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Show ·"998 Nd CROSS, No C-ROWN. Vox.. • 1668• effeminate young Man; .Art no.t thou afhamed, fl'irJj bt, to ~ufe thy felf worfe than Nature hath made thee? She hath made chee a Man, hut thou ~. wilt force thy felf to be a Woman. To one that courted a ~ad ~oman; 0 Wretch''Jtrid bt What me:~neft thou, to :lSk for that, wh1ch 1s benet loft thaA f~u.nd ? To one that fmelled _of f\;'Veet Unguents, Hol\'e a Cne _fa."tb b this Perfume makC not thy L1fe fhnk. He comp;ued Covetous M~n, :~ fuch as have the Drop[te, Thofe a~ full o,f Money, yet defirc more; Thefe of Water; yet tbirft for more. Bemg ask d_, What _Beafis were the wodl:? In the Field,,aitb be, ~ears, and Lyons; 10 the Ct_ry, Ufurers an_d Flatterers. At a Fea , one givmg htm afreat C~p of_ VVme. he threw a away; for which being blamed, If I ba drun_k zt ~ fJtth he, not ~nly the Tfline v;ou/J. h11ve been lo/1, but I aljo. One :1sk~ng h_tm, How he ~tghr ortier himfelf beit? Said, By reproving. thofe Thmgs m thy felf, which th?u blamefi in others. Another demandtng,_Whar was hardefl? ~c: :tnfwerd, -To know 011r Jdvcs, to whom tee are Part ~a/ .. An ~ftt;>loger dtfcourfing to the People of the w:1ndring Srars; No, faz~b h(, 1t .Is not ,the Stars, bur thefe {pointing to the People that heard htm.) Bemg afk d, What Men were moft Noble, They faith be, who .contemn We~lth, Ho~our :tn,d Plcafure, and en<!ure the Contraries, t? W1t, P?verty, Scorn, Pam and Dea~h. To a wicked Man, reproaching h1m for h1s Poverty; ~ ne':er knew, fauh bf, any Man punifh'd for his Poverty, but ma.ny. for. theu W1ckednefs. To one bewailing himfelf that he fhould not d1: tn ~IS ?Wn Country; Be of .Comfott, faith 'bt, for the Way ro Heaven ts altke t~ every Place, One Day he went backw:1rds; whereat the ~eop~e Lo11g~mg, Are ~ou. nor :Ifhamed; faith be, to do that all your Life-Ttme, which you dertde tn me~ Laert. Stob. Strom. 4S· Stob.161. Jb;d ..... §. LXXI. t:nt", a Tbeban, famous for his Self-denial and Virtue; defcended from the Haufe of Alexander, of great Eilare, at leafi Troo HundredTaknu · which having_moftly diftributed amongft the poor Citizens, he became d conlladr Profeifor of the Cynick Pbilofophy. He exceedingly inveighed againftCommon Women. Seeing at D~lpbos a Golden lmag;, th:It PhrJnt, the Courtizan, had fet up, by the Gatos .of her Trade, cry d. out, Thu is 11 Trophy of the Greeks Intemperance. Seemg ~young M~n h1ghly Fed, and Fat; Unhappy Youth, faith be, do not fornfie thy _Pnfon. To another followed by a grea.r many Parnfitts; Yourig!Man, Jaub b(, I am forry t~ fee thee fo much alone. W:1lking .one. Day UP?n the Exchmrge, where he beheld People mighty bo!ie after thetr dtvers Callings; Thefe P~ople, fa;rb b-., think themfelves Happy; b~t Ia~ Happy that ha~e nothmg to do wirh them: For J place my Happu1efs LD Poverty, not m R1ches. Oh! Men do not know, how much a Wallet, a Mc:xfure of Lupins, with Security, is w¢rth. Of his W'fe, .Hipparcbin, a Woman of We:1lth aod Exrra8ioo hllt Nobler for her Love to true Philofophy, and how they came together, there will be occafion to tn_~ke mention in it's Place. : §, LXXII, fltf«otle, a Scholar, t~ Plato, and t~e Oracle ~f 'l'hilofophy tothefe very T.imcs, (tho' DQt fo dwmely Contem~lauve. at h1s M~fi~r, nevenhelcf~) follows, him io. this, That Lui'Ury fhouta by good DIIC1~hne be sxil'd humane Soc1enes. ilrijlot!e feemg a Youth finely drelt, fatd, ~'~ thou'not a(ham'd, when. Nature hath made thee a Man, to make thy felf a Wornln? And to another, gazing on his tihe Clolk'; \Vhy dofi t~o_u boaft of a Sh•cp'• Fleece? Hifa;d, It .wa• tbe Duty of a gOQd Man, tO'hl'<>fo un-der L~ws, aS he (hoo,ld :do., if there were none. - 1 1. ' §. LXJ,{Ill ~Oftbllllfll, a greot and famous R.bilofopher of,the Gymnojophijls, whom Alexondet the Great req~ired ro com6 to the FeJft. of ]11p1~ rer's Son ( me;nting hi.mfelf) declari~That if he came, he fhoutd be re~ warded, if not, he I hoY~ 1 be put to .. 0\th. TheJI}tilbfopher cOnte~ne his Meifage, ;s.s vain and f~~d~d: He rft told them, 'I'!J:;t h_e dcotd ,h1m toa be ]t~littr's Son· (a mcer ~IOton.) l\cxJ1 ~That as for h1SGifts, h_t dteeme \hem nothincr w~rth; .his owp 0.