e. 300 ATyrants Peace, is the motherof his Furie. Ypon the third Rearms by which thede will alfures himfelfeof peaceably pof felling his fpoiles. forehand thofemiferieswhereunto hee isborne NoraTyrant defiretobeare rule,knewheebut the troublesandmisfortunes,that attendcommands ;where- of, oneis Feare : For, thoughhe bee feared ofall men, yet greater is his,than theirfeare . Caine was the firftTyrant that euer was in theWorld, and did hue in that terrible feare, that thewaggingof a leafewould ftartle him , and make him turne coward. Thishis feare,madehim to fay, Whofsemerfindeth me,wiüflay mee.cAtacrobiste,painting forth thepains &torments ofHell, fayth , That your Tyrants haue a great rockehanging ouer their heads which is euermore threat- ning tofall vponthem. This pi' ure in that other life, dooth wellanfwere to that which they fuffer in this..,Eliancomparesthem to hogs,whoare no fooner toucht,but they grunt,fearingtheirhues that he taken from them.Noris thede- uilhimfelflefïe affraid than they, euer fince that God fayd , Ipfe conteret caput tu- um, He Ad bridle thy head. Therewas neuer yetthat manborneinto the world, thatwas a Saint,or whom theprophecies did prefigurefor a Saint , but that the Deuill was Rill affiaid that heewould cracke his skull, or (tovfe the Scripture phrafe) would bruifehis head. Secondly, For the better auoiding of feare , a Tyrant out offeare commits manycruelties. Herodoutof this fèare,flewfomany innocent Babes. Pharaoh out ofthis feare,would haue all the malechildren oftheHebrews put to death. Athalia,out of this feare,deftroyedall the ftockeRoyal that filecould comeby. For all(faythSeneca) that are either powerfull,or popular , or next ofblond to the Crowne,whether they befriendsorenemies,are alikefufpeéted ofhim that is a Tyrant. And lob remembers the reafonofthis iealoufie , flee takes away the limesof thevaliant becaufe he ,eafraid they will cut his throat. Therewas neuer yet any Saint of God, to whomethe Deuill, out ofthis feare,was notcruell.He in- cenfed Caine, againft Abell ;'fmael, againft /fide; Efau againft laco6; and his ownenaturall Brethren, againft to¡eph. But when our SauiourChrift came into theWorld,what a roaring,and what ahidious bellowing did the Deuill make e Andas the Hieronfhaw(whenthe fawlkoner lets his hawke flye from fift,which muff get vp aboue him and take awayhis life) fais a fhrieking, and makesamolt pittifull andfearefull noyfe ; fo theDeuill made molt lamentable mone when our Sauiour Chriftappeared to the World, Crying out, Why art them come to troublevs beforethe time. TheDeuill then, fuffring fomanyaffrights and feares,andmultiplying fo ma- ny cruelties as he daylydoth ; what peace or quietneffe canhee inioy, that our Sauiour fhould fay ofhim , In pacefunt omnia,qu.epoßidet ? Allthathepoffetch ra inpeace. Three reafonsmaybe rendred forit. Theone,in regard ofhis pride ; whowas fo prefumptuous asto fay, Iwill af- cendòc. He that did hope to inioy a feat inHeauen; it is notmuch that hee fhouldlooketo inioypeace onearth. For though feare difquiet him, yet pride affurethhim, flatteringhimfelfe, thathee (hallafcend the throne of the Higheft without anydifturbance. Theother,in regardofthemiferieof thofe whom he tyrannizeth ouer. Redu- cingthem to that feare,that theydare notoncequack,or offer to ftir againft him, to fuch awretchedan eftatehath he brought them. And therefore irisno mar- uaile that he fhouldmake no doubt ofkeeping fure poffetlion of this dumbe, deafe,andblind man. The third,in regardthat man hath madeabale ad difhonourable peace with the Deuill,yeeldinghimfelfe tobehis flaue,andby refting well contented with thishis feruitude. Plutarch reporteth ofVitaClauditie,that Rome beingabout to
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