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Show 376 r668. ~ No CROSS, No CROWN. Vot. I. ter always to humble his Mind to his Ouginal, wou/J be dailt ftrwd m £,;,,...,. Veffeh upon bis Tobie: An Example of Hum)lay and Pbtn~efs. § IV. I!!Jtlfp King of Maud on, upon rime SoliS of Gdod llews, at· rived in one lJa feared too much fuccefs might uanfport h1m Immoderate~ ly. and there{o;e t''ay'dfor fame Dijappomrments, ro _feajon bu ProfptT'IIy, :mJ caution his Mmd under the Enjoyment of It. He refufed to opprefs the Greda with his GarrijoPs, faymg, I bad rather retmn them by Krnd· ifj tb n Fear and to be aliVay.r BeltroeJ, than for a Wbt!e Terrrble: One ~ 71~ his Mmron/ perf wading him, To dec/me benrmg of a CaJtft, wherein 3. 0 articular P, 1rod was interefted; I bt~d much .roth::, fays he, thy FnenJ. p ould Jojt bu Cnufe, than 1 my ReplltdllON; feemg h1s Son .Alexander ea~ eavour ro gain the Hearts of the JHaccdomam, by Gtfts and Rewards, Canfi tbo11 be!teve fays he, that a .Man that thoM baft corrupted to~by lnu· {I w lJ ever be true to them? When hts Court would ha \'e had htm qu:J.r. ~=t·d'and correCted the Pdoponnenfes for thelf Ingratin.lde to htm, he faid, B no Meant, for if they difpi[e and ahufe me after bemg KmJ to them, ~ 1 wzllthey Jo if I do them Harm? A great Example of Panence tn a K·:g and wauly faid. Llke to this was h1s Reply to the Embaffadours of Ji~htnt whom a!king after Audience, If be could do rbe"! any Servue, and one of them furlily anfwering, The befl thou canft tlo m u, to han,g tby Self; He was nothing difturbed, though his C:ou~t murmured ; but calmly faid ro the Embafl'adour, Tbofe mho.fuff~r lnJu~ur, are beuer PetJp/t, than tbtJfe that do them. To conclude wuh htm, being one Day fallen along the Ground, and feeinghimfelfin that Pofture, he cryed out, JYbar a fmaa Spot 0f Earth, do we take up, and yet the whole Wf'rld can_not Cf1»Unt IH ! §. V. ~leJ"anbet, w3:s very. temperat~ and vutuous m hts Youth : A certain Governour havmg wrUten to ht!fJ, th.at a Mercha'!t of the Pla~e, badjev'era/fine Boys to fell, He returned htm tht~ Anfwer wtth great lndtgnation, What 1Jnfl thou jeen in any A_O of my Li/e, tba~ }boMid J!Ul thee upon fucb a Meffage a1 this ? And aVotded the W-oman, hts <;:oumers ~uug tn his Way, to debauch hi"'!. N~y, he would not fee t_he Wife of.Darun, ~a· med for the moft Beautiful Princefr ?f the Age; whtch wtth hts oth.er Vu· tues, made Dariln (the laft P~rfi.nn. Kmg) to fay, 1f Go~ ba~ leurm~ned t# take my Empire from me, I wifh 11 mro the Handt of Alexander, ml VJrtii011! Enemy. He hated Covetoufnefs, for though he left t,reat Congue~ts, he ~eft no Richu; which made him thus to anfwer. one that afkc htm dymg. Where be had biJ bU Trtafuru; .Among my Fnen~s, fays he. H~ was wont to f1y, He owed more to his Mnfltr for .his EJucaflo'!, tb~n te hu Farber for bH Birth~ by btJw "'"'bit rctU lift to ltve, than to Itve W ~11. . . §. VI. t'tOiomg, Son of Lag_ut, being rep~oached for h1s mean Ongmal, ..and his Friends angry that he dtd not refem u; We ought, fays he, to Dear Repro11chu pntitmly. • §. VII. ;ftt10pb81Ull, being jeeied for refufing to play at 3 forbtdden Game anfwered. I do not fear my Money, bMt my ReputatJon: They that nlflkt 'r.ar:o.r, mu(t'keep them. A commendable Saying. . §. VIII. Sntfi!OUUll, being taken fick, he fatd,_ It '"'·"' o l!'anung (~"" God to inflrufl bJm of his Mortobty. A Poet fiattertng h1m with the title of the Son of God~ He anfwered, My Strvont.lmows the Contrary. ~no· J:her Sycophant telling him, th:lt the Will of K~ngt is ~he Rute of Juflue: .1\'o, faith be, rather Juflhe n the Rul~ oft be W11J af Kzngs, and bem.g preft by his Miniom to put a Garrifon into .Athens, to . hold the Greek_.r I~ Subje€ l:i~n, he anfwered, He bad not a jlrongcr Garrifon than rbe .AJeOrons of ,bi.r People. · . . §. IX. 