>untry._ CoYld fwnif}l'Jlim .with Nece~a· • a. - • na~~ I ' Vo~: I. No GR. 0 SS{,ll[o C R{)W N. )os, ,peyond wh.i!'b., he cqy~~li nothing. And la!lly, a! ffif the Death-he 1668- threJtncd, J.le citd not fear n; bur of the two, he wijhcd 11- rdtber, in that ~ (/ahb be) I am fure it is ~C~ange Io a more blc!feJ and happy State~ • Chap. Xlll: §. LXXIV. :t.eno, the great Sra;ck, and Author of that Philofophy, had 5, b many Things admirable in him.;' who not only faid, but pta8ifed. He was X:e;t. 11 Man of that ltltegriry, and fo reverenced. for it by rhe .Atheltions, rha:t they dtpojiud the Keys of the City in bit Ht~nclt, as the only Perfon fi~ robe ln,trul\ed with 1heir Libe,nles' Yet by Bitth a. Stranger, being of Pfiwcon in Cy.pq~.~. Ant.~rg'q nm, Kmg of .il1acedoma, had a great Rl:fpefl for him, ~nt~ti\.;'fited his Cp,111pany, as the following Letter expre!feth1 . ']\i,DgllntigontiJltO Ztnf! the Philofopher, ,Hca/tb: I think that 1 exceed ' . ~~-ffijn-fonune, a.nd Glory; bur in Learning and Difdplilre, and that per~ ' 'fe-ey telicity,; ,v.bi~Jt th\)U haft atta.ined,'l .arli exceeded-by thee; wherefore 'I th9ught it expedie~t to write to thee, that thou wilt' tome to me, affitr~ • ing .mJ felf, th~p wilt not ~eny it. Ufe all means tlie(efbre to come tq '"us, and knoW, tthou art not ~o Iofiru8: me on~.y, but all_theb1a.tcdoninrl.r i ' for he who Teacheth the Kmg of .Mocedomn, and Gutdeth hup to V'jr' rue:, .it i~ evident,, thJt he. doth Ukewife Infuu8: all his SubjeEls in Vir: ' tue.: For fucb. as 1s the Pnnce, fuch for the molt Part are thofe Wlio live ,. under his Government. · · :t.eRo anfwered thus' ' To King Ant;gokYJ, Zeno wifheth Hc;lth: l t much efteem thy earneft Deijrc of Learning, in that-th-Ou aimcft at Philo.; 'Jopby, not popular, which ptr\'erterh Manners; but that rrue Difcipline ' which conferrerh :frofit; avoiding that generally comrT'J'dnded Pleafurc, ' which effeminates the Souls of Men. It is manifeft, that thou art in' dined to generous Things, nQt only by Nature, tiut by Choice; with ' indifferent Exerc~fe and Affiftance thdu ma.y'it eafily ~train ro Virtue. ~ But I :Im very infirm of Body, being Fourfcore Years of Age, and fo ' not well able to come; yet I will fend thee fame of my ch-ief Diteiples,' " who, in thofe Things concerning the Soul, are nothing inferior to me ; ' and whofe Infiru8:ions, if thou wilt follow thetn, Will Condutt thee to ' perfeCt Bletfednefs.- Thus Zeno refufed Antiganlis, b-bt fenr Perj11uJ his Country-man, and Pbilonides a Tbtban.-He woUld fa~, That Nothing wlU more unjeeluly than Pride, ejpcciaUy i11 Tbutb, tf!hicb d:Ja'J '11 Time of Learn~ ing. He therefore recommended to young Men Modefty in Three Things; In their Walking, in their Btbaviour, and in their .Appanl: €>ften repelttin!} thofe Verfes of .Euripides, in Han out of Capaneus: He Wtu not p11[tup t»itb his Store; l\7or, thought bimfel/ above tbe Poor. , Seei~Jl a Man very finely dreft, ftcpping lightly oioer a Kennel i Thai M:tn, faith be, dot)\ not care for the Dirt, hecaufe he could ~ot iCe his' Face in it. He ~lfo taught, tbe Peoplefhould not :lffeEl: Delicacy of Diet, no, not in their Sickn.e(J. To .one rhat fmelt With Unguents; Wtlo iS it, faitb he, that fmells fo effeminately? Seeing a Friend of his taken too fnucJ:t up; witll the Bufinefs of his Land; Unlefs thou tote thy Land, fa;rb b<, thy Land willlofe thee. .Being demanded, .. Whether :1 Man that doth Wrong, may conceal it from God? No, }i1ith be, nor yet he who t~infts ir; Which td\:ifies to the Omniprejt1tct of God. Being ask'd, Who wa.s his bert Friend t He anfwered, .Ll1y otber ft/f; indmating the Divine Parr tha:t WlS in hirti. ~e would fay, The End of Ma1i mat not· to Live,- Ear dnd Drink; b11't ro· Uft this Life, fo tU to obtai11 ali happy )..ife !Jereofier. He Was fo Humble, lbat he converfed wi[h mean and ragged Perfons; Whence Timo1 ihus: < •· .And for Compalfiolft, gtts of Servantr Stgre, Of aU Men the 1fojl Empty, and mnjl Po". He |
