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Show T he Jecond Bookeof the first part = - : Cuar.ti,Gu23 CuaP.12.§.4.5. poling to follow the con. inthat Age, when Ambition wasLy Ne tri es ‘an ftrength to Mbli §.11. inus : and beginning of é thereofby thefecondfall being findred fronithe body: MID: For my a sis een thisoe ae Ae n Semiramis reigne. His thee ees her ooaeepala : vvho after hee had mattere d Batiria, and fubieéted vnto his Empire all thofe Regions betweene ic and the Mediterran Sea and Hellefpent (Afiathe lefle excepted) and o e Woy ofNinene, he leftthe World in the yeare thereof 2019 wafter he had en a 10 Plutarch reporteth that Semiramis oN = - N vg:; "=g a oa her theabfolute foueraigne power for one day. Diea.Sicu les ee "licensor {peakesof fiue dayes. rote sie iceeceoni nte: ,aufedNie berty,or with thememoryof her hus usher ai to be anes this feemeth Keraher a fcandallcaft on herby theGree, than that it had any truth. { eo : nen so Pe ttsile co esa ee ofshe 7rian Empir her felfe,and in her beginning wit pu Peck : f her fon take on her fo great a charge) prefented her felfe tothe people tatbeperfono fet fible Ninias ot Zamets, who bare her externall forme and proportion without anyfen E BY rae de. But This report I take alfo to be fained, for which many erpee nts might be ap "b as theruled long,fo the performed all thofe memorable acts which are Lidigg ae the name ofSemiramisand fub{cribed that letter which fhe fent to the King laft challenge and vndertaken conqueft) by her owne name. And wereit ofIndia fe fonne Ninias had fuch a ftature at his Fathers death, as that Semiramis true that (yvho ve perfonable) could be taken for him ; yet it is very Volikely that the could haue he fet! Empire from him 42.yeares afterby any fuch fubtilty :(for fo long thee reigne the death of her husband) butit may betru ; e that Nisias or Zemeis ((being wholld yatt g fhe vvhich (while the childe wasleft tothe mercy beafts) the fame wasfed by certai of wil m 4 ne birds, which vied to feed vpon or neere thofe * ters. But I takethis tale to belike that of Lupat fomeone orother adioyning tothis Lake, had he Harlot that foftered Romalis.- i the charge and fofteridge of this chile® who being perchance bur fome bafe and ob{cure creatu re > hope thebetter to couerher dithonor and breach ofvow the mother might there} , notwithftanding yvhich a Was caft fromthe top of her Temple into the Lake adioyning, &(as the Poets havc" nedchanged by Venus into Fith,all but her face,which ftil held the famebeauty & mane fhape. Itisthoughtthat from this Derceta the inuention ofthat Idoll of che fiims(called Dagoxw as taken: forit is true,thar Dagen had a mans face,and a fifhes 7: §. LY. rick: i reg by her Lieutenant Dercet three thoufan d, by which fhe might tranfport ouer /ndus at once three hundred thoufand Souldiers # which Gallies were furnithed with Syrians,Phenitians,Cilicians,and men of Cyprus. Thefeincre dible and impoffible numbers, vvhich no oneplace of the earth was able to nourith had cuery manandbeaft but fed vpon graffe) aretaken from the authority ofCrefcs whom Diodorus follow eth.Butas the one may be taxed with many friuolous reports : fo Diodorus himfel fe hath nothing ofcertainty, but from Xerxes expedition into Greece and afterwards: whofe Army (though the fame was ITI. s ofher Mother. S:: Writers (of which Plutarch is: one) make this: ne : famous woman to ; hauebet ys ofbafe parentage, calling her afterthename ofher Count ry, a Syrian. Berd y cals her after thenameof her City wherein thee was borne, Semiramis Afulee tis sof Afealon, the ancient City and Metropolis ofthe Philifims. Others report her? bethe daughter of Derceta,aCurtizan of Afcalon,exceeding this Derceta or Dercetis,the Mother of Semiramis,was fomet beautifull. Others fay ti fetta holy and religious life; to whomthere was a Templ imesa Reclufe,and had id ededicated, feated of § : banke of a Lake adioyning to Afcalon and afterward falling in loue with a goodly yo man, fhe was by him