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lion traxeratj uniushominis fama perdaxk ^ Haburt 
setas inauditum omnibus feculis celebranduinqne miraculum^ 
uc Urbem tantam ingreffi, aliud extra quserercnt. JpoUmius^- 
five ille Magus (ut vulgus loquitur) five PhilofophiiSj he 
Pythagorici cradunt, intravic Perfas, pertrarjfivit Caucafum , 
AlbanoSj Scythas, Mafl'agetas , opulentiffima Indi»s regoa 
penetravitj & ad extremum, ktiffimo fhfonis amne tranf- 
miflb, pervenit ad Brachmanm , ut Hianham ^ in throno fc» 
dentem aureo, & de Tantali fence potantem 5 inter paucos 
difcipulos, de Natura, de Motibus fideronij ac dierum cur^ 
fu audirec docentera^ Inde per Elamytas, BabylonioSj 
Chaldaeos, Medos, AlljTios, Parthos^ Syros, Phasoices^ A- 
rabesj Palasftinos, rcverfus Alexandriam, perrexic io iEthio- 
piam, ut Gymnofophiftas & famofiflimam Solis menfara xu 
deret m fabulo. Invenit ille Vir ubique quod difcerer^ &c 
lemper proficicns, femper fe melior fierce. 
So far He ^ by which lively and flagrant lines w$ may e^^ly 
apprehend^ ivhat a relijh this good Father had for the reputation 
of Fhilefephy, And if any do wax pale at the grorvth of it , 
they fern to Jhew thereby^ hoiv little they have either of the 
intelligent Tiety of this Holy man , or of the Civility of ths 
Gentile Philofophers, 
If it be objeUed , That here this Learned Father declares a 
fendnefs for Apollooius, us if none but the Vulgar had ejleem^ 
ed him a Magician 5 but the Pythagoreans claim d him for m 
Philofopher 5 It may be confider that St^ Hierome received 
this indulgent report from the Tradition of the more primitive 
Fathers ^ and particularly from Juftin Martyr , rvho doubtlefs 
could difcern deeper in Philofephy, th an Vulgar Me ads ^ and might 
C'ome nearer to the Truth than Philoftratus 5 who perhaps migh^ 
affeU Romantique Stories. But We have no concernment for A* 
pollonius i only we may vindicate the pious Father for his fa^ 
vourahle fentence 5 (ince we find it no new thing , that Great 
Thihfophers 5 Mathematicians and Vn-cemmon Artificers jhould 
he defamed by the rude multitude for 'Magicians ^ or Athe* 
ifis. 
We muft grant ^ thai in the lafl Age ^ when Operative Phi- 
lofophy began to recover ground^ and to tread on the heels 
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