^ Piinies Naturall Hiftorie. 



wit/rom Athens to Laceda^mon in two dafes_5untill Lanifisz courricr of Laccdi^mon, and Phr- 

 knidts footman to Alexander the greatj ran betwecne Sicyone and Olis in one day, 12 00 fladia. 

 But now verily at this day we fee fome in the grand cirque^able to endure in one d iy the running 

 of i^omiles. And but a while agoe wee are notignorant^thatwhen Ftf^/f;>^^ and 'vipfwiu- were 

 Confulsja young boy but nine yeers oldjbetweene noone and evening ran 75 miles. And verily 

 a man may wonder the more at this matter^and come to the full conceit thereof, if hee doe but 

 confider, that it was counted an exceeding great journey that Ttberimlieroimdc with three 

 chariots(fhifting from one to the other frefb)in a day and a night^riding pojft haft unto his bro- 

 ther Drufm then lying ficke in Germanic^and all that^was but 200 miles. 



Chap. xxi. 



Examples of good eie fight, 



find in hiftories as incredible examples asany be^as touching quicknefle ofeiefight. 

 Ckeroh^th recorded^ that the whole Poeme of Homer cdW^d Uias^ was written in a 

 peece of parchmin^which was able to be couched within a nut fhelL Thefame vsriter 

 maketh mention of one that could fee and difcerne outright 1 3 5 miles. And M. Vnrro nameth 

 the maujand faith he was c^s^^d^Straboi who aff irmeth thus much moreover of him^ that during 

 the Cartiiaginian war hee was wont to ftand and watch upon Lilybasunija cape in Sicilie, to dil* 

 cover the enemies fleet lofing out of the haven of CarthagCj^ was able to tell the very juft num- 

 C berof thefhips. C<i///(rr<z?fnifed to make Pifmires and other fuch like little creatures^out of yvo-- 

 rie fo artificially, that other men could not difcerne the parts of their bodie one from another* 

 There was one Mjrmecides^ excellent in that kind of workmanfliip : who of thefamemattet 

 wrought a chariot with foure wheeles and as many fteeds, in fo little ro wme^that a filic flie might 

 cover all with her wings. Alfo he made a fhip with all the tackling to itjno bigg'er than a little bee 

 might hide widi her wings . 



Chap. xxii. 



of hearing, 



D A S for heriting.thcre is one example wonderfull. For the bruit of that battell, whereupon 

 ^^^"^Sybaris was forced and facked, was heard the very fame day asfarre as to Olympia [in 

 Greece.] As touching the news of the Cimbrians defeature,as alfo the report and tidings 

 of the victoric over the Peiiirais^madeby theP,.omanc Caftoresjthe fame day that it was atchie- 

 ved, were held for divine revelations rather than humane reports, andy the knowledge thereof 

 came more byway of vifion than otherwife. 



Chap. XXili. 

 Examples of patience, 



E "R 7| Any arc the calamities in this life, incident to mankind, which have alfourded infinite 

 j[ Y 1^ trials of mens patiencCsinfufferingpaines in their bodie. Among others for womenjthe 

 example of Lc^m the conrtifan, is moft rare and lingular, who for ail the dolorous tor* 

 tures that could be deviied,would never bewray Harmodms and ^^In(logitofi^wao flew the tyran- 

 nous king. And for men, (_^mv4rc^«^i did the iike5who being for fuch a cauiecxamined up- 

 on the rackc* in the middeft of his torments bit off his ownc tongue with his teeth, the onely 

 meanes wherby he might haply reveale and difclofe the matter in queftion,and fpit it in the face 

 of the Tyrant ' that put him to this torture. 



Chap, xxiiii. 

 ^ Examples of memorie, 



S touching memorie,the greatcft gift of Naturc,and moft neceffarie of all others for this 

 jife: hard it is to judge and fay who of all others deferved the cheefe honour therein : con- 

 fidering how many men have excelledaaad woon much glorie in that behalfe. King Cyrm 



was 



