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honour,all fave thefe made of grafle,were given many times byfome privat and particularper? G& 
fons,or by the captains and generals themfelves unto their fouldiors: yea, and otherwhiles from 
one Generall to another, when they were joined together in equall commiffion,in teftimonie of 
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2% The fingularitie and rare examples of fuch Chaplets made of grafve, 
Ow,whereas other Garlands of honour and Coronets of triumph,were alwaies either ore 
dained bya decree from the Senat in time of peace, and after the troubles of warre over= 
‘blowne; or graunted by an A& of the people,being quietandin repofe,when daungers y 
were pat :this Chaplet of graffe aforefaid, it was never any mans hap to have,but in fome extre- 
miti¢ and defperat cafe of the whole ftate: nor atany time adjudged to a man, but by the whole _ 
armie,confefling with one voice & generall confent, That by him alone they wereall faved from 
the edge of the{word, or famine. As forthe reft,the captains and generals ufed to give them: this 
onely was prefented by thefouldioursto their cheefe leader. The fame was called alfoan Obfidi- 
onall coronet or feige-Garland, namely, when fome capraine had forced the enemies to raife 
the fiege and diflodge, and thereby favedeither awhole towne or campe fromutter fhame and 
Made of Oke finall deftruCtion.And certes, if there was fo great account made of a Civicke guirland, forref- 
branche,  cuing the lifeof one onely citizen of Rome (and fuch an one perchance as was ofall others the 
meancit chat whofe fortune it was to obtaine it, he was honoured ever after with many priviled- 
ges and immunities,and counted facred: how highly then is he tobeefteemed,who by hisowne I 
valour and proeffe hath faved many thoufands,and awhole atmie of fuch citizens? This Chap- 
let then, fo fingular and excellent, was made of the greene grafic, or hearbs taken andgathered 
from the very place where aman had faved and delivered the befieged. For in truth, the greateft 
figne of viCtorie in oldtime,and of yeelding to the mercie ofthe enemic,was this, Ifthe vanqui- 
fhed did take up graff, and rendegit unto the conqueror: for this ferved as a confeffion and pro- 
teftation, That they rendered up all their interreft which they might challenge in the earth(the 
mother that bred and fed them) yea,and the very right of fepulture in her: which cuftome Lun- 
derftand,the Germanes doe retaine and obferve,even at this day. 
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exe What captaines they were, who alone received the honor of a Givivke Chaplet. 
Veiws Siccivs{arnamed Dentalus,was crowned but once with this Coronet of graffe : not- 
withftanding it was his good fortune to deferve and obraine foureteene Civicke guirlands : 
to fight with his enemie in a hundred and twentie batrels,and ever to return out of the field 
with victorie : whereby we may fee how rare a thing it was in times pait,to fee an armie thusfaved 
through the valour of their captaine,for to recognife by this publicke prefent their onely favior. 
And fome leaders and captaines have been honoured this way oftener than fo. As for example, 
P.Deciuvs Mus received wo fuch Coronets : Forbeing a colonell and knightmarfhallof the » - 
campe, hee behaved himfelfe fo valiantly, that one was given him by the regiment or armie 
which himfelfe led; and another by thofe who had beene befieged within theirfort. And how 
highly he efteemed of this honourable reward, hee teftified by his religious devotion and the 
facrifices which hee offered thereupon to the gods: forno fooner had hee received thefe Co- 
ronets; but whereas the armie aforefaid befieged, and by him delivered, had beftowed upon 
him over and above for his brave fervice, one white Oxe, and an hundred others, which were 
brended, he facrificed them allunto god -%ars, This was that P. Decivs, whoafterwards be- 
ing confull cogether with that furlieand imperious colleague of his [T.Aéanliws] furnamed Jn 
pertofws,devowed and yeelded himfelte to all the divels of hell for the fafetie of his armie, and the 
obraining of victorie, Moreover,that noble and renowmed Fabsv:,whofetuprightagainthede- pq — 
clining {tare ofthe Roman Commonweale,with lying off andnot fighting atallwith 4mmibal,was | — 
crowned therfore with {uch achapler,by authoritie from the Senat and people of Rome: fuchan — 
honorin my jadgementas no man in this world can reachand attain to higher, Irueit is,that be- 
forerime he had performed right good fervices& namely,when being Dictator, he refcued & faved 
