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Show T heJecond Beoke of the firkt part ( /HAP,29 § 6, choqonofer, foundue by Terwiellus; axe the esfrre a)fa tai it is . plaine that Conte. itnctdes ho prootert:alk Wherefote wenaytire!ty fay hat tiey, Which aeto con. rewith é dedBourtheritue ofthis Hiftory, being> well furnithed %fA dctto Biearebe- fire wach other; butw ating wherewithto defend the"ve hues like‘ arid Ms h nyfieldyhaue chated Holoferwes ou ofall parts 6f time, dition, \EMtra wantfolifgue vias, inan age that never was! ane $ th at Were Net er towards se todinide out he borders of Tapheethy which were gain/t Yrahiaorthe Countries of Phuland tina) thiat lay in Feef , , sd libr' ie his way sTthinke done Chrono. Seorobduslinth trouble Cofnogtaphers, asthe former queftionhath J Jogers:? But T will not bufie myffelfe herewith »hau ing' alreca y fi re digref 1 in thewitig who linedvorwith Mena/fes, that Ithinkeit high ime, to ret evnto mine owned Worke, and'rehearfe what ot hers I finde, to hatie tad tl art,in the long time of his Reigné. r ree Per as ne S. VI. Ofother Princes and aétions that werein'th HB fitft yearé of Atama/fes was the laft of Rowalus after w hole death,oneyeare the Romanes wanted a King. Then was NumaPo ap 1G 2 Sabynecienoten a peace ableman and feeming very religious in-his kindé. He brought tthe rudepeople, which :Romalw had employed onelyin warres,to fome gootl ciuility, and a moreorderore ly fathionoflife. This heeffected by filling their heads with fup etftition; perfwading them, that he had familiarity with aNymp!1called Egeria, w he) taught ‘him amany of Ceremonies, whichhedeliuered vato the Romanesasthings ofgreat impoxtance, But all thefe denices ofWaimea were,in his owne iudgement, no betterthan meeredelufions that ferved-onély-as‘tudiments to bring the fauage multitude oftheeties andout-lawes, gathered into one body by Romels,to>fome forme of milderdifcipline,than their boy:- fterous and wildefiatures was ot herwife apt to entertaine. This appeated bythe he Books that were found iii his graue, almoft fixe hundred yeares after his death , wherein the 3? Stiperftition taught by)himfelfe was condemned as vaine. His graue was opened|by chance, in digging 2 piece of ¢ground that belonged td one L. Petilius a Scribe. TWO Coffities ot Chefts oftone wereiniit, with an inferipti on in Greeke and Latineletters, which {faid, That Wana Pempilias the fon of Pompe, King of the Romanes layt the one C6ffi Was nothingfound ; his boxdy being vtterly confumed. In were his Bookes,: wrappedVpin two bundels of waxe : of his ownecontt itei uen; and other Fawr Philofophy. Theywere notoonly vacortupted, but ina mai ner'‘fren atid new. The Pretourofthe Citydefirinee tohaue afight of thefe Books.)wheie he petceined wheteuinco theytended, refufedto definestthembacke to the owner, 20d, offered fotakéa folann oath that they Were againft the Religionthen in vfe. Hereupo" the Senate; without moreadoe, commandedithem to be openly bsurat. It fecamestha Numi did meane to acquite himfelfey nto wifer acs, which he thought woulId1 foll as oniethathad not beene {6 foolithas to belecue th eDod ine wherein hei owfie barbarous times. But the poyfon wherewith he had infe@ed Rome, {até idhis Throne} had not left working! when he miniftredthe Ar gratic.