A treatise of religion & learning and of religious and learned men consisting of six books, the two first treating of religion & learning, the four last of religious or learned men in an alphabetical order ... / by Edward Leigh ...

THE THIRD BOOK. Of such as were Famous for: ZEAL IN THE True RELIGION, or any Kinde of Learning. (Book 3)

CHAP. I.

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ISaac Abarbinel a Jew of great note, both amongst the * 1.1 Jews and Christians. He is the best Expositor of the Jews upon the Text.

His Hebrew Comment upon the Pentateuch and Pro∣phets are much esteemed by those who are so well skilled in the Hebrew, that they are able to make use of them. He hath Commented (say some a 1.2) upon all the Scripture.

Some Jews of malice study to pervert all Christian Do∣ctrine, as this man Abrabbaneel or Barbanel a Rabbin of great pains and wit, but not of grace, and only to be followed, when he clearly is on our side. H. Broughtons Observat. upon the first ten Fathers.

Robert Abbot, a pious and Learned Bishop.

* 1.3His excellent Writings are much esteemed. Some much commend his Book de Antichristo, others his Answer to Bishop, others his Treatise de gratia & perseve∣rantia Sanctorum.

He wrote a most accurate Commentary (in Latine) upon the Epistle to the Romanes, with large Sermons upon every verse, in which he handled, as his Text gave him occasion, all the controverted points of Religion at this day. They who withhold this work from the publick view, as they wrong the Church in generall, so in speciall the City and Cathedrall Church of Worcester,* 1.4 to which he bequeathed it as a kinde of legacy, as the Authours own words in his Dedicatory Epistle to B. Babington printed with his Sermons upon the 110 Psalm import.

Petrus Abelardus, vel ABAELARDVS, a person of great note in his time, contemporary with Bernard.

See Pasquiers Recherch. de la France, l. 6. c. 17.

Two of the verses of his Epitaph are these,

Ille sciens quicquid fuit ulliscibile, vicit Artifices, artes, absque docente, docens.

Scripsit opera quam plurima in unum volumen edita opera & Studio Francisci Am∣boesi equitis.

* 1.5Abelfoedus a great Cosmographer.

Alphonsus Tostatus, Abulensis Episc. 1430.

* 1.6Had he lived in any other age save his own, we should not have needed now to envy either Hippo for Augustine, or Strido for Jerom, nor any other of those ancient noble Worthies of the Church.

Possevine in his Apparatus saith, that at the age of 22 years he attained the knowledge of almost all Arts and Sciences. For besides Philosophy and Divinity, the Canon and Civill Laws, History and the Mathematicks, he was well skilled in Greek and Hebrew.

Hic stupor est mundi, qui scibile discutit omne.

He wrote so many Books and they not ill ones, that the world computed a sheet for every day of his life:* 1.7 Some conceive they meant after he came to the use of reason and the state of a man, others say, he wrote more sheets of paper then he lived daies.

It is related by a very credible Author Fr. Ximenes, Archbishop of Toledo, and Primate of all Spain, that reckoning the daies that he lived, from his first infancy untill his dying day, you shall finde three sheets of paper that he wrote for eve∣ry day.

He is styled Voluminous Abulensis, or the Voluminous Writer.

Accursius * 1.8: He flourished in the year 1223, or as some say, 1230. He was the

first that wrote a Gloss upon all the Civil Law, and as yet the last, saith Genebrard in his Chronology.

Jacobus Acontius, He hath written a book called Stratagemata Satana.* 1.9 See D^r Cheinels Triunity.

Adrian the Emperour * 1.10 was a very Learned Prince and Facetious, a great Gre∣cian, he was called by many Graeculus.

Pope Adrian the fourth, an Englishman, he was bred and born at S^t Albons. Oft times in familiar talk with John of Salisbury his Countryman he used these senten∣ces: To take the Papacy (saith he) is to succeed Romulus in murder,* 1.11 and not Peter in sheep-feeding. None is more wretched then the Romish Bishop, neither is any mans condition more miserable then his. Johan. Salisb. de nugis aulicorum, l. 8. His breath was stopt with a fly which entred into his throat.

Pope Adrian the sixth, a poor mans sonne of Vtrecht.

He was a Learned man and Schoolmaster to Charles the 5^th, who sent him to Rome to negotiate for him for the Popedom, thinking thereby to sway much if he could get both the Swords; but they chose Adrian, who would not change his name (as the custom is) when he was made Pope. Marcellus Cervinus being elected Pope also retained his name, shewing that his dignity had not changed him. See the Hist. of the Counell of Trent, l. 5. p. 389, 390.

He saith there, that the changing of the Popes names began, because Dutch men were made Popes, to whose names Roman ears were not accustomed, all that fol∣lowed observed the same use, signifying thereby that they had changed their pri∣vate affections into publick and divine cares. Platina saith Sergius the 2^d was first called Os P••rci, Swines mouth, and because of that filthy name he took the Name of Sergius when he was made Pope, and that that custom continued after, that those which were made Popes changed their names, although this was not observed by them all.

Adrians memorable speech was, Nihil sibi imperio infelicius in vita accidisse, That nothing befell him more unhappy in his life, then his Dominion.

He was severe and purposed to reform corruptions, and said he would begin with the Court, but was thereupon poysoned, as some think.

Vide Sleid. Comment. lib. 3.

Quod bonus & recti custos, quod pacis amator, Correctorque Aulae luxuriantis eras, Scilicet hac una ex causa vir sancte peristi, Vixisses annos Nestoris improbior.

Laurent. Pignor. in Symbii Epistol. Epist. 33. ad Johan. Thuilium.

He wrote as the genius of that age was twelve Quodilibeticall Questions, and Questions on the fourth book of the Master of the Sentences. Is erat illius saecull apud Theologos genius, ut quae in controversiam vocarentur, graves in primis atque difficiles Quaestiones, quòd de re qualibet cuilibet disserere liceret, Qu••dibetica appel∣larentur. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg.

* 1.12Aegidius Romanus Anno Christi 1280.

Aelian. His Books de animalibus and de varia historia are commended, though some prefer the first.* 1.13

* 1.14Paulus Aemylius of Verona.

He beginning with the first Kings of France, hath written a French History of above a thousand years, yet with laconicall brevity. He is reported to have spent thirty years about this famous work, and by it got himself a great Name.

Gerardus Vossius lib. 3. de Hist. Lat. cap. 12. cals him an elegant and eloquent Writer.

Aeneas Sylvius an Italian, after called Pope Pius the 2^d, he lived in the year 1464.

Being seven years old sporting with his playfellows of the same age, he was sa∣luted Pope by them, all of them kissing his feet, as the Papists do the Popes.

Historians report the like of Ambrose, how he was made a Bishop being a boy by his companions.

He was very Learned, an excellent Orator, a great Poet, Philosopher and Cos∣mographer, he could speak eloquently. Magna quidem in dicendo Pii laus fuit, quòd, cùm saepius iisdem de rebus loqueretur, diversa semper visus est dicere: tanta erat in homine elegantia & copia. Platina de vitis Pontificum Romanorum.

Scientia sane insignis, pari utinam & conscientia. Sed Papalis Cathedrae vis in eo statim enituit. Morn. Myst. Iniq.

He was at the Councell of Basill, wrote every thing, praising the Decrees that were there made exceedingly: But when he was advanced to this high degree of dignity, he changed his opinion, and would have the Counsell subject to the Popes. Sleid. Comment. l. 2. Whence that scoff of him, Quod Aeneas probavit, Pius damnavit.

He is said to be the Author of that famous Dystick,

* 1.15Non audet Stygius Pluto tentare quod audet. Effrenis Monachus, plenaque fraudis anus.

* 1.16Joannes Aepinus, a Learned Divine.

His severall Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

Aeschines the Orator, he was an Athenian, there was a great contest between him and Demosthenes,* 1.17 Demosthenes caused him to be banished. Plenior Aeschines & magis fusus, & grandiori similis, quo minus strictus est: carnis tamen plus habet, lacertorum minus. Quintil. Instit. l. 10. c. 1.

Aeeschylus an Athenian.* 1.18

He first published Tragedies, saith Quintilian Institut. Orat. l. 10. c. 1.

When he heard that he should die with a stroak coming from above, he shunned houses and was wont to remain in the open air, but he was killed by a Tortoyse fal∣ling from the mouth of an Eagle upon his baldhead. See Plin. l. 10. c. 3.

Agapetus Diaconus, a most Learned and holy man.

These are his Works,

De Officio Regis, Gr. &Lat.

Expositio Capitum Paraeneticorum ad Justinianum Caesarem Gr. & Lat.

Agobardus Bishop of Lions in France, Anno Christi 840.* 1.19

Peracris ingenii & doctrinae, Possev. a man very acute and Learned.

CHAP. II.

ROdolphus Agricola. He was a very eminent Scholar, a Musician, a Painter,* 1.20 and very studious of other Arts and learned in them. Inter Graecos graecissi∣mus, inter Latinos latinissimus: Amongst the Grecians a speciall Grecian; amongst the Latinists a pure Latinist. In verse you would have thought him another Virgill, in prose he resembled Angelus Politianus in wittiness, in ma∣jesty he exceeded him. Swertii Athenae Belgicae.

Hermolaus Barbarus made these verses on Agricola,

Invida clauserunt hoc marmore fata Rudolphum Agricolam, Frysii spem{que} decusque soli. Scilicet hoc vivo meruit, Germania, laudis, Quicquid habet Latium, Graecia quicquid habet.

Boissard in his Icones mentions his Works.

Thuanus Tomo primo Hist. l. 16. p. 459. much commends Georgius Agricola. He goes beyond all in those subjects, De re Mettallica, & Statica.

Henricus Cornelius Agrippa, a great Scholar, but too much given to Magick, as his Book De occulta Philosophia shews, which I wonder any will justifie.

Adhuc cum plausu à multis exceptum volumen de vanitate scientiarum, alium ad∣didit librum de occulta Philosophia, curiosis admodum pestilentem, quod opus ex cen∣sura Christiana, edicto vetatur, apud unos impios reperitur. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doct. Vir. homo cumprimis eruditus & Magicis superstitionibus infamis. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. lib. 89. Vanissimus ille vanitatum effictor. Tych. B••ah. lib. 1. de Nova Stella.

Ainsworth a Brownist, but a learned Hebrician, and good Commentator on the five Books of Moses, the Psalmes and Canticles. He hath published also other Works, all which are much liked by some of our Divines.

William Alablaster an excellent Poet, he wrote a Poem called Elisaeis, of the chief things in Q. Elizabeths Reign, but it was not perfected.

There is his Apparatus in revelat. Jesu Christi.

* 1.21Albategni••s an Arabian, Anno 1070. a famous Mathematician and Physitian. He hath written De Numero Stellarum & Motibus.

* 1.22Albertus Magnus, for his Learning and exact knowledge of all good Disciplines he was sirnamed Great. He left many Scholars and two principall ones among the rest, Thomas de Aquino, and Bonaventure.

He died when he was fourscore years old. He left many Books which are now Printed, and do much elucidate Philosophy and Divinity. Although he was as it were the chief of the Schoolmen, yet he hath some things not agreeable to the Doctrine of the Papists.

Illyr. Catal. I est. verit. l. 16.

His Works were many, the principall are reckoned up by Boissard in his Icones.

Leander Albertus, His Italia, and his Book De viris Illustribus ordinis Praedi∣catorum, shew his great abilities.

Leo Bapt. * 1.23 Albertus, he was a Learned man of the same family.

Gabriel Albaspinaeus Bishop of Orleance.

He published a Book de Eucharistiae Mysterio, and two Books De veteribus Ec∣clesiae ritibus cum notis in Concilium Eliberitanum, & aliquot Tertulliani libros.

M^r Selden and M^r Gillespie cite his observations on Tertullian, and speak of him as a great Antiquary.

This was his Epitaph,

Clauditur hoc tumulo spinâ cui nomen ab Albâ Successor patriae fidei, successor honoris, Regis deliciae, procerumque & plebis amores: Dives opum bene partarum, sed ditior usu; Munificus, facilisque aditu, studiisque politus Ingenuis, rectique tenax, & simplice lingua Egregium decus oris erat; maturius annis Consilium, & cani juvenili in corpore mores. Denique florebat summae spes proxima laudi; Cùm brevis humanis semper virtutibus atas Ter denos juvenem vetuit numerare Decembres. Tot bona quam parvo rapuerunt tempore fata!

Edmundus Albertinus, a Learned French Protestant Divine of Paris.

There is a Learned Book of his de Sacramento Eucharistiae lately published, with a Preface of Blondels to it.

Andreas Alciatus was the first that wrote Learned notes on the Civil Law,* 1.24 after him Budeus, and Cujacius, and many others.

Erasmus * 1.25 stiles him Vnicum hujus aetatis miraculum, ac studiorum delicium, the only miracle of this age, and the darling of the Muses: By Lilius Gyraldus he is intitled, Jurisperitorum eloquentissimus, eloquentium juris peritissimus, polyhistor, bonusque poeta.

His Emblems are much commended by Julius Scaliger.* 1.26

Arias Montanus made these verses of him,

Eloquio jus Romanum lucebat & arte, Turba obscurarunt barbara legulei. Andreas prisco reddit sua jura nitori, Consultos{que} facit doctius inde loqui.

Our age (saith Learned Pasquier Recherch. de la France, l. 9. ch. 30) brought forth four great persons in the same time, Erasmus a Dutchman, Budeus a French∣man, Alciate an Italian, Vives a Spaniard: and yet we have with us (saith he) Adrian Turnebus and Peter Ramus, which last hath made many Books full of learning and knowledge; and for Turnebus his Adversaria consisting in Huma∣nity, it is a work unimitable in variety of knowledge. In his 29. ch. of that Book he speaks of the Lawyers in the year 1500 which joyned the study of the Law with humane learning, where he makes honourable mention of also Budeus, Alciate, Cu∣jacius, and divers others.

Stephanus Paschasius likewise in his Icones, hath these verses of Erasmus, Budaus and Alciate.

Qui leget hos, leget ille sui tria lumina secli, Lumina non ullo non colebranda die. Hic Italus, Gallusque alius, Germanus & alter, Quos triplex uno tempore fama tulit.

Flaccus Albinus or Alcuinus, vir illis temporibus longè eruditissimus,* 1.27 a learned English man for those times, Schoolmaster of Charles the Great, one of the Foun∣ders of the University of Paris. He lived 800 years after Christ, saith Helvicus in his Chronol.

Camden in his Britane in Yorkeshire, makes honourable mention of him: So doth Caius Histor. Cantabr. Academ. l. 1. p. 37.

That which many Writers observe, of his being Bedes Scholar, will not be made good.

* 1.28Vlysses Aldrovandus, percelebris ille de animalibus scriptor, so he is styled by Gassendus in vita Peireskii. l. 1.

His Books de Animalibus printed at Bononia are commended.

Hieronymus Aleander Cardinall, was Learned in Latine, Greek and Hebrew, ad stuporem usque, whose labour Leo the Pope used against Luther.

He was of so great a memory, that though he greedily read over many Vo∣lumes, yet he remembred all, and would rehearse it long after. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a.

Alexander the Great, He was tam Marti quam Mercurio, a great Scholar and Souldier both.* 1.29

He was bred and taught under Aristotle, who Dedicated divers Books of Philo∣sophy unto him: He was attended with Calisthenes, and divers other learned per∣sons that followed him in Camp, and were his perpetuall Associates in all his tra∣vailes and conquests. He expostulates with Aristotle for publishing the mysteries of Phylosophy, and gave him to understand, That himself esteemd it more to excell others in Learning and Knowledge, then in Power and Empire.

Alexander de Hales: He was an English man, and Princeps Scholasticorum one of the chief Schoolmen.* 1.30 He was first called Fons vitae, then Doctor irrifragabilis, the Master of Thomas Aquinas, and Bonaventure. He flourished in the year of Christ 1245.

He wrote by the Commandment of Pope Innocent the 4^th, an excellent and most copious summe of Divinity, which is generally known. Bellarm. de Script. Eccles. He wrote other things also, as Gesner shews in his Bibliotheca.

Camden in his Britain in Glocestershire mentions Hales a Monastery there, whence this our Country man came.

Alexander Alesius, a Scotchman of later times, magni inter suos nominis Theolo∣gus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2^do l. 36. Anno Dom. 1551.

Alexander ab Alexandro, a Neapolitane.

He hath written a book styled Genialium dierum, which it were good to reade with Tiraquellus his Annotations, because he shews what Authours he was behol∣ding to for those things he hath.

Jurisconsultus Neapolitanus, reliquit Genialium dierum libros sex, verè promptu∣arium antiquitatis veterisque historiae, etsi nec pauca in eo sint ad verborum proprie∣tatem, aliaque studia pertinentia. Vnum autem hoc meritò in hisce praeclaris Com∣mentariis improbari solet, quòd eorum unde profecisset, dissimularet autores. Sed huic vitio medicinam fecit doctissimus, Tiraquellus, qui digitum ad fontes intendens, unde quaeque hansta essent, judicavit. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 8.

Alhazen. Tycho Brahe cals Vitellio ejus imitatorem. Inter Optices scriptores prae∣cipui sunt Alhazen & Vitellio. Tych. Brah. De Nova Stella. c. 1.

Leo Allatius, * 1.31 a Learned Scholer, a naturall Grecian.

He hath put out a Book entitled Apes Vrbanae, of all the famous men which were at Rome in the years 1630, 1631, 1632, and have published Books.

Muhamedes Alfraganus, a great Astronomer. He is translated out of Hebrew by Jacobus Christmannus, and put out in Arabick and Latine, by Golins.

There are his Chronol. & Astron. Elementa.

Alfred King of England.

He divided the day and night into three parts,* 1.32 if he were not let by Warres and other great business, eight hours he spent in Study and Learning, other eight hours he spent in Prayer and Almes-deeds, and other eight hours he spent in his naturall rest, sustenance of his body; and the affairs of his Kingdom.

He was not only very Learned himself, but also a worthy maintainer of the same through all his Dominions.

Thomas Allen, he hath put out Notes on Chrysostem, and Sir Henry Savill often styles him Doctissimum: he was skilled both in Greek and Divinity.

Peter de Alliaco, Bishop of Camray in France,* 1.33 and Cardinall of the Church of Rome, 1400.

He was a famous Mathematician and Divine, a Germane.

He observing many superstitions and errours in the Church, wrote a Book De Reformatione Ecclesiae, and in the year 1414, he left it with the Councell of Con∣stance to judge of it.

Alphonsus King of Arragon.* 1.34

He much favoured the wits of his age, and therefore he honourably maintained at his Court Bartholomaeus Facius, Georgius Trapezuntius a Grecian, Laurentius Valla, Antonius Panormitanus, and other Learned men in great number. His vertues are most amply celebrated by Blondus, Sabellicus, Bernardinus Corius, Antonius Panormitanus, Simoneta, and other Learned Writers.

A most excellent Philosopher and Astronomer as any of his time, a great lover and advancer of Learning.

He was wont to say, Se malle privatim vivere, quam eruditione carere, he had rather live privately then want learning, and that an unlearned King was but a Crowned Asse.

When he was sick of a great disease, and his Physitians applied many medicines in vain, he began to reade the history of Curtius concerning Alexander, and was so much delighted with it, that being restored to health he is reported to have said, Valeant Avicenna, Hippocrates, medici caeteri: Vivat Curtius sospitator meus. Anton. Panorm. lib. de rebus gestis Alphonsi.

Petrus Alphonsus, a Jew, and first called Moses, he left Judaism and was con∣verted to the Christian Faith, and was by Baptism ingraffed into Christ, in the year of our Lord 1106, on Peters day, when he was 44 years old, whence he had the name of Peter given him; and because Alfonsus the King of Spain was his

Surety in Baptism, he was called Alfonsus. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 14.

John Henry Alsted an industrious Writer, but a great Collectour.

* 1.35Henricus Alting.

He and Conradus Vorstius were Piscators Scholars; Piscator was wont to call Al∣ting Theologum optimum, Vorstius Pessimum.

Spinola invading the Palatinate, and the place taken where he remained, a blou∣dy fellow used these words to him with a Poleax in his hand, I have killed with these hands ten men to day to which D. Alting shall be speedily added, if I knew where he did lie hid, but who art thou? he answered, I was the Schoolmaster in the Colledge of Wisdom, and so escaped.

His works are these Scripta Theologica Heidebergensia tribus Tomis.

Exegesis Augustanae confessionis, unà cum Syllabo controversiaram Lutharanarum Methodus Theologiae Didacticae, & Catecheticae.

Henry Alting his sonne, who wrote Hebraeorum Respublica Scholastica.

* 1.36Didatus Alvarez, a famous Spanish Divine, and for the most part orthodox in the controversies concerning Predestination, as likewise Dominicus Bannes, and the Dominicans generally are, who follow Thomas, as the Franciscaens do Scotus.

* 1.37Sixtinus Amama, a Dutchman, both learned and modest.

His Antibarbarus Biblicus and Censura are usefull.

One that had a natural genius to enlighten the Text of Scripture, and to finde the notion of the sacred Language.* 1.38

Ambrose Bishop of Milane.

He hindred Theodosius the Emperour from entring into the Church, for a mur∣ther committed at Thessalonica. To whom when the Emperour said, That David the King was also an adulterer and manslayer, Ambrose answered, Qui secutus es errantem, sequere poenitentem, Thou that hast followed him sinning, follow him repenting. Hence the Emperour underwent a publick penance imposed upon him by the Bishop. He stoutly defending the Catholick Faith and Ecclesiasti∣cal Discipline, converted many Arians, and other hereticks to the truth of the Faith.

It is reported of him, that when he was an Infant, a swarm of Bees setled on his face, as he lay in his Cradle, and flew away without hurting of him, where∣upon his Father said, If this childe live, he will be some great man.

He flourished anno Christi 361. Helv. Chron.

Cardinal Baronius at the commandment of Pope Sixtus, wrote S^t Ambrose his life with all diligence. Before he was Bishop, he was a secular Judge, and no Di∣vine: nay, no Christian at all; but his Christianity and Divinity began both toge∣ther, after he was chosen Bishop of Milane. For, he was fain to be Christened, before he could be consecrated. Bish. Andrews Answ. to the 20^th Ch. of Cardinal Perrons Reply.

CHAP. III.

WIlliam Ames Doctor of Divinity, a judicious and solid English Divine, witnesse his Medulla Sacrae Theologiae, his five Books De Conscientia & ejus jure, vel casibus.

His Bellarminus Enervatus, his Corronis ad collationem Hagi∣ensem, and his other works.

Amiraldus a learned French Divine.* 1.39 He hath written divers learned Tracts both in Latine and French. De libero arbitrio, de gratia contra Spanhemium, de secessione ab Ecclesia Romana.

Gulielmus de Sancto Amore, a Master of Paris, and chief Ruler then of that University.

He was a worthy and valiant Champion of Christ, and adversary of Antichrist. He wrote against the Friers and their hypocrisie, but especially against the begging Friers.

In his dayes there was a most detestable and blasphemous book set forth by the Friers, which they called Evangelium aeternum, or, Evangelium Spiritus Sancti, The Everlasting Gospel, or, The Gospel of the holy Ghost; it said, The Gospel of Christ was not to be compared with that Gospel, no more then darknesse to light. That the Gospel of Christ should be preached but fifty years, and then this Everlasting Gospel should rule the Church. He mightily impugned this pestiferous Book. Foxes Act. and Monum. Tom. 1. p. 410. to 416.

Ammonius Alexandrinus, an eloquent man, and great Philosopher.* 1.40

Amphilochius, He flourished about the year 380.* 1.41

Anacreon.

The learned and noble Poet Anacreon was born in Perche in France. His Poem concerning Gems and precious Stones, deserves the Laurelwreath.

Anastasius the Popes Library keeper, he hath written faithfully the lives of 109 Popes of Rome.* 1.42

Anastasius Synaita. In the year of our Lord 640.

He is by some * 1.43 called Nicenus, by others Sinaita, and Antiochenus.

Petrus Ancharanus (sive Ancoranus) Bononiensis.* 1.44

He was of the illustrious Family of the Farnesii. He wrote in both the Laws. He wrote five Books upon the Decretals, one Book on six of the Decretals, one Book on the Clementines, one Book concerning the Rules of the Law, and others.

Bishop * 1.45 Andrews.

De cujus alta doctrina in omni genere disciplinarum, quicquid dixeto minus erit. Casaub. ad Front. Dus. Epist.

Some learned men much commend his Tortura Torti, Exactissimae fidei & diligen∣tia scriptum. Casaub. ubi supra.

Vulgarem secutus sermonem vir longè doctissimus, qui pro Juramento Fidelitatis in Anglia Matthaeo Torto respondens, opus suum Torturam Torti inscripsit. Vossius De vitiis Sermonis, l. 3. c. 53.

Anselme.

There were two Anselmes, ours, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the other of Laon in France, Anselmus Landanensis, the Author of the interlineary glosse, who lived anno Christi 1110.

I shall speak of the first who was an Italian.

* 1.46This Anselme though he was learned and continent all his life time, yet being obstinate in his opinion, he often swerved from the truth and doctrine of Christ, and rather loved the glory and vain fame of Christian praise, then truth it self.

He first in England forbad Priests marriage.

He flourished in the year of our Lord 1080.

For his witty inventions, forecastings, policies, disputations and other labori∣ous affairs about the overthrow of princely Authority, and uprearing of Anti∣christs tyranny, Pope Vrbanus appointed both him and them that should after∣ward succeed in the Patriarchal seat of Canterbury to fit at his right foot in every general Councel,* 1.47 and that he also ratified by a special decree. Thus it was pro∣claimed when that place was given him, in the open Synod, Includamus hunc in orbo∣nost••o tanquam alterius orbis Papam.

* 1.48Marcus. Antoninus Emperor.

He was the greatest Philosopher of his time. When he was going to make warre upon the Germans. the Philosophers generally came with Questions to him to an∣swer, least he dying in that expedition, they should be unresolved.

For his clemency and modest behaviour he had the name of Pius, and is for the same i•• Histories commended.

Antoninus of Florence. Anno aerae Christianae 161.

He hath written three Tomes of Chronicles, and four Parts of Summes in great Volumes.

Marcus Antoninus de Dominis.

His Books De Republica are much commended.

Marcus Antonius Genuae, cui veterum doctrinarum arcana patent, quo nemo peritior Aristotelis interpres. Manut. Epist. l. 4. Epist. 5.

* 1.49Alex. Aphrodisaeus. One of the first Interpreters of Aristotle.

Petrut Apianus a famous Mathematician. Mathematicus superioris aetatis celeber∣rimus. Tych. Brah.* 1.50

Petrus Aponensis seu Aponius, a chief Physician in his time.

He wrote Commentaries upon Aristotles Problems.

Vir Philosophiae & Medicinae famâ tam clarus, ut ab discrepantes in ••is disciplinis sententiat in consonam aptamque unius sensus concordiam revocatas vulgò Conciliator appelletur. Castellanus De vitis Medicorum.

Apollinaris the Father and Son, both Hereticks.* 1.51

Apollinaris the Syrian, was excellently skilled in the Greek Language. Sozomen saith, He wrote in Heroick verse the Antiquity of the Hebrews after the imitation of Homer, even to the times of King Saul after the number of the letters in 24 Volumes.

He translated also the Psalms in Heroick verse, which are yet extant.

He also imitating Menander, is said to have written Comedies, and Euripides, Tra∣gedies, and Pindar, Lyricks. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 5.

This Apollinaris brought in a new Heresie, those which follow him are called Apollinarists, he held that Christ took the body but not the soul of a man, but when he was urged with reasons he somewhat changed his opinion, saith Ruffinus. He lived from Constantine to the time of the elder Theodosius. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 5.

Sidonius Apollinaris a Frenchman, anno Christi 557. About 450. saith Peter du Moulin in his Antibarbarian cap. 12. He was Bishop of Cleruant in Auver∣nie, He married the daughter of the Emperour Avitus, by whom he had chil∣dren.* 1.52

Apollonius being a Roman * 1.53 Senator wrote and recited in the Senate his Apology for the Christians, and was after crowned with Martyrdom.

Apollonius Pergaeus, a great Mathematician.* 1.54

Magnut Giometra, nulla ratione Archimede inferior, quam mira, quam abstrusa in suis conicis in lucem profert? Blancani Dissertat. De Natura Mathemat.

Apollonius * 1.55 Rhodius.

He only of the Greek Poets after Pindar wrote Argonautica, of which subject there are four Books of his.

He was Callimachus his Scholar, although Alexandria was his Countrey, yet he was called Rhodius, after he came from Alexandria to Rhode, and lived there long in great honour.

Appianus Alexandrinus.

He is called deservedly by Jos. Scalig. animad. Euseb. p. 163. Alienorum laborum fuous, yet is a profitable writer, because many of those whom he exscribes, are lost.

He lived in the time of Adrian, and hath written De Bello Civilli Roma∣norum.

Apuleius a Platonick Philosopher, anno Domini 161.

Scriptor eruditissimus. Casaub. de Satyr. poesi. a most learned writer.* 1.56

There are twelve Books of his De aureo asino, ex Graec•• Afino Luciani descripta

orationis genere tali, ut rudere verius quam loqui, ibi Apuleius viris eruditis videa∣tur. Neand. Geog. parte 3.

Aquila a Translator of the Bible. He was converted from Judaism to the faith, afterward being again made a Proselyte,* 1.57 he translated the Old Testament into Greek.

Aquila Ponticus ex Gentili Christianus, posteaque Judaeus factus, cum Hebraicè didicisset, sub Caesare Hadriano anno 129. veteris instrumenti libros. Graecè ita transtulit, ut verbum verbo redderet. Vossius De Arte Grammatica, l. 1. c. 3.

Tho. Aquinas born at Aquinus a Town in Abruzza in Italy.

* 1.58He is the great Dictator of the Schools.

For his profound Learning and great piety, he is commonly called in the Popish School Divus Thomas, because he was canonized by Pope John the 22. Doctor Angelicus ob acumen ingenii.

He was a great maintainer of the Authority of the Bishops of Rome.

Upon whose Scholastical Works by Popish Divines, are published as many Commentaries, as upon the holy Scripture, and his Summes are more frequently read in their Schools and Academies, then the Bible it self; yet he when he was near his end, taking the Bible, is said to have uttered this speech, Credo quicquid in hoc libro scriptum est, I believe whatsoever is written in this book.

It is said, he got his knowledge rather by prayer then labour and industry, therefore he would still pray before he did write, reade or dispute.

He was so intent upon his studies, that supping at Court with Lewis the French King, whilst others were discoursing of pleasant matters, he was so deep in his Meditation, that forgetting himself, he strook the Table with his hand, saying, Jam conclusum est contra Manichaeos, Now it is concluded against the Ma∣nichees.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones, hath these verses of Thomas Aquinas.

Cedite Pythagorae qui dogmata vana putatis; Redditus in terris alter Aristoteles.

He was more then 1200 years after Christ, and was both overwhelmed with the corruption of his time, and wholly wedded to the See of Rome. B. Bils. Differ. betw. Christ. Subject. and unchrist. Rebel.

Aratus an ancient Poet, there is nothing of his but his Phoenomena which Tully translated into Latine.

Archimedes the Syracusan Mathematician. See of him Plin. Natural. Hist. l. 7. c. 37. and Plutark of Marcellus and himself.

God would have some singular, Idea, as it were, to be in all Arts, which all that are studious of that Art should propound to themselves to imitate, as De∣mosthenes and Tully in eloquence, Hippocrates and Galen in Physick, Archimedes in the Mathematicks. He had an admirable Genius or wit for the Mathe∣maticks, and by study he perfected it. He did so bend his thoughts that way, that he almost neglected other necessaries. If he were at any time led

to the Bath by his servants, he would make figures in the ashes, and upon his anoin∣ted body.* 1.59

He is said to have composed a Sphere of transparent glasse, representing unto the life the whole frame of the Heavens, wherein the Sun, Moon and Stars, with their true motions, periods, and limits were shewed to the sight, in such sort, as if it were natural.

Petrus Aretinus, He wrote so well on the Penitential Psalms,* 1.60 that he was called Divine Aretine, yet he hath written very lasciviously in Italian.

He was studiosissimus morum Explorator.

Leonardus * 1.61 Aretinus, a most learned Historian, Orator and Philosopher, his works are mentioned by Boissard.

Benedictus Aretius inter suos plerisque scriptis editis clarus Thuanus.

His three Works, viz. his Commentary upon the New Testament, his Problems or Common-places, and his Examen Theologicum made his name illustrious.

He was Professour of Divinity at Bern.

Architas Tarentinus.

He was esteemed the rarest Mathematician of his time.

Joannes Argyropylus, a 1.62 he was of Constantinople.

He was Politians Master in Philosophy, and a learned Scholar.

He translated some Books of Aristotles more elegantly then faithfully.

Joannes * 1.63 Argenterius, a learned Physitian, but too forward in censuring Galen and other of the Ancients.

Aristophanes * 1.64 a great Comedian.

He was the first that called himself Philologus, as Pythagorus was the first that called himself Philosophus.

Facetissimus quidem sed & obscaenissimus veteris Comaediae scriptor. Dilher. Disput. Acad.

Chrysostom laid him under his pillow.

Gregorius Ariminensis, 1386.* 1.65

A learned and a famous man. He disputed about the Doctrine of Grace and Free-will, as we now, and dissented from the Sophisters and Papists, counting them new Pelagians.

CHAP. IV.

* 1.66ARistotle he was born at Stagira in Macedon. He was Plato's Scholar, and the chief of the Peripateticks.

Sectam condidit omnium longè nobilissimam, quam Peripateticam voca∣runt, eo quòd inter ambulandam artes commentationesque suas discipulis tra∣doret. Castellanus de vitis Medicorum.

He was not only the Master and Patriark of Philosophy, Logick and Rhetorick, but also especially learned in Poetry, both in respect of the Art, and the composing of verses. Lil. Gyrald. de Poet. Hist. Dial. 3.

He was Master to Alexander the great, of whom he was much esteemed, for his sake he repaired his Countrey Stagira, being much decayed.

He alone both invented and perfected the whole Art of Logick. Vide Crakanth. Log. l. 4. c. 4. & 16.

Crakanthorpe in his Treatise De Providentia, proves, that Aristotle did not deny Gods Providence, and that the Book De mundo is his.

He is called the Philosopher by an excellency.

Richard Fitzrauf, or Fitzraf Armachanus. 1350.

* 1.67Among those famous Clerks that lived in the family of Richard Angervill Bi∣shop of Durham in the dayes of Edward the third, Thomas Bradwardine, who was afterward Bishop of Canterbury, Richard Fitzrause afterward Archbishop of Armagh, and Robert Holcot the Dominican were of special note. Richard of Ar∣magh my Countrey-men commonly call S. Richard of Dundalk, because he was there born and buried. B. Vsh. Answ. to the Jes. Challenge, of Merits.

He wrote against the Mendicant Friers, and should have been canonized, but for them.

A man for his life and learning so memorable, as the condition of those dayes then served; that the same dayes then as they had but few good, so had they none almost his better. He was first brought up in the University of Oxford in the stu∣dy of all liberal knowledge, wherein he did exceedingly profit under John Baken∣thorp his Tutor. There were thirty thousand Students in Oxford in his time. Foxes Act. and Monum. Vol. 1. p. 532. to 543.

He wrote seven Books De paupertate Salvatoris, wherein he proves that Christ was not a beggar.

Iacobus Arminius.

He was a learned man, and (as some say) of a strict life for a Dutchman.

He hath written Disputat. 24. de diversis Christianae Religionis capitibus.

Orationes & Controversiae Theologicae.

Examen libelli Guil. Perkinsii. De Praedestinatione & amplitudine gratiae divinae a∣nalysis cap. 9. ad Romanos. De gemino sensu cap. 7. ad Romanos.

Amica cum Fr. Junio per literas habita collatio de Pradestinatione.

Arnobius lived in the year of our Lord 300.

He was the chiefest man of his time for Latine eloquence.* 1.68 He was Lactantius his Master, both of them wrote seven very learned books against the Heathens, consisting of many of their own testimonies produced against them.

Arnoldus de Villa Nova, a Spaniard, a man famously learned, and a great wri∣ter, anno 1250. whom the Pope with his spiritualty condemned among Hereticks for holding and writing against the corrupt errours of the Popish Church. Caius de antiqu. Cantab. Acad. l. 1. saith, He lived an. Dom. 1300. when Raimundus Lullius and Roger Bacon flourished in England.

Arianus * 1.69 a Greek Historian, very faithfull, he writes the things done by Alex∣ander the Great, as Q. Curtius doth in Latine in an elegant style. He imitates Xe∣nophon, therefore he is called another and a lesser Xenophon. He wrote well also up∣on Epictetus.

Arzahel a great Astronomer.

Asconius Pedianus, a famous Historian.

Roger Ascham * 1.70, Secretary for the Latine to Queen Elizabeth, the only Eng∣lishman who hath written a Volume of Latine Epistles, they were published by Doctor Grant.

He was very intimate with Jo. Sturmio, as the Epistles written between them shew, though he never saw him.

Two only of his Books, Toxophylus and his Schoolmaster with a little Tract of his Travels in Germany are published in English.

He flourished in the year of our Lord, 1540.

Aspasia a great Philosopher, she was the Mistresse of Pericles,* 1.71 and at length his wife. Plut. in Pericles.

Angelus Politianus in an Epistle to Cassandra that learned Venetian maid, men∣tions Aspasia and many other learned women, and saith, that Sex is not naturally slow or dull. So doth Thevet Vies des hommes illustres in Sappho.

Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria.

He was worthy in honour to be immortal in the Church according to his name.* 1.72

He was the wonder of all the world for his learning, piety and constancy, stand∣ing like an unshaken Rock against the Sea of Arian Errors.

He was called Haereticorum Mallens, and was one of the chiefest in the Councel of Nice.

He foretold the destruction of Julian the Emperour, when by his Edict he was cast out of Alexandria, he said to his hearers bewailing his exile, Bono animo estote filioli nubecula est, brevi evanescet, Be of good courage my children, it is but a little Cloud, and will soon vanish away.

He lived (say some) six years in a Well without the light of the Sun, forsaken of friends, and every where hunted by enemies.

The Great Athanasius; he was Great, for his learning, for his vertue, for his

labour, and for his sufferings, but above all Great for his * 1.73 Creed. B. And. Opusc. Posth. Speech in Star-Chamb against M. Trask.

* 1.74Athenagoras, an Athenian Philosopher, who wrote an Apology for Chri∣stians.

* 1.75Athenaeus, He lived in the time of Marcus Antoninus the Emperour.

His Works are put out in Greek and Latine by Isaac Casaubone with learned Notes.

* 1.76Joannes Aventinus. He was born anno 1466.

Beatus Rhenanus gratulates him to his Germany, and cals him Eruditissimum Aventinum, & variarum cognitione disciplinarum praestantem. Erasmus styles him, Hominem studio indefatigabili ac reconditae lectionis, his just Epitaph styles him, Re∣rum antiquarum indagatorem sagacissimum, No man in his History can tell his Re∣ligion.

He wrote ten Books of Germany illustrated; of which see the heads in Neander his Geog. parte 1^a, and the Titles in Gesners Bibliotheca.

Averroes a 1.77 a Physician at Corduba in Spain, a Commentator upon Aristotle.

He flourished in that time when Gratian the Monk, Peter Lombard, and Peter Comestor flourished.

Avicenna b 1.78 è stirpe regia, he was also a famous Philosopher and Physician of Cor∣duba, anno Christi 1002. Averroes and he were two famous Arabians.

Besides Physicks, he wrote a Metaphysick also, much esteemed of.

* 1.79Augustine Bishop of Hippo.

Bishop Andr. in his Opusc. Post. de Decimis cals him Decus Aphricae.

He was the most accomplished that ever writ since the dayes of the Apostles. Kellets Miscel. lib. 1. cap. 8. Dr. Field hath the like of him, De Eccles. lib. 3. cap. 32. p. 170. B. Vsher also ascribes as much to him. Magnum est ejus in Ecclesia nomen. Whitak. de sacr. Script. Controv. 16. Quest. 6. His name is great in the Church of God.

He is the most Doctrinal among the Ancient Fathers.

The Doctrine of S^t Augustine was approved anciently by the Catholick Church, and till this new fangled age generally and commonly allowed and embraced both by the Romanists, and by the Protestants. B. Dav. Animadvers. upon Gods Love to Mankind, p. 103.

His Works are published in magno folio in ten Tomes, purged by Erasmus.

It is pity that so great a Pillar of the Church was no better skilled in the Origi∣nals a 1.80 of the sacred Tongue.

He was famous for two of his Works especially, his ^b Retractations, which are the Confessions of his errours, and his Confessions, which are the Retractations of his life.

In Ludovicus Vivet his time, there was none that. had imitated him in such a work of Retractations.

Bellarmine hath since wrote a Book of Recognitions, wherein he makes some things worse. Vide Casaub. Epist. ad Front. Duc. p 39.

He doth the most accurately of any handle the Controversie de Gratiâ against the Pelagians, yea and against the Papists.

He confutes the Brownists in his Book against the Donatists; and the Socinians, in that De Vtilitate Credendi.

He defended the truth against whatsoever errour prevailed in his age:

His Book de Doctrina Christiana is a good Body of Divinity.

His Books de Civitate Dei are full of humane learning.

Some most dislike, amongst Augustines interpretation of Scripture, his Exposi∣tion on the Psalms, though it be full of excellent matter.

Nunquam infelicius in Scripturis sanctis versatus, quam in Psalmorum enarra∣tione. Smeton. ad Hamile.

He died in the 76 year of his Age.

Antonius Augustinus very skilfull in all Ecclesiastical Antiquity, History,* 1.81 and in the ancient Law, a great light of Spain.

Tarraconensis Archiepiscopus, vir Romanaerum antiquitatum, & melioris littera∣turae peritissimus. Merul. Cosmog. part. 2. l. 2.

The History of the Councell of Trent mentions him, l. 6. p. 494, 495. Antonius Augustinus Bishop of Lerida, an Antiquary, &c.

There are several Epistles of Manutius to him, Epist. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. wherein he much commends him.

Divers of his Works are published, mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue, and more fully in the Oration of Andreas Schottus in Funere Ant. Augusti.

His four Books Emendationum Juris he published when he was scarce twenty five years old. Qui libellus, si molem spectes, in speciem exiguus; sin rerum utilitatem, ponderumque momenta, sinuosii aliorum voluminibus anteponendus. And Scot. Orat. in fun. Ant. August.

Ioannes Auratus.

He was much respected by Charles the ninth King of France, the Regi∣us Professour for Greek in Paris, and the chiefest Poet of his time. He was most skilfull in Latine and Greek, Ronsard Bayfius and Bellay were his Scho∣lars.

Some of his Poems are published,

Auratam nemo te dicat, magne Poeta, Aurea namque tibi Musa lepósque fuit. Papir. Masson.

* 1.82Decius Ansonius, A French Poet of Burdeaux, as himself shews,

Burdegallia est mihi natale solum, Vbi mitis est Coeli clementia.

He wrote this of himself,

Diligo Burdegalam, Roman colo, civis in hâc sum, Consul in ambabus —

He was Master to Gratian the Emperour, by whom he was made Consul. He was very skilfull in Greek and Latine; he wrote many things in Prose and Verse.

His saying was Beatum esse non qui habet quae cupit, sed qui non cupit, quae non habet. He is blessed not which hath the things which he desires, but who doth not desire the things which he hath not. Therefore the Aquitanes did boast of him, Quemadmodum Ausonius neminem sibi proposuit imitandum: ita Ausonium nemo nunc potest imitari. As Ausonius propounded none to himself to imitate, so no man can now imitate him. Scis quam non vulgaris eruditio sit in pocmatis Ausonii. Jos. Scalig. N. M. in opusc.

Azo a Bononian, he brought a great light to the Laws: Odofredus and Accursius were his Scholars.

Azorius, a learned Jesuite. His Institutiones Morales are published in three Volumes. He hath gone over the ten Commandments in Case-Divinity.

* 1.83Mart. ab Azpilzenta, who also is commonly called Doctor Navarrus, or Na∣varrus.

The honour of Navarre, a 1.84 Martinus Azpilzenta at ninety years finished the fourth Edition of that his elaborate Manual of Cases of Conscience.

He was very dear to three of the Popes, Pius Quintus, Gregorius Decimus tertius, and Sixtus Quintus, so that they would not use any other Counsel∣lour in iis dijudicandis, quibus conscientia constricti tenemur. Jani Nicii Eri∣thraei Picanotheca. He had many famous Scholars, among which Didacus Covar∣ruvias was one.

CHAP. V.

[ B]

ROger Bacon was notable and famous in his time,* 1.85 and in all respects compa∣rable then with the best. He was able to judge of the Latine, Greek and Hebrew Tongues, as appears by his Book De Idiomate Linguarum. B. Jewels Defence of his Apol. part. 4. c. 15. Divis.

He was a famous Mathematician, and most skilfull in other Sciences.

He was also very skilfull in the Hebrew and Greek, as the Greek and Hebrew Volumes yet extant long ago written with his own hand do abudantly witnesse. Twine Apol. Acad. Oxon. l. 3.

He hath a Manuscript, entituled Opus magnum, to shew, that all Sciences con∣duce to the understanding of the Scripture.

Sir Francis Bacon. He is called by one, the Aristotle of our Nation.* 1.86

He cals Philosophy some where his darling, as I remember.

His learned writings shew his great parts.

Peireskins often lamented that he went not to him when he was at Paris. Gassend. de vita Peireskii. l. 6.

John Baconthorpe a 1.87 Trithemius and others call him Bacon.

Judocus Badius Ascensius, the most famous Philosopher, Rhetorician and Poet of his time.

Erasmus in his Cicerònian Dialogue compares him with Budaeus the ornament of France. He hath commented upon Tullies Offices and Epistles, and Boethius de Consolat. Philos.

Paul Bain a judicious Divine, as his Exposition on Eph. 1. and other works shew.

Rod. b 1.88 Bainus, a Learned Englishman Professour at Paris.

Jo. Bale c 1.89 Bishop of Ossory in Ireland in King Edward the sixths time, and one of the first English Preachers of Protestantism in time of King Henry.

Dr. Humfrie in his Prophesie of Rome hath these verses,

Plurima Luterus patefecit, Platina multa: Quaedam Vergerius, cuncta Baleus habet.

He hath written fourteen Centuries of the Englishmen that were famous in Learning and vertue.

An Apology against a rank Papist, and a brief Exposition upon the 30^th Chapter of the Book of Numbers. Notes on Bonners Articles, and of Popish Votaries.

Franciscus Balduinus. He was a Lawyer at Genevah, but fell off from the Pro∣testant Religion to Popery.* 1.90 Calvin and Beza wrote against him, and he against them.

Balduinus nunquam gustavit de brodio juris nisi primoribus labris, unde meritò juris dolor non doctor habebatur. Quinimo multis vicibus appellatus est Doctor ne∣cessitatis, hoc est sine legibus: quia necessitas non habet legem. Strigills Papirii Masson.

Paschasius hath this Epitaph of him,

Franciscus jacet ille Balduinus, Mirum quàm varius, sub hoc sepulehro: Nam quicquid tibi proferebat aetas, Quicquid pagina sacra vel profana, Pulchrè calluit: unus inter omneis Consultissimus utriusque juris, Anceps ut patria haesitarit illum Baldum diceret, anne Balduinum.

He hath published divers books: One De Historiae cum jurisprudentia cognatione. Another De Legibus 12 Tab. Com. ad Leges de famosis libellis & de Calumniatori∣bus, with others.

Baldus Perusinus, a famous Lawyer; he was the hearer and Scholer of Bartho∣lus,* 1.91 and Master to Gregory the 11^th before he was Pope.

His brother Angelus Perusinus almost equalled him both in Learning and Wri∣tings in the same Faculty.

He flourished in the year of our Lord 1346.

He wrote Commentaries upon the whole body of the Civil Law, and after that he professing the Civil Law for 47 years got a great fame.

Bernardinus Baldus Vrbinas, a great Artist and Linguist.

Vir undecunque doctissimus: cujus utinam omnia lucem vidissent. Gerard. Joan. Vos. Ars Histor. c. 9. Vide Jani Nicii Erythraei Picanothecam.

John Ball a holy and learned Divine, who lived by faith, having but a small maintenance.

He was of Brasen-nose in Oxford.

His Books of Living by Faith, of the Covenant, and those against Cam, and others, shew his great Abilities.

* 1.92Balsac, an eloquent Frenchman.

* 1.93Theodore Balsamon Patriarch of Antioch. He and Zonaras were the chief of the Greek Canonists.

Dominicus * 1.94 Bannes, a famous Dominican.

Gulielmus Barelaius, William Barclay: He published these books,

De potestate Papae in Principes Christianos.

Contra Monarchomachos.

Com. in Tit. Pandectarum de rebus creditis & de jure jurando Oeglissemii. Judicium de examine cum Buchanano.

Joannes Barclaius, a Learned French man.

There is his Paraenesis ad Sectarios, and his Pietas.

His Argenis and Euphormie.

Franciscus Barbarus Venetus, Vtraque lingua eruditus:* 1.95 scripsit de re uxoriae li∣bellum: orationes quoque & Epistolas nonnullas. Volatter. Anthropol. l. 21.

Hermolaus Barbarus, Francisci ex fratre nepos, a Venetian by Nation;* 1.96 one of the great restorers of Learning. Gloria erat nobilitatis Venetae, & sui saeculi splen∣dor Boissard. Barbariae suo tempore victor, solidam sibi apud erudito gloriam peperit, & victurum omni aevo nomen. Salmas. Praefat. ad Plinian. Exercitat.

Ardeo cupiditate juvandi recta studia. Nullus est tam magnus labor, nullum munus in literis tam sordidum quod defugiam. Polit. Epist. l. 1. Epist. Hermolaus Barbarus Angelo Politiano. Vide Miscel. Cent. 19. c. 10.

Etenim summo loco natus: amplis opibus innutritus: egregiis honoribus perfun∣ctus: & fastigium disciplinarum prope omnium tenes, & professores ac studiosos ar∣tium bonarum: quamvis humili fortuna plerun{que} sumus: ita complecteris & amas: ut aeque cunctis tuae quasi majestatis fasces ac vexilla submittas. Polit. Epist. l. 1. Epist. 12. Politianus Hermolao Barbaro. Homo (ut mihi quidem videtur) unus ex reliquiis aurei seculi, quamvis ipse longè doctior: & non illi sanctiores. Polit. Epist. l. 2. Epist. 8. Vide l. 9. Ep. 4. Vide l. 5. Epist. 1.

Petrus Angelus Bargaeus.* 1.97

There are these of his works published.

Syrias. Com. de obelisco Votinum Carmen in D. Catharinam.

Petrus Baro.

Martinius in his Preface to his Hebrew Grammer makes honourable mention of him. In primis verò haec excipiet Cantabrigiensis Academia, lumen Angliae, cum aliis nominibus mihi chara, tùm quòd Petrum Baronem habet Theologiae professorem, mihi jam inde ab adolescentiae conjunctissimum.

Hadrianus * 1.98 Barlandus, a Learned Dutchman, who hath written severall Works.

Casparus Barlaeus.

Dubium poeta melior, an Philosophus. Vossius de Arte Grammat. l. 1. c. 3.

There are Poems published of his, Athenaeum, Dissertatio de bono Prin∣cipe.

Caesar Baronius was born in Naples, he was the Popes Confessor.* 1.99

He hath made a long and learned Collection of Ecclesiasticall story, and dige∣sted

it into a good method, and will be usefull for a distinct comprehension of Ec∣clesiasticall story.* 1.100

But he was no Grecian, and is not much to be trusted; for

1. He makes use sometimes of spurious authours, and gives them for faithfull witnesses.

2. He indeavours by all means to advance the Popes Supremacy.

He is the Papists great Champion for Ecclesiasticall history, as Bellarmine is for Controversies; they esteemed him the Father of Church-story.

Alsted cals Baronius his Annals the Tower of Babel, and Bellarmines books of Controversie Goliahs sword.

Illustrissimus Cardinalis Baronius cui intima totius vetustatis penetralia tam erant cognita & familiaria, quam est mihi domus mea. Montacut. Apparat. Vide ejus praefat. ad Apparat.

Annales suos amplius quadraginta annorum studio elucubravit. Rainold. Vide Whear. Meth. Leg. Hist. parte 2^da, Sect. 44.

Spondanus hath epitomized that Voluminous work, he follows Baronius too su∣perfluously in asserting the Popes omnipotency, else it is well done.

Justus Baronius.

Calvins name is so odious to the Papists, that he ran from Mentz to Rome to change his native name of Calvinus into the adoptive of Baronius. B. Mort. Epist. Dedicat. to his Appeal.

Robertus Baronius, a Learned Scotchman, as his Works * 1.101 shew.

