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Show Theff Becipibefifipae -_ CureaSuat andthe fame beginning ofNations,after the floud anid that the fit planters dal parts ofthe World;werefaid'to Be mighty and Gianr-like men; and thiatjas Phaeniciavigyp), Lybia,and Greeke, had Hercules; Snel, Hateus, Tipbow, and the Hlees'as Denmarkei had Saxo G. inpre= Starehaterus, remembted by Saxo Grarrivaticns ; as Séythiz, Britanié, and other Regions, sae had Giants fortheéirfitInhabitants, fo'this Ifle ofSici/ had heiLefirigonesand Cyelpey, Thisdifcourfe Teould af teiect for faine Wand fabalous; didnot Mofes make vs kitow, that the Zamzutnititns,Emims, Anakims,2nd Og of Balan,with others, which fonietine inhabited'the Mountainés atid Defarts of Moab, Ammon,and Mount Seir; wereitien 6f exceeding ftréngth and ftaturé,and of the races of Giatits: and wereit not, that Tértul- linn, S- Auguftine, Nicepboris, Precopius, idere, Plinie, Diodore,' Herodots, Sélintis; Plasto sarch,and manyother Authors, haue confitmed the opinions Yea, V¢/patiies in Vis fe. cond Nauigation into America,hath reported; that himfelfe hath feene thelikeinenin thofe parts, Againe, whereas the felfe-fime is written of all Nations, that is written ofany oné;as touching their fimplicitie of life,theirtheané fare.their feeding dtacorns and rootes,their poore cottages, the couieting of their bodies‘with the skitis-of beafts, cheifihunting; thei atines.and weapons,and their warfare, their firlt paflages onér grea Riversi& avmes ofthe Sea,vponrafts oftrees tied together,and afterwatd,cheitmaking boats) firttof twigs and leather,then ofiveod: firtt, with Oaresisethen with Sailes thar cheye@htecnied-as gods! the firftfinders out of Arts; a8 of Husbandrie}of Lawes) ‘and of es ‘Policies itis p'matter, thatmakes me neither to*wonder at,nor to doubtofit. For'they 4» Ce Pain tefandmot gooilycue sr6 . albtined in the fame'newneflé oftime;which we call Old timeand had all the fame want of his inftruction, which (after the Creatorof all things) hath by degrees taughe all -Mankinde. Pofiothér teaching had ‘they none, that'wéere remdoiiedfarre off from the Hebrewes(who inherited the knowledge of the firft Patriarchs. )thanthat from variable Canet.Si4$3) ofthedkaiftety oftheMoa.\\ 9 Hroliads called HomsthermanthdGrock',Au/osstlie LatinessinfalanHecwith his Cosids Aler uch thighshaving ouetcome'the Siculi;\drauethentivp intothe,Gonntty-sand after adfer ee yearestheir multicadesincreafingthey addedyntothe Gisy-ofthe land, tharofA bral poxnefushad dinayT'ychajand Neapolis:So:as well by the:comiinddity ofthe double Portjcapableof "en out the fertility ofthe foyle; Syral fuetanec as mah fhipsjas any Hauen ofthavpart of Huropeas:by:the cule grew Vp in great hafte,to be'one ofthe goddlieft Fowns efthe world in fhorttinme 2 ong time theGreeks'didpofleflethe better part ofall theSea-coaltfaréingthe Sicilians tonite. re drawv'themfelues into the fait and mountainous parts ofthe Hand,making rheit Royall tants.The fit snnsiés whcrealintt 5 id Tome yon »refidencéin Trinaciai" 10° Sonie feucn yearesafter the avidulkof warchids sche Chalcidians, encouraged bythe cond, tiero fucceffe ofthe Corinthians did affaile,andobtaine thecitylofLeontium,builtand pol the elder' the {eebythé Siculi. Im briefe,the Greeks winfrom the Sieulinditheir-A flociates,théci- ae bia ties ofCatana-and'Hybla, whichia honourof the Megariars that fotc‘ritjtheycalled fourth and fft, Megara i 13 LL Ny fla et sil pare i About'4s.yearesafter Archias hadtaken Sytacules Antiphemusand Evtinus,theore pougse:: the from Rhodes,the other from Crete,brought an/Armyinto Siciljand built Gelas whofe St Dios :the Cirizenisjone hundied and cisht yeares after, did. erethagmagnificentand renowned - ae¢ tity ofAgtigentum,céuerned according to the Lawesiof the Dorianssic eighthPpr "Phe Syracufiansaifo,inthe (cuentieth yedrufter theirplantation,did fervpthecityof 14 Me 20 -Acra;inthe Mountaitics siandin the titietieth yearCafienayin the Plaines adioynings the younger : tid agate in the himdred and m.thirtieth yearclofitheirdivelling in Syracufestheyi built+ thetenth and ia io coe fe Yee ohn 7 i OL m : lait, Hicrony~ Caterina? Se{oon-Afterthar, Efina;inthevery Center ofalle Hand.Sodidthe Cuthanii pu: who beaboutthé fame time: recouerfrofit che Siculithe city of Zanelewhich they hadfdurt- ing Maine at ded inthe ftrdiphit between Siciland Italy. PheylofiZanclehad beenethe founders of loneieie Forthe fituati- effects they beganne, by timeand degrees, to finde ont the caufes : from whence cate Himera. az excellent and Carthaginians, fearing thé Neighbourhood ofthe Spartans;foomaficrinuadedatid yerceins, froncandot PHilofophie Natiirall; asthe Morall did from diforder and' confifion; and the Law propediom« froth ciueltie atid oppreffion: 7 Batitiscertainesthatthé Ageof Time hath brought forth ftranger and mote