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Show 378 No C R 0 S S, No C R: 0 W N. .. ~Vdx!. i. r668. upon his Enemies, he feemea fad ana folit;lr1, which "!i~S not 1-#. 'o!g~na. t\ ~ Temper; and being afkr, Vfhy? anfwered, I wo11(d 11flJ trote ·.Je .fVI ~'f Chap.XlX Tejlerdnjr Triumphr. A 711ef!aii<m GeM~al, and.J:•; Co~~u e .l, a '!~:f .Enterprize, knowing his Poverty, fent htm Two 'hvu(mz ~W!ifh.t~,... d'f his Part of the Cbarges; but he feemed Angry, and anf~~red~ "I.Pd ,IO~h.f like corrupting me. contenting himfelf with le[s than F~t;e Pounru, W'h1t:ll he borrowed of on~ of his FriendS for that Servtce. The f'a~e ~bd'ec'lltioh made him refufe rhe Prefents of the Ptrji6n. Emp~ror, faytng. t~9 wr.r~ neeillifs if be only_ drjind of bitJJ rebut rva1 ;uft; if .'more, be W4!i l!j~liC/J enough /o torrupt him. Seeing a Ric~ Man refufe to \end one of h'is !temfs Money that was in Afflltlion; He fa1d, .Art nor tbpll afomr.ed .tg{flilft t'o 1Jelp a good Man in Nuej/ity I Afrer he had freed Greece from ~rOpble_, an\i. n1ade the Thehant, his Country-Men, tiiumph over !he Lacc~tetno'!Jar.f, (till then invincible) that uhgrateful ~eoplc arraigt~ed htm .and ht$ Fnends, under Pretence of atling fomttbing fliabo'ut .Autborlfy: He as General, took th< Blam< up-. bimf<lf, jujlifod tb< Ai'lion bo!h [rom Nm!Jity and ~·m/l• arraigning bu Jud~,ufor l1t.vat11uJe, wb1lj1 btmfelf was or tbe Bd;, Wh~ch caufed them to withdraw With fallen Cobntena~ces, and Hearts fmttten.wnh Guilt and Fear. To conclude, he was a Man of great Tr11tb ~nd J!a.ttenu, as well as Wifdom and Courage ; for he was never obfervcd to li~ fit $ornejl, or in Jejl. And not.withllandiqg the ill and crofs }luJ!lOUts of th:e 77ubans :~ggravated by his Incomparable Hazards and Serv'tces for t.heu Freedo~ and Renown, it is reported of him, That be ever bo~e tlJem pottently, often faying, That ~e ought no more to be ~tvengeJ df hu CountrJ than Of bis Father. And be1ng wounded to Death m.the Battel of .Mantme,_be 11dvijed his Couniry-men to fllakt Ptair, non,e bemg fir to Command:. Whtch proved true. He would not fufFer them to pull the Sword 01._1f Qf blS'Eo~y, till he knew he had gained the ViC\ory; and then he ~n~ed. h1s Days •. wnh this Expreffion in .his Moutlt, I die contemtdly, /or 1t JS ~~· Defence of my Country; and I om fure I .foalllive in the Eternal ~tmo/j r~f Gvo.l :l1e.n. This, fot a Grntile aqd a General, hath Matter of ?ralfi.'i and F.xamplt; m Jt. §. XV. !llelllOII!Jmell, .the great Orator of At~e'71s, had thefe Sentences' That Wife Men f}t11k lirr!e, and t1Jat r/Jerefore Nature bath g1 rxn l(un t«o Ears and one Tongzu, to hear more than tbq jjeak. Tq one t~at fpokc: tnpch, he faid, How cometh it, that be who taught thee to j)cak, d1d notte~?ch 1bee to bold thy Tongue. He faid, of a Covetous Man, That be. knew 1Jot. ho~ to live all kis Life Time, and that be left it for another to bv~ ofier be rcat dead, Tbot it mas an etifie Thing to deuive 011e'sfe/f, bectutfe zt rxas eajie To ptrfwarle one's _fel/ to what one dl'jired. He faid, T!Jar Crthnnnies w~re eaji!y received, b11t Time wo11ld always difcover the~. That th{rt ~as nothzpg more unenjie to gcod Men, than not to have the 'Ltberty of fpeakrng freely_: .And :bat if one knew what o'ne bad to _fn.Jftr from the PeQple, one would never meddle to govtr~ them. In fine, that Man~ t Happinifs was to be IIR.e God; ttnd to re[emb!e him, v:e mlljllove Tr11tb and Juftice. . §. XVI. il.g:afidtSS, King of the Loced~tmonians (or Sfartam, wh1ch :ue one) was of the Opinion, That it was hetter to govern om!Jout Force: M~, fays he, the .Means to do it, is to govern the People as a F.11ber governs btt Children. , §. XVII. ll~tfilauSI, Kin_g of rhe fame People, wouta fay, Tbnt h< had rather he Majler of bim.frlj, than of the greatej/ City of hif Enemiq: And to preferve his own Liberty. than to u[ufp the Liberty of another Man .. A Prince, . fays he, ought to diflinguijh himfelf from his Subje[!s by hi! Virtue, and not by bis S~au or Delicacy of Lift. Wherefore he wore plt1in, /t.111ple Cloatbing; his T'tJb/e was tts moderate, and bit Bed ns !Jard, as tb111 of any ordinary Subjell. And when he was told. Tbat one Time or other he would be obliged t,o change his Pa.(hion~ 1\"o, faith he, 1 fl/ll. npt giV!