of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 345 
A orcaufey Appia,he triumphed over them all,and entituled himfelfe by the name of*Iatronices. +;,1he maiftet 
And invery truth,never marched there plater to the ftage, or coach driverto the publick cirque 24 cone 
fortoruna race better attended and with a greater traine of followers than heewhen hee pafled (70) P97" 
along the ftreets «and yet Crizas of Marfiles put him downe and outwent him farre in credit and 
authorities and thatby the meanes of a twofold skill and knowledge wherein hee was feene: For 
befides his ordnarieprofeffion of Phyficke, he fhewed himfelfe more warie and ceremoniousin 
all his practife than any other before him by reafon of the deepeinfight that he had inthe Ma- 
thematickes ; obferving the courfe of the ftarres,chufing good daies and houres,and going ever 
by his Almanakes andEphemerides,when{oever hee miniftered unto his patients, infomuch,as 
~ Intheir very diethe was fo precife,that hee would nor allowthem to eat ordrinke bur with great 
B regard of mes and feafons, Whereby he grewtofuch wealeh,that of late he bequeathed by his 
lait willand teftament *ten millions of Sefterces unto his native citie Marfils toward the fortifi~ *Conries H-S: 
cations thercof,befides the walls that he caufed tobe builtand emmanteled about other.towns, 
which coft him little under the forefaid fumme.Whiles this Crinas with fuch others as himfelfe; 
feemed with their Aftrologieto commaund thecourfe of the deftinies, and to have ens lives 
- attheirown difpofition,all on afuddain one M.Charzmis a Macfilian likewife,put himfelf forward 
and entred the citie of Rome, who not onely condemned the former proceedings of the aunci- 
ent Phyficians,oucalfo put downe the bainesand hot houfes: he brought in the bathing in cold 
water,and_periuaded folke co ufe the fame even in the middeft of Winter: nay hee feared not to 
give direction unto his ficke patients for to fitin tubs of coldwater. And I aflure you, my felfe 
C have feene auncient Senatours,fuch as had been Confuls of Rome,all chilling and quaking yea 
and ftarke againe forcold, in thefekind of baths: and yet they would feeme to endure thefame, _ 
to fhew how hardie they were,And verely,there isa Freatifeextant of 4ameus *Senéca; wherein *such 23 barti 
he approveth highly of this courfe.Neither isit to be doubted, butfuch Phyficians as thefe,who je cold wares 
having wo ditandeftimation once by fisch novelties and ftrange deviles,fhoot atno other 9.(2 eo PF 
8 wooncredit € 3 ce by luc a 4 ies Seneca, Pfychro= 
matke buttomake merchandife and enrich themfelves even with the hazardof our lives, And dure. 
hereupon come thefe lamentable and wofull confultations of theirs about their patients, wher- 
in you thall fee them ordinarily to argue and difagree in opinion, whiles one cannot abide that, 
another mans judgement thouldtake place,and feeme to carie away the credit of thecure.From | 
hence alfo arofethat Epitaph of his(whofoever he was)that caufed thefe words to bee engraven 
D uponhisushappietomoe, Turba medicorum pery, 1: The variance of afortot Phyficians about 
me,were che canfe of my death. Thus you fee how often this art from time to time hath been ale 
tered,and how daily ftill 1c is turned like a garment new drefled and tranflated; infomuch,as wee | 
are caried away with the vaine humor of the Greekes, and make faile as it were with the puffes of 
theit proud {pirit: Forever as any of thefe new commers can venditat and vaunt his owne cun- 
ning with brave words, ftraightwaies we put our {elves into his hands,and give him power todif-'. 
pote of our life anddeach at his pleafure ;and without further regard,are as obedient to him asa 
fouldiour to hiscaptaine and general] of the field.A ftraunge mater that we fhould fo do,con- 
fidering how many thoufands of nations there be that live in health well ynough without thefe 
Phyficians, andyec I cannot fay altogether without Phyficke. Like as the people of Rome alfa 
E (notwith{tanding the Romanes were ever knowne tobe forward ynough to entertaine all good 
arts and difciplines) continued fer the {pace of fix hundred yeares and:above after the founda- 
tion of their citie, and knew not whata Phyfician meant, but afterwards they did cafta great fan- 
fieto Phyficke alfo: howbeit, upon fome little experience thereof, they were as readie to loath 
and condemne it,as they were defirous beforeto have atattand tiall of it. And here I think itnot 
ainiffe in this corrupt age of ours wherein we live,to difcover and relate certain principal exam- 
ples of our aunceftours ,worthie to be noted in this behalfe, 
_ And to begin withall Caius Hemina,an auncient Hiftoriographer dooth report, Thatthe 
firt Phyfician that evercame to Rome,was one Archagathus,the fonne of Lyfanias, from out of 
Peloponnefus,which was when £.Aimylws and M.Livius were Confuls,and in the year after the 
F foundation of the citie of Rome 535. And this mine Author faith, That hee was enfraunchifed 
free denizen of Rome, and hada (hop provided for him, ftanding in thecarrefour of Cdeilivs, 
boughtat the charges of the citiefor to entertaine his patients,and therein to cxercife his cun- 
ning.Called he was(by report) The vulneratie Phyfician or Chirurgian:woonderfull much {ee- 
king and running there was after bim,and aone more wealthie than he at his firft mie © But 
oone 