Arthur Johnston hath these verses of William Forbes and Robert Baronius, Divines of Aberdene.

Nil, quod Forbesio, Christi dum pascit ovile Nil, quod Baronio comparet orbis habet. Eloquio sunt ambo pares, discrimen in uno est, Quo lubet, hic mentes pellicit, ille rapit.

Gul. Sallustius Bartassius, an excellent French Poet. Ille Poetarum Gallicorum Coryphaeus Sallustius,* 1.102 Barthasii Dominus, Cains poëmata apud exteros etiam in lau∣de sunt. Waseri Comment. ad Mithrid. Gesneri. He is translated into many lan∣guages. He may be read in Latine, French, Italian, Dutch, English.

Pasquier Recherches de la France, l. 7. c. 11. shews that the French Poets imita∣ting the Latine, have often equalled, and sometimes exceeded them. He instan∣ceth in the description of the old Chaos by Ovid, and compares with it that of Du Bartas, and in some verses of Virgils and Rousards: Although (saith he) some would blame du Bartas his style as too swelling, yet his work hath been very well liked, not only for the worthy subject which he praiseth, but also for his learning, fine Discourses, pithy strains, and proper deductions which accom∣pany it.

Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque much commends him.

Gasp. Barthius, immortale Germaniae ornamentum, Dilh. Disput. Acad.

He hath written Commentationem de Lat. Linguae Scriptoribus, and Adversario∣rum Com. l. 60.

Clarissimum illud Germaniae lumen Barthius incomparabili Adversariorum opere. Dilh. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2.

Bartolus de Saxoferrato was born in the year of our Lord 1303. some say 1309.* 1.103

Being but 21 years of age, he proceeded Doctor of the Civil Law with the ap∣plause of all, saith Pasquier Recherch de la France, l 8. c. 14.

In jure primas, comparatus caeteris, Partes habebit Bartolus, Alciate.

He had a Coat of Armour given to him by the Emperour Carolus Quartus,* 1.104 of whose prime Councels he was, and is the first of Gown-men whom we shall readi∣ly finde (as I beleeve) that had honour done unto him in that kinde, which was but in the year of our Lord God, 1347. The Elements of Armories c. 24.

Basilius Magnus, Anno Dom. 370 whose Greek Epistles,* 1.105 and very many Greek books are published in one Volume.

Quem nulla unquam aut sententia aut verbo errasse communis Graecorum patrum consensus affirmat. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4.

He was brother to Gregory Nyssene, and a most familiar friend (saith Sixtus Senensis loco citato) to Gregory Nazianzene, and John Chrysostom.

But he was afore Chrysostom. He was called Basil the great for his admirable wit, as Gregory Nazianzene for his excellent knowledge in the Scriptures was term∣ed the Divine.

His Hexameron is very much esteemed, followed so much by Ambrose. He was honoured by the Ancients with this Elogium 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

He was the light of the Greek Church, whom the Hereticks could never shake; yea at whose vertue the hand of the Arian Emperour did shake, when he would have subscribed to his banishment, and that in such sort that he left off his purpose utterly.

Basilius Bishop of Sileucia.

He lived about the year 360,* 1.106 saith Pezel. Refutat. Catech. Jesuit. 361. Helv. Chron. 460. B. Vsh. Catal.

Dominicus Baudius, an elegant Poet.

Amicus noster dum viveret, & quando Dordrechtum diverteret hospes suavissimus, Dominicus Baudius, poeta item elegantissimus & disertissimus. Voss. De Analog. l. 1. c. 42.

Bernardus Bauhusius made a book in praise of the Virgin Mary,* 1.107 by changing one verse a thousand twenty two waies, according to the number of the Starres.

Vnius Libri versus, unius versus Liber is the title of it.

Tot tibi sunt dotes virgo quot sydera caelo.

* 1.108Martinus Becanus, a Learned Jesuite.

Christ. * 1.109 Beckmannus, a Learned Linguist.

CHAP. VI.

* 1.110BEda was an English man, born not farre from Dyrrham: He was the Learnedest man of his time, skillfull in Divine and Secular Learning.

Of his rare learning and knowledge his Writings yet extant are a clear and sufficient testimony. He was so great a follower of S^t Augustine (the worthiest Pillar of the Church since the Apostles time, as some hold) that his Commentaries upon the Scripture, both of Old and New Testament, are almost word for word out of S^t Augustine.

He was a continuall Preacher, as his Homilies do testifie.

He was usually called Venerable Bede, but why, the Monks usque ad ineptias cer∣tant, as Lilius Gyraldus saith, De Poet. Hist. Dial. 5. Some of the reasons given for that title are ridiculous. One saith, Pietate & eruditione venerabilis cognomen adeptus est. He was called Venerable for his Piety and Learning. Others say he was called Venerable, because that was the title of Presbyter, and his Homilies were read in his life time, and they calling him then not Saint but Venerable, so called him after his death. Vide Trithem. de Script. Eccles.

Sedulius is likewise styled Venerabilis.

Beda's Works were printed in three Tomes at Paris, An. 1545. and in eight Tomes at Basil, Anno Domini 1563. in Folio, containing four great Vo∣lumes.

In omni disciplinarum genere, Graecae etiam atque Latinae linguae gnarus excelluit: Poeta, licet mediocris, Rhetor, Historicus, Astronomus, Arithmeticus, Cosmogra∣phus, Philosophus, Theologus, ita eo tempore mirabilis, ut in proverbium apud ejus seculi doctores abierît, Hominem in extremo orbis angulo natum, universum orbem suo ingenio perstrinxisse. Possev. Apparat. Sac. Tomo 1^o.

Coringius in his 3^d Dissertat. de Antiq. Acad. saith it is observable, Sexto septimo atque octavo seculo neminem fere per Italiam, Galliam, Britanniam, Hispaniam (uno verbo) in occidentalis Ecclesiae toto orbe, nomen aliquod scripto libro invenisse, qui non in Monasterio educatus sit atque institutus. Qui inter Britannicos Monachos eminet Beda, idem omnium illius tempestatis per occidentem universum fuit doctissimus. Nos ipsi Germani prima Christianae doctrinae exordia illis caenobitis debemus. Imo de∣bemus illis initia omnis culturae melioris, atque eruditionis: sicut & Angli ipsi ac Scoti à Monachis Romanis eam antehac acceperant.

* 1.111William Bedwell: He was skilfull in the Orientall Tongues.

He hath put out the Catholick Epistle of John in Arabick with a Preface to it.

William Bedle, a very Learned Bishop of Ireland, but an English man, and Chaplain to Sir Henry Wotton at Venice.* 1.112

He hath put into Latine Tr. de Interdicto Pauli 5^ti Ital.

Rob. Bellarmine was born in Politian, Anno Dom. 1542.* 1.113

He and Tolet, and of late Lugo only were made Cardinals of the Jesuites.

Mutius Vitelliscus perswading Bellarmine to write his own life (as Fuligat re∣ports) at last prevailed with him: He hath this passage there, De virtutibus suis nihil dixit, quia nescit, an ullam verè habeat: De vitiis tacuit, quia non sunt digna quae scribantur, & utinam de libro Dei deleta inveniantur in die Judicii.

Possevine in his Biblioth. Select. tomo 1^o l. 7. c. 4. saith of his four Tomes of Con∣troversies, Opus absolutissimum, quòd Controversiarum fermè omnium corpus dici queat.

Gretser in his Preface to his Defence of Bellarmines Controversies also highly magnifies him.

Cardinall D' Ossat in his fifth book of French Letters saith thus of him, Est celuy qui a faict ••et oeuure incomparable des Controverses pour la Religion Catholique, contre toutes les heresies qui sont auiourd' huyr & qui ont estè au temps passè; & nostre sainct Pere le faisant Cardinal a voulu honorer tant la vertu, & doctrine, & labeur de ce personnage, que le College des Cardinaux. It is he which hath made this In∣comparable work of Controversies for the Catholick Religion, against all the heresies of this day and of times past; and our holy Father in making him Cardi∣nal, would herein honour, both the Vertue, Learning, and Labour of this Per∣son, and the Colledge of Cardinals. Vide vitam Bellarmini à Fuligattio scriptam, l. 2. c. 6.

Robertus Bellarminus è sodali••io Jesuitico, opere de Religionis Controversiis cum∣primis clarus, Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 12.

Robertus Bellarminus Cardinalis summo vir in Controversiis discutiendis acumine praeditus, & tot polemicis scriptis editis Clarus Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. part. 2. l. 3. Vide Jani. Nicii Eryth. Pinacoth.

Fuligate in the 7^th book 3^d ch. speaking of his death, saith,* 1.114 He was called Pater pauperum for his great liberality to the poor. He gave them the third part of his yearly revenew. Ante omnia illud affirmare sit, annui proventus ipsius partem ferè tertiam erogari solitam quotannis in pauperes, Fuligattus in ejus vita. l. 4. c. 3.

He saith thus in his Will, Primum igitur spiritum meum in manus Dei commen∣datum toto corde exopto, cui ab adolescentiâ servire desideravi: & precor, ut me inter Sanctos & Electos suos non aestimator meriti, sed veniae largitor admittat.

The only Champion that ever Rome had for eluding evident authorities of Scri∣pture. D^r Jackson on the Creed, Vol. 1. l. 2. c. 14.

He sometimes sold some of his goods at home, that he might give almes. De∣mum quadum die proprium atramentarium argenteolum, ut ditaret inopes, inter pig∣nora obligavit. Fuligattus in ejus vita, l. 7. c. 1.

* 1.115William Bellaye. A man of much honour and vertue, and an especiall ornament of the French Nobility, by reason of his notable Learning, Eloquence, Experience, and singular Aptness in all affairs.

Qui cùm omnium optimarum artium doctrina, summaque ingenii laude praestaret, tamen in libello de Galliae & Franciae antiquitatibus, non Franco gallicae historiae, sed Amadisicarum fabularum instituisse tractationem videtur, Hotomani Franco Gallia c. 4.

Francois de Belleforest, a Learned French Historian.

His Works are mentioned by Antoine Du Verdier in his Bibliotheque.

Petrus * 1.116 Bellonius.

He hath published Observations, and other Works.

Peter Bembus, Vir sapientissimus, doctissimus, ac eloquentissimus, quod docent tùm Epistolae ejus,* 1.117 tùm caetera scripta erudita. Neand. Geog. parte prima.

* 1.118He hath written a book of Epistles, and twelve books of the Venetian Histories, a book de imitatione sermonis, and Poems.

Beza hath this Epigram upon his history of Venice:

Clara urbi Venetum debes natalia Bembe: Vrbs eadem clara est munere, Bembe, tuo. Tu patria foelix, foelix te patria Cive, Bembe tamen debet patria plura tibi. Nam mortale fuit patria quod nounus habebat: At, quam das patriae, vita perennis erit.

He was a Venetian, and a Cardinall: his Life is written by Johannes Casa. His style is disliked by Lipsius and others.

It is no marvell if Lipsius disliked his style, it being nothing like his own, but he was a great Ciceronian, as also was Sadoletus the Cardinall his great friend, and above them both, he who was familiar with them both, Longolius.

Peter Bembus is reported to have said (witnesse George Fabricius and Alexander of Hales in his Commentary upon the 2^d of Tim.) Semel legi Biblia. Quod si ite∣rum mihi essent legenda, perderem omnem Latinitatem.

He and Sadoletus were made Cardinals by Pope Paul the 3^d. Vide Bembi Epist. Fam. l. 6. Epist. 3.

Boxhorn Monum. Illust. vir. & Elog. in Sadoletus saith these four Cardinals Learned and good men, Pet. Bembus, Jacobus Sadoletus, Cuspar Contarenus, and Campegius properata morte feruntur occubuisse. are reported to had died an untime∣ly death, many are ignorant of the cause, unlesse peradventure (saith he) they were thought to have some familiarity with those which differ from the Roman Religion. The same hath Boissard in his Bibliotheca or Icones.

Vide Sadolet. Epist. l. 2. Pet. Bembo. Petrus Bembus, quem orbis terrarum Can∣tat: nec injuria: vixit enim, quantus ei vitae Cursus fuit, in virtute totus: is cum alias coluit Philosophiae partes, tum verò poeticam artem amavit more quodam arden∣tissimo, ejusque studium à prima pueritia amplexus, nunquam ne in extrema quidem senectute dimisit. Scripsit autem versus in omni aetate multos, & scripsit omnium ele∣gantissime, sic ut Apollo dictasse videatur. Manut. Praefat. ad Torquatum Bembum Petri Filium. In Virgilium.

R. Benjamin a famous Jewish Geographer.* 1.119

His Hebrew Itinerary is published cum versione & notis Constantini L'Empereur. Vide ejus Epist. Dedicat.

He was a Spaniard, and died in the year a nato Christo 1173, in that very year, wherein he returned from his voyage.

Antonius Benivenius.* 1.120

He hath written de morborum mirandis, &c. a book for the bignesse as full of choise observations, as any I have seen, D^r Casaub. of Enthus. ch. 3.

Paulus Benius, homo Italus, & (quod nemo non miretur) in Gymnasio nostro eloquentiae Interpres, qui Patavii Patavinum (sc. Livium) aggressus est conviciis proscindere, silentibus omnino civibus nostris, & strenuè condonantibus actionem inju∣riarum, quam illi intendere debuerant. Pign. Symbol. Epist. Ep. 44.

Berengarius a Frenchman. He was Deacon of Aniou,* 1.121 and the first that was counted an heretique for denying of Transubstantiation, and troubled for the same.

When he had professed the truth of the Sacrament, and had stood in the open confession thereof, according to the ancient verity of the Church before, he was so handled with certain malignant and superstitious Monks, that partly by evil in∣treaty, and partly for fear of death (such is the weak frailty of man) he began to shrink, and afterward did indeed recant the truth. Foxes Act. and Monum. Tom. 2. p. 456, 457, 458. Vide Matth. Paris. Hist. Angl. p. 16, & 17.

Theuet vies des hommes Illustres, l. 3. saith thus: I'ay unfort long temps demeuré douteux, si en ce mien liure des Illustres personnages, ie deuoie faire mention d'vn certain Berengier, le nom, duquel (a mon grand regret.) nest que assez cogneu, pour la nou∣velle opinion qu'il tascha de mettre sus contre la realitè du sacrement Eucharistique. D'vne part me retiroit la memoire odieuse d'vn tel homme, & d' antre costé sa publique confession, retractation, & louable penitence, effacans les playes chanerenses de son offence, quil a de cueur et de faict exhibees, me provoquent à u' espargner vn fuellet, pourlu faire place, et ce d' autant plus volontiers, qu' il pourra seruir de mirouer et exemple à plusie urs desuoyez.

Bernard was Abbot of Claravon in the year 1108. of whom sprang the Ber∣nardine Monks.* 1.122

He continued with the Papists, and tels the Pope his own.

Recentissimus est, vixitque post confirmatam Episcopi Romanui tyrannidem. Cham. de Oecumen. Pontif.

From erring Bernard that frequent Proverb of Writers erring drew its ori∣ginall. Bernardus non vidit omnia. Neither is it a wonder, when he flourished in the darkest midnight as it were of Popery. Vir dignissimus meliori aevo, qui vel in

tantis tenebris veritatis lucem salutarem aspexit, vicesque suas saepe deplorabat. Mor∣toni causa Regia, c. 3. Sect. 7.

His book de gratia & libero arbitrio is much commended by * 1.123 Vossius. Qui prae∣conio nostro (saith he) non indiget, cum in deliciis esse omnibus soleat, qui Catholicam sententiam sequuntur.

Philippus Beroaldus.* 1.124 He was a Bononian, most skilfull in Latine and Greek, the Prince of the Grammarians and all the Orators of his age.

He hath left many excellent Monuments of his Learning. Vide Bembi l. 4. Epist. Fam. Philippo Beroaldo minori. p. 132.

Two Beroaldi Philippi flourished in Italy, and both lived in the same age, both Learned and Bononians.

Matthaeus Beroaldus, an excellent Hebrician.

Vir doctus, & quod familiam ducit, pius. Jos. Scal. Epist. l. 3. Ep. 229. yet he saith he would not pollute his Library with his Chronology. Diu est, postquam illius Chronologiam legi, qua bibliothecam meam pollui nollem. Scal. Elench. Orat. Chronol. Parei.

Cujus utinam Chronologia tam proba esset, quam vita ejus fuit. Id. Elench. Orat. 1. Chronol. Parei.

Bertramus, so he is commonly called, or Ratrannus, Anno Dom. 876, Helv. Chron. 841. a Learned man of that time,* 1.125 who lived in the Monastery of Corbey, whereof Paschasius Rabertus was Abbot.

He joyned with Rabanus in refuting the errour of the carnall presence, at the first bringing in thereof by Paschasius Rabertus. The book which he wrote de Cor∣pore & Sanguine Christi to Carolus Calvus the Emperour, was forbidden to be read, by order from the Roman Inquisition, confirmed afterward by the Coun∣cell of Trent. The Divines of Doway perceiving that the forbidding of that book did not keep men from reading it, but gave them rather occasion to seek more earnestly after it, thought it better policy that Bertram should be permitted to go abroad, but handled in such sort, as other ancient Writers that made against them were wont to be. B. Vsh. Answ. to the Jes. Challenge, p. 18, 19.

He speaks of him also in his Goteschalcus, c. 11. p. 175, 176. and mentions there another book of Bertrams, de Nativitate Christi, in which he defends the same doctrine which he delivered in his book de Corpore & Sanguine Domini.

Bish. Ridley Praefat. ad Coenam Domini hath a great commendation of this Bertram.

Bonaventure Cornelius Bertram, a famous Hebrician, and very skilfull in the Jewish Antiquities, as his Works shew.* 1.126 He had the chiefest part in the French Version of the Bible. He put forth Pagnines Thesaurus of the Hebrew Tongue, with the Observations of Mercer, Rodolphus Cevallerius, and his own. His Works are,

Commentarius de Politia Judaica ex omnibus ejus operibus maximè commendatur. Thuanus Hist. Tom. 5. l. 109. Vide plura ibid.

CHAP. VII.

BEssarion, a Grecian and Monk of S^t Basil made Cardinal for his Learning by Eugenius the fourth, his house was the shop of liberal Arts,* 1.127 whilst he lived, he especially honoured Plato, in defence of whom he put out Com∣mentaries against Trapezuntius.

He and Chrysoloras, and Trapezuntius, and Argyropilus brought Greek and pure Latine into Europe.

He gave his Library to Venice, Venetiis Bibliothecam libris Graecis & Latinis in∣structissimam erexit, quos ex Graecia in Italiam multis impensis emptos transportari curavit. Boiss Icon.

He wrote many learned Works, which are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

Bessarion Cardinalis Nicanus, ea fuit morum gravitate, & doctrinarum cultura, ut nemo eo Christiana probitate spectatior, Paulo Jovio teste, nemo fuerit doctrina admirabilior. Is Cornelium Tacitum in delitiis habuit, scriptorem civilis prudentiae magistrum, & quod non minima laus est, Livio nostro in hac etiam parte proximum. Pignor. Symb. Epistol. Epist. 21.

Xystus Betuleius a Learned Writer.* 1.128

Theodore Beza, Anno mundi 5661.

His translation of the New Testament, and his accurate Notes upon it have made him famous. Beza edidit Psalterium suum jucundum opus & utile.* 1.129 Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Danaeus Zanchio.

His French Psaltery was so well liked, that it was well translated into the Ger∣mane, Bohemian, English, Scottish, and many Languages, and all the Orthodox Churches use it, and much esteem it.

He lived 86 years, and towards his later end began to forget what he had spoken. He would (saith Thuanus) repeat whole Psalms in Hebrew, and what ever Cha∣pter one could name out of Pauls Epistles, he would rehearse it all in Greek, for

the things he had formerly learned his judgement failed him not, but he presently forgat what he had spoken.

His French Works are mentioned by Verdier in his Bibliotheque. His Latine are known.

Bibles divers.

There are Biblia Latina by a 1.130 Sebastian Castalio with his Annotations, an ethni∣cal b 1.131 Translation, he using Lotio for baptismus, Respublica for Ecclesia. Beza often reproveth him in his Annotations upon the New Testament.

Biblia Hebraica printed at Venice by Bombergus in four Volumes, and by John Buxtorph in two Volumes with the emendation of the Chaldee Translation.

Biblia Hebraea Hutteri.

Biblia Hebraica, vulgò Complutensia in six Volumes, the Chaldee, Greek and Latine Interpretations being added, by Cardinal Ximenes Archbishop of Toledo, published in the year of Christ 1515, a little before Luther, an excellent work, which made way for the Gospel, since both the original languages of the Bible, before only in the hands of the Jews and Grecians, were now generally made known.

* 1.132The King of Spains Bible in eight Tomes with Apparatus Sacer, printed by Plantine.

The Old Testament in the four first Volumes, in Hebrew, Chaldee and Greek, with a threefold Latine Interpretation, the first of which is the vulgar, and is an∣nexed to the Hebrew Text, the second and third answer to the Greek Text and Chaldee Paraphrase.

In the fifth Volume the New Testament is contained, in Greek and Syriack with a double Latine Interpretation,* 1.133 one of which is the vulgar, the other expresseth the propriety of the Syriack Text, being written by Guido Fabricius Boderianus, one very skilfull in the Syriack.

In the sixth, seventh and eight Tomes is the Apparatus Sacer. In the sixth the Old Testament in Hebrew with the Latine Interpretation of Pagnine and Arias Montanus, and the New in Greek with the vulgar Latine Interpretation, and the other of Arias Montanus.

In the seventh Tome the Grammatical precepts of the Languages, and the Dictionaries of them, Hebrew, Syriack, Chaldee, and Greek are con∣tained.

In the eight and last Tome, there are singular Books of Arias Montanus his, and the Variae Lectiones gathered by the most learned with greatest study, with two Indexes.

Since that, came out Jay the Advocates Bible in France, who hath been at great charge in printing the Bible in Hebrew, and in other oriental Languages, wherein there are two Volumes supernumerary, which have the Samaritane Pentateuch,

and a Translation of it, a Syriack Translation of the Old Testament, and an A∣rabick Translation of the whole Bible, with Latine Translations to each of them, but it hath not the Interlineary, nor any Apparatus.

It is very corruptly printed.

Now there is here printing in England a Bible, which will exceed the French Bible, because it sets forth all uno conspectu, whereas that is in several Volumes,* 1.134 and hath the best Editions of each, the vulgar Latine of Clement the 8^th, and the LXX of Sixtus Quintus their authentick Editions, and it hath the variety of read∣ings of the Alexandrian Copy on the LXX in the Margent, the Chaldee Paraphrase of Buxtorfs Edition.

It hath also the Interlineary Translation of the Hebrew Bible, and the Ethiopick Translation of the New Testament. Some emendations of the Latine Translation, of the Samaritane Pentateuch, and in the Apparatus, the variety of readings of all the Texts.

There are Biblia Hebraica with the Targum, and divers Commentaries of the Rabbies.

There are Biblia Tigurina begun by Leo Judae,* 1.135 and finished by other Reformed Divines, published by Robert Steven with Notes annexed.

There are Biblia Latina à Sixto Edita.

There is the Latine Bible translated by Immanuel Tremellius and Francis Junius, with their Notes.

There is the Latine Bible with the ordinary Glosse of Strabus Fuldensis the brother of Beda, the Postils of Nich. de Lyra, and the additions of Paulus Bur∣gensis.

There is the French Bible reviewed by the Professours of Genevah.* 1.136

There is the Italian Bible by Diodate. Scaliger saith, he makes use of it stil at his study.

There is the Spanish Bible of Cypriano Valera, well approved of.

Theodorus Bibliander was a good Linguist. Vir multijugae eruditionis.* 1.137 Thu∣anus.

Besides many other learned Works which he hath written, he hath also pub∣lished a Commentary De Ratione Communi omnium Linguarum & Literarum.

Gab. Biel. a 1.138 1480.

Nicolaus Biesius a learned Dutchman. He published an Oration Pro Studiis Li∣terarum, two Books De dicendi Arte, two Books De Vniversate, five Books De Natura, and four De Republica, a little Book De Opinionum varietate, Commen∣taries in Galeni Artem, the Method and Theory of Physick.

Hieron. Bignonius. Who may be called the Varro of this Age.

Eberardus Bilichiusb 1.139. He died at Trent coming thither to the Councel.

Jacobus Billius Primaeus a very learned man. He was famous for his exact knowledg in the Greek Tongue, which he specially exercised in illustrating the Greek Fathers.

He translated Nazianzene into Latine, and illustrated it with Scholia. There are also Sacrae Observationes, and Sacra Anthalogia of his, with divers French works mentioned by Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque.

Thomas Bilney a learned and godly Martyr. I have spoken of him elswhere.

Thomas Bilnius Concionator vehemens, litterarum & virtutis existimatione celebris. Camp. Narrat. Divort. Henrici octavi.

Thomas Bilson. His rising was meerly by his Learning.

He hath written,

Survey of Christs Sufferings.

De perpetua Ecclesiae Christi Gubernatione.

Answer to the Apology.

Laelius Bisciola, an Italian.

His Horae subcesivae are commended by Alegamhe, containing excellent things in all kinde of Philology.

Bilibaldus Birkheimerus. He was born at Norimberg, Anno 1501.

A great Mathematician, and most familiar with Erasmus for his great learning. He wrote a Description of Germany, and divers other works mentioned by Boissard.

Peter Blesensis. 1160. a worthy learned man, he spared not at times sharply to reprehend the enormities of the Clergy.* 1.140 Divers of his Epistles are yet to be seen, wherein he rebuketh the arrogancy of Thomas Becket.

Archbishop first in England, then at Roane.

* 1.141David Blondell.

In antiquitate Ecclesiastica versatissimus. Rivetus Grot. discript. dialys. Sect. 10. He is very well versed in Ecclesiastical Antiquities.

Bochart speaking of Church-Government saith, Blondellus vir piissimus & supra fidem in hisce doctus. Bocharti Epist.

He hath published many learned Works in Latine and French. Pseudo. Isidorus & Turianus Vapulantes.

Modeste Delaration De La Sinceritè & Veritè Des Eglises Reformees de France.

An Answer to Cardinal Peroon, and other Works.

* 1.142Flavius Blondus a famous Historian and Secretary to many Popes, deserves well of Antiquity for the age in which he lived.

He died poor at Rome, Vt Philosophum decuit, as it became a Philosopher, saith Boxhornius.

He wrote three Decads, De gestis Romanorum, a Book of Epistles, and another of Orations, and divers others.

He died Anno salutis Christianae. 1363.

* 1.143Ludovicus Blosius, Abbas Laetiensis.

* 1.144Joannes Bocatius, a famous Poet of Hetruria, as Petrarch also, but too obscene.

Petrarch was his Master.

His Life is written by Papirius Massonus.

He put forth a Book De Genealogia Deorum, which contains fourteen Tomes, and many others mentioned by Boissard in his Icones. He died in the 62. year of his age.

Trajanus * 1.145 Boccalinus.

Sir Isaac Wake called his Collections of Pernassus the first Satyre in prose, and Master Selden said, he would rather lose any humane Book in his study then that.

Samuel Bochart an able French Divine, Pastor of the Church of Cane,* 1.146 who hath written a learned Treatise De Geographia Sacra.

M^r Pocock in his learned Miscellaneous Notes in Portam Mosis c. 3. styles him Virum longè doctissimum, and quoting that Book saith, In illo diffusae eruditionis opere.

Peter du Moulin dedicates his Antibarbarian to him, and styles him his Nephew.

CHAP. VIII.

JOhn Bodin, a Papist a 1.147, but an ingenuous and judicious Writer, of great and good note, as well among Protestants as Papists.

Scriptis ad posteritaetem victuris satis clarus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 63.

Possevine dislikes his Methodus Historica, because he makes such honourable mention of the Protest••••••s there.

Voetius in his Biblioth. l. 2. Sect. prior. c. 1. condemns Possevines Bibliotheca, as maimed, because out of his envy and pretended hatred against heresie, he passeth by many excellent Authors.

Joannes Bodinus homo multiplici eruditione notus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 94.

Olim Protestantium doctrinae addictus, nec ab ea multum unquam postea aelienus.

Some commend his Theatrum Naturae for a choice piece, a Book full of natural curiosities.

Tycho Brahe l. 1. De nova Stella. c. 10. chargeth him with grosse errours in mat∣ters of History.

Sir Thomas Bodlie, a great Scholar and prudent Statist.* 1.148

His Parents were rather good then great. What liberal Education they bestow∣ed on him, he shews in his own Life written in English by himself, which is put in∣to Latine by D^r Hackwell, and is in Oxford Library. He living in the troublesome times of Queen Mary, his Parents took him beyond Sea.

At Genevah he heard Beroaldus for Greek, Cevallerius for Hebrew, in Divinity Calvin and Beza.

He was very skilfull in the Oriental Tongues. Linguarum Orientalium callentissi∣mus vir Thomas Bodlaeus. Drus. Not. in Tetragram. He was the great Founder of our famous Oxford Library, which is therefore called Bibliotheca Bodleiana. He gave many Hebrew Books to the Library, and was imployed in many honourable Embassies to the Kings of France and Denmark, the Lantgrave of Hesse, the Duke of Brunswick,* 1.149 the States of Holland.

He gave for his Arms three Crowns, with this Inscription, Quarta perennis erit.

Boetius Severinus. Anno Dom. 520.

Thevet Vies des hommes Illustres l. 6. mentions the several names given to him, and the reasons of them. He was called Severinus, to shew his Cato like severity and integrity. He was very famous in his dayes, being Consul a long time at Rome, and a man of rare gifts and abilities. Some say, in prose he gave not place to Tully, and had none that exceeded him for Poetry; a great Philosopher, Musici∣an, Mathematician.

He was put to death by King Theodoricus King of the Gothes.

He was a most excellent Peripatetick, after he was slain Peripatetick Philosophy decayed, and almost all Learning in Italy. Barbarism wholly invaded it, and expelled good Arts and Philosophy out of its borders, saith Heereboord Epist. Dedicat. ad Disputat. ex Philos. select.

Albertus Magnus and Aquinas have commented upon him.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boetius, vir & dignitate & opulentia & virtute & eruditione longe maximus, Aristotelicam Philosophiam Romae docuit. Coring. de Antiq. Acad. Disser. 3.

* 1.150Quis Boetio, vel in dialecticis acutior, vel subtilior in Mathematicis, vel in Philosophiae locupletior, vel in Theologia sublimior. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1. cap. 1.

* 1.151John Bois, both a good Grecian and Divine.

He hath published some Notes upon Chrysostome, which are in the eighth Vo∣lume upon Chrysostome, put out by Sir Henry Savill, who cals him, Ingeniosissimum & doctissimum Boisium, and styles his Notes, Doctissimas ejus Observationes.

He saith thus to Sir Henry Savill in his Notes, upon Chrysostoms Homilies upon Genesis, Emendationes enim omnes quas affero, meae sunt conjecturae, & fortasse mul∣tis in locis parùm probabiles nec satis scitè confictae. Sed ut non omnes dignas existimo, quae eruditorum calculis approbentur: ita nonnullas, tametsi paucissima eae sunt, me∣liore sidere natas credo, quas ne emunctissimae quidem naris Critici sint prorsus asper∣naturi.

Daniel * 1.152 Bombergus a famous Printer, who alone almost hitherto hath printed at Venice great and large Volumes in Hebrew with invaluable expences.

Those Hebrew Books which he printed at Venice are conveyed into all the parts of the world where the Jews are, into Africk, Ethiopia, India, Aegypt, and other places.

He printed,

1. The Hebrew and Chaldee Bible with Commentaries of divers Rabbies upon all the Books of the Old Testament in royal paper.

2. The Talmud, an immense and stupendious work divided into some Vo∣lumes.

3. The Volumes of Rabbi Moses which contain both his own Expositions, and also those of other Rabbins upon the Talmud, with other Hebrew Books.

Bonaventure first a Monk, and then a Cardinal. He was called Doctor Seraphi∣cus, a Seraphical Doctor.* 1.153

His Works are in seven Tomes.

His Notes on Lombard are good, Gerson commends his Opuscula for devo∣tion.

He joyned together so much sanctity of life, and integrity of manners with his great knowledge of Scholastical Divinity and Philosophy, that Alexander of Hales his master, was often accustomed to say of him, That Adam seem'd to him not to have sinned in Bonaventure. Sixt. Senens. Bibliothec. Sanct. l. 4.

Anno 1265. About this time flourished Thomas of Aquine, Reader at Paris among the Dominick Friers, and Bonaventure among the Franciscan Friers. Foxes Act. and Monum. Tom. 1. p. 433.

Thomas Aquinas coming to him to salute him, and finding him writing the life of S^t Francis (as the Papists term him) he called him a Saint though living, saying, Sinamus Sanctum pro Sancto laborare, Let us suffer a Saint to labour for a Saint. Ang. Roch. Biblioth. Vatic.

He was canonized by Pope Sixtus the 4^th anno 1482. for a Saint in the Ka∣lendar.

Franciscus Bonamicus.* 1.154

There are some of his Works published.

De alimento, De motu.

Lazarus Bonamicus.

A most famous Professour of Eloquence, and the Greek Tongue at Pa∣dua.

He hath put out some learned Orations and Poems.

It is reported of him, that when he once asked the Devil in a possessed woman,* 1.155 what verse in Virgil he judged to be best? he answered,

Discite justitiam moniti, & non temnere divos.

Cardin. Borromaeus.* 1.156

He was of Millain, he had Francis Alciate a most famous Lawyer his Master. Pope Paulus Quintus made him a Saint.

He escaped a great danger from some loose Friers, as Thuanus relates. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 38. p. 627.

He hath put out a Tract, De Concionatorum Pastorumque Instructione, oum aliis Opusculis.

There are also Epistolae cum ejus vita.

Franciscus Bosquetus a learned Lawyer.

He hath written a History of the Popes of Rome which were Frenchmen, thus entituled, Pontificum Romanorum, qui à Gallia oriundi sunt, historia.

Arnold Boot Doctor of Physick, a Dutchman, lately dead.* 1.157

He hath written a learned Book, entituled, Animadversiones Sacrae ad Textum Hebraicum Veteris-Testamenti.

He wrote also two Tracts against Ludovicus Capellus his Sacra Critica.

I received this passage from a learned Friend of mine (whom I informed of his death) in a Letter,

The losse of that man is great, for he was well furnished with that kinde of learning, and besides very judicious, very industrious, very zealous. He wrote as yet in a more general way, but so as he hath indeed cut the sinews of that Sacra Critica.

Henricus Bracton, a learned Lawyer.

Henry de Bracton, a Judge of the Court of Commonpleas in the Reign of K. H. 3. and a writer of the Laws.

John Bradford.

* 1.158As holy a man as any lived in his time, and learned also, as M^r Fox shews in his Book of Martyrs.

He wrote two Sermons, one of Repentance on Mat. 4.17. the 2.^d of the L. Supper.

I finde also in the Oxford Catalogue, mentioned,

His holy Meditations upon the Lords-Prayer, Belief, and ten Command∣ments.

A Dialogue of Predestination and Free-will.

Two Letters for men afflicted in Conscience.

William Bradshew.

He hath written well of Justification. M^r Gataker cals it, Aureum quantivis pretii libellum.

There are also Meditations of his upon the Psalms.

* 1.159Tho. Bradwardine Archbishop of Canterbury King Edward the thirds Confessor.

A man reputed so pious in those dayes, that the Kings prosperous successe then was chiefly imputed unto his piety, who followed him in his warres in France, as Preacher in the Camp.

Above three hundred years ago he valiantly defended the truth against the Ar∣minian Doctrine. Gratiae Dei strenuissimus assertor, D^r Ward in Phil. 2.12.

Henricus Brandius, a learned and Pious Divine.

He hath written a Book entituled, Examen Consulationis Lessianae religionis ca∣pessendae. And Analysis in Catechesin religionis Christianae, Quae in Ecclesiis & Scholis tum Belgii, tum Palatinatus traditur.

* 1.160Tycho Brahe a Dane and a Knight, a great Astronomer.

Stellae describuntur à Ptolomaeo, Alphonso & Tychone Brahe, triumviris reipub. Astronomicae. Alsted. Eucyclop. l. 7. part. 1. c. 15.

There are divers of his Works published,

Astronomiae illustratae Progymnasnatum Liber 1.

Mechanica.

Oratio de Disciplinis Mathematicis.

De mundi Aetherei recentioribus. Phaenomenes liber secundus. Epistolae Astro∣nomicae.

Edw. Brerewood. He was the first Astronomy Lecturer in Gresham Col∣ledge.

He hath written Enquiries touching the Diversities of Languages and Religions through the chief parts of the world, an excellent piece.

De ponderibus & pret. vet. nummorum.

Elementa Logicae.

Treatises of the Sabbath.

John Brentius. He was born Anno 1499. A Divine of great name amongst the Protestants, saith Thuanus. Vir est gravis, & modestus & doctus: sed desiderari in eo non∣nihil potest. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. ad Bezam.

His Works are printed in several Tomes in Folio.

Guido de * 1.161 Bres.

He hath written against the Anabaptists in French.

Of the Authority of the Magistrate, and Immortality of the soul.

Henry Brigges, a famous Mathematician, and a pious man.

His Works are Arithmetica Logarithmica, & Triganometria Britannica.

Thomas Brightman, a learned and godly man.

Bishop Andrews in his Answer to Bellarmines Apol. ad cap. 9. is too sharp and bitter towards him.

I have heard that M^r Thomas Cartwright counted him a bright Star in the Church of God.

He hath put out a Comment in Latine on the Canticles and Revelation. And Disputatio de Antichristo, & Refutatio de Bellarmini Antichristo.

Jo. Brinsley, A learned man.

He hath published,

Ludus Literarius, or, The Grammar-School.

The posing of the Accidens.

The true Watch and Rule of Life in four parts.

The Calender Reformation.

Barnabas Brissonius, the learned Chief Justice of France, whom a 1.162 one calleth Varro Galliae.

Jos. Scaliger. l. 1. Epist. Epist. 8. & 9. speaks somewhat against his book De Regno Persarum, and de formulis, &c. but that De formulis is an excellent work.

Stephanus Paschasius in the second Book of his Epigrams, hath these Verses to him.

Mirantur eunctis animum te intendere caussis, Cùm tot pervoluas noctè dieque libros. Queis ego sic Balbus; nihil est mirabile factu: Plurima nam dicit, plurima qui didicit.

John Briton Bishop of Hereford of profound judgement in the Common-Law.

He composed a learned Work of the Law, and published it in 5. E. 1. by the commandment of Edward the first, our Justinian.

Erasmus Brockman, a learned Lutheran. He hath put out Theologiae universae Systema. vol. 3. De speculo veritatis Pontificiae. Controversiarum sacrarum quae in salutari Religionis negotio intercedunt orthodoxis cum schola Pontificia partes duae.* 1.163

Joan. Brodaeus, a man of stupendious and wonderfull reading, of incredible me∣mory and industry. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 34.

He hath written divers Miscellanies, and learned Commentaries upon Euripides his Tragedies, and Xenophon.

Sir Robert Brook Chief-Justice of the Court of Commonpleas.

His Abridgement was first published in Anno 16. Reg. Eliz. long after his decase; a worthy and painfull work, an excellent Table for the year Books of the Law.

Hugh Broughton, well skilled in Hebrew and Greck, if he had been as judicious and humble.* 1.164

He hath put forth several works, his Concentus Sacrae Scripturae is best liked.

He said, it was portended by his Arms that he should be a Grecian, for he gave the fowl * 1.165 of Athens for his Arms.

Christoph. Browerus a learned man. He hath written,

Fuldensium Antiquitatum. l. 4. and other works.

* 1.166Henricus Brucaeus.

Fr. Lucas Brugensis, a famous Divine. He hath written Notationes in sacra Biblia, and Commentarios in quatuor Jesu Christi Evangelia, and other works.

Petrus Brunellus.

* 1.167There are Epistles of his published.

Guil. Bucanus. D^r Prideaux was wont to say, sive Buchanus sive Buchananus, they being both ours.

These are his Works, Institutiones Theologicae.

In Orat. Dominicam.

Meditationes & Aphorismi de controversiis de Religione determinandis.

Georgius Buchananus, A most famous Poet and good Historian for the Scottish affairs.

* 1.168Namque ad supremum perducta Poetica culmen In te stat, nec quo progrodiatur, habet. Imperii fuerit Romani Scotia limes: Romani eloquii Scotia finis erit. Jos. Scalig. in Epitaphio Buchanani.

Vir ingenii felicitate & scribendi facultate, quod ejus scripta ad omnem aeternitatem victura vel fatente invidia testantur, nostra aetate incomparabilis. Thuanus Hist. Tom. 3. l. 76.

There he commends his History also. Ego Psalmorum tuorum lectione incredibi∣liter delector, qui tales sunt quales à te uno proficisci potuerunt. Beza in Epist.

Carolus Vtenhovius saith thus of his Translation of the Psalms,

Tres Italos Galli senos vicere, sed unum Vincer•• Scotigenam non potuere virum.

The six Italians were Michael Hospitalis. Adrianus Turnebus, Joannes Auratus. The three French A. Sannazarins, H. Fracastorius, A. Flaminius, H. Vidas, A. Nau∣gerius. P. Bembus.

Martin Bucer, born Anno 149. a great instrument of God as well as Martin Luther, both Germains and Monks formerly.

The two judicious Commentators * 1.169 Bucer and Martyr.

Quam multiplicem in Bucero jacturam fecerit Dei Ecclesia, quoties in mentem venit, cor meum propè lacerari sentio. Calvin in an Epistle to Viretus.

After the Assembly of Regenspurg••, when John Gropper Embassadour to the Archbishop of Collen, was returned home, he commended Bucer exceedingly, and said, he was meetest of all others to take in hand the Reformation of Religi∣on, for he was both well learned, a lover of peace, and of pure life. Sleid. Com∣ment. l. 14. p. 187.

Abraham Bucoltzer.

Opere Chronologico magnam gloriam adeptus. Thuanus.* 1.170

Ludovicus Buccaferrous, a learned Philosopher of Bononia.

Many famous Scholars came from his School, Francis Piccolominie, and others.

Julius Caesar Scaliger in his Epistle to the Reader prefixed before his Subtilties, names him his Master.

Osorius in his learned Book De Gloria, saith, he diligently heard him.

He published Commentaries upon Aristotles first Book of Physicks, and other Books of his.

Jo. Buckeridge, Bishop of Rochester.* 1.171

Guil. Budaeus, William Budey born at Paris in France, Anno 1467.* 1.172

He was Secretary of Francis the first, King of France, and Keeper of his Library, and after his Counsellor and Master of Requests. His Commentaries upon the Greek Tongue, his Epistles, Philology, his excellent work De Asse, his Commentaries upon the Pandects, and others shew his great knowledge in the Greek and Latine Tongue.

In those things which he wrote before the preaching of Luther, he doth rough∣ly and largely accuse the Pope, Bishops and Priests, especially in his Book De Asse, which was published Anno 1513. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 19. Vide Montacu••. Analect. Exercit. 5. Sect. 4. Et Pauli Jov. Elog. Doctorum virorum. & meam Epist. Dedicat. ad Crit. Sac. Nov. Test.

He was a man of great learning, and worthy to be had in perpetual memory, for this cause only, that he and Cardinal Bellay Bishop of Paris, did counsel and perswade Francis the first, the French King, to do a most noble act, that is, to ap∣point great stipends, for the Readers of Tongues and good Arts at Paris.

Buchanan hath this Distich of him,

Gallia quod Graeca est, quod Graecia barbara non est: Vtraque Budaeo debet utrumque suo. Buch. l. 2. Epig.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

Et Latiae nobis debent Graiaeque Camaenae: Laudem utram quaeras, magnus utraque fui.

He died at Paris Anno 1539.

* 1.173Jo. Bugenhagius Pomeranus nascitur Anno 1485.

Moderato ingenio & eruditione rara excultus. Thuanus Hist. 1. Tom. l. 21.

He died at Wittenberg in the 73 year of his age.

Lutherus ut in Schola suum Melancthonem, sic in Ecclesia suum sibi Bugenha∣gium adjunctum habuit. Verheid. Prastant. aliq. Theol. qui Rom. Antich. praecip. oppugn. effig.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

Henry Bullenger * 1.174, born Anno 1504.

Some much commend his Book de Origine Erroris.

Henry Bunting * 1.175, Teacher of the Word of God in Saxony, in the Dukedom of Brunswicke.

Neander much commends his Chronicon Ecclesiasticum, and his Itinerarium Ec∣clesiasticum.

Aegidius Burd••nus, a learned Lawyer and an excellent Grecian. Vid. Scaev. Sam. Gallorum Elog.

Francis Burg••rsdicius famous for his Logick, Ethicks and Metaphysicks.

Paulus Bu••gensis was by birth and institution a Jew,* 1.176 and excellently versed in all the learning of the Rabbines, but by faith and conversion a Christian and a Bishop.

When he was a Jew he was called Salomo Levita.

Walter Burlie, a great light of Europe, and ornament of Oxford. The Learned Master of King Edward the 3^d, and Scholar of Merton Colledge.

He hath written divers Works upon Aristotle.

Jo. Buridunus.

He hath written on the ten Books of Aristotles Ethicks.

Burgundius.* 1.177

He interpreted the Gospel of John.

This is part of his Epitaph,

Decessit senio propria Burgundius urbe, Cui similis vivens vix fuit est vel erit. Omne quod est natum terris sub sole locatum, Hic plene scivit scibile quicquid erat, Optimus Interpres Graecorum fonte refectus, Plurima Romano contulit eloquio. Commentor primus, Chrysostomus ille secundus, Claruit, expositor, scripsit & innotuit.

Rob. Burhill.

He hath written contra Mart. Becani controversiam Anglicanam de Britann. and a manuscript in verse, De Britanniae rebus Scholasticis.* 1.178

Anna Burgius.

Anne du Burg, a most learned Lawyer and holy Senatour was burnt at Paris for the true Religion: not so much by the inclination of the Judges,* 1.179 as by the resolution of the Queen, provoked against him, because the Lutherans did divulge in many Writings and Libels spread abroad, that the King had been wounded in the eye by the providence of God, for a punishment for his words used against du Bourg, that he would see him burnt. But the death and constancy of a man so conspicuous, did make many curious to know what Religion that was, for which he had so couragiously indured punishment, and made the number increase. Hist. of the Counc. of Trent. l. 5. p. 418.

Augerius Busbequius, a great Embassadour and a Learned man, skilfull in the Civil Law and all Philosophy.* 1.180

He hath written most elegant Latine Epistles and most pleasant to reade con∣cerning the Turks.

Besides the Greek and Latine tongue, he was so exactly skilled in the Italian, Spa∣nish, French, German and Illyrick tongue, that any of them might seem to him vernacula.

Joannes Busaeus, a most Learned Papist.

John Buxtorf,* 1.181 the Father and Sonne.

The Learned works of the Father discover his great abilities and skill in the He∣brew Tongue, and give great light to many places of Scripture.

Epistolarum decas, cum notis.

Tiberias, sive Comment. Masorethicus.

Biblia Sac. Hebr. & Chald. cum Masora.

Lexicon Chaldaicum & Syriacam.

Synagoga Judaica.

Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebr.

De Abbreviaturis Hebraicis.

Thesaurus Grammaticus Linguae Sanctae: and other Learned Works of the same nature.

Daniel Tossanus Orat. de Vita & obitu Johannis Buxtorfii mentions Commentari∣um Chaldaicum notas Criticas accuratissimas in paraphrasin Chaldaicam Bibliorum Hebraeorum continentem, which I hope his Learned Sonne will shortly publish, I having seen, or heard at least, something in a letter from him lately to that purpose.

Young Buxtorf is Paternae eruditionis ex asse haeres: as his Dissertations and An∣swers to Capellus shew.

CHAP. IX.

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* 1.182THomas de Vio Cajetanus, an Italian and a Cardinall.

A man very well read in Divinity, having studied it even from a childe, who for the happiness of his wit, and for his laborious diligence, became the prime Divine of that and many more ages, unto whom there was no Prelate or person in the Councell who would not yield in Learning, or thought himself too good to learn of him.

This Cardinall, going Legate to Germany in the year 1523. studying exactly how those that erred might be reduced to the Church, and the Arch-heretiques convinced, found out the true remedy, which was, the literall meaning of the text of the Scripture in the Originall Tongue in which it was written, and all the residue of his life, which was 11 years, he gave himself to the study of the Scri∣pture, expounding not the Latine Translation, but the Hebrew Roots of the Old, and the Greek of the New Testament. In which Tongues, having no knowledge himself, he imployed men of understanding, who made construction of the Text unto him word by word, as his Works upon the holy Texts do shew. That good Cardinall was wont to say, that to understand the Latine text, was not to under∣stand the infallible Word of God, but the word of the Translator, subject and obnoxious unto errour. Hist. of the Counc. of Trent, l. 2. p. 155.

* 1.183Cajetane is commended for an incomparable Divine by Sixtus Senensis Bibl. 4. Tit. Thomas, and for the most Learned man of his time by Pererus the Jesuite, Comment. in illa verba Gen. Creavit Deus, &c. Vide Leand. Albert. Descript. tot. Ital. & Gerh. l. 2. Cathol. Confess. Art. 1. c. 1.

P. Victor Cajetanus Palma.

He hath put out Paradigmata de quatuor Linguis Orientalibus Praecipuis.

Joannes Caius, a Learned Doctor of Physick of Cambridge.

He hath written a Book de Libris propriis, and besides Commentaries or Anno∣tations upon divers Physick Books, and other Books Translated or Corrected by him: He mentions these,

De Medendi Mothodo. Two books.

De Ephemera Britannica. Three books.

De Antiquitate Cantabrig. Academiae. Two books.

De Historia Cantabrig. Academiae. Two books.

De Rariorum animalium atque stirpium Historia. One book.

De Symphonia vocum Britannicarum. One book.

De Thermis Britannicis. One book.

De Antiquis Britanniae urbibus. One book.

De Libris propriis. One book.

De Pronunciatione Graeca & Latinae Linguae cum scriptione nova. One book.

De Annalibus Collegii. One book.

De Annalibus Collegii Gonevilli & Caii. One book.

Compendium Erasm. lib. de vera Theologia. One book.

* 1.184Julius Caesar, a great Conquerer, and as great a Scholar.

He hath published his own Acts both truly and purely. His Commentaries shew his great Eloquence.

Gesta notasse opus est ingens, gessisse notanda. Majus opus: princeps Caesar utrunquefacit.

Manutius in his Preface on Caesars Commentaries much commends Caesar and his Commentaries.

Huic ipsi Caesari, atque iterum Terentio, ob proprietatem ac nativam Romani sermonis elegantiam, proximum post Tullium damus locum, Voss. Institut. Orat. l. 4. c. 1. Sect. 9.

In procinctu, ac pene in acie quoque ipsa rerum suarum Commentarios ita diligenter conficiebat: ut nihil a quo quam tam putetur accurate prescriptum: quod non illorum purissima elegantia superetur. Polit. Epist. l. 10. Epist. 1.

Domitius Calderinus Veronensis.

He was a good Grammarian. He hath published three books of Observations,* 1.185 a Comment on Martiall, and Notes on Ovids Epistles.

Vir fuit acris ingenii, multae{que} in literis industriae, Latinae linguae diligentissimus, Graecae non incuriosus: non prosam condere absurdus, non carmen. Nimium sus ta∣men (quod opera ipsius testantur) admirator, ac pro sententia cui semel adhaeserat, etiam contra verum contumax, & refractarius. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1. c. 9. Vide plura ibid. & Epist. l. 3. Epist. 19.

Ambr. Calepinus.* 1.186

There is his Dictionarium Latino Graecum cum addit. Pauli Manutii.

Dictionarium 10 Linguarum.

Georgius Calixtus, a most learned man.

Professor Theologus Helmstadiensis.

Theologorum Germaniae nostrae bodie princeps & sine pari, Georgius Calixtus, ami∣cus, & olim Collega noster non è mult•••• Meibomii Maecenas c. 24.

He hath written an Harmony styled Concordia quatuor Evangelicorum Scripto∣rum, and Tractatus de arte nova.

John Calvin.

One of the soundest Divines and of deepest judgement in matters of Religion,* 1.187 both of Doctrine and of Discipline that God gave to his Church this 1000 years. M^r Travers.

Steven Pasquier a French Writer and a Papist doth much extoll his Piety, Wit and Learning, in his Recherches de la France, l. 8. ch. 55. Estoit-il homme bien escri∣vant tant en Latin que Francois, & anquel nostre langue Francoise est grande ment redeuable pour l'avoir enrichie d' vne infinite des beaux traicts et à la mieme volanté que c'eust estè au meilleur subiet: An demeurant homme merueilleusement versé et nourry aux liures de la saincte escriture, et tel que s'il east tournè son esprit à la bonne voye, il pounoit estre mis an parangon de plus signalez Docteurs de l' Eglise.

