1^6 The feventh Booke of 



ning the day of ones apparencc in the court. MX irentim Ccrax^vihihs he vsas writihgof letters G ' 

 in the market place.No longer fince than the very laft yeereja knight of Rome^as he was talking 

 with another that had beerrConfulIj and rounding him in the eare/eildowneftarke dead ; and 

 this happened before thcyvorie ftatue of Jpo/lo^v^hich ftandeth in the Forimi of Auguflm. Buc 

 above all others it is ftraungCjthat C julim a C hyruf gian, fhould die as he was dreffing of a fore 

 eie with a falvCjand drawing his inftrument along the eie. What fhould I fay of L Manlim Tor- 

 quatm^VL manwhohadbeenefbmetimeConfull, whofehapwasto die fitting at fupperjeven in 

 reaching for a cake or wafer upon the bourdi L, Durim vdla the Phyfician , died whiles hee wa s 

 drinking a potion of mede or fweet honnie-wine. Appm Aiifc'm being come out of the Baine, 

 after he had drunke a draught of honied WinCjas hee was fupping of a rere eggejdiedi 

 t 'u4£ Scapula^2.s he was at fupper in Aqmllm Gdlm his \iO\A^ jyecmus Smfcw the ScribCjas hee H 

 fat at dinner in his owne houfe* Cormlm Gallmfim who had beene lord Pretour, and T./Eth(' 

 rim a Romane knight^died both in the very of Fenm ^^hWts they lay upon women.The like 

 befell in our dales to two gentlemen of RomCj who died both as they were dealing contrarie to 

 kind with one and the fame counterfet jefter named Mithjcm^^, youth in thofe daies of fiirpafling 

 beautie. But of allothers3A/i<?////^/^/7rfmana61:orandplaier in Comedies, as it is reported 

 by auncient writers^died moft fecure of death^and with the greateft circumftances about it. For 

 after he had done much pleafure to the people^and made them fport to their contentment upon 

 his birth dayjhe kept a feaft at home in his houfe : and when the fupper was let forth upon the ta- 

 ble^he called for a meile of hot broth in a porrenger to drinke of: and withalljcafiing his eie up- 

 on the maske or vifor that he put on that day,fitted it againe to his vifagCjand took off the chap- j 

 let or guirland from his bare headland fet it thereupon ; in this habite^ difguifed as he fatjhee was 

 Itarke dead and key^ld before any man perceived it : untill he that leaned next unto him at the 

 bourdjput him in mind of his pottage that it cooled, and when he made no anf\vere againjthey 

 found in what cafe he was.Thele examples all be of happie deaths.But contrariwife^there bee an 

 infinite number of thofe that are as miferable and unfortunate. L.Bemiim^^ man defcended of 

 a niofl noble houfe and parentagCjbeing vanquifhed by Cxfa before Marfeils^ and taken prifo- 

 ner at Corfinium by the fame C^ySr/or very irkfomenefic of his tedious lifejpoyfoned himlelfe i 

 but after he had drunke the poyfon^repented of that which he had donCjand did all that ever he 

 could to live ff ill^but it would not be. Wee find upon record in the publickeregiff ers^That when 

 Tdix one of the carnation or flefh colour liverie^ that ran with charriois in the great cirque or ^ 

 fhew'placc^was had forth dead tobeburnt^oneof his favourites and conforts flung himfelfe in- 

 to his funerall fire for^companie. A frivolous and fmall matter it is to fpeake of: but they of the 

 otherfidethattookepartwith theadverlefadionof other liveriesj becaufe this a6^: fhould not 

 turne tothe honour and credite of their concurrent the acStiveCharotierabovenamed, gave it 

 out and faid. That this friend and well- wilier of hisjdidit not forlovejbut that his head was in- 

 toxicate with the ff rong favor of the incenfe and odours that were in the fire^and fo bsing befide 

 himfeife^did he wifl not what. Not long before that this &i2,\\\\zzdi^LM.LepdiM^ a gentleman of 

 Rome^and delcendcd of a moft noble familic^ who (as is abovefaid)died for thought and greefe 

 of heart that he had divorced his wife j was by the violent force of die flame cafl forth of the fu- 

 nerall fire : and becaufe of the extreame heat thercof^no man could come neere to lay his corps £ 

 againe in the place where it was and fhould be : they were faine to make another fire hard by of 

 dric vine cuttings^and fuch like flickes^ and fo he was burnt bare and naked as he was. 



Chap, c.itii. . 

 of BurUll&nd Sepulture, 



TO burne the bodies of the dead, hath been no auncient cufl:ome among the Romanes: the 

 manner wis ihold time to enterre them.But after that they were given once to underffand 

 thatthe corfesof men flaine in the warres afarreoff^ and buried in thofe parts, were taken 

 forth of the earth againe^ordained it was to burne them. And yet many families kept them ft ill ^ 

 to the old guifeand ceremdnie of committing their dead to the earth : as namely, the houfe of 

 the C<?m/^, whereof there was not one by report burnt before X.<S)f/Ai the Didtatour. And hee 

 willed it exprefrely,&' provided for it aforehand/or feare himfelfe ibould be fo ferved as C Ma-, 

 rm vsas^whofe corpes he caufed to be digged up after it was buried.Nowin Latine^heeisfaid to 



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