Part.z.Sell. z. Exerci(e rectified. fant Itineraries of p a"IIN Hent::oerai ,Jodotres Sincerus,EqteeJ Pol~nus ,&c .to 2 77 read BeUoniteS obfervations,P. Gi!lias his furvaies; thofe parts of A nurica, ---- fetout and curiouily cutin pictures, by FratresaBry. To fee awell cut Herbal:Hearbs,Trees,Flowers,Planrs,all vegeralls exprdfed in their proper colours rothe life, as that of Mattbiol.u ~pon Diofi:oridu,Delncampim, Lobe/ Baubinus,andthatlafl:volummous andm1ghty HerballofBejlar of NoreJnberge, whereinalmo!! every Plant is to hisowne bign~~e. To fee Birds,Bealh, and Fiil1es ofthe Sea,Stnders, Gnats, Serpent~, Fhes,&c. all Crearuresfetoutbythe fame Art, and truelyexprelfedmhvely colours, with an exact defcri ption of their natures, venues, qualities, &c. as hath been accurately performed by .!Eiian,Ce(ner, Vly(fes Aldrov•ndus,Bd!oni- .u,R.ondoletiru,ffippolytM Salvianru,&c.*Anana crEli,n<ttiY£ jccreta1ordi- * CatJan. nw1 rmiverji fcire,majoris ftlicitatis & du!cedinis eft, quaf!J cogitation< quis a([equi po(tit ,aut mortalis;perare. What more pleafing fiudies can there be then the Mathematicks, Theoricke, or Practicke parts.? As to furvay land, make mappes, modells, dials, &c. with which I was ever much de- . . lighted my felfe. Talis eft Mathet?tatumpu!chritttd(j (faith q Pllltarch) ut hu di~;:;.~.:::t'J. indignMJJfit divitiarumpha!eras ijlas & bullas, & pt~tllaria ffellacula COflt· · parari; fuch is the excellencie ofthefe fiudies, that all thofe ornaments and child101 bubbles of wealth,arenot worthy to bee compared to them: . crede mihi ( •faith one) extinguidulce erit MathentaticarumartillflJJiudio, ;:;:;:,~ggr. I could even live and dye with fuch meditations, rand take more delight, per.progn!;. true content ofmindein them, then thouhafiin all thyweJlthandfport, rp;.,capiovo-: how rich foeverthou art. Thelikepleafure thereis inallotherfiudies, tupram&c. to fuch as aretruely addicted to them, t eaJitavit,u (one holds) ut crtm tcarddnpro[ar.: qrtiseadeguftaverit, quaji poculis Circeis eapttr·s, non pofit rmquam ab iUi> mumvamt. diveUi; the like fweetnelfe, which as Circes c~p bewitcheth a findem, bee . cannot leJve off, as well may wimeife thofe many laborious houres, dayes and nights, fpem in the voluminous Treatifes written by them; the fame content. • Juli!IS SC41iger was fo much affeCl:ed with Poetry , that hee • Poerim lib: brake out into a patheticall protefiation, he had rather be the author of 11 verfes in Luan,or fuch an ode in t Horace, then Emperourof Germany .N i- ~~~;1;.~1;,; cholas f Gerbelws that good old man, was fo much rav1lhed w1th a few ,.,. ribi, &-c.' Greeke Authors refiored to light,with hope and delire ofenjoying the refi, t v~ ~euop~ that heexdaimes forthwith, vfrabibtrs atq;Indi1 ommb~s erimus ditiores, ;:{;p.' (;,~~- ' we !hall be riche~then all theArabicke, or Indian princes; offuch* efieeme ~~" Ji imethey were w1th htm,lncomparableworrh andvalue.Seneca prefersZeno & ~;;, ~;;:;.;, Chryjippus,two donng Stoicks (hewasfo rouGh ehamoured on their works) quao oper, quot before any Prince or General! ofan Army; and Orontius the Mathem:idci- tbef.luro' ""' ' an fo larreadmiresArchimedes, thathe-ecalls him,Divimtut& hominef!ta- rem:« . torem, a petty God, more then aman; and well he might for ought I fee, 1f you refpetl fame or worth. Pindarus of Thebes is as much renowned fo his Poems, as Epantinondas, Pelopid,u, Hercules or Bacchr<S, his fello-w citizens fortheir warlike a/lions,& fi fontai?J refficias, non paretiores Arijlotelis qt~amAiexandrimemhierunt (as Cardan notes) Arijiot!e is more knowne then Alexander, for we have a bare relation of vflexandetsdeeds, but AriJiot!etotrts vivitinmontementi!,is whole in hisworkes: yet I fiand not up· on th1s, the delight is ir, which I aime at, lo great pleafure, fuch fweet conNo z tent
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