He was a good Writer both in Latine and French, and one to whom our French Language is exceedingly obliged, for having enriched it with many good Treati∣ses; and I would they had been upon a better subject. He was marvellously ver∣sed and skilled, in the books of the holy Scripture, and such a one that if he had turned his spirit the good way, he might have been set for a Paragon of the most famous Doctors of the Church. This and more he hath there of him.

I willingly acknowledge him to have been an excellent instrument in the Church of God, and a man of a deep judgement, specially in the Exposition of holy Scri∣pture (which I think none condemn more then those who have read him least) yet withall I freely confess he had his errours. D^r Hackw. Apol. l. 5.

Suos naevos haebuit, quanquam in doctrina sua nihil penitus mutavit, quod rarum est in eo presertim qui tam multa scripserit. Mori Calvinus. Vide plura ibid.

His Works have been so profitable to the Church of God that they have been in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Transylvania, Polonia, England, Scotland. His Institutions and Commentaries upon almost all the Scripture, are generally well esteemed.

One writes thus of his Institutions,

Praeter Apostolicas post Christi tempora chartas Huic peperere libro, secula nulla parem.

His French Works are mentioned by Antoine Du Verdier in his Bibliotheque.

None hath more solidly refuted the Libertines then he.

* 1.188Sethus Calvisius Cantor, a Learned Chronologer.

Giraldus Cambrensis.

There is Rerum Hibernicarum appendix cum Ric. Stanhurst.

* 1.189William Camden, our British Pausanias.

He that is studious of the British History, let him in the first place reade Cam∣dens Britain, where (besides a most accurate description of the whole Island) he may learn the name of Britany, the manners of the Britains, and the History of the Romans in Britain, and many other things most worthy to be known, ga∣thered summarily out of the incorrupt Monuments of ancient Antiquity.

His Annals also of the English and Irish affairs in the Reign of Q Elizabeth, are excellent.

He was Schoolmaster of Westminster School, and his Monument is in Wesimin∣ster Abbie.

He lost a Scholars place in Oxford in Queen Maries daies, because of his Re∣ligion.

Pope Vrbane the 8^th, who had the Pictures of divers Learned men in his Gal∣lery, had only the Pictures of two English men, Sir Thomas Moore and Master Camden.

The first Learned man which Peireskius met with in England was William Cam∣den, ille de sua Britannia bene meritus. Gassend. De Vita Peireskii, l. 2.

Joach. Camerarius. He was the great honour of Germany.* 1.190

He was exquisitely skilled in the Greek Tongue, a godly and wise man.

Ad hane autem in omnibus bonis disciplinis eruditionem acc••sserat pietas singularis, prudentia longo rerum usu confirmata. Bez. Icon. Vir. Illust.

Joachimus plus habere videtur curae quam naturae. Eras. Epist. l. 26. Epist. 45.

I pray to God continually (saith Casaubon, Epist. Append. Ep. 88. Georgio Remo) ut excitet Camerarios in vestra Germania in nostra Gallia Scaligeros: that he would raise up Camerarii in your Germany, Scaligers in our France.

Vivet viri illius, & aetatem florebit laus intemerata, nec quisquam erit, qui hoc publicum ipsius Elogium. Optimum & Doctissimum Seculi sui fuisse, unquam queat eripere. Dilher. Disput. Acad. Dissertat. 18. de Censoribus.

Philippus Camerarius.* 1.191

His Historicall meditations are larger in Latine then English, and of good use.

John Cameron, a Learned Scotchman, as his Praelectiones, Myrothecium Evan∣gelicum, opuscula Miscellanea, and his Amica Collatio de Gratiae & voluntatis humanae concursu in vocatione de Gratia & Libero Arbitrio, and other Works shew.

Jo. Camers.* 1.192

There is Tabula Cebetis of his.

Thomas Campanella.

He hath written De sensu rerum & magia lib. 4.* 1.193

Apologia pro Galilaeo.

Prodromus Philosophiae restauranda.

Astrologicorum, lib. 7.

Philosophia sensibus demonstrata.

Quaest. Philologicae, Polit. morales.

Metaphisicarum, l. 18.

Thomas Campegius.

He hath written De Pastorum residentia.

De Rom. Pontifice eum aliis opusc.

De Auctoritate S. Conciliorum Varia opuscula, and other Treatises.

Laur. Campegius.* 1.194

There is his Oratio ad ordines Imperii.

* 1.195Joannes Campensis.

His Hebrew Grammer and Learned Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Ecclesiastes according to the Hebrew are published.

Edm Campian, a good Orator.

Tanto Bellarmino inferior eruditione atque doctrina quanto superior cura verborum. Rainold. de lib. Apoc. Tomo primo praelect. 11.

Though the Papists * 1.196 brag much of him, yet our Learned Whitaker hath suffici∣ently refuted him.

* 1.197Angelus Caninius, a good Linguist, as his Works shew.

Grammaticorum eruditissimus, so he is styled by Downes in his Notes on Chry∣sostome.

* 1.198Henricus Canisius and Petrus Canisius, both Learned men.

* 1.199Petrus Canisius, his Catechism is much approved of by some.

CHAP. X.

GVliel. Canterus, he is preferred before his brother.

* 1.200Besides his own Belgick Tongue, he was skilled in Latine, Greek, He∣brew, the Germane, French and Italian.

Siquis absolutum specimen desideret hominis studiosi, & ejus qui literis promovendis totus se consecravit, in Gulielmo Cantero ad amussim expressum reperiat. Suffrid. Pet. de Script. Fris.

Besides his Novae lectiones the third time reviewed and inlarged, he wrote Notes upon Tullies Offices and Epistles, Scholia upon Propertius, and he turned the Works of divers out of Greek into Latine.

His Works are mentioned by Suffridus Petrus.

* 1.201Theodorus Canterus the others brother.

He hath published a Book styled Variae Lectiones, and Arnobius with his own An∣notations.

* 1.202Melchior Canus, a Spaniard. Inferiour to none in the Church for Learning, and for a Papist a man of a singular ingenuity. D^r Jacks. Comment. on the Creed, Vol. 1. l. 3. c. 13.

His Common places are most esteemed.

Whear in his Method of reading, Hist. parte 1^a, Sect. 33. saith, Melchior Canus magni nominis apud pontificios (nec immerito) Theologus.

He is commended by the Jesuite Pererius (tom. in Dan. l. 12. c. 6.) for the most famous Divine that was in the Councell of Trent, who explained the mysteries of the holy Scripture more fully then any since his time.

Hieronymus Capivacceus or Capinacca, a famous Professor of Physick in Padua.

Jacobus Cappellus, he was elder brother to Lodovicus Capellus.* 1.203

His Historia sacra exotica ab Adamo usque ad Augustum is most approved.

He hath written de Mensuris Observationes in Epistolam ad Hebraeos.

Apologie pour les Eglises Reformees.

Ludovicus Capellus, a great Hebrician now living at Somers in France.

His Critica Sacr•• are more commended by Grotius,* 1.204 then by some of his own Countrymen, and other Learned and Orthodox Writers.

Vir summus mens olim praeceptor. Bocharti Gecgraph. Sac. parte prior. l. 2. c. 8.

His Spicilegium and Diatriba de Voto Jephtae are well liked.

Ludovicus Carbo.* 1.205

Many of his Works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.

Hier. Cardanus, he was a great Scholar,* 1.206 but some much dislike much his XII. geniturae exemplares, wherein he speaks strangely of his good and evil qualities, he cast also our Saviour Christs Nativity, shewd that he should be a Prophet, and die a vio∣lent death Cardanus eo dementiae fuit progressus, ut horoscopum Christi ex astro∣rum positu meditatus sit, & ex sinistris quibusdam aspectibus nato Christo natis fataele illi praedixerit crucis suspendium. Aisted. Encyclop. l. 32. c. 10.

His Books de Subtilitate and Varietate are most commended.

He wrote a Book de libris propriis. Imitatus sum (saith he) in hoc scribendi genere Galenum, & Erasmum, qui ambo catalogum librorum suorum scripserunt.

George Carleton, he was one of our Divines of Great Britain that was at the Synod of Dort.

His Consensus Ecclesiae Catholicae contra Tridentinos, and his Jurisdiction Regall, Episcopall and Papall are most commended, though he hath published other Works.

John Carion.

His Chronicle with the additions of Philip Melancthon and Gaspar Peucer is

commended, and was highly esteemed by M^r Bolton.

* 1.207Carolus M. Charles the Great, Anno Dem. 800.

Heros verè magnus, veritate, pietate, sapientia, eruditione & rerum gestarum celebritate nulli cedens. Helv. Chron.

He was Learned in the Greek and Latine Languages, Philosophy, the Mathema∣ticks, and other Sciences he called his pastimes.

A Prince great in Warre and Peace, a great favourer of Justice and Learning, without question the greatest of all Emperours since Constantine the Great, the Phoenix of Germany, another Romulus, and Lycurgus. Joachimus Camerarius makes a rhetoricall comparison between Charles the Great and Augustus Caesar. Pezel Mellif. Histor. parte tertia.

Every Calling hath a promise from God, which Charles the Great exprest in this verse,

Nenti fila Deus mentem conjungit Olympo.

Carolus quintus, King of France.

He reigned about the year of our Lord 1360. He was called Charles the Wise, for his great Wisdom and Piety, and especially because he caused the holy Scri∣ptures to be translated into the Vulgar Language, that the common people might understand them. Illyr. Catal. Test Verit.

Exercitui raro praesse solebat; aut si praelium conserendum esset, periculo sese sub∣ducebat; ac propterea Sapiens est appellatus. Bod. De Repub. l. 5. c. 4.

Carolus nonus, Charles the 9^th, King of France, Anno 1560.

* 1.208His Life is written by Papyrius Massonius.

He was a Prince that had excellent naturall gifts, but mingled with vices, where∣with his Governours and Schoolmasters had corrupted his young minde, which at the first was more virtuously inclined, delighting in Musick and Poetry. But as he was a great Hunter, that lov'd to shed the blood of wilde beasts, so he suf∣fered also (during his reign) the Protestants blood to be shed, and in revenge thereof of in his sickness before his death, great store of blood issued out by vomit∣ing, and by other passages of his body in the two last weeks of his sickness, where∣in he endured as much pain and torment, as the strength of youth could suffer in the last pangs of death.

Andrew Melvin hath these verses to Charles the 9^th, dying with an unusuall flux of blood,

Naribus, ore, oculis, atque auribus; undique, & ano, Et pene erumpit qui tibi, Carle, cruor.

Non tuus iste cruor sanctorum at caede cruorem Quem ferus hausisti, concoquere hand poteras.

Nath. Carpenter an able Scholar, as his Geography and Philosophia libera shew. Des Cartez,* 1.209 Heereboard in his Epistola Dedicat. to his select Disputat. ex Philos. hath a great commendation of him.

Dionysius Carthusiensis.

For his singular holiness of life he was called Doctor Extaticus.

He wrote divers Works, which are in twelve Volumes.

Thomas Cartwright, a Learned and Pious Divine, honourably mentioned by Protestants of other Countries.* 1.210

His Evangelicall Harmony, Comment on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, Confuta∣tion of the Rhemists Translation, Glosses and Annotations, Reply to B. Whitgift, Commentaria practica in totam historicam Evangelicam, and other Works shew his great abilities.

Christopher Cartwright.

A Learned, Pious Divine of Peter-house in Cambridge, not only well skilled in the three Learned Languag••s, Hebrew, Greek and Latine, but also well versed in the Hebrew Rabbins, for which he is honourably mentioned by Voetius in the last Edition of his Bibliotheca, and his Annotations on Genesis and Exodus are well liked by the Learned generally. M^r Pocok styles him Virum eruditssimum, in not. Miscel. c. 4.

Bartholomaeus Casa.* 1.211

He hath explained this question, Vtrum Reges vel Principes jure aliquo, & salvâ conscientia cives a regia Corona alienare possint.

John de Casa Archbishop of Benevent.

He wrote a Book in Italian rime, wherein he praiseth and exalteth that horrible sinne of Sodomitry, and names it a Divine work,* 1.212 and affirmeth he took great pleasure therein.

He hath written the life of Bembus and Gasp. Contarenus.

Then the question was (saith Thuanus) concerning Claudius Espencaeus a Di∣vine of Paris, and John Case the Popes Secretary, about making them Cardinals: Nobleness of birth and learning, commended both of them, although different, for one of them being brought up in the study of Divinity, grew old in his profes∣sion, the other in eloquence and in the skill of writing elegant Latine, was to be compared with the Ancients; but their manners were very different, Espencaeus excelled in holiness of life and chastity of manners, but Casa in licentiousness, and using the liberty of the place in which he lived, he led his life wantonly, therefore both of them were accused to the Pope by their Competitors; Espencaeus, that he had in a Sermon spoken disgracefully of the golden Legend, as they commonly call it, and that he said it was rather to be called an iron Legend, and afterward

he was compelled publickly to recant, as Sleyden relates, the other because he was reported in his youth in verse to have praised that which is abominable, and so for severall causes, both of them lost that dignity.

Jo. Casus, a Learned Oxonian.

He hath put out Ethicks and Politicks and other Works.

Isaac Casaubone,* 1.213 a great Linguist, but a singular Grecian, and an excellent Philologer.

He hath written in 12 Books of his Exercitat. Animadversions on those 12 Tomes of Baronius his Annals.

Scaliger in an Epistle to Casaubone, commends his Book de Satyra, and in ano∣ther, his Theophrastus his Charecters. It were no difficult task out of Scaligers Epistles, to excerpe Elogies upon most of Casaubons Works.

Incomparabilis vir Isacius Casaubonus divinis in Augustam historiam Cemmenta∣riis. Scalig. Animadvers. in Euseb.

Nihil vidi absolutius Commentario Casauboni in Suetonium. Scalig. Epist. l. 1. Epist. 29. Vide ejus Epist. l. 1, Ep. 35. & Epist. 40. & 50. & 92. & l. 2. Epist. 104, & 106, & 115, 117 l. 3. Ep. 272. l. 4. Ep. 384.

D^r Merick Causabone is also the heir of his Fathers Learning, as his Works shew.

Georg. Cassander.

* 1.214Vir doctus & moderatus. Thuanus. A man professing himself a Roman Catholick, though of wonderfull modesty, moderation and Learning. Mountag. Answ. to the Gagger of Protest. Sect. 36.

A man famous for his immoderate moderation in Controversall points of Reli∣gion. Smect.

He was a man of such note and eminency in his time, that two Emperours, viz. Ferdinand the first, and Maximilian the second, made choice of him above all, as a man most meet to compose (if it might be) the difference betwixt Protestants and them of the Church of Rome, as D^r Featly hath observed.

Cassandra Fidelis Veneta, Nata 1465. Puella doctissima.

* 1.215Politian * 1.216 writes a whole Epistle in her commendation.

He begins it thus,

O Decus Italiae virgo: quas dicere grates: quasve referre parem: quod etiam ho∣nore me tuarum literarum non dedignaris: mira profecto fides: tales proficisci a foemina: quid autem a foemina dico: immo vero a puella, & virgine potuisse.

Again, At vero aetate nostra: qua pauci quoque virorum caput al••ius in literis ex∣tulerunt: unicam te tamen existere puellam: quae pro lana librum: pro fuso calamum: stylum pro acu tractes.

Afterwards, Scribis Epistolas Cassandra subtiles: acutas: elegantes: latinas: & quanquam puellari quadam gratia: virginali quadam simplicitate dulcissimas:

tamen etiam mire graves & Cordatas. Orationem quoque tuam legimus eruditam: locupletem: sonoram: illustrem: plenamque laetae indolis. Sed nec extemporalem tibi deesse facultatem accepimus: quae magnos etiam oratores aliquando destituit.

Mirari equidem ante hac Joannem Picum Mirandulam solebam: quo nec pulchrior alter mortalium nec in omnibus (arbitror) doctrinis excellentior. Ecce. nunc etiam te Cassandra: post illum protinus caepi: fortasse jam cum illo quoque venerari.

Jo. Cassianus, Anno Domini 430.

He was Chrysostoms Scholar.

Most of his Works are mentioned in Oxford and Sion-Colledge Catalogue.

M. Aurel Cassiodorus, he wrote about the year of our Lord 520, or 530.

His Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue.* 1.217

Petrus Cassiodorus.

He hath written de tyrannide Pontificis Romani.

Petrus Castellanus.

Aureliarum Episcopus, Francisco rege & Errico, literis in Gallia nostra velut Apollo alter praefuit. Turneb. Advers. l. 24.

He hath written four Books de Esu Carnium.

Petrus Castellanus a Learned Physitian.* 1.218

He hath written a Book entitled Vitae illustrium Medicorum veterum & recen∣tiorum.

Alphonsus à Castro, one of the Doctors of the Councell of Trent.* 1.219

He is commended by Vega for the most forcible Adversary against Luther. Vega l. 16. de Justif.

He hath written contra Haereses.

Ambrosius Cathurinus. His Works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.* 1.220

Frier Dominicus Soto, who had a great part in the Synod of Trent, in framing the Decrees of Originall sinne, and Justification, having noted all the opinions and reasons used in those Discussions, thought to communicate them unto the world, and to draw the words of the Decree to his own meaning, printed a Book containing the whole together, and did intitle it De Natura & Gratia, and did Dedicate it with an Epistle to the Councell, to be (as he said in the Dedication) a Commentary of the two foresaid Decrees. Coming to the Article of the certain∣ty of grace, he said in a long Discourse, that the Synod had declared, that a man cannot know he hath grace by so great Certainty, as is that of Faith, excluding all doubt. Catarinus newly made Bishop of Minori, having defended the con∣trary, and still persevering, did print a little book, with an Epistle Dedicatory to the same Synod; the scope whereof was, to maintain that the Councels meaning was not to condemn the opinion of him that saith A just man may know he hath grace, as certainly as he knoweth the Articles of Faith to be true: yea that the Councell hath decided that he is bound to beleeve it, because in the 26 Canon it hath condemned him that faith, That the just man ought not to hope for and expect a reward, it being necessary, that he that ought to hope as a just man, should know he is so. In this contrariety of opinions, both writing affirmatively to the Councell; either of them did not only say that his opinion was the opinion of the Synod, but afterwards wrote also and Printed Apologies and Antipologies, making complaints to the Synod the one of the other, of attributing that to it, which it never said, bringing divers testimonies of the Fathers to prove their own opinion: who bare witness some for one, some for another. This seemed to put all men out of hope to understand the meaning of the Councell, seeing the prin∣cipall men that were present in it did not agree. History of the Con••c. of Trent, l. 2. p. 229, 230.

Cato, he was called Cato Censorius to distinguish him from Cato Vticensis.

* 1.221Pliny l. 7. c. 21. gives him a threefold Elogy, he saith he was Optimus Orator, optimus Imperator, optimus Senator, the best Orator, the best Commander, the best Senator.

M. Porcius Cato Censorius, historicus eximius, & aliis quoque nominibus lauda∣tissimus. Voss. De Histor. Lat. l. 1. c. 5.

Plutarch wrote his life.

Catullus * 1.222, Dulcissimus omnium poetarum & politissimus. Turneb. Advers. l. 12. c. 1.

Jacobus Cavacius. There is his Historia Caenobii D. Justinae Patavinae.

Nemo forte melius nostra hac aetate monstravit quid valeat vivida, & foelix ingenii ab ipsa natura vis, quam Jacobus Cavacius condiscipulus olim noster & amicus om∣nium horarum. Historiarum libri sex brevissimo temporis intervallo absoluti, erudi∣torum manibus teruntur, quos Phoenix Litteratorum Isaacus Casaubonus unicè mi∣rabatur. Pignorii Miscella Elog. Ad clamat. &c.

* 1.223Nicol. Caussinus, a very eloquent French Papist, and yet living.

There are these Works of his,

Eloquentiae Sacrae & humanae Paralela.

De Symbolica Aegyptiorum Sapientia.

Polyhistor Symbolicus.

La Cour Saincte.

Thesaurus Graecae Poescos.

Many of his Works are translated into English.

Aurelius Cornelius Celsus * 1.224, a Learned Physitian. Vir in omni disciplina sum∣mus, Augusti principatu, vel Tiberii floruit. Castellanus de vitis medicorum. Vide plura ibid. Hippocrates ille Romanus.

He imitates Hippocrates, as Marcellus doth Scribonius, Virgill Homer, and Ori∣basius Galene, sed tam occulte, ut non facile deprehendas, nisi in Hippocrate multum sis versatus. Caius de libris propriis.

Conradus Celtes.* 1.225 He was in esteem in the time of Frederick the Emperour, by whom, through the perswasion of the Duke of Saxony, he was adorned with a Poeticall Lawrell in the 32 year of his age, and was the first of the Germanes that was honoured with this title. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Vir. & Elog. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 10.

He and Eobanus Hessus were two of the most famous Poets of Germany.

He hath put out severall Works:

Index eorum omnium quae in orationem venire possunt.

De situ & moribus Germaniae.

De Conscribendis Epistolis.

Vrbis Norembergae descriptio, Poemata: and other Works.

CHAP. XI.

CEnturiae Ecclesiasticae.* 1.226

Four Saxons gathered together in the City of Magdeburge, viz. Flaccus Illyricus, Ioannes Vigandus, Matthaeus Index, and Basilius Faber, in re∣ligion rigid Lutheranes took upon them to write the whole Ecclesiastical History from Christ to their times by centuries or ages, allowing a hundred year to every age, whence they are called Centuriatores. Pars. threefold Convers. of Engl. part. 1. l. 2. c. 5.

Lucas Osiander hath epitomized the eight first Centuries of the Magdeburgenses, so that he hath scarce omitted any thing necessary to be known.

All godly learned men,* 1.227 and truly fearing God (saith Melchior Adam in vita Wigan∣di) have with Sturmius approved that Ecclesiastical History, and to this day approve it, because they see an Idea as it were of the Church of Christ in its several Centu∣ries contained in it, according to its propagation, persecution, tranquillity, do∣ctrine, heresie, Ceremonies, Government, schismes, Synods, persons, miracles, Martyrdoms, the Religion out of the Church and Politick State of the Em∣pire.

Jacobus Ceratinus.* 1.228

He died at Lovain in the flower of his Age, Anno 1530.

Ludovicus de la Cerda,* 1.229 a learned and industrious man.

He hath put out these Works,

Adversaria sacra.

Psalterii Salomonis, &c. Gr. MS. codice Latina versio.

De excellentia Coelestiun•• Spirituum, imprimis de Angeli custodis Ministerio.

Annotationes in Tertullianum.

Com. in Lib. Virgilii, and other Works.

Antonius Rodolphus Cevallerius, a Norman, a great Hebrician.* 1.230

There are Rudimenta Hebraicae linguae recognita, & aucta ab eodem, cum Pet. Cevallerii Anno••. & Joh. Tremellii Epistola.

Petrus Cevallerius, a French man, and very expert in the Hebrew.

Vir linguae sanctae dum viveret, peritissimus, mibique ob singularem pietatem & morum probitatem charissimus. Cafaub. Animadvers an Athen. l. 3. c. 28.

* 1.231Demetrius Chalcondylas, a diligent Grammarian, who being himself a Grecian by Nation, was Professour of the Greek in Italy.

* 1.232Daniel Chamierus a Frenchman, who in his Panstratiae Catholicae hath so learn∣edly refuted the Papists, that none of them hath made any answer to it.

His Epistolae Jesuiticae, and Corpus Theologiae also shew his great abilities.

There is also a Work of his in French, entituled, La Confusion Des Disputes Papistes Par Daniel Chamier. And another in answer to some Questions of Coton the Jesuite, which I cannot purchase.

He was killed at Mountaban with a Canon-bullet (which had a C. on it) on the Lords-day. Being asked by one before, Whether he preached on that day? He said, it was his day of repose or rest, and so it proved, though he meant it in ano∣ther sense.

Peter Charon a French Papist.* 1.233

He hath written a fine Treatise De La Sagesse, if he be not beholding to others for it.

* 1.234Galfridus Chaucerus, Jeffery Chaucer, he was born in Oxfordshire.

He first of all so illustrated the English Poetry, that he may be esteemed our English Homer. He is our best English Poet, and Spencer the next.

Praedicat Algerum meritò Florentia Dantem, Italia & numeros tota Petrarcha tuos. Anglia Chaucerum veneratur nostra Poeta Cui Veneres debet patria lingua suas. Lel. lib. Epig.

He seems in his Works to be a right Wiclevian, as that of the Pellican and Grif∣fin shews.

He was an acute Logician, a sweet Rhetorician, a facetious Poet, a grave Philo∣sopher, and a holy Divine.

His Monument is in Westminster-Abbey.

Chaucerus linguam patriam magna ingenii solertia ac cultura plurimùm ornavit, itemque alia, cum Joannis Mone poema de arte amandi Gallicè tantùm legeretur, An∣glico illud metro feliciter reddidit. Voss. De Histor, Lat. l. 3. c. 2.

Antoine de Chandieu, a learned French Divine.

* 1.235Beza highly commends his Book of the Marks of the true Church.

There are other Works also of his,

De l' unique Sacrifice.

Contre les Traditions.

* 1.236Sir John Cheek. He was Schoolmaster to King Edward the 6^th, and most skilfull in Greek and Latine.

He was Publique Oratour, and Greek Reader in Cambridge. In the discharge of the later he went over Sophocles twice, all Hom••••, all Euripides, and part of He∣rodotus.

Roger Ascham in the first Book of his Epistles, speaking of him and Sir Thomas Smith, saith, Qui si adscribendum se dedissent, nec in Sadoleto Italia, nec in Longolio Gallia, justius, quam in istis duobus Anglia gloriata fuisset.

He was the first Regius Professour of the Greek Tongue in Cambridge, as Sir Thomas Smith was of Law. They were both Fellows of the same Colledge, both Professours in the same University, both Officers of State in the same Court, both wrote De pronunciatione linguae Graecae. They two especially by their advice and example brought the study of Tongues, and other politer Learning first into re∣quest in Cambridge.

Under God Sir John Cheek was a special instrument of the propagation of the Gospel,* 1.237 and that religion which we now professe in this Kingdom. For he not only sowed the seeds of that Doctrine in the heart of Prince Edward, which after∣ward grew up into a general Reformation, when he came to be King, but by his means the same saving truth was gently instilled into the Lady Elizabeth, by those who by his procurement were admitted to be the Guides of her younger stud••.

In Henry the eighths time his friends and familiars were most of those worthy men which proved Reformers in King Edwards dayes, and either Martyrs or ex∣iles in Queen Maries. His forreign acquaintance were Sleidan, Melancthon, Sturmius, Bucer, Camerarius, Celius, Peter Martyr, and others, great Scholars, and good Protestants.

He went into Low-Germany, Vt uxorem educeret, saith Sleiden, to fetch his wife from thence. These words were corrupted into Vxorem duceret by Thuanus and others, for he was married before.

In his return from Bruxwels to Antwerp he was apprehended by a Provost-Mar∣tial from King Philip, and so conveighed speedily away to the Tower of London. He was there by threatnings, and other wayes brought to a recantation, for which he was after much troubled, and so died.

Sir John Cheeks Works were,

Introductio Grammatices, l. 1.

De Ludi magistrorum officio, l. 1.

De Pronunciatione linguae Graecae.

Correctiones Herodoti, Thucididis, Platonis, Demosthenis, & Xenophontis, lib. plurimis.

Epitaphia. l. 1.

Panegyricus in nativitatem Edvardi Principis.

Elegia de aegrotatione & obitu Edvardi 6^ti.

In obitum Antonii Dennei. l. 1.

De obitu Buceri.

Commentarii in Psalmum 139. & alios.

An liceat nubere post Divortium, lib. 1.

De Fide justificante, lib. 1.

De aqua lustrali, cineribus & palmis, ad Wintoniensem, l. 1.

De Eucharistiae Sacramento, l. 1.

Collegit in Parliamento argumenta & rationes ex utraque parte super negotio Eu∣charistiae.

Libellus de damno ex seditione.

He translated also other things out of Greek into Latine, and out of English in∣to Latine.

Martinus Chemnitius.* 1.238

A most famous and learned Doctor of Divinity, in the Church of Bruns∣wick.

His Harmony and other Theological writings are most profitable, especially that excellent Work, or rather most rich Theological Bibliothique, which contains both a Refutation of the Councel of Trent, and also an Explication of the whole Doctrine of the Church: to be read daily by all to whom the knowledge of the truth is welcome, saith Neander.

Andreas du Chesne, the King of France his Geographer. He hath put one di∣vers French Books.

Renatus * 1.239 Chopinus.

There are several Books of his.

Monasticon.

De Sacra Politia.

De Civil Paris moribus.

De domanio Franciae & Privilegiis Rusticorum.

Panegyricus Henrici quarti, and other Works.

Emanuel Chrysoloras of Constantinople.* 1.240

••e first brought back again the Greek Language after seven hundred years and Le••rning into Italy, writing a Grammar, and he stirred up the Europeans against B••jazet. Pezel. Mellif. Histor. part. 3.

See Antoine du Verdier his Preface to his Bibliotheque.

He came to Italy under Boniface the 9^th, and first taught at Venice, then at Flo∣rence, afterward he went to the Councel of Constance, there he was put to death, and was praised at his Funeral by Poggius his Scholar.

Petrus Chrysologus a 1.241, the golden spoken man.

He was Archbishop of Ravenna 450 years after Christ.

His Works are in one Volume.

John Chrysostome, Anno Dom. 400.398. saith Calvisius.

* 1.242A Greek and Ecclesiastical writer, a writer no lesse profitable then copious, no lesse copious then sweet, Quo nemo ex antiquis aut majore dexteritate scripturas tra∣ctavit, aut populum docuit salubrius aut hareticos oppugnavit acrius, quo nemo aut ad virtutis studia inflammavit vehementius, aut vitia sui temporis insectatus est libe∣rius. Bois in the Preface to his Notes upon Chrysostomes third Tome. Post sacra Bi∣blia & Paulinas imprimis Epistolas nullum novi scriptum, in quo, qui concionatores sunt, & Graece non nesciunt, majore cum fructu versentur, quam in beata Chryso∣stomi homiliis, quas ita numerosas reliquit, ut nemo plures, ita bonas ut nemo melio∣res, ita disertas & dilucidas, ut nihil ne excogitari quidem possit disertum aut diluci∣dum magis. Bois ibid.

The foundest Interpreter I think of all the Greek and Latine Fathers. D^r Hackw. Apol. l. 5. The Christian Demosthenes.

Although he very well answeres his name, yet he sometimes redounds with words, and seems immoderate in digressions. Eras. Epist. l. 28. Epist. 7.

He doth excellently on the New Testament.

There is Opus imperfectum on Matthew in Latine, of which there is nothing to be found in the Greek books of Chrysostomes, Opus sine dubio ab aliquo ex Latinis Patribus confectum, nec minùs erudito, nec minus fortasse antiquo nostro Johanne. Sir Henry Savill in his Notes on Chrysost.

Quando Chrysostomi cognomen Johanni nostro tribui coeptum, non est facilè statuere.

See of this at the beginning of the Notes at the end of Chrysostomes eighth Tome put out by Sir Henry Savill.

David Chytraeus. He was a good Mathematician,* 1.243 as his Master also Philip Melan∣cthon was.

Petrus Ciaconius, a very learned man, and a great Restorer of ancient Writers.

His Opuscula and his Notes upon Caesar and Hirtius, and De Triclinio Rom. & De vita scriptisque ejus, are published.

CHAP. XII.

M. CIcero. Anno Mundi 3855. Helv. Chron.* 1.244

He was born in Arpinum.

He propounded to himself Demosthenes for a patern to imitate, whence he was called the Roman Demosthenes.

Some think that he exceeds Demosthenes, and Virgil Homer.

Oratores verò vel praecipuè Latinam eloquentiam parem facere Graecae possunt. Nam Ciceronem cuicunque eorum fortiter opposuerim. Ille se profecisse sciat, cui Cicero valde placebit. Quintil. Institut. Orat. l. 10. c. 1.

He compares there Tully and Demosthenes, and concludes, Salibus certe & com∣miseratione qui duo plurimum affectus valent vincimus. Quid quod & Cicero dissi∣milimus Demosthenis: Nihil enim adjici alteri: Nihil alteri detrahi potest: vide∣licet orationis ille succus alteri quidem penè deest: alteri vero quasi superfluit. Polit. l. 5. Epist. Ep. 1.

Terentius Varro and Julius Caesar chose him for an Umpire, when both wrote concerning the Latine Tongue, the first of Etymology, the other of Ana∣logy. See Plin. l. 7. c. 30.

Romani maximus auctor eloquii. Aug. de civit. Dei, l. 14. c. 18. Vide Campianum de imitat. Rhetor. c. 2.

Non tantum perfectus Orator, sed etiam Philosophus fuit, siquidem solus extitit Platonis imitator. Lactant. Institut. l. 1. De falsa relig.

Some therefore preferre his Philosophical Works.

His Offices was the first book that was printed, and an excellent piece.

Liber non suo pretio habitus ideo quod omnium manibus teritur. Grotii Ep. ad Gallos.

His Epistles ad Atticum are an excellent History of those times.* 1.245

He set himself to imitate the Grecians, he expresseth the form of Demosthenes,

the copiousnesse of Plato, the pleasantnesse of Isocrates, saith Quintilian in the place before-cited.* 1.246

His Repetitions without any Reason sometimes are disliked by Ramus, and his vain-glorious boasting.

O fortunatam natam me Consule Romam: Cedant arma togae, concedat laurea linguae.

Yet Turnebus in his 7^th book of his Adversaria, c. 19. both defends Tully, and that former verse.

Versus ille Ciceronis, qui obtrectatorum ejus & invidorum virulentos morsus exci∣tavit in ipsum.

O fortunatam natam me Consule Romam.

hanc opinor sententiam centinet, foelicem illo Reipublicae statu Romam fuisse, quam constituerat confirmaratque in Consulatu, optimatum enim potestatem & Senatus au∣ctoritatem stabilierat, & cum principibus conjunxerat equites. Neque verò est cur vel à Quintil. lib. 9. c. 4. vel Juven. Sat. 19. versus irrideatur ob iterationem earundem syllabarum, hoc enim veteres in deliciis habebant, ut Maro 3. Aeneid.

—tales casus Cassandra canebat.

Many which strive to imitate Tully, differ much from him, and among them∣selves.

Aspice nunc eos homines: qui sibi elegerunt Marcum Tullium imitandum: quan∣tum ab eo distent: quantum etiam inter se dissimiles sint. Profluentem quandam sine modestia ubertatem Linius arripuit: acumen Quintilianus: sonum Lactantius: leui∣tatem Curtius: elegantiam Columella. Polit. Epist. l. 8. Epist. 17. Vide Campianum de Imit. Rhetor. c. 4, 5 & 6.

John Claimund President of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford.

He hath written learned Commentaries upon all Plinies Natural History.

Isidorus Clarius.

* 1.247He hath written,

In Evang. Lucae.

In Sermones Domini in Monte.

De modo divitiarum.

Orationes Extraordinariae.

Scholia in Novum Testamentum.

Claudia a 1.248 Rufina, Anno Dom. 80.

Martial the Poet commends her in his Epigrams for her beauty, fruitfulnesse, conjugal fidelity, learning, and her husband for his courtesie, friendship, liberality, piety, learning, study and Ciceronian-eloquence.

* 1.249Claudianus a famous Poet.

He flourished in the times of Theodosius, and his sonnes Arcadius and Honorius. Alexandria in Egypt was his Countrey. He was much esteemed, for the most lear∣ned

Emperours say, that in him alone was both Virgils minde, and Homers muse.* 1.250 Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 4.

There are these Works of his,

Epistola Sidonio.

Carmina de Fontibus Apeni.

The Rape of Proserpine, englished by learned Digges.

Claudius the Emperour, though simple, was not illiterate.* 1.251

Christophorus Clavius, a Jesuite,* 1.252 and famous Professour of the Mathematicks at Rome.

His several Works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.

Nic. de Clamangis.

He flourished about the year 1416. a pious and learned man, a follower of po∣liter speech and learning. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 19.

His Works are together in one Volume.

Clemens Alexandrinus, so called, because he was Governour of the School at Alexandria after Pantanus his Master. He lived under Severus and Caracalla,* 1.253 as himself witnesseth, l. 1. Strom.

He was Origens Master, saith Bellarmine.

He lived about the year 200, viz. in the beginning of the third Age or Centu∣ry. Calvis. in his Chronology saith, he flourished in the year of Christ 194.

He wrote a little after the death of Commodus. He abounded in all sacred and exotick knowledge to a miracle, and those many excellent Monuments of his wit which are published, he doth imbellish with much learning and many testimonies of Christians, Philosophers, and also Hereticks.

Eusebius l. 5 Hist. c. 10. saith, He was exercised in the Divine Scriptures. Casaub. Exercit. 1. ad Baron. apparat. p. 2. cals him inexhaustae Doctrinae virum.

Clemens Romanus Episcopus.

He is the first and most ancient of all writers since the Apostles.* 1.254

He is counted by some of the Papists to be the Author of the Apostolical Con∣stitutions. He was contemporary to the Apostles, and is mentioned by S^t Paul as his fellow-worker, Phil. 4.3.

Nicholaus Clenardus was of yBrabant.

* 1.255He was a good Linguist, most skilfull in the Hebrew, Greek and Latine Tongues, and taught them all with praise at Lovain, to which that he might adde the profes∣sion of the Arabick, he travelled almost ten years.

It is said, that he was killed by his own slave which taught him Arabick, because he thought he would make use of his skill therein against the Alcoran.

There is his Grammatica Graeca, his Epistolae, Mediationes Graecanicae in Artem Graecam.

Cleobulina daughter to Cleobulus, one of the seven Wise men of Greece. She wrote certain Riddles in hexameter verses.

Joh. Climachus, in the year 580.

His Works are Greek and Latine.

There is his Vita & Opuscula, Scala Paradisi.

Joh. Cloppenburgus a learned Writer. There is his Book Contra Socinum, and others.

* 1.256Carolus Clusius, a great Linguist. Lipsius thus sported on him,

Omnia Naturae dum Clusi, arcana recludis, Clusius haud ultra sis, sed Aperta mihi.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

Pet. Cluniacensis.* 1.257 In the year 1150.

He was called Venerabilis Petrus. His Works are in one Volume.

Philippus Clunerius. His Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue.

Vir stupendae lectionis & curae. Dilher. Disput. Acad.

Princeps aetatis nostrae Geographus. Voss. de Histor. Graec.

Magnum Germaniae ornamentum doctissimus Cluuerius noster. Voss. Hist. Pelag.

John à Coch, or Cocceius.

Amama in an Epistle to Martinius before that book of his, entituled, Duo ti∣tuli Thalmudici Sanhedrin & Maccoth, gives this Elogy of him, Excitatum eum di∣vinitus esse statuo ad provehenda altius linguaram Orientalium studia, & reseranda nobis Judaeorum sacraria. Nullus equidem Christianorum tantum in thalmudicis pub∣lice unquam praestitit, quantum ille eruditissimo hoc & de quo non nisi eruditissimi ju∣dicabunt, scripto.

His Exposition of Job, the small Prophets, and his Book De foedere, are well esteemed.

Christ. Columbus an Italian, a most skilfull Cosmographer.

* 1.258He found out America, called the New world Anno 1492.

Columbus by his glorious discoveries more justly deserved a place for a Ship among the Southern constellations, then ever the Argonantes did for their so cele∣brated Argo. M^r George Sandys Commentary upon the 13^th Book of Ovids Meta∣morphosis.

To him most truly agrees Plus ultrá.

Realdus Columbus a 1.259, Anatomicorum post Vesalium princeps. Neand.

Pet.* 1.260 Comestor.

He and Peter Lombard and Gratian were brethren born in adultery, at some hold, but Bellarmine thinks that opinion is without ground, seeing they were of several Countreyes.

Philip de Commines Knight, was born at Commines a Town in Flanders.* 1.261

In his youth he served Charles Duke of Burgundy, and afterward Lewis the 11^th of that name King of France, who imployed him in his weightiest and secretest af∣fairs. The French Tongue he spake perfectly and eloquently, the Italian, Dutch and Spanish reasonably well.

He hath written the History of France under Lewis the 11^th and Charles the 8^th his Sonne.

He was the Spectator and actor of his History.

Nothing more grieved him, then that in his youth he was not trained up in the Latine Tongue, which his misfortune he often bewailed. The Emperour Charles the fifth, and Francis the first King of France made so great account of this Histo∣ry, that the Emperour carried it continually about with him, and the King was much displeased with the publishing thereof.

Philippus Cominius rerum gerendarum usu clarissimus senator. Bod. de Repub. lib. 3. cap. 7.

He in his History dived so farre into, and writ so plainly of the greatest affairs of State, that Queen Catharine de Medices used to say, that he had made as many hereticks in State-policy, as Luther had done in Religion.

Stephanus Paschasius hath this Epitaph of him,

Gallorum, & nostrae laus una & gloria gentis, Hic Cominaee jaces, si modo fortè jaces: Historiae vitam potuisti reddere vivus, Extincto vitam reddidit Historia.

Hier * 1.262 Commelinus.

Anna•• Comnenas. Empresse of the East, a learned woman. She hath written eight books, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 De rebus à Patre gestis Gr.

CHAP. XIII.

* 1.263COncilia Councels.

There were six Oecumenical Councels, orthodox, and almost recei∣ved by all.

Bishop Andrews in his Sermon on Numb. 10. v. 1, 2. reckons up seven. See that Sermon.

The first Nicene Councel called by the Emperour Constantine the Great against Arius, who denied the Deity of Christ. This was held in the year of our Lord 325. at Nice in Bithinia. It consisted of 318 Bishops. The Fathers of that Coun∣cel did publish a Creed against the Arians.

The greatest of all Councels next to the Apostles Councel, the great Councel of Nice of 318 Bishops.

Urbs Nicaea clara à Synodo Nicaena, quo coacti à Magno Constantino primo Chri∣stiano Imperatore convenerunt contra Arium Alexandrinum in Aegypto Diaconum 318 Episcopi, quorum plerique Constantia tempore persecutionis & dono miraculorum clari fuere, teste Eusebio probatissimo Graeco scriptore. Neand. Geog. parte 2^da. Vide Aug. Roch. Biblioth. Vatic. p. 58. to 75. of all these Councels.

The first Constantinopolitan Councel called by the Emperour Theodosius the elder against Macedonius, who denied the Deity of the holy Ghost, in the year of the Lord 383, or 384.

The first Ephesine Councel called by Theodosius the younger against Nestorius, who held, That there were two persons in Christ, in the year 430, or 434.

4. The Chalcedonian Councel called by the Emperour Martian against Euty∣ches, which affirmed. That there was onely one Nature in Christ after the Incar∣nation, in the year of the Lord 451, or as some 452, and others 454.

To these two other Councels are added, the fifth, the second Constantinopolitan, in the year 548, or as others reckon it 553. called by Justinian against the Arians, Nestorians, Eutychians.

The sixth is the third Constantinopolitan Councel against the Monethelites, in the year 681, called by Constantinus Pognatus or Barbarus.

For the Councel of Trent a 1.264 Calvin wrote against it whilst it sate, and Chemnitius and Gentilettus since. Vide ejus Exam. Conc. Trid. l. 3. Sess. 12.

Because nothing was resolved by the Fathers at the Councel of Trent, but all in Rome,* 1.265 a blasphemous Proverb was generally used, That, The Synod of Trent was guided by the holy Ghost sent thither, from time to time in a Cl••••••-bag from Rome.

In this mock-Councel, the Pope which was the principal party accused of He∣resie,

was the onely Judge and disposer of all things passed therein against all good Examples, Laws, Equity and Reason.

Though the Councel of Trent hath been sufficiently answered by the Protestant Divines, yet that excellent History of the Councel of Trent was never answered by the Papists.

In the Councel of Constance Communion under both kindes, and Wickliffs opi∣nions were condemned.

John Hus and Jerom of Prague were burned against faith given, and safe conduct granted by the Emperour. Then that wicked maxim was established, Haereticis fides non est seruanda, which is against Nature, Scripture, and the Law of Nations.

There is Summa Conciliorum & Pontificum à Petro usque ad Concilium Tridenti∣num per Bartholomaeum Caranzam Ord. praedicat.* 1.266

The National Synod of Dort began in the year 1618. To which were sent from England, France, Germany, and other Reformed Churches, many Learned and Orthodox Divines, to discusse and unfold those unhappy Arminian Controversies with which the Low-countreys was then molested.

Confessiones variae.* 1.267

The Confessions of Faith of the Churches professing the Gospel, having been long ago exhibited to the several Princes of the Countreys, States and Kingdoms where these Churches are, are now of late very profitably published to the just conviction of all such as slander the Reformed Churches to be variably distracted and rent in sunder with infinite differences of Faith.

Beza hath put out the Harmony of Confessions with Notes upon it.

The most famous is the Augustane Confession.

The Elector of Saxony with the other Princes and Protestant Cities joyned with him, presented to the Emperour Charles the fifth, the Confession of their Faith, written in Latine and Dutch, which afterward from this place, where it was read was called Augustana. It contained two parts: in the first was expounded one and twenty Articles of their Creed. In the second were expounded the Doctrines which were different from the Church of Rome, and the abuses which the Confes∣sionists reproved. The Cities which followed the Doctrine of Zuinglius, present∣ed apart the Confession of their Faith, not differing from the former, but onely in the point of the Eucharist. History of the Councel of Trent, translated by Sir Nathan. Brent, l. 1. p. 54. See Sleid. Comment. lib. 7. and Melch. Ad. in vita Brentii.

Conformities.* 1.268

There was printed at Bononia in Italy, Anno 1590. a book intituled, Liber Conformitatum Beati ac Seraphici Patris Francisci, written by one Bartholomeus Pisanus a Franciscan Frier, and published by one Hieronymus Buchius, of which book it is affirmed in the Title page, that it is Liber Aureus, a golden book.

There he paints a tree; at the top whereof is Christ, and at the root S^t Francis: the tree hath twenty branches on the right, and twenty on the left side, and every branch hath four particular fruits; in all eighty: These are equally divided between Christ and S^t Francis, fourty to the one, and fourty to the other, and each cou∣ple or pair of these is one point of Conformity between Christ and S^t Francis, consisting in all upon fourty particulars, wherein they begin at the birth, and the conception, nay at the very Prophecies and Promises made of Christ, and so pro∣ceed to his life, his death, his resurrection and ascension: and in all, and every of these, and every thing else whatsoever may be said of Christ, the very same do they not shame to affirm of that man Francis.

This was not the superfluity of idle and superstitious Monks brains, but the pub∣lick Act of their Church, and many Popes one after another allowed it, and by their Charters have confirmed the truth of this Story.

Constantine the Great was born in Britain, of Helena a Britain, as Baronius shews Tom. 3. Annal. Eccles. ad ann. 306. and B. Vsher De Primord. Eccles. Britan. cap. 8. M^r Selden in his Notes on Eutychius.

Constantine the sonne of a Bretan Lady,* 1.269 Helena, rarely godly: but as women too often are, too zealous beyond knowledge * 1.270. See Balaeus his first Century of the Writers of Britain concerning Helene.

Vt fidei forma cunctis videretur, Evangelium Jesu Christi ante se semper ferri fecit, & Biblia sacra ad omnes provincias derinari: diademaque monarchicum primus Brittannis regibus dedit. Balaeus de Script. Britan. Cent. 1.

Robert Constantine.* 1.271 He was Beza's great friend, he was (saith Thuanus) trium linguarum peritissimus, most skillfull in three Languages, especially in Greek and Latine.

He lived till he was a hundred and three years old, his senses of body and minde being perfect, and his memory strong.

These are his Works,

Lexicon Graeco-Latinum.

Nomenclator insignium Scriptorum.

Dictionarium abstrusorum vocabulorum.

Gasper Contarenus, a Cardinal, a learned and pious man, say some.

* 1.272The Doctrine of Justification is handled by him conformable to the Doctrine of Luther and Calvin, and directly against that which was concluded in the Councel of Trent; this he wrote in the year 1541. a little before that Councel.

His Works are in one Volume.

He hath written,

De Elementis corumque mixtionibus.

De Potestate Summi Pontificis.

Summa de Conciliis.

De Rep. Veneta, and other Works.

Ant: Contius a great Lawyer.

He hath written many Works about the Civil-Law.

Adam Contzen, a subtill Jesuite.

He hath written,

Politicorum. l. 10.

Coronis omnium Jubilorum anno saeculari Evangelico Scriptorum.

In quatucr Evangelia Comment.

Comment. in Epistolam ad Romanos.

Aulae speculum sive de Statu, & vita aulicorum.

Methodus doctrinae Civilis, and other things.

Sir Edward Cook, very expert in the municipal Laws of our Land, as his Reports, Commentary on Littletons Institutes, and other learned Works in the Law shew.

Robert Cook of Leeds in Yorkshire hath published a learned Book, styled Censura quorundam Scriptorum veterum.

Nicolaus Copernicus, a great Mathematician.

Tycho Brahe cals him, Alterum Ptolomaeum. Nay, he saith, Epist. Astronom l. 1. Chrystoph. Rothman. Hypothesium concinnitate,* 1.273 & compendiosa Harmonia invenien∣da, eum longè exuperabat, scientia & ingenio, si quis alius, eminebat, quaeque à Geometria Arithmeticaque ad hanc Artem constituendam requirebantur, perfectissimè callebat.

He held, That the Earth moved, and the Heavens stood still, by occasion of which Hypothesis, our Countreyman William Gilbert brought in his Magnetical Philosophy.

Hinc ergo videtur fuisse primùm facta Gulielmo Gilberto, occasio cudendae, atque invehendae Philosophiae magneticae, quatenus terram magnum magnetem, & magne∣tem terellam seu parram terram habuit, ac à diurna terrae circa suum axem verticitate pendere eam, quae est in magnete, magneticisque corporibus, statuit. Gassend. in vita Copernici.

Nec tot inconvenientia à terrae motu proveniunt quot plerique arbitrantur, qui quoniam naturalis erit, insensibilis evadit. Tych. Brah. Epist. Astron. lib. 1. Christ. Rothman.

Maturinus Corderius.

His Latine Works are reckoned by Gesner in his Bibliotheca, and his French by Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque.

Corinnas.

There were three learned women of that name.

The first a Thebane, which is reported to have overcome Pindar the Prince of the Lyricks five times, and to have put forth five Books of Epigrams.

Propertius in his second Book speaks of her.

Et sua cum antiquae committit scripta Corinnae.

The second was a Thespian, very much celebrated by the Ancients.

The third flourished in the times of Ovid, and was most dear to him.

Johannes Cornarius a most famous Physician.* 1.274

Cornelia the mother of the Gracchi, she hath left Epistles written most accurate∣ly. From her the eloquence of her sons did proceed.

Nam Gracchorum Eloquentiae multum contulisse accepimus Corneliam matrem, cu∣jus doctissimus sermo in posteros quoque est Epistolis traditus.

Corradus.

Vir doctissimus, eruditus Ciceronis interpres. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 1.

Jo. Arn. Corvinus, as subtill an Arminian as any, next Arminius him∣self.

Joannes Arnoldi Corvinus, solus plura pro hac Remonstrantium causa scripsit quam omnes reliqui: & cujus adversus Tilenum responso Tileni. à nobis ad ip∣sos defectionem acceptam ferunt. Walaei Epist. Dedicat. ad Respons. ad ejus cen∣suram.

* 1.275Fr. Costerus.

Our Bishop Hall met with him in his travels, he saith thus of him, more teasty then subtil, and more able to wrangle then satisfie.

His Enchiridion Controversiarum is most commended.

* 1.276Peter Cotton, an eloquent French Jesuite.

Cotonus Rhetoricus jactantior quam dialecticus acutior. Cham. Praefat. ad 2^dam par∣tem Epist. Jesuit.

A more boasting Orator then acute Logician.

* 1.277Sir Robert Cotton.

So renowned for his great care in collecting and preserving all Antiquity. For which he is often honourably mentioned by B. Vsher. and M^r Selden.

Vir praestantissimus Robertus Cottonus, Condus ille ac promus vetustatis longè lo∣cupletissimus. Seldeni Praefat. ad Marm. Arund.

John Covel.

A learned Scholar, as his Interpretation of words, and his Institutiones Iuris Anglicani shew.

* 1.278Miles Coverdale sometimes Bishop of Excester, an exile a long time for the pro∣fession of the Gospel.

There are these Works of his,

His Confutation of a Treatise which Jo. Standish made against the Protestation of D. Barus.

His Translation of the Bible, and others mentioned by And. Maunsell in his Ca∣talogue of English Books.

* 1.279Didacus a Covarruvias.

He was most skilfull in the Civil and Canon-Laws, and in all Learning.

