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which thou didft caufe to be*ereéted upon the top of the Pirenzean hills ? Certes, afoule fhamie *tharjsto | 
and ignominious reproch it was to be (hewedan this manner; nay,to fay more truly, a woonder- fay,columns 
full prodigie it was,prefaging the heavie ire of the gods ; for fo men were to beleeve and evident Pilz whenn 
lyto conceive thereby, that eventhen and fo long before, the head of Pompey made of orient the names of 
peatle, even the richeft of the Levant, fhould bee fo prefented without abodie. Eutfetcing this tes and na, 
afide, how manlike was all the reft of his triumph, and how anfwerable to himfelfe? For firttand be bits df 
foremoft, given freely by him unto the chamber of the cittic, there were a thoufand talents: {e- thole voyages 
condly, upon his lieutenants and treafurers of the campe, who had perfourmed fo good fer='™*? °P* 
vice in defending the fea-coafts, hee beftowedtwo thoufand Seftertia apeece: thirdly, to everie 
fouldior who accompanied him in that voiage, heallowed fiftie Seftertia. Well, this foperflui- 
tic yet of Pompeies triumph, ferved in fomefort toexcufe Caiws Caligula the Emperour, and to 
make his delicacie and excefle to bee more tollerable ; who over and befides all other effeminat 
tricks and womanly devifes, whereof hee was full, ufed todraw upon his leggs little buskins or 
ftartups made of pearle: Pompeys precedent(I fay) in fome meafure juftified Xero the Emperor, 
who made of rich and faire great pearls the {ceptars and maces, the vifors alfo and masks which 
playersufed upon the ftage, yeaand the verie bed-toums which went with him as hee travailed 
by the way: Soas we feeme now to have loft that vantage and right which wee had to find fault 
with drinking-cups enriched with pearls, yea and much other houthold ftuffe and implements « ofjpeinta | 
garnifhed therewith, fince that wherefoever we goefrom one end of the houle to the other, wee seis: where 
feeme to paffe throughrings, or fuch jewels at leaftwife which were woont to beautifie our fin- Heist i 
gers onely :foris there any {uperfluitic elfe, but in regard and comparifon hicreof, it may feeme ulech fefersinm 
moretollerable and leffe offenfive ?Buctoreturne unto the triumph of Pompey: this victorie of ip the neuter 
his, brought into Rome firft our cups and other veflels of Caffidoine; and Pompey himfelfc was teens 
the firft who that verie day of his triumph prefented unto Jupiter Capitoliauws, fix {uch cups: and /eflersi: for 6 
prefently from that time forward men alfo began to have a mind unto them,in cupbourds,coun- peas 
ting tables, yea and in veflell for the kitchin,and to ferve up meat in: and verely,from day to day butto 20 ¢e- 
the exceffe herein hath fo farre overgrowne, that one great Caffidoine cup hath been fold for me's Reman, 
*fourefcorefefterces,but a faire and large one it was,and would containe well three fextars [id eff, an oe 
halfe awine gallon.] There are not many yeers paft, fince that anoble man who had been Con- fering: too: 
fullof Rome, ufedto drinke out of this cup sand notwithftanding that in pledging upon a time uc under 
aladie whom hee fancied, he bit outa peece of the brim thereof (which her {weer lips touched) iuctt a jewell: 
yet this injurie done untoit, rather made it more efteemed and valued at a higher pricesneither "4 yet fome 
is there at this day acup of Caffidoine more pretious or dearer than the fame. But as touching ee 
otherexcefle of this perfonage,and namely how much he confumed and devoured in fuperflut- and that is as 
ties of thiskind,a man may eftimat by the multitude of fuch Caffidoine veffell found in his €a- pee é 
binet after his death,which Nevo Domitivs tooke away perforce from his children : and in truth; bar une Ee 
fuch a numberthere were of them, that being fet outro the fhew, they were fufficientto furnifh was eftcemed 
and take up a peculiar theatre,which of purpofe he caufedto bee made beyond the Tyber in the 400°? 
gardens there: and enough it was for Nevoto behold the faid theatre replenifhed with people at *i.The value 
the plaics which he exhibited there in the honor of his wife the Emprefle Poppea after one child: pe ne 
bed of hers where among other muficians, hee {ung voluntarie ypon the ftage before the plaies persis capidem « 
began. Ifaw him there my felfeto make fhew of many broken peeces of one cup which hee cau. | fulpectthis 
. fed tobe gathered togither full charily,asI take it,to exhibit a fpe€tacle whereat the world fhould Fi °° 
Jament and crie out in deteftation of Fortune, no lefle ywis, than if they had beene the bones inferred a 
and reliques of king CAlexander the Great his corps to bee laid folemnly in his fepulchre sand 8*<ater fim 
herein he pleafed himfelfe not a little. Tészs Petromtws, lace Confull of Rome, when hee lay. at fore of 7.Pe- 
the point of death, called for afaire broad- mouthed cup of Caffidoine, which had coft him bee #enis: or elfe 
fore-time * three hundred thoufand fefterces, and prefently brake itin peecesin hatred and de- |.” ete 
fpight of WWero, for feare Jeaft the fame prince might have feazed upon it after his deceafe, and rrmila:& that 
therewith furnifhed his owne bourd.But Nevo himfelfe(as itbecame an Emperour indeed)went (oud rer 
; spans 5, ays ee e, if itbe 
beyond all others in thiskind of excefle,who bought one * drinking cup that ftood him in three derived 2 capi- 
hundred thoufand fefterces ; amemorable matter (no doubt) thatan Emperour,a father and pa- ree & focal- 
tron of his country,(hould drink in a cup fo deare.But before I proceed any farther,it isto be no- ae Ho 
ted,that wee have theferich Caffidoin veflels [called in Latin Murthina]from out of the Levant : ther of the 
for found they bein many places of the Eaft parts, and thofe otherwife not greatly renowmeds © whsrbya 
bo man may take 
F f f ij bUt hold thereof. 
