The fixteentli Booke of 



in many places : or, where as the earth followeth not; a man lliall fee the bare roots cmbowed G 

 arch- wife^and mounting aloft as high as the very boughes : which roots are fo interlaced, or elfe 

 rub one againlt the other, ftriving (as it were) not to give place, that they make a fhew of great 

 portailes or gates {landing open fo wide,ihat a whole troupe or fcjuadton of horfcmen may ride 

 upright under them in ordinance of battelL 



Chap, hi. 

 Of trees hemngLM aft ^ 



Tyi Afttrecs they wctcaH, for thtmoft part/which the Rdmahes ever fohighly honoured 

 and held in beft account, . . / . If 



CkAPi nil. 



^ of the Civicke guirlatjd : And who were hononred with chafers 



of tree-leaves, . . ^ 



FRom Maft trees [and the Okc elpecially] came the Civicke cor6ncts . And iii very truthy 

 thefe were the moft honourable badges and ornaments that could polTibly bee given unto 

 fouldiours and men of warre,in regard of their vertue and manhood : yea, and now for a 

 good while, our Emperours have had this chapletgrauntedumothcmjin token andteftimonie 

 ofclemcncie:ever fincc that by our prophane and unkind civile warres the world is growne to 

 this pafle, that it is reputed a fingulardemerite and gracious aa, not to kill a cittizen of Rome, I 

 but to let him live.To this kind of guirland,none dther be comparable : tbr the Murall and Val- 

 late coronets(beftowcd upon them that either skalcd the wal]s,orentred the breach firft into an 

 eaemiecitie,or elfe mounted over the rampier of acampc)albeit theywercof gold,and of grea- 

 ter price by fa rre, yet they gave place to thefe. Yea, the very NavallcoronetSafafhioned likethe 

 three forked pikes of {hip beake-heads(wherwith they were honoured,whoJiad performed fomc 

 brave fervice at fea) came behind thefe Civick guirlands,due to them who have refcucd citizens 

 and favedthem outof theenemieshands: andyetin thefe our daiesdiere have beeneknowne 

 f waine in that kind moft renowmed above the reit 5 whereof the one was bcftowed upon M, Far- 

 riJjbyP^jwjPf)' the Greatjfor defeating the pyrates,and for fcouring& clearing thefeasofihem : 

 the other jikewife given to OM*^grtppa^^[Augufti^f\C£farfoi vanquifhing the Sicilians,who K 

 alfo were no better than rovers. 



Now for as much as we are light upon the mention ofNavall or Roftrate coronets, this would 

 be noted,That in old time the faid brafen beake-heads of fhips woon from the enemies, and fei: 

 upon the front of the Tribunal! or publickc pulpit in RomCjferved for an ornament to beautific 

 the Forum or commonplace of the ciiiejfoas the very bodie of the people of Romefeemed to 

 be crowned and honoured thercby.But after that the Tribunes in making feditious Orations,bc- 

 gan toftampe and fare like mad men there, to trample (I fay)under fooE,^nd to pollute that fa» 

 cred place and thofe goodly enfignes; after that they fell once every man to make hisprivat and 

 particular profit of the common good,without regard to advance the weale publicke after that |- 

 each one fought to ftrcngthen and arme himfelfe by the bcnefite of authoritie, and that to the 

 weakening of the mainc ftate, infomuch as they who were reputed by their place facrolan<5i: and 

 inviolablc,polIutedand prophaned all: then the faid otnamen[s of beake-heads,which beauti- 

 fied the place under their feetjferved to adorne the heads of Romane cittizens. So as,to returnc 

 againe now to the abovenamed {^grippa^ Augujfm Cafar gave unto him a Navall coronet for 

 fubduingthe Sicilian pyrates : and himlclfe received of mankind a Civicke chaplet,for Iparing 

 the bloud,and faving the lives of fo many citizens. 



In auncient time they ufed to crowne none but the gods. And hereupon it is, that the Poet 

 Bomer fpeaketh of no guirlands and chaplets but due to the celeftiall & heavenly wights, or at 

 leaftwife in the name of a whole armie,for vidorie atchieved in fome notable battell : for to one 

 man alone heealloweth not any, no not in regard of the better handin combate or finglc M 

 fight. And to (ay a truth, the firft that ever fet a guirland upon his owne head, was prince Bac- 

 chm^^nd the fame was made of Ivie : but afterwards, thofe that (acrificed to the honor of gods, 

 not only ware chaplets themfelves,but alfo adorned therewith theheadsofthe very beafts which 

 were appointed to be killed for faerifice Jn the cnd,the cuftome was taken up to honor them with 



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