Richard Crakanthorp Doctor of Divinity.

Archbishop Abbot said, His Defensio Ecclesiae Anglicanae contra M. Anton. de Dominis injurias was the most exact piece for controversie since the time of Re∣formation.

His Defence of Constantine, and others of his Works of Logick and Physick are good.

Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr.

* 1.280He was the first Archbishop of Canterbury that cast off Antichrist.

As Britain was most blessed under Edward the sixths Reign, so much by his means.

That he might settle the Doctrine of the Gospel in both the Univer∣sities, he sent for the most famous Divines out of forraign Naions, and drew them into England, Peter Martyr, Bucer, Fagius, Lascus, Immanuel Tremellius, Ber∣nardus Ochinus, All which with their wives and children were liberally maintained by him.

This way he spent his yearly revenew, so that nothing remained to himself.

He studied the Scriptures diligently and wrote against that grosse opinion of the Papists, affirming the carnal presence of Christ in the Sacrament,* 1.281 a Book filled with so much learning and plenty of arguments, that that controversie seems to be handled by none more accurately against the Papists.

Steven Gardiner Bishop of Winchester being prisoner in the Tower by stealth, and largely inveighed against this Book, in that Book which he named Marcus Constantius.

This Peter Martyr learnedly refuted Cranmer being dead.

After the death of King Edward, when Cranmer was advised by his friends to flie, If I were (saith he) accused of theft, treason, parricide,* 1.282 or any other wic∣kednesse, I could be induced to flie much more easily then in this cause. For when the Question is not concerning my faith toward men, but toward God, and con∣cerning my constancy in the truth of the holy Scripture against Popish errours, I would rather in this case lose my life then leave the Kingdom.

When King Henry purposed to imprison his Daughter Mary being stiffe for the Popish faction, only Cranmer interceded and mitigated the Kings anger, but the ill will that Queen Mary bore him for having a hand in her Mothers Divorce, that inveterate hatred (I say) toward him, blotted out all his friendly Offices to her.

Jo. Crato.

He was born at Vratislavia the chief City of Silesia,* 1.283 anno 1519. a great Phi∣losopher and Physician, and excellent Poet.

He was Counsellour and chief Physician to the Emperours Ferdinand the first, Maximilian the second, Rodulphus the second for twenty six years.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

CHAP. XIV.

CHristophorus Crinesius,* 1.284 Professour of Divinity at Altdorph in Nor∣imberg.

He was well skilled in the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriack. He died of an Apoplexy.

These Works of his are published,

Gymnasium Siriacum.

Lexicon Syriacum.

Babel sive discursus De Confusione Linguarum.

Analysis Novi Testamenti tabulis 27. comprehensa Exercitat. Hebraic.

Pars prior Gymnasii Chaldaici.

Petrus Crinitus.* 1.285

He hath written five Books De Poetis Latinis, though he be held inferiour to Lilius Gregorius Gyraldus, who hath written also of that Argument. De honesta Disciplina peramaena ac copiosa varietate lib. 25. delectabiles posteris reliquit. Neand. Geog. part. 1.

Ludovicus Crocius, Doctor in Divinity, and Professor at Brema.

He hath written an excellent instruction De Ratione Studii Theologici.

His Syntagma Theologiae is very well approved.

He hath published divers other Works:

Commentarius in Titum, in Ephesios.

Apologeticus pro Augustana Confessione.

Assertio Augustanae Confessionis De perseverantia Sanctorum.

Paraeneticus de Theologia Cryptica.

Apodixis paeraenetica de Messia ad Judaeos per orbem dispersos.

Orator Ecclesiasticus. in Nahum Prophetam.

* 1.286John Croy, a Learned French Divine.

He hath written a Treatise entitled Observationes Sacrae & Historioae in novum Testamentum, which title, though a Learned Writer of our own reprehends, and in the book he seems somewhat too sharp against Heinsius, yet that book, and his Specimen conject••raerum & observationum in quaedam loca Origenis, Irenaei, Tertul∣lia••i & Epiphanii, &c. and his French book entitled, la veritè de la Religion Reform••e, declare him to be a good Linguist and an able Scholar generally.

Hannibal * 1.287 Cruceius.

Gasparus Craciger a Learned Divine. He was born Anno 1504. His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

He was very swift in writing, so that of him that of the Epigrammatist might be used,

Currant verba licet manus est velocior illis: Nondum lingua suum, dextra peregit opus.

Therefore when in the year 1540. there was a conference at Wormes amongst those which differed in Religion, he was the Notary, and received Melancthons and Eccius his words with incredible swiftness, and often admonished Melancthon what he had not answered; of Eccius his subtilties, therefore Granvelbane Caesars Deputy at that Conference said, Lutherani scribam habent omnibus Pontificiis docti∣orem. Melch. Adam. in ejus Vita.

Henry Cuffe, a Learned man, and of ••xford.

He hath written a book of the differences of the ages of mans life.

* 1.288Jacobus Cujacius, a great light of France.

His Life is written by Papyrius Massonus.

He is celebrated by Peter Faber (whose Master he was) and Casaubon, and others, as the greatest Lawyer of his time.

Pasquier Recherch. de la France saith, in many Universities of Germany, when those in the Chair alleadge Cujacius and Turnebus, they put their hands to their hats, for the respect and honour they bear them. He cals him the great Cujacius.

A Protestantium partibus non alienus.

He was thought to be somewhat inclinable to the Protestant Religion, but when any Theologicall question was asked him, he was wont to answer, Nihil hoc ad edictum Praetoris.

* 1.289Petrus Cunaus.

There are his Animadversions in Nonni Dionysiaca.

Satyra Menippea in castrata.

D. Juliani Imperatoris Satyra.

His three Books De Repub. Hebraeorum are much valued.

Caelius Secundus Curio.* 1.290 He was born Anno 1503. a very Learned Pro∣testant.

Vir doctus literarum humaniorum apud Basilienses Professor. Zanch. Epist.

He hath put out Miscellanies, a Book De amplitudine regni Dei.

De utilitate legendae Historiae, and other Works. Vide Boissard. Icones.

His sonne also Caelius Aug. Curio hath published Hieroglyphicks and other Works.

Quintus Curtius * 1.291 writes pure Latine.

He flourished under the Emperour Vespasian.

Petrus Curtius.* 1.292

He hath published a Work, De Civitate Castellana Faliscorum.

Nic. de Cusae or Cusanus, a Germane by Nation, Doctor of Divinity and after∣ward Cardinall.* 1.293

He is commended by Trithemius for the most skilfull in the Scriptures of all the Divines of his time.

D. Cyprianus, Anno Dom. 250.244 saith Helvicus. 240 Illyricus.* 1.294

He was Bishop of Carthage, and Crowned with Martyrdom.

He wrote a famous Treatise of Mortality to comfort men against death, in the time of a great plague.

His Book de Vnitate Ecclesiae is most cited and commended.

Eruditissimus Cyprianus tam vitae sanctitate quam facundia clarus. Pier. Valer. Herog. l. 22. c. 4.

His Deacon Pontianus wrote the story of his Life and Sufferings.

Cyrillus Alexandrinus. Cyrill Bishop of Alexandria, 430.* 1.295

He is styled Fortis Athleta by Photius, that valiant Champion of the Church: nay he is styled Beatus Cyrillus twice for condemning the Nestorian Heresie. Lives of the Primitive Fath.

He wrote ten Books against Julian the Apostate, which being joyned to his other works are full of Learning.

Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus, Cyrill Bishop of Jerusalem, Anno Dom. 370.

His Catechism is yet extant.

Cyrill Patriarch of Constantinople.

There is his Confessio Fidei.

CHAP. XV.

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* 1.296JOhn Daillè, a Learned French Divine.

My Lord Falkland and M^r Chillingworth made very much use of him in all their Writings against the Romanists. The Lord Falkland was wont to say, it was worth a voyage to Paris to be acquainted with him; he cals him our Prote∣stant Perron.

He hath written severall Books in French and Latine.

One, Of the Right use of the Fathers, translated into English, and highly esteemed.

Against Milletier.

A most accurate Commentary De Imaginibus.

An Apology for the French Churches.

A most accurate Demonstration of Faith out of the Scriptures.

De Satisfactionibus & Poenis.

De Pseudepigraphis.

De Jejuniis & Quadragesima, an elegant Piece.

* 1.297John Damascene, 740.

He was born in Damascus, See Act. 9.2.

One that laid the Foundation of School Divinity amongst the Greeks, as Peter Lombard afterward did among the Latines.

He was the first amongst the Greeks which hath handled Divinity in Philosophi∣call terms, and who wrote for the adoration of Images, therefore they put him among their Saints.

* 1.298Nicolaus Damascenus.

Vastissimae eruditionis vir, nec sine laude nominandus. Vossius de Rat. Stud.

* 1.299Pet. Damianus. There are his Epistolae cum aliis opusculis. De Institut. Ecclesiast. and other Works.

Damasus the first Pope, a Spaniard: He had an elegant wit in composing verses, as Jerom and Suidas say.* 1.300

He appointed the Psalms to be sung alternis vicibus in the Church, and in the end of them these words were added, Gloria patri, filio, & spiritui sancto. Matth. Westm. & alii.

He first gave authority to Jeroms Writings, when before the Writings of the Septuagint were only esteemed. Platina.

Lambertus Danaeus, a French Divine of Orleance.* 1.301

Petrus Danesius.

He was most skilfull in the Greek tongue, and Professor of it in the reign of Francis the first King of France. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 64.

He was at the Councell of Trent, and a Doctor of Divinity of Paris there making an Oration against the abuse of Benefices at Rome; another mocking said to his fellows, Gallus cantat, the Frenchman sings, or the Cock crows: to whom Petrus Danesius wittily replied, Vtinam Gallicinio Petrus ad resipiscentiam & fletum excitetur.

Olim Francisci 11. praeceptor, & ob id Vaurensi Episcopatu donatus, homo doctissi∣mus, quanquam nullis editis scriptis, meruit, ut inter doctrina & literis politioribus praestantes hujus aevi viros numeretur. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 63. Vide Scaev. Samarth. Elog. Gall.

Dantes Aligherius. Poeta sui saeculi nulli secundus, Italus natione,* 1.302 patria Floren∣tinus. Boissard. Icon.

His Life is written by Paprius Massonus.

Dantes, the first Italian Poet of note, being a great and wealthy man in Florence. He lived in the time of Ludovicus the Emperour, about the year of our Lord 1300. and took part with Marsilius Patavinus against three sorts of men, which he said were enemies to the truth: that is, the Pope. Secondly, the order of Religious men. Thirdly, the Doctors and Decretals.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

Dantes quidam Alligherius quidam ut aiebat, à Dante Florentino poeta. Polit. Miscel. Cont. 1. c. 19. Vide Pier. Valer. De Literatorum infeliciate l. 1.

Claudius Dausqueius.

He hath put out these Works,* 1.303

S. Pauli Apostoli sanctitudo in utero, extra, in solo, caelo.

Conciliabuli Dordraceni ascia.

Antiqui, novique Lat. Orthographica.

John Davenant Bishop of Salisbury, a Learned and Judicious Divine, as his Exposition of the Colossians, his Praelectiones de duobus in Theologia Controversis capitibus, de Judice Controversiorum, & de Justitia habituali & actuali, his Deter∣minations and other Works, both in Latine and English shew.

Philippus Decius.* 1.304

The most famous Lawyer of Italy in his time. He died Anno salutis Christianae M.D.XXXV.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard, and many of them in the Oxford Ca∣talogue.

Pontificem Julium secundum defendit. Gerh. Confess. Cath. l. 1. General. part. 2. c. 3.

* 1.305John Dee, a Learned Englishman.

There are severall Works of his published.

De praestantioribus naturae viribus.

Monas Hieroglyphica.

Propaedeumata, Aphoristica.

Mathematicall Preface to Enclides Elements.

Parallaticae Commentationis praxeosque nucleus quidam.

Eruditus is tractatulus sanè, apprimé{que} ingeniosus, nec parùm ad Paralaxium differentias enucleandas at{que} ab invicem discernendas conducens. Tych. Brah. De nova Stella. c. 9.

His generall and rare Memorials.

Martinus Antonius Delrio is much commended by Philippus Alegambe in his Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societatis Jesu,* 1.306 as a great Linguist and generall Scholar: but Joseph Scaliger in his Elench, Trihaeres. Serar. as much slights him.

He hath published divers Works, many of which are mentioned in Oxford Ca∣talogue.

Demosthenes, his force in pleading is commended.

* 1.307Qui populum flectit, de mulcet, mitigat, urget, Nominat hunc tellus Attica vim populi. Paschasii Icones.

His Book de Corona is most esteemed.

He wrote out Thucidides eight times, that he might better imitate him in his Orations. See in Plutarks Lives a witty reply of his to the thief Chalcus.

Thomas Dempster * 1.308, a Learned Scotchman. Multisciae lectionis & eruditionis vir. Dilher. Disput. Acad.

Eruditus Scotus, beneque de literis meritus. Voss. de vitiis Sermonis, l. 1. c. 10.

He hath published,

Antiquitatum Rom. corpus absolutissimum.

Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Scotorum, Apparatus ad Historiam Scoticam, Scoto∣rum Scriptorum nomenclatura.

De Juramento l. 3. and other Works.

John Deodate, an eminent Divine, as his Annotations on the Bible in Italian and French shew.

Videlius Rational. Theol. l. 2. c. 6. cals them Aureas Annotationes.

He was sent from Genevah to the Synod of Dort.

Vir Reverendus & jampridem optimè de Ecclesia merens D. Joannes Deodatus, do∣ctissima versione Gallica & notis. Cocc. Praefat. ad Job.

Edward Dering, a solid Divine.

He defended Bishop Jewell against Harding.

And hath published some Sermons and Lectures on some of the first Chapters of the Hebrews.

* 1.309Jo Despauterius, the Prince of the Grammarians of his age, so Vossius de Arte Grammatico, l. 1. c. 3.

He had but one eye.

Hic jacet unoculus, visu praestantior Argo, Nomen Ioannes, cui Ninivita fuit.

Joannes Ninivita, sine malis Despauterius, (Nec enim vir, bene adeò de litera∣tura pro illo quidem tempore meritus, indignus est vulgatiore nomine chartis nostris signari etsi aliter Grande quià spirantibus videatur.) Nobilis ille Grammaticus. Vos∣sius De vitiis Sermonis, l. 1. c. 6.

Antonius Densingius, a Learned Physitian.

Burgersdicius was his Master in Physick and Logick. Golius for the Mathema∣ticks and Arabick. He was intimate with Constantine L' Empereur, Ludovicus de Dieu and Elichmannus, who were skilfull in many of the Orientall Languages.

His Works are mentioned Vit. Profes. Groningae.* 1.310

Paulus Diaconus.

These Works of his are published,

Hist. Miscellae auctae à Landulpho Sagaci, & illustratae ab Hen. Canisio.

Ab Ant. Augustino Epitome. De gestis Romanorum.

David Dickson, a good Scottish Expositour.

He hath written Notes on all Pauls Epistles in Latine, on the Psalms, Matthew and the Hebrews in English.

Didymus Caecus, Anno Dom. 360. Jeroms Master, he was much regarded by the ancient Fathers.* 1.311

He was an Ecclesiasticall Writer, and an excellent Mathematician. He much troubled the Arians, whilst he constantly defended the doctrine of the Councell of Nice. Antony that great Monk of Egypt coming to Alexandria, thus spake to him, Non grave tibi, nec molestum debet esse, Didyme, illis carere oculis, quorum lacertae, mures, & alia minuta abjectaque animalia participia sunt, sed beatum & jucundum potiùs, quod oculos habes similes Angelorum, quibus verè Deum contempla∣ris. Sozom. l. 3. c. 14.

Aubertus Miraeus in the 7^th Decade of his Elogia Belgica, mentions Carolus Fernandus, Parsevaldas Belligenius, and Nicasius Vordanus, for Learned (though blinde) men.

Ludovicus de Dieu, a French Minister, well skil'd in the Orientall tongues, and who hath Commented well on the Evangelists and Acts, and also a pious man.* 1.312

Ille Phoenix sacrae Philologiae. Dilh. Disput. Acad. Tom. 1.

He hath translated a Persian book written by Xaverius into Latine, and hath published it together with the Persian Originall, and Notes.

Sir James Dier, a Reverend Father of the Common-Law, and Chief Justice of the Common-pleas.

His Book entitled Vn Abridgement de tous les cases, was printed after his decease, in Anno 25. reg. Eliz.

Everard Digby.

He hath published these Works,

Admonitioni Fran. Mildappetti de unica Pet. Rami methodo retinenda responsio.

De duplici methodo, lib. 2.

Theor. Anal. De arte Natandi.

Sir Kenelm Digby is an ingenious Learned Gentleman, and an ornament of this Nation, as his Book of Bodies shews.

Leonard Digges.

There are these Works of his,

Prognostication everlasting, a Mathematicall Discourse of Geometricall Solids.

* 1.313Thomas Digges his sonne.

There is a Book of his named Stratioticos.

Another styled Pantometria, lib. 3.

Nova Corpora Regularia.

And another styled Alae seu scalae Mathematicae. Of which Work Tycho Brahe l. 1. De Nova Stella, c. 9. gives this censure,

Etsi verò admodum eruditum & ingeniosum sit hoc scriptum, at{que} Mathematum excellentem peritiam prae se ferat: tamen si liceat, id quod res est, dicere, in recessu intimo, quod primo accessu, & tam magnifico specioso{que} titulo spondet, quàm mini∣mum prastat. Nam ne Stellae quidem novae, cujus principaliter ratio habenda fuit, Phoenomena, prout decuit, commodè explicata: nedum ut Planetarum omnium itinera inaccessa novo modo expediat. Vide plura ibid.

John Michael Dilber, Gerhards Scholar, Publick Professor at Jena, a Learned Critick, as his Electa, Eclogae, his Disputationes Academicae shew.

* 1.314Diodorus Siculus.

He searched out the Antiquities of Nations with greatest diligence. A most fa∣mous Writer, and to whom for the knowledge of Antiquity, Greece hath scarce his equall.

He saith he bestowed thirty years about his History. Paulus Aemilius spent thirty yeares about his French History. Paulus Jovius thirty seven in his Hi∣story.

* 1.315Diogenes Laertius. He hath written well the Lives of the ancient Philosophers.

Dio Cassius, Anno aerae Christianae 218. Helv. Chron.

* 1.316An ancient grave Historian, a Consull himself.

Vir & doctrinâ, & prudentiâ & nobilitate insignis: Nam & viro Consulari natus, & ipse bis consulatum gessit; & Praetor Africae, Dalmatiae ac Pannoxiae prae∣fectus est. Crakanth. de Providentia Dei.

It is one of the Laws of History to relate only things memorable, this Law he diligently observed.

Nusquam ad minutias dilabitur, vel si quid, quod levins videatur, minimè prae∣terire volet, excusatione utitur: ut facilè liqueat, neutiquam imprudentiâ, vel in∣scitia peccare. Ger. Joan. Vos. Ars Histor. c. 11.

Dion Chrysostomus.

He was sirnamed Chrysostom for his Eloquence, whose 80 Greek Orations were long since published at Venice.

Amongst other of his Orations, that Oration is of all most copious, de Ilio à Gracis nunquam Capto.

CHAP. XVI.

DJonysius Areopagita. Dionysius falsly called the Areopagite,* 1.317 whom nei∣ther Eusebius, nor Hieronymus, nor Gennadius, gatherers of all Ecclesi∣asticall Writers, before their time did know. Fulke Answ. to Sand. Cavils on the L. Supper.

One of that name was born at Athens the most famous City of all Greece, the mo∣ther of all Arts and Sciences. He and his wife Damaris were converted by S^t Paul to the true faith, Act. 17.34.

There are his Greek Works cum Scholiis Maximi & Paraphrasi Gregorii Pay∣chymeri, and his Latine Works per Joach. Perionium cum Scholiis.

His Epistles and Greek Liturgy, and other things go under his name, but our Divines generally hold them to be supposititions, and so some of the Learned Papists hold.

Vtrum libri qui ejus nomine circumferuntur genuini sint, controvertitur. Nam quam vis illorum Author pro Dionysio Areopagita haberi velit, nihilominus ex Adver∣sariis ipsis viri quidam Doctissimi id incertum esse aiunt, Rhodiginus, Rhenanus, Roffensis, Cajetanus: alii simpliciter nobiscum negant, Faventius, Gaza, Valla, Erasmus & apud Erasmum Grocinus, Cassander, & novissimè Hubertus, ac licet non ex professio satis, apertè tamen Sirmondus ac Launaeus, & denique Petavius, Re∣liqui minus in Graecis versati vehementer affirmant, Baronius, Possevinus, Perroni∣us, Bellarminus, qui tamen vacillat, Delrio, Alloix, & alii nonnulli. Albertinus de Sacramento Eucharistiae, l. 2. c. 1.

He proves further there in that Chapter, and Chap. 2. by severall Arguments that it is a Pseudonysius. Vide Gerhard. Patrologiam & Dilher. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2. De Areopago p. 310.

Dionysius Halycarnasseus, a famous Historian.* 1.318

Scalig. de Emendat. Temp. l. 5. cals him a most sweet and diligent Writer. Sigonius Diligentem antiquitatum investigatorem. Gravis sanè anctor, & cui non minimum debet Historia Romana, Pignor. Symbol. Epistol. Ep. 44. Vide plura ibid.

Dioscorides, an ancient Herbalist. His Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue.

Rembertus * 1.319 Dodonaeus.

His Herball is commonly known. Editis in lucem plantarum historiis magnum sibi nomen comparavit. Castellani vitae Illust Med.

He hath written also other Physick Treatises.

Steven Dolet, a Learned Frenchman.

* 1.320He hath written Commentaries of the Latine Tongue, as Budaeus hath of the Greek. In quibus utique ordo est aliquis & talis, qui arguat ingenium magnum in istis viris. Methodi tamen ordo non est. Bibliand. de Rat. Com. omnium Ling.

His French and Latine Works are mentioned by Antoine du Verdier in his Bib∣liotheque.

* 1.321Aelius Donatus, a great Grammarian.

He hath Commented excellently on Terence.

Marcellus Donatus.

Vir caetera doctissimus & medicus exceliens. Meibomii Mecenas c. 23.

He hath published In Tacitum dilucidationes, in Livium, Suetonium, & alios, and severall Physicall Treatises.

Hieronymus Donatus.

* 1.322He was a Poet, Orator, Philosopher, Divine, Mathematician, yet was so troubled about his houshold affairs, and his inferiours so disobedient to his com∣mands, that unless he had eased his cares with study, he had been a most miserable man. Pier. Valet. de Litteratorum infelicitate.

Hugo Donellus, a great Lawyer.

Vera pietate atque eruditione Clarus. Zanch. Epist.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

He taught the Civil Law some years in Heidelberg the chief University of all Germany, and was Rector of that University.

Tanta sane laude Jus Civile explanavit, ut veterum Jurisconsultorum aliquis Paulus, Vlpianus, aut Papinianus revixisse, illorumque animam, ex Pythagorae sen∣tentia, recepisse videretur. Lud. Jacob. Declar. Scrip. Cabclon. l. 1.

Janus Douza * 1.323, Anno Christi 1545.

He was famous for Warlick Valour and Learning both.

He was one of great reading, incredible memory, skil'd both in Greek and Latine, History Ancient and Modern. He would answer well to any questions ex tempore. He was employed in many Embassies for his Country, Nec ullius ore saepiùs locuta est Batavia, quam Donsico. Melch. Adam.

His Works are mentioned by Melchior Adam in his life.

His son Janus Douza was also an eminent Scholar, and died in his prime. Vide Woweri Epist. Cent. 1. Epist. 11.* 1.324

George Downeham,

A Learned and godly Bishop.

He hath written excellently upon Ramus his Logick, and de Antichristo; and many usefull English Treatises, of Justification, the Covenant, and other Subjects.

Andrew Downes, the Regius Professour of Greek in Cambridge. He hath pub∣lished some notes on Chrysostome,* 1.325 which are in the 8^th Volume put out by Sir Henry Savill. He hath also put out Praelectiones in Philippicam primam De∣mosthenis.

Sir Francis Drake.

He first of all men sailed about the whole world.* 1.326

Franciscus Dracus famosissineus, ut Hispani vocant pyrata, sive ut citra odium dicatur, celeberrimus universi orbis lustrator. Thuan. Hist. Tome quinto, parte prima, l. 114.

Hier. Drexelius, a Learned Jesuite.* 1.327

Joannes Driedo.

Aubertus Miraeus in his Elogia Belgica commends him for a Learned man.

His Works are published in 4 Tomes.

Jo. Drusius.

He was a great Hebrician and well versed in the Rabbins,* 1.328 and hath given great light to a large part of the Scripture, by his notes upon a great part of it, and his Observations, Paralells, Miscellanies, Questions, Tract. De quaesitis per Episto∣lam, De tribus sectis Judaeorum, and other Philologicall Treatises.

Fr. Duarenus, a Learned Lawyer.* 1.329

His Works are in one Volume.

Fronto * 1.330 Ducaeus, a Learned and candid Jesuite.

Vir doctissimus, & cui Chrysostomus noster plurimum debet. Savil. not. in Psalm. Chrysost.

Guil. Durandus, a most famous Bishop.

Pasquier Recherch. de la France,* 1.331 l. 9. c. 35. saith there were these remarkable ex∣cellencies in him; he was a great Poet, a great Divine, a great Lawyer.

He put out a Book entitled Speculum Juris, divided into three great Tomes. As Lombard among Divines is not quoted by his own name, but by that of Master of the Sentences, so among the Lawyers he is not quoted by the name of William Durand, but he is styled Speculator.

He delivered this sentence about the Sacrament: Verbum audimus, modum senti∣mus, modum nescimus, praesentiam credimus.

Durandus * 1.332 à S. Portian••, a Schoolman.

He hath written upon the Sentences. Of him those verses were written,

Durus Durandus jacet hic sub marmore duro, An sit salvandus ego nescio nec ego curo.

* 1.333Samuel Durant, a holy man when he lived, and an eloquent Preacher at Paris. Tantae eloquentiae, ut cum Pericle, non tam loqui quam fulgurare & fulminare vide∣retur. Vit. Profes. Grovingae. Sam. Mares.

Joannes Stephanus * 1.334 Durantus, President Senatus Tholosani.

He hath written a learned Book de Ritibus Ecclesiae, of Ecclesiasticall Rites, his tumultuating Citizens killed him.

* 1.335Claudius Duret, a great French Lawyer.

He hath written Thresor de l' histoire des langues, a Treasure of Languages and their Originals.

Ludovicus Duretus, a most Learned Physitian, and as Heurnius was wont often to say, In medicorum ordine tertius.

* 1.336Prisca quod Hippocrati venerando debuit atas, Dureto cur non debeat Hippocrates? Ille suâ morbos immaneis arte fugavit Hic à morte sui vendicat Hippocratem. Stephanus Paschasius.

Heurnius heard him diligently three whole years, so that he would not miss a Lecture. And when Duretus saw him once coming in late, he let fall this passage more then once, Mi adolescens, doleo jam quadam dicta quorum nones particeps, a great token of his affection toward Heurnius.

CHAP. XVII.

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* 1.337KIng Edward the 6^th, our English Josiah. Hayward hath written his Life well. He was admirable by reason of his rare towardness and hope both of Vertue and Learning, which in him appeared above the capacity of his years. Favour and love of Religion was in him from his childhood. Such an instrument given of God to the Church of England he was, as England never had better.

Cardan saith this of him: Being but fifteen years of age, he asked of me in Latine, (in which tongue he uttered his minde no lesse readily and eloquently then I could do my self) what my Books which I had Dedicated unto him De varietate Rerum did contain? Cardan made answer, and the King wittily replied severall times, as M^r Fox in his 2^d Book of Acts and Monum. p. 65. relates.

He restored holy Scriptures to the mother Tongue, he abolished Masses; such as were in banishment for the danger of the truth, were again received to their Country.

During the time of the six years of this King there was much tranquility to the whole Church of England.

Egesippus a Writer of the Ecclesiasticall History from Christs Passion to his time,* 1.338 as witnesseth Hierom and Eusebius l. 4. c. 8. & 22.

He lived in the time next after the Apostles, and is the ancientest Writer of Ec∣clesiasticall History next to Luke.

Eginhardus, Anno Dom. 80.

Elias Levita, a most Learned Grammarian of the Jews.* 1.339

He (or his son, as some say) gave his name to Christ before his death, bring∣ing with him thirty other Jews to be baptized.

He excelled all the Rabbins in the explication and curious handling of all the Masoreth, in his Book entitled Masoreth hammasoreth, from which book Buxtorf received much light in his Tiberias, sive Commentarius Masorethicus.

Doctissimus Judaeus, Elias Levita, Germanus (cui gratiam non mediocrem debent Christiani, propter sincerum in linguae Sanctae cognitione ipsos adjuvandi studium) in Lexico suo Rabbinico, quod Thisbitem inscripsit. Ful. Miscel. l. 2. c. 3.

Sir Thomas Elyot. He hath written a book called, The Governour, his Castle of health.

For his Learning in all kinde of knowledge, he brought much honour to all the nobility of England. He told me he had a work in hand which he nameth De rebus memorabilibus Angliae, which I trust we shall see in Print shortly, and for the ac∣complishment of that Book he had read and perused over many old Monuments of England, Aschams Toxophilus, p. 28.

Queen * 1.340 Elizabeth, a Learned Queen, and our English Deborah.

She Translated out of Greek into Latine, Isocrates his Oration to Nicocles, his first Book de regno, his second Oration in one Book; She translated also the Meditations of the Queen of Navarr, out of French into English. Baleus.

Fuit ingenio docili, & scientiarum Cupido, Latine sciebat, & commode loqueba∣tur, Germanice, quod vernacula lingua ab illa derivaretur, bene, Gallice saepius, sed absona voce, Italice per eleganter. Musica & poetica summopere delectabatur. Thuan. Hist. tom. 5. part. 2. l. 129. p. 1051, 1052, 1053. Vide plura ibid.

Vbbo Emmius, a very Learned man, Professor of History and Greek, at Groning.

Suffridus Petri vir benè doctus, sed qui in Frisiae rebus, atque omni literaturae laude longè cedat Emmio. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 2. c. 40. Vide vit. Profess. Groningae.

He is much commended by Janus Dousa Hollandiae Annal. in two Books, for a most faithfull Historian.* 1.341

Constant. l' Empereur, the famous Professor of Hebrew at Leyden in Holland.

Vir de literis Hebraeis praeclarè mereus. Vossius. de Philol. cap. 11. Vide Voss. in Maimon. de Idol. c. 6.

His Works, Talmudis Babylonici Codex. Middoth.

Notae in Benjaminem.

De legibus Ebraeorum forensibus, and Clavis Talmudica, shew his great Abilities.

Quintus * 1.342 Ennius.

He made these verses,

Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu Faxit cur? volito vivus per ora virum.

Virgill is reported to have said, when he read Ennius, Se aurum in sterquilinio colligere, that he gathered gold in a dunghill.

Habent Enniani versus aliquid, quod prodesse & delectare possit, & orationem eti∣am, quod minimè quis existimaret, ex colere. Turneb. Advers. l. 27. c. 11.

Ephraem or Ephraim Syrus, a Father that lived in S^t Basils time.

Anno Aerae Christi 378 Calvis. Chron. 361. Helv. Chron.

Ephraem Antiochenus. 527.

Epictetus * 1.343 the Philosopher.

He entitled his Book Euchiridion, because ad manum semper habere oportet.

Sermo in eo omnino efficax est, atque energiae plenus, & in quo mira sit ad permo∣vendum vis Stylus autem qualem res postularet, concisus est, dilucidus, quique omnem respuat ornatum. Polit. in Epict. Enchirid.

Epiphanius * 1.344 390. Bishop of Salamina in Cyprus, who was famous all over the world in the doctrine of the Catholick faith, saith Austen.

He was famous for Learning and for his skill in five Tongues, called by Jerom

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, famous for his holiness and miracles, a most sharp enemy to Here∣tiques, against whom also he published a famous Work. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Vide Augūstini praefat. ad lib. de Haeres.

Apud Graces inter magnos habitus, & à multis in Catholicae fidei sanitate lauda∣tus. Aug. de Haeres. p. 230.

Epiphanius the Deacon. 787.

Epistles. They are Amicorum Colloquia absentium, saith Tully, 2. Phil.

The reading of Epistles (as also of Lives) is both pleasant and profi∣table.

No other kinde of conveyance is better for knowledge or love.

Baronius in his Annals commends Historiam Epistolarem. Jerom is most elo∣quent in his Epistles, especially in that to Heliodorus.

Isidore Pelusiota hath excellently handled the greatest part of the mysteries of our Faith, and the controversies agitated both against the Jews and Hereticks, and yet he entitleth his Book Epistles.

Saint Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzene, Synesius Bishop of a City in Cyrene, Cyril of Alexandria, S^t Cyprian, S^t Austin, Gregory the Pope, S^t Bernard, and other Fathers of the Eastern and Western Churches, do not speak more powerfully any where, then in their Epistles.

What treasure of moral knowledge are in Seneca's Letters to only one Lucilius? How much of the Story of the time is in Cicero's Letters, especially those ad At∣ticum?

Ciceronis Epistolis ad Latinae Orationis elegantiam informamur, ex his primus elo∣quentiae quasi succus, qui qualis initio fuerit, per magni interest, bibitur. Manut. Praefat. in Epist-Cicer. Fam.

Politian was a most polite Authour. See the first Epistle of his first Book of Epist.

Manutius his Epistles, Wowerus and Coelius Secundus Curios are good.

Erasmus and Lipsius his Epistles are elegant and usefull. Bembus and Sadoletus pure Latinists. Longolius is termed by Ludovicus Vives Homo Ciceronianissimus, there is elegant Latine (though little matter) in Baudius * 1.345 his Epistles, Scaliger saith of him, Solus Baudius Latinè loquitur. For the Fathers, Jeroms excell for Latine, Austens for variety of Learning, Cyprians for the state of those times in the first three hundred years. For modern Writers, those of Calvin, Beza, Lu∣ther, Melancthon, Oecolampadius, Peter Martyr and Zanchius, are very profita∣ble, also Casaubones and Scaligers.

For English, our Hall is styled by some the English Seneca, and M^r Bain is ex∣cellent for pious admonitions and instructions.

There are Epistolae clarorum virorum.

Epistolae obscurorum virorum, a facetious Book, thought to be done by Erasmus.

Hebrew Epistles by a 1.346 Buxtorf, and Greek by Budaeus.

Epistolae Laconicae.

Epistolae Jesuiticae by learned Chamier.

Epistolae Astronomicae by that famous Astronomer Tyche Brahe.

Epistolae Medicinales by learned Langius.

Centuria Epistolarum Philologicarum edita à Goldasto, Laurentii Pignorii Symbola Epistolicae.

Desiderius Erasmus.

* 1.347He was born at Roterdam in Holland, in a little house at the Church-yard, Anno Christianae salutis 1467.

There is his Statue to be seen at Roterdam in brasse on the Market place with this Inscription,

ERASMVS Natus ROTERODAMI Octob. XXVIII. Anno 1467. Obiit Basileae XII. Julii. Anno 1536.

The House where he was born is yet to be seen, in the front of which are these verses,

Aedibus his ortus mundum decoravit Erasmus Artibus ingenuis, Religione, Fide. Boxhorn. Theat. Holland.

By his learned writings which he published he obtained such a fame of his Learn∣ing and vertue, that he was drawn by Kings and Princes into Germany, Italy, Eng∣land, and other Regions of Europe, they giving him great rewards.

He was of indefatigable diligence, and a great Scholar. Being sent for into Brabant by Mary Queen of Hungary in the year 1536. there he died, being seventy years old.

As he himself acknowledgeth, that his Adagies cost him great pains, so there is variety of Learning in them, they are a most ample field of Philology, Omnia grata, elegantia, aut ipsae potius Gratiae, veneres, joci, facetiae, sales, dicteria, gemmae lu∣mina. Verheiden. Optimus paraemiographus Erasmus. Alsted. Eucyc.

He used great pains and industry in collating the several copies of the Fathers, and his fidelity was great in publishing them according to the Manuscripts, his Pre∣faces and Praeloquia to them are excellent, and his Notes upon them usefull, but there were two special things wanting for the perfecting of his learned Animadver∣sions upon the Fathers Works, 1. That he did not set down the divers readings very exactly. 2. That he did not relate the number of the Manuscripts, which he used, and where they were to be seen.

From the Collation of Greek and ancient Copies, he corrected also all the New Testament.

Ingeniosus veterum Scriptorum Censor; So Ludovicus Vives.

Sed acumen Erasmianae censurae & certitudinem; quam in Latinis praestitit, in Graecis prorsus desidero. Hales in his Notes on Chrysost. Homis. on the He∣brews.

* 1.348He opened the way before Luther, many were provoked by his learned Works to study the Greek and Latine tongues; who perceiving a more gentle and ready order of teaching then before, began to have in contempt the Monks barbarous and sophistical Doctrine, and especially such as were of a liberal and good dispo∣sition.

He wrote to the Archbishop of Mentz a certain Epistle touching the cause of Luther. In which he saith, That many things were in the Books of Luther con∣demned of Monks and Divines, for heretical, which in the Books of Bernard and Augustine are read for sound and godly. Foxes Acts and Monum. Vol. 2^d. pag. 61, 62.

He saith thus in an Epistle to Biblibaldus, Ego, qui nunquam faverim Luthero, nisi quomodo faver, qui hortatur ad meliora, utrique parti sum haereticus.

His Book of familiar Colloquies notatur in prima Classe librorum prohibi∣torum.

Atque utinam id genus impia scripta, Moriam inquam, & Colloquia, pestes per∣niciesque juventutis, flammis potiùs, quam luci tradidisset. De his enim Maenandri illud rectè usurpaveris.

Corrumpunt bonos mores Colloquia prava;

Et ò miseros, coecos, & amentes, quos bodiéqne moria illa sapere docet. Auberti Mi∣raei Elog. Belg. in Martino Dorpio.

Si i••tra professionis litterariae terminos substitisset, séque totum hisce studiis, quibus in primis natus erat, dedidisset, haud dubiè cum primis illis Latins sermonis auctoribus paria facere potuisset. At verò postquam Theologum agere coepit, ingenio fisus nimium sibi sumpsit at tribuit; dumque in tractandis sacris litteris. veterumque Patrum scri∣ptis, severum se nimis praebet Aristarchum, nominis sui auctoritatem vehementer labe∣factavit. Aub. Mir. Elog in Erasm.

His Annotations upon the New Testament read and approved by Leo the 10^th, were forbidden to be read by the Councel of Trent. Hist. of the Councel of Trent l. 6. p. 473.

Stephanus Paschasius hath this Epitaph of him,

Quae Desiderio mors nos orbavit Erasmo, Heu desiderium quam longuum liquit Erasmi.

Many of his Works were printed at Basil by Frobenius; there are nine Tomes of them, the Contents of each which are mentioned by Boissardus in his Icones.

There was another Erasmus a learned Bishop.* 1.349

CHAP. XVIII.

THo. Erastus a learned Physician.* 1.350

He wrote against the Excommunication of Church-officers, and is an-answered by Beza.

Many follow his judgement in these dayes, which some call Erastians.

His Works are mentioned in Oxford Catalogue.

a 1.351 Eratosthones.

He is called by some Plato minor, Plato the younger for his singular Learning.

Erinna a learned Poet.

She wrote in the Dorick Tongue an elegant Poeme, consisting of three hundred Verses, and also other Epigrams.

They report that her Verses ad Homericam accessisse Majestatem.

Politian mentions her in his Epistle to Cassandra, l. 3. Epist. 17.

* 1.352Thom. Erpenius.

He was excellently skilled in the Oriental Tongues, the Hebrew, Chaldee, Arabick, Syriack, Aethiopick, Persian and Turkish. The King of Morocco did so much esteem his Letters written in Arabick for their Elegancy, that he kept them amongst his Cymelia. He is celebrated through the whole Christian world, as the restorer of the Arabick Tongue. He was of incredible diligence and indu∣stry, to which was added a rare facility of wit and sweetnesse of manners, for which he was much respected by Philip Mornie, Joseph Scaliger, Isaac Ca∣saubone.

He died at Leyden in the flour of his Age Anno 1624.

These were his Works,

Grammatica Arabica cum Lockmanni fabulis & adag. Arabum.

Pertateuchus Arabicè.

Hist. Josephi Patriarchae. Arabicè cum triplici versione Lat. & Scholiis Tho. Erpenii.

* 1.353Claudius Espencaeus a French Bishop.

None of the Divines of Paris had a greater concourse of all sorts of Degrees, and was more admired for his frequent Sermons to the people then he. He was ve∣ry eloquent.

There are many Questions concerning Religion discussed by him in Latine and French with great subtilty.

His Commentaries upon Timothy and Titus are well liked.

He hath published many other Works.

Petrus Espinacus Archbishop of Lions.

A witty and eloquent man, at first addicted to the Doctrine of the Protestants,* 1.354 but he fell off afterward.

Gulielm Estius, a Hollander, a Doctor of Doway, a learned and modest Pa∣pist.* 1.355

His Exposition of all Pauls Epistles is generally liked.

Gulielmus Estius in adnotationibus aureis ad difficiliora Scripturae loca. Dilher. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2.

Georgius Macropedius was his Master at Vtrect.

This Epigram was added to his Picture,

Quicunque effigiem Gulielmi conspicis Esti, Esti, qui una fuit gloria Theologôn: Relligio, Virtus, Doctrina, modestia morum, Haec uno obtutu conspicienda patent.

Evagrius c 1.356 Scholasticus.

Nic. * 1.357 Everardus.

Several of his Works are published.

Ordo studendi Consil. in materia monetaria loca legalia, which last is much com∣mended by Aubertus Miraeus.

Also Theses Juridicae ex ministeria de regalibus collectae, and other things.

He left four Sonnes Everardum Nicolaum, Nic. Grudin, Hadr. Marium, & Jo. Secundum, partim Juris Civilis, partim Poeticae tractatione clarus.

Euclide. He was of Megara.* 1.358

He fitly answered to one asking many things of the gods, Caetera quidem nescio, illud scio, quod ode resos.

There hath not been any thing of any worth added to his Labours in Geometry by posterity, in so many Centuries of years since he flourished.

God hath raised up certain singular and heroical wits in all Sciences. Demosthenes and Tully excelled in eloquence, Aristotle in Philosophy, Euclide, Archimedes and Ptolomy in the Mathematicks. Therefore the Profession of the Mathematicks is is called Professio Euclidea, Archimedea, Ptolemaica. Alsted. Eucyclop. l. 4. c. 14.

Euclides Artis elementa continuo ordine & magna solertia ita tradidit, ut à quovis mediocris ingenii acumine praedito non difficulter percipi possent. Tych. Brahe Orat. De Discliplinis Mathematicis.

Euripides d 1.359.

It is a great Question, Which was the better Poet, he or Sophocles, though they

went a different way. Quintilian e 1.360 determines it after a sort. There is all moral Philosophy in Verse, in him.

* 1.361 Eusebius, Anno Domini 330.

He was made Bishop of Caesarea in Palestina. He flourished under Constantine and his Son.

Eusebius Pamphili, not Pamphilus, as he is commonly called.

He had that name from Pamphilus the Martyr whom he dearly lo∣ved.

He is taxed for an Arian, Gerhard in his Patrologia saith he was so, and alledgeth authority for it, yet he is justified by others, he is therefore to be read with the greater caution, as to that partcular, for he much favoured that opinion, though he subscribed the Nicene Councel.

It is the ancientest Ecclesiastical History now extant. See a commendation of him in Crakanth. Defence of Constantine, c. 6. p. 107. and several Elogies of him in Gerhards Patrologia.

Eusebius Emissenus, Anno Christi 330.

* 1.362There are Homilies abroad in the name of another Eusebius Emissenus (which is said to have flourished about the year 430.) upon the Gospels of the whole year, and also fifty most eloquent Homilies of divers subjects. Though some Question, Whether the man be the same Author of those short Homilies upon all the Gospels, who is of those fifty Homilies of divers arguments, seeing the style in both is very different.

* 1.363Eustathius.

He lived under the Emperour Andronicus, in the year about 1180 from Christs birth.

He was Archbishop of Thessalonica. He hath written Commentaries upon Ho∣mers Books, and on Dionysius his description of the world.

From Aristarchus old Didymus made his Commentary upon Homer, and Eusta∣thius from both, and many more ancient. Brought. Exposition of the 21^th of the Revel.

Valde inclinata jam & magnas mutationes passa Graeca lingua erat aetate Eustathii. Steph. De Bene Instit. Ling. Graec. Stud.

Eustochium * 1.364 a learned woman, of whom Jerom makes honourable mention.

Euthymius Zigabenus. Anno 1080.

He wrote Commentaries on all the Psalms, and the four Gospels, and Panopli∣am adversus omnes haereses.

Eutropius, He lived under Valentinian the elder.* 1.365

Aben Ezra * 1.366, a most learned Grammarian. He lived about the year of Christ 1140.

The sharpest and best learned that ever ye bred. Broughtons Require of Consent.

Schickard in his Bechinath Happeruschin, shewing how the Jews magnifie Rabi Salomon Jarchi, addes, At si me arbitro res ista disceptaretur, palmam ego deferrem sequenti Aben Ezrae, quia non tantùm magis perspicuus est, methodicus & in stilo multùm elegantior; Scripturaeque idiotismorum tenax, sed etiam prudentior, cantior, & nugarum parcior: Cum vicissim ille à fabulis abstineat minus, obscurior sit & in Orthographiam alicubi impingat, ut cum Kimchaeo interdum non agat mitius, quam nostrates pueri cum Prisciano.

CHAP. XIX.

[ F]

JAcobus Faber Stapulensis, skilled in all Learning, especially in Divinity.

Farel and Calvin were his Scholars.* 1.367

He was very low, of a modest countenance, and a sweet disposition, his minde wholly estranged from all injustice. Many of his Works are mentioned in Ox∣ford Catalogue.

Petrus Faber.* 1.368

Jacobus Cuiacius was his master.

His Agonisticon and Semestria are well esteemed.

Joan. Faber. He hath written several Works.* 1.369

Quod studiis primus lucem intulit omnibus artes; Et doctum cuncta•• haec regit urna Fabrum. Hen tenebrae tantum potuere extinguere lumen? Si non in tenebris lux tamen ista micet. Buchanan. Epig. l. 2.

Nic. a 1.370 Faber, Master to Lewis the 13^th King of France.

Guido & Nicolaus Fabricii Boderiani fratres.

Bibliorum Veteris Testamenti Hebraicorum Latina interpretatio opera olim Santis Paguini nunc vero Benedicti Ariae Montani Hispalensis, Francisci Rafelengii, Guid. & Nicol, Fabriciorum fratrum collato studio ad Hebraicam dictionem expensa.

There is also

Dictionarium Syrochaldoicum Guidone Fabricio Boderiano collectore & au∣ctore. He was a famous French Poet.

Divers Works of his in French are mentioned by Antoine du Verdier in his Bib∣liotheque.

* 1.371Georgius Fabritius Chemnicensis.

M. Laurentius Fabricius.

* 1.372There is a Book of his called Partitiones Codicis Hebrai.

Steph. Fabricius.

He hath put out.

Conciones in Proph. Minores in Decalogum.

* 1.373Barth. Facius.

Alphonso, Aragonicae, Siciliae ac Neapolis regi ab Epistolis fait, vitam & res ge∣stas Alphonsi conscripsit. Ubert. fol. Elog.

* 1.374Paulus Fagius, born Anno 1504. a great Hebrician.

As the Jews say of Moses Ben Maimon, à Mose usque ad Mosen non surrexit ficut Moses, viz. Maimonides, so the Germanes may say of Paulus Fagius à Paulo ad Paulum non surrexit sicut Paulus, viz. Fagius.

There is a Catalogue printed of all the Books published by him, many excel∣lent ones.

His Annotations upon Onkelus his Targum on the Pentateuch (which he turned into Latine) are a special Work.

Anton. Faius a French Divine.

He hath written these Works,

In Epist. ad Romanos.

In priorem ad Timotheum.

In Ecclesiastem.

Euchiridion Theologicum.

De vita & obitu Theod. Bezae.

Emblemata & Epigrammata. Miscel.

Abraham Faius his Sonne hath put out Linguae Gallicae & Italicae hortulus amae∣nissimus Horarum subcisivarum libri duo.* 1.375

Gabriel Fallopius.

He hath published both Commentaries De rebus metallicis,* 1.376 and also Anatomical Observations and Institutions, with other Works.

Guliel. Farel a learned and godly Minister of Genevah.

He hath written De Vray Vsage de la Croix, Of the true use of the Crosse,* 1.377 and Summaire, ou brifue declaration d'aucuns lieux fort necessaires à vn Chacun Chrestien pour mettre sa confidence en Dieu & a ayderson prochain.

Salvus sit optimus senex & optimè meritus de Ecclesia. D. Farellus, primus ista∣rum partium Apostolus. Calv. Epist. Bullingerus Calvino.

There is Beza's Epigram,

In tres eximios aetatis nostrae Ecclesiastas.

Gallia mirata est Calvinum Ecclesia nuper Quo nemo docuit doctius: Est quoque te nuper mirata, Farelle, tonantem: Quo nemo tonuit fortius: Et miratur adhuc fundentem mella Viretum: Quo nemo fatur dulcius: Scilicet aut tribus his servabere testibus olim, Aut interibis, Gallia.

Fasciculus Temporum, A Book full of complaints against the Popes,* 1.378 and grosse things in Popery.

The Fathers. They were eminent for Learning, holinesse of life and eloquence.

Antiquos Patres nos amplectimur, & ita accipimus, ut nec sine justa & evidenti ratione ab uno pluribusve, nec ad unanimi ipsorum consensu unquam in causis fidei dissentiamus. Crak. Log. l. 4. c. 26.

In the division of the Decalogve four precepts, (and one of those about not worshipping Images) are rehearsed in the first Table, by Philo, Josephus, Origen, Athanasius, Jerome, Gregory Nazianzen, Chrysostom; but six in the second. On∣ly Austen (propter Trinitatis mysterium) puts three in the first Table, and seven in the second, dividing the last precept into two, and referring the second (which for∣bids worshipping of Images) to the first.

D^r Daniel Featly a learned Divine, and a most acute Disputant, as his Grand Sacriledge, several Conferences, and Answers to the Papists, and other Works shew.

Minutius Felix, an eloquent Father.* 1.379

* 1.380Lucius Fenestella, a famous Historian, of whom Plinie, Plutark, Gellius make mention.

He lived in the time of Tiberius Caesar.

Dominicus Floccus Florentinus was the Author of the little Book De Magistra∣tibus & Sacerdotiis Romanorum, ascribed to him.

Dudlie Fenner a learned Divine.

Thomas Cartwright and Walter Travers were his Scholars.

There is his S. Theologia methodicè digesta, and several English Tracts.

His Commentary on the Canticles.

The order of Houshold Government.

An Interpretation of the Lords Prayer.

An Interpretation upon the Epistle to Philemon.

A short Table orderly disposing the principles of Religion out of the first Table of the Law.

A Treatise of the Sacrament.

A profitable Treatise of lawfull and unlawfull Recreations.

Art of Logick and Rhetorick plainly set forth, with examples for the practice of the same, &c.

Answer unto the Confutation of the Recantation of John Nicols, especially in the matters of Doctrine, of Purgatory, Images, &c.

Joannes Fernelius, a learned French Physician to Henry the second of France.

* 1.381Medicinam universam doctissimis & politissimis scriptis complexus est. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 21.

* 1.382Arnoldus Ferronus.

John Ferus.

* 1.383He is no suborned or counterfeit Author, but the famousest Preacher that was in Mentz, or in Germany in all his time: His Commentaries upon John were eight times at least printed in ten years. Crashaws Prolegom. to the English Papists before his Romish Forger▪ and Falsificat.

Jacobus Fevardentius.

* 1.384That railing Franciscan answerable to his name.

Joannes Fichardus.

He was born at Francford ad Moenum Anno 1512.

Decus & ornamentum eorum quibus cumvixit, & patriae imò Germaniae totius & sa∣culi sui. Boissardi Icones.

He hath written De vitis Jurisconsultorum recentiorum, and other Works men∣tioned by Boissard.

Marsilius * 1.385 Ficinus of Florence, a famous Philosopher, Physician and Divine.

He wrote many excellent Works.

Tu Platonem, quanquam & alios veteres, sed Platonem tamen ipsum maxime. Platonicosque omnes: & Latinè loqui doces, & uberrimis Commentariis locupletas. Polit. Epist. l. 9. Ep. 13, Polit Marsil. Fic. Eo saltem facto meritus; ut qui tot clarorum vi∣torum memoriam in occulto latere passus non est, ipse quoque oblivioni minimè sit tra∣dendus. Melch. Ad. in ejus vita.