'iibemfffoclell. after •11 the Honour of his Life, fits downwnh tbl5 .Conclufion, Tbattbe Way totbeGrtJvt if mliredefirable than the Wtry to world!J · lfonourt. His Daughter beingcourted by on~ of lin/e Wit and great Wealt~,a!td ·another of little Wealth and great Goodne[.r ; he chafe the poor ill an for h~sS~m ·in-Law; for faith he, I wi!Jratber btfl)e a Man without Manry, than A1oney rxulxnt aMan;rtckoning, tbatnot MtJney, but Worth, mahttbe ~an, Being told by Sym,.a&hllr, tlJat be wou/J uach him tbl Aft of Memory; he g~avely anfweJ~; Vo;.., I. No qRO§S, No CROWN. HdJatl rather /ttJrn tbe Art of Forget[~tlnifq adding, He cou/J remtmber tnoMgh, bui ~aliy Tbili,p he f~~/J not forget, t.t?hicb were ncuffi~OJO., forgotten; as die Hono!trt, G!oner, ;;Jeafure.r and Conq~tefl.r he l:nd fpent his Days ill, too:tpt to ~rttnfport to fain Glory. • . §. X . .lltfatbtll, 3 wife and JU!l Greek, of greaten Honour and Tru!l with the .A1bemans ~ He was a great Enemy to C:tbah in Government: The Re:lfop he rend.ers is, Becaufe Uith he, I woul~ not be tJb/iged to authorize Jnjufhce: He f_o mu.ch bared Covetoufnefs, though he was thrice chofen Treafurcr of Atbcns., that he lived and died Poor, :tnd thar of Choice: f'or being therefore reproached by a Rich Ufurer, he a.nfwered, Tby Riche.r hurt thee,. mere ~lMn my Poverty. burt s me. Being once. bonijhcd hf a contrary Fafhon m tbe.State, ltc pray d co God, that tl•e Ajfa1n of bH Coun/1 y migbr go fo wtl~ iu never (o need bis Re1urir; which however cJufcd him prefent• ·ty_ to~ re~alled. \Vhercl!-poil he t?ld them., 17Jat be tptY not troubled for br-s Extlt wah rcJPefl to hJmjelf, but the Honour of bU GJuntry. Tbemi.flodes, their G~neral, ~ad~ Projefi to pr.op~fe to t~nder ~~b~nt, 111iflreJr of Gruce, but tt requued Secrecy: The People obliged h1m to communicate it ro .Atiflidtt, whofe Judgment they Would follow. .A.riflidu h·aving priVately heard it .frotn Themiflocles, public.:kly :tnf":'ered to the People, Tru~., tbtre wa~ notbzng more .A.dvantagiolls, nor notbmg more Vnj11}f: which quafht the Projeft . _ . §. XI. \Bttfdt~, 3s he ~ounted tbe Tt·ihunal, praj•eJ to GoJ, tbat nnt" TV or~ might fa~ jr~mhim, that migb~fca~dalizetbe f'topl~, trrong tbe publicli .Affairs, tJr burt bn own. One of hts Fnends pr:tymg htm to Speakja!fly in his favour: TVe an Friendt, fahh h~, bur not beyond tbe .Altar; meaning not againft Religion and Truth. Sophodu. being his Conipanion ' upon Sight of a Beautifol Woman, faid to Peridu,' Jib, what a lovely Cre;ture W tluzt! To whom Peridu reply'd, It buometlJ a iVlagi}Jrate net only to bav~ hi$ Handr clean, hut bU Tongue aitd Eyes alfo. " §. XII .. •llocfon, a fam?us .At!Jenian, Was honefi and poor, Ye:1, be ctJntemned Rubtt_: For a certam Governour making Rich Prefenrr, he returned them; f•y1ng, Irefufed Alexande!"'· .And when feveral perfwaded him to accept of fuch Bounty, or elfe hts Chtldren Would want he anfwered 1/ my Son be J!irruous, 1 jha/J leave bim enough; and if be b; Vicio11s, mar; n'ould be too ltn/e. He rebuked tbe Excefs of the .Arheniant, and that: openly, faying, He tbat eateth more than be ought, mal:.erb mort Dijttt{u tbtJn be. can .cure. To Condemn or Fltztter him, was to him :tlike. Demojlbentt telltng. htm, when ever the People were enraged, the,Y would kill him ; he anfwered,. And thee alfo, when they are come 10 their Wirr. He fJid, .Au O!ator Wtll IJ!u a c,pr~(S Tree, fair and great, bur Fruit/eft. ..l!n!ipater preffing him to fubma to hU Senfe, he anfwsred, Tbou canfl not bape me /c; 4 Friend and Flatterer too. Seeing a Man in Office to fpeak much and dq !itt!~, he a!ked, Hew can that Man do b11jinejs, that iJ> already dr;nk with Talking? After a1l the great Services of his Life, he was unjufily condem· ned to die; and going to che Place of Execution, lamented of the People one of his Enemies Spit in hir Face, he took it without any Diforder of .Mind, only faying, Tilkt bim away. Before Execution: his Friends afk:t him Whether he had nothing to fay to his Son? Tu, faid he, Let bifn not bat; '"l Enenziet, nor Revenge my Death: lfte it it bttur to jleep upon rhe Earth r»rt_h Pet~ce, than with Tr011hle upon tlJe jo(ttjl Bed: Tbar be o~tgbt to da that whztb i1 bit Duty, and what it more, it Vanity: That be mu.f!_ not carry two Facer: That be promife little, but keep bir Promife.r: Tbe World dbts tbt tonrrary. .§. Xlll. 4tlttDIRatbud, had f~ gre•t a Love to Virtue, and ptal.lifed it Wtth fuch Exa8::nefs, chat if at any Time in Company he beard W4nto1t or obfcene Difcour(t, he was wont to quit the Place, . §. XIV. QOJ18111(h6tlbill, being invited tO afacrificiol }"eajl, fo foon as he llrentredJ he withdrew, becauje of the f~tmptuo!IJ FurilitNre and Attire of t e ~la~e dnd People; fajring, 1 fiJtU ,ailed at Leuara to a Sacrifice, but I . find uu tJ Debauch. The Day after the great Batte!, which he obtain'd. C c c upon 37'1 t66il. ~ Chap. XIX |