Chap. I . of GARDENING, &c. 9 1 



'' thty have appearM the moft lUuftrious 

 ^' and Heroick Examples of Hiftory ^ no 

 " laudable Ambition tranfgreffes its Rules, 

 '* nor no defperate Attack fur mounts its 

 " Courage. - 



QumtitsCincinnatus^^lxt'dLdij quoted, is an ad- 

 mirable InftanCe of Courage and Condu<a:,who, 

 notwithftanding the Rufticity of his Birth and 

 Education, was call' d to be Didator^an Employ 

 that tht Romans never conferred on any but 

 on very great Oc(jifions, and lafted no longer 

 than fix Months^ and Cato, Cicero, and PltTiy^ 

 the beloved Heroes of the Roman State, fhine 

 as remarkably ill Hiftory for this, as any of 

 their matchlefs Accompliftiments of Elo^ 

 quence^ Zeal ahd Courage. 



Cj/rus had not been blameable, had his 

 Ambition beea regular, fince'he is one of the 

 firft that violated that facred Maxim that 

 Jiijlin records to have reign'd in thofe early 

 and halcion Days of the World, and at 

 that Time wheri, as he obferves, the manner 

 was, rather to defend than enlarge their Ter^ 

 ritories. 



Neither does the Arms oiDiocIefian detraft 

 from his Innocence \ but thofe Pleafures are 

 opposed to the extravagant Sallies of Ambi- 

 tion, Cruelty, arid Revenge which have then 

 and fince taken place in the World, to the 

 utter Deftruftion of the Peace, Qiiiet, and 

 Safety of Mankind ^ it fliews that Goodnefs 

 is much more valuable than Greatnefs. But 

 to clofe this, the fame Ingenious Author 



adds 