Richard Field a learned Divine.

He hath written learnedly of the Church, and in defence of such parts of his Book, as have been excepted against.

Thomas Fienus, a very learned Physician, who hath published a very rational and scholastical Treatise, Concerning the Power of the Imagination.

Jo. Filesacus, a learned Writer, as his Books shew, Opera varia, De sacra Epis∣coporum auctoritate, De Idololataria, De Politico & legitimo Principis cultu Com∣ment.

John Fisher d 1.386 Bishop of Rochester. Vir singulari pietate & eruditione. Eras. Epist. l. 290. Epist. 42.

Sir Anthony Fitzherbert.* 1.387

His Abridgement was painfully and elaborately collected and published in the 11^th year of K. Henry 8. by him then Serjeant at Law: and he wrote also another Book called his Natura brevium, an exact Work exquisitely penned, and publish∣in the 26. year of Henry 8. When he was Knight, one of the Judges of the Court of Common-pleas: about the same time he wrote his Treatise of Justices of the Peace.

L. Florus.* 1.388

He lived in the Raign of Trajane and Hadrian.

Vbertus Folieta.* 1.389

He hath published divers Works.

One, De Latinae Linguae usu & praestantia.

And Clarorum Ligurum Elogia.

* 1.390Patrick Forbes a learned Scotch Divine.

John Forbes his Son. He put out Instructiones Historicae Theologicae, a Book well esteemed of, and Ironicum.

* 1.391John Ford or Foorth a learned English Divine.

He hath written several Works.

Synopsis Politica.

In Apocalypsin.

The Necessity and Antiquity of catechizing, and on Heb. 6.1.

The Covenant between God and man.

* 1.392Franciscus Forerius.

He said as much as possibly could be said in the Defence of the Vulgar Transla∣tion, altering the Hebrew Vowels for this purpose at his pleasure, yet it seemeth the errours discovered by him in his Comment upon Esay hath hindered the setting forth of his other Commentaries upon the Prophets, which he had finished (as ap∣pears by the later part of his Epistles to the Trent Fathers) so the Church would have approved them. D^r Jackson on the Creed, Vol. 1. l. 2. c. 31.

He that wrote the Spanish Bibliotheque in the second Tome saith, He is said to have written besides that on Esay (which I have not seen) upon the other grea∣ter Prophets, the twelve lesser, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Can∣ticles.

Sixtus Senensis saith, He wrote upon all the Prophets.

Petrus Forrestus * 1.393, a learned Physician.

He read the first Lecture in Physick, and made the first Oration for its praise in the University of Leyden then restored.

He hath published many learned Works.

CHAP. XX.

* 1.394JOannes Forsterus.

He was Professour of the Hebrew Tongue at Wittenberg, and very much il∣lustrated and amplified it with a Lexicon published at Basil in folio.

Sir John Fortescue, an excellent Antiquary, and of profound knowledge in the Common-Law.

He hath written a book De laudibus Legum Angliae.

This Book was written in the Raign of K.H. 6. in commendation of the Laws of England, containing with all much excellent matter worthy the reading.

John * 1.395 Fox, sometime exile for the profession of the Gospel, that Saint-like Historian M^r Fox, D^r Hall.

He studied the Arts, and three principal Languages first in Oxford in Magdalen Colledge.

He wrote elegantly in Latine, as appears by what he added to D^r Haddon against Osorius, and one part of his Acts and Monuments. Medit. in Apoc.

De Christo Crucifixo Concio.

De Christo gratis Justificante.

Disputatio contra Jesuitas, contra inherentem justitiam.

His English Works.

His Acts and Monuments.

A Treatise of Gods Election.

Sermons.

Translation of Vrbanius Regius of Faith and Hope, and others mentioned by Maunsell.

Sebastian a 1.396 Fox a most elegant and learned Spanish Philosopher.

Thuanus in his History often makes honourable mention of Paul Fox, and once of Francis Fox.

Of which last, saith Scaevola Sammarthanus in his Elogies of learned French∣men, Jure igitur tanto alumno superba laetatur Gallia hoc abundè per te consecunta, ut Italiae suos Mirandulas invidere jam desinat.

Hieronimus Fracastorius, a most famous Philosopher.* 1.397 He is called by many Divinus Fracastorius.

Vir consummatissimae doctrinae: Medicus enim, Poeta, Astrologus & Philosophus fuit sua aetate doctissimus. Ejus Poemata tanti fiunt apud omnes literatos, ut illa con∣ferant cum Vergilianis. Boissardi Icones.

He died at Padua Anno Christianae salutis 1553.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

Franciscus b 1.398 Monachus, an Italian Frier, an ignorant man for Learning, but witty, and the more, for that his wit was shrouded under the shadow of great sim∣plicity: He was the Founder of the Franciscans. Bonaventure hath written his life.

Francis c 1.399 the first King of France, Anno 1515.

The several courses he took for the restoring of Learning in France, Antoine du Verdier mentions in his learned Preface to his Bibliotheque, and in his Book, he saith, He was deservedly called the father of Learning, because he planted in his Kingdom both Hebrew, Greek and Latine, and gave great salaries to the choice men of all Europe in all Learning, to reade publickly in the University of Paris. See more there.

To one that desired pardon for another that had used ill speeches of his Majesty, this King said, Let him for whom thou art a Sutor, learn to speak little, and I will learn to pardon much.

Thevet and Postellus travelled into the East to procure him rare Books for his Li∣brary.

The death of King Francis chanced unfortunately for Students and learned men. For he loved all Liberal Sciences, no man b••tter, nor shewed more liberality to advance the same. Through long use and custom, he had gotten much knowledge. For dining and supping his talk was commonly of Learning, and that most earnest∣ly

using many years for the same purpose James Coline a learned man, and in the vulgar tongue most eloquent. And after him Peter Castellan. Of these two had he learned, whatsoever was written in the books of Poets, Historiographers and Cosmographers. Moreover he knew perfectly whatsoever Aristotle, Theophrastus, Pliny, and such other like, have written of the nature of Plants, Herbs, Beasts, Metals and precious Stones, and by daily use and hearing did remember them.

He was wont also to conferre much of the Mathematical Sciences, and to reason oft of the Scriptures. In his own Tongue he was alwayes accounted right eloquent and grave. Throughout Greece and Italy he had those that sought and copied out for him the Works of old Writers, and he made a great Library. The Keeper whereof was Castellane. Sleid. Comment. l. 19. p. 283. Evangelium in Gallia perumpit sub Francisco 2⁰.

Kings might soon be learned, who might learn the holy Word of both Testa∣ments in two moneths, and the Concent of Scripture in an hour: and might com∣mand that every Sermon should either abridge the whole Bible, as S^t Paul doth to the revolting Hebrews: or tell the afflictions of our Lords Family, as Daniel doth seven times over: or weaknesse of Salomons Kings: or how Aarons twelve stones tell the Tribes story: or the golden chain of Chronicle and Jubilees: or the Mysteries of Moses Ceremonies: or Collations of Prophecies with event: or like Revolutions to shew Gods facility in teaching Christ: or some whole book in one Sermon. Brought of the Revelat. in c. 12.

* 1.400Marquardus Freherus.

He was born Anno Christiano 1565. a great Antiquary.

His Works are mentioned by Melch. Ad. in his life.

Joh. Tho. Freigius, a very learned man, Anno Christi 1564.

He was famous for his knowledge in Philosophy, Philology, Law. Peter Ramus his Scholar, and diligent follower all his life time. He writ his Life, and this Epi∣gram on him being dead.

Invictus, Rame es, nam bis duo pectore gestas: Socratis, Euclidis, Tullii, Aristotelis. Arte es Aristoteles: methodo Plato: Tullius ore: Ingenio Euclides Rame, quid ulterius.

Melchior Adam mentions his works.

Nicolaus Frischlinus, a learned man.

John * 1.401 Frith, a learned Divine and Martyr.

Jo. Froissardus* 1.402, a French Historian.

Libertus a 1.403 Fromondus, He hath written well of Meteors.

Lucas Fruterius.* 1.404

Lipsius mentions him among the prime wits of the Low-Countreyes.

There are published three Books of his, verisimilium.

There are also Epistolae Philologicae of his.

Leonardus b 1.405 Fuchsius, Anno Salutis humanae 1501.

He rightly called his Book Compendium medicinae, but not Methodum medicinae, as Caius de libris propriis shews.

These Works of his are published.

Compendiara ac succincta admodum in medendi artem introductio.

Liber sextus Epidemiorum Hippocratis è Graeco in Latinum translatus, cum Com∣mentariis Inculentissimis.

Paradoxorum medicinae libri tres, in quibus multa à nemine hactenus prodita, Arabum & aetatisque nostra medicorum errata confutantur.

And others mentioned by Melchior Adam.

B. Fulgentius Ruspensis Episcopus Fulgentissimum Ecclesiae sidus. Voss. Hist. Pelag. l. 1. c. 21.* 1.406

In the time of his sicknesse this was his familiar speech, Da Deus mi, hic patien∣tiam, post indulgentiam. Here, ô God, give me patience, and then pardon and mercy.

Fulgentius Ferrandus, 530.

Baptista d 1.407 Fulgosius.

William Fulk Doctor of Divinity, and Master of Pembrook Hall in Cam∣bridge.* 1.408

That profound, ready and resolute Doctor, the hammer of Hereticks, the Champion of Truth D. Hall first Decad. of Epist. Epist. 7.

His English Works are fully mentioned by Maunsel in his Catalogue of English printed Books.

His Latine are,

Our anomachia.

Resp. ad Ep. Stanislai Hosii de expresso Dei verbo.

De successione Ecclesiastica contra Stapletonum Praelectiones in Apocalypsi••.

Nic. Fuller.

He is styled Doctissimus vir by Constantine L' Empereur notis in Benjaminem, and by Buxtorf Dissertat. de Nomin. Heb.

His Miscellanies, and his Exposition of Rabbi Mardochie Nathans Hebrew roots with Notes upon it (in a Manuscript kept in Archivis in Oxford Library) shew his excellent skill in the Hebrew, and in other Philologicall Learning. Per multa sunt difficilia & obscura in Opere illo utilissimo concordantiarum Hebraicarum à R. Mardochaeo Nathane constructo. Quae partim in ipsa versione nostra, partim in notis eidem insertis, pro virili parte expedivimus atque illustravimus. Fulleri Miscel. c. 4. l. 6. c. 19.

Inter harum literarum studiosos meritò primas tenet Nicolaus Fullerus. Pocock. Not. Miscel. In Portam Mosis.

He intended to put forth a Lexicon. Sicuti in Lexico nostro apertius oftendamus & sigillatim, modo vita supersit, ac studiis conatibusque nostris propitius adsit caelestis Pater & Deus noster in secula benedictus. Fulleri Miscel. l. 3. c. 10. and c. 20. of the same book he saith, Quemadmodum in Lexico nostro dilucidè docuimus. Vide Praefat. ••jus ad l. 4. Miscel. & l. 4. c. 7.

The End of the third Book.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Quid Abra∣baniel de quo tantopere glo∣riantur. Con∣stans. L'Empe∣reur. Praefat. ad Benjamin. Itin. Some write his name Abraba∣neel, or Abra∣baniel, others Abravanel: Calvin, Bac∣banel without the A. Circa annum â servatoris nostri nativitate, millesimum & quingentesimum floruit.
• a 1.2

  Intellexi nuper inte∣grum Abarbinelem in Turcia duobus magnis voluminibus excasum, nactum esse amicum meum, Gualterum Keuche∣nium. Quod si verum est, est quod sibi gratuletur. Nam liber est summè commendatus. B••xtorfii Biblioth. Rabbin.
• * 1.3

  Tum aliis scriptis suis, tum libro de Antichristo, & altero, de Gratia Dei, & perseverantia Sanctorum, nominis sui memoriam posteritati sempiternam confecravit. Sculter. de Curric. Vitae.
• * 1.4

  Abel Redivivus.
• * 1.5

  Cosmogra∣phus, Ptolomae•• ut putatur major & doctior à Postello ex oriente venetias allatus, qui ante annos 300, vixisse & princeps Assyriae, Syriae & Persidis fuisse traditur. Neand. Geog. parte 2^da.
• * 1.6

  Si alio quam suo seculo vivere conti∣giste••, neque Hipponi Augustinum, neque Scrido∣ni Hierony∣mum, neque quenquam ex illis pro∣ceribus Ec∣clesiae antiquis nunc invideremus. Episcopus Abulensis ac praeterea Hispaniarum regis Consiliarius, item major referendrius (quae triplex dignitas nec antè, nec postea, unum in hominem collara fuit) praetor vastos illos in Scripturas Commentarios, varia etiam opuscula edidit, interque ea descriptionem terrae Sanctae. Voss. de Historicis Latinis, l. 3. c. 7. Caesareum jus, in Graeca Hebraicaque lingua, in Mathematicis item atque Geo∣graphia, sed & in historiis excelluerit: tot ac tanta duo deviginti annorum spatio scripsit, quot ne attentè qui∣dear perlegere aliquis possit. Sacrarum literarum minutissima quaeque: Novum autem Testamentum admirandis Commentatiis explicuit. Possev. Apparat. Sac. Tom. 1.
• * 1.7

  Dr. James hic Table of Devi∣nity Books first approved, then censured by Pa∣pists part. 4. Tom. 13. Vide Biblioth. Hisp. Tom. 2.
• * 1.8

  Florentinus vir magni in∣genii & singularis industriae. Primus enim in universum corpus legum, ipsasque singulas leges, Glossus conscripsit. Professus est Bononiae, ubi & sepultus est. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. vir. & Elog. Tanta est Accursiii Authoritas, ut ex ejus sententia causa judicanda sit, quoties insignis aliquis Interpres ei adhaeret. D^r Duck de Authorit. Jur. Civ. Rom. l. 1. c. 8.
• * 1.9

  Jacobi Acontit nomen è prae∣claris ingenii monumentis jampridem orbi notum atque illustre est. Ram. Epist. Iac. Acont. Lectione stratagemum Satanae non solùm, recreatus sum vehementer; sed quibusdam apud nos melioris & notae & licoraturae theologis legen∣dos proposui, qui modestian orationis & disputationis prudentiam mirificè comprobarunt. Id. ib.
• * 1.10

  Divus Adri∣anus, cujus no∣men non mo∣dò latini quidam, sed Graeci quoque nonnulli cum afflatu notant, cum melius ac frequentius sine scribitur, si ab Adriae civitatis nomine deducatur. In antiquitatum elogiis utrunque comperi. Fuisse verò Adrianus ab usque adolescentia Graecarum literarum adeo studiosus traditur, ut vulgò Graeculus appellaretur, ut Aurelius Victor & Spartianus prodidere. Mox rerum summam & imperium adeptus, in Graecia est diutissimè versatus, ut multis in locis ostendit Pausanias. Fuit in pangendis versibus versatus, saepe{que} non modo cum Philosophis aliisque scriptoribus certavit, sed & carminibus faciendis cum poë is. Ad lacessendum pariter & respondendam, seriis, joco, maledictis acerrimus fuit, & protinus carmen carmini referre, ut prorsus meditatum dictum adversus omnia cre∣deres. Lil. Gyrald. de Poet. Hist. Dial. 5.
• * 1.11

  Nicolaus Breckspeare ad culmen Pontificium sub nomine Hadriani 4^ti evectus, qui in familiari cum Johanne Sarisburiensi Anglo, amico veteri, colloquio, amice insinuare solebat, Ambire Pontificatum est Romulo succedere in parricidiis, non Petro in pascendis ovibus. Hotting. Hist. Eccles. parte 3^tia. cap. 12.
• * 1.12

  Ex illustri Columniensi∣um familia satus. Aegidius Bituricensis fit Episcopus & Aquitaniae primas Anno 1295. Aquinatis discipulus, quam plurima scripsit, & Beatus Doctor cognominatus est. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 16.
• * 1.13

  Anno aerae Christi 138. Helv. Chron. Aelianus quamvis genere Romanus, non minus eleganter tamen Graecè quàm vel Mediterranei Atheni∣enses locutus est. Philostratus in vita Aeliani. Ejus libri 14 variae historiae, libri item 16 historiae animalium varia doctrina exornati adhuc extant in publico, Graeco Latiné etiam aliquando editi opera & studio Conradi Gesneri Neand. Geog. parte 1^a. Liber Aeliam de varia Historia minus elegans est, quam librorum de animalibus. Sed planè mihi persuadeo, non esse extremam operi manum additam ab auctore, eò quòd fato praeveniretur. Voss. de Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 11.
• * 1.14

  Magnum is sibi nomen paravit opere inclyto de re∣bus gestis Francorum: cui annos XXX. impen∣disse dicitur. Omnino scriptor est elegans, ac disertus. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 12. Paulus Aemilius unicum eloquentiae Romanae nostro saeculo decus, cujus floribus quantum ad res Gallicas pertinet, Polydorus historiam adornavit suam. Lel. Comment. In Cygneam Cantionem. In Galliis & res quoque Gallicas scripsit, etsi non Gallus. Ludovicus XII. decus hoc Italiae abstulit & vindicavit sibi. Ille ut rom dicam, paene una••••inte, novos, veram & veterem Historiae viam vidit, eamque summo pede calcavit. G••nus scribendi ejus doctum, nervo sum, pressum ad subtilitatem & argutias declinans, & relinquens aliquid in animo serii lectores: Rerum ipsarum sed usus scrutator, severus judex, nec legi nostro suo qui magis liber ab affectu. Lips. Not. ad 1. Lib. Polit. Cujus scripta varia, Historica Geographica, Orationes & Epistolae, & caetera ejus in ••no Volumine conjuncta ha∣bentur. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a.
• * 1.15

  Boxhorn. Hist. Univers.
• * 1.16

  Primus ex Evangelicis Sacrosanctae Theologiae Doctor salutatur, Witebergae anno 1530. Boissardi Icones.
• * 1.17

  Lecte sunt Orationes Aeschinis: qua∣rum tres nu∣mero sunt, & Epistolae novem. Nam Deliaca non est Aeschinis. In orationibus suavis, purus, distinctus, & Enthymemarum perspicuitate excellens. Phetii Biblioth. p. 1463.
• * 1.18

  Cum calvus esset annos natus octo & quinquaginta, in agro sedens, accidit fortè ut aquila inde volans, testudinem in caput ejus demitteret, rata scilicet calvum Aeschyli caput sa••um esse, quo ales ipsa ejusmodi animalia solet conquassere: qua quidem testudinis ruina, ejus ita cerebrum & caput comminutum est & contri∣tum, ut statim interierit, Historiam praeter alios Aelianus & Valerius Maximus per scribunt. Lil. Gyrald. de Hist. Dial. 6. Aeschylus sublimis, gravis, grandiloquus saepe usque ad vitium sed rudis in plerisque & incompositus. Quint. l. 10. Instit. Orat.
• * 1.19

  Patria Gallus, Judicio mag∣no praeditus, & divina scientia instructissimus: Lugdunensis Episcopus Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 9.
• * 1.20

  Illius scripta maximè om∣nium qui aeta∣te nostra vix∣erint mihi quidem pro∣bantur. Pet. Bemb. Epist. l. 6. Eras. Vir cum omnium liberalium artium egregiè eruditus, tum Oratoriae atque Poeticae peritissimus. Denique & Grae∣cam linguam non minus quam Latinam calluit. Eras. Epist. l. 21. Vir in secularibus literis omnium suo tempore doctissimus, & divinarum non ignarus, Philosophus, Rhetor & poeta celeberrimus, trium linguarum principalium, Hebraicae, Graecae, Latinae peritus, ingenio subtilis, eloquio disertus. Trithemius de uiris Illustribus. In lumini∣bus tenebrosi hujus saeculi jure censendus. Morn. Myst. Iniq. part. 2. Rodolphus Agricola primus omnium post beat•• Graeciae Italiaeque tempora eximium illum logicae facultatis usum revocavit, ut juventus à poëtis & oratoribus disce∣ret non solum pure loqui & ornate dicere, sed de propositis rebus acute cogitare prudenterque judicare. Rami Praefat. De conjungenda Eloquentia cum Philosophia. Vide Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica. & vit. Profes. Gron. & Pant••l. de Vir. Illust. German.
• * 1.21

  Albatenius in Aristotelem commentari∣os aedidit, ac Galeni libros in Arabum vertit sermonem, scripsitque de simplicibus. Volat. Anthropol. l. 21.
• * 1.22

  Ob sapienti∣am singularem cognomento magnus Bel∣larm. de script. Eccles. Anno Christi 1259. Calvis. Chron. Albertus cog∣nomento ma∣gnus, vir in divinis Scri∣pturis erudi∣tissimus, & in seculari Philosophia nulli suo tempore secundus, ingenio subtilis, sermone Scholasticus, vita & con∣versatione devotus & sanctissimus. Si quae miranda fecisse dicitur, non maleficio sed occultis naturae sibi tamen patentibus rebus id factum non dubito. Trithem. Catal. Illust. vir. Vir eruditionis admirandae, quem divinarum rerum pauca, humanarum fortasse nulla latuerunt, sublimibus ingenii ac memoriae viribus usque ad miraculum prae∣stans, in divinis studiis longè eruditissimus, & Philosophorum omnium quos vel ante, vel post eum universa Ger∣mania protulit princeps, ob eximiam scientiarum ejus multitudinem, magnitudinemque. Magni cognomen, quod nulli unquam eruditorum contigit, ante mortem adeptus. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4.
• * 1.23

  Ingenio vir admirabili, ac uti ad omnes omnino disciplinas tam practicas quam theoricas nato: nam & Geometria perfectus & Optices, Astro∣logiae, Musicae, Picturae, Torrentices, aliarumque id genus artium omnium gnarus fuit, opera quoque nonnulla reliquit ••aud vulgaria, nominatim librum praeclarae eruditionis indicem de architectura. Leand. Alb. Descript∣tor. Ital.
• * 1.24

  Andreas Alci∣atus mediola∣nensis primus purioris litteraturae & antiquitatis cognitionem ad Juris scientiam attulit, Thuanus Hist. Tom. 1. l. 8. Vide plura ibid. Post eum statim affulserunt ex singulis nationibus Christianis jurisconsulti Clarissimi, ex Italis Decianus, Mo∣nochius, Pancirollus; ex Hispanis Ant. Augustinus, Did. Covarruvias, Ant. Goveanus, Arius Penellus; ex Gal∣lis Budaeus, Cujacius Duarenus, Tiraquellus, Contius, Hottomamus, Balduinus, Brissonius, Antonius & Pet. Faber; ex Germanis Zasius, Sichardus, Vigilius. D. Duck de Author. Jur. Civil. Roman. l. 1. c. 5. Vide Jani Nicii Erythraei pinaco cothecam secundam in Francisco Alciato.
• * 1.25

  l. 23. Epist. Epist. 12. Lil. Gyrald. de Poet. Nost. Temp. Dial. 2.
• * 1.26

  Alciati praeter emblemata nihil mihi videre contigit. Ea verò talia sunt ut cum quovis ingenio certare possint. Dulcia sunt, pura sunt, elegantia sunt: sed non sine nervis: sententiae verò tales, ut etiam ad usus civilis vitae conferant. Scalig. Hypercritic. cap. 3.
• * 1.27

  Albinus Flac∣cus, cognomen∣to Alcuinus, natione An∣glicus, Beda Presbyteri Auditor, vir in omni scien∣tiarum genere suo tempore celebratissi∣mus, & Caroli magni Augusti praeceptor. Sixtus Senens. Biblioth. Sanct l. 4. Alcuinus Caroli magni magister & amicus fuit, qui & ipse nonnihil in poetica promovit: at in caeteris disciplinis abundè laudatur. Certè in Gallo∣rum annalibus inter caetera, quod autor fuit ut Parisiensis Schola erigeretur: vobis eam ex iis referam. Delatos esse in Galliam ex Scotia aiunt Claudium, ••oannem Rhabanum & Alcuinum omnes olim Bedae discipulos, qui se nihil quicquam aliud prae••er bonas artes & sapientiam è patria exportasse profiterentur, venalemque eam se habere. Res ad Carolum defertur, jussu ejus vocantur. Iidem profitentur liberè, gratis etiam se edocturos, si modo eis locus & vita praestetur. Intellexit res ingenuas eorum mentes animumque esse, eos apud se retinuit: arque ita (ut fertur) ex iis Parisiense gymnasium initium sumpsit. Lil. Gyrald. de Poet. Hist. Dial. 5. Temporibus Pipini, & filii ejus Ca∣roli magni, Francorum regum, claruit Flaccus ••lcuinus, cui cognomentum Albinus fuit. Natione hic erat Anglus, docuit Carolum magnum, ac eidem post ab cleemosynis & sanctioribus consiliis fuit, etiam consilio ejus Carolus instituit Academiam Parisinam. Latinè, Graecè, Hebraicè callebat: atque idem erat rhetor, Philosophus, Mathe∣maticus, & theologus nobilis. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 2.630.
• * 1.28

  Rondeletius, Gesnerus, & Aldrovandus, qui tres cons∣tituunt trigam historicorum Physicorum absolutissimam. Alsted. Encyclop.
• * 1.29

  Nam duo A∣lexandri, unus Macedo alter Imperator Romanus, Hic Virgilii studiosissimus traditur fuisse, ille Homeri, ut nulla un∣quam die ab eorum lectione vacaverunt. Volat. Comment. Urb. l. 33. Nam Alexandrum à primis annis disciplina erudiit Aristoteles, & ad eam tum animi, tum ingenii praestantiam, quae postea res illas, omnium opinione majo∣res & aggressus est, & confecit, praeceptis Philosophiae pulcherrimis extulit. Phalangem verò, ejusque artem stru∣endae ab uno primum Homeri poetae versu manasse, doctiss••••i homines memoriae prodiderunt. Ergo vicissim & à litteri•• adjuvantur arma, & ab armis literae sustinentur. Paul. Manut. Praefat. ad Epist.
• * 1.30

  Is natione Anglicus, fons vitae primùm deinde Doctor irrefragabilis cognominatus claruit Parisiis 1240. & audi∣tores habuit Aquinatem, Bonaventuram & alios qui post eum Pontificias traditiones variis modis propagarunt. Quaedam tamen scriptis Alexandri occur∣runt, quae cum aliorum Scholasticorum dictis non omnino conveniunt. Discipuli enim & successores, dum magi∣stris acutiores videri volunt, errores auxerunt. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 16. Vide Sixt. Senens. Bibl. Sanct. l. 4.
• * 1.31

  Primùm quidem suspi∣ciens variam, insignemque eruditionem, qua Leo Allatius vir pereruditus Romae degens, tot Graecos auctores hactenus invisos, aut in••∣mendatos profert, castigat, interpretatur felicitate mirabili, favere illius conatibus voluit, studioseque egit cum Typographi•• Parisiensibus, ut lucubrationum ipsius editio••em aggrederentur. Gassend. de Vita Peireskil lib. 5.
• * 1.32

  Alfridus, qui & Ealfredus, & Aluredus debellavit Da∣nos, & unicus sui saeculi Maecaenas fuit. Hujus viri nunquam satis laudati res gestas scripsit Asserius Menevensis, cujus ego historiam plurimi merito facio, quòd Alfrido regi praeceptor aliquando fuit & ejus actorum oculatus planè testis. Lelandi Comment. In cygn. Cant. Ita doctus evasit demum, ut Grammaticus, Philosophus, Rhetor, Historicus, Musicus, & Poeta non vulgaris haberetur: imo archirectus ac geometer perfectissimus. Balaeus de Script. Britan. Cent. 2. Dedit Aluredus jam viginti natus annos operam literis, atque ira doctus evasit brevi, ut divi Gregorii dialogos, opus Boetii de Consolatione Philosophiae & Psalmos Davidis, ex Latino in patrium sermonem verterit, quo à cunctis facile intelligeretur. Polyd. Verg. Anglia. Hist. lib. 5.
• * 1.33

  Episcopus Cameracensis & Ecclesiae Romanae Cardinalis Patisiensis gymnasi•• quondam Cancellarius, praeceptor Johannis de Gerson, vir in divinis scripturis eruditissimus, & insecularibus literis, maxime in Philosophia Aristotelica nobiliter doctus, ingenio excellens & Clarus eloquio, declamator quoque ser∣monum egregius. Trithem. de Script. Eccles.
• * 1.34

  Alphonsus Rex in tabulas Astronomicas convocaris undique Ma∣thematicis in∣signibus qua∣dringenia Co∣ronatorum millia impen∣dit. Alexandri erga Aristo∣telem in ani∣masium histo∣riam liberali∣tate pene ex∣aequata. Rami Scholae Ma∣them. l. 3. Alphonsus Arragonum & Siciliae Rex non tantum doctos in omni scientiarum genere viros amavit. Sed ipse etiam tam im∣pense bonorum auctorum lectioni operam dedit, ut a gravissimis etiam morbis lectionis assiduitate se liberatum saepenumero pronunciavit. Hispanos etiam quingentis atque eo amplius annis à studiis usque adeo abhorrentes, ut qui litteris operam impenderent, ignominia propemodum notarentur, ad litterarum cultum sic revocavit, ut rudes propeque efferator homines, doctrina & eruditione reformaverit. Quotidie Poecas, Philosophos, Theologos, aut legentes aut disputantes, aut orantes magna attentione audire solebat. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. vir. & Elog. Vide Gassend. Praefat. in Tych. Brah. vit. & Panormit. vit. Alphonsi regis Arragonis.
• * 1.35

  Roma in Bib∣liotheca vati∣cana inter Heidelbergen∣sia cimelia, dicam an spo∣lia, ostentat themata & exercitia styli Regis Bohe∣miae, Altingii manu emen∣data, eruditis peregrinato∣ribus mini∣méque superstitiosis visenda vitae Profes, Groningae.
• * 1.36

  Natione Hi∣spanus, patria Granatensis. Fuit ingenio candidus, mo∣ribus suavis. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societ. Jesu a Philippo Alegambe edita. Insignis Theologus & in controversiis de Praede∣stinatione ut plurimum Orthodoxus. Twiss. contra Corvinum. cap. 10. Sect. 2.
• * 1.37

  De nominum divinorum differentiis, & religione arque decretis Rabbinorum circa illa diligentissimè doctissiméque scripsit Cl. Vir D. Sixtinus Amano Ebraic. literarum professor, praeceptor meus & fautor maximopere honorandus, in differtatione sua de nomine Te∣trigrammato not. Coch. Tit. Talmud. Sahend. c. 7.
• * 1.38

  Mr. Medes 3^d Letter to my Lord of Ar∣magh.

  Episcopus Mediolanensis, in divinis scripturis at{que} in secularibus literis omnium facilè doctissi∣mus, Graeco atque Latino sermone ad perfectum in∣structus, cujus meritum totus orbis personat. Qui in expo∣nendis decla∣randisque di∣vinis scripturis omnes docto∣res vicit, cujus fidem nulla unquam pote∣stas terrena infringere potuit, ita ut multis Episcopis pro fide religatis exilio, Ambrosium nullus unquam audere•• attingere. Fuit enim velut malleus haereticorum, constantissimus impugnator, cujus linguae in fide Christi lo∣quenti nulla potuit unquam authoritas hum••na ••mponere silenium. Pro fide semper paratus quaelibet subire peri∣cula, Domino protegente liber ubique & illaesus evasit. Trithem, de Scriptoribus Eccles. Vir. disertus & valde eru∣ditus in Philosophia. Hunc falsò accusat Porphyrius quod ex Christiano Ethnicus suerit, cum con••••at cum usque ad extremam vitam Christianum perseverasse. Hieron. de Script. Eccles.
• * 1.39

  Est ejus inge∣nium comptum & acre, nec in ejus oratione desiderator nitor, nec in disputando solertia, eruditio ejus non est vulgaris. Molinaeus praefat. ad de Amyrald. adversus Spanhem. judicium.
• * 1.40

  Cognomento Saccus, quod ex bajulo eva∣sisset Philosophus, ac tantus, ut parem vix acne vix quidem habuerit, inter Aristotelis nimirum servos. Heerboord. Ep. Dedicat. ad Select. ex Philos. Disputat.
• * 1.41

  Vide Bellarm. de Script. Eccles.

  Iconii Epis∣copus S. Gre∣gorii aequalis. Non sacile judicari potest, quid in illis primum admirari debeas, eruditionem seculi an scientiam scripturarum. Hieron de Basilio, Gregorio Nazianzeno & Amphilochio.
• * 1.42

  Vir pro tem∣porum condi∣tione Graecis & Latinis li∣teris eruditus. Sigon. de Rom. Histor. Scriptoribus.
• * 1.43

  B. Ush. Answ to the Jes Challenge, p. 128.
• * 1.44

  Florebat in Italia anno Christi Serva∣toris 1410. Sigismundo Romanorum Imperatore. Bossardi Icones
• * 1.45

  Vir quanta dicendi vi praeditus ac in concionibus praecipue sacris, loquatur Aula Regis, loquatur universa Anglia, quanta eruditione, loquetur sed non sine stomacho credo, ab illo tortus, Tortus ille Cardinalis. Godw. de Praesul. Angl. Comment. Acutissimi & acerrimi judicii ac styli Praesul. Spanhem.
• * 1.46

  Gente Italus Cantuariensis Archiepisco∣pus ex Regis Gulielmi se∣cundi consen∣su electus. Anni Christi 1093. Calvis. Chron. Lanfranci fuit discipulus in monasterio Beccensi, in quo Abbatis munus cir••a annum 1080. administravit juxta Sigebertum. Quarto post Lanfranci obitum anno in Cantuariensi Ecclesia à Rege accitus ipsi successit anno 1094. Illyr. Caral. Test. veritat l. 12.
• * 1.47

  Bales English Volar••es. p. ••4.
• * 1.48

  Marcus Anto∣ninus, Pius cognomento, Philosophus. Fuit hic u••us inter Caesares omnes aequis∣simus ac opti∣mus Lyl. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial 5. Antoninus Philosophus Laudatissimus princep•••••• Commodus Turpissimus, exemplum proverbii, Heroum filii noxae. Helv. Chronol. Pius Clemens, & pieras clementia, apud politos scriptores. Hinc Antoninus Pius appellatus, quod natura Clementissimus esset, inquit Spartianus. Herald. in Arnob.
• * 1.49

  Alexandrum Aphrodisaeum; cujus de ani∣ma libros abs te Latinos factos miseras mihi de mense Octobri, legi magna cum voluptate cum ejus Philosophi causa, tum tua. Nam neque ille converti à quoquam meo quidem judicio, aut elegantius potuisset, aut majori cum fide: neque tu parvam laudem in eo explicando mihi assequutus videbare. Bembus lib. 2. Epist. Hieronymo Donato.
• * 1.50

  Philippus A∣pianus, veteris illius Petri Apiaul, de rebus Astronomicis impensè meriti filius, inque his Disciplinis excolendis, non degener Parenti•• sectaror. Tych Brah. Lib. 1. De nova Stella c. 9.
• * 1.51

  Apollinuaris pa∣ter & filius alter pro Ho∣meri poemate Heroicis ver∣sibus Moysis libros & vete∣tes Hebraeo∣rum res usque ad Santis reg∣num compo∣suit, & Tra∣gaedias ad imitationem Euripids, & argumenta Comica ad Menandri exemplum tractavit, alter vero sacra Evangelia & Pauli Epistolas ad Platonis imitationem dialogis inclusit. Pezel. Mellific. Histor. parte 2^d2. p. 273.
• * 1.52

  Moulin. ibid.
• * 1.53

  Apollonius Romanae ur∣bis Senator, sub Commodo Principe, à servo Severo proditus, quod Christianus esset, impetrato, ut fidei suae rationem red∣deret, insigne volumen composuit, quod in Senatu legit: nihilominus tamen sententia Sena••us, pro Christo, capite truncatus est. Veteri apud eos obtinente lege, absque negatione non dimitti Christianos, qui semel ad corum judicia pertracti essent. Hieron. De Eccles. Script.
• * 1.54

  Vir sune in Mathematicis excellens Ra∣mi Schol. Mathem. l. 7.
• * 1.55

  Alexandriaus fuit, cum malè auditer, patriam fugi∣ens Rhodum concessit, ubi diutius versa∣satus, Rhodius quam Alexandrinus cognominari maluit. Cum esset adolescens, Argo••antica scripsisse dicitur, opus quidem varium, & multis vigiliis elucubratum, durum tamen, & alicubi ingratum, nisi qua parte Medeae amores describit. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 3.
• * 1.56

  In asino plane rudit. In aliis sonat homi∣nem, nisi quod florida sint ridicula, sed excusat ea inscriptio. Lud. Viv. de erad. discipl. l. 3. Apuleius non omnino malus auctor & antiquarum vocum usurpator. Turneb. Advers. l. 18. c. 14. Apuleius interdum non malus auctor, praesertim cum l••sciviae ingenii non indulget, neque ludum sibi permittit. Id. ib. l. 29. c. 13.
• * 1.57

  Floruerunt hisce tempori∣bus (viz. anno Aerae Christi 142.) Aquila Interpres Bib∣liorum, Sue∣tonius Histo∣ricus, Justinus Historicus, & Galenus Medicus. Calvis. Chron.
• * 1.58

  Neapoli cum ad imaginem crucifixi vehe∣mentius oraret (nunquam enim lectioni aut scriptioni absque praevia oratione ope∣ram dedit) hanc vocem audivit, Bene scripfisti de me Thoma Angel. Roc. Biblioth. Vat.

  Circa annum Domini 1260 vixit, illum inprimis Pa∣pistae ob suam quandam san∣ctitatem & eruditionem, venerantur & praedicant. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 16.

  Theologorum fuit, ac Philo∣sophorum omnium quos in hunc usque diem Scholasticorum Academia protulit, sire ulla controversia princeps: quippe qui primus omnium Latinorum Philosophorum non minus incredibili, quam felici ausu omnem Aristotelis Philosophiam Commentariis lucidinimis illustravit. Sixt. Seneus. Biblioth. lib. 4. Thomas iste natus illustri genere, totum se dedit literarum studiis, & Italia relicta, Coloniam primum, deinde. Lutetiam profectus, inter sui tem∣poris viros doctos principem locum obtinuit, variis editis libellis quibus & Theologica tractat & philosophica, fuit ordinis Dominicani, discipulus Alberti Magni, mortuum Joannes XXII. pontifex retulit in numerum divorum, quinquagesimo circiter anno post, quam è vita decesserat. Sleid. Comment. De Statu. Relig. & Reipub. lib. 1. Vide plura ibid. Aquinum patria Thoma Aquinatis, scholasticorum doctorum Celebetrimi, qui & Thomi∣starum familiam condidit, & in omni Philosophia ac Theologia innumeros libros scripsit, qui annis superioribus Romae Tomis seprendecim in folio feruntur excusi esse. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a. Quo scripto (viz. Summa totius Theologiae) Aquinas videtur ingenium suum ad Romani pontificis praescrip••um, & mandatum accommodasse. Episc. Carlet. Consens. Eccles. Catholacontra Trid. De Gratia c. 8. Vide Gerhardi Patrologiam. p. 600. usque ad 606.
• * 1.59

  Ram. Schol. Mathem. l. 1. Ob deprehen∣sum in aurea regis corona, aurificis fur∣tum nudus è balneo profi∣liit, totaque urbe corporis immemor, animi memor exclamavit 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Describendis quarundam Machinarum figuris tam attentus erat inpulvere, ut tumultum captae urbis non senserit. Rami Orat. de sua professione. Sepulcro ipsius columella imposita fuit cum sphaerae figura & Cylindri, ut apud Ciceronem legere est l. 5. Tusculanarum. Quod inter opera ejus hic tractatus nobilissimus ac subtilissimus habitus esset, ideo monumento ejus insculpta sphae∣rae ac Cylindri figura: ita Sophoclis tumulo veteres insculpendam curarunt Antigones vel Electrae statuam, quod in his tragediis componendis seipsum superasset ac primatum inter caeteros obtineret. Salmas. Plinian. exercitat.
• * 1.60

  Circumfertur & liber de om∣nibus veneris schematibus sub ejus nomi∣ne: opus dig∣num quod cre∣metur cum autore. Boissar∣di Bibliotheca.
• * 1.61

  Felici qua∣dam & foecun∣dissima ingenii vi atque bonitate, eloquentiaque pollebat. Primus Graecarum literarum decus à multis saeculis barbarorum immani tyrannide proculcatum erexit, atque restituit. Ut de eo in elogiis doctorum virorum Paulus Joviús refert. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Vir. & Elog. Vide Volaterani Anthropol. l. 21.
• a 1.62

  Byzantius Pe∣ripateticorum sui temporis longe claris∣simus. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1.
• * 1.63

  Vir sine dubio summus, omnium quoque esserri laudibus meruisset, nisi manifestae aemulationis reus, ubique-ad censenda veterum scripta nimiam reprehendendi libidinem attulisset. Castellanus De vit. Medic.
• * 1.64

  Perpetuus Euripidis ob∣trectator, Comicus pure impurus. Herald. Ani∣madvers. in Salmat. Observat. Ad Ius Attic. & Rom. lib. 6. cap. 10.
• * 1.65

  Vir (teste Trithemis) tum eruditio∣nis tum pieta∣tis nomine percelebris, a∣deò à Scholasticis dissensit, ut eos asseruerit esse Pelagianis deteriores. In doctrina de gratia Dei & de libero hominis arbitrio rectè nobiscum sentit adversus Sophistas & Pontificios Neopelagianos. Floruit Parisiis circa annum 1350▪ Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 18. Quo nullus ferè est in schola subtilior. Dallans.
• * 1.66

  Natus est an∣no Olympia. dis XCIX. Castellanus. Quem dubito scientiarerum, an scriptorum copia, an eloquendi suavitate, an inventionum acumine, an varietate operum, Clariorem putem. Quintil. Instit. orat. l. 10. c. 1. Sola regnum tenet passim Aristot∣lis Philosophia, ab Alexandro Magno in Graecia, à Carol•• Magno, in Germania, Gallia, Italia, Hispania, Belgio, authoritatem nacta. Hecreboord. Epist. Sel. ad Select. ex Philos. Disput. Ipsius Authoritas omnia Pulpita, omnes scientiarum aditus eo aevo (utinam non de nostro idem conqueri liceret) adeò occupaverat, ut nefas indicarent, ab ejus placitis latum unguem discedere. Tych. Brah. De Cometa anni 1577. l. 2. c. 6. Primus Aristoteles Philosophiam, à diversis per fragmenta sparsim mutilatimque traditam, in ordinem redegit, ac velut in corpus compegit, ut qui à Poetis ac Rhetoribus orsus, ad Logicen deducit. Eras. Epist. l 28. Epist. 13. Moro. Vide plura ibid. Hic vir singularis, & propè divino praeditus ingenio, Rhetorices libri felicis ingenii monumenta declarant, & plenè ejus laudibus velificantur. Et certè in Ethicis, politicis & oeconomicis, auream habet sapientiae opulentiam, manans ubique leniter sine salebris. Fuit inter aetatis suae philosophos Coryphaeus. Causin. Eloq. Sac. & human. Paralel. l. 1. c. 23. Vide Ludov. Viv. de caus. corrupt. Art. l. 1. & Cl. Gatakeri praeloquium ad Amoninum l. 1.
• * 1.67

  Episcopus & primas Hyber∣niae juris ac Theologiae egregie peri∣tus scripsit contra omnes mendicantes. Vixit fermè ante 200 annos. Praecipuè autem reprehendit, quod in mendicatione (quae in validis furti genus est) religionem col∣locarent. Contentio ea us{que} ad mortem ejus perducta est, nec unquam vel antea vel postea aut ipse damnatus est, aut Monachi absoluti, Illyr. Catal. Test. verit.
• * 1.68

  Rhetorica professione clarus in Afri∣ca fuit Arno∣bius, circa an∣num Christi trecentesium trigesimum, auctore Hiero∣nymo. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 4.
• * 1.69

  Fuit Philoso∣phus ex Nico∣media oriun∣dus, atque Adriano ac Antonio imperantibus Romae clarus novus Xenophon cognomento ind••••••••atus. Whea. De Meth. leg. Hist.
• * 1.70

  In initio regni Philippi & Mariae in tribus solum diebus, 47. diversas Epi∣stolas ad 47. diversos prin∣cipes, quorum infimi erant. Cardinales, & excogitabat ornatè, & depingebat politissimè E.G. Oratio de vita & obitu Rogeri Aschami. Ad Henricum octavum Anglorum regem elaboratissimum opus ex variis authoribus in lingua Britannica conscripsit. De arte sagittandi Balens De Script. Britan. Cent. 9.
• * 1.71

  Rhetoricem exercuit. Non igitur jam Musas, non Sybillas, non Pythias objiciant ve∣tusta nobis saecula. Non suas Pythagorei Philosophantes foeminas: non Diotimam Socratici: nec Aspasiam: sed nec poetriam illas Graeca jactent monimenta: Telesillam: Corvinam: Sappho: Amyten: Erinnam: Prax∣illam: Cleobulinam: caeteras: credamusque facile Romanis jam Laelii, & Hortensii filias: & Corneliam Graccorum matrem fuisse matronas quantumlibet eloquentissimas scimus hoc profecto: scimus nec eum sexum fuisse à natura tarditatis aut hebetudinis damnatum. Polit. l. 3. Epist. Epist. 17.
• * 1.72

  Anno Dom. 340.366 saith Helvicus in Chron. Moritur an. 877. Cum Episcopatum Alexandrinum pace belloque gessisset annis 46. post mul∣tiplicia illa pro Ecclesia certamina, quorum similia Episcoporum aut doctorum Ecclesiae, neminem sustinuisse unquam legimus. Geneb. Chron. l. 3.
• * 1.73

  Yet some Learned Di∣vines say, it was not Athanasius his, in being not originally Greek, but turned out of Latine, it speaks of the procession of the holy Ghost from the Father and the Sonne. Vide R. Episc. Vsser. praefat. ad Symbola.
• * 1.74

  Is scriptor caetera quidem praeclarus in∣conjugium iniquior est. Dallaus de Pseudepig. Apost. l. 2. c. 2.
• * 1.75

  Anno Aerae Christ. 162. Calv. 161. Helv. Chron. 170. Bibl. Philos. Scriptor verè 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, undecunque doctissimus: & ut paucis multa complectamur, Grae∣corum Varro aut Plinius. Casaub. praefat. ad Animadvers. in Athen.
• * 1.76

  Se Aventinum à loco vocavit, quod ejus pa∣tria olim A∣ventinum dice∣retur. Nun∣quam sodalitio delectabatur, sed sibi & studiis vixit. In conversa∣tione tamen valdè pius & affabilis, in familia ne puero onerosus erat, saepius dicebat: Homo bulla, & nascendo morimur. Pantal. De viris Illust. German.
• a 1.77

  Anno Aerae Christianae 1152. Helv. Chron. Philo∣sophus insignis, qui & ob ingenii praestantiam Commentatoris est nomine hodiéque cohonestatus. Biblioth. Hisp. Tom. 2. Averroës Philosophorum inter Arabes princeps, magni Commentatoris nomine superbus (quem, si per Latinae linguae liceret genium, Commentorem aut Commentorem verius quis dixerit, tot nobis commenta reliquit) singula Aristotelis verba divina esse oracula, arbitratus est. Heerboord. Epist. Dedicat. ad Select in Philos. Disput. Inter Arabas praecipui medici sunt Avicena, Rhazes, Averrboës, Avenzoar, Mesue, Serapio, & Alsabaravina. Qui delectantur fusa & polydaedala varietate remediorum, Avicennam amplectantur: Cuncta enim hujus aevi remedia ex eo manant. At Razes utilis illis, qui efficacem & contractam medicinam amant, hic centum annos medicinam fecit. Hunc Vesalius paraphrasi eleganter decoravit. Heurn. Dissert. De studio medicinae.
• b 1.78

  De Religio∣ne suspectus est, quod de rebus ad alte∣ram vitam spectantibus philosophicè argutandi casque aliter ac sonant verba interpretandi audaciam sibi sumpserit. Ita, si bene memini, a docto apud illos quodam cui ejus istis de rebus sententiae mentionem injaci, responsum accepi. Pocock. Not. Miscel. ad Portam Mosis c. 7.
• * 1.79

  An. D. 4326. natus erat. Anno à Chri∣sto 355 Caluis. Chronol. 393. Helu Chronol. Erasmus praef. ad Tom. 7. operum Au∣gust. vocat. Augustinum incomparabilem Ecclesiae doctorem & invictum propugnatorem. Solidiffimi judicii vir, & in fidei dogmatibus disceptandis princeps. Montacut. Antidiat.
• a 1.80

  Nec Hebrai∣ce scribit Au∣gustinus & Graece minus quam medio∣criter. Lod. Viv. in August. De Civit. Dei. l. 15. c. 13.

  Unus Aurelius Augustinus, vir tantus, retractationum libros reliquit, simpliciter ac bona fide, quem nullus est ad hoc tempus imitatus, viz. mansueto vir ingenio, & modicè de seipso ••entiens. Lud. Viv. De caus. corrupt. Art. l. 1. Vide Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1. c. 1.
• * 1.81

  Vir ad mira∣culum doctus, cui jus utrum∣que Civile & Canonicum suam purita∣tem & nitorem praesertim de∣bet.

  D^r Duck De Authorit. Jur. Civil. Roma∣norum. l. 1. c. 7. Qui politioris literaturae ac antiquitatis rara cognitio∣ne sibi in Ita∣lia comparata, & juris Romani ac postremo Pontificii exquisita scientia meruit, ut Romae inter XII. viros litium judicandarum à Pontifice cooptaretur; inde Alifanius primum, dein Ilerdensis in Hispania Episcopus creatus, multa in Italia dum fuit, & postea in patria ad aeternam memoriam victura monumenta edidit, sive edenda Falnio Ursino commisit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 84.
• * 1.82

  Fuit patria Burdegalensis, quae Gallia∣rum adhuc est ••ivitas, Chri∣stianus quidem fuit, ut ejus versibus facilè colligimus: sed petulantior ramen & lasci∣vior, quā ut in∣ter Christianos numerari dig∣nus sit. Floruit imprimis Gratiano & Valentiniano Augustis imperantibus: quin & Gratiani ipsius magister fuit, à quo & consulatu & consulari dignitate ornatus est. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 10. Vide Jodoc. Sincer. Itin. Galliae Append. p. 447. Anno Christi 379. Calvis. Chron.
• * 1.83

  Novarrus Canonistarum facilè princeps Papae poeni∣tentiarius. Molin. Hyperas∣pistes.
• a 1.84

  D^r Halls Advertisement to the Reader at the end of the second E∣dition of hic Practical Case of Conscience Resolut. Vir fuit non modò summa sanctimoniâ, ac pietate praeditus; sed etiam animi dotibus, & conscientiae candore mirificè exornatus. Thomas. Illust. Vir Elog. Vide plura ibid. Martinus ab Aspilcueta doctor Navarrus dictus, quod paternum & maternum genus ex Navarra duceret, qui Salman∣ticae primum, d••••n Conimbricae per multos annos jus Pontificum magna non solum eruditionis, sed pietatis ac sin∣ceritatis fame professus est, innumeris & summae authoritatis in eo genere editis monumentis; vir praeter eas, quas laudavi in eo virtutes, constantia & fide praestans. Thuan. Hist. Tomo qu••rto lib. 84. Homo probus, & in casibus, quos vocant, conscientiae examinandis, de quibus & omnium peritissime scripsit, versatus. Id. ibid. Martinus ab Aspilcueta, & Didacus Covarruvim ambo Hispani & magni nominis Jurisconsulti. Thuan. Tom. 5. lib. 108.
• * 1.85

  Insignis ille Mathemati∣cus, & vir, ul∣tra, sane quam seculum suum tulerit, doctus, Rogerus Baco∣nus Oxonien∣sis & minorita Seld. de Diis Syris Syntag. 1. c. 2.

