting
             and
             disdaining
             to
             be
             so
             bound
             ,
             with
             a
             shrill
             and
             sweet
             voice
             singing
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Gods
             to
             his
             Harpe
             ,
             supprest
             the
             songs
             of
             the
             Sirenes
             ,
             and
             so
             freed
             himselfe
             from
             their
             danger
             .
          
           
             This
             Fable
             hath
             relation
             to
             mens
             manners
             ,
             and
             containes
             in
             it
             a
             manifest
             and
             most
             excellent
             Parable
             :
             For
             pleasures
             doe
             for
             the
             most
             part
             proceed
             out
             of
             the
             abundance
             and
             superfluitie
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             also
             out
             of
             the
             delights
             and
             Iouiall
             contentments
             of
             the
             minde
             ;
             the
             which
             are
             wont
             suddenly
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             with
             winged
             entisements
             to
             rauish
             and
             rapt
             mortall
             men
             .
             But
             learning
             and
             education
             brings
             it
             so
             to
             passe
             ,
             as
             
             that
             it
             restraines
             and
             bridles
             mans
             mind
             ,
             making
             it
             so
             to
             consider
             the
             ends
             and
             euents
             of
             things
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             clippes
             the
             wings
             of
             pleasure
             .
             And
             this
             was
             greatly
             to
             the
             honour
             and
             renowne
             of
             the
             Muses
             :
             for
             after
             that
             by
             some
             examples
             it
             was
             made
             manifest
             that
             by
             the
             power
             of
             philosophy
             vaine
             pleasures
             might
             growe
             contemptible
             ;
             it
             presently
             grew
             to
             great
             esteeme
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             that
             could
             raise
             and
             eleuate
             the
             mind
             aloft
             that
             seemed
             to
             be
             base
             and
             fixed
             to
             the
             earth
             ;
             and
             make
             the
             cogitations
             of
             men
             (
             which
             doe
             euer
             recide
             in
             the
             head
             )
             to
             be
             aethereall
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             winged
             .
             But
             that
             the
             Mother
             of
             the
             Sirenes
             was
             left
             to
             her
             feet
             and
             without
             wings
             ;
             that
             no
             doubt
             is
             no
             otherwise
             meant
             ,
             then
             of
             light
             and
             superficiall
             learning
             ,
             appropriated
             and
             defined
             onely
             to
             pleasures
             ,
             as
             were
             those
             which
             Petronius
             deuoted
             himselfe
             vnto
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             receiued
             his
             fatall
             sentence
             ,
             and
             hauing
             his
             foot
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             vpon
             the
             threshold
             
             of
             death
             sought
             to
             giue
             himselfe
             all
             delightfull
             contentments
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             as
             when
             he
             had
             caused
             consolatory
             letters
             to
             be
             sent
             him
             ,
             hee
             would
             peruse
             none
             of
             them
             as
             Tacitus
             reports
             )
             that
             should
             giue
             him
             courage
             and
             constancie
             ,
             but
             onely
             reade
             fantasticall
             verses
             ,
             such
             as
             these
             are
             .
             
               
                 
                   Viuamus
                   ,
                   mea
                   Lesbia
                   ,
                   atque
                   amemus
                   ,
                
                 
                   Rumoresque
                   Senium
                   Seueriorum
                   ,
                
                 
                   Omnes
                   vnius
                   aestimemus
                   Assis
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   My
                   Lesbia
                   ,
                   let
                   vs
                   liue
                   and
                   loue
                   ;
                
                 
                   Though
                   wayward
                   Dottards
                   vs
                   reproue
                   ,
                
                 
                   Weigh
                   their
                   words
                   light
                   for
                   our
                   behoue
                   .
                
              
               
               And
               this
               also
               ;
               
                 
                   Iura
                   Senes
                   nôrint
                   ,
                   &
                   quid
                   sit
                   fasque
                   nefasque
                
                 
                   Inquirant
                   tristes
                   ,
                   legumque
                   examina
                   seruent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Let
                   doting
                   Grandsires
                   know
                   the
                   lawe
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   right
                   and
                   wrong
                   obserue
                   with
                   awe
                   :
                
