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A hishigh*Conftable or grand maifter of the Cavalletie, together with his whole armie : and yet * #4. Miruixs 
was he not thus highly rewarded then, with this Coronet of greene grafle, For in teltimonie of 
thankfulueffe;this gracuitie they whom hee had faved, thought at that time better, namely, to 
érowne himr(as it were) with anew name and title to his former ftile, calling him wich one voice, 
Father. Bur the honor abovenamed was given unto him(as I faid)by the generall confent as well 
of Senatas people, at whattime as hee chafed 4maiballout of Italie. And in truth,never man 
yet was in this wife knowneto bee crowned by the hands (if Imay fofay) of the whole Empire, 
buthitnteltealone, This peculiar honour obtained he above all orhers,that this Chaplet alone 
was offered and prefented unto him by all the {tates of Italie. 
BE IPwaii ; Cuap. ig le : i} 
e& What he was, who alone of all Centurions received this Chaplet of @raffe.’ 
F) Efides thofe abovenamed, I find that M.Calpharnius Flamma,aColonell of aregiment of 
fouldiours in Sicilie,wasin this manner rewarded and honored with a grafle Guirland. But 
_ © ‘never wasthere knowne to this day any one to have been crowned inthis wile, of fo bafe de- 
gree andcondition as C.Perreius Atinas, in that warre wherein the Cimbrians were defeated, 
’ who indeed was ne better than fimple’Centurion. This Centurion having by his place the cons 
duct of the formoft band of aregiment of fouldiors under Colonell Catala; {eeing upon atime 
certaine companies excluded out of their owne camp,by reafon thatthe enemies had put then 
_C lvesbetweene them and home,and there encampedsperceiving his captaine or Colonel] Ca- 
tule aforefaidtimiorous and doubtful] to breake through the enemies campe;put ona refolute 
mind, flew his owne Colonel], exhorted and encouraged the companies to quit themfelves like 
mén,and follow his enligne:and fo he defeated his enemiies,and delivered his own legion.) read 
moreover in the: Chronicles, That the fame Centurion over and above theforefaid brave orna- 
ment of a gtafle Coronet,had this honor done unto him,that@ecing clad ina longrobe of pur- 
pleembrodered, and affifted with boch the Confuls for the time being, Maris and Catulus, hee 
was allowed to facrifice unto the gods with a noile of fifesand haut-boies founding hard by the 
hearth or alter fire.Furchermore,Sy//a the Didtatour hath left in writing, That when he was lievs 
tenant Genérall under the Contuls, and hadthe leading'of the armie in the expedition or jour- 
_D ney againfi the Marfians,the whole armie prefented unto him a Chaplet of graffe, before the ci- 
tie of Nola.And in very ruth he caufedthis to be pourtraied ina painted table within a houfe of 
pleafure which hee hadin Thufcalum, the fame thatatterwards Tallis Cicero was maifter of, 
Which if it were true, the more fhame deferved hee in my conceit:andI hold and pronounee 
him fo mach the more accurled and deteftabie, for taking this crowne from his owne head, and 
loofing fuch 2 brave badge of honor, in profcribing overthrowing, banithing and murdering af- 
terwards,a greater number of citizens(without all comparifon)than thofefoldiorscame to, whofe 
lives he faved,ac what time as hee cooke that garland firft upon hishead.Let him vauntas much 
as hee will of the faid Coroner, as alfo of the prowd and vaineglorious title of Foelix,.Happie, 
(which addition orfurname he tooke upon him and caufed to bce put into his fille) yet,when as 
E through his tyrannie he held befieged thofe Romane citizens whom he had profcribed and con- 
- fined into all parts of the world,furely he forewent all and yeelded that crowne unto Sertorim, 
Moreover, M./crro doth repore, {nat Sc.pr0 furnamed Lmilianus,was honoured with an Cb- 
fidionali Coronet in Affricke(the fame yeare when as Manlius was Confull) for faving three co- 
horts befieged : as alfo three companies befides which hee led forth to deliver the other, and by 
whofe meanes le forced the enemie to breake up his fiege. This isto bee {eene andread ina Ta- 
ble, which Auga/lus Cafar lace Emperour of famous memorie, caufed to bee hanged up at the 
bate or foot of the faid Scépzoes ftatue erected in the Forum or publick ball which himfelte buile. 
As for 4g25ts himfelfe,the Senat crowned bim with an Obfidionall Chaplet,upon the thir- 
_ teenth day of September,that yeare when he was Confull with 44.Cicere,thefonne of that great 
F. Cicerothe Oratour, VWhereby we may fee,that a Civicke Chaplet was not thought {uflicient nor 
any waies comparable rothis Coronet.And fetting afide thefe abovenamed,] donot find in hy- 
itori¢s, of any one who wascrowned witha greene chaplet of grafle. Now, this you muft note 
withall, That there was not one certainehearbe fet out and appointed for thefe honorable Gutr- 
Jands:butlook what kind of herbage grewthen in the place befieged and where the danger He 
that 