  Caput ex aere conflatum ab eruditissimo Rogero Bachone est in ore nostratis vulgi, sed non sine injuria in illius mathesin, quam sommam & à daemonum praestigiis puram monstrant satis illius opera quotquot nos legisse contigit. Id. ibid. Ro∣gerii Bachonis in Magia, adhuc multa extant quae magna infamia Christiani nominis leguntur, & exercentur, deberent enim quam primum aboleri, ut quae nihil aliud contincan•• quàm daemonum cultum. Omnibus equidem ••aec dico communiter: Sed privatim Anglis nonnullis, à quibus scio asservari: Caetera taceo. Rob. Constant. Nomen Clat. Insig. Script. Primos adolescentiae annos Oxonii in rebus dialecticis ac Philosophicis exegit: unde ingenium per se foelix, quasi accepto à Cote novo acumme, foelicius reddidit. Accessit ei in Mathesi peritia in∣credibilis, sed absque Necromantia: quamvis ea à multis infametur. Baleus Script. Britan. Cent. 4. Ita diligenter in omnis generis autoribus versatus fuit, ut sui seculi unicum plane miraculum diceretur. Tanta in Mathesiperitia quanta ne nostra quidem tempora quantumcunque aurea & felicia consecuta sunt. Johan. Lelandi Antiquarii Doctissimi Collectanea de viris Illust. MS. in Biblioth. Public. Oxoniens.
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  His History of Henry the 7^th is highly estee∣med.
• a 1.87

  Averroista∣rum princeps Baleus. Talis ille erat, in omni bo∣narum artium genere, qua∣lem nec antè nec post habebat Anglia, ex omni medicantium Monachorum cumulo. Baleus De Script. Brytan. Cent. 5. Praeter hos etiam duos Bacones, alius erat, Johannes, Rogeri frater, princeps ea aetate Theologorum, qui viginti se∣ptem libris Testamentum Novum illustravit, quem eundem esse arbitror, cujus alia erudita opera Baconthorpié nomen adsciverunt. Wake Rex Platon.
• b 1.88

  Anglus, Epis∣copus Lichfel∣densis & Co∣ventrensis, vir melior an do∣ctior non facilè dixerim He∣braicas literas regio stipendio Lutetiae pub∣licè docuit. Caius de Ant. Cantab. Aca∣demiae l. 1.
• c 1.89

  Antiquitatum Britannicarum diligentimssimus perscrutator. Godwinus de Conversione Britanniae ad Christianam Religionem. Impotentis linguae & calami plerunque scriptor, sed in multis non rejectitius. Montacut. Appar. 1.
• * 1.90

  Duarum ma∣ximarum sci∣entiarum ut erat memoria propè divina, summos apices complexus est, Juris Civilis & Historiae. Dicere enim solebat & scripto edito, ut posteritas exaudire posset, pro∣fessus est, Historiam cum Juris∣prudentia con∣jungi oportere, hanc sine illa caecam videri. Auberti Miraei Elog. Belg. Adfuit morienti, quin etiam usus erat familiariter, Joannes Maldonatus Baeticus. Soc. Jesu Theologus praestantis∣simus. Id. ibid. Vide Selv. Samarth. Elog. Gal. & vitam ejus in Melch. Ad.
• * 1.91

  Is generis splendori ad∣jecit doctriná excellentem in Jurispru∣dentiae studio; & aliis libe∣ralibus disci∣plinis: auditor enim fuit Bartholi de Saxoferrato: praeceptorique non cessit scientiarum cognitione. In Patria docuit summa cum laude & eruditoru•• frequen••ia, qui andique Perusium confluebant ad illum audiendum. Pervenit ad annum aetatis septuagesimum sexrum. Sepeii••i voluit amictus habitu S. Francisci, ratus id plurimum ad animae salutem con∣ducere. Quod etiam à R••dolpho Agricola factitatum tradunt, & ab aliis multis. Bo••ssardi Icones. & Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Vir. & Elogia. Vide vitam Longohi.
• * 1.92

  Jo. Ludovicus Gayus Balzacus, celebris ille scilicer, cui nemo non Gallicè modò, sed Latinè etiam scribentium elegantiae palmam non facilè cedat. Gassend. de Vita Peireskii l. 6. Son stile s' accomode tellenient à la capacité de subjects si agreables, que ses maximes politiques peunent estre pour les femmes, & ses lettres d' amour pour les Philosophes. Apologie Pour M. De Balzak. Vir ingenio Compto & Gallicae eloquentiae laude clarus, Balzacus, sed in religione plus quam infans. Molin. praerat. ad Hyperaspist.
• * 1.93

  Theodorus Bal∣samon 1180. juris consultus & Theologus, Antiochenus postmodum Patriarcha (sed nomine tenus, nam Latini adhuc Antiochia potiebantur) multa scripsit.
• * 1.94

  Alicubi ait se in extrema senectute Ebraeam linguam didicisse, ne amplius ab haereticis rideretur. Amama Paeranes. ad Protest. de excitendis linguarum studiis.
• * 1.95

  Patriarcha & Archiapi∣scopus Aqui∣leiensis, & Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalis. Boissard. Icon.
• * 1.96

  Hermolaus ille, omnium scientiarum alumnus idem ac parens. Jul. Scalig. ad ••rnoldum Perronum Orat. Anno 1494, obie∣runt tria li∣terariae rei∣publicae lumi∣na, Hermolaus Barbarus Pa∣triarcha Aqui∣leiensis, Ange∣lus Politianus vir eloquentissimus, Joan. Picus Mirandulae Comes, summus Philosophus Geneb. Chron. l. 4. Vir in divinis Scripturis studiosus & in secularibus literis eruditissimus Philosophus, rhetor, poeta, astronomus & geometer celeberrimus, Graeci ac Latini sermonis peritissimus ingenio subtilis, eloquio disertus, vita ac conversatione devotus atque praeclatus, talis ac tantus evasit ut secundum non reliquerit. Trithem. de Script. Eccles. Vide Polit. Epist. l. 12. Epist. 10. & Pier. Valer. de Litteratorum in felicitate l. 1.
• * 1.97

  Exquisitae doctrinae vir, poeta sum∣mus, qui La∣tinam & Graecam linguam Pisis publico munere maxima sua cum laude profitetur. Manut. Epist. lib. 7. Epist. 21.
• * 1.98

  Solus Bar∣landus, poli∣tioris litera∣turae armarium, multum decoris Zelandiae suae affert; qui quantum in bonis literis possit florentissima Lovani∣ensium Academia tecum novit. Noviomagi Epistola de Zelandiae situ. Tersa Latinae linguae dictione histo∣riae, praesertim patriae, scribendae cupidus, praeter Chronologiam ab orbe condito ad annum usque sui seculi XXXII. Brabantiae Ducum, Hollandiaeque Comitum, & ultra jectinensium Praesulum res gestas conscripsit. Sed & litteratos urbis Romae Imperatores, & Venetorum Duces, post Ans. Sabellica, cujus lectione impensius delectatus, aemulum se praebuit, literis consignavit. Auberti Miraei Elog. Belgica.
• * 1.99

  Misit in aevo∣rum perennita∣tem Annalium
• * 1.100

  Ecclesiastico∣rum Tomos 12 spissum opus & opero∣sum cui glo∣riosè immor∣tuus est, Tom. 12 à decessu ipsi∣us edito. Nomencl. Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium. Quis inter Pontificios celebrior author Baronio, & magis factus ad Papae natum. Molin Hyperaspist. Adeo Baronius imprimis quo Monarchiae Papeli consuleret, desudavit, ut in hac materia, septuaginta septem erroribus ac maculis Scripturam, Patres, Chronologiam turpissimè faedaret. Vedel. Epist. Dedicat. ad Comment. de Tempore utriusque Episcopatus S. Apost. Petri. Romanenses id agunt, ut pro omnibus Ecclesiasticarum rerum scriptoribus unum imperitis obtrudant Baronium. Casaub. Epist. 205. Cui in historia texenda, iste videtur unicus esse propositu scopus, ut quaecunque fabulae faciunt ad Papismi Commo∣dum, eas suo nomine confirmet. Chamierus.
• * 1.101

  Philosophia Theologiae ancillans Dis∣putatio Theo∣logica de for∣mali objecto fidei. Apo∣logia pro dis∣putatione de formali obje∣cto fidei. Disputatio Theologica de peccata Mortali & Veniali cui Annexa est Appendix de possibilitate implendi le••••m Metaphysicas. Generalis.
• * 1.102

  Perillustre inter hujus saeculi Poetas nomen me∣ruit, proxi∣mumque à Ronsardo nostro locum tenere à mul∣tis existima∣tur. Stylum ejus tanquam nimis crebrò figuratum, tumidum & vasconciè am∣pullatum, Critici quidam reprehendunt. Ego qui hominis Candorem novi, & familiariter cum eo saepius collo∣cutus sum, possum testari nihil simile in ejus moribus deprehendisse. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. Vide Scaev. Samar. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog. p. 109.
• * 1.103

  Obiit celebris ille juriscon∣sultus Bartho∣lus de Saxo∣ferrato, Ma∣thematum & Hebraicarum quoque literarum peritus. Geneb. Chron. Pisis interdum & Perusii magna auditorum frequentia & laude docuit jus civile, ejus autoritas magna erat per toram Italiam propter soliditatem consiliorum quibus res principum adju∣vabat. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Viror. & Elog.
• * 1.104

  Carolus quar∣tus Leonem illi dedit ru∣brum, duabus instructum caudis, in campo sive aequore aureo constitutum, quod quidem deinceps ad Bartoli posteros diffundebatur. Frausi. l. 2. De Armis. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.105

  Praestantissi∣mus est in li∣bris omnibus. Pura enim dictione sig∣nificante, propria, & omnino civili ac panegyrica, siquis alius uti novit: sensuque ordine ac puritate primus, & nemini secundus apparet. Photii Biblioth. p. 318. Divus Basilius vir optimo jure dictus Magnus, sed Maximi cognomine dignior. Simulac contigit audire Christianum Demosthenem imò caelestem oratorem sua lingua loquentem, sic animum meum totum percolit, inflammavit que verè flexamima divinitus afflati Praesulis eloquentia ut mihi nihil prius curandum duxerim quam ut inaestimabilis hic thesaurus in utilitatem typis evulgaretur. Eras. Epist. lib. 28. Epist. 7. Jacobo Sadoleto Vide totam Epistolam, & lib. 26. Epist. 33.
• * 1.106

  Hic potiùs Basilius, quam Magnus ille Caesareae Episcopus videtur. Beatissimi Chrysostomi amicus ille, & Contubernalis fuisse, ad quem etiam librum de Sacerdotio scriptum miserit. Photii Biblioth. p. 378.
• * 1.107

  Protheum Par••heni, cum unius versus librum stellarum numero sive formis 1022. variatum. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica.
• * 1.108

  Some much commend his Theologia Scholastica. Quem unum omnibus Epitomis & introductionibus praeferendum puto ab iis qui solida perspicua & mediocriter compendiosa quaerunt. Vo••t. Biblioth. Studios. Theol. l. 2.
• * 1.109

  Libri de lingua Latina elegantissimi ac multiplici doctrina refertissimi. Casaub. Epist. ad eum. Excellentissimus vir, Christianus Book∣mannus libro suo de Originibus Linguae Latinae eruditissimo. Crines. Discursus de Confus. Ling. c. 9.
• * 1.110

  He flourished Anno Dom. 730.

  Beda Vene∣rabilis ob vitae modestiam nuncupatus. Fuit in Gen∣tilium libris tam plenè ex∣ercitatus, ut eo seculo vix parem habue∣rit. Si Au∣gustini, Hie∣ronymi aut Chrysostomi temporibus claruistet, non dubito quin potuisset de puritate cum ipsis contendere quòd inter tot superstitionum praestigias tam castos ediderit faetus. Balaeus descript. Brit. Cent. 2^da. Vir moderato sermone suae gentis res gestas conscribens cui sanè ob id plurimum debet posteritas, quod plurima scitu dignissima literarum monumentis tradiderit, quorum memoria (si non retu∣lisset) oblivionis nube tegeretur. Brit. Antiquitates.
• * 1.111

  Vir singulari doctrina, Linguarum item Orienta∣lium Callentissimus V. Cl. G. Bedwellus. Seld. de Dis Sy••is Syntag. 2. c. 4.
• * 1.112

  Gulielmus Bedellus. See a Commen∣dation of him in Sir Henry Wottons Letters. William Biddulph hath written a book of his own Travels.
• * 1.113

  Natione Ita∣lus, scripsit de Controversiis Christianae fidei adversus sui temporis Haereticos. Cardinalis Perronius plu∣ris asserit à se illud fieri, quam ullum opus aliud quod vel ab annis mille sit editum pro Ecclesiae defensione. Cardinalis Baronius censet esse propugnaculum & Turrim David, ex qua mille Clypei pendent, & omnis armatura fortium. In Angliae Academiae Cantabrigiensi primùm mox etiam in Oxoniensi nova praelectio instituta est, ad Controversias Bellarmini, si possent, refellendas Bibliotheca Scriptorum Socie••at. Jesu à Philippo Alegambe edita Vir erat admirandae industriae, doctrinae, lectionis stupendae Bellarminis: quo ut primus, ita solus immanem illam molem & immensum chaos Controversiarum, stupenda ingenii dexteri faelicitate, artificio singulari excoluit, inordinem redegit confusum prius: accurata di∣ligentia & multorum annorum studio eleganter expolivit: praeripuit ille palmam secuturis omnibus & sibi despon∣sam vel destinatam cuicunque laudem abstulit. Nam ab illo qui tractant hodie Controversias, ut ab Homero Poetae, sua ferè omnia mutuantur. Montac. praefat. ad Apparatum.
• * 1.114

  Fuit in dictis suis, vel ab infantiâ, tam verax, ut non me∣minerit sibi excidisse mendacium, aut excusationibus, & ineptiis unquam se veritati latebras obtendisse. Fuligattus in ejus vita. lib. 1. cap. 2.
• * 1.115

  Bellaii tres Fratres omni virtute Cu∣mulatissimi; Gulielmus natu maxi∣mus, tam marti quam Mercurio, historiam de rebus Gallicis ab ipsa imperii origine ad sua usque tempora tum Latinè tum Gallicè gravissimo stylo persecutus est. Martianus frater junior. Joannes edidit Carminum tres libros, in quibus non ingenii solum & doctrinae, sed generosi etiam animi signa non obscura elucent. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog. Joachim Bellay is commended by Antoine Du Verdiet for a famous Poet, and his French Works are mentioned by him in his Bibliotheque.
• * 1.116

  Vir magnus & cui mul∣tum studiosi omnes debent. Casaub. in Athen.
• * 1.117

  Metetanus and Strada have written the Belgick History, Chromerus the History of the Polonians, Petrus Bembus of the Venetians. Illustri dignitate & fama vir fuit: quam tamen Historia sua Veneta apud me non auxit. Jacet in narrationibus vel friget in verbis affectiunculas habet materie aut viro serio parum dignas. Nulla vox nisi ex Tulliano aut Juliano penu: & quae sic dici non possunt (quippe nova vel iis ignota) mito verborum ambitu comprehendit. Ipsa etiam tota scriptio & formulae sic compositae, quasi haec omnia Romae gesta, & republica illustrante. Sunt in quibus indigner, & cum tam curiosè à verbis sibi caverit, reperio alibi, quae non dicam Tulliana non sunt, sed vix Latina. Lips. not. ad 1. Lib. Posit. Stilus est quem reprehendo in Bembi historia, supinus, languidus, & affectata imitatsuncula fractus, Universa scriptio composita & formata ad aevum priscum, & omnia sic de re Veneta quasi de potenti illa re Romana. Lips. Epist. Cent. 2. Epist. 57. Jano Donsae. Emendata locutione cui de mortua quaedam & obso∣leta vocabula revocasset & aliqua Italis auribus nova solerier effinxisset, scripsit. Nomenclat. Sanct. Rom. Eccles. Card.
• * 1.118

  Is Ciceronia∣nae eloquentiae sedulus admi∣rator, & imi∣rator extitit, & Historicus suo tempore nulli secundus, anti∣quis certè con∣ferendus. Boissardi Icon.
• * 1.119

  Benjamin Judaeus, He∣braeus, Hispa∣nus, itinerari∣um suum Hebraicè de∣scripsit, edi••um superioribus annis à Benedicto Aria Montano Hispalensi, in quo res memorabiles totum ferè terrarum orbem emensus notatis itineribus, quas vel ipse vidit, vel à fide dignis suae aetatis hominibus accepit, breviter atque di∣lucide, ac sic descripsit, ut appareat neminem unquam ex Graecis aut Latinis Geographis extitisse, qui continuato labore & studio tantum itineris inierit & confecerit, totum fere orbem peregrinando emensus, p••aeter solas recens nunc repertas occiduas Oceani provincias, quas Americam sive novum orbem dicimus. Neand. Geog.
• * 1.120

  He is often quo∣ted by Learned Physitians, with∣out any exce∣ption.
• * 1.121

  1050. Tempore Leonis Noni, circa 1049. Be∣rengarius vir pietate & eru∣ditione Clarus Andegavensis Ecclesiae dia∣conus, quum videret Ponti∣ficios doctores quam plurimos ingenti fastu transubstantiationis fundamenta sternere, quòd mentem Augustini & aliorum veterum non intelligerent, sed Sacramentales & hyperbolicas nonnullas locutiones ad novum sensum inducendum detor∣querent, veram sententiam ex orthodoxo consensu repetitam his corruptelis opposuit, & verbo Dei testimoniisque veterum Theologorum refellere conatus est, scriptis etiam & evulgatis libris, ut pii in vera doctrina confirmarentur Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 12.
• * 1.122

  1130. Utinam tales Papistas mul∣tos, imo vel unum talem hodie habere∣mus in toto regno Pontifi∣cio, qualem Bernardum, fuisse constat. Ita sanc, ita solide disputat ille de summis fidei Capiti∣bus, de Scri∣pturis, de Ecclesia, de hominis miseria, de gratuita justificatione, de gratia, de nova obedientia, cum Catholica Ecclesia contra Tridentinas fabulas, ut nihil solidius quaeri possit. Num ergo Papista fuerat, qui contra Jesuitas, contra Tridentinos, in maximis fidei articulis Ecclesiam Catholicam & Patrum consensum sequitur? Dicam apertè quod res est. Bernardus Romani Pontificis jurisdictionem longe supra omnes superiores Patres extulit. Atque hinc est, quod Papista vocetur à Bellarmino. Nam Cyprianus, Augustinus, Ambrosius, aliique superiores Ro∣mani Pontificis jurisdictionem cohibuerunt. Bernardus autem incidit in fatalia illa tempora, ultra annum mille∣simum, Satana jam soluto. Itaque quod cohibere non potuit, tulit ut potuit. Nam post annum millesimum multi viri sancti Romani Pontificis jurisdictionem in spiritualibus, quum cohibere non possent, patienter tulerint. Episc. Carlet. Consens. Eccles. Cathol. contra Trident. l. 6.
• * 1.123

  Hist. Pelag. l. 1. c. 21.
• * 1.124

  Philippus Bero∣aldus junior longe melior poeta quam Philippus Bero∣aldus senior, qui & ipse versus scribit, qui & passim leguntur, sed de hoc nihil sanè nisi miram hominis facilitatem pene ingenio & judi∣cio destitutam afferre possum. At junior Beroaldus promptam ac paratam habet ubique facultatem: Sed Lyricis ille magis quam alio scribendi genere delectatur, ex quibus & laudem assequitur tametsi in his interdum & sibi nonnihil indulgere videatur. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Nost. Temp. Dial. 1. Vide Paul. Jov. Elog. Doctorum Virorum.
• * 1.125

  Rathtamnus (qui vulgò Bertramus Do∣ctor) Mona∣chus Corbei∣ensis, ut paret ex Flodoardo historiae Re∣mensis. c. 15. Extat Bertra∣mi presbyteri liber jussu Ca∣roli Calvi scripta, anno 840. quo autor quaestionem tractat. An corpus Christi ore, an verò sacramentaliter comedatur. Ad quam respondet: Panem & vinum esse figuram corporis & sanguinis Christi, quae sit repraesentatio illius panis de quo Christus in Evangelio: Ego sum panis qui de caelo descendit. Et ubi etiam haec verba extant: Positis sanctarum scripturarum testimoniis, & san∣ctorum Patrum dictis, evidentissime demonstratum est, quòd panis, qui corpus Christi & calix qui sanguis Christi appellatur, figura sit, quia mysterium. Pezel. Mellefic. Histor. parte 3^tia. Vide illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l 10. Vir in divinis scripturis eruditus, & inter doctores sui temporis famosissimus, ingenio praestans & clarus eloquio, declamator quo∣que sermonum egregius. Triahem. Catal. Illust Vir.
• * 1.126

  Limatissimus Scriptor. Dilher. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2. Grammatica Hebraica comparatio Grammaticae Hebraicae atque Aramicae, De Politia Judaica. Lucubrat. Franktallens. Bonaventura Bertramus, vir Judaicarum antiquitatum callentissimus. Rivetus. Solus hic Libellus authoris dotes satis superque exaggerat; uti & lucubra∣tiones Franktall. L' Empereur praefat. ad Librum ejus De Republica Ebraeorum.
• * 1.127

  Bessario natio∣ne Graecus, patria Trape∣zuntinus, Pa∣triarch à Con∣stantinopolita∣nus. Primus omnium ex Graecis fuit, qui communi. bus patrum suffragiis, cum Isidoro, in Se∣natum Cardi∣nalitium ele∣ctus est. Mortuus est Ravennae ex legatione Gal∣lica rediens. Anno aetatis LXXVII. Anno Domini M.CCCC.LXXIII. Boissardi Icones & Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. vir. & Elog. Extat Venetiis publica Reipublicae Bibliotheca insignis, tam Graecis, quam Latinis libris instructissima, quam instituit Bessarion Nicaenus, vir apprimè eruditus & clarissimus, S.R.E. Cardinalis, & Patriarcha Constan∣tinopolitanus. Hanc nobilem & copiosam Bibliothecam Bessarion eidem Reipublicae dono dedit, ut ipsemet re∣statur in quadam Epistola Italice conscripta, quam videro est inter litteras, quae dicuntur Principum. Biblioth. Ang. Roc. Append. Vatic.
• * 1.128

  Immensi la∣boris, studii at{que} lectionis vir, de quo testari possunt Commentarii ejus eruditi & luculenti in Lactantii opera Neand. Geog. part. 1.
• * 1.129

  Venerandus senex, Theodo∣rus Beza, cum per longinqui∣tatem aetaris factus sit ob∣liviosus adeo, ut post fre∣quentes de novo Rege Angliae ser∣mones subinde me rogaret de Regina an verum esset quod fama jactaret illam satis concessisse: idem tamen in literis visus nobis esse quem ante annos xx. noveramus. Loquitur Latine, interdum & Graece, ut antea audivimus de Historia veteri differentem è re nata luculentissime: ut videretur recens esse à lectione Scaligeri, Plutarchi, & id genus autorum. Casaub Epist. 463. Vir admodùm celebris, & non solùm Genere, sed & Doctrina imprimis Nobilis, deque Literis tam Sacris, quam Philosophicis (si quis alius hoc aevo) praeclarè meritus. Tych. Brabe De nová Stella l. 1. pars secunda c. 3.
• a 1.130

  Elegantiae plus satis cu∣riosus, qui protervè in re seria Dei verbum Cice∣ronianae dicti∣onis flore ve∣stire insolenti temeritate molitus est. Morus exercit. de Script. sac. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 34. p. 210. Magnam proculdubio ab eruditis omnibus & piis gratiam initurus, nisi sacrosanctam rerum divinarum majestatem visus esset aliquot in locis pro nimio Latinitatis & facundiae studio violasse. Scav. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog.
• b 1.131

  Some say his was Translatio Ethnica, and Munsters Judaica, because he followeth the Jewish Writers. Complutum celebre à Bibliis polyglottis ibi excusis anno 1515. biennio antequam Megalander Lutherus doctrinam Ecclesiae repurgare inciperet, unde & Complutensia etiam nunc dicuntur, sumptibus Francisci Simenii Archiepiscopi Toletani, qui fuisse scribuntur ducatorum sexaginta millia. Ac profuerunt illa Biblia initio rena∣scentis doctrinae Megalandro Luthero plurimum. Neand Geog part. 1. Vide Biblioth. Hispan. Tom. 1. c. 2. Ximenes ducatorum sexcentiis millenis millibus impensis sex tomos emisit, ita ut in V.T. textum Hebraicum & paraphra∣sin Chaldaicam, cum duabus versionibus Latinis, in Novo Textum Graecum cum versione Latina collocaret. Meritò numeratur hoc opus inter instrumenta & media, quibus Deus superiori seculo doctrinae coelestis puritatem in lucem revocare voluit. Alsted. Eucyclopaed. l. 32. c. 7.
• * 1.132

  Biblia illa Augusta, quae edenda Rex Philippus, un∣de Regia nun∣cupantur, cum aeterna sua gloria procu∣ravit. Meursi Athenae Batavae. l. 1. c. 13. Opus Hispanicum à Benedicto Ariá Montano, viro decem linguarum perito, sumptu Philippi Hispaniae Regis Antuerpiae est editum, ita ut cum Textu V.T. Hebraico Chaldaica para∣phrasis, versio LXX. Interpretum & Latina cum Textu Graeco N.T. Syriaca & Latina versio sit conjuncta. Alsted. Encyclop l. 32. c. 7.
• * 1.133

  Benedicti Ariae Montani studio opera & la∣bore indefesso prodierunt annis superio∣ribus, ex offi∣cina Plantini Antuerpiani typographi, celeberrimi & doctissimi Biblia poly∣glotta in pa∣pyro regali, quod vocant, typis pulcherrimis excusa, in Tomos octo distincta & initio centum taleris vendita. Neand. Orb. ter. part. Succinc. explicat. part. 1. in Hispania. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.134

  Versiones an∣tiquae praeser∣tim Orienta∣les, tum ra∣tione affinita∣tis quam ha∣bent cum lin∣guis originali∣bus, tum authoritatis & usus generalis in primaeva Ecclesia optima sunt media ad verum loci sensum in obscuris indagandum, veramque lectionem in dubiis vel depravatis restituendam. Introduct. ad lectionem Ling. Orat.
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  Anno 1543. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 35. p. 223. Quae Leo Judae vir Hebraicè doctissimus non sine alio∣rum admini∣culo adorna∣vit. Nam & antequam converteret Apocryphos & Novum Testamentum ipse obiit. Hanc editionem Robertus Stephanus Lu∣tetiae cum vulgata conjunxit in octavo, vel suis, vel Vatabli Annotationibus adjectis quae ideo Biblia Vatabli nomine veniunt, & fottè Stephani non immerito dicerentur. Vide Pellicanum de vitâ propriâ sub finem. Mori Exercitat. de Script. sac.
• * 1.136

  Biblia Italica doctissimi Diodati, missu ipsius accepi, quae praestare possum, omnium, quaecunque prodierunt, praestantissima esse, sive fidem in reddendo, sive verborum Hetruscorum delectum spectes. Scalig. Epist. l. 3. Epist. 25 2.
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  Theodorus Bib∣liander, natione Helvetius, co∣lendissimus praeceptor meus, vir in∣comparabilis doctrinae, eloquentiae, tribus in linguis praestantiae, sic pietate moribus & vita exemplar omnibus optimum. Gesu. Biblioth.
• a 1.138

  Scholasti∣corum rhapso∣dus Gasp. Peuc. Hist. Carc. Vir in divinis Scripturis eruditus & in humanioribus literis doctissimus fuit. Pantal. De Vir. Illust. German. parte secunda.
• b 1.139

  Ob ingenii in enodandis sacrae doctri∣nae perplexis quaestionibus subtilitatem magni nominis theologus. Thuan Hist. Tom. 1. l. 11.
• * 1.140

  He lived in the 12^th Age.
• * 1.141

  Blondelli dili∣gentiam pri∣dem admira∣tus, quo plura ejus lego, eo admitor ma∣gis. Grot. Epist. Claudio Saravio. Percurri cum voluptate D. Blondelli Dia∣tribam de Suburcariis de ipsa re nunquam aliud quam ipse sensi. Non possum satis laudare viri summam diligen∣tiam defaecatumque judicium. Id. alibi Claudio Saravio.
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  Eugenii quarti pluciumque Pontificum Romanorum Secretarius. Ad honorem ejus non pa∣rum perti∣net, quòd scri∣pta illius in epitomen contrahere dignatus sit Pius secundus Pontifex Dictione est, non admodum culta: ut etiam Volaterianus agnoscit; sed de antiquitate tamen, utcunque interdum aliquid humani patiatur, sane pro aetate, qua vixit, optimè meretur. Boxhorni monum. Vir. Illust. & elog. Idem ferè habet. Vossius De Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 1.
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  Homo Graecis Hebraeisque literis sic institutus, ut quandoque ad me scripserit Epistolas trilingues. Clen. Epist. l. 2.
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  Anno aerae Christ. 1346. Helv. Chron. Petraribus & ille, praeter ea quae multa soluta oratione uterque composuit, nonnulla quoque carmina latina scripsere, in quibus non multò praestat alter alteri. In his licet, quod temporum tamen vitio adscribendum putarim, judicii minus sit. & limae, multum tamen poetici spiritus habere videntur. At Deus bone, quae illi lingua patria & vernacula uterque scripsere, hic scilicet rhyrhmis Lyricis cantiones & epigrammata, ille soluto sermone, & cùm primis facetus & jocosus decem dierum narrationes (sic enim illum Graecè 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 librum inscripsit) qualis est utriusque lepos, quae gratia? Nihil fieri potest omnium bonorum judicio, candidius, suavius, elegantius. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 4. Magnam eruditionis & industriae laudem retulit genealogiâ suâ Deorum. Gloriam quoque meruit compendio historiae, Romanae, item lib. de illustribus viris, de claris mulieribus, de bellis imperatorum de Florentinorum bellis, de capta Constantinopoli, atque aliis. Obiit anno aetatis LXII. uno post Petrarcham anno. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 1.
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  Non inele∣gans neque invenustus vi••ae morum{que} magister Tra∣janus Boccali∣nus, vir acri ingenio, adjocandum cum aliquo maledicto facetus, omni elegantia doctrinae excultus. Jani Nicii. Erythraei Pinacotheca tertia. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.146

  Doctissimus, linguarumque Orientalium peritissimus vir S. Bochartus in admirando opere. Geog. Sac. Ouzel. Animadvers. ad Minuc. Felic octav. Samuelis Bocharti laboriosum & vatia eruditione refertum opus de Geographia Sacra. Voct. Biblioth. Studios. Theol. l. 2. Append. 2. de Geograph Sac.
• a 1.147

  M^r Gatak. in his Vindicat. of his Annotat. on Jer. 10.2. Haeresim sapit apertè, quod Lutherus, Cal∣vinus, Melan∣cthon, & reli∣qui ejus fari∣nae homines honorificè in eo libro nominentur. Historici verò ii usurpentur ad faciendam Historiae fidem qui & haeretici fuere, & in Historia turpiter sunt lapsi. Possev. Biblioth. Sel. l. 16. c. 9 Opus magnum de Republica Gallicè publicavit, in quo ut omni scientiarum genere non tincti, sed imbuti ingenii fidem fecit, sic nonnullis, qui rectè judicant, non omnino ab ostentationis innato gentis vitio vacuum se probavit. Thuanus Hist. Tom. 5. l. 117. Vide plura ibid. Illud velim ex te scire, quare Pontisicii tam acerbe quotidie in Bodinum declament. Certè quod mancipium ambitionis fuerit, propterea odio illis esse eum non crediderim. Aliam subesse causam necesse est, quam ex te scire velim. Scalig. Epist. l. 4. Epist. 354. Vide Scaev. Samarth. Elog. Gall.
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  Illa Bodlei in∣dustria pius∣quam huma∣na; illa tot linguarum artiumque in∣finita compre∣hensio, doctos tantùm egit in stuporem: at illa incredibilis morum suavitas, ille in congressibus gestuque toto lepos & veluti. Articismus quidam doctos indo∣ctosque juxta coepit. Orat. Funeb. Johan. Hales. in Colleg. Merton.
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  Quae libuit ludere in poesi divina planè sunt, nihil illis cultius, nihil gravius, neque densi∣tas sententia∣rum venerem, neque acumen abstulit can∣dorem, equi∣dem censeo paucos cum illo compari posse.

  Valla docet cum Latinè loqui: at val∣lam Boetius bene sapere. Hyper. Scalig. l. 5.
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  Vide plura ibid. Fuit in omni disciplina e∣gregiè doctus, quod liquido ex ejus monumentis constare potest: sed in pangendis versibus mira usus est facilitate. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 5. Anitius Manlius Severinus Boethius Patricius & Consul, vir eruditissimus, Philosophus & Theologus insignis, à Theodorico Gothorum Rege in exilium immerito pulsus, bonis omnibus fuit exutus, ac tandem Tyran∣nice interemptus est. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 6.
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  There are also some observati∣ons of his in manuscript upon some part of the New Testament
• * 1.152

  Fortè per id temporis Ve∣netias profe∣cturus erat amicissimus mihi Daniel Bombergus, vir sic de literis Hebraicis meritus ut nomen suum omnium seculorum memo∣riae consecraverit sempiternae. Clen epist. l. 2.
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  Quo nemo in magistrum sententiarum, cum tamen ferè innumeri in illum sint Commentati, scripsit copio∣sius, cum ejus Commenta∣tiones in qua∣tuor magnos tomos sint distinctae. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a. Floruerunt Bonaventura & Thomas circa annum mille∣simum ducen∣resimum sexa∣gesimum. Scotus florebat anno Dom. milesimo trecentesimo. Durandus circa annum Domini millesimum trecen∣tesimum vigesimum. Nicolaus Panormitanus florebat anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo trigesimo nono. Forbes. Instruct. Histor. Theol. l. 9. c. 5. Natione Thuscus, vir magni ingenii & disciplinarum capacis, multa scripsit, quae extant, & infoelicitatem seculi sapiunt: ita tamen, ut nonnulla in eis occurrant, pontificiis tradi∣tionibus recentioribus non convenientia. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 16.
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  Bembus, Sado∣letus, Bonami∣cus, quorum Nomina per orbem terrarum celebrata sermonibus & scriptis. Manut. Epist. lib. 1. Epist. 3.
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  Neand. Geog.
• * 1.156

  Nomenclat. Sanct. Rom. Eccles. Card. Illustrissimi Cardinalis Borromai lite∣rae argumento sunt, non pror∣sus humanita∣tem ex rebus sublatam & superesse animas. Queis meliore luto finxit praecordia Titan. Jos. Scalig. l. 2. Epist. 140. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tomo tertio l. 80.
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  Arnoldus Boetius Belga, cujus peritiae in linguis ori∣entalibus, adeóque & Arabica testimonium perhibent doctissimae ejus aliquot in V. T. loca animadversiones. Hotting. Analect. Histor. Theol. Dissertat. 6.
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  He was a zeal∣ous profitable preacher, a man of a humble and melting spirit. See my Saints Incourage∣ments.
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  Thomas Brad∣wardinus An∣glus.

  Floruit hic longe, doctissi∣mus vir circi∣ter 1330. Domini an∣num, pugnavit acerrimè pro gratia Dei contra liberum arbitrium, & Pelagianos ejus patronos, nempè Scholasticos Theologos, idque nec sine approbatione multorum bonorum, nec sine multorum seductorum gravissima offensione suoque peri∣culo: tamen exoratus à piis doctisque viris, quae de ea con••roversia in publicis disputationibus disseruerat, tribus li∣bris justum volumen explentibus complexus est. Laudatur hic scriptor nomine eximae eruditionis etiam ab illustribus viris, Raphaele Velaterano, & Joanne Pico. Illyr. Catai. Test. Verit. Natus fertur Hatfeldiae in Comitatu Suffolciensi, Oxo∣niae verò educatus, ubi cum bonarum literarum studiis aliquot annos incubuiller, Academicorum suffragiis procurato∣rum ••••us cr••atur an. 1325. postea{que} Doctoris in Theologia gradu honestatur. Mathematicus fuit insignis, Philosophus egregius, in Theologiae verò studiis cousque versatus, ut apud doctos illorum temporum, Doctoris profundi appella∣tione innotuerit; eamque non immerito de••atam ilii satebuntur credo, qui libros ab illo conscriptos persegerint. Verum in hoc homine nihil erat quod potius laudaver is, quam morum vitaeque sanctimoniam ob quam caeterasque virtutea, à Straffardo delectus est, ut Regi esset à confessionibus. In quo munere ita se gossit, ut optimi simul ac prudentissimi viri laudem retulerit. Regem siquidem à rect•• deflectentem increpare consuevit audacter, ea tamen prudentia verborumque lenitate, ut animum Principis nunquam offenderit. Non desunt certe inter scriptores qui insignes illas Edwardi Victorias, hujus potius sanctitati ac virtutibus acceptas ferendas existiment, quam cujuspiam seu fortitudini, scu prudentiae. Godwini de Praesul. Angl. Comment. Vide Antiq. Eccles. Britan. p. 44.
• * 1.160

  Florente aetate ad Caesarem accitus, hono¦res ejus au••ae sibi oblatos constanter sprevit, speratos respuit, Mathematicarum studiis accensus, ob quae ab omnibus immortalitati nomen ejus meruit consecrari. Tomasin. Illust. Vir. Elog. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.161

  Sanctus Dei Martyr.
• a 1.162

  B. Andrews. Doctissimus Barnabas Bris∣sonius in erudi∣tissimo Com∣mentario de re∣gio Persarum statu. Montac. Appar. 2. Equidem à Rege ipso au∣divi cùm dice∣ret nullum in orbe Christia∣no principem esse qui haberet quem Brissonio suo in literarum gloria opponeret. Scripsit de verborum quae ad jus pertinent significatione ingens & eruditum opus, itemque de formulis & solennibus populi Romani verbis alterum, ac opus∣cula plurima, quorum optimam partem edidit, partem indigna morte praeventus, imperfectam reliquit. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog.
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  Huic viro qui∣cun{que} summae doctrinae, acer∣rimique & in∣genii & judicii laudem denegant, illi cettè aut planè indocti nulloquo indicio praediti aut impudenter sunt invidi. Eum enim sua scripta talem fuisse clamant, & quidem cum alia, tum ea quae in Euripidis tragaedias edidit. Steph. Praefat. ad Annotat in Eurip. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.164

  Greek and Hebrew were almost as fa∣miliar unto him as Eng∣lish.
• * 1.165

  That is, the Owl, Noctuas Athenis.
• * 1.166

  Apud Rosto∣chienses medi∣cinae Galenicae & Philosophiae Aristotelicae professor imprimis celebris, Mathematicarum etiam rerum, praesertim Geometricarum apprimè peritus. Tych. Brah. l. 1. Epist. Astron. Christ. Rothman.
• * 1.167

  Nihil cultius aut Politius fingi potest. Manutius fatetur se rectam Latinè scribendi rationem à Brunello didicisse. Samarth. Elog. Gal. l. 1.
• * 1.168

  Anno salutis Christianae 1506. Quem mihi liceat omnis liberalioris eruditionis ac praesertim poetices paren∣tem appellare. Bez. Epist. ad Icon. Vir. Illust. Quo nemo di∣ligentius anti∣quitates patri∣as est persecru. tatus. Episc. Vsser. de Brit. Eccl. primord. c. 16. Utile in qua∣vis gente erit unum aliquem seligere, qui potissimas in ejus gentis historia obtinere videatur. Ut in Gothicis Jor∣nandem, in Long obardicis Paulum Diaconum: in Slaevicis Helmoldum Francicis Paulum Aemilium: in Hispanicis Marianam: in Scoticis Buchananum: in Flandricis Meierum: in Burgundicis Heuterum: in Austriacis Lazium: in Saxonicis Crantzium: in Danicis Saxonum Grammaticum: in Boicis Aventinum: in Hungaricis Bonfinium: in Polonicis Cromerum: atque ita in aliis. Voss. De Ratione Studiorum. Vir qui nec Coelo, nec solo, nec seculo erudito, ut ille cecinit, natus, ad summum tamen Poeticae facultatis culmen tam foeliciter ascendit, ut Poetarum hujus seculi princeps meritò habeatur. Gambdenus in Annal. Eliz. an. 1582. Neminem existimo in Gallia paulo humaniorem, cui Georgius Buchananus non sit notus, non solùm eximius Poeta: verùm etiam vir omni liberali eru∣ditione non leviter tinctus, sed penitus imbutus. Turuchi Adversaria l. 1. c. 2.
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  D^r Jacks first Volume of the Creed, l. 3. c. 2.
• * 1.170

  Eum virum magnum esse & excellentem ingenio, do∣ctrina varia, ac lectione multa, docent tum quae nu∣per edidit scri∣p a Chronolo∣gica valde erudita, laboriosè & accuraté conscripta, tum & jam porrò melius docebunt, quae modò habet in manibus, & de quibus spem facit, superatutus sine omni dubio in illis omnium conatus, labores & studia qui h••ctenus in si••nils argumento voluerunt esse occupati. Neand. Geog. parte 1^•.
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  Joanuem Rof∣fensem habe∣mus quem Joanni Roffensi opponamus, Fishero Buckerigium, cujus argumentis (si quid ego video) ne à mille quidem Fisheris unquam re••pondebitur. Godw. de Praesul. Ang. Comment. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.172

  His style is but rude and unplea∣sing to delicate ears, therefore Erasmus would not put him in the number of the Ciceronians. Gulielmus Bu∣daeus utroque opere in pande∣ctas & quinque libris de Asse plurimum opi∣tulatus est rei Latinae elabo∣rata illa scruta∣tione rerum ac verborum Linguae utriusque Lud Viv de Trad. discip. l. 3. Vide plura ibid. Certissima Gallorum gloria, qui jamdudum Italis utriusque literaturae palmam magno eruditorum omnium consensu praeripuit: sic caeteros omnes vincens in Romani sermonis eloquentia, ut in Graeca dictione vincat seipsum. Eras. Epist. l. 1. Epist 5. Vide ibid. Epist. 10. & 12. & l. 2. Epist. 29. & l. 3. Epist. 62. & l. 4. Epist. 8. & l. 11. Epist. 7. & l. 17. Epist. 10. & l. 22. Epist. 27, 28. & l. 28. Epist. 8. & 21. Gulielmus Budaeus omnium qui hoc patrumque seculo vixere, sine controversia doctissimus. Defuit quidem tanto viro perspicuus ille venustioris eloquentiae nitor quem recentiores uni Ciceroni ad dicti majore studio & religione coluerunt. Latinitatis cognitionis in Pandectis recensendis & Romanorum jure illustrando lu∣culentum & nobile specimen dedit. In Graecis autem quis non miretur eo usque progrestum, ut (quod nullidum extra Graeciam nato contigerat) ipsius Jani Lascaris Graecorum doctissimi judicio veterem Atticorum facundiam adaequasse diceretur. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog.
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  Vir piissimus & doctissimus quo inter Germanos Theologos nemo in Ita∣lia judicatus fuit meo tem∣pore doctior. Zanch. disceprat. cum Marbachio. Passim Ecclesias Saxonicas Brunsuigae Hamburgii, & tandem in regno Daniae reformavit. Pezel. Mellif. Histor. parte 3^tia.
• * 1.174

  Vide Thuan. Hist. tom. 3. lib. 61.

  Placet recitare, quod mihi olim Montallinus ille Monachus, qui tandem Combustus fuit Romae, propter Evan∣gelium, de tuo libro, qui est de Origine Erroris, dixerit, cum ego nunquam cum legissem aut vidissem librum, hor∣rabatur ille ut emerem: & si, inquiebat, non habes nummos, erue tibi oculum dextrum, illoque persolvas, & lege sinistro. Dei beneficio mox reperi librum, servatis tamen oculi••, quia non peperci loculis. Nam emi Coronato, & mox succum totius expressi mea manu, quae ne ab Inquisitoribus quidem poterat legi. Deinde etiamsi legissent, non potuissent agnoscore, utrius essem sententiae. Nam redegeram to••um ad formam quaestionum scholasticarum, adjectis locis ex Conciliis, & Scholasticis, quid de iis rebus sentiret Romana Ecclesia. Haec volui recitare, ut intelligas quantam ceperam ego olim ex eo libro voluptatem & utilitatem, & quanti factus fuerit viris piis & doctis: Ignosce tamen meis ineptiis. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Bulleng
• * 1.175

  Vir eruditus, ingeniosus, se∣dulus & indu∣strius. Neand. Geog. part. 2.
• * 1.176

  Paulus Burgen∣sis ex Judaeo & Christianus & Episcopus in Flandria extirit. Geneb. Chron. lib. 4. Episcopus Burgensis.
• * 1.177

  Burgundio ••••ve Burgun∣dius Jurispe∣ritus Pisanus, qui floruit circa annum MCLX. Piguor. Symb. Epistol. Epist. 39.
• * 1.178

  Exclamat in∣genti spiritus ardore in ago∣ne suo.
• * 1.179

  1559. Annas Burgae∣us Hiero∣martyr Chri∣sti, ad specta∣tores quidem Martyrii sui. Non ego hic sum ut latro aut homicida, sed tantum pro Evangelii causa. Ad Deum vero agonothetem suum: Deus mi, ne me derelinquus, ne ego te derclinquam. Gryn. Epist. l. 1. Epist. 6. Vide Calv. Epist. Car. Blaudero. Hoc sacro igne, quo absumtus Martyr Burgius, Lamberti Danaei in pectore pietatis vera flamma accensa est. Discipulus enim Annae Burgii Eruditionem, autoritatem, gravitatem morumque sanctitatem suspiciens, non remere vel levibus argumentis Religionem illam à tanto viro, quem toties universa Gallia docentem esset admirata, defendi posse statuebat. Verheid Praestan••. aliquot Theol. qui Rom. Antich. praecipuè oppugnarunt. Effigies & Elogia.
• * 1.180

  In legationi∣bus enituit, quarum impri∣mis insignes fuere Constan∣tino politana & Amasiana. Plurima cum Graeca tum Latina M. SS. volumina, media in Graecia collecta in Caesaream Viennae Austriae Bibliothecam intulit. Swertii Athenae Belg. Prandium mihi hodie apud heroëm (non enim virum dixerim) Busbequium, post prandium lon∣giusculae etiam fabulae (sed de literis) ut apud illum soler. Lips. Epist. Cent. 1. Ep. 5. In Busbequii morte, & tali morte, in animo meo dolui servatum huic virum per tot discrimina apud exteros, apud barbaros ut in limine serè patriae lattonum manibus (ita audimus) periret. Lips. Epist. Cent. 2. Epist. 99. Abrah. Ortel. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 60. & Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica. Dec. 9.
• * 1.181

  Buxtorfius in admirādo ope∣re Syntactico, quod Cl. Lud. de Dieu sibi Clavem Scri∣pturae Biblicae esse adfirmat, ac omnibus Theologiae studiosis com∣mendat. Dilh. Disput. Acad. Tomo 2^do. Buxtorfie Lex∣icon Chaldai∣cum, Talmu∣dicum & Rabbinicum, opus XXX annorum cui nihil tale sol unquam aspexit aut simile. So one, whose name I forgot to write. Buxtorsius in admirando Lexici Rabbinici & Talmudici opere. Dilh Disputat. Acad. Tom. 2.
• * 1.182

  Vir meo judi∣cio quamvis Papista tamen candidus, plu∣rimumque distans ab ea pertinacia quam in reli∣quis deplorare cogimur. Cham. de Canone Tom. 1. l. 12. c. 1.
• * 1.183

  Vide Leand. Alberti Descr. tot. Ital.
• * 1.184

  Xenophon and Caesar wrote their own acts so wisely, and without all suspicion of partiality, as none hath been so upright in writing the histories of others. Caesars Commentarios are to be read with all curiosity, wherein is seen the unspotted propriety of the Latine Tongue, even when it was at the highest pitch. Aschams Schoolmaster 2^d part. See more there. Vide Strad. prolus. l. 2, 3. Hist. part. 2. Julius Caesar, Scriptor est purus & ele∣gans, inque verborum structura accuratus, omnino placidi instar fluminis procurrens: interea 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, ac gravis in sententiis: quo Xenophontem exsuperat: caeteroquin ei non dissimilis multum. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 1. c. 13. Vide plura ibid. Duae namque sunt Aquilae solae in natura rerum: altera bellicae laudis, altera literariae: Illa po∣centiae, haec sapientiae. Caesar & Aristoteles. Unicus poeticae Sireno phoenix, Virgilius. Scalig. de Subtil. Ad Cardan. 194.
• * 1.185

  Vir sane non indoctus, flo∣ruit ante annos 100. Non libenter audiebat mis∣sas, ut scripto∣res quidam (inter quos & Vives) testan∣tur. Cumque aliquando ab amicis invitus ad eas pertraheretur, solitus erat dicere; Eamus sane ad communes errores. Sentiebat igitur, missam esse quendam errorem, in quo plerique homines vehementer errarent. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 19. Vide Volat. Anthropol. l. 21.
• * 1.186

