Parr.3.Sect.z. Love-Me!Anchot,. Memb.z.Subf,z. ~ And thofe mali genij are taken with it, as t I have already proved. For. t Sett ••.M.... mofombarbar1 verentur,&adaf!ellllm pul&hrum immunis animmmanfl 1 ' 8 "'·'· eftit .(Heliod.lib . 5.) The Barbarians ftand in awe of a fairc woman an 11 d at a beautiful! afpect a fierce fpirit is pacified. For when as Tr.y w~ ta j ~;;:,~:: ken , and the warres ended(as Clemens o AlexanJrinus quot~s o~t of Eu: Trojam eum rtpttles )angry Menelaus With rage and fury armed, cameWith h1s fword impetu fme- drawne,to have killed H elena with his own hands, as being the folecaufe :i:,;,"t;;;;::, ofall thofe warres and mifcries: but when hei: faw her faire face, as one fl•tj'~ adeo. amazed at her divine beauty, heelet his weapon fall and embraced her ~:,;;;;::;d::,~ bdides,heehad no power to ftrike fo fweet acreature. Ergo hebetantur ferrum exei- enfts pt~lchrttr~dme, the edge ofalharpe fword(as the faying is)is dulled dem &e. with.a beautifullafpect,and feverity it felfe is ovcrcome.Hiperides the o. rarour,when Phryne his client wasaccufed at Athens for her lewdndle ufl!d no oth~r defence in her caufe , but tearing her upper garment, difcio. fed her naked bteaft to theludges, with which comc!indfe of her body and amiable gcllure they were fo moved and allonilhed, that they did ac: quit her fonhwith,and let hergoe. 0 noble piece of lullice, mine author exclaimes,and who is hee that would not rather loofe his feat and robes forfeit his office,then give fentenceagainll the 1uajelly of beauty t Such prerogatives have faire perfons,and they alone are free from danger .Ptr. tbenop.e,..swasfolovelyand fai re, that when hce fought in theTheb4n warrcs,ifhisface had beenby chancebare,noencmy wmdd offerto llrike at or hurt him,fuch irnrnunities bath beauty.Bealls thcmrdvcs are mopT~~nt• for· ved with it.Sinalda was a woman of fuch excellent fearure,P and a ~een ••• fuit ut that when {he was to be trodden on by wild horfes for a punilhmem, the i:,~,[e~f.~x- wild beafls flood intdmiratiln ofherperfon, (Sax~ Grammaticus lib, 8. · poftt•for~te- Dall,Hiff.)andwoutd not hurt her. Whcrefored1d that royal! virgin in ~::'o~~:~::t, , t .dpuleius when lhe fled from the thecve!denne,ina delcrt,make luchan ipfir iumentu Apollrophe to her A!le on whom lhee rode: (for wllar knew lhe to the odmir(JJiom coonary bat that bee w.a anaj[er )S• me parenttbus &.proco formoforeddi. J:,f.~~':;< deru, qt~tUtibig_rati.a, qM~honomha_bebo, quo~ctb os.exhibebo~ Shce tLib.S.mik(. would combe h1m, drd!eh1m, feed hun, and rncke h1m everyday her felfc and he lhould workc no morc,toyle no more, but reil and play,&c. Anci'befidcslhcewould have adainty piaure dmvne , in perpetual! re. membrance,a virgin riding upon an Alfes backe with this motto, .dfino vel/ore regia'flirgo (t1giens captivitattm;why faid lhe all this,why did lhe make fuch promites to a dumbe bcall? But that lhe perceived the poore Alfe to be taken with her beauty;for he did often obliquo eo/to pedts pt~ell.e decoros b'.fi-are, kilfe h~r feet ~s lhce rid, & ad.delicatula< vocul,u ten~ abat · 11Jhinnir6, offer to giVe con1ent as mu'h as m h1m was ro her dchcatc fpeech~s,nnd befides he had fo!"efeeling as lh6: conceived of her mifery. ' And why did Tbeogmes horfe m Helt1dorm curvear, prance, and goc fo ~::;,tbiop . l'roudly ,ex11ltans alacriter &(uperhitiiJ,&c.buc that fure as mine author fuppofeth,he was in love ~vith his mafl.er,di:<iffes ip(t•m equum_PulchrMm inttlfigertpt~lchramdomzm[~rm1111~ A fly hghtcd on t t.Malthzmcheeke L:.'t"""· as bee lay alleepe,but why~ Not to hurt him, as aparaftte of his !landing by well perceivcd,?o" ut P"!if.eret fedut o{euiA~et•r,but certainly to kifle him as ravilhed wuh his dmne lookes. Inammate '~eatures I fuppofe, ' · · hare
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