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Show . Of the adatlnce"!C~t of learning, tltt;mofthappieand~ourlihtng, that euer t~1e I~o-' mane Empire,. (whtcn then was a modele of the world,) enipyed~ a matter renea1~d. and pr~figured·. v.nto v~1niti~n in a Dreame, the n1glit before he was Caine; fo.r be.e tho tight there was gro\vne behinde vponhis !boulders! a . neck.e and a .~ead ~f gouldt which. came accordmgly to pa[e~ tn tho{e golden(· times whichfitcceeded; of which Princ.es,we·will ntakefome comm emoration;wh.~r.ein althgugh the matter will bee vulgar, and. may be tooug?t .fitte[\ fpra.Declamationithen agreeableto.aTreatife tnfoi-. ded as this is; yet becaule it is perdnent-~0 the point in hand ,rz.{!qu~ femper~arcurJJ ttndit: Apol~o, & to .name·. tbemonely wer.e too-naked·and curfor1e~ l wlll not· omit it~alt()gether. The· firft was N ert~J, the excet.1 l.ent temper ofwhofe gouernement, is by a glaunce· in CprntJ/ius T 4. .. ~i, s to.tH;hed;to the lif= :· Poft.qeuzn' di· uus z.(!rrJa ,res olim~i,(oriabiles .mifcuiffit ,i1npe!1tl!& libertatem: ·Anctin ·toJ(en·ofhi·s learning) the 1a0 Act· of his fhort raigne left to memorie, \vas a mifsiue tohis. adopted fonne . 'Traian,: proceeding vpon fomein\ v..ard difcontent; at ·rbe ingratitude of the thnes,_ . ~pn1prehondedin a verfe of Ii omers,., ·7 f/is. .PiJcel1e, ruis, L--achrym:u v!cifcere n~fti'tts.- , Tr~i~n, who1fhcceed·ed, was for his perfon nor· · learned~ : Bu.t .if \Vee will hear.ken to .the {peech·~of eur;Sauiour ~, that [a:yth, H ee that r(oeittcth a Pro· phet in the name of a Prophet,(halt haN~ a Proph-ets rt- .. war.d, hee deferueth . to -bee placed amongeft ·the, ~~itJtarn;d:Prin~es : for th~re wai not a ·greate·r· ~ • • -·- - ·- ·- ~·- ••• 4 • -~- -- '\ - · - - -- • ·-- admire):: :. 'rrhe .firfl'Boo~. .. 34 - admirer of learning or Benefaaor of Learning, ·a founder offamous Libraries,a perpetuall Aduancer of learned men to office, _and a .familiar conuerfer · \Vithlearned Profeflorsand Preceptors, who wer<: moted to ha_ue-then moft credite in Court. On the Gther fide, how much Traians ve.rtue and gouerne· . ment,\vas adtnired & renowned, fnrely no te!Umo· nie efgtaue andfaithful1!1i.ftory doth. mGre liuely let furth> thna that legend tale ofGregorius Magnus,Bifuop ofRome) who \Va~ noted for the extre.atn enuy he bare towards all Heathen excellencie: and yet-he is reported eut of th~ loue and e-flimation of Tra .. ia.ns mer all vertues, te> haue tnade.v.nto.God, paCsio .. nate and· feruenr prayers, fo1~ tho deliuerie of his {oule out of Hell-: and~ to haue ()btained it with a (~au eat that he-fhouldrnake no more fuch petitions. In this Princes time alfo; the perfecutions ag~inft the Cnrifiians receiued intermHsi0n; vpcn the cert ·ificate of P lin us fecttndu.$, a .. man of excellent lear• -ning,and by T-rahtn adttaneed~ ... i Adrit'n his ft1ecelfor, was the moft curi0US man that liued;and the.mofi vniuerfal enquirer:infomuch as it was notedf0r·an efrour in his ·.mind: that he de· fired t<r cotnprehend all thinges, and ;~ot ro re .. ferue himfelfe fer .d.k worthyefi- tbing~s, falling ~nto ·the Jike htunour· that ·\vas long before· noted 1n Phi!dp and Macedon, who when bee would needsouer·rule and·put downe an exce1Ient·!Mulft. ia.n1in an argument teuc-hing Mufique, was well ~wc~c·d by hiln ·againe, God forbid Sir (fa.ith hee) -l~ 3. .. · that.~· ; / .:. |
