wer not emong vs christian menne, many Antishenes, whiche vnder a rustie, a course, and a sluttishe vesture, hidden more pride and ostentation, then the riche gentlemen haue in their veluettes, and fine silks. fol. 16.

§ This was verified in England also, vtill the deuill had his monkes, freeres, nunnes, and other cloisters again.

When Aristippus, the disciple of Socrates, had of his gaines, of setting vp the teaching Philosophie for money (which thing he first of al the scholars of Socrates, did set vp and begon to doe) had sent twenty poundes vnto his maister: Socrates sent the money backe again unto hym forthwith, alleging that his familiar good Aungell, would in no wise suffer him to take it.

For Socrates saied, that he had a familiare ghost, or Aungell peculiar and proper to himself, of whom he was by a priuie token forbidden, if he atteˇpted, or went about to dooe any vnhonest thyng. Verely, that familiare good Aungell, I suppose, was reason. And in the meane tyme, vnto Aristippus he did after a gentle sort, signifie hymself not to alowe, ne to thinke well doen, that he kept a schoole of morall Philosophie for money, and therfore thesame gifte of his, as a thyng gotten by plaine sacrilege, he vtterly refused, and would none of it. f.24.

To a certaine persone demaunding of Aristippus in what behalf his sonne should at length bee the better, if he should bestowe the labour and coste, to set him to schoole: though nothing els (saied he) yet at leste wise at Maie games and ope sightes, there shall not one stone set his taile vpon an other.

In old time the places, where open sightes and shewes of games were exhibited, were made circlewise round about with settles or benches of Marble, staier wise one aboue an other, on which the people sat and beheld the games and sightes. And a stone thei commonly called,

Euen as we also do a feloe that had neither learnyng, nor good vtteraunce of tongue. fol. 37.

Alexander the king of ye Macedonians had sent letters vnto Antipater by a certain persone named Athlias, Diogenes at the same houre being happely in place. Who, accordyng to his Cynicall guise, saied: Athlius from Athlius by Athlias to Athlius.

¶It was nothing but a toye, in daliyng, with the affinitee and similitude of wordes. For the name of the messager was, Alaias with a, and ï in Greke souneth one being in miserable state or condition, and sore vexed or beaten with manifolde trauailes, peines and troubles. For which respecte the fighting men or the champions and maisters of fense, had their name deriued out of the same vocable, and were called both in Greke and Latin Athletae. The meaning of the Philosophier was, that princes for the ambition of honour, rule and dominion, being in continuall strife, and hurlee burlee, are in very deede persons full of miserie and wo: and euen in like miserable state of wretchednesse so be all those that are ready, prest, and willing seruauntes, aiders or furtherers of ye appetites and desires of the same.

So then true it was, that Alexander for the careful and troublous life that he leed worthely called Athlius that is miserable, wrote and sent letters by Athlias, being no lesse worthy the appellation of Athlius then his maister, vnto Antipater as muche worthy to be called Athlius as any of the other two, in that he was at all times bounde to obeye and serue Alexander. fol. 75.

There be wryters that doe father this also vpon Diogenes, Plato happely finding him washing a sorte of salade herbes, said vnto him rounding in his eare, If thou wouldest haue ben rewled by Dionysius, iwys thou shouldest not after this maner washe these herbes. Diogenes rounded Plato in the eare againe, saiyng: iwys if thou wouldest haue washed herbes for thine owne dyner, thou shouldest not in this maner haue been a Ihon hold my staf to Dionysius.

But this appeareth to be a tale forged after the likenesse

or example of the saying afore reported on Aristippus, as this same in like maner, which I will put now next of all. fol. 96.

To one saiying, many a man hath thee in derision (O Diogenes): and theim peraduenture, many an asse (saith he) again. The other feloe saiyng moreouer, and thus repliyng, yea, but thei care nothyng for the Asses, he aunswered, and I asmoche and not a iote more for them that ye speake of.

He attributed vnto Asses, the propertee of mocking or skorning, because thei do euery other while by shewing their teeth bare, as ye would saie, counterfeact grennying and makyng mowes with their lippes. And besides that, when men doe mocke any body, thei wagge their handes vp and doune by their eares at the sides of their hed, and do counterfeact the facion of an Asses eares. So then the Asse also appereth by waggyng his eares vp and doun to mocke and skorne folkes, yet is there no bodie therwith displeased, or greued. ib.