- Had thefe Bookesnat cometo light; vatillthedayes of Tully'a1 theimiite of ignorance was fomewhat betteetdifcuffed ; likelyit is that they ie ly efeaped the fre. but wrotight fome good ‘(and peraduenture general!) ing as it was; they:ferued asa. confitation without remedysof Idolatry tthat térate; Numeé reigned three and forty yeares im continuall peace. Afterhir ssthethird King-was chofen; inthe fxéaanid forticth of Manaffes, andr thirty yeares, bufi d; for the moft partin watte. Hee quarrelled wi who'tict him inthe field:; butin'reeard of cthedanger, w hich both Ppp feare, t hatinight grow vatothem fromthe Thufcane s, caufed themnto t feluesiofa courte, whereby‘withonteffafion of fo muchbl oud , as might r too weake for'a common enemy, it might be decided, who fhould command, 4 gat b whoobey. Cuar,15.Scw ofthe Fiftory of the World, "Therewerein each Campe three Brethren, Tw. ins borneat onebi rth (Z ony fi 5 faies that they were Cofen Germans} of'equall yeares andftrength, who w appointed to fight for. theinfeuerall,Countries., The end was, thatthenba Championsfor'the Romanes got the victory, thoughtwoof the mm firft loft theitlities., The three Cur ati that foughtffor Alba(as Lixie telsit) were all aline,andable to fight, yet wour ided, when two oftheir oppofites were flaine; but thethir batonatius prete nding arejdid runtiea- Mayans ecbdrew the others,"who by teafon oftheit hurts, could not with equall [peed, to follow himat fuch diftance onefromanot er.tha them, heflue them, as it had beenein finele fickt qo togetherandLee vpon him allat once. Diony/ veryparticularly, whatwounds were giuenat Horatt wasflaitic,chen oneof the Curatij.t vaty, whomthe third Horatéus did cutming j before: This isone.of the moft memorable things theaction it felfe, where Lai {peofthegreaatinereafe wi follow hita oh ites 2 one‘froratheothe ryas is thewed in theold Roman Hi oe¥,boithinregoat i badid inesdiHatlyJ be yo vatoR ome, wher ofAlba, asthe mothe r Ci 3 dependant VE ittleandlittl though not fubieét vnto i in sWhich additions,tha works offir adry ages, 8 till fuch timeas this four fubiedt of this Hiftory. Thefeuenth yeareofz fo thethree laft Gouernours for ten ye Kingstime. Ofthefe I finde only names; Leocr. 30 yearrly Rulers were elected. Thefe Gouernours for'ten yeates,were time ofrule was fhortned ,éc from terme likelythat thhey.wonuld gouerne the!better, line private men vaderThe'comamand of applyiing their times vtntothofeyea Tablesfollowingthiisworke,doth fect drus, but théeit ced vn{to tenyears;it being thought @ newthat they were afterwards to ; fF ? the Olympi taken great caré inorde ringthe reckoning ¢ the Greeks show they did anfwervnto thethi Donyfins of i licarnaffis, in whereinthe> Chronologicalk ‘or henot only profeffeth himfe fe to haue ance ofthis, Hiftory. Whereas therefore °)yeare of the feuenth Olympiadjanc nes ; but hath noted alwaies tk the years of "Ron ne, throughout all the contiaue , th the building‘of Rome, inthe es hefamewas thefirftye are ofcha government of Athens; I hopeI theall notneed excufe for:arying from Pan[aniz fos the]beginning ofEthefe Atheniarisfo mewh:shoes Inthereigneof Manaffes it wasithat ALi earessheld cae kingdomeof Phrygia hee obtained of Baccl ws ; Sag Many fa g ft', immed}jately brchanged into Golld: by whichm yi tie eto haue beenefe ued (his meate anddrinkbeikefubi cto the fame tit nSfoxilation) had not Bacchus de liuered him fon this miferable facullty, by oead towath aon i Riuer Pactolus, theftreame whereo fhath euerfine ace, £0orf cious Metall, Finally itis faid he dyed by drinking Scythians. Inthis age flourithed that Autinnachias, Bi Who' (faith Platarch int feruedthe SMoones Eclipf onHOFRome. eat the foun The MilefiaIns,or, (as.Eft hathit)the Athenians haning obtained fonne powe rby Sea sfounded Ma a City on the Eaft of Egy pr. Plammmitic us herein feems to haue allftedthi m,Wwho vfeeda th inteattesios ofdr:awingthe eks into Egypt, accounting them hrisfureht ftrene h. Forneither Milet us nor Athens were now of powerfuff icientto planta Colony in Eeypt by force: About |