(l to ubapge, #VCn ftr a qang:e: And tbn I do, faith he, to removefom Tozmg .Men an} P.retence fl/ Luxury; rhat rhtY may fle their Prine( praOife r.;bat qe £0/lft', feis them to Jo. He added, That tbt.Fouli'ildtion of the ~ced::emOnian L""'' '!'as, To de/}ift Luxury, and t? rewafd With Li~erry: Nor, fJ.ith he, fooul~ • p VoL. I. No c R d s s, No cR. o·w N. 379 sood A1en pHt a Valne upon that which mean and bafeSouls m11ke their Delight." 1668. Being fbnered by iOme with divine Honour, he afkt them, Jf tbex could, v-v--..,..J 1101 make Gods too? if they could, why did they nor begin with rbemfe!vtt- 'Ch:tp.XIX. The fame Aufiere Coudufl. of Life made him refufe t~ have his Sratue ereCted in the Cities of JJ.jia: JV~r would be fuf[er his Pr£!ure to be tahn _; :tnd his Reafon is good; For, fatth he, the farrejl Portratfilfre of Men, tt their own .Aflions.- Whatfoever was to be fuddenly done tn the Govern-. menr, he was fure To fer his Hand firfl to tbe Work? li~e a comm?n Per-. fon. He would fay, It did not becomr .lUen to ma~e PJ"ovifion to be Rrch, but to be Good. Being afkt the Means to true Happtnefs, h~ anfwered, To do nothing tlMt jhould make a .Man [ettr to dye: A~other Time, tofp~d. rveU, •nd do weU. Being called Home by the Epborr, (or fupreme Mag1ftrares, the \Va_y of 'the Spr1Ttan Conflitution) he returned faying, It is nor lf{s the Dttty oj a Prince to obey Laws, tban to comiiJand .Men. He conferred !'laces ofTrult and Honour upon his Enemies, that be might con/1rain tbeir Hatred into Love. A Lawyer a!king him for a Letter to make a Pcrfo~ Judge, rhat was of his own Friends; My Friends, fays he, have no need of a Recommen-dation to do Juflice.-A Comedia~ of note w:ondering that .Agejilaus fa id nothing to him, afkt, if he knew bu~, Yes, fa.tth he, l know thee, art _not zbou the Buffoon Callipedes? One caUmg the Kmg of Perjia the Great Kmg, he anfwercd. He is not greater than I, unlefs be bath more Virtue than l- One of his Friends, catching him playing wirh his Children, he pre\'ent-ed him thus; Say notbittg, tiU thou_ art a Farber too-He h~d great Care of the Education of Youth, often faymg, We mufl ttac!J Cbrldren whottbey jhall do when tbtJ qre Men. The ..lEgyptians defpifing him becaufe he had but a fmall Tram and a mean Equipage; Oh, faith he, 1 wiU have them 111 /mow Royally confi;?s not in vain Pomp, but in Virtue. §. 'XVIII. ~gfSS, Anothe~ !iing . 6~ L.nced~tm_onia, imprifoned for endeavouring to reftore their dechmng DtFclphne, b~ng askr, whether ~e repented not of his Defign? anfwered, J\o ; / or, fanh he, Good .Afitons never need Repentance. His Father and Mother defiring of him to grant forne· thing he thought Unjuft, he anfwered, I obe1ed you when I wtU young; I nmjl now ohey the Laws, and do tbat which u Reafonable-- As he was leading to rhe Place of Execution, one of hi~ People wepr, to wbom ~e faid, Weep not for me; for the .Authors of tbts Un;ufl Death art more 11t [011/t than I. . , . . §. XIX . .alcamentSI, King of the fame P•ople, be1ng alkr, whiCh was the Way to get and preferve Honour? An~wered; To de/Pife U:ealth. Another wondering, why he refufed the Prefents of t~e ..? Me.ffeman.r, .he an .. fwered Imitke Confcience to keep the Laws that forbrd 11. To a M1fer ac- . cufing him of being fo refer'-'Cd in his Difcourfe, he faid, I bad rather con .. form to ReajM, than thy CtJvetoufnifs; or, I bad rather bt Covet om of my Words• than Money. §. XX . .ale~anbtibaSI, hearing an Exile complain of his Bani!bment, faith he, Complain of the Caufe oj 11 (to Wtt, bzs Def!rts) f~r th er~ u no• thing hurtful biU Viet. Being aikt,. why they wen~ fo long m maktng the Procefs of Criminals in Laced¢moma? Becau.Je, fa1th he, when they 11re 011ce dead they art pafi Repentance. This thews their Belief of Immortality and Eter~al Blelfednefs; and that even poor Criminals, through Repen• tance, may obtain h. . §. XXI. .ananlaSI would fay, Tbat the grratef/ Advantage Kingr hatl upon other .ll1en. wa~ ;heir Por.cer of excelling them in good Deeds. §.XXII. il.titfon, hearing one admire: this Expreffion, We ought to do goor.l to our Friends and eVil to our Enemies; anfwered, By no .A-leans, we oush: to do good to all; to keep our Friends, and .to gain our Enemies. A f?oftnne, the mofi Difficult to Flefh and Blood, tn all the Precepts of Chnfi s Sermon, upon the Mount: Nay, not allowed to be his Do8:rine, bm b?th .An E)·e for an Eye defended againft his cxprefs Command, and ofun Ttmes~ an Eye pur out, ~n Eflare·feque~re'd, and Life taken llt.DIJy, und~r a.f}ec~ous Zeal for Religion "{oo; a~ if Sin co~ld be thriftcoed, and Imp1ety enuru· Ccc• · lad |