To one reprochfully casting in the nose of Diogenes that he had taken a Cope or a Mantell, of Philippus the kyng, he answered with a verse of Homere in this

maner.

ουτοι ἀπόβλητ ̓ ἐπὶ θεῖμ ἐςικυδέα δῶρα.

Gifts of honour, are not to be refused,
With the which men ar by the gods endued.

That Homerus wrote of the beautie and fauour of the bodie (whiche is the benefite and gifte of God) that did Diogenes wreste to a mantell, giuen him by a king. The same verse might euen I my selfe also, ring in the eares of soche persones, as do by a wrongfull querele obiect vnto me, that I do now and then take of noble men or of bishoppes, soche thinges as be giuen me for to doe me honestee. There is not one of them, of whom I haue at any time in all my life craued any thyng, either by plaine wordes, or by other meanes, but in deede soche

thinges as thesame of their owne voluntary willes and mere mocions, doe laye in my lappe, I receiue gladly with al my heart, not so greatly for rewardes, to the enriching of my purse, as for testimonies of their beneuolence and fauour towardes me, especially sence their habilitees are of more welthie enduemente, then to wrynge at the abatement of so smal a porcion as commeth to my snapshare.

In the thirde boke of Homere his Ilias Hector, rebuking his brother Paris, emong other wordes of reproch, saieth vnto him in skorne and derison after this maner.

sort.

Your harpe, and singyng melodious

With the other giftes of Venus

As, your goodlie heere, and aungels face,

So amiable, and full of grace,

Will not you saue, ne nelpe, this is iuste,

When ye must lye toppleyng in the dust.

To which poinct, emong other thinges, Paris maketh aunswere after this

Thou doest naught, to entwite me thus,
And with soche wordes opprobrious
To vpbraid the giftes amorous
Of the glittreying Goddesse Venus.
Neither ought a man in any wise
Proudely to refuse or els despise

Any giftes of grace and honour,

Which the Goddes of their mere fauour

Conferren, after their best likyng,

And no man hath of his owne taking. fol. 106.

When it was complained vnto Augustus, that one Erotes the solliciter of Egypte had bought a quaille, whiche in fightyng would beate as many as came, and at no haude coulde be beaten or put to the worse, and the same quaille beyng rosted, to haue eaten vp cuery

morsell: he co maunded the feloe to be broughte afore him, and the cause well discussed, immediately vpon the parties confessyng of the cause, he commauded the same to be hanged vp on the top of a maste of a ship.

¶Judgyng hym vnworthie to liue, who for so small a delite of his owne throte, or deintee mouthe, had not spared a birde, whiche in fightyng might many a long daie, and to many a persone, haue shewed pleasure and solace, and the whiche furthermore, by a certain gladde signe of good lucke to ensue, betokened vnto Cesar perpetuall successe, and prosperyng in his warres. fol 163.

Persons not a fewe (because thei had Antonius and Dollobella in great mistrust § lest thei should conspire and werke some treason against Cæsar,) gaue warnyng vnto the same, that he shoulde in any wise beware of them. Tush, no no, (quoth Cæsar) I feare not these ruddie coloured and fat bealied feloes, but yonder same spare slender skragges, and pale salowe 'coloured whoresoonnes, shewyng with his finger Brutus and Cassius.

¶ Neither did his suspicio deceiue him, for of the 2. was he afterward slain in dede. Of which matter such as be learned maie reade Plutarchus and Suetonius. fol. 193.

After the victorie and conquest of Cæsar, Cicero beeyng asken the question, how he had so ferre missed the cushin in chosyng of partes, saied: in faithe the girdyng of their gounes deceiued me.

Meanyng hymself neuer to had trusted that the victorie woulde haue gone, on soche a nice and effeminate persones side. For Caesar vsed to go after soch sort girded in his goune that he would go (euen as wanton as volupteo us feloes doen) trailling after him the skirtes of his goune, al pounced in cuttes and iagges. Wherefore Sylla would many a time and ofte, giue Pompeius warnyng to beware of the bodie, that went so lewdly girte. fol. 223.