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Show __ThofifeBookeopWeyirlpart that hadbeene well vied by. reronymajand fomeofithem preacly: bouhd2ynto zy. bal; who-bad takenthemprifonersin the Trafianwarre; ahd: louitgly difmiffed chen, *Thefe-Ofetians therfore welcorned the twobrethréenjandbade thembeofgaad cheare, fayinig, Phacno inan fhoulddoethem harmeyaslongasthey could vitheir- weapons, HerewithalltheAuny wasuta Rand} and thdérirour of chis accident, eanne finiltly Cuap,3..15) ofthe Hiftory of the World, ora senda with no-betterkinde ofSouldiersthan chore with whom he had lately dealt would in fome part or other, betakeniatthe firkt affauluswe refore tie omitted no violenbe orterfourinthe very beginning :'butdid his belt both by Land and'Sea: Neuertheleffeall his labour was thatit farther behoued him;+6 make the like difpatch ofallthe mercenaries belonging difappoitited jand hishopeof prenailing-by Open forcestaké fromr n him b theill fucceffe oftwo orthree ofthefirftaflaules, Yet was it notthe: yertu ofthe e De fendants,orany ftrength ofthe Citie;tharbred fuch de fpaireofho tieviGotieBatthere hited at that time in Spracu/e, Carchimedes the roble Mache matician!: who arthe ofHierothe late King,that washis kinfinanjhadframed {uch engines of Watre reqneft yasbein in this extremitie put in vfe, did more mifchicfe to the Romane than'could haue beene towronghe bythe Canon, orany inftruments of Guntie- powder vhad they:in ‘thar age beene kicwne. This Caérchimedes difcouxfing once with Hiero; maint ainedtharirweré poflibletorembdoue the whole earth out ofthe place wherein iris ifth ere were fome other earth', orplace offare footing, whercon aman ight ftandy Forprovfeofithis bold affertion; he performed fome fttangeworkes; which madethe King: cntrea him w Was flich;that Sofifand his fellowPretor, were glad to forfakethe Campe, andfie for times, had little affection. "They held itaniniury done ynto theliberall ference S, to fub- fronvnidirts many with gererall'approbation/ The Prerors thoughetohelpethe matter bydduerityp which would not fetuel For whenthey: commanded thefe! two traivarsito belaydindrons'!; the'exclamation was fo-vidlent agaitifY cheniythar faire: they werbito letal}alotie, and retuing, Vacettdine what cdurfé to'take,ynto Megara, where theywere lodgedthe night before. T hitherwhen they camestippocrates deuiled a tricke; wherls. 1 by tohelp himfelfe,and betterthe vacertaine cafe wherein he:ftood. He cabfed Letters ofthisowne penning; tobe intercepted by fomeofhis moftruttie Cretansyditeded(as they. made thewfroit the Syracufian-Pretors, to asarcel/asThe-contents hereofwere, That Mareel/us had well donein committingall corhe {word amOngthe Leontines:bar toSyracafe'swhiely were offenfiue, albofthetwin general,totheliberty ofthe City,and the peacewith Rothe! When this counterfeit Epiftle was openly rehearfed;'the'vproare their lives "All the Syracufians remaining bebinddhad beene citin peeces bythe enraged fouldieis, if thetwo Attificersof the fedition shad not Taued: their lines» rachel 20 to'keepe them as pledges, andby them, to winnetheir friends within the Lowneyithan forany good will. They perfwadedalfora mifchieudus knate that had: ferued amongt thé Leontines, rouitiftifie the bruitof ararteUascrieleyyand-vocarry homethe ewesto Syraehfeyas ai eye-witnes.) Thisincenfed not onely the rmultitade; but fomeofitheSe Natels "and filled the whole towne with caufeleffelindignationsIn good time (fidfome) was the auatice atid 'ctuelty ofthe Romans detegted t whos tad they in:like-fort gotten into Syvacufe, would have dealt mueh worfejwhere theirgreedy: appetités. might haut beene tempted with ¢ farregeearer bootie.» Whilett they-were:thus: difcourlings and deuifinghowto keepebat thewickedRomatis; Hippocrates withihis Ariny'came'to the gates,cxhiortifig the Citizehstb‘leclHim in,valefle for wantofhelpe, they wouldbebe> trayedtotheit enemies? PhePretére' with thebeftand wifeftlofthe Senate,would faine 3° haue kept him out? but theVioletice ofthe fouldiepsto forcea Bateywas noiwhit greater, than the head:ftrong'fary ofthofewithin the rowiie,that laboured to breake it opet-S0 he entred;and immiediately-fel! vporithe Pretorswhom ( being forfaken:byall men)he puvto the fword,and madé¢flaughterof them and their followers vntill night: Thenext day hee went openlyto worke-+ "and.afterthe common example of Tytants;gaue libertyVatoall flaues and prifonerss and being fortified with adherents of the worftand - - » made hinifelfeand his brother Pretots, in ‘Titley: but :in ‘effect; Lords of yracufer TA Ho When Marcellus was aduertifed ofthisgreat alteration; hee thought it no: time for 49 hitn tofie till and attendthefurtheriffue, He fent Embafladours'to Sysracufeythat were hot admitted into the Hatten, but chafed out asenemies: Then drew he necre with ‘his Army? and lodging withina miléand 2 halfeof the townie; fentbefore