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& Regios etiam pedes alligat folio triumphali. Strenui Du* 

 ces £c potentes Dynaftae ipfius tyrannidi colla fubmittunt, 

 Priamusv. g. Bellerophon, Oedipus, AchilleS)Ptiftbenes, Pro~ 

 iefilaus & Ulyffes. Hac Antiftitum flos- purpureus emarcet r 

 unica fcilicet aquae gutta, non ftillante e palude Stygia, 

 quse intenfo frigore necat, fed ab aeftuante jecore, velut ab 

 /Etnseo monte,per venarum vxvriconv naufeam atque vomitum 

 in artus eru&ata, quos diris cruciatibus torquendo* ejulatus 

 ex intimo pe&ore trahit, acerbiores mugitu Phalaridis aut 

 Perilli in asneo tauro incluforum; 



Quis peritus Apelles graphice pinxerit tormina, quibus 

 fasvus hic Regum fatelles, crudelis Magnatum aflecla, trux 

 Prineipum comes, Imperatorum tortor acerbus, immanedi- 

 vitum ftipendium, atrox xgrorum geenna, & horrendum 

 fcortatorum flagellum , membra difcerpit. In illam rem ci- 

 to quem fenfus experientise pungitj quis fenfit aJperioresdo- 

 lorummorfus? Non Callifthenes abfciflis manibus, labiis & 

 nafo, cum rabido cane incavea conclufus ab Alexandro Ma- 

 cedonum Rege \ nec Anaxarchus^ a Nicocreonte, malleis 

 fcrreis in mortario faxeo contufus; nec Artaycles^ a Xan- 

 thippo Athenienfium Duce , palo traje£bus j nec Poly- 

 crates , ab Oronte Perfarum Satrapa , crucifixus j nec 

 Callirrhoes proci fimul in pyra combufti j nec Catulus O- 

 rator pruna toftus ; nec Attalus in fella ferrea crematus. 

 Mitto Penlheum a Msenadibus, Pelopem a Tantalo, aut in- 

 fontera viatorem a nefando Cercyone membratim difcer- 

 ptos. 



Sic dum aperto Marte graflatur, hoftiliter in corpus in- 

 vadit, ac febrem accerfit cum partis obfeflas rubore,«calore 

 & tumore. Medici fagacis erit imminentes prascavere inful- 

 tus , &: pr*efentes internofcere a rheumatifmo & doloribus 

 Venereis. 



Arthritis homines efficit pctK%o€io)xi?*s long*viores y fed eos 

 iniqua penfat mercede & mille implicat asrumnis: Indequas- 

 runt fabulofi Poetac,cur fi defun&os deli&orum fequituruU 



