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Show T he jinftBooke of the fat part Cuap.6.§,5, Bacchus, thewarres of the Giants in.the,one Rorie, of the ,TH#anes in the other;. the Kingdome of Egypt giuenby; Hercules Lybicas to, Orussboy Bacchusto inpiter, the rattles {erbleeachorher,howfoeuer notalike fitted,tothe right perfons. Same honjate (as Enfe- bius citeshimn.) would hate all chefe tobe Phanicéams,and is earneft in faying, Thatitis a true ftori¢.and no.allegorie.¥.et hemakesit feemethe more allegorical, by giningto Vranas ot Hewuenfor daughters, Fate and Beautie, andthe like, with addition of much fabulous,matterjomitted.by Diedexas, though Diedorus haueengqugh.To the Genealogigheaddes Elis or,the Sanne, as father of Vraaus,and among the. children of Vranas, IapetusBetilus, and Dagon whom Diodorus doth.ngt mention) by their names ) giving , withall.to/aeas the proper name of Terremas or Indizena, and of (Mas to Satarae, but omitting sapuer of Creté.The Pedigree ofthemistthis: 7 cepnencansananad §..VCI. ofCuam, aad other witked ones,rebercoffamegat, [ome affe‘hed the name ofGods. of /fs,andthe.cymbals ofBafilea,with many petty.circumftances, necrely enoughte- Eifeiil.ox.7: of the Ehiftory of the World. . Cuar.6.§.6.7. E Jupiter Belus,the fonne ofSaturzus Babylonicus,otherwile Nimrod, it feemeth that Cicero had not heard; \(atleaft by that name!) who was,more ancient-than any ofthe formerthree by him temembred; for long after chefe.times-werethie Greckes but Saluages,ifthey feekeno furtheroff for their. Gods. But the Egyptians,euenafter the floud,began .( fomewhat beforethis Chaldean Iupiten )to intitle Cham, the parent oftheirowne Mizratm, Inpiter Chammon, or Harminer, yo: Forthe Etyinologie ofthis word ( Hammon) which the Greekes deduce 4b arenis,from thefandsis ridiculous (faith Peucer; ) neitheryetis his owne much better,who brings it Pencer.de from Hamitiath,which fignifieth heate: becaufethe {aid Temple ofsupiter Hanimnon was feated in Libya,wherethe ayreis exceeding hor {cortching. Andas for the antiquitie of the latter Zapiter(among the Greekes & Romans the moft renowned)it is certaine that he was borne not long before the warre of Troy,as by, many. ofhis. fonnes is made manifeft';/namely, Caster, Pollux, Hercules,Sarpedon,and others; whichdined inthat age ofPriamasvider whom,and with whom Troy wasdeftroyed. Now {éeing that mortall men,and the moft wicked,were efteemed immortall among the Heathen; it was notto be wondredat , that Alexander Macedon,Tyberigs,Nero,- Cala a0s!!4, & others, foughtto be num bred among them,whowereas deformed monfters as the reft: For by what reafon could the fame Desie be denied vnto Lawrentia and Flora, whichwasgiuen to Venus? {eeing they were asnotorious and famoits harlorsas the was. §. VII. That the wifer ofthe ancient Heathen bad farre betteropinions of Ged. oe: Tupiter of Ve that ener Pythagoras, or Plato, or Orpheus} with many other ancient and ex- Cretehad | cellently learned, belecued inyany. of thefe fooleries, 1ticannot be fulpected, though fome ofthem (ouer-bufily): haue mixed their owne intentions with the 30 Seriptures } for,in punfhmentfor their fictions, did Pythagoras hang both Homer and ‘efiodus in hell, wherehe fained that they were perpetually ftung & pinched with Serpents. Yetit cannot bedoubred, but that Homer had read ouer alkthe books of Asofer, as by places ftolne thence,almoft word for word,may appeare;ofwhich lufine Adartyr remembreéth-manyin.that Treatife conuerted by Mirandule, As for Plato; though hee bled.infome things,forfeare of the Inquifition ofthe -reapagites,. yet Saint Anouftinehathalready anfwered for him(as beforeremembred). Ef mrifice 9s. dele@a- tus efi,guede veo Deo tradite fuerant , And he wasgreatly delighted inthe doctrine ofowe God, faith fine Martyr. Now howfoeucr Laéestius pleafedito reprehend Plato, be- caufe ( faith he) P/ato fought knowledge fromthe Egyptians,and the Chaldaans,neg- £4/rrep.e- go lecting the lewes,and bookesof Mofes;En/ebius, Gyrillas sand Origen, finde reaforto be- pire". leeuethecontrarie, thinking that from thence hee toakethe grounds ofall by him -_ written ofGod,or fauouring ofDiuinitie: and the fameopinion had Saint Ambrofe of oi Ce Pythagoras, But whether it were out ofthe fame vanitie, which pofieft all thofe learned Philo- £ fophers and Poets, that P/atealfo publithed (hotvnder the rright Aiithors names) oatet thofethings which he, had readin the Scriptures; ‘or fearing thefeueritie ofthe Ae mastisgarr reopagites,and the example of his Matter Sosrates; by themput»to-death by poyfor, bishillahovfe I cannot iudge. Justia' Addrtyr (astit feemeth y afcribeth itwholly to Platees feare, aleeaees whofe words, among manyotherof the fame effect, are thefe; Prato Mosis mes were tryed: so tiencmfacere, ob id, quod unin folumg, Deum decuerat, fibiapud Athenienfes titum BAN Te 0m putanit, veritas Areopagui PLATO fearing then Arcopagites thought it not fafecherc fer him among the Athenians.to make mention of Masss, that heetanght that there w pap, pleaded his: But forthat Diuinitie which he hathwrittenuasTPimeo 5id ipfum de Deo aif- Solcorne ie Moles; He difcourfed. and taught thes fame of God ¢ faith Iufline Mark yr ) lirrothos, ‘or or where. it. pleafed. God by <his Angelb:towanfwvere Mofes, it did. ich is ) Lam ; ands exiflens mifit mead tioss Law hath feat me unto. inf. lato faith Instine Martyr) no otherwile differ,thanthat Mofes vfed the word (gai) and Plato thewiord quod: Moses enim qui. cxifit(Mquit,) PLATO enced, feruis guod whith Mofes ° aa » que |