A 



CIVIL CHARACTER 



OF 



AUGUSTUS CAESAR. 



WRITTEN IN LATIN BY HIS LORDSHIP, AND ENGLISHED BY DR. RAWLEY. 



AUGUSTUS C^SAR, if ever any mortal man, was 

 endued with a greatness of mind, undisturbed 

 with passions, clear and well ordered; which is 

 evidenced by the high achievements which he per 

 formed in his early youth. For those persons which 

 are of a turbulent nature or appetite, do commonly 

 pass their youth in many errors ; and about their 

 middle, and then and not before, they shew forth 

 their perfections ; but those that are of a sedate and 

 calm nature, may be ripe for great and glorious 

 actions in their youth. And whereas the faculties 

 of the mind, no less than the parts and members of 

 the body, do consist and flourish in a good temper of 

 health, and beauty, and strength ; so he was in the 

 strength of the mind inferior to his uncle Julius ; 

 but in the health and beauty of the mind superior. 

 For Julius being of an unquiet and uncomposed 

 spirit, as those who are troubled with the falling 

 sickness for the most part are. Notwithstanding, 



