(a) After he had kill'd his Friend Clitus.] Alexander the Great, who subdu'd all things that stood in his way, yet was vanquish'd by Wine and Anger. On a time as he was drinking with his Commanders, Clitus had magnified the Actions of King Philip, which he took as done in Deroga∣tion to his Glory, and run him through with his Spear; but when he came to himself, and his Passion was over, he was so troubled at the barbarous Act, that he was ready to turn the same Spear against his own Heart, tore his Face, and beg'd of all about him, that they would not let him sur∣vive that infamy. Three days he stir'd not out of his Tent, and could hardly he prevail'd upon to take any more suste∣nance, but by the intercession of his Friends, and especially
The five days debate at Cicero's house in Tusculum between master and sophister.
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the Counsels of Callisthenes, he was brought again to some comfortable quiet of mind. Clitus was the Son of Alex∣ander's Nurse, an old Souldier of King Philip, and who in the Battle of Granicus, had protected with his Shield King Alexander, fighting bare-headed, and cut off the hand of Rhosaces lifted up against the King's Head, with many other honourable Exploits.