F links Natural! Hiftdriei 



A and had worne tht lawrell diademe in triumph : being himfelfe alreadie cntituled with the ftile 

 oiMaceMcm^^oi the conqueft of Macedonic.Butit wee confider and weigh thatonely wrong 

 and injurie offered unto him by the Tribune^who is it that can juftly deeme him happie, being 

 expoled fo as he was to thepkafureamercie^and devotion of his cncmie,farre inferiour to Jfn- 

 €anmi^x)^^o to come to confufion ? What were all his victories to this one difgrace ? what ho- 

 nours and triumphant charriotsftrooke not fortune downe with her footj and overturned all a- 

 gainejdr at leaft wife fet not backe againe with this her violentcourfe^ differing a Romane Cen- 

 for to bee haled and tugged in the very heart of the citiie (the onely way indeed to bring him to 

 his death) to be harried 1 fay up to that capitollhilljthere to make his end, whether aforetime he 

 afcended triumphant, but never committed that outrage upon thole prifoners andcaptives3 



B whom he led in triumph^and for whofe fpoiles he triumphedjas to hale and pul them in that rude 

 fort?And verily jthe greater was this outrage^and leemed the more hcinouSjin regard of the feli- 

 citie which afterwards enfued : conlidering, that this Macedonicm was in danger to have loft fd 

 great an honour as he had in his fblemne and ftately fepulturejnamelyjwherein hee was carrietl 



. , forth to his funerall fire, by his triumphant children, as if hee had triumphed once againe at his 

 very buriall . In fumme,that can bee no found and aflured fclicitie which is interrupted by any 

 indignit^e or difgrace whatfoever,much lefle then by fuch an one as this was.To conclude,! wot 

 not well whether there be more caufe to glorie for the modeft carriage of men in thofe daies, or 

 tQoreeveatthe indignitieof the thing,in that amongiomanyi'/<fri'///as£hen;vvere5 foaudaci- 

 ' ouravillaine as this was ofC^//^///^,was never revenged CO this dav. 



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Chap, xlv, 

 ^ Of {^uguFUpsCiefar^LtteEmpemir» 



AS touching the late EmperourL^/z^ft/^^y, whome all the world raungeth in this ranke of 

 men fortunate : if we confider diligently the whol courfe of his life,we fhall find the wheele 

 to have turned often,and perceive many chaungesof variable Fortune.Fitftandformoft 

 his owne vncle by the mothers fide put him by the Generalfhip of the horfe 5 and notwithftan- 

 ding all his earneft fuitCjprcferred Lfp/<^//^ to that place before him : fecondlyjhe was noted and 

 thought hardly of for thofe oudawriesof Romane cittizens, and thereby purchafcd himfelfe 

 f> much hatred and difpleafure: tainted alio he wasfor being one of thofe three in the Triumvirate, 

 yoked and matched with wicked companions and moft daungerous members to the weale pub- 

 lick -.and this galled him the more,That in this fellowfhip^the Romane Empire was not equally 

 and indifferently parted among them three, but ^f/?/^?/?/^' went away with thegreateftfliare by 

 ods. Alfo his ill fortune was in the battaile before Phihpposto fallfickejtotake his flight 5 and 

 for three daies, difcafed as he was, to lurkc and lye hidden withina marnlli: whereupon (as.^- 

 gy^pp^ and Mccanas do conrefie)he grew into akind of duopfie jfo as his belly and fides were puft 

 up andlwelled with a watcriHi humor gotten and fpred between the ficlh and the skin. Further- 

 more he futfred fliipwracke in Sicily, and there likewife he was glad to skulke within a cave in the 

 ground. What i"hould I fay,how when he was put to flight at fea,and the whole power of his ene- 

 E mics hard at his heelsjhebefoughtP/'r^rWf/V^in that great danger to rid him out ofhis life: how 

 he was perplexed for the quarels andcontennons atPerufium :in what fear and agoniehe was in 

 the battell at A(aiun)(a towne of Albanic,) as alfo for the ilTue of the Pannonian w3r,for the fall 

 of a bridge,and atowneboth.So many mutinies among hisfouldiours : fo many daungerous^di- 

 feafes that put him to a plung.The jeloufie and fufpition that he had evermore of Mdrceikfs.Th^ 

 reproch and fhame that he (ulfained for confining and banifhing 4^r//'/'<j : his life fo many times 

 laid for, bypoifon and other fccrettraines ithe death of his children/ufpeded to havebeene 

 ivroughtby indirect meanes : the double forrowand greefe of heart thereby:and not altogether 

 forhischildleflfeeftate rtheadulterieof hisownedaughterjandherpurpofeof taking his life a- 

 way,dete6led and madeknowne to the world:the reprochfuU departure and flippingafide of i^f^- 

 F t Ojhis wives fonne : another adulteric committed by one of his neeces. Over and above all this, 

 thus manycroflesmore and troubles comming one in the neckeof another .-namely, want of 

 pay for hisfouldiours : the rebellion ofSlavonia ; the mufl:eringof flaves andbond-fervants to 

 make up hisarraie, for want of other able youths to levie unto thewarresrpeflilenceinRome 

 citie -.fluninc & drought univerfally through Italie : and that which more is^a deliberate purpofe 



