A mirrour or looking-glasse both for saints and sinners held forth in about two thousand examples wherein is presented as Gods wonderful mercies to the one, so his severe judgments against the other collected out of the most classique authors both ancient and modern with some late examples observed by my self : whereunto are added the wonders of nature and the rare ... / by Sa. Clark ...

CHAP. XCVI. Servants, Slaves.

THe Scythians having made an eruption into [ 1] Asia Lorded it there for divers years: In the mean time their wives thinking that they had been all slain, married their servants that were left to keep their cattel. But at last these Scythians being beaten out of Asia by the Medes; returned home, but then their servants rose in armes against them, and after divers fights the victory remained doubt∣full: at last one told them, That fighting against slaves they should not use swords, but whips, as more proper instruments to subdue their servile nature: which advice being well liked, against the next en∣counter they provided them whips, with the clap∣ing of which their servants were so terrified, that

they ran away; and their Masters remained Con∣querours. Pez. Mel. Hist.

The Tyrians having maintained long warres [ 2] against the Persians, were much weakned thereby; which occasion their slaves, being many in number, laying hold of the opportunity to rise up against their Masters, and put them all to the sword, toge∣ther with all their children, and then seized upon their houses, and married their wives: onely one of them being more merciful then the rest, spared his old Master [Straton] and his son, and hid them. Then these Slaves having thus gotten possession of all, consulted to choose a King, and agreed, That he that could first see the Sun rising should be King: whereupon this forementioned Slave consulted with his old Master about the businesse; who bade him, when others looked into the East, that he should look into the VVest: and accordingly when they were all assembled into the fields, and every mans eyes were fixed upon the East, he onely looked VVestwards, for which his companions scoffed at him: but presently he espied the Sun-beams shining upon the high Towers, and Chimneys in the City, and so challenged the Kingdome: His companions would needs know who taught him this wit, and at last he told them; whereupon fetching out old Stra∣ton they not onely gave him his life, but made him their King. Justin.