Pan. 3 .Sed.z. BeautyaCarife. Memb.3.Subf.z; t Wh;n Peter Arttine's Lllcretiacame!irftto Rome, and that the fame of 455 her beauty ,adurbanarum delttiarum Jeflatores venerat, nemo non advi t Perwdzda(- d. & r. db d h . I r. } h'k d'c•lodial.ltal. den ameam, c.was,prea a roa ,t eycamem(asney,ay t tc an Larm.donar.J thrufo/dtofeeher,andhovered about her gates, as they did ofold toG•JP.Barrhzo L•il of Corinth,and Phryne of Thefm. · f~~;:~iur. "' Adc11iHS iacuit Gr.ecia totafires, . tVefliilJelen-. t Every man r,u,httoget her loue, feme withZaUa11t andcojlly appareU, Jore (!}' ele: · J' ~ · 1 t. · h · h ;+; l g4ntt4,a'l»bt• fomewtthan ajfeEiedpace,fomewttiJ mu U]Ue, ot ers wtt rtc g. 1ts, p ea- 1ioneinceffut font di{conrfe,multitude offoUoJ~t~ers,ot ers with letters,vowes, anderomi. donu,..ntile:' fls,to commendthemfelves,•IJdtobegratious in her eyes. Happy was hee:;;;~;f,"'" th1!t could fee her,thrice happy that enjoyed her company. charmides z Pr~ ;:;;,;, in ~lato was a pmper young rnan,in comelinelfe ofperfon, & allgoodqua. ;~!:':i4&•::•· /mes far exceedmg other.s, whenfoeverj4tre Charrmdes ~ame •kroad, they gregiii indole feem' d allto be tn love wttb hzm (as CrtttzCS defcnbes thetr carnage) and mirandusop· were troubled 41 ~he very fight ofbim,many came neere him, N~anyfollo"!ed~~':/,,"::,'~!': him wherefotver he went, As thole • formArum f}eflatores tJid dcovtuu, ti e'uramo'!. it at any time he waiked abroad; The dthenean Laffes ftared on Alcibia- videbanrur, des, Sapho and the Mitilean ~vomen, <;'11 Phaon the faire. S~tch lovely !"';;ifle..rur fights doe not only pleafe,ennfc,but ravtfh and amaz.e. CleommH< a deli- •P·••. ~ateand tender youth,prefent a~ afeaft which Androcles his unkle made ~;",:7;.4;,~~:· m PJT«O atAthem,when he facnficed ro Mercury, fo ftuptfied theguefis, cienrer &Pad DineM,A,ijlippm, AgaJikenes, and the reft, (as Charidemm in t .t..ucian formam '!"' relates it) that they could not eat their meat, they f<~tc all fupper ttmcga. :"f"W'~~"· · zing,glancingat hiq~,fiealing looks, and admiring of his beauty. Many mo fop:;nti~ wi.ll condemne thefe n:en. that are foenamou.red,for fooles; but'fome a- ~,:;:::t•t;A. game commend them for tt; many reJeCt Paru JUdgemenr,and yet LnciaN ferrur dop· · approves ofit,admiring Pari! for his choice 1 hce would baue dGne as bus. . ' , much himfelfe,and by good defert in his mindc , Beauty is to be pmfer. b-l"f~"~"' red•befomvealthorwifdome. b Athen.em Deipo[ophiff.lib. l3.C•P·7·f:;;,; (,,r•;_ holds it not {uch indignity for the Troians and Greeks tocontend tenne chiv•• rempoveares, ro fpcnd fo much labour, loofe fomany mens lives for Hd~n1 ;::;ir:S"!f}. fake,• forfofaire a Ladies fake, lobore. '• ob talem uxorem cui prz<jlantifimaforma, ~'Dign•. ~uiNilmmalereftrt. . ,:~/;.':;:r.,_ 'fhatonewoman was worth a kmgdome, roooooother women aim Achilles, world it felfe. Well inightt Sterpjichores be blind for carping at fo f;ire ;•~Pri{.'' a crcarure,and a juft punifhmcnt it was. The fame teftimony gives Ho. p:,6,:j!ft,;1• mer of the old men of Troy, that werefpcetators of that fingle combate Proper-lzb. ~. betwixt PariJ and <.M melam atrhe Seian gate, when Helena ftood in pre. ~~~~~':1:•• 4 fence, they faid all , the war was worthily prolonged and ul)dertaken carpr:zar.'m d for her fake. The very Geds themfelves (as Homer and t tf'ocrates re-d T ore mud " ( " I h h d'd . 1' tcnou' Tuzk$ cor ) roug umore,or He ena,t ent ey 1 agamft the Gyants. \Vhen·thatmuzmu- • P'enru loft her fonne cup1d, fhee made proclamation by <.M erc,;ry that red •• !o(ahohe that could bringtidingsofhim fhouldhave feaven kilfes. a nobie re- if"r""h"hey ward fome fay,& much better then ~o.many golden talents : feavcn fuch ,:'7-Jhf:~~ I<IIfcs.to many men,wer~ f!!Orc preuous then feaven Cities, or fo many i'i::={;!;;"'lt; Provmces. One fuch a ktfle aloAe, would recover a man ifhewcre a dy- Helm:' ing, ~ S11aviol11m StygiA jicte devaUe reducer, c7c. ~ Apul• .,ttr. Mmm 3 r. lib.•. - "'re~t ~ '""'·t4(.1 J
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