The life and death of william Long beard, the most famous and witty English traitor, borne in the citty of London Accompanied with manye other most pleasant and prettie histories, by T.L. of Lincolns Inne, gent.

Of many learned men ancient and moderne, who violently and infortunatelie ended their daies.

THemostocles the Athenian slue him∣selfe. Lucretius the Philosopher died the selfesame death, and Gallus (as learned as both they) was murthe∣red by his owne handes: Pliny was smothered by fire in the mountaine Aetna. Besides all these, manie o∣ther neuer seconded in science peri∣shed sinisterlie. Thales the Milesian died for thirste, Zeno was slaine by the commandement of the Tyrant Phalaris. Anaxarchus by the iudgement of Nicocreon finished his life with manie tortures. Archimedes the Philosopher an excel∣lent Mathematisian was slaine by Marcellus souldiers: Py∣thagoras with his threescore schollers was put to the sworde. Anacharsis died suddenlie. Diodorus burst thorough harts gréefe, by reason he could not answer a question which Stil∣bo the Philosopher had propounded him. Aristotle after he had lost the fauour of Alexander, being in Calcide, drowned himselfe in the floud Euripus. Calistines his scholler was cast hedlong out of a window. Marcus Tullius had his ears and hands cut off, and set vp in the publike place where the Drators declaimed.

Seneca was put to death by his scholler Nero, whoe had first caused his vaines to be opened in a bathe of hot water. Iohannes Scotus reading in England, by a sudden conspira∣cie of his schollers was with his best fauorites put to death, but if I should vndertake to repeat all the haplesse endes of these ancients whoe were excellent in learning, it were too long for me to write, or you to read. For which cause I will begin to let you vnderstand the death of some moderne lear∣ned. Petrach died suddenlie, Domitius Caldarinus perished through the sicknesse of the plague. Consiliator was burned aliue. Angelus Politianus finished his daies by hauing his

braines dasht out against a wall. Peter Leo of Spoletum was drowned in a ditch, the Lorde Francis Pico was slaine by his tenants. Fisher and Thomas Moore were beheded, Cranmer and Latimer burned, the rest since fresh in memo∣rie I néed not to trouble you with: I onelie set these down for the learned to consider vppon and examine themselues by circumstances, & cunninglie canuase in their conscience an argument a comparatis.