^6 Of the Advancement of Learning, L i b . I. 



the life and fulnels of it can fcarce be expreft. For firft it pretended a 

 refufal of the name, but yet not ferious. Again, it did carry with it an 

 infinite confidence, and magnanimity 5 as if the Appellation C<^yir had 

 been a more eminent Title, than the name of King 5 which hath come 

 to pafs, and remaineth (6 till this day. But, that which moft made for 

 him, this fpeech by an excellent contrivance, advanced his own pur- 

 pole ■, for it did clofely infinuate, that the Senate and People of Rome 

 did ftrive with him about a vain (hadow, a name only , (for he had 

 the power of a King already) and for fuch a name, whereof mean fa- 

 milies were inverted ; for the Sir-name iSex , was the title of many fa- 

 milies -J as we alfo have the like in our Dialed. The laft fpeech,which 

 I will mention in this place, was this 5 When C^far^ after the war was 

 declared, did pofle(s himfelf of the City of Rome^ and had broke o- 

 pen the inner Treaf»rj/, to take the mony there ftored up, for the fer- 

 vice of the war , Metel/ns , for that time Tribune, withftood him 5 



plut.in to whom C^yir, If thou do^ perfji (Caith he) thou art dead '^^ pre(ently 

 taking himfelf up, he added, .Toung man^ it is harder for me to fpea^ 

 this^thanto doit ^ Adolefcens, duriui ejimhi hoc dicere quatfi facere ^ 

 A (peech compounded of the grcateft terror, and the greateft clemen- 

 cy, that could proceed out of the mouth of man. But, to purfue C4?- 

 fars Abilities in this kind no farther, it is evident, that he knew well 

 his ovpnperfeBion in I,earning,as appears,when fbme fpake,what a ftrange 

 resolution it v/asm Lucius \Scyl/a to refign his DiiJature ^ he (coffing 

 at him, anfwered, That Scylh could »ot skill of Letters, and therefore 



Suet, in ^«f jj, „ot /^^jy to Dilate. 



^t'' _ § Now it were time to leave this point touching /^e^WiSf concur" 



ranee of Military virtue and Learnings (for what example in this kind, 

 can come with any grace, after Alexander and C£jar .<?) were it not that 

 I am tranfported with the height and rareneft of one other particular 

 inftance, as that which did fo fuddenly pals from fcorn to wonder 5 



Xen.Hift. and it is oi Xnnophon the Vhilofophor^vuho went from Socrates his School 



de Exp. into Afia with Cyrus the younger, in his expedition againft King Ar^ 

 ^'^*' taxerxes. This Xenophon, at that time was very young, and never 

 had (een the wars before '-, neither had then, any command in the Ar- 

 my, but only followed the war as a voluntary , for the love andcon- 

 verlationofPrtfxe«»xhis friend. He was by chance present when F4- 

 linus came in meffage from the great King, to the Grecians , after that 

 Cyrus was flain in the field, and the Grecians, a handful of men, having 

 loft their General, left to themfelves in the midft of the Provinces of 

 Perfia, cut off from their Country by. the interception of many miles, 

 and of very great and deep Rivers* The Meflage did import that they 

 fliould deliver up their Arras, and fubmit themlelves to the Kings mer- 

 cy : to which meffage before publick anfvver was made, divers of the 

 Army conferr'd familiarly with Falinus , amongft whom Xenophon 



Hid. de hapned to fay thus, IVhy , ((aid he) Falinus we have now but thefe two 



J J" ^' things left, our Arms and our Virtue, if we yield up our Arms, howfliall 

 we makeufe of our Virtue .<? whereto Falinus fmiling (aid. If I be not 

 deceived, Toung Gentleman, you are an Athenian, and ftudy Philofophy^ 

 and it is pretty thatyou fay, but yon are much abufed, if you thin\your 

 Virtue can wjthjhtnd the Kings Power 5 here was the fcorn, the won- 

 der follow'eth. Th\% young Scholar or Philofopber, after all the Cap- 

 tains 