ineredi- byLandor | blé things, than the Infancie.Forwee have nowgreater Giants, forvice and iniuftice, SeaThePorthan the Wotld-had in thofe daics,for bodily ftrength/ for cottagts,and houlesot clay eo ee atid: timber we haute raifed Palaces of ftone;we carue them;we painethem,and adorne 30 uironed with them with gold: imfofhiich as men arerather knowne by their houfes, ‘than chieit houles osPre by them,we are fallen front two dithes'to two hundred: from water, to winé and dtunwhich kenaeffe, from the ¢dueting ofourbodies with the skinhes ofbeatts, riot onely rofilke : -- and gold, but to the very skinnes of men. But to concludethis digreffion, ‘Time willl onbothGdes LOtdke FeuehSe Ofthe eXceffe;which it hath brought forth: Qwam longa ates peperit, lon baukevp,and elorqyauxitilongifsimafubruct. Long time brought‘forth, lonzer time intreafed it, andatime, - =a hanger than theiveft.[ballonerthyow it: aine@ wit i t of Marble. oe TheCitic ie ho felfe was one of thegrearct of the World: 1 forit hadin compaffe (as : ; ‘ . ‘ _ Ab ci { 49 tL The plantation of the Greekes in Sicill, s re ? Strabo'repor- Wis the'firfinhabitants had contended long enough about the Dominion ofall that coatt by ng driuen-vpon at orie Theocles.a Greeke,bei happened,th Sicil:it elie + : ae ; > which ° oe had beene»rhovgit thereof, 180. Eafterly wind; and finding true the commendationsthereof, . make prontaites abourrste which wa oun- fabulous;being A iy 5 deliueréd onely‘ by Poets;ane I; information i . to the' Athenians poe ofthis Hecomne difebtietie\é& propofed vnto themthe benefit ofthis café conqueft, offering to an theirguide. But Thedcles was aslittle regarded by the Achénians; ‘as Colnmbess, 10 andct: ta ae f 3 - waren lim <9 5 qlcthe Gratid-fathers timeswas bythe Englith: Wherfore he took the fame'courle that Colm: Fr ea f rir . pet . 5 fans Cities,(Scrabe bus afterwards did. He oerlaboured not himfelfe in perfwading thé Noble Lae Gith,effue) (whothought to-be well enough already)whomhis té theirowne'profity but We? Seitte the Chaleidransthem thatfelies were héedie¢and indaftrious,by proiet was gladly enter ebssand Nea tained: By thefewas built the Citie of Naxus:and'a Colony platted ofEubxans: we Archies La .. But the reft ofthe Greekes were wifer than our weftertié Princes ofEutope:difore? Faines & foun- had fioPope,that fhould forbidthem,to odciipic the Voide places ofthe Worl dationsof oe ofCorinth followed the Eubceatis,&landedin Sicil{neere vito that Cirie;callesafter ae wines, Watd™ syracefer ofwhich, that ‘patt oncly was then compaffed with wall, "oi thinedsthough théfiine were againe erelong re-edifieds finn 3 Selitiisalfo was built bya Colony of Megara: and Zancle was taken by the Meffeni- 8° atis Who hauitig lofetheir owne Country; gaue thename thereofivnto this their. new purchafe,' Such Were the beginnings ofthe greateft ciriesin‘this Lands te Tit Ofthegouernment and affaires ofSicil,before Dionyfis his-Tpany. T® tioft part ofthe cities in Sicil,were gouernedby the rule ofthepeople; rill {ueh tie as Phalard began to vfurpe theftate of, Agrigentum, andto exercife allimaner . { of tyranny therein: TSis that Phelirés,to whom Perillus,the cunning Astificer ofa deteftable Engine, 85 f 12212 mans conqute Noting afterthis|Doriew the Dacddamonian buileHevaclia,whichthePhoenicians, *4itvader 49 gauean hollow Bullof brafle,wherein to inclofe men,and fcortch themto death.: Ptal- fing'the deuife with this commendation; That the noife of one tormented therein, thould bee like vnto the bellowing ofa Bulls, ‘The Tyrant gauc a due rewardto.theIn- hentour's by caufing the firft triall to be made yponhimfelte. He reigned oneand thirty yeares faith Exfebiuss others gine himbut fixteene: Howfoeuer it were,one Telemachus inthe end,fell vpon him withthe whole multitude of Agrigentum,and ftoned him to death ; being thereto animated by Zexo, euen whileft the Tyrant was tormenting, the ame Zeno,to make him confefleforne matter of confpiracys vail -After'the death ofPhalarts,the Citizens recouered rheirliberty, andepioyed itlong, till Therg vfurped'the gouernment ofthe: Common-weale..at,which time alfo Papnati¢s madehimfelfe Lord of Leontium', & Cleander, of Gelgt-but Cleander, having ruled, soJtates, was laine by one ofthe Citizens. Cleander beingidead, his brother Hyppacrases fheceededin his roomie,& greatly afficedthe people of Naxos, of Zancle,or Meflena, ad6F Eeontium? whom withdiuers others ofthe ancient inhabitants, he forced to.acr inthecad, their Lord. Healfo made warre with the Syracufians,and, owledgehim Botfrom thei by compofition;the City of Camerina.But when hee had. reigned fenen Yeateshe was {laine ina batcell againft the Siculi,beforeHybla. Atthis timedid the Syracufianschangetheir forme of gouerament, from Popular to Ariftoctatical.a prepatation towards Principality,wherinto it was foonafter changed. Ll 2 After |