him,fometore quitea parle. ‘Thefe were entertained without the walls by thetwo-new Pretors ‘00 whom they'declaredyPhatthe R ontatis were comethither,aot with purpoferodohurt; but infauour of the Syracufians;which were opprefled by Tyrants; and to punifhithofe, that had mutderedand banifked fomany ofthe priticipall Citizens, ‘Wherefore they required;that thofe'worthy mén,: Their Confederates, which were chafed outof the Townesmightbe futfered co retire and enioy theirowne ias alforthat theAuchors O°¢, the great flaughter lately committed, might bee'delinered vp. Herero Zpreides brieby anfwered; ‘Thatif-theirertand hadbeeneto him, hee could have told what to fay "0 then'? "butfinceit'was dire@ied vnto others): they ‘thould dee well to returne; when thofets whiny they were fentyhad the goueinenient in their hands. "As for the ¥2whith thefthieitheds hetoldthem sthey fiouldfinde byexperience) Tharto nie Syracufe;wes another manner ofWorke, than'to take Leontiumi ‘Thus hée fent th° to contiert his tudie'vats things'ofvfe "that might preferue the oCirie :fronr danever of enemies: To fuch'-Mechantcall workes 5 Archimedes andth , e Phifofophers ofthofe ihitlearned Propofitions;vnto the Wworkemanthip, and gaine,ofba handi fe -crafts men, Atid ofthis'épinion:P/e7o was anauthor? "who greatly blamed fome Geome tricians : > that feertied vito himto prophanetheir {cience , by making it vulgar. Neitherm uftwe tallily taske'a man fo wife as P/ato, with the iii putation of fupercilionsauf terityjoraffeed fingal aritic in his reptehenfion. Porit hath becne the vnhappy fate ofgreatinneni Hons, to be vilified; as'idle fancies jor dreames, before they were publithed: and being dice madekhowne, to be'wnder-valned; as falling withincom pafle ofthe meane wit. ft undthings) that enery one could welbhaue performed: Hereof (toromit that menio rable exainple OFGolambas his difcoueric) with the much different {Grts ofneglect; which he vader-wentbefore anid aftér ir)in a fariiliar andmoft homely cxample; wemayfee mot apparant proofe: Hethat lookes vponi our-Ene lib Brewers ; andtheir Semants;th arare daily ttercifed in the Trade; willthinke irridiculoustoheareone fay; thatthemaking 3° ofMale'! was'an inwention, proceeding from foie ofan extraordinary kiiowledgein Natural! Philofophie- Yetis'northeskill ofthe inientors any whic the'lefleyforth arche labor oFwérkinanthip growes to be thé trade ofignoratiement! The like may' bee'faid ofmatiy han dierafts‘ahd paiticularlyin the Painting of Bookes s which«beingdeuifed) and bettered, by great Scholersatid Wifenien', grewafterward ‘corrupted by chofe4cto Whoitithepractice Fell: chiitis/ by fuch} aseould flubber thingsealily oucrjandyfeede thei Workertien'at he cheapeht rate: Inthis refpect therefore, the AlchymiftSpaigd all Othieisythat Hae, of would feeme to' tiane any {eerer skill 5 whereof the: publication Inight doe @odod' Vato Hiankinide "ate Hot withobtexeuleofcheiy cole concealingy' For 5 itisa kitfde Of iniuiticesthatth¢lonstravells ofan'vadertandi brainejbef ng ide thelomle # of tine, and other expence, fhould be caft away vpon menof rio worth; ‘vyeeld:lefle be- Rettvits the Author ofa great warke ythan to wicere: ftrangets 2 and perhapshis enemics.' "And 'furely, ifthe pation ofEnuies have in ivanything alowableand narurally as hauitig Anger, Feave,and other like AffeQions': it is infomefich cafe as this -and ferneth 2gaitift thofeWhich would Vfutpe the knowledge, whetewitli God: hathdenied Windiethem: Neticitheleife, ifweHatieregard vato Common charitie ; andthe great afetion that exc ry Ohe olightro bearevato thepenerality ofmankindeaftertheex am- Plc OFRimParfiiffer orb his Summer ofbine pon the thf aad wninfs: i willlappedte more commendable in wifeanien, to enlargéthemfeluesyandto publithvitter the worldythofe 800d things that lye buried * iti their-awne-bafomes?F hisoughe {pecially to bedoney >) When aptofitable ktiowledge hath'nofPannexed toitfome dangerous eunning; that may jo ce peruerted by cuillmeéentoa mifchiduons vies Borifthe fectee ofatiy rare Antidote, Contained itt the skilt ofgiving fome'deadly and irtecouerable poyfon: much betterit Were,that fiich'4 i¢Well-remaine clofein the handS ofawifeand hottett man; than being Soneyandretuined backeinco the City. Immidiarely began thie fiege; which eh ne Madecommion, bindé all'nien to vie the reinedie ) by teaching the work mem low to doenhifchiete. But thé works which 4)chimedes publifhed? ‘were fiuchas rended vate longerthan th¢Roriahvhid expected? The qiickeand eafie withingofLeon' PutMarcellivin hopesthiae folongweikeuicofwals as cothpaffedSyracufe;beitig mann" ahtogetherpublith thekndwledge phorovferHent', but teferucd much tohisowne pod. Somimehdable ends; They were Erigines,feruing vnto thedétence of Syracafe snot fit for the Spracufiahs to catty abroadseathe hurt & opprefion oforhers:Neitherdid he Bécée direfian |