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Show :;So r668. ~ Chap.XIX. No CROSS, No CROWN. VoL. I led to the Dot\rine of Chrift: Oh, will not fuch Heat bent rife up in Judgmel1t againft our Worldly Chriftians in the gren Day of God I XX111. ztt!JIOaritult alfl>; King of Sparta, being afkt, who was Mafier of LaudLmoma, The Lrtwt, faith he, and nft~r. them, the ltlagifl_rat~s. - One raifing a Mufici:m in h'is Pretence, .A,h ! f:mh he, h11t when wrU :;ou prai/e a Good Jlfdn? ..... Anorher f<~ying, That M11n is~~~ excellent A1ujiclftn: Th(/t's all one, faith he, at if rbott wonidft fay, There ss ~good ~ook: Count· ing both Trades of Volupt~?ufnefs.--:- A~othcr p~om1~ng him fame exceHent Wine. 1 care not, faith he, for 11 will only pur my Jl1ourh our of Tofte to my or dinar/ Liquor; wb_ich it feems was Water. ~ Two Men chafe h1m an ArbitratOri ro accept a, he made: them promtfe .to do what he would have them: Tlmr, faith he, Stir n_ot ftom this Place till you_ b~ve agree~ ~be .Mallu hetrucn yoJJr fdves, which was dane. - Dcnnn Kmg. of St~dy, fending his Daughters Rich Apparel, he forba~ them to wear n,. faymg, ToM will Jam to me but the more ~omely_.- This Great, Man certamly ~as not of the Mind to breed up hrs Children at the Exchanges, Danemg· Schools and Play-Houfes. §. XXIV. <tleommea, King of the fame People, would fay, That Kingr ought to be pleafant; but nor to Cheapnefs and Co~umpt. H~ was fo Juft a Man in Power, that he drove away Demo~atr~J h1s FeUow-Kmg, (for they always had Two) for offering to corrupt htm 1n a Caufe before chem,. Ujt, 13ith he, he {hould attempt otherr lefs able ro refift btm, and fo rum the Sr§.'Xx.v. li!>etC!IIpbaa perceivin~ that,Pyrrlms would force. a Prince upon his Country-Men, the Laced~tmonJons, whom they lately eJeEted, ltoutly oppofed him, faying, If thou or_t God, we fear Thee not, bccoufe we bave done no Evil; tlnd if thou art but a .Man, we are AI en too, ~ §. XXVI. l)fJ.lllobasnua, feeing a Young Man afhamed, that was caught il'l Bad Company, he reproved htm fharply, faytng, For Tzme to come keep fucbCompany as thou need'ft not blufhor. · ~· XXVII. Jleon.ibat, Brother to Cleomenes, :J.nd a Brave Man, being oftered by Xerxu to be made :J.n Emperor of Greece, :mfwered, 1 hod rather die for my own Countrb than have .an u_njufl.Comtnan~ over other ~1en's. Adding, Xerxes deceived brmftlj, to·tbmk tt a Vtrnu, to rnvade the Rrgbr of other Men. §. XXVI!!. JLpfanbet, bei~g afk•by a Perfon, what was the belt Framo of GoVernment? Thar, faith he, where every Man bath nuord111t ro 1m DefertJ. Though one of the greatefi, Captains that Sparta bred, ~e ha~ learn· ed by hi.s Witaom to be:J.t Perfonat Affronts: ~ay What tbau t.vrlt, fanh he, (to one that fpoke abufivcly to him) Empty thy fd/, I< jhall bc(ft' it. His ·Daughters were comrafted In Mauiage to fome Per~o~s of Quali~y, but he · dying POor, they refufed co marry them , vpon wh~eli the Ephon Condemned each of them, in a great Su,m of Money, Duauft they preferred .MoJity before Faith and bngagement. §. XXIX. 19aufanftlll, Son of Cleombrotrls, and Collegue of Lyfander, beholding, among the Per [tan Spoils they took, the Coflline1s of their Fu~lliture, faid, It had been mueh better if they had been worth lif.r, and thezr MaJlers more. And after the Vi8:ory of f!latee, having. a Dinnerdrcft a~ ·cordin~ to the Per [tan Manner, and beholdmg the Magmficence and Furm· ture of the Treat; WhM, faith he: do tbefe People mean, that live in ju&b Wealth and L11xury, to attack our .Meann.efs and Poverty? §. XXX. fl!:btopompua faith, The Way to preferve .a Kingdom, is ro embrace the Counfel of one's Friendt, and nor to f11.ffer 't!Jf meaner Sort to be opprejfed. One making the Glory of Spart~t ro confifi in Commandin,g Well, he :infwercd, No, it i1 in knowing bow to obey well. He was of .Opim· on, That Great Honours burr a State; adding, That Tilnt wo11ld nbolijh Great, ttnd augment Moderate Honours among Men; meaning thlt Men fhould have the Reputation they defervel without Flattery and f.xcefs. A Rberorici,zn bragging himfelf of his Art, was reproved by a Lf1c~dlfmO• •ian, Dojl tb11u call that an Art, f;~.ith he, wbi(h both not Tnnh for u!o;,. ,,al VoL. I. No C R.O Si, No CROWN_ 3St jeff? Alfo a LoctdilmOhiott ~eipg prc:;fented with :tn Har·~ after Dinner, bY~ i668. Mufical Perfon, I do not, faith lie, /mow Pow. to play the Fool: Another ber ~ in~ afl<t, What be ,thought of a Pm of t/ie Timis,. Anfwered, Good for no- Chap.!tit, thtng but .to corrupt Yo~tb •... li'or was this ogly th:e Wifdom and Virruc of fort:Je parucular P~fons, Wfltcli maY. be thought to ha. ve_given Light to the dark Body of theu Courts; but their Government was Wife a.od Jufi and the People generally obc;yed it? making Virtu!