  Quidam libri ejusmodi sunt ut semel at{que} iterum aucti, locupletari tamen atque ornari deinde possint, quo ex genere bonum fatum Calepinus sortitus est, cui quotidie fere omnes homines de suo largiantur: Certe enim illius Dictionarium, quod nunc emittimus, non ram ipsius industria, quam aliorum labore studioque in tantam altitudinem excrevit. Manut. Praefat. in Calep. Nostrum in hoc opere proprium illud putamus, quòd cùm alii in addendo supra modum curiosi fuerint, ut liber excresceret: nos contrà, ne quid praeter rem adderemus, superstitiosi fuimus, nec minus in exsecando diligentes, Id. ibid.
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  Illustris vir, nec unquam sine summi honoris prae∣fatione nomi∣nandus. Episc. And. de usuris Theol. Det. Ejus vita fuit singulare ho∣nestaris & pietatis ex∣emplum. Ho∣mo zelo do∣mus Dei ar∣dens, & à vitiis non modò alienus, sed etiam eis infestus, vigiliis & labore morbum contraxit, & sub ocu••is amicorum, quos prolixè ad pietatem & tolerandam Christi crucem hortatus est, obdormivit in Domino, vix ha∣bens in bonis unde possit Curari funus: Nam tota vita erga pauperes liberalis, erga seipsum parum fuerat. Cujus scripta spirant merum Dei timorem, & Zelum pro Dei Ecclesia. Nec quisquam adversariorum quos habuit innumeros, carpsit ejus mores praeter Hieronymum Bolsecum medicum perditissimum nebulonem qui instigatore Calvino pulsus Geneva ob scelera. vitam Calvini confarcinavit, in qua effudit in virum sanctum plau∣stera Convitiorum & Mendaciorum. Molin. Hyperaspistes, l. 1. c. 12. Jo Calvinus acri vir ac vehementi ingenio & admirabili facundia praeditus, inter Protestantes magni nominis theologus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 35.
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  Vide Jos. Scal. Epist. l. 2. Epist. 115. & 117. & l. 3. Epist. 240. & l 4. Ep. 308. & 404. Sethus Calvisius nuperâ suae Chronologiae Editione, operosam adeo diligentiam adhibuit, ut nihil quicquam omiserat quo verum Historiae tempus exquisitè doceatur. Whear de methodo legendi histor. parte 1^a. Sect. 6. Unus tandem, qui instar omnium erit, acuratissimus & harum literarum peritissimus Sethus Calvisius Germanus nuper eruditissimum & consummatissimum Chronicon edidit, quod totum rationum nostrarum insistit munimentis. Est opus aeternitate dignum. Jos. Scaliger. Epist. l. 4 Epist. Posth. 439. Vide ejus opusc.
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  Unicum illud & incompa∣rabile opus quo Britanniae nostrae Anti∣quitatē & suae Antiquitati Britanniam restituit, quo pulcherrimam terram (à toto orbe di∣visam) toti terrarum orbi conspicuam & illustrem reddidit: hoc uno opere quid luculentius, quid limatius, quid accuratius, vel Pausanias, vel Strabo, vel quivis alius veteram Geographorum dare potuit. Whear Orat. Funeb. Munus à te accepi, vir ornatissime, per mihi gratum, Britaniam tuam: quam illustrasti ingenii & industriae clara face. Multum patria tibi debet multum exteri nos, qui per te pulcherrimam insulam videmus etiam cum non videmus. Perge in hoc & simili studiorum genere, quod abesse non potest quin tibi famam, posteris aerernum ferat fructum. Lips. Epist Cent. 1. Ep. 24. Annales Eliza∣bethae perficit Cumdenus stylo tam plenè regio, tam undequaque & rei & sibi conscio, quasi virginalem rantae majestatis splendorem libro suo maritare statuisset, ut pari famae consortio semper audiant Elizabetha & Camdenus Orat. Townley in memoriam Camdeni. In quo opere perfectae Historiae numeros omnes reperiri haud credo quen∣quam esse qui diffitebitur. Whear. Orat. Funeb.
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  Excellentissi∣mus Graeca∣nicae linguae inte••pres Beriramus in Matth. 19.24. Grati mihi semper Cama∣rarii, ob unum illum virum quem Germa∣nia vestra habuit sine pari, & tu¦merito inter eos. Lips. Epist. Cent. 1. Ep. 75. Joach. Camer Doctori medico. Eo provectus es eruditionis, ut com∣muni doctorum omnium conse••su peritiorem linguae Graecae neminem, in Latina verò ••lngua disertiores per pucos exactiorem autem nullum scriptorem habuerit Ge••mania, sicut plurima ipsius monumenta testantur. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tomo 3^• l. 59. Popeberga, patria de li••ecis optimè meriti Joachimi Camerarii. Quantus autem vit fuerit Joa••himus Camerar••us in omni doct••inarum eruditarum genere, docere possunt libri ejus multi eruditi & va••ii in pub••icu••n hactenu•• editi, tum etiam edendi deinceps à filiis ejus doctrina omnigena, dignitate atque au∣to••icate praestan••bu••, vir•• C••arissimis a••que Celeberrimis, Joachimo medicinae doctore ac Reipub. Notinbur∣gensis Medi••o, & Philipp•• u••riusque Juris Doctore, & ejusdem Reipub. Consilario dignissimo, & Ludovico Camerariis, Dominis atque amicis nostris Colen••issimis. Neand. Geog parte 1^a.
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  Magni illius Jo••chimi filius Philippus Ca∣merarius, vir pietate eximis, opere horarum succisivarum insignis. Scultetu•• de Curticulo vitae. Philippus Camerarius Bono∣niensis dictus, vir gravis & litteratus, ac proxima cognatione Katharinae Reginae conjunctus, Romae obii••. Thuan. Hist. Tom. •• l. 6.
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  Johannes di∣ctus Camers, ordinis mino∣rum monachus, non solum divinis verum etiam humanis litteris eruditissimus, uti ejus opera perhibent. Albert. Leand. Descript. Ital.
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  Scripsit ab anno aetaris vigessimo, non quae ab aliis scripta erant, sed in hoc in∣cumbens, ut nova in om∣nibus ferè scientiis ex∣cogita••e••. Ea à nonnullis in IX. Tom. dictingui intellexi Leonis Allatii Apes urbanae. Scripsit ingens opus, de reformatione scientiarum, decem in codices divisum, quorum singuli plurimas in partes distribuuntur, unde nihil acutissimo ingenio homini tam fuisse propositum apparet, quam relictis veteribus viis, ad omnium scientiarum no∣titiam, novum a••que directum iter apetire. Jam. Nicii Erythrai Pinacotheca.
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  Salisburgensis Episcopus & Cardinalis, suopte ingenio properus notescere annos tantum natus 19. Patavii Jus Caesareum incredibili auditorum admira∣tione, una cum patre Joanne Campegio, cujus opera in precio sunt, publicè professus est. Nomencla••. Sanctae Roman. Eccles. Cardinal.
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  Grammatica Hebraica Psalmi juxta Hebraicam veritatem. Lat. Paraphrasis.
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  Edmundus Camp••anus na∣tione Anglus, patria Londi∣nensis, omnium opinione Martyr Christi inclytus, & nostri saeculi Clarissimus. Rationes decem oblati certami∣nis in causa sidei, redditae Academicis Anglis. In hoc exiguo libello vix credi pótest, quàm multa fidei dogmata paucissimis verbis prestringat; quanta esoquentia ingenii vi & perspicacia, quanto rerum coacervatarum numero ac pondere obruat adversarios. Biblioth. Scriptorum Societat. Jesu A Philippo Alegambe edita.
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  Vir Lingua∣rum non so∣lùm Graecae & Hebraicae, sed Syriacae & aliarum Orientalium rarâ & exquisitâ cognitione insignis. Thuan. Hist. Tomo 1^• l. 13.
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  Henricus Petri societ. Jesu Theologi è fratre nepos.
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  Primus liber qui à Societa∣te sesu prodiit. Raynaud. Erot. De malis ac bonis libris partit. Erot. 19. Valeri Andreae Biblioth. Belg. Ferdi∣nando Caesari imprimis, Charus acceptusque, cujus etiam auctoritare ac jussu Catechismum verè aureum bono publico conscripsit: quem civis ejus ac propinquus Petrus Busaeus Soc. ejusdem Theologus citatis è SS. Patribus integrè locis, mirificè illustravit. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
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  Natus est Anno Dom. 1542. Suffrid. Pet. De Script. Fris. Vide Thuan. Hist. tom. 3. l. 61. Bononiae Ca∣rolo Sigonio usque adeo gratus fuit, ut Novas ei Lectiones inscribendas putarit. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg. Extant ejus Novarum lectionum libri octo, in quibus cum plurimis ac diversissimis authoribus ••••egritatem suam restituat, quantus ipse librorum helluo fuerit, declaravit. Suffridus Petrus de Scriptoribus Frisiae.
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  Studiorum cursus ubique pene par fuit. Suffridus Pe∣trus de Scriptoribus Frisiae. Doctissimus adolescens Lambertus Canterus, patre Theodoro, patruoque Gulielmo dignissimus. Casaub. Animadvers. in lib. 1. Sucton.
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  Melchioris Cani scriptum de locis The∣ologicis multa eruditione refertum est. Voet Biblioth. l. 2. Sect. poster. c. 1. Summus Theologus & moderatissimus vir. Montacut. Antidiat. Ejus loci Communes è soecundo, erudito, & facundo ingenio prodierunt, en commendandi magis, quod ipse nostra aetate, primus ea brevitate, copia, dispositione, ac perspicuitate de iis perutiliter egerit. Possev. Apparat. Sac. Tomo 2^do.
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  Jacobi Capelli (viri multae eruditionis, & harum litera∣rum callentis∣simi) Historiam Sacram & Exoticam accuratâ quidem diligentia ad temporum rationem concinnatam, merita sua laude neutiquam privandam censeo. Whear Method. legendi Histor. parte 2^da sect. 6.
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  In quo nescio magisne in∣defessam se∣dulitatem mirari debe∣am: an uber∣rimam eruditionem, an judicium limatissimum, quae tres laudes in hoc opere ita inter se cerrant, ut in ambiguo maneat cui de tribus prima palma debeatur. Grotius Epist. ad Gallos. Contentus esto magnis potius quam multis laudatoribus. ••d ib.
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  Vir in Rhe∣torum lecti∣one multum versatus, nec malè de arte ea meritus. Voss. de Analog. lib. 1. cap. 48.
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  Scripsit Hic∣ronymus Car∣danus doctis∣simè Mathe∣matica pluri∣ma, medici∣nam tamen profitetur Rami Schol. Mathem. l. 3. Mathematum insignis cultor & explicator, supra cae••eros, propter edita ingenii monumenta innumera toti terrarum Orbi probata, praeconiis efferendus. Tomas. Illust Vir. Elog. Romae magni nominis sive Mathematicus sive medicus Hieronymus Cardanus Mediolano natus hoc anno obiit. Varia ejus vita, ut mores, pluraque ipse de se inaudita in viro literas professo simplicitate seu libertate scripsit, quam Curiosus quisquam a me exigat. Romae eum diverso ab aliis cultu ince∣dentem paucis ante obicum annis conspicati & adlocuti ac saepius admirati sumus, cum celeberrimi tot scriptis hominis recordatio subiret, neque tamen quidquam in eo quod tantae famae responderet, animadverteremus, eoque magis Julii Caesaris caligeri judicium suspeximus, quid ivinum ingeniùm suum in opere de subtilitate exagitando praecipuè exercuit, in aequalitate illius diligenter notata, qui in quibusdam interdum plus homine sapere, in pluri∣bus minus pueris intelligere videatur. In arithmeticis multa Conatus est & invenit., judiciariae quam vocant, fidem apud multos struxit, dum certiora per eam, quam ex arte possint, plerunque promeret. Verum extremae amentiae fuit imo impiae audaciae astrorum Commentiis legibus verum astrorum Dominum velle subjicere, quod ille tamen exarata Servatoris nostri genitura feci•• tandem cum tribus diebus minus septuagesimum quintum annum implevisset, eodem, quo prae dixerat anno & die, videlicet XI. Kal. octobr. desecit, ob id, ne falleret, mortem suam inedia accelerasse creditus. Thuan. Hist. tomo 3^tio l. 62.
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  Illud verò in∣eptius visum est, quod Ca∣rolum mag∣num (qui quam Mo∣narchiam vo∣cant primus occupavit) natione Gal∣lum, in Gallia natum, lingua quoque mori∣bus & institu∣tis Gallorum una cum suis majoribus educatum, modo Germanum. modo Alemanum vocant. Tam etsi enim à Francis veterum Gallorum colonis originem plerique traxisse putent, non tamen negant quin Gallorum armis ac legionibus. Germaniam, Italiam & magnam Hispaniae partem cum imperio Gallorum conjuoxeri•• ac primogenitis Galliam, velut Imperii sedem, alias aliis regiones ab hoc Imperio avulsas dederit, quousque Henricus Auceps natione Germanus, Regem se ferens, Germaniam hujus Imperii partem occupavit. Bodin. Method. Histor. Vide illum de Repub. l. 1. c. 7. Carolus Imperator magnus Natione Alemannus, vir virtute & conversatione Christianissimus & in sanctorum numerum non immerito relatus, in scripturis divinis studiosissimus, & in secularibus literis egregié doctus, ingenio subtilis, eloquio clarus & disertus, & multarum linguarum cognitione insignis, Graecae, Latinae & Hebraicae peritus, ne∣quaquam a catalogo illustrium virorum Germaniae rejiciendus. Enimvero artes liberales studiosissimè coluit, ea∣rumque doctores plurimum veneratus magnis afficiebat honoribus. Trithem. Catal. Vir. Illust. Vide plura ibid.
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  Princeps prae∣clara indole & magnis virtutibus praeditus, nisi quatenus eas prava educa∣tione & ma∣tris indulgen∣tia corrupit, fuit in eo elatus & for∣tunae par ani∣mus, ingenium juxta sagax & acutum, mascula facundia, prudentia supra aetatem, quae plerumque in vafritiem degenerabat: acre in aliorum ingeniis dignoscendis judicium: magna in dispensandis beneficiis cura, & in pensitandis cujusque meritis morositas; ut ab aulicis virtutes ad inexhaustas capiditates suas metientibus minus ob id liberalis haberetur-Caetero qui ad iracundiam praeceps fuit, quae violenta & assidua equitatione ac vigiliis alebatur, & licet summus natura dissimulator esset, nonnunquam per intervalla in fu••orem erumpebat. Unicam puellam Aurelianensem adamasse toto vitae tempore compertus est, ex qua Carolum Arvernorum comitem suscepit. Modicus ut cibi sic & somni, quem etiam nocturni horrores post casum Sanbartholomaeum plerumque interrumpebant, & rursus adhibiti symphoniaci pueri expergefacto Conciliabant. Musica & Poetica summo peredelectabatur. Thuan. Hist. Tomo 3^•io Lib. 57.
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  Nobilis Car∣tesius, Philo∣sopharum hoc aevo Cory∣phaeus, omni laude dignus propter acumen & solertiam, & heroicos conatus in promovendo Philosophico studio. Mares. Theol. Elenchtic. Nova Synops. Tomo 2^do Controvers. 21.
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  Thomas Cart∣wrictus ob Commentati∣ones in Pro∣verbia Salo∣monis, & in Harmoniam Evangelicam, in qua non solum acumen viri sed & vitae sanctitas mirè elucet, omnibus doctis amabilis. Laeti Compend. Hist. Universal.
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  Bartholomaeus Casa peculiari libro Castella∣norum hor∣rendas lanie∣nas, & Indorum immanissimas interneciones descripfit. Carion. Chron. in Carolo 5^to. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. lib. 54. Chiappiae praesul à sacris Caroli V. Confessionibus, petiit ut occupato bellis Europae Caesare miserorum interea Indorum ratio haberetur, & diligenti ab ipso perquisitione facta constitit, in una insula Hispaniola multa millia hominum inaudita, novorum hospitum barbarie misere paucorum annorum spatio extincta esse. Addunt praeterea rem dictu soedam & horroris execrandi plenam, viros eo desparationis adactos, ut ex compacto deinceps a concubitu naturali cum uxoribus abstinuerint, ne liberos sub Hispanorum potestate futuros generarent, eoque factum esse ut tractu temporis tam frequens populo locus ad solitudinem sit redactus. Thuan. Hist. tomo 4^to lib. ••4.
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  Joannes Casa Archiepisco∣pus Beneven∣tanus, Ponti∣ficis apud Venetos le∣gatus, hor∣rendo scelere, plus quam detestanda impudentia, id celebrare est ausus; quod nefando quidem pu∣dor ipse no∣minari susti∣net. Foxus contra Osor. lib. 3. pag. 253. Vide Sleid. Comment. lib. 21. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. lib. 16.
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  Incompara∣bilis vir & saeculi sui decus immor∣tale, Isaacus Casaubonus, nunquam sine laude nomi∣nandus, nun∣quam satis laudatus. Salmas. Pra••••at. ad Hist. August. Script. Vir longe longeque doctissimus, & mihi dum viveret, amicissimus, meritisque in rem literariam Clatissimus,, in historicis recensendis versatissimus. Salmas. not. in Aelii Spartiani Hadrianum. Casaubono statim à teneris unguiculis sincero vetae pietatis lacte imbuto supperebat rara Linguarum Orientalium cognitio in Graecia vix secundum, nedum parem habebat. Non deerat sacrae, non deerat historicae veritatis illustrandae studium. Jac. Capel. Praefat. ad Vindic. pro Isaaco Casaub.
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  Anno Chri∣sti nascitur M. D. XV. Graecè Lati∣neque doctus, Grammaticus & rhetor in∣signis, Histo∣ricus eximius: sunt qui & inter Theo∣logiae peritos ei locum dare velint, alii aliter de eo sentientes dicunt, quod dum haereticorum libros nimis incautè legit, corun∣dem erroribus se & sua contaminasse, quodque haereseos notam vix effugerit. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Cassander revera vir probus, & candidus modestusque, & unitatis studiosus, schisma fugitans, bono animo ac sedulo egit quicquid in negotio componendarum religionum operae contulit. Ex partibus adversariorum pontificius ipse veniens, & è Castris suis longius progressus▪ per multum itineris spatium nobis ultro obviam occurrit, amicè ad Concordiam invitavit. Cujus spem ut faceret fiduciamque proniorem, multa deformata & reformanda agnoscit: ita plurima excusat, ut etiam alia non pauca incuset. In summa, ab hoste non potuere meliora aut molliora sperari vel expectari. Salmas. in Posthum. Grotii. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 37.
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  Fidelium Fa∣milia, à fide nomen ade∣pra, primùm Mediolani ortum agno∣vit. Tomas. Elog.
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  Epist. l. 3. Ep. 17. Certum est enim, non minus ad eam invisendam, quam ad Livium nostrum Patavinum olim, ab ultimis orbis partibus confluisse plurimos, qui sui seculi ornamentum, sexus miraculum, & ingenii monstrum depraedicabant. Tomasini Illust. Vir. Vitae. Vide plura ibid.
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  Edidit Rave••∣na Ioh••nne•• 17 Pon••••ficum Romanum ••assiodorum Senatorem virum doctum, elegantem{que} scriptorem, qui postea monachus effectus, multa{que} literarum monumenta reliquit. Leand. Alb. Descript. tor. Ital. in Romanula.
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  Vir melioris lit••eraturae ac reconditi∣oris erudi∣tionis laude insignis. Ant. Sand. De Scriptoribus Flandtiae, lib. 3.
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  Hispanus na∣tus Toleti.
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  Contra Tri∣dentini Con∣ciliabali, cui ipsemet inter fuit, decretum, ad extremum usque spiritum intrepidè asse∣••uit, posse hominem in hac vita salu∣tis suae certunt esse. Smeton. ad Hamilton. Apostat. Or∣thodox. Resp.
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  Vide elogium ejus apud Valer. Max. l. 8. c. 7. Quis illo gra∣vior in lau∣dando? acer∣bior in vitu∣perando? in sententiis argutior? in docendo disserendoque subtilior? Refertae sunt ejus orationes amplius centum & quin∣quaginta, & verbis, & rebus illustribus. Caussin. eloquent. Sac. & Human. Parallel. l. 1. c. 42. Vide Liv. Hist. l. 39. c. 40.
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  Tu modò, qui Catullum ex polieris, da opo••••m, ut in Tibullo & Propertio, qui locum i••li proximum in elegantia verborum, atque in sententiarum con∣cinnitate obtinent? quam simillimum tui te praebens: ita tres pulcherrimi poetae, & sine dubio inter Latinos in illo festivo genere principes, veterem suum splendorem, ereptum vetustare, atque hominum inscitia, tuo maxime studio recuperabunt. Manut. Epist. 14. Marco Antonio Mureto.
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  Jacobus Sir∣mondus and he were Confessors to Lewis the 13^th, King of France.
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  Latinus Hippocrates Medicis dici∣tur Aurelius Cornelius Cel∣sus, quod Hip∣pocra••em fere torum in La∣tinam linguam converterit, & medicinam omnium Latinorum princeps ita absolverit, ut aemulari potius multi quam assequi parem laudem possent. Ejusdem medicinae libri octo adhuc excusi habentur. Neand. Geog.
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  Conradus Celtis erat Philoso∣phus Orator, atque Mathe∣maticus insig¦nis. Inprimis autem artem Poeticam ex∣coluit, atque in usum studio∣sorum magna cum laude re∣duxit. In ea facultate cum natura etiam excelleret, à Caesare Maximiliano Poeta laureatus creatus fuit, anno aetatis trigesimo quinto, atque salutis nostrae 1494. Pantal. de Vir. Illust. parte 2^da. Conradus Celtes homo doctissimus floruit Viennae ci••citer ante 100 annos. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 19.
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  1555. Magde∣burgenses mi∣nistri, quorum antesignanus est Matthias Flaccus, Illyri∣cus, Centurias divulgarunt errorum, men∣daciorumque plenissimas. Geneb. Chron. l. 4. Opus, nisi apud iniquos alienarum vigillarum aestimatores, e••si haud planè inculpatum, laudabile tamen cum primis utiléque. Gotofred. Epist. Dedicat. ad Philost. Histos. Eccles.
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  Opus certè per quam laudabi∣le, Ecclesiaeque nostris praeser∣tim tempori∣bus (quibus tor ac tantae circa fidem ac disciplinam moveantur controversiae) si cautè interdum & circumspectè legatur, apprimè utile. Whear. Method. leg. Hist. parte prima. Sect. 42. Magnam nominis famam Illyricus consequutus Catalogo suo Testium Veritatis, & Historia Ecclesiastica. Jac. Verheiden. Fuerunt quidem aliquot Zoili inter Pontificios laborem illum arrodentes: sed unicum Joannis Sturmii testimonium omnes malè feriatorum hominum calumnias & finistra judicia facilè refutare poteft. Sic autem Sturmius sua manu in primam Centuriam, rogarus hoc nomine à Secretario Reipub. Magdeburgensis Henrico Merckelio scripsit. Magdeburgensium labor in conficienda historia Ecclesiastica & necessarius; ••uit, & nostrae aetati utilissimus. Quatuor in ea ego virtutes esse sentio, veritatem, diligentiam, ordinem, perspicuitatem; quas cum historicus assecutus, nihil video quid illi deesse possit, si accedat sermonis Latini puritas & conveniens historiae ratio. Melch. Ad. in vita Wigandi.
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  Horna genuit Jacobum Cera∣timum, id est, Hornanum, Graeco vocabulo, non quod illum natalis soli puderet, quo nomine reprehenditur ab Hadriano Junio: sed quod inter illorum temporum eruditos consuetudo ita ferret. Utriusque linguae peritissimus fuit. Graecae-Pro∣fe••lorem egit Lovanii. Beneficio ejus & incredibili industria primum Lexicon Graecum concinnarum est, magno studiorum bono. Boxhorn. Theat. Holland.
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  Ludovicus d•• la Cerda in Adversariis Sacris, multijugae lectionis opere. Vossius De vitiis Sermonis, lib. 3. cap. 30.
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  Hoc puer au∣diveram ex Antonio Rodol∣pho Cevallerio viro doctissi∣mo, qui me in his literis eru∣diebat. Drus. Respons. ad Minerv. Serar. l. 1. c. 9. Mercerus additamentis ad Thesaurum Pagnini, adsentiente Cevallerio. Cum Cevallerium nomino, intelligo non Petrum qui Genevensis erat: sed Antonium Rodolphum Natione Normannum, alterius praeceptorem. Drus. Tetragram. c. 16. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 54.
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  G••ae••oe linguae post Argy••o. polum Flor••n∣tiae p••ofessor fuit: sed Politiani ambitione inde ejectus mediolanum se contulit. Voss. De Arte Grammat. l. 1. c. 4. Cui Graecae literae aetate nostra ab interitu quodammodo vindicatae, quòd nunc vigeant, debere fateantur, quot aerumnarum eventibus oppressus miserabilem semper vitam egit. Pier. Valer. De Litteratorum infoelicitate, lib. 2. Vide plura ibid.
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  Vir doctrinâ orthodoxia, scriptis cele∣berrimus. Garissol De Imputatione primi peccati. c. 27.
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  Charon en sa Sagesse n'a estè que com∣me le Secretai∣r•• de M••nsteur du Vair, & de M. de Montagne, soubz lequels il semble qu'il ait escit ce qu'ils luy dictoient, tant il a fait peu de scrupule de se seruit de leur inventions, & de leurs propres paroles. Apologie Pour M. De Balzac.
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  Vixit Anno Domini 140••. Propter do∣cendi gratiam & libertatem quasi alter Dantes aut Petrarcha quos ille etiam in linguam nostram tran∣stulit, in qui∣bus Romana Ecclesia tan∣quam sedes Antichristi describitur, & ad vivum ex primitur. Humphr Praefat. ad lib. de Jesuitis no. Fuere & in Britannorum idiomate & eorum vernaculo sermone aliqui poetae ab eis summo pretio habi••i inter quos Galfredus Chaucerus vetustior qui multa scripsit, & Thomas Viatus, ambo insignes equites. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. noit. Temp. Dial. 2.
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  De la tresrare erudition, pie∣tè entiere, diligence in∣croyable & dexteritè ad∣mirable. Beze Epistre au Roy deuant Son Traicte Des Marques De L' Eglise Catholique.
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  Comprehensus fuit Jo. Checus, ac à ministris regiis in ipsa via quae Antuerpia Bruxellas ducit equo deturbatus, & funibus ad plaustrum religatus donec ob vo∣luto capite in navem conjectus est, & ad turrem, Londinensem (ignarus quo veheretur) abductus est. Ibi minis ac terroribus ad Palinodiam adactus est, cum à Pontificiis erroribus toto animo abhorreret. Cujus rei poenitentia ductus, maerore paulo post contabescens mortuus est. Godw. Rer. Anglis. Annal. l. 3.
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  D^r L. in the life of Sir John Cheek.
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  Natus est Anno 1522. Inter labores ejus primas facilè obtinet, ille, quem dogmatibus, decretis, & Canonibus Concilii. Tridentini examinandis & re∣••utandis impendit, utilem sanè omnibus veritatem amantibus. Ipse etiam inter primos ex••titit, qui Naturam artes & doctrinam Jesuitarum Germanis, quantum illis temporibus patuit deregate coepit. Melchior. Adam. in ejus vita. Vir eximius atque acerrimus Pontificiarum partium oppugnator. Gul. Rivet. Vind. Evang. part. 3. c. 6. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 84. D.Chemnitiu•• non postremus est in catalogo haetericorum: quia c••••men Til∣dentini Conciliabuli non leviter ipsis dolat. Hasennul. Historia Jesuit. on••. c. 7.
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  Summus nostrae aetatis jurisconsultus. Geneb. Chron. l. 4.
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  Emanuel Chry∣soloras Byzan∣tius, Graecas literas in Ita∣liam quasi postliminio reduxit, quae per 700 annos ferè exulave∣rant. Geneb. Chronol. l. ••. Primus Graecas literas variis Barbarorum irruptionibus expulsas, post septingentos annos in Italiam reportavit. Paul: Job. Elog. Doctorum vitorum.
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  Ita dictus quemadmo∣dum Chryso∣stomus ob au∣ream dicendi vim atque eloquentiam. Possev. Apparat. Soc. Floruit Petrus Chrysologus Ravennae Archiepiscopus, vergente quinto saeculo, prope annum Domini 500. Forbes. Instruct. Histor. Theol. l. 13. c. 8.
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  Disertissimus Patrum & in Scripturis enar∣randis Graeco∣rum princeps. Montacut. Appar. 2. Vide Caesaub. l. 2. Ep. 84. & 93. Basilii quem∣admodum in literis, sic eti∣am in profes∣sione syncerio∣ris vitae socius, atque ut ita loquar, Achates, quicquid ferè scripsit, ad popularem captum accommodavit, eôque fusior est ac simplicior, & in locis communibus spaciari maluit, quam in difficilimis versari quaestionibus. Hos triumviros Gregorium Nazian∣zenum, Basilium, Chrysostomum una tulit aetas apud Graecos, pietate pares, nec dispares eruditione, sed dictionis charactere dissimiles: quos si cum nostris conferre velis, Chrysostomus non dissimilis est Augustino, Gregorius Am∣brosio, qui si Graecè scripsisset, plutimum negotii fuisset exhibiturus interpreti. Quem Basilio conferam nondum invenio, nisi si quis scripturatum cognitionem quam habuit Hieronymus, cum Lactaentii foelici facilitate copulet. Eras. l. 26. Epist. Epist. 33. Ego studiosissimus illius Patris sum, tum quia nullus melior Novi Testamenti inter∣pres, tum & propter miram dulcedinem, & amaenitatem dictionis, quam post illum nullus Ecclesiasticus scriptor consequipotuit. Jos. Scalig. Epist. l. 4. Epist. 389. Cum Aristophanis Comici Atheniensis Comoedias assiduè lege∣ret, adeò ut etiam duo dexriginea ejus Comoedias Graecas sub pulvino abderet dormiturus, eloquentiam hinc & se∣veritatem quibus est mirabilis didicisse existimatur. Nea••d. Geog. part. 1.
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  De re Histori∣ca optimè me∣ritus. Whear.
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  Cognomina∣tus est Cicero quia quiddam in figuram Ci∣ceris promi∣nens habebat in naso suo. Whethamsted. De viris illustribus. Vide Eras Epist. Epist. 28. Vide etlam Ludov. Viv. de trad. discip. l. 3. Natura Ciceroni ad summum eloquentiae principatum initia rudia contulit, ars incrementa dedit, sed improbissimus ille perpetuae Commentationis & exercitationis labor infinita quadam accessione & naturae initia, & artis incrementa superavit. Rami Ciceronianus. Vide plura ibid. Hic ille est Marcus Tullius dono quodam providentiae genitus, in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur, par Imperio Romano ingenium, os magnum, sapiens, beatum, nectare, & am∣brosia difflueus, ex omnium feculorum ingeniorum virtutibus collecta in unum perfectio. Vir de quo dubites, an ipse totus ex eloquentia, an ex ipso tota eloquentia sit confecta. Certè nihil est facundius, tot sunt in eo virtut••••, quot genera eloquentiae, quot dicta tot purpurae, quot verba tot flores. Caussin. Eloq. Sac. & Human. Parallel. l. 1. c. 62. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. vir. & Elog. habet eadem verba. Vide Casaub. Epist. 354.
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  Anima elo∣quenti•• Ci∣cer••, qui in foro, senatu roftisque grandi loquae facultatis majestate sonuit. Dilh. Disput. Acad.
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  Repetitio quaedam & geminatio verborum: idem signifi∣cantium, Cice∣roni familiaris est ac propè perpetua: Hanc uberta∣tem & copiam laudo: com∣mutatis ver∣bis; variatis figuris, quo magis res im∣primatur in animis, non∣nunquam in eadem senten∣tia commora∣tur orator: majoris hujus impressionis commorationem probo: interdum alio loco dicta nulla nova ratione denuò reponit: id ne{que} laudo nequis probo. Rami Ciceronianus. Si quicquam in Cicerone Ciceroniano maxime cavendum ••ugiendumque sit, ista sane jactantia est, quia maximè animos audientium laedit: maximeque illud quicquid dicendo petitur, amittit. Id. ibid. Vide Quintil. Instit. Orat. l. 10. c. 1.
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  Patrià Brixia∣nus, professio∣ne Benedicti∣mus, vir tribus linguis doctis∣simus, qui ad doctrinam Christianam mores castissi∣mos, vitam integerrimam, animum nihil praeter charitatem & Ecclesiae emendationem ac unionem spirantem attulit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. lib. 16.
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  Britannici generis nobi∣lissima mulier, nominis cla∣ritudinem ex ingenti utri∣usque linguae Latinae & Graecae notitia per Italiam & alias mundi nationes commeruit. Maritum habebat fortu∣nis atque eruditione sibi non dissimilem (à quo cognomentum acoepit) Aulum videlicet Rufum, cognomine Pudentem, etrusca nobilitate equitem insignem, Poetam Bononiensem, ac Stoica sectae Philosophum eruditum. Balaus De Script. Brytan. Cent. 1.
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  Anno Aerae Christi 379. Helv. Chron. Maximus
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  Poeta Claudia∣nus solo argu∣mento ignobi∣liore oppressus, addit de inge∣nio quantum de est materiae. Foelix in eo calor, cultus non invisus, temperatum judicium, dictio candida, numeri non affectati, acutè dicta multa sine am∣bitione. Scalig. Hypercritic. c. 5. Claudianus ingenii ac spiritus planè Poetici. Lud. Viv de Tradend. Discip. lib. 3. Poeta est, non qui fabularum obscuris ambagibus aures potius titillet quam animum instruat. Gravissimus & compositae ad politicam doctrinam nervositacis stylus materies, laudum principalium omne genus. Boxhora. Monum. illust. Vir. & Elog.
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  Claudius Im∣perator, quan∣tâ curâ, & poenè dixerim ambitione, tres novas litteras invexit, iisque Romanam linguam auxit? non aliâ, quam si totidem regnis imperii fines. Lips. De Recta Pronunciat. Latinae Linguae. cap. 3.
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  Natione Ger∣manus, scien∣tias Mathe∣maticas avi∣dissimè ac stu∣diosissime didicit, & magna cum laude diu professus est. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Societ. Jesu. A Philippo Alegambe edi∣ta. Et certe non video quid Mathematica studia Clavio contulerint, qui his adeo infans est, ut mediocriter literis huma∣nioribus tinctus haec melius intelligat, quam ille qui toto vitae suae tempore nihil praeter Mathematica tractavit. Scalig. Can. I••ag. l. 3. Ex omnibus ejus lucubrationibu•• quibus in lucem prolaris, nominis sui memoriam, omnium saeculorum posteritati commendavit, Euclides, & sphaera. Jo de Sacro Bosco, commentariis illustrata, est talis, ut in arce pon•• possit, quasi Minerva ill Phidiae, in qua nihil est nisi absolutum atque perfectum. Jani Nicii Erythraei Pinacotheca. Vide plura ibid.
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  Anno Aerae Christ••anae 161. Helv. Chron. Clementis A∣lexandrini & antiquitas, & summa con∣summataque eruditio. Erat acer vehemens∣que & sensu sententiisque pollens. Mon∣tacut. Antidiar. Clemens Alexandrinus, scriptor in primitiva olim Ecclesia admodum celebris, tum pietatis, tum eruditionis nomine, flo∣ruit circiter 200 Domini annum. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 2. Feruntur ejus insignia volumina, plenaque eruditionis & eloquentiae, tam de Scripturis divinis, quam de saecularis literaturae instrumento. Hieron. de Script. Eccles
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  Sub Clementis Romani nomi∣ne jam olim prodiit liber cujus titulus, Constitutiones Apostolorum. Nec defuerunt nostris temporibus ex Adversariis nonnulli viri alioquin eruditi, sed judicio hac in parte non utentes, qui Clementis genuinum opus esse pertinaciter contenderent. Albertinus De Sacramento Eucha∣ristiae l. 2. c. 3. Vide plura ibid. De illis libris Constitutionum nihil habent Eusebius, nihil Hieronymus, nihil Ge••••adi••••, Gerhardi Patrologia.
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  Exoticarum linguarum pe∣ritia vel exte∣rorum homi∣num testimo∣nio, Belgarum poenè propria est. Argumen∣to in eruditis linguis unus è millibus Clenardus sit, qui easdem ratione traditas, non Lovanii modò, sed apud exteros etiam, magna sui admiratione, propagavit. Testantur id Libri Epistolarum peregrinationis suae; quarum plerasque Jacobo Latomo Doctori suo, Joachimo Politae, Rutgero Rescio, aliisque amicis inscripsit. Auberti Miraei Elog. Belg. Praeter La∣tinam, Graecam, & Hebraeam (quae in omnibus pene Academiis regnant) ••rabicam quoque Grammaticam con∣scripsit; extatque manuscripta in Hispania apud J. Pe••resium Valentinum hominem doctissimum. Id. ibid. Graecis Hebraicisque literis imbutus, eas Lovanii maxima cum laude docuit. Linguae Arabicae discendae studio in Africam trajecit. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. In Academia Fessana Satacenicae gentis, linguam Arabicum didicit. Neand. Geog. parte tertia.
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  Linguarum septem, utpote Latinae, Graecae, Italicae, Galli∣cae, Hispanicae, Lusitanicae & Belgicae, exa∣ctam habuit peritiam. Historiarum vulgo incognitarum & scriptor & censor acutissimus, uti & Cosmographiae doctissimus. Melch. Ad. vit. Germ. medic. Et Boissardi Icones.
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  Petrus abbas Cluniacensis floru•• duo∣decimo seculo. Is unus eorum est qui Romanam tyrannidem animadvertit & accusavit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit.
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  Novum or∣bem in Atlan∣tico mari Hi∣spanis primus aperuit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. lib. 1.

  Vide Uberti Folietae Elogia. Et Boissardi Iconce.
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  Extant ejus de re Anato∣mica libri 15. Ubi multis ostenditur quid ipse veterum & ante se recentiorum ju••enis hic addiderit. Neand. Geog. part. 1.
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  Floret Anno Aerae Christi 1171.

  Petri Lombar∣di frater no∣thus. Calvis. Chron. Presbyter Ecclesiae Trecensis, Comestor cognominatus est, ut Trithemius autumat, quod Bibliorum Testimonia in suis scriptis & concionibus adeo frequenter citare solitus sit, ut Scripturarum sacrarum codicem velut comedisse diceretur. Illyr. Catal. Test. verit. l. 15.
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  Fuit is ex il∣lustri apud Flandros gente Comminaea, Au∣tei velleris equestri orna∣mento splen∣descente, vir forma elegan∣ti, & procera corporis digni∣tate. Res gestas omnium gen∣tium, ac prae∣sertim Roma∣norum Galli∣cè redditus (neque enim Latinè sciebat) diligentissimè legerat, & memoria prope tenebat. Qua & in primis valuit, adeò ut Julii Caesaris exemplo, quatuor saepè scribis litteras de variis gravissimisque Reipub negotiis eodem tempore di∣ctarer, tanta quidem facilitate, quasi unum tantum tractaret argumentum Auberti Mir••i Elogia Belgica. Vide Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog. En••••e autres i•• fau•• auouer que Philippe de Commines, qui ne scavoit pas s'l y avoit vn Polybe & u'n Tacite aumonde, C. Car ces excellans Historiens combuttoient encor auec la poudre & les vers, dans les Bibliotheques des momes, ne laisse pas de s' accorderau ec eux, & d' estre de mesme aduis en la pluspart de les ingements. Apologie pour M de Bel••ac. Scripsit Historiam ante annos paulo minus Centum Phi∣lippus Comminaus, ita laudabiliter, ut nihil verear componere eum cum quovis antiquorum. Incredibile est quam ille omnia videat. penetret, arcana consiliorum etat, & subinde instiuat nos salucaribus tarisque praeceptis piis, & id diffuse, Polybiano quodam exemplo. Dignum Alexandris omnibus hic Philippus. Lips. Not in 1. l. Politic. Vide plura ibid. Philippus Comminaeus Historicus, quinto decimo exeunte seculo, sed cum antiquis melioribus est com∣parandus. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tom. 2. l. 16. c. 39.
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  Natione Gallus, sem literariam multum juvit, editis tum veterum Graecorum plurimis nunquam antea editis monumentis, tum Athanasio imprimis, & B. Jo Chry∣sostomi magna operum parte. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 119.
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  Sex fuisse Ge∣neralia legiti∣ma Concilia nemini est du∣bium. Ea sunt Nicenum ha∣bitum contra Arium an. 325. Constantinopoli∣tanum primum, contra Mace∣donium anno 383. Ephesinum contra Nestorium an. 431. Chalcedonense contra Eutychetem, an 452. Constantinopolitanum secundum, sub Justiniano, & tempore Vigilii, contra trium capitulorum defensores, an. 553. Constantinopolitanum tertium sub Constantino Pogonato contra Monothelicas, an. 680. His sex duo addenda, Sardicense, an. 347. & Constantinopo∣linatum sub Menua, an 536. quae utraque Generalia, utraque Legitima, sed id circo in numero Conciliorum non recen∣sentur, quia in eorum neutro controvesia ulla nova de fide definita est; sed quae antea in aliis Conciliis fuerant de∣finita, in his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & corroborata fuere. Crakanth Log. l. 5. c. 16.
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  Extat refuta∣tio Concilii Tridentini à Martino Chemnitio adornata nomine Examinis adversus Jacobum Payvam Andradium Lusitanum, anno 7•• edita: Nec non Job. alvini Antidoton, & Innocintii Gentiletti Examen, quo demonstrat in multis Articulis hoc Concili∣um antiquis Conciliis & Canonibus, Regisque Galliae autoritati esse contrarium, ac proinde nullum, & Concilia∣bulum Pharisaicum esse convincit. Pezel. Mellific. Histor. part. 3.
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  History of the Councel of Trent. l. 6. p. 147.

  The Tridentine Councel was ce∣lebrated in the City of Trent in the year 1546. under Pope Paul the third. Between the first and last Session of the Coun∣cel of Trent were eighteen years. All the Articles of the Popish Doctrine were confirmed in it. Historia Concilii Tridentini Petri Suavis, l. 6. Cujus Germanus author à quibusdam creditur esse Pater Paulus qui causam Venero∣rum adversus Paulum V. Pont. acerrimè defendit, à quo primùm Italica lingua conscripta est, & postea auspiciis Marci Antonii de Dominis in Latinam linguam translata, qui eam aliquoties commendat. Gerh. Confes. Cathol l. 1. General. part. 1. c. 4.
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  1600. Lugduni.
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  Hîc tum cele∣berr ima illa Doctrinae confessio, ab urbe in qua & scripta, & Ca∣rolo V. Augusto exhibita, no∣men est sorti∣ta: quemad∣modum olim Nicenum Symbolum, ab urbe Niceâ, in qua trecenti octo decim Episcopi contra Arium, a Constantino Magno Impe∣ratore convocati; breviter fidei suae confessionem fuere complexi. Melch. Adam. in vita Brentii. Anno 1530. Omnium celebetrimus est exhibione Augustanae Confessionis, quam Philippus Melancthon adhibito subinde in Confilium Luthero Augustae conscripsit. Fertur Imperator lacrymis profusis, precibus, & votis ad hoc negotium se praeparasse, cum diceret: Quis ego sum, qui Evangelio repugnare possim? Orate pro me misero, ut in veritate constanter persistam. Pezel. Mellif. Histor. part. 3. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 28.
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  This holy Book of Conformities, and S^t. Fran∣cis life is in English, so B. Down. of Antichrist, and Crashaw in his Jesuites Gospel, though I cannot purchase it.

  Crashaw also speaks largely of it in his Sermon preached at Pauls Crosse 9^th wound.
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  Constantine the first Christi∣an Emperour was born in Britain. Is Britannica matre genitus in Britannia natus, in Britannia Imperator creatus, haud dubie magnitudinis suae gloriae natale solum particeps effecit. Polyd. Verg. Angl. Hist l. 2. p. 43. Vide plura ibid. & Vossii Epist. ad Artem Grammat.
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  Broughton of Consent upon Apocalyps.
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  Robertus Con∣stantinus vir singularis eru∣ditionis & di∣ligentiae. Gesn. Biblioth.
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  Contarenus erat patricius & se∣nator Venetas, magni nomi∣nis propter doctrinam, & praeter omnem expectationem dicitur, cùm nihil ambivis∣set, ad hunc fuisse gradum evectus. Sleid. De Statu Relig. & Reipubl. comment, l. 11. Cardinalis Contarenus legatione sua non bonam gratiam iniit apud Pontificem atque Collegium, quasi non satis acriter se Lutheranis opposuisset, & quasi rempublicam Romanam propè in discrimen adduxisset mortuus est non sine Veneni suspicione. Qui familiariter illum noverunt, de justificatione hominis rectè sensisse dicunt. Fuit vir cum primis doctus, & extat ejus de magistratibus atque republica Venetorum liber. Id. ibid. l. 14. Vide Carlet. Cons. Eccles. Cathol. contra ••rid. c. 6. De Fid. Justif. In ipso civilium hono∣rum cursu, honestum decorumque sibi & patriae, de Republica Venetorum volumen edidit, ut institutae leges ex antiquo more civitatis in mandandis honoribus ad memoriam posteritati traderentur. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doct. Vir. Vide Sadoleti Epist. l. 9. Gasp. Contareno.
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  Ingens ille Copernicus Astronomo∣rum decus, & succin••tis, & Latinitati tersiori con∣gruis, in suo illo plusquam Atlantico Re∣volutionum coelestium o∣pere, usus est verbis. Tych. Brah. Praefat. ad Epist. Astron. De Arte A∣stronomica, si quis alius op∣timè meritus. Tych. Brah. De nova Stella l. 1. Incomparabilis ille superioris aetatis Astronomus. Tych. Brah. l. 1. De nova Stella. Diligentissimus motuum coelestium observator. Thuani Hist. Tom. 3. l. 76. Gratias ingentes habe∣mus Copernico, qui constitutione anni fiderei magnam Chronologiae lucem intulit. Alsted. Encyclopaed. lib. 17. parte tertia cap. 6.
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  Janus Cornarius doctissimus ac celeberrimus Medicus, qui opera Basilii & Epiphanii duorum celeberrimorum Graecorum Theologorum Hip∣pocratem & jam totum, & quosdam alios aliorum libros primus latinos fecit, Platonem etiam convertit, Ga∣leni libros plurimos transtulit & perfecit, ut cuncta Galeni opera optimo ordine in aliquot Tomis Basileae ederentur. Neand. Geog. parte prima.
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  D^r Halls De∣cad. of Epist. Dec. 1. Ep. 5. Natione Bel∣ga tam scripsit copiosè, tanto concionatus est hominum concursu, ut in praecipuis societatis scriptoribus concionatoribusque videatur numerandus. Biblioth. Script. Societ. Jesu. A Philippo Alegambe edita.
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  Cujus 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, ineptias, inscitiam, im∣pudentiam egregiè ac toti mundo figilla∣tim detexere viri Cl. Theodorus Tronchinus ac Benedictus Turretinus Collegae nostri. Vedel. exercit. in Epist. ad Smytnenses. c. 2. Homo non protervus sed animi paulo mitioris, quam reliqui sunt in Loyolae schola nutriti: Jesuitici tamen moris tenacissimus. Cham. Praefat. ad Epist. Jesuit.
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  Some Posthume works of his are lately published.
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  Ex primis u∣nus erat, qui renascente Anglorum Ec∣clesia, cum Roberto Barnso, suae professio∣nis d••ctore, Christum pure docuit. Se totum dedidit ad propagandam Evangelii regni Dei gloriam, ut patet in utriusque Testamenti laborio∣sissi na versione. Exaravit etiam vir pius & doctus, in nativo sermone confutationem Joanni Standtcii ordinem rectum caenae Dom. Defensionem cujusdam Christiani. Novi Testamenti concordantias. Catechismum Christianum. Balcus De Script. Britan. cent. 9.
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  Vir & eruditus & valde mode∣stus, cui ad perfectam laudem, sola, meo judicio desit pietas. Cham. Epist. Jesuit. Ignat. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 64.
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  He died a Mar∣tyr anno 1556 Cranmer a furtherer of learning and godlinesse.
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  His English Books are men∣tioned by An∣drew Maunsel in his Catalogue of English books
• * 1.282

  Hoc in Cran∣mero admira∣bile visum est, quod etsi mi∣tissimus ac fa∣cillimus in omnibus rebus judicaretur, tamen si divinam veritatem labefactari aut oppugnari à quocunque sentiret, nemo unquam in bellis Imperator majorem animi magnitudinem constantiamque declararet. Antiq. Eccles. Britan. p. 341.
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  Doctissimus Joannes Crato trium Impera∣torum Archia∣ter foelicissimus. Meibom. in Jesuit. Hipp. c. 12. Peripatetici ordinis magnum illud lumen & columen. Gtyn. Epist. l. 1. Epist. 11. Omnis politioris literaturae Hierophantes, egregiè clarus ex scriptis suis, quibus & Galenum & Hippocratem illustravit. Boissardi. Icones.
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  Anno Christi 1548.
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  Jucundo eru∣ditoque inge∣nio juvenis, cum à Crispa patris Coma Etrusco nomi∣ne Riccius. vocaretur, idque nomen fastidiret, Crinitus appellari maluit. Is non iniquo judicio habitus est inter Politiani discipulos disertissimus. Extant enim praeter non illepida poemata, libri de honesta disciplina supraviginti, per∣amoena & copiosa varietate delectabiles: ac item quinque de Poetis Latinis laboriosè eruditéque perscripti. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doct. vir.
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  Jo. Croius. His book against Morinus not yet published is commend••d and quo••••d by those that have per used it. He in his Ob∣servat in N. ••. c. 20. p. 163 quotes his own Tract de nominibus Messiae, which I cannot purchase.
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  Vit raris ingen••i & do∣ctrinae 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mentis excultus, quod vel Achilles Tatuis ab eo Latinitate donatus ad posteritatem non ingratam testa∣bi••ur. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 64.
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  Jurisconsulto∣rum Phoenix, doctor meus multis nomi∣nibus de me optimè meri∣tus. Jos. Scalig. in Varr. De re Rustica. Nullus adhuc tam desertus in tota legum vastitate an∣gulus fuerit, quem non ingenii doctrinaeque luce perlustrarit. Ram. Scol. Mathemat. l. 2. Quo doctiorem, acutiorem, aut ju∣dicii sincerioris jurisconsultum nulla aetas vidit, nulla opinor videbit. Casaub. Not. in Ael. Lamprid. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 99.
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  Vir Latinè Graecè, He∣braicè scien∣tissimus, arque idem elo∣quentissimus & jurisconsultissimus. Voss. de Hist. Graec. l. 2.
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  Omnia tua scripta sunt ingeniosè in∣venta, pruden∣ter disposita, subti••iter & acurè tractora. Ubique Cla∣rissima atque illustratissima tum sententiarum gravitate, tum verborum pondere, tum denique rebus personisque aptissima. Cael. Sec. Cur. Epist. l. 1. Beatus Comes Medicus ei.
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  Q. Curtius diligens, verus Candidus, & prorsus integerrimus scriptor si integrum haberemus. Sub Vespasiano floruisse Curtium & Historiam suam edidisse prolixa disputatione probabiliter ostendit doctissimus Vossius. Whear. Method. leg. Hist. parte 1, sect. 12. Probus est legitimusque historicus, si quisquam suit. Mira (ut rectè testatur Lipsius) in Sermone ejus facilitas, in narrationibus lepos: astrictus idem & profluens; subtilis & Clarus; sine cura ulla accuratus, verus in judiciis, argutus in sententiis, in orationibus mirificè facundus. Possev. Biblioth. Sel. Tomo 2^do, l. 10. c. 5. Lips. Not. ad 1. Lib. Polit. idem & plura habet. Latinorum historicorum, qui exstant, post Trogum (unum si Velleium Patercu um excipias, qui Tub Tiberio vixit) antiquissimus. Vossii Ars Histor. c. 21.
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  Petrus Cur∣tius in omni literarum genere apprimè eruditus. Ringelbergius De Ratione Studii.
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  Vir apprimè eruditus, flo∣ruit ante An∣nos 120. Primùm re∣prehendit quosdam errores & crimina Papae, postea factus Cardinalis eundem tueri caepit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 19. In omni disciplinarum genere diligentissimè versatus scripsit praeclara opuscula saepius typis admota tribusque voluminibus distincta. Nomenclat. Sanctae Roman. Eccles. Cardinal.
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  Inter Latinos ad Apostolici pectoris vi∣gorem propius accedit ubique sentias loqui pastorem, ac Martyrio de∣stinatum. Eras. Epist. lib. 1. Epist. ••86. Vide etiam l. 28. Epist. 6. Origenis aequalis, nam & ipse quatuor post hunc extinctum annis Martyrio consummatus est. Dallaeus de Pseudep. Apostol. l. 2. c. 6. Versus scripsit Cecilius Cyprianus Afer Pontifex Carthaginiensis, qui Valeriano Imperatore pro Christo neci traditus est, Cujus opera soluta oratione omnibus no••••, nec commendatione indigent. At versus, quia parum cogniti vobis, tantum judicare volui. Sunt verò quos ego legi, sexaginta novem heroici, do sanctae Crucis ligno, quos si semel legaris, iterum & saepe legetis. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 5. Carthaginienses fuere Tertullianus & Cyprianus Ecclesiastici scrip••ores valde eruditi, quarum etiamnum extant scripta Theologica varia, singula in uno opere conjunctim edita. Neand. Geog. parte tertia. Vi••e Manut. Praefat. In Cyprianum.
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  Cyrillus Epi∣scopu•• Alexan∣drinus, magis bonus Theo∣logus, quam vir bonus, Johannis Chrysostomi viri innocentissimi disertissimique in vita & post mortem hostis infensissimus. Savil. Lectura 1^a in Euclidem. Cyrillus Alexandrinae Ecclesiae Episcopus, acumine ingenii, subtilitate judicii, eruditionis varietate, docendi facilitate, copiaque differendi celebris, & pietate syncera conspicuus. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Circa annum Christi 415. Cyrillus vir ingenii excellentissimi, & in omni doctrinarum genere praeclarè instituti, electus Episcopus, & per multos annos tum viva voce gregi suo, tum variis scriptis quorum nonnulla extant, Christi Ecclesiis eximiam operam navavit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Ver. l. 5.
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  Joh. Dallaeus Ecclesiastes Parisiensis in erudito suo opere, cujus∣modi sunt omnia illius de usu Patrum. Mares. Theol. Elencht. Nov. Syn. tom. 2. Controvers. 30
• * 1.297

  Anno Aerae Christi 727. Calvis. Chron. 716. Helv. Vir ut appa∣ret, sui saeculi eruditissimus, & in vete∣rum moni∣mentis versatissimus. Dalleus De Pseudepig. Apost. lib. 3. cap. 19.
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  Augusti Cae∣saris amicus: qui & ab eo placentis, vel potius dactylis Nicolaorum nomen imposuit. Voss. ibid.
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  Fuit Episco∣pus Ostiensis, & floruit cir∣ca annum 1050. Is multis in locis corruptelas Ecclesiae suorum temporum perstringit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 12.
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  Vir in divinis Scripturis eru∣ditissimus: & in saecularibus litteris egregiè doctus: rhe∣tor & poeta celeberrimus: & in compo∣nendis versibus peritissimus: ingenio subtilis: vita devotus atque sanctissimus, claruit sub Valentiano & Valente Anno Dom. CCCLXX. Bibl. Hispan. Tom. 2.
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  Quin & Lam∣bertus Danaem, vir sanè ••pprimè eruditus, & de instruendis aliis optimè meritus, Physicam suam Theologicam, tam ex veteri quam novo Codice non inutili labore extruxit. Tych. Brah. Epist. Astron. l. 1. Christ. Rothman. Quaecunque 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Doctissime Danaee, habere hactenus potui, ea cum magna animi voluptate legi, & non fine fructu. Quam vero in tuis scriptis observavi tum singularem pietatem, tum eruditionem non vulgarem: ea effecit ut re pridem observaverim atque coluerim, quanquam nihil unquam tibi significavi de meo erga te animo. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. ad Lambertum Danaeum. Libellus tuus de Antichristo accuratissimè conscriptus. Nihil adhuc legi in hoc genere brevius simul & luculentius. Id. ibid. In Patribus & Scholastica Theologia ita versatus fuit, ut non facile crediderim extitisse aliquem, qui in illo studiorum genere hunc antecelluerit. Meurs. Athen Bat. l. 2.
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  Durantes ab initio vocatus, interciso de∣inde, ut fit in pueris, vo∣cabulo, Dantes. Natus anno 1265. libera libus artibus in Patria le∣gitime crudi∣tus, poetitae deditus ab ipsa pueriria fuit. Scripsit opusculum de Monarchia, ubi ejus fuit opinio quòd imperium ab Ecclesia minime dependerer. Cujus rei gratia tanquam haereticus post ejus exitum damnatus est, cum aliorum, tum Bartoli jurisperiti sententia super lege 1. c. praesules lib digestorum de inquirendis reis. Volatarrani Anthropol. l. 21. p. 771. Petrarcha & Dantis poe∣mata illa Italica quae statum Ecclesiae subinde attingunt, prae aliis poetis potissimum leguntur à Theologis. Voet. Biblioth. l. 2. Sect. prior. c. 8. Dantes Algerius & Franciscus Petrarcha, primi Philosophiae, bonarum artium, & omnis eruditionis restauratores. Heereb. Epist. Dedicat. ad Disputat. ex Philos. select. Dantes Florentinus floruit ante annos 280. fuit vir pius & doctus, ut multi scriptores, & praesertim ipsius scripta testantur. Scripsit librum quem appellavit Monarchiam. In eo probavit Papam non esse supra Imperatorem nec habere aliquod Imperium. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 18.
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  Vir egregiae doctrinae, & industriae, ac de re li∣teraria opti∣mè moritus. Voss. De Vitiis Sermonis, lib. 1. cap. 20.
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  Qui Concilio Pisano inter∣fuit, inque eo causam Car∣dinalium ad∣versus.
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  Perspicaci in∣genio praedi∣tus, praecipu••{que} industria & subtilitate quae sunt Philoso∣phica, tractat. Tych. Brah. De Nova Stella, l. 1. c. 9.
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  Brugensis patriâ, His∣panus origine, vir maximis hujus aevi He∣roibus adnu∣merandus, Poeta, Orator, Historicus, Jurisconsultus, Theologus, variorum item idiomatum scientissimus fuit Anton. Sand. de Brugensibus eruditione claris, l. 1.
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  Sequitur Ora∣torum ingens manus, cùm decem simul Athenis aeras una tulerit: quorum longè princeps De∣mosthenes, ac penè lex orandi fuit, tanta vis in eo, tam densa omnia, ita quibusdam nervis intenta sunt, tam nihil ociosum; is dicendi modus, ut ne quod defit in eo, nec quod redundet invenias. Quintil. Institut. Orat. l. 10. c. 1. Vide Vossii Epist. ad Artem Grammaticam. Inclarescit An. Dom. 3587. Aute Christum natum 361. Calvis. Chron. 3614. Helv. Chron. In Demosthene absoluta est linguae illiu•• vis ac gratia. Lud. Viv. de trad. Discip. l. 3. Legi omnes penè Orationes Demosthenis. Dicuntur illius germanae sexaginta quinque: quarum elegantiores quae ad populum, quam quae ad Senatum habitae, à pluribus judicantur. Phosii Bibliotheca, p. 1466.
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  He penned a work of 5000 illustrious Scots.
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  Flander, Grammatico∣rum Coryphae∣us, & Flan∣driae Priscia∣nus ubique celeber & in scholis receptus, Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Ne suus Belgis deesset Priscianus, Ninive, quae Ninovia vulgò, Flandriae oppidum, Joannem Despauterium, Grammaticorum sui temporis Coryphaeum ex∣tulit. Ut & in Synodo Machliniensi Patres Alexandro a villa Dei, & aliis explosis, unum illum inventuti in manus eradendum decreverint. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg.
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  Fuit historicus & Poeta.