                 
                   Let
                   them
                   in
                   that
                   stricte
                   circle
                   drawe
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             This
             kind
             of
             doctrine
             wold
             easily
             perswade
             to
             take
             these
             plumed
             Coronets
             from
             the
             Muses
             ,
             &
             to
             restore
             the
             wings
             again
             to
             the
             Sirens
             .
             These
             Sirenes
             are
             saide
             to
             dwell
             in
             remote
             Iles
             ,
             for
             that
             pleasures
             loue
             priuacie
             and
             retired
             places
             ,
             shunning
             alwaies
             too
             much
             companie
             of
             people
             .
             The
             Sirenes
             songs
             are
             so
             vulgarly
             vnderstood
             together
             with
             the
             deceits
             and
             danger
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             need
             no
             exposition
             .
             But
             that
             of
             the
             bones
             
             appearing
             like
             white
             cliffes
             ;
             and
             descryed
             a
             farre
             off
             ,
             hath
             more
             acutenesse
             in
             it
             :
             For
             thereby
             is
             signified
             ,
             that
             albeit
             the
             examples
             of
             afflictions
             be
             manifest
             and
             eminent
             ;
             yet
             doe
             they
             not
             sufficiently
             deterre
             vs
             from
             the
             wicked
             enticements
             of
             pleasures
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             remainder
             of
             this
             parable
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             ouer
             mysticall
             ,
             yet
             is
             it
             very
             graue
             and
             excellent
             :
             For
             in
             it
             are
             set
             out
             three
             remedies
             for
             this
             violent
             enticing
             mischiefe
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             two
             from
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             one
             from
             Religion
             .
             The
             first
             meanes
             to
             shunne
             these
             inordinate
             pleasures
             is
             ,
             to
             withstand
             and
             resist
             them
             in
             their
             beginnings
             ,
             and
             seriously
             to
             shunne
             all
             occasions
             that
             are
             offered
             to
             debaush
             &
             entice
             the
             mind
             ,
             which
             is
             signified
             in
             that
             stopping
             of
             the
             Eares
             ;
             &
             that
             remedie
             is
             properly
             vsed
             by
             the
             meaner
             and
             baser
             sorte
             of
             people
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             Vlisses
             followers
             or
             Marriners
             ;
             whereas
             more
             heroique
             and
             noble
             
             Spirits
             ,
             may
             boldly
             conuerse
             euen
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             these
             seducing
             pleasures
             ,
             if
             with
             a
             resolued
             constancie
             they
             stand
             vpon
             their
             guard
             ,
             and
             fortefie
             their
             minds
             ;
             And
             so
             take
             greater
             contentment
             in
             the
             triall
             and
             experience
             of
             this
             their
             approued
             vertue
             ;
             learning
             rather
             throughly
             to
             vnderstand
             the
             follies
             and
             vanities
             of
             those
             pleasures
             by
             contemplation
             ,
             then
             by
             submission
             .
             Which
             Salomon
             auouched
             of
             himselfe
             ,
             when
             hee
             reckoning
             vp
             the
             multitude
             of
             those
             solaces
             and
             pleasures
             wherein
             he
             swamme
             ,
             doth
             conclude
             with
             this
             Sentence
             ;
          
           
             
               Sapientia
               quoque
               perseuerauit
               mecum
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wisedome
               also
               continued
               with
               mee
               .
            
          
           
             Therefore
             these
             Heroes
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             of
             this
             excellent
             temper
             ,
             euen
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             these
             enticing
             pleasures
             ,
             can
             shew
             themselues
             constant
             
             and
             inuincible
             ,
             and
             are
             able
             to
             support
             their
             owne
             vertuous
             inclination
             ,
             against
             all
             headdy
             and
             forcible
             perswasions
             whatsoeuer
             ;
             as
             by
             the
             example
             of
             Vlisses
             that
             so
             peremptorily
             interdicted
             all
             pestilent
             counsels
             and
             flatteries
             of
             his
             companions
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             dangerous
             and
             pernicious
             poisons
             to
             captiuate
             the
             mind
             .
             But
             of
             all
             other
             remedies
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             that
             of
             Orpheus
             is
             most
             predominant
             :
             For
             they
             that
             chaunt
             and
             resound
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Gods
             ,
             confounde
             and
             dissipate
             the
             voices
             and
             incantations
             of
             the
             Sirenes
             ;
             for
             diuine
             meditations
             doe
             not
             onely
             in
             power
             subdue
             all
             sensuall
             pleasures
             ;
             but
             also
             farre
             exceed
             them
             in
             sweetnesse
             and
             delight
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
  