_ to be True HonoNr, and tha; Honour dearer to them than Life. , , §. XXXI. lLIIttba:ntOnian .<tUUO;Illll. according to Plutartb, were thefe·, They ~ere v~ry Temperate 1n then Eating and Drinkingj their moft deli' care Dtfh bemg a Pottage made for the Nourilhment ol Aricient People ' They caught their Children to Write and Read to Obey the Magiftr:ues1 : to en,dure Labour, and to be b?ld i~ Danger: The Teachers of otl~tr;. Sc~ ence.r were not fo much as admttted m Laced11manio. - They had hut 0 f : GtJrment, and that J~tlew but ~nee a Year. - They r~rely ufed Barbs or oft, the Cullom of thofe Parts of the World.- Theu Youth lay in troops ; upon Mats; the B9ys ~nd Guls a parr. - T,hey accufiomed their Yourll , to Travel by Night wnhout Light, to ufe them not to be afraid. _ The Old Governed the i' oung ; and thofe of them who obeyed not tho ' Aged, were pum(ht. - it r{ds a Shame not to bear Reproof nmoil.t. rbi : Toutb ; an_d amo!l.§ tbe Aged Mottfr Of Punl.fl?ment not t~ g~v( it. T~ef • made ordm:J.ry Ch:er,. ~!1 Pur. pofe. t~ . ~ep, out Luxur>; ; holding? that m""n Fare kept ~he Spm~free, ~nd the !!!JdJ' fit for Atlion. • The Mufick ; they ufed was Stm,ple, wuhout Art of Ch:(rj~i,ngs.' Thei,r Songs campo· , 1 fed .of Virruom Deeds ofGoo,d Men, and tHeu Harmony mixt with fom · , Rebt,zom Exta.(its, !hat feem d t.o carry their Mind.r a'boiJe the Fear ~j , Death. _They perrhttted not theu Youth tO TraVel, left they fhpuld cor..;, r~pt thetr M.1nners; and for the fame Reafon, they,permit!ed not Stranier~ : ttl dwell amongfJ ~hem, that Conform'd '!ot to tbeir Waj Of Living. In thi~ , they were fo fin~, ,that fuch o~ ~hetr Youth that we~e..not Educated· , th~trCuftoms •. en;oyd not rh~. Pnvliedges:j ]\lative.r. T1iey Would fufF~ , neaher Comfdr~s rlor Tragedz~s ~o be ~8: in their Country. They Con• , dem ~ed a So14rer but for pamung hts Buckler of feverar Colours : And c p~bhckly pumfh~ a Toung Man, for having learnt hut the, Way to a Tow ' gwen to Luxury. They alfo banifht !n Orator for bragg:ing that he coul~ : fjtak a whole Day upbn any Suhft!d ; for !hey did not like mil"cli Speakiog, , 1\luch lefs for a ba~ Caufe. -They bbrted their Dead wltliout any Cere• , mo~y or Superfitt~on; for they only ufed a Red Cloth upon the Body,· , Brotdered wah Oll~e Leaves: This Burial had aU Degrees. JHo11rning they forbad, and Fprtapht too.- When they prayed to God they firetcht : fonh their Arms, which with them was a Sign that they ~ufi do Good Workr, as well as make Gootl. Prayers. They afl<'d of God bur Two Thin~:s 'l}:t~ence i1z Lab~ur, and Happinef.r in WeD-doing. ,~ c Thts Account ts ma:ftly the fame with Xenopbon1s: . c Adding, That they: c FAt moderart!y, and m Common; the Youth ~ixed with the Aged, to awe· , them, andgtvethem go?d Example.-That tn Walking, they would nei'' ther fpeak, nor turn theu Eyes afide, any m:ore than if they were Stat11 f.t , ¢Marble, The Men were bred Bafoful, m well m rbe Women, not.fpenk' mg nt Meal!, u_nl~{.r they wer~ ajk'd a ~efliolf. When they wefe f'i'ftcen Years of Age, tnftead of leavmg them to their own Condua as in other" :Places, they had "!ofi.Care of their Conver{ntion, that they .,/ght priferue' , them fto1'!J the .Mifcbuf.r, that .Age H incident to. - And thofe that would , not c_omp~y wt:h thefe Rules, were not counted always Honeft People.' And ID this, thetr Governnt(nt was Excellent· that they rhoughr there wa~ ' no greater Punijhment for a bad Man, than to lu ltnown dnd ufed :U filth ot ; all Times, and in aU ~l•ces : For they were not to come into the Compat/J o/. , Perfons of Reputal!an. - They were to give Place to d otbtrsl to }land , whh~n they far:. To he accountable to every Honefi Man thtu-met them, of , t tlr Converfnuon.- That they m11jl kup their poor Kindred.- Tbat they • ufid not the fame Freedoms that Honefl People might uft: By which Means * ~- • |