the statuë of Priapus in the agalma of a Satyre in their gardens: for which cause, we read of many pictures made of Satyres. Antiphilus made a very noble one in a Panthers skin, calling it Aposcopon, that is, Wri-faced. Another Painter of Aristides, painted it crowned with a drinking cup, signifiyng therby the beastlines of drunkards. Miron had one pain∣ted hearing and admiring pipes, and another called Periboetos at Athens, as is reported, and that Praxitelus was wonderfully in loue therewith; wherupon beeing at supper with Phryne the noble harlot, who had begged of him the best piece of worke he had, consen∣ted, with this condition, that he would not tell hir which he loued best: wherupon shee, to satisfie hirselfe, priuily suborned one of his slaues, to come in at supper time, and tell him his house and most of his goods were burned, whereat being amazed, demanded if [ 10] Cupid and the Satyre were safe, by which she knew the best peece, and asked cupid, refu∣sing the Satyre. Protogenes had one painted holding pipes in his hande, and was called Anopauomenos: and Timanthes had painted cyclops sleeping in a little tablet, with Satyres standing beside him, measuring with a iauelyn the length of his thumbe.
Satyres haue no humain conditions in them, nor other resemblance of men beside their outward shape: though Solinus speake of them like as of men. They cary their meat vnder their chin as in a store-house, and from thence being hungry they take it forth to eate, making it ordinary with them euery day which is but annuall in the Formicae lions; being of very vnquiet motions aboue other Apes. They are hardly taken, except sicke, great with yong, old, or asleepe: for Sylla had a Satyre brought him which was taken a [ 20] sleepe neere Apollonia, in the holy place Nymphaeum, of whom he (by diuers interpreters) demanded many questions, but receiued no answer, saue only a voice much like the nei∣yng of a horse, wherof he being afraid, sent him away aliue. Philostratus teleth another hi∣story, how that Apollonius and his colleagues supping in a village of Ethiopia, beyond the fall of Nilus, they heard a sudden outcry of women calling to one another; some saying, Take him, others, Follow him: likewise prouoking their husbands to helpe them: the men presently tooke clubs, stones, or what came first to hand, complaining of an iniury don vnto their wiues. Now some ten moneths before there had appeared a fearfull snew of a Satyre, raging vpon their women, and had slain two of them, with whom he was in lou: the companions of Apollonius quaked at the hearing hereof, and Nilus one of them sware [ 30] (by loue) that they being naked and vnarmed, could not be able to resist him in his out∣ragious lust, but that he would accomplish his wantonnes as before: yet said Apollonius, there is a remedy to quaile these wanton-leaping beasts, which men say Midas vsed (for Midas was of kindred to Satyres, as appeared by his eares.) This Midas heard his mother say, that Satyres loued to be drunke with wine, and then sleep soundly, and after that be so moderat, mild and gentle, that a man would thinke they had lost their first nature.
Whervpon he put wine into a fountain neere the high-way, whereof when the Satyr•• had tasted he waxed meeke suddenly, and was ouercome. Now, that we thinke not this a fable (saith Apollonius) let vs go to the gouernor of the Towne, and inquire of him whe∣ther there be any wine to be had that we may offer it to the Satyre, wherunto all consen∣ted, [ 40] & they filled foure great Egyptian earthen vessels with wine and put it into the foun∣tain where their cattel were watred: this don, Apollonius called the Satyre, secretly thret∣ning him, and the Satyre inraged with the sauour of the wine came; after he had drunk•• thereof, Now said Apollonius, let vs sacrifice to the Satyre for he sleepeth, and so led the inhabitants to the dens of the Nymphes, distant a furlong from the towne and shewed thē the Satyre, saying; Neither beat, cursse, or prouoke him henceforth, and he shall neuer harme you. It is certaine, that the deuils do many waies delude men in the likenes of Sa∣tyres, for when the drunken feasts of Bacchus were yearely celebrated in Parnassus, there were many sightes of Satyres, and voyces, and sounding of cymbals heard: yet is it like∣ly that there are men also like Satyres inhabiting in some desart places; for S. Ierom in [ 50] the life of Paul the Eremite, reporteth there appeared to S. Antony an Hippocentaure, such as the Poets describe and presently he saw in a rocky valley adioining, a litle man hauing croked nostrils, hornes growing out of his forhed, and the neather part of his body had Goats feet: the holy man not dismayed, taking the shield of faith, and the breast-plate of righteousnesse, like a good souldior of Christ, preased toward him, which brought him some fruites of palmes as pledges of his peace, vpon which he fed in the iourney;