L. VIVES.
SV•…•… (a) it is.] Plato, Pythagorizing, held that the soules after death passed into other bo∣•…•… •…•…n his Timaeus, an•…•… his last de Repub. and in his Phaedrus also, in which last hee pro∣•…•…ds the necessity of the Adrastian law, commanding euery soule, that hath had any true sp•…•…lation of God to passe straight to the superior circle without impediment: and if it per∣seuer there, then is it to become blessed eternally, continuing the former course, but if it •…•…ge that, and fall vnder the touch of punishment, then must it returne to a body. And if it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 come to those aforesaid degrees, then the knowledge maketh it a Philosopher, the next degree vnder it, a King, Emperour, or valiant man: the third, a magistrate, or the father of a 〈◊〉〈◊〉: the fourth, a Phisitian or chirurgian: the fift, a Priest or a Prophet, the sixth, a poet, the •…•…nth a tradesman, or an husband man: the eight, a Sophister, or guilder, the ninth a ty∣•…•…. Thus do soules passe vnto life and passing that well, are exalted, if not depressed, for it is 10000. yeares ere the soule returne to his first state: no soule recouereth his broken wings be•…•… that time, but hee that hath beene a true Philosopher; for he that passeth three courses so, shall bee reinstalled at 3000. yeares end: for the rest, some of them shall bee bound vnder the earth in paines, and others inuested with blisse in heauen, at the prefixed time of iudg∣m•…•…, but all shall returne to life after a 1000. yeares, and each one shall haue his choice, so that some that were men before, become beasts, and some that were beasts before, men, if so bee that they were euer men before: for that soule that neuer looked vpon truth, shall neuer haue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 forme. This is Platonisme. Now Plato speaking of these choices, in his last de repub, saith that their election still flolloweth the fashions of their former liues. So that Orpheus his soule chose a swan to liue in, nor would become a woman for his hate of them. Thamiris soule went 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a nightingale, and a swans soule went into a man: Aiax into a lion, Agamemnon into 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…gle, and Thersites into an ape. (b) Plato.] Some read, Plotine. Prophyry writes that in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 yeare of Gallienus his raigne hee came into Italy, Plotine being then fifty yeares of age, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that hee heard him fiue yeares. And Plotine was a direct Platonist in this theame of trans∣•…•…gration of soules. So that both their names may well be recited in the text. (c) Platonicall.] Plato de Rep. li. 10. saith, that the soules go into the l•…•…thean field, wherein groweth nothing, and there they all ly downe and drinke of the riuer Amelita, and those that drinke largly, forget al things.