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„Desenbed by
Lucian to be a-
sred, bald, and
wiinckled,
brown-co-
loured, clad
with a Lyon’s
skin holding
in his right
hand a C! ub,
in his left a
Bow, with &
Quiver at his
back, and long
snaall chains
of Gold and
Amber fastned
thorow little
holesto the tip
of his tongue,
drawing a.nul-
litude of peo-
ple willing to
sollow him;
only shaddovv*
ing to us the
power of Elo-
quence.
Pluto in Timceo.
Pier. Valerius,
lib- 6.
os Nobility in General*
9 Celticky Hercules* the rude multitude by the eares.
Mark^Anphonycontending againft Auguslus for the Ro-
mane Empire, allured himself he could never obtain
his purpose while Cicero lived ; therefore he procured
his death. The like did Antipater,a successor to Alex-
ander ^ by Demfthenes, aspiring to the Monarchy qf
Greece. And not long linee a poor Mahometan Priest,
by hissmooth tongue, got the Crown of Morocco srom
the right heir,being of the house of Giusepb or Joseph,
And much hurt it may do,if like a mad mans sword it
beusedby a turbulent and mutinous Orator : other-
wise we must hold it a principal means of correcting ill
manners,reforming laws,humbling aspiring minds,and
upholding all vertue. For as Serpents are charmed with
words the mo ft Ravage and erne l natures by Eloquence :
which some interpret, to be the meaning of Mercuries
golden Rod, with those Serpents wreathed about it.
Much therefore it concerneth Princes, not onely to
countenance honest and eloquentOrators,but to main-
tain such near theni,as no mean props(if occasion serve)
to uphold a State? and the onely keyes to bring in
tune a diseordant Common' wealth.
But it (hall not be amide ere I proceed further,to re-
move certain doubts,which as rubs clog the clear pas-
sage of our diseourse ; and the first concerning Baltar-
dy,Whether Bastardj may be said to benobly born or
not; I answer with Justinian, Sordes interpracipuosm-
minari n*n merentnr. Yet it is the custom with us, and
in France, to allow them for Noble, by giving them
sometimes their sathers proper Coat, with a bend Sini«
ster,as ReignaldEar\ofCQrnewall,bafc{Qt\ to the Con-
queror, bare his Fathers two Leopards pasTant gar-
dant, Or, in a field Gules,with a bend Sinifier Azure :
The like Hamlin,basesonto Geossrey Plantagenet,Ear\
os Surry. Some,t heir fathers whole Coat,or part os the
same in bend dexter ;as John Reanf0rd,a Bastardof5o<-
merstt, bare party per pale argent and Azure, a bend of
Fng'and^mih a label! os France Sir Roger de Clarendon,
„Desenbed by
Lucian to be a-
sred, bald, and
wiinckled,
brown-co-
loured, clad
with a Lyon’s
skin holding
in his right
hand a C! ub,
in his left a
Bow, with &
Quiver at his
back, and long
snaall chains
of Gold and
Amber fastned
thorow little
holesto the tip
of his tongue,
drawing a.nul-
litude of peo-
ple willing to
sollow him;
only shaddovv*
ing to us the
power of Elo-
quence.
Pluto in Timceo.
Pier. Valerius,
lib- 6.
os Nobility in General*
9 Celticky Hercules* the rude multitude by the eares.
Mark^Anphonycontending againft Auguslus for the Ro-
mane Empire, allured himself he could never obtain
his purpose while Cicero lived ; therefore he procured
his death. The like did Antipater,a successor to Alex-
ander ^ by Demfthenes, aspiring to the Monarchy qf
Greece. And not long linee a poor Mahometan Priest,
by hissmooth tongue, got the Crown of Morocco srom
the right heir,being of the house of Giusepb or Joseph,
And much hurt it may do,if like a mad mans sword it
beusedby a turbulent and mutinous Orator : other-
wise we must hold it a principal means of correcting ill
manners,reforming laws,humbling aspiring minds,and
upholding all vertue. For as Serpents are charmed with
words the mo ft Ravage and erne l natures by Eloquence :
which some interpret, to be the meaning of Mercuries
golden Rod, with those Serpents wreathed about it.
Much therefore it concerneth Princes, not onely to
countenance honest and eloquentOrators,but to main-
tain such near theni,as no mean props(if occasion serve)
to uphold a State? and the onely keyes to bring in
tune a diseordant Common' wealth.
But it (hall not be amide ere I proceed further,to re-
move certain doubts,which as rubs clog the clear pas-
sage of our diseourse ; and the first concerning Baltar-
dy,Whether Bastardj may be said to benobly born or
not; I answer with Justinian, Sordes interpracipuosm-
minari n*n merentnr. Yet it is the custom with us, and
in France, to allow them for Noble, by giving them
sometimes their sathers proper Coat, with a bend Sini«
ster,as ReignaldEar\ofCQrnewall,bafc{Qt\ to the Con-
queror, bare his Fathers two Leopards pasTant gar-
dant, Or, in a field Gules,with a bend Sinifier Azure :
The like Hamlin,basesonto Geossrey Plantagenet,Ear\
os Surry. Some,t heir fathers whole Coat,or part os the
same in bend dexter ;as John Reanf0rd,a Bastardof5o<-
merstt, bare party per pale argent and Azure, a bend of
Fng'and^mih a label! os France Sir Roger de Clarendon,