made with childe, which (for conutyed away, and caufed the fame'to be hidden feare ofextreame punifhmes!) among the high reedes whichew4c on the bankes of the Lake : in Tit RE eusfaith Sutdas)did confift of Foot-men three Suidfa millions ; ofHorfe-men onemillion; of Chari ots armedwith hookes on eachfide,one "+ gse hundred thoufand ; ofthofe which foughtypqia Camels as many ; of Camelsforburdentwohundredthoufand; of rawHidesfor all vies three hundred thoufand ; of Gal3° lies vvith brazen heads tien to his pleafures, as it is written of him) was well pleafed with his Mothers prolpe rous gouernmentand vnder-takings. Of Semiramis parentage and ¢ducation,an d Metamorphofi ; on sein reprefenting Tritow,one of thofeimaginary €a-gods vnder Neptane.Forthis ity Delfi maritimate (as all thofe ofthe Philiftimis coe3 nareseaty of;Phenicia) vied all thei dena. tions to Neptine,and thereft ofthe petty Bods wh ic attendedhint. Ofher Expedition intodndia,and deathafger #yfconfiture; with enote of the tteaprobability of her vices. d whtieawtods shy ust omit orl Vt forsher Pedigree , I leaue it -to:the friar Hergl divandfowbict victous \lifes B Lafcribe the reportthereof fo the enuiousand lying Grerienss\ For delicacy and cafe doe more often accompaiy licentidufnelltinmeh iand womenschan dabdur and hazzard doesAnd ifthe onehalfe betrue Which isreported.ofthighad yseken there neuerliuedany:Prince or Princeffe more worthy, of fame thilmsSémminiw the workesthe didangabylémand eHewhere3andfor the warnes thee nis ea, both for thade with glorious 2° fueceffe : all but herlaft enterprifeof Jadia y frovw hetice portthatfhe neuerreturned:anethat ofall hertnoft power both Straboand As annus tee onely twenty perfons : the reft being eitherdrawnedin full Armytherefurniued but the R ine: of Indws, dead ofthe famine,orflaine bythe fwordof Staarobates). But as the multitude which vyent out are more than reafon hath numbred: fo were thofe that retur ped of fuchan Army, as confifted offoure millions and ned leffe than ‘could hane efcavpwards. For thefe numbers whichfhe leuied : 0 Hi re] aa7 e to Ninenein Afprie.taltin reports,thatSey ‘Atlaalgex changed his feat fromeBabyl onia in Cha eon Cee:Stim : +offehcetp Dien. ramis (che better to inueft difference. 1 8: i broug ;: the Idoll fell twice to the ground : and at the fecondfall there remained onely thehtTrunk e of Dagon, the head bes ing broken off: Forfo S.Hierome hath conuerted that place. Vatablus, Pagninweatid ie wius,writeitby Dagowonly, whichfignifieth afithy and fo ie oncly appeared : the head nett vvhich her husband had vnder-taken, g2 which it had: . of the Hiftory of the World, into whofe Temple when the Arke of God yvas farre inferiour to that ofSemiramis) yet had it weigh t enough to ouerlode the beliefe of any reafonable man.For all Authors confent,that Xerxes tran{p ; orted into Greete an Armie of 1700000. as andgatheredtogether (therein: to Fg pafle the Hellef pont) three thoufand Ree #° Gallies,as Heredetws out ofz thefeucrall Provi, nces whenc e thofe Gallie s were taken hath colleéted the number. ‘ But of what multitiide focuer the ArmyofSemiramis confifted : the fame being broken and ouerthrowne by Staurobates y pon the bankes of'Izd mut : {be fangsher leftfang ; and (as Antiquity hath fained us, canticuns cantauit extren ) was changedby the godsintoa Doue (the bird of Venus. )whence it camethat the Babylonians gaueaDouc in their enfignes. ' seat a 5° ‘ oo Ve. Ofthe Temp leaf Belus built , : bs Semiramis: Apof thebyramide s of Egypt. ; Mong all othér memogable dnd tore chan magnificent A: e vvall her of the City ofBaby vvorkes befides lon) Vyas the Ta@mple of Bel, ct ected in the mi f this City, ightongd-vvith ja wall carryed fourefquare ej nd ity ing onteadh' toate eeifaimic Brazen Gates owof great t sy nt rethee ee fed #YOwre of a furlong high, which isha fe 2 quarter of a mile andy axing.a Bafis of a leffe'circuit) the fe t phat + OWTe; and fo eight inal ac another : vpon the top whereof the c - he Q2 ricits |