Plinies Haturall Fliftorie« 



A 'wkh mttuAnH^m the Athenian invented the making of oyle olive, as alfo the preffe and mill 

 thereto belonging.Thc fameman taught thecaft of drawing honie out of the comh^s.Buzjges 

 the Athcnian^or as others would have k^Triptskm^^ydkcd oxen firft for tillage of the ground, 

 and devifed the pIough.The ^Egyptians were the firft of all men that were governed by the Mo- 

 narchic: and the AthenianSjby a Popular ftate. After the reigne of Thefem^ the firft king or ty- 

 rant was Phataris^iM Agrigentum in Sicilie.The LacedcTmonians brought in, bondage & ilave- 

 rie, firft. The firft judgement that pafled for life & death_,was in the court Ariopagus at Athens^ 

 The firft battell that ever was foughtjwas betweene the Affricanes and i^igyptianstand the fame 

 performed by baftonsjclubs, &. coulftaves, which they call PhalangiE.ShieldSjbucklerSjand tar« 

 guets were devifed by Pram and ^mfus^'when they warred one againft the other : or els by CaU 



B f the fonne of Athamas, Midias of MefTene made the firft cuirace. And the Lacedjemoni- 

 ansjthe mourian^the fword^and the ipeare.The Carians devifed the grieves^the crefts^and pen- 

 naches upon h.z\\mis,Scythes the fonne of Inciter bow and arrowes : although fome fay 

 that Per/a ^thc Con oCPerfe^^ invented arrowes.The -^tolians invented the launcc and the pike s 

 the dart with a lou^c^JEfelffs the fonne of Mars^dcviCcd, As for thclight javelinesjand the Par- 

 tuKsincs^Tyrrkm^ brought them firft into ufe : and PemheftUa the Amazon-queenCjthe gleivc^ 

 billjbattell-axejand hzlhsLvd.Pifeus found out theborefpeare and chafing ftafre. Among engins 

 of artillery_,the Cretes invented the Scorpion or crofle-bow : the Syrians^the Catapult:the Phe- 

 nicians the balift or brake, and the fling. P^fef^s the Tyrrhenian brought up the ufe of the brafen 

 trumpet t and Ar tenon Cla^menm ofthepavois^mantiletsjtarguet-roofesj for the aftault of ci- 



Q ties. The engine to batter walls (called fbmetime the horfcjand now is named the ram) was the 

 devife of E^em at Troy. BeUerofhon fhewed £rft how to ride on horfebacke. Pelethronim inven- 

 ted faddle^bridlcjand other furniture for the horfc.TheThefTalianSjCalled CentaureSjinhabiting 

 neere to the mountaine Pelius^were the firft that fought on horfebacke. The Phrygians devifed 

 firft to drive and draw a chariot with two hoiCesiEnchtifmiu^^mdiiomc.PalamMi mvented(du- 

 ring the Trojanewarre) the manner of fetting an armie in battaile array : alfo the giving oi fig» 

 nalijthc privie watch-wordjthe corps dcgUfird^ the watch and ward, hi the time of the fame warrcj 

 devifed the fentinels and watch- towersj asalfotheefpiall. Z;r4»^r was the firft maker of 

 truce. Thefms^oi leagues and alliances . Cay^ of whom Caria tooke the name^ obferved firft the 

 flight and crie of birds^and thereby gave praefages and fore-tokens. Or/?^*?/^ went farther in this 



D skill^and tooke markes from otherbeafts.D.f//'^?^ pried into beafts inwards^and thereby foretold 

 things xoQom^. Amph'mam was the firft that had knowledge inPyromanciCjand gathered figns 

 by fpeculation of fire : like as TjrefiAs theThebane;>by the feeding and gefture olh'vcds. Amp hi6i'j- 

 on gave the interpretation of ftrange and prodigions fights^ as alfo of dreames. Atlas the fonne 

 o^Libja{oi as foraefay^the ^gyptians^and as others the Af]yrians)invented Aftrologie :and in 

 thatfcience Anaximandcr deviled the Sphere, As for the knowledge 6i diftindion of the windsj 

 Molm the fonne of /^^//^/^^he profefTedit ^iCt,Amphion brought muficke firft into the world.The 

 flutc and the fingle pipe or recorderjwere the inventions of Pan^ the fon of Mercuyie, The croo- 

 ked cornetj^V/^^j in Phrygia devifed. And in the fame countreyi^/rf;^)'^^/ invented the double 

 ^m.,B\Mi^mphm taught firft to fing and play to the Lydian meafures:7l&4>i»'^r4x theThracian 



E to the Dorianrand Marfjas of Phrygia, to the Phrygian. Amphion likewife (or^as feme fay, Or- 

 /'^i^/^jand after others Z/;;/^) plaicd firft upon theCitterne or the Lute. Terpander^ut feven 

 ftrings more unto kiSimomdes added thereto an eight: and T imothem the ninth. Thamyras was 

 the firft that plaied upon the ftringed inftrumentjLutejCitterne^or Harpe^without fong:& Am- 

 phion fung withalI,or according to ComQ^Linus, T crpander was the firft that fet fongsfor the fore- 

 faid ftringed inftrument.And i)<*r^^»r^ the Troezenian began firft vocall muficke to the pipe. 

 The Curets taught to daunce in armour.jand P)'^'^^;^ the Moriskjin order of battell : and both 

 thefe were taken up firft in Crete.Theheroickor hexamctreverfe we acknowledge to have come 

 firft from the Oracleof Pythm Apollo, But about the original! ofPoemesand Poetrie^there is a 

 greatqueftion among authors.And it is probably gathered by hiftoriesj that there were Poets 



f beforethe time of the Trojane mivcPherecydes of Syros, in the daies of king Cyms, invented 

 firft the writing in profe.G^^w//^ the Milefian wrote Chronicles, and compiled the firft hiftotie, 

 Zycaon hath the report of fetting out the firft publicke games jand proving of maiftries and feats 

 offtrength and atoitie, in Arcadia. 7o Acafiu^ inlokum^ wee are beholden for the firft fo- 

 Jemnities and panics at funerals; and after him to Thefcmyin the ftreights of IfUimus* Hercules 



