Plinies Naturall Hiftorle. 



A mcdicinable for ficke folke : and recovetcd a man to his former ftatc of health, vvho was carried 

 forth upon his beire to be buried iand laftly he attained to the greatefl name^ for laying a wager 

 againft fortune^and pawning his credite fo farre,as hee fliould not to be reputed a Phyfician, iii 

 cafe heeverwereknownctobefickejOr anyway difealed.Andintruth thcwagerhee woon. Fot 

 his hap was to live in health untill he was very aged^and then to fall downe from a paire of ftaires 

 andfotodiefuddainely. A fingulartcftimonie of skill and cunning gave unto 



chimedes that notable Geometrician and Enginer of Syracufajwho in the faccage and rifling of 

 that cittie^gave exprefle commaundement concerning him alone, that no violence (hould bee 

 done unto his perfbn ; howbcit his will failed of cxccution^by occafion of a foldiotj who in that 

 hurliburly flew him^and knew not who he wasJVIueh commended &praifed is ctefiphon 6i Gno- 



B fos for his notable knowledge in ArchitecSturc, and namely /or the wonderfuU frame of Dtanaes 

 temple at Ephcfus.P^/(7» likewife was highly eftcemed for making the Arfenall at Athens, able 

 to receive a ihoufand (hi^s^CteJihiffs alfo was much accounted of for devifing wind inftruments t 

 and by the meanes of certainc engines to draw and fend water to any plAce^Dwocrates raoreovet 

 thcEnginerjimmortalifed his name for cafting theplot^and divifingtheModell of Alexandria 

 in iEgypt^at what time as Alexander the great founded it. To conclude^ this mightie prince and 

 commander Alexafiderfim^ily forbad by exprefle edi<5tjThat no man fhould draw his pour- 

 trait incolours5but>^/>^//^j the painter : that none lliould engrave his perfonagCjbut PjrgcUles 

 the graver: and laft of alljthat no workman fbould caft his image inbraflejbut Lyfippu^ the foun- 

 der. In which three feats^many Artifanes have excelled for their rare workmanfhip. 



C 



Chap. XXXVIII. 

 ?^ SinguUrworkes of Artificers, 



King i^//;?///^ cheapened onc pi6lurcwroi}ghtby^r//?/^/<fitheThebanepainter3 and bad a 

 hundaed talents for it. Cafir the Didatour offered unto Timomachm eight talentsfor two 

 pourtraitSjto wi t^ of Mede^i and Atax^^hlch. hee meant to fet up and confecratc in the tem- 

 ple of Venu6CemtriXj t.^AoihttFenm, King t:/?»rf'/T«/*« bought of Butarchm a painted table, 

 wherein was drawne the defeature and deftrudionof theMagnetes, which tooke up no great 

 roume^and weighed out the poifeth^ftedfin good gold. King I) mf/r//^ Expugmtor 

 D p. the conqucrour and great forcer of citticli] forbare to fet Rhodes on fire, becaufe hee would 

 not burne one painted table^thehandieworkeof Protogenes, Pr/j.x/ff/^'/ was ennobled for a rare 

 Imager^and cutter of ftones and marble .-heceternifed his memoriall bymakingone image of 

 Venm^ot the Gnidians,fo lively,that a certaine young man became fo amorous of icjthat he do- 

 ted for love thereof,and went befidcs himlelfe: which peece of worke was eftecmed of fuch price 

 by king TiicomedesythsLt whereas the Gnidians owed him a great fum of money, hee would have 

 taken it for full paiment and fatisfadion of the whole debt. The ftatuc of I/ipiter Olympim is to 

 be feene,and daily commendeth the workemari Phydias, lupiter likewife dipttolims ^^nd Diam 

 in Ephefus yeeldgood tcftimonies of Mef^ton cunning : & the tooles or inftruments of the laid 

 workeman were confccraied (for their exquifice making) unto them in their temples,and there 

 E remaine. 



Chap, xxxix. 

 '^offervuntsand'Jlaves, 



I Have not knowne or hard to this day of a man borne a flavejthat was prifed fo high as aphis 

 the Grammarian was : for C??. Pifaurenfis held him at 500700 SdkcicQsio^iJ\i\Scaurm a great 

 man, anda principall perfon of Rome. Howbeit, in this our age certaine ftage plaiers have 

 gone beyond this price, and that not a little: marry they were fuch as had bought out their free- 

 dome before,and were not then flaves. And no marvell,for wee find upon record^That the great 

 a£tor Rofctu^ in former time might yeerely difpend by the ftage '500000 Sefterces.Vnlefrc aman 

 dciire in this place toheareof rheTreafurer and purveiour generall of thearmie in Armenia 

 for the late wars of king Tyridaies,vho wasenfmnchifed by themeancs oiTl^re^ioi 120000 Se- 

 fterces. B ut it was the warre that coft thus muchjand not the man. likens Sutorius Prifem ^3;ve 

 untoi'«^;?/^35ooSeftcrccsjfor f <i"2^«?»j0ne of hisgueldedEunuches vfor amanwouldfaythis 

 ■ " was 



