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and truffed faft with fome {ure knot,and notfealed up with any marke of aring as the ordetisin G — 
thefe daies, Moreover, when he reporreth of any challenge made by the enemie to finglefight, ~ 
and {heweth how the captaines fell to caft cheir feverall lots for. the choife of them whichfhould — 
performe the combat, this was never done by the fignets of rings, but by fome.other efpecia 
markes that every one made.Alfo,when he taketh occafion tofpeake of the workmanfhip ofthe _ 
*As of Ynicam godsyhe rehearfeth buckles,clafpes,and buttons of gold, other jewels and ornaments alfo belon- 
ging to the attire of women,as eare-rings and fuch like of their making which atthe beginning ‘ 
were commonly made,but he {peaketh not one word of goldentings.Andverelyinmyconceit = 
whofoever began firft to weare thefe rings ,did it covertly by little and little, putting them upon 
the fingers of the left hand, che better to hide them,as if they were afhamed to-have them opens 
lyfcene: whereasif they might have avowed the honouring of their fingers bythat ornament, py 
- they fhould have fhewed them ac the firft upon cheright hand; Nowifany man objeétand fay, . 
thatthe wearing them onthe right hand might be {ome impeachment to afoldior for ufing his 
offenfive weapon which he beareth in that hands alleadge again, that the hinderance wasmore | 
inthe left hand, which ferveth co hold and manage the targuet or buckler defenfive. I read inthe 
fame Poét Hamer aforefaid, tharmen ufed to plait& bind up the trefles of theix hairwith golds 
and therefore I’ wot not well whether men or women firft began the manner of {uch braiding the 
lockés of the haire. 61: aortic OGRE 
As couching goldlaid up for treafure, little was there of itatRomefora long time: Forfurely, 
when the citie was taken and facked by the Gaules,and that the Romansavereto buy & redeeme 
their peace fora fummie of money, there could not bee made inall Rome above one thonfand I 
pound weight of gold.Neither ami J ignorant,that in the third Confulthip of Cn Pompeinsahere 
was embezeled and ftollen two thoufand pound weight of gold out of the throne or fhrineof Jas 
*By M.crafiv .piter within the Capitol] which had ben there beftowed and laid up by *Camellws:wherupon mas 
ny menhave thought,that there were two thoufand pound weight of gold gathered fortheran- 
fomeof the citie, But furely look what overplus & furcreafe there was above the forefaid weight 
~ ofsone choufand pound it was of-the very bootie. and pillage of the French, and taken out of the 
temples andchappelsin that part of the citie whereof they were maifters. Moreover, that the 
-' Gaulesthemfelves were wont to goe tothe wartes bravely fet ourand enriched with gold, it ap- 
peareth by.this one example of Forquatus, who flew a Gaule in combat,andtookefrom hinna 
maffie collar of gold. Apparent itis therefore,that all the gold,as well that of theGaules,asthat K 
which came from the temples abovefaid, amounted tothe faid fumme, and no higher : to the 
lightand knowledge whereof wecome by meanesof revelation ftom Augutie,: which gave us 
to underftand, That Jupiter Capstolinus had rendered again the forefaid fumme in duple propors 
tion. And here by the way there commeth to my remembrance another thing, not impertinent 
tothis place,confidering | am to treat againe oftings:when the fexton or keeper of this cell was 
apprchended,and the queftion demanded, What was become of the treafure aforefaid of 2000 
pound whichJ4piter had in cuftodie,and which now was out of the way and gone? hee rooke: the 
{tone that wasin the collet ot his ring which hee ware,crackt it betweene his reeth,and prefently 
died thereupon:whereby the truth was not bewraied & revealed,as touching thetheefe that. rob- 
bed the faid tréafure, VVell,reckon the moftthatcan be,furely there wasnotabove 2000 pound 
weight of gold to behadin Rome,when the citie was loft;which was in the 364 yeag afterthe firkt 
foundation thereof,at what time (as appeareth by the rols of the Subfidie booke). there were: in 
Rome,to the number of 152580 free citizens, And what was 2009 pound in proportion tofuch | 
a multitude of people. Three hundred and feven years after,when the templeofthe Capitol was 
on fire,all the gold to bee found therein, as alfoinall the otherchappelsandfhrinesarofeunto 
thirteen thoufand pound weight,which C.Marivs the yongerfeazed upon and conveighed away 
tothe citie Prenette.And all the fame was recovered againeand. broughtbacke again by Syl/a 
hisenemie,who under that title caried it in triumph,befidesfeven thouland pound weightof fil- 
ver,which hee raifed out of thefpoile of Maris. And yet neverthelefle,theday before heeshad 
caufed to becaried ina pompe of triumph fifteene thoufand pound weightofi gold,&onehun- jg” 
dred and fifteene thoufand pound of filver,which came of thereft of the pillage gotten by that 
ate wictorie of his. ; 6 Did us liga 
'. Buc to returne againe unto our difcourfe of gold rings: 1 doe not read that they were ordina- 
‘ily ufed, before chedaics of Cx. Flavius thefonne of -danivs: This Flavivs being otherwile.a 
ater man 
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