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A0r The one and thirtieth Booke | 
isa memorable manour or faire houfe of plaifance, fituat upon the fea fide inthe verie high way 
which leadeth fromthe lake Avernusto the cittie Pureoli; much renowmed for the grove or 
wood about it,as alfo for the ftately galleries, porches,allies,and walking places adjoyning ther- 
unto,which fet out and beautifie the faid place verie much :this goodly houle, M,Cicero called. 
Academia,in regard of {ome refemblance it had unto a colledge of that name in Athens, from, 
whence he tooke the modell and patterne: where hee compiled thofe books of his which carrie 
"Likeas 74- the name of the place,and becalled* Academica queftiones : and there he caufed his monument, 
culane queftio- oie : on. ‘ 
nes, which hee Of fepulchre to be made, for the perpetuitie of his memorial ;as who would fay,he had not futfi- 
fade in Tuf- ciently immortalized his name throughout the world, by thofe noble works which he wrote and; 
jhe ;, commended unto pofteritie, Well foone after the deceafe of Cicero,this houfe and forreft both, 
thar hehadin fellintothe handsand tenure of * Antistiws Vetus sat what time, inthe very forefrontas ic were 
Tufalam. and entrie thereof, there were difcovered certaine hot fountains breaking and fpringing out of 
s no an oy ' > one ? 
ofRome, the ground,and thofe paffing medicinable and holefome for the eyes, Of thefe waters, Laurea 
Confullwith Tudivs (an enfranchifed vaflall of Cicero) made certaine verfes,and thofe carying with themfuch 
i ue be 4 grace ot majeltie, that at the firft fight a man may eafily perceive. how affe@tionat and devote 
bus, anno ab ure 
be condita7 7, ie was to the {ervice of his lord and matter: and for that the faid Epigram is worthieto beread. 
not only there, but alfo in every place, I will fet it downe hereas it ftandeth over thole bainsto be 
{een,in this Decaftichon. 
Quo tua, Romane vindex clarifiime lingua, 
Sylva loce melius furgere juffaviret, 
Alque Academia celebratam nomine villams 
Nunc reparat culta fab potiore Vetus 
Hiz etiam apparent lympha non ante reperta, 
Languida qiteinfufo lumina rorelevant, 
Nimivim locus ipfe fue Ciceronis bonoyi 
Hoc dedit ,bas fontes cum patefectt ope, 
Vt quoniaws totum legitur fine fine per orbem, 
Stat pluves, ocilis qua medcantur, aque. 
O prince of Romane eloquence, loe here thy Grove in place 
How greene itis, where planted firft it was to grow apace: 
And Yet now,who holdsthy houfe, Faire Academie hight, 
Spares for no cott,butit maintains and keeps in better plight. 
Of late alfo, freth fountains here breake forth out of the ground, 
Mott holefome for to bath fore eyes ,wisich earft were never found, 
Thefe helpfull fprings the Soile no doubt, prefenting to our view, 
To Cicero her auncient lord, hath done this honour due; ~ 
That fince his books throughout the world are red by many awight, 
More waters ftill may cleare their eyes, and cure decaying fight. . 
In the fame tra&t of Campaine, and namely toward Sinueffa, there be other fountains called 
Sinucflan waters:which have the name not only ro cure men of Junacie and madnefle,butalforo 
make barraine women fruitfull and apt to conceive, In the Ifland Ainaria there is afpring which 
_helpeththofe that bee troubled with the ftone and gravell : likeas another water which they call 
Acidula,within foure miles of Teanum in the Sidicins country,& the fame is aQtually cold: alfo- 
there is another of that kind about Stabij, called by che name of Dimidia: likeas in the territori¢ 
of Venaftum, that which proceedeth from the fource Acidulus, and gavename tothe forefaid 
water Acidula. The fame effet they find who drinke of the lake Velinus,for it breaketh the ftone.. 
Moreover, 4/,/arro maketh mention offuch another fountaine in Syria ar the foot of the moun- 
taine Taurus. So doth Calimachus reportthe forefaid operation of the river Gallusin Phrygia: ~ 
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who drink of the red fountain(for fo itiscalled)in AEthiopia.As touching the waters nere Rome _ 
howbeitchey that take of this water muftkcepameafure, for otherwife it diftraeth their under- 
ftanding and driveth them befides their right wits: which accident hapneth tothofe(faith Ctefias) 
called Albulze they are known to heale wounds: thefe waters are neither hot nor cold: butthole 
which go under the name of Cutilize in the Sabins country,areexceeding cold,and by acertain. 
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