  Hic primum. A quileiae Di∣aconus, mox ob egregios mores & doctrinam, Desiderio Longobardorum regi Charissimus, & apud cum ab Epistolis & secretis fuit. Lil. Gyraeld. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 5.
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  Didymus Grammaticus ab assiduis la∣boribus dictus 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, quasi aenea habens intesti∣na. Dilh. Lau∣dat. Funch. Gerh.

  Dydimus Alex∣andrinus, cap∣tus à parva aetate oculis, & ob id, ele∣mentorum quoque ignarus, tantum miraculum sui omnibus praebuit, ut Dialecticam quoque & Geometriam, quae vel maximè visu indigent, usque ad perfectum didicerit. Hieron. De Illust. Eccles. Script. Didymus Alexandrinus, cùm quinquennis oculorum visum amisisset, diligentia eò eruditionis pervenit, ut omnes excellere videretur, ideoque ab Athanasio Scholae Alexandrinae praefectus fuerat. Hic Originem adeo admiratus est, ut omnia ejus dicta pro oraculis haberet, unde non exigua in Ecclesiam redundavit perturbatio. Calvis. Chronol.
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  Lud. de Dius Vir in linguâ Syriacà in∣comparabilis. Dilb. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2. Quem, quotiescunque ipsius in scriptis meis mentionem facio, per conscientiam nequeo quin encomiis extollam, qui tanta pietate, theologiae verae, artium, & linguarum ferme omnium cognitione syderis instar ex alto corruscantis eminet. Constantini L' Empereur Epist. Dedicat. ad Itinerarium Benjaminis.
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  Generosi Stemmatis vir & eximius Mâthematicus Thomas Digge∣seus Anglus. Tych. Brah. l. 1. De Nova Stella. c. 9.
• * 1.314

  Legimus Dio∣dori Siculi Hi∣storiarum li∣bros quadra∣ginta, qui universam quandam mundi conti∣nent historiā. Stylo utitur perspicuo, nec affectato, sed qui historiam maximè deceat. Triginta annos, ut de se fatetur, huic scri∣bendae historiae impendit, variis interim regionibus discendi gratia peragratis periculisque ut fit, obitis, ac superatis Photii Bibliothec. p. 103. Ex Aegypto sive Aegyptio Siciliae Civitate Siculus appellatus, quem Plinius inter Grae∣cos ait des••isse nugari: Justinus Martyr celeberrimum Graecorum Historicorum. Eusebius autem Pamphili illu∣strem virum appellarunt: totos triginta annos in condenda Bibliotheca se insumpsisse, & magnam Europae atque Asiae partem magnis cum aerumnis, atque periculis peragrasse testatur. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tom. 2. l. 16. c. 14, Diodorus Siculus quadraginta libris bibliothecam sive historiam mille centum & triginta octo annorum condit, qui terminantur Caesaris expeditione contra Gallias. Geneb. Chronol. l. 2. Vide Voss. De Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 2.
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  4238. Dioge∣nes Laertius videtur Philosophorum vitas & alia scripsisse. Geneb. Chron. lib. 3.
• * 1.316

  Scripsit Dion Historiarum libros octo∣ginta, incho∣ando ab Ae∣neae in Italiam adventu, & Alba Urbe, ac Româ conditâ. Unde conti∣nenter perge∣bat, & in ejus qui Heliogaebalus est cognominatus, caede finivit. Sed primi triginta quatuor libri periere: sequentes viginti quinque extant; qui inde sequebantur, pariter interciderunt. Whear. Method. leg. Hist. part. 1. Sect. 20.
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  Atheniensis Philosophus insignis, per beatum Pau∣lum Aposto∣lum conversus ad fidem, vir eximiae sancti∣tatis & incom∣parabilis do∣ctrinae. Trithē, de Script. Eccles. Dionysius A∣lexandrinus Origenis discipulus, Scholia in opera Dionisii Areopagitae, quae extant, scripsit. Genebr. Chron. l. 3. Hujus scri∣ptoris fides parvi merito, in fidei dogmatis, aestimandus. Nec enim idem est Dionysius ille Areopagita, cujus Acta Apostolorum c. 17.34. meminerunt, sed multò recentior auctor & à puritate ac simplicitate Apostolica remotissi∣mus: quemadmodum accurate & perspicuè è multis demonstratum est: & quatuor insignes rationes initio Bib∣liothecae Photii referuntur. Gomari Anticosterus l. 2. c 5.
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  Homo Grae∣cus, de Roma∣nis multo veriùs ac me∣lius scripsit, quam Fabius, Salustius, aut Cato, qui in sua Republica opibus & honoribus floruerunt. Ejus major fides est in historia, quam Livii, Tranquilli, Taciti, Arriani: quippe de aliena non de sua Republica scripsit, & omnium Commentatios, ac Civitatis arcana, ex Actis publicis collegit, propter moderatum dicendi genus & Atticam puritatem, anti∣quitates Romanorum ab ipsius origine urbis tanta diligentia conscripsit, ut Graecos omnes ac Latinos superasse videatur. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tomo 2^do l. 16. c. 13. Vir quidem doctissimus & rhetor ac Criticus excellen∣tissimus: sed profecto politicus interdum parum bonus, & censor alienorum scriptorum alicubi morosus, ne dicam putidus. Casaub. Coment. in Polyb. Vide Voss. De Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 3. Dionysius Halicarnasseius scriptor diligentissimus, qui omnia quaecunque à scriptorum legibus & institutis Romanorum legibus con∣stituta aut moribus recepta erant, studiorè observavit. Herald. Animadvers. In Salmas. Observat. Ad Jus. Attic. & Rom. l. 4. c. 4.
• * 1.319

  Nascitur anno Incar∣nationis Dei M.D. XVIII. Nomen ejus nunquam moriturum, ob maximam medicae & Herbariae cognitionem. Duobus maximis Imperatoribus commendatus Maximiliano ejusque filio Rudolpho secundo. Swertii Athena Belgica. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 82.
• * 1.320

  Esti enne Do∣let d Orleans homme bien versè es bon∣nes lettres, & ez langue Greque & Latine, a estè des premiers qui ont illustré nostre langue Francoise. Antoine Da Verdier.
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  Anno gratiae 3••3. Donatus, Artis Gram∣maticae scriptor & institutor Romae iliustris habetur. Matth. Westm.
• * 1.322

  Vir nescio u∣trum gravior, an doctior, an etiam huma∣nior, certe om∣ni lepore af∣fluens, omni vetustate, cujus tamen ob id vereor, ne levior cuiquam censura videatur, quoniam me pulcherrimo carmine: & Epistola una atque altera mirè laudavit. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1. c. 90.
• * 1.323

  Multiplex erat in viro lectio: incre∣dibilis penè memoria: Graecarum ac Latinarum literarum; historiae vete∣ris ac novae nihil, de quo rogatus non ex tempore responderet. Unus Bataviae Varro, & Academiae commune oraculam. Melch. Ad. in ejus vita. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.324

  Hic acceptam à parente no∣minis clarita∣tem ingenii sui luce illustravit. Trium linguarum exquisita cognitio, Antiquitatis, legumque Romanarum in∣telligentia, & Mathematicae totius, to••iusque Philosophiae notitia. Meurs Athen. Batav. Jannus Duza & lite∣rarum & fortitudinis in Lugdunensi Obsidione olim probatae nomine clari filius, juvenis admirabili ingenio, excellenti doctrina cum rara morum suavitate conjuncta praeditus, cum ex peregrinatione longinqua rediisset, quasi in portu naufragium fecisser, anno aetatis XXIV. ereptus. Thuan. Hist. Tomo 5^to l. 117.
• * 1.325

  Praecipua laus in hac, ut in caeteris Epistolis, Doctissimi Dounaei eruditissimis notis habetur. Savil. in Hom. Chrysost. In Epist. ad Galat.
• * 1.326

  Martinus For∣bisserius An∣glus anno 1577.26 Maii ad quae. tendas novas terras in Septentrione incredibili & inaudito hactenus ausu, sumptibus Reginae suae navigationem instituit, atque supetatis multis immensis difficultatibus navigationis, reperit tandem in Septentrione mense Augusto auri tantam copiam, ut eo repleverit 200 dolia sine tonnas auri, quibus oneratis navibus in Angliam 17 Septembris incolumis reversus est. Neand. Geog. Oceani Iusulae.
• * 1.327

  Natione Ger∣manus, patria Augustanus totis XXII annis Serenissimi Bavariae Electoris Maximiliani Concionatorem egit. In scribendo eam adhibuit styli suavitatem cum modesta gravitate, religiosâque circumspectione conjunctam, ut passim ab Aca∣tholicis ejus scripta legantur. & commendentur. Tanti cum Maximinianus Elector fecit, ut cum suo medico falutem ejus commendaret, diceret, Pluris interesse Reipublicae bono vivere Drexelium, quam Maximilianum. Biblioth. Scriptorum Societ. Jesu A Philippo Alegambe edita.
• * 1.328

  Vivere desiit 1616. Natus Alde∣nardae oppi••o Flandriae. In Anglīa linguam Hebraicam didicit, & quatuor anno•• Oxoniae docuit. Lugdoni Batavorum annos septem. Hinc postea Franckeram Frisiorum ad Academiam tunc primum ibi nascentem, vocatus, eandem ibidem professus est. Swertii Athenae Belgicae.
• * 1.329

  Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. lib. 23.
• * 1.330

  Natione Gal∣lus, patria Burdegalensis, parentem ha∣buit ea in urbe Senatorem. Vir fuit eruditione, & morum suavitate carus etiam iis, qui iniquiore animo in Societatem erant; ut vulgò passim à maledictis in nostrum ordinem vibratis exceptum eum esse vellent. Antiquitatis totius cognitione maxime nobilis fuit; quem non alii duntaxat Scriptores, verum etiam Cardinalis Baronius tomo 9. Annalium honorificè memorat, virum insignis doctrinae ac pietatis. Post eloquentiae & Sacrarum Literarum ex∣plicationem, aggressus est Sanctorum Patrum opera recensere, notis illustrare, Graecè Latineque recudere. Biblio∣thec. Scriptorum Societ. Jesu A Philippo Alegambe edita.
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  Anno aerae Christi 1273. Helv. Chron. Gulielmus Bu∣raudis omnis divini huma∣nique juris consultissimus, natione Vasco, Gallus Episco∣pus Mimatea∣sis floruit circa 1300 Domini annum. Scripsit Speculum Juris, unde speculator est dictus. Multa profecto utilia author monuit, & praecipuè de reformatione Papae & Cleri. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 16.
• * 1.332

  Inter Do∣ctores Schola∣sticos non con∣temnendus vixit circa annum 1320. post Thomae Aquinatis seculum Durandus de sancto Portiano Dominicanus & postea Episcopus Anicensis ut refert Trithemius, Scripta Thomae primum propugnavit quae postea oppugnavit acerrimè. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 16.
• * 1.333

  He hath explain ed 1 Thess. 5.19. in three most eloquēt Sermōs.
• * 1.334

  Celebris illa de ritibus Ec∣clesiae lucubra∣tio, quam ut Catholicis partibus apprimè utilem Sixtus ipse Pontifex Maximus tanta excepit cum admiratione, ut & eam Romae suis impensis excudi jusserit, & ejus auctorem Durantum incredibili favore benevolentiaque sit amplexus. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illustrium Elogia.
• * 1.335

  Quin nec magni illius. Viri Dureti, qui juri insti∣taeque hic praesidet, nomen indictum relinquendum. Mirantur virum hunc, qui linguarum thesaurum deque earum origi∣nibus scripta ab eo edita legerunt. Jodoc. Sincer. Itinerar. Gall.
• * 1.336

  Caroli noni & Henrici tertii Gal∣liarum & Po∣loniae regum perpetuus cu∣bicularius me∣dicus fuit. Melch. Ad. vit. Germ. Medic. in vita Heurnius.
• * 1.337

  S. P. Luctuo∣sissima quidem nobis ad au∣diendum fuit, & adhuc ad recordandum acerbissima est, regis mors, qui in tanta fuit expectatione Clementiae, prudentiae, doctrinae, religionis, ut non vester solùm, verum etiam noster & omnium rex hominum fore videretur. Joan. Sturm. Epist. Domino Pagetto. Pro serenissimo rege qui ad miraculum usque in pietatis, & literarum studiis proficit, preces vestras accumulate. Calv. Epist. & Respons. N. Calvino. Vide ibid. p. 315. & Vossii Epist. ad Artem Grammaticam. Eodem fere tempore, res in Anglia turbatae fuerunt, ob regis, Eduardi Sexti, mortem, adolescentis maximae expectationis, propter raram ad omne genus virtutis indolem, & natura inditam, & doctrina excultam. Bucharan. Rerum Scotic. Hist. l. 16.
• * 1.338

  Hegesippus ille Vulgaris, quem B. Am∣brosius Latinè vertisse diu creditus fuit, pro genuino quidem habetur à Trithemio: imò, quantum videre possum, etiam à Lodovico Vive, & aliis quibus∣dam, sed omnino est scriptor alius ab illo nobili Hegesippo, Apostolorum temporibus proximo, Justino Martyri, & Athenagorae aequa••i. Voss. de Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 14. Vide Neand. Geog. parte 2^da. Vir tum pietatis tum eru∣ditionis nomine valde celebris, floruit circiter 160 annis post nativitatem Christi. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 2. Egesippus, seu, ut alii scribunt, Hegesippus, natione Judaeus, & ex Judaeo Christianus, omnes actus Ecclesiasticos à tempore Mortis Christi, usque ad Adriani Imp. aetatem, id est, usque ad annum Christi 120. descripsit. Alsted. Encyclop. l 32. c. 5.
• * 1.339

  Venetìis ali∣quandiu vixit Elias Levita Judaeus doctis∣simus, & in lingua He∣braea facundis∣simus, cujus extant in lin∣gua Hebraea & Chaldaea multa utilia scripta, à Munstero & Fagio in linguam Latinam conversa & exposita. Ejus viri studio & laboribus multum debent omnes sanctae linguae candidati, quod in illa lingua praesertim ad Grammaticam pertinentia ipse primus non ita nora superiori tempore, à se multa lectione eruta communicârit & monstrârit. Neand. Geog. parte prima. Elias Levita natus in Civitate Nove Eysch haut procul à Noriberga, at invitis popularibus suis, Christianos Hebraeam docuit linguam, cùm viva voce, tùm variis editis libellis. Voss. de Arte Grammatica l. 1. c. 4. Elias Le∣vita, Germanus, in Lexico, quod à numero vocabulorum difficiliorum, quae ibi explicantur 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 vocatur. Dilh. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2. Incomparabilis vir Elias Levita in aureolo suo libello, quem inscripsit Massoreth ham masso∣reth, Traditionem traditionis, hoc est, traditionem vel doctrinam excellentissimam, cognoscendi scilicet infinita sacrae Scripturae mysteria abstrusa: quem libellum, annos ante paucos Latinè reditum à clarissimo & amicissimo Buxtorsio nostro, studiosis linguatum percommendatum esse velim. Waserus de Antiquis mensuris Hebraeorum, l. 2. c. 2. An. 1517. Elias Levita Judaeus Grammaticorum Hebraeorum summus & facillimus, suae linguae di∣scendae, Christianis Romae, Venetiis, & alibi in Italia, in quam è Germania venerat, copiam facit: ob quam rem magnas à reliquis judaeis calumnias & odia sustinuit. Geneb. Chronol. l. 4. Unicus hujus aevi Criticus & Aristarchus Ebraismi. Scal Epist. l. 1. Epist. 62. Judaeus, in Germania natus, Hebraicae linguae Grammaticus doctissimus. Gesn. Biblioth.
• * 1.340

  Ingenium sine muliebri mollitia, labor cum virili constantia, memoria, qua nihil vel eitiùs percipit, vel diutius retinet. Gallicè, Itali∣cèque, aequè ac Anglicè loquitur, Latinè expeditè, propriè, confideratè. Graecè etiam mediocriter mecum frequenter liben∣térque collocuta est. Siquid Graece latineve scribat, manu ejus nihil pulchrius. Musicae ut peritissima, sic ea non admodum delectata. Asch. Epist. l. 1. Sturmio ad fui ego quodam die, cum uno tempore tribus Orationibus, Im∣peratorio, Gallico, Suetico, triplici lingua, Italicâ uni, Gallicâ alteri, Latinè tertio facilè non haesitanter, ex∣peditè non perturbatè, ad varias res, tum illorum sermone, ut fit, jactatus, respondebat. Aschamus alia Epist. Sturmio. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 119. Vide etiam Vossli Epist. Dedicat. ad Artem Grammat. Elisabetha Prin∣ceps indole verè Regia, animosa, ingeniosa, erudita & eloquens: summa affabilitate, Clementia & Constantia (quae in patre potissimum desiderabantur) praedica, quibus proculdubio animi virtutibus toto celeberrima mundo est. Meteran. de Rebus Belg. lib. 1.
• * 1.341

  Lib. 1. & 10.
• * 1.342

  Ennius pri∣mum inter Latinos poe∣tas Epicos lo∣cum obtiner, quem & Vir∣gilius sibi imi∣tandum pro∣posuit, & M. Varro disci∣pulum Musa∣rum, quemad∣modum M. Tullius Cicero summum Epicorum Poetam vocat. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tom. 2. l. 17. c. 22. Ante Christum natum 236. Calvis. Chron. Romani carminis primus autor, obiit septuagenario major. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Vir.
• * 1.343

  Docet Ro∣mae Anno Ae∣rae Christi 82. Calvis. Chron.
• * 1.344

  Anno Aerae Christi 392. Calvis. Chron. 361. Helv. Chron. Multa cum delectu & judicio legenda apud Epiphanium. Cujus Panarium nos solemus vocare Christianae anti∣quitatis scrinium, & sane praestantissimum est opus, & non omnium hominum. Scalig. Elench Trihaeres. Serat. c. 15. Cum delectu ille author tractandus, optime alioqui de literis divinis deque Ecclesia meritus. Id. ibid. c. 21. Fuit rixa inter Epiphanium & Chrysostomum: adeo ut ille huic diceret, spero quod non morieris Episcopus: Ad quod hic respondisse fertur: Spero te ad tuam patriam non redire. Utrumque impletum fuisse dicunt. Nam & Epi∣phanium in via mortuum: & Chrysostomum, quia Eudoxiae Imperatrici & Clericis suis, quorum mores corrigere nitebatur, odiosus factus fuerit, in exilio obiisse tradunt. Wolphii Lect. Memorab.
• * 1.345

  Epistolas Baudii si quis legerit propter egregium sty∣lum operam non luserit. Alioquin vix ullae res lectu & scitu dignae ibi comparent. Voet. Biblioth. Studios. Theol. lib. 2. Some much commend Balzaks French Epistles for eloquence.
• a 1.346

  Vo••umen•• Epistolarum Judaicatum à te nuper publi∣catum, cogit me, ut à te petam, quod jam occupavit facere Drustus noster, ut justum aliquod corpus ejusmodi Epistolarum à te collectarum edatur; una cum interpretatione & notis tuis. Scalig. Epist. l. 3. Epist. 243. Buxtorfie.
• * 1.347

  Nec ulla est regio, nec Hi∣spania, nec Italia, nec Anglia, nec Scotia, quae me ad suam non invi∣tat hospiti∣um.

  Etsi non pro∣ber ab omni∣bus (quod nec studeo) certè primis pla∣ceo.

  Romae nullus erat Cardina∣lis, qui me non tanquam fra∣trem acciperet, cùm ipse nihil tale ambirem. Atque hic honos non tribuebatur opibus quas etiam nunc non habeo, nec desidero, non ambitioni, à qua semper fui alienissimus; sed literis duntaxat, quas nostrates rident, Itali adorant. In Anglia nullus est Episco∣pus, qui non gaudeat á me salutari, qui non-cupiat me convivam, qui nolit domesticum. Eras. Servatio. Spiritium & vitam Erasmo debent renascentes literae. Gratus & acceptus summis Pontificibus, Imperatoribus & Regibus, Propensior natura fuit ad jocos quam deceret, quam nonnunquam expediat, ut de se ipse fate••ur ad Barbirium. Multa vir tantus scripsit quae in IX Tomos distributa, hodie cum summo omnium stupore leguntur. Inter alia plura non postremum locum obtinent Epistolae: In iis enim tota elocet ejus vita, in iis ejufdem patet genius, in∣genium, mores, eruditio, animique dotes. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Neque ego video quae gratia ab ullo digna meritis ipsius haberi possit. Cujus diligentia, labore, assiduitate, & Constantia illius temporibus periculosa, perfectum est ut libros scriptorum Apostolicorum & Evangelicae historicae integros purosque habeamus. Neque mea quidem sententia, ullius operae quae corrigendo ultra Erasmicas notationes progrediatur, locus est relictus. Camerar. Praefat. ad Comment. in novum Foedus. Adagiorum opus ab Aldo imprestum an videris nescio: Est qui∣dem profanum, sed ad omnem doctrinam utilissimum, mihi certè inaestimabilibus constitit vigiliis. Eras. servatio. Vide Neand. Geog. parte 1^a.
• * 1.348

  Colloquia rur∣sus efflagitan∣tur, opus ut mihi vehemen∣ter invidiosum, ita typographi•• benè lucrosum Eras. Quirino. Cum diceretur Gerardus Gerardi (id vocabulum ut avidam, sic desiderabilem & amabilem indolem denotat) Desiderii Erasmi nomen sumpsit. Voss. de Orig. & Progress. Idol. lib. 3. cap. 84. Vide Mont••cut. Analect. Exercit. 5. Sect. 4.
• * 1.349

  Erasmus Epi∣scopus Argen∣tinensis vir pietate & eruditione praedicandus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. lib. 41. pag. 433.
• * 1.350

  Annum clausit more Thoma Erasti Badenis in Helvetiis nati, qui Philosophiae & Medicinae studiis hac aetate claruit, solidis, veris, atque adeo à veteribus proditis utriusque scientiae primordiis constanter in∣sistens, itaque & Astrologiam, quae ex positu Astrorum de fortunis hominum decetnit, validis argumentis confu∣tavit, & Paracelsiam medicinam, quae seu novitate seu vanitate sua in Germania ac alibi tot ingenia allexit, validis itidem argumentis confutatem acerrime insectatus est ad ultimum etiam humanas scientias egressus Theologica tra∣ctavit, & quaestionem de disciplina ac censuris non omnino ex suorum sententia agiravit, unde graves in Helvetio∣rum Ecclesiis exortae contentiones tandem sexagenatio major hoc anno Basilea, ubi sicuti Neidelbergae diu antes docuerat, qui naturam tot doctissimis scriptis illustraverat, naturae debitum persolvit. Thuan. Hist. Tomo tertio. lib. 79.
• a 1.351

  Eratosthenes 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & post homi∣num memori∣am variae eruditionis princeps omnium bonarum artium peritus, unde & priscis 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, quòd omni discipli∣narum certamine contendere minimè detrectaret. Joan. Wovweri. De umbra c. 14. Natus est sub Ptolemaeo Phila∣delpho anno primo Olympiadis 126. sed à successore illius Ptolomaeo Euergete arcessitus, Athenis venit in Aegyptum, atque ibi Alexandrinae Bibliothecae praefectus fuit. Voss. De Histor. Graec. l. 1. c. 17.
• * 1.352

  Mores compo∣siti erant & suaves, ut faci••è omnes in sui amorem pelli∣ceret. Inge∣nium faelix, non modò ad aliquid capien∣dum; sed etiam reservandum: amicitiam Lon••ini iniit cum Gulielmo Bedello, viro longè doctissimo, atque orientalium linguarum peritissimo: qui Erpenium ad easdem excolendas plurimum hortabatur. In Helvetia nullius ei jucundior amicitia fuit, quam viri clariffimi Joannis Buxtorfii, quo Hebraicarum literarum intelligentiorem magisque in Rabbinicis & Talmudicis exercitatum Eu∣ropa habet nominem Suada quaedam insidebat viri illius labris quae sic orationem temperabat, ut non solùm quae tetrica viderentur, perspicuè tractaret; sed auditorum etiam animos incredibili quadam perfunderet voluptate. Constantinus L'Emperour Sixtinus ab Amama & Jacobus Golius ejus erant discipuli. Voss. Orat. in obitum Erpenii. Ille vir viderur mihi divinicus nactus esse spartam ornandi lingtias exoticas, praefertim Arabicam; cujus eam cognitio∣nem lab••re imprebo & magnis impensis est consecutus, ut ipsis Arabibus suerit miraculo jam ante unum aut al∣terum annum Ego certè ••••upore defigor, quoties de illo portentoso ingenio cogito. Casaub. Epist. 116. Heinsio. Vide Epist. e••ium Erpenio.
• * 1.353

  Per XL. annos in Parisiensi Academia hu∣manioribus, Philosophicis ac Theologicis studiis cum incredibili omni admitratione operam novasset, à Francisco Melodunum, ab Henrico 11. Bononiam, 1 Francisco 11. Aurelianum, à Carolo IX. Possitum inter primarios religionis hoc in regno antistites nunc legatus nunc disceptator sanctissime ac doctissime de Controversis rei Christianae capitibus cum delectis adversariae partis theologis summa aequitate ac moderatione egit, & voce, ac eruditissimis in complures Scripturae locos editis Commentariis religionis nego∣tium promovit, sacri etiam olim galeri decus potius meritus quam adeptus, tandem ex gravissimis calculi doloribus, quod ferê praemium pro vigiliis à natura studiosis rependitur, extinctus est anno aetatis LX. magno sui relicto desi∣derio, cum unus è paucorum numero esset, qui de idoneis pacis in Ecclesia constituendae rationibus serio semper cogitaverit, atque adeo de tollenda è domo Dei scissura, quam multi hodie, dum praepostero pietatis ardore strenui in ea causa videri volunt, firmant magis quam oppugnant, alienatis & obduratis adversariorum animis, quos po∣tius emendationis facta spe & subtatis offendiculis conciliari & sensim ad 〈◊〉〈◊〉 abduci oportuit. Thuan. Hist. Tomo secundo l. 48. p. 637. Claudiūs Espencaeus Theologus Parisiensis, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in Epitaphio adhuc Parisis in Templo Casmae & Damiani extante vocarut nobilissimus, piissimus, omniumque disciplinarum genere cumulatissimus Theologus, imò Theologorum sui seculi facilè Princeps, quemque Gilbertus 'Genebrardus & Scaevola Samarthanu•• in Elogiis operi praefixis nominant admirabilem. Gerhar. Confess. Cathol. contra Pontif. lib. 2. Artic. 2. cap. 4.
• * 1.354

  Archiepisco∣pus Lugdumen∣sis, quia in adolescentia Protestantium doctrinam professus, postea mutaverat, & impotenti in eos odio ferebatur: verone an adfectato ad consequendam Cardinalis dignitatem, quam perditè ambiebat, incertum: de cetero doctus & vehementi facundia praeditus. Thuan. Hist. Tomo quarto l. 81.
• * 1.355

  Scripsit Com∣mentarium absolutissi∣mum ac do∣ctissimum in omnes B. Pauli Epistolas: Cujus Editioni intermortuus est. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica.
• c 1.356

  Anno Aerae Christi 527. Helv. Chron.
• * 1.357

  Plures certè haec Nicolaio∣rum familia extulit. Ca∣put & pa∣rens Nic. Eve∣rardus Middel∣burgi in Vala∣cria Zelandiae infula natus, varia eruditione & judicii acumine (quod vel Topica ejus Legalia comprobant) docto•• inter sui aevi viros inclaruit. Auberti Mirai Elog. Belg.
• * 1.358

  Inter opera ejus facilè pal∣mam obtinent libri tredecim elementorum, magno reipub. literariae bono ad nostra us{que} tempora con∣servati. Savil. Lect. 1. Eucl. Duo ferè an∣norum millia existimatur toto terrarum orbe ab omni reprehensione liber & sacrosanctus suisse, & si quid post ho∣mines natos solidae scientiae comprehensum & animadversum est, id Euclidi uni acceptum refertur. Rami Scholae Mathem. l. 3. Quem virum Mathematica singularum propositionum scientia tanquam singularem & propè divi∣num suspicio equidem & admiror, in eoque mihi observandum religiose & Colendum propono: At Logica rectè & ex ordine docendi prudentia, parem efficere nequeo. Rami Praefat. Mathemat. 2. Megara civitas clara Theog∣nide Poëta & Euclide, qui Mathematica principia, totiusque hujvs disciplinae artem immensa subtilitate descripsit. Ejus elementorum Geometricorum libri 15. cum Theonis Alexandrinis & Procli Diadochi eruditis Graecis Com∣mentariis etramnum supersunt. Neand. Geog. part. 1. Vide Blancani Dissertat. De natura Mathemat.
• d 1.359

  Anno Aerae Christi 4040. Calvis. Chron. 3486. Helv.
• e 1.360

  Institut. orat. l. 10. c. 1.
• * 1.361

  Eusebius Cae∣sariensis, inter Graecos Theo∣logos antesig∣nanus. Biblian. De Rat. Com∣muni omnium Linguarum. Anno Aerae Christi 306. Helv. Chron. Caesariensis Episcopus vir longe doctissimus & in omni historiarum genere exercitatissimus. Casaub. exercit. ad Apparat. Annal. exercit. 1. Eusebius sanctissimi martyris Pamphili familiaris cujus res gestas proprie opere executus est, quem sic amavit ac coluit, ut ab eo etiam cognomen nactus sit, ab hoc enim viro dictus est Eusebius Pamphili. Daliaeus de Pseudepig. l. 3. c. 23. Vide R. Vsser. Syntagma De Edit. LXX. Interp. p. 73. Eusebius Pamphili (quemadmodum propter amiciriam cum Pamphilo Martyre, reste ••ieronymo vocabatur) Caesareae Palestinae (imperante Constantino) Epis∣copus, sui seculi sine controversia vir eruditissimus fuisse perhibetur. Whear. Method. Leg. Hist. part. 1. Sect. 34. Quo nullus Ecclesiasticorum veterum plura ad historiam Christianismi contulit, nullus plura errata in scriptis suis reliquit nullius plures hallucinationes extant. Scalig. Elench. Trihaeref. Serar. c. 29. Vide Sixt. Seneus. Biblioth. l. 4. Et Neand. Geog. parte secunda.
• * 1.362

  Episcopus elegantis & rhetorici in∣genii. Hieron. de Script. Eccles. Eusebius Emis∣senus, seu qui∣cunque autor est earum homiliarum vir certè eruditus & antiquus. Cham. De Oecum. Pontif. l. 3. c. 2.
• * 1.363

  Eustathius Antiochenus. 350. Thessaloni∣censis suit Eustathius ejus urbis praesul, cujus extant duo amplissima volumina Commentariorum in Homerum, in quibus est maxima doctrinae eruditae & variae varietas. Neand. Orb. Ter. part. Succinct. Explicat. parte 1^a. In Dionysium etiam Poetam Afrum qui orbem terrarum descripsit habentur ejusdem eruditi Commentarii; qui cum textu Dionysii excusi ha∣bentur. ••d. ibid.
• * 1.364

  Paulae mulie∣ris Romanae si∣lia, Latinarum, Hebraicarum, Literarum studiis plurimum excelluit. Unde & suo tempore novum orbis prodigium vocata est: ingenium sacris literis devovit maximè, atque adeò, ut Psalmos Hebraicè legeret cursim & mirâ celeritate. Qua in re amorem beati Hieronymi multum sibi demeruit. Catal. Doctarum Virginum & Foeminarum. Annexus. Parthen. Elis. Joan. Weston.
• * 1.365

  Anno Aerae Christi 408. Helv. Chron. Minus quidem elegans, sed cum ex Livio & Salustio res nobis ignotas decerpserit, & omnem historiam Romanam breviter ab urbe Condita usque ad Juliani Principis mortem lib. deceni persequatur, magni à nobis fieri debt. Sigon. de Rom. Hist. Script.
• * 1.366

  Commenta∣riis suis Astro∣logiam, & quae inde pendent, Divinis haut satis pie misce∣re solet. Seldenus De Dis Syris Syntag. 1. c. 3. Aben-Esra, sive Abraham Bon-Esra, Hispanus, qui circiter annum claruit 160. Hic praeter Commentarios, quos edidit in libros sacros, scripsit librum elegantiarum in Grammaticis, item librum bilancis linguae sanctae, quia regulas tradit, ad quas examinari oport•••• linguam Hebraicam. Voss. De Arte Grammatica. l. 1. c. 4.
• * 1.367

  Floruit ante annos XC. aut paulò amplius Faber docente Luthero, graves persecutiones ob veritatem à Parisiensibus magistris sustinuit, ut Sleidanus in sua historia scribit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 19. Celebertimus nostri seculi Philosophus, Belgicae, quinimo totius Galliae unum decus. Primus apud Gallos (ut Cicero apud Romanos) Philosophiam rudem adhuc & impolitam cum eloquentia junxit. Est in dicendo sublimis. In sententiis gravis. In attentione exquisitus. In compositione diligens ac curiosus. Trithem. de vir. Illustribus. Faber ingeniorum appellari volebat: quum in omni ferè doctrinae genere ad docendum aptissimus haberetur. De∣fuit in eo, dum scriberet, illa Latini sermonis puritas, quae diu, aut neglecta apud externos, aut parùm accuratè quaesita, non magnoporè fervida ingenia delectabat. Scripsit Commentarios in Astronomicis, juventuti perutiles, & Scholia in moralem Philosophiam, perdiscentibus opportuna: aetate autem confectus, quum sacras literas attigisset, à Lutherano doctrina non procul abfuit, ita ut in ea suspicione senex moreretur. Paul. Jov. Elog. Vir. Doct.
• * 1.368

  Varro seculi nostri, vir un∣decunque do∣ctissimus. Casaub. Epist. 571. Vir & probitate & eruditione summus. Casaub in Capitolin. Cujus quadras Lipsius abi••gurivit. Montacut. Orig. Eccles.
• * 1.369

  Joannes Faber erat Maximilia∣no Caesari cum primis Charus ob egregias dotes quibus praeditus est. Eruditio est recondita, ingenium promptum ac versatile, lingua felicissima, mores faciles candidique, animus uti mihi videtur integer. Gratus est multis Ger∣maniae Principibus. Et tamen habet qui illi malè volunt: ut nunquam caret ••mulis virtus eminens. Eras. Epist. l. 13. Epist. 2. Vide etiam Epist. 30. & 36. & 42.
• a 1.370

  Vellem ab∣esse propius à praestantissimo viro D. Fabro, cujus judicio observationes meae aut starent aut caderent. Sanctè affirmo tibi plus solid ae eruditionis in unica illius Epistola, quam recitat primò annalium Cardinalis Baronius, invenire me quam in quovis 12 illorum Crassissimorum tomorum. Casaub. Epist. 29. Thuano.
• * 1.371

  Qui rem lite∣rariam non mediocriter & scriptis, & viva voce juvit & illustravit, & Poeticâ facultate, quam rebus sacris fere impendit, magnam laudem inter suos adeptus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 48.
• * 1.372

  Vide sis haec eadem in par∣titionibus Bibliorum Hebraicorum M. Laurentii Fabricii praeceptoris olim mei ter venerandi. Crines. De Confus. Ling. c. 3.
• * 1.373

  De rebus ge∣stis Alfonfi pri∣mi Neapolis regis libros, duodecim contra Laurentium Vallam de libertate animae librum anum, & de Claudian•• bello unum edidit. Leand. Alb. Descript. Ital. in Liguria.
• * 1.374

  Vir inter Christianos Hebraicè do∣ctissimus. Scalig. Elench. Trithaeres. Serar. cap. 14. Quo non solum superiori seculo, sed & multis retrò annis, nemo vixit nostratium lingua∣rum peritior: id quod & in colloquiis familiaribus & in disputationibus cum Judaeis, & in explicatio∣ne Targum seu Paraphraseos librorum Mosis Chaldaicae liquido demonstravit. Melchior. Adam. in vita Draconitae.
• * 1.375

  Optimus ille Gallorum vir, Abrahamus de la Faye, Sabaudus. Crines. De Confus. Ling. cap. 10.
• * 1.376

  Nobilissimus post Vesalium Anatomicus. Castellanus De vitis Medicorum.
• * 1.377

  Fuit in hoc homine praeter pietatem, do∣ctrinam, vitae innocentiam, eximiamque modestiam singularis quae∣dam animi praesentia, ingenium acre sed vehementiae plenum, ur tonare potius quam loqui videretur, ardorque denique tantus in precando, ut audientes quasi in Coelos usque subveheret. Bez. Icon. Vir. Illust.
• * 1.378

  Wornerus Rol∣wingus Car∣thusianus au∣ctor istius li∣bri.

  Ex Theologis secundum di∣vinas literas, nemo meliu Origene, nem subtilius aut jucundius Chrysostome, nemo sanctius Basilio.

  Inter Latinos duo duntaxat insignes in hoc genere, Ambrosius mirus in allusionibus, & Hieronymus in arcanis literis exercitatissimus. Eras. De Ratione Studii. In Athanasio, suspicimus seriam ac sedulam docendi perspicuitatem. In Basilio, praeter sub∣tilitatem, exosculamùr piam ac mitem suaviloquentiam. In hujus sodali Chrysostomo, spontè profluentem oratio∣nis. Copiam amplectimur. In Cypriano spiritum veneramur, martyrem dignum. In Hilario grandi materiae parem grandiloquentiam, atque ut ita loquar Cothurnum admiramur. In Ambrosio dulces quesdam aculeos, & Episcopo debitam a namus verecundiam. In Hieronymo divitem Scripturarum penum optimo jure laudamus. Dilher. laudat. Funeb. Gerh.
• * 1.379

  Insignem fo∣ri Romani Causidicum fuisse. Hieronymus auctor est. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit.
• * 1.380

  Joan. Jaec. Fris. Biblioth. Phi∣los.

  Exstat hodie sub Fenestellae nomine liber de Magistrati∣bus Romanis. Quem Germanum tanti viri saetum pucare, hoc vero desiperè sit. Nam meminit in eo auctor, non Plinii tantùm, sed & Gellii, qui Hadriani aevo fuit: Imo Episcoporum quoque & Archiepiscoporum mentionem facit, sed verus scriptor est Andreas Dominicus Floccus Florentinus, Secretarius Pontificis Romani, & Canonicus Florentinus, quem hoc de argumento scripsisse testatur Flaevius Blondus in Hetruria sua. Ac Lilius Gyraldus Hi∣storiae de Poetts dialogo 4. ait, habere se codices manuscriptos, quorum istiusmodi inscriptio sit, Andreae Domi∣nici Flacci Florentini ad Brandem, Cardinalem Placentinum, de Romanis Magistratibus Liber. Atque in iis erat praefa∣tio, quae in lib••is praelo excusis desiderabatur. Voss. De Hist. Lat. l. 1. c. 19. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.381

  Cujus admira∣bili Genio id contigit, quod à multis seculis nulli quamlibet erudito contigisse memini, ut ipso vivo atque vidente opera quae de universa medicina scripsit in Scholis publicè legerentur: ejusque autoritas veterum scriptorum instar apud optimum quemque rei medicae ma∣gistrum gravissimum esset ponderis & momenti. Neque sane injuria: fuit enim in illo viro praeter summum elo∣quentiae candorem non solum medicinae, sed & Mathematicarum artium universaeque naturae vis tantaque cognitio, ut prodigii cujusdam id fuerit simile. Scaev. Samarth. Elog. Gall.
• * 1.382

  Ei multum de∣bet universa Gallia, quando is rerum Gallicarum historiam Pauli Aemylii libris attexendam à Caroli VIII. temporibus ad Hen∣rici II. adventum eadem styli tum puritate tum velocitate persecutus est. Non minus amplam & uberem nacturus operis continuandi seget••m, si ad ea quae deinde vidimus turbulentissima Galliae tempora filum historiae suae per∣duxisset, nec in medio cursu constitister. Eo tamen faciliori jactura, quòd summae vir auctoritatis atque doctrinae Jacobus Augustus Thuanus id quoque argumenti suscipere magno Gallici nominis incremento meditatur. Scaev. Samarth. Gall. Elog.
• * 1.383

  Vir in divinis literis nobi∣liter doctus, eloquentia singulari prae∣ditus, cui pa∣rem in officio Evangelicae praedicationis Catholicae Germanorum Ecclesiae hac nostra tempestate non habent. Sixt. Seneus. Bibliothec. Sanct. lib. 4.
• * 1.384

  De fide Ca∣tholica optimè meritus. Eruditus, sed furi••sus Theologus. Montacut. Apparat. 1.
• * 1.385

  Qui totum Platoneus La∣tinum fecir, & post hunc Ho∣timum Platonicorum omnium doctissimum, in Latinum sermonem convertit, cujus divinae Philosophiae libri Phi∣losophici 54. nuper Graeco Latini in amplo volumine Basileae excuduntur. Neand. Geog.
• d 1.386

  Joannes Fish∣erius Rostensis Episcopus & Thomas Morus eques, Angli Chiduo pro tuenda religione, & quod nollent secundas nuptias Henrici octavi priore vivente, approbare, mortem obierunt An. 1539. Geneb. Chron. l. 4. Morus & Roffensis, postquam Joannem Fri∣thum doctissimum Juvenem, ejusque Collegam ignibus dederunt, an non ipsi mox in Carcerem abrepti injustae suae saevitiae justas exoluerunt poenas. Foxus contra Osorium. l. 3. Vir singulari eruditione, omnifariam doctissimus. Sixt. Seneus. Bibliothec. l. 4. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.387

  S ^r Edw. Cooks Pref. to his tenth part of Reports.
• * 1.388

  Anno Aerae Christianae 193.

  Ea potissima est Flori nostri laus, quod scriptor est elegans & disertus, & si paucula exceperis quae frigidius dicta∣ri videntur, verè floridus. Sed latae est culpae reus, quòd in temporum ratione usque adeò negligens sit; ita ut non possit non saepiùs hallucinari, qui hunc ducem sequi velit. Valde autem fallunrur, qui eum putant in hi∣storia sua Epitomen nobis Livii dare voluisse. Siquidem crebro à Livio recedit. Voss. De Histor. Lat. 1. lib. 1. cap. 30.
• * 1.389

  Ego tua scri∣pta & legeram ante multos annos & ita probaram, ut ex iis qui tune excellere putabantur, tibi neminem anteferrem. Haec de tuis Liguribus illustris & diligens & ornata commemoratio ita mihi placuit, ut, qui conferri tecum hoc in genere possit, prorsus neminem esse judicaverim. Pauli Manut. Epist. l. 12. Epist. 12.
• * 1.390

  Acuratissimè docuit beatae memoriae Pater Patricius Forbesius à Corse, Episcopus Aberdoniensis in illustrissimo in Apocalypsin Commentario & insignitractatu de vocatione ministrorum. Praesertim verò in egregio illo libro de notis Ecclesiae qui Eubulus in∣scribitur. Joannis Forbos. Instruct. Histor. Theol. l. 14. c. 6.
• * 1.391

  Joannes de Vado
• * 1.392

  Literarum pe∣ritia ac lingua∣rum inclaruit Conimbricen∣si in Academia apud Lusita∣nos. Biblioth. Hispan. Tom. 2
• * 1.393

  Petrus Fo∣restus è nobili apud Batavos Forestana stirpe oriundus, medicus fuit incomparabilis, ut scripta ejus testantur. Boxhorn. Theat. Holland.
• * 1.394

  Usuram lucis primùm Augu∣stae vindelico∣rum coepit Anno 1495. Boissard. Icon. Vir linguae Hebraicae scientiâ Clarus, quam & scriptis luculentis illustravit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 17. Scripsit Dictionarium Hebraicum novum, non ex Rabbinorum commentis, sed ex ipsis Thesauris Bibliorum, & aecurata eorundem locorum collatione depromtum cum phrasibus Scripturae veteris & Novi Testamenti diligenter annotatis. Melch. Adam. in ejus vita.
• * 1.395

  Talis ille semper erat, ut qui bonis arti∣bus, seu doceret seu scriberet, elimatam eloquentiam terse adjunxerit: Latinè & eleganter multa scripsit. De Ecclesia & ejus pasto∣ribus. De re Eucharistica. De lapsis recipiendus. Expostulationem Christi cum homine. Adversus deliri theologi calumnias. De censura Ecclesiastica. Commentarios rerum Ecclesiae. Persecutiones Ecclesiae à Luthero. Locorum Com∣munium titulos. Ad Angliae proceres pro afflictis. Christum triumphantem, Comaed. Baleus De Scrip. Britan. Cent. 9.
• a 1.396

  Vir doctrina, judicio, elo∣quentia, suo tempore non incelebris. Whear. Meth. leg. Hist. parte 2^da. Sect. 2. Fuit & hic annus clarorum virorum morte funestus quorum princeps commemorandus venit Paulus Foxius Archiepiscopus Tolosanus, saepius à me ho∣norificè, sicuti par fuit, appellatus, olim in Parisiensi curia Senator, postea Anglicana & Veneta, dein & aliis le∣gationibus summa cum prudentiae laude felicissimè defunctus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 80. Vide etiam Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 109 p. 457 de Francisco Foxie.
• * 1.397

  Ad exactam Philosophiae & Mathemati∣carum artium, ac praecipue Astronomiae, quam & do∣ctissimis scri∣ptis illustravit, cognitionem, summam judicium & admirabile ingenium attulit, quo multa ab antiquis aut igno∣rata aut secus accepta adinvenit, & explicavit, & medicinam, ut honestissime ac citra lucrum, ita foelicissime fe∣cit. Poeticam verò ita excoluit, ut ad Virgilianam majestatem proximè accessisse eum faterentur aemuli. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 12.
• b 1.398

  Anno Aerae Christianae 1199. Helv. Chron.

  See of S ^t Francis in Matthew Paris. Histor. Anglic. in Henrico tortio. Sanctorum & vitae.
• c 1.399

  Franciscus Rex primus regias linguas atque artium liberalium pro∣fessiones in∣stituit. Rami Schol. Math. l. 1.

  Franciscus Rex Gulielmum Bu∣daum ab um∣bra & pulvere literario, in quibus delites∣cebat ad hono∣res & splendo∣rem aulae evo∣hebat, & hono∣rifica ad Leo∣nem X, qui & ipse summo amore doctos prosequebatur, legatione or∣nabat. Ex hu∣jus consilio postea profes∣sores linguae sacrae, Graecae & Latinae, Philosophiae item, medicinae & mathematicarum disciplinarum instituit, qui attribu∣tis pro tempore amplissimis stipendiis in ludo Cameracensi publicè praelegerent, horum ope discussis ignorantiae tenebris, lux literis, & per literas ueritati in Gallia, atque ad eo tota Europa, restituta est: ut cum alii principes ambitiosis, aliunde conquisitis titulis vanam gloriamau cupentur, ipse parens litterarum appellari meruerit, circa se doctos homines semper habuit, quos dum cibum caperet de rebus pulcerrimis disserentes avidissimè audiebat: praecipuéque naturalis historiae enarratione delectabatur, in qua tantum audiendo profecerat, ut quamvis à pueritia nullis literis imbutus, quicquid de animalibus, plantis, metallis, geminis ab antiquis & recentibus scriptoribus memoriae proditum est, & meminisset & apte ediffereret. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 11. Vide plura ibid. Franciscus Franciae, vel hoc uno bonarum artium ac literarum amore à Francis Magnus cognominatus, ut antea Cosmus à Florentinis. Rami Praefat. Mathem. 3. C'est ce Roy, qui institua les douze Lecteurs Royaux en son Université de Paris, & auquel principalement ce titre, par droict de precipur, luy est Escheu de Pere, nourissier & amateur des bonnes lettres, lesquelles il a conduit à telle perfection, qu' elles sont arrivees au feste de leur gloire, & jusques à Ce poinct, que le siecled Auguste fils adoptif de Jules Caesar n a point esté si copieux en hommes de grande litera∣ture & pleins de diversitè de scauoir, que le temps qui nous à menè & mis au siege Royall ce Francois pere de Muses Thevet. Vies des Hommes Illustres l. 4.
• * 1.400

  Jurisconsui••us altae eruditio∣nis vir, Ger∣maniae suae ocellus. Casaub. ad Theophr. Charact. Optimus & doctissimus Freherus Germaniae decus & juris & omnis eruditionis pericissimus. Principi Palatino a Consiliis. Casaub. Animadvers. in Sueton.
• * 1.401

  Praeter bo∣narum litera∣rum recondi∣tam eruditionem, in utraque lingua Latina & Graeca, doctissimus evasit. Baleus De Script. Brit. Cent. 8.
• * 1.402

  Anno Aerae Christianae 1378. Helv. Chron.
• a 1.403

  Amaenissimi ac politissimi vir ingenii, doctrinae, & lectionis omnifariae, atque in Mathesi r••rumque coelestium indagatione non infeliciter quoque vetsatus. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica.
• * 1.404

  Quae scripta, quanquam ad∣fecta pocius, quàm confecta sunt (mors enim interve∣nit, & limam omnem abrupit) tamen facilè adolescentis ingenium judiciumque indicant. Aubert, Mirai. Elog. Belg.
• b 1.405

  Duabus ma∣ximè rebut, in docendo neces∣sariis, veram consequebàtur laudem, metho∣do & sermonde perspicuitate. Melch. Ad. in vita Fuchsii.
• * 1.406

  Vixit Anno Aerae Christi ••00. Calvis. Chron. 491. Helv.

  Hic in exi∣lium missus est in Sard••••iam una cum centum aliis & viginti Episcopis Africae, à Trasymundo Uvandalorum rege duriusculus inprimis, & affectatiot stylo est, adeò ut in scriptis suis spinas, & verborum asperitates, si non aculeos potius pro verbis inseruisse videatur: Et inprimis in mythologico. Nam alia quidem piè, & Christianè scripta, non tam hor∣rida sunt. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 4. Fulgentius Augustini sententiis adeò delectatus est, ut eas pluri∣bus in locis non tam imitatus sit, quam expresserit. Gomarus De Provid. Dei. c. 12.
• d 1.407

  In Baptisto Fulgosio qui patrum no∣strorum aetate principatum in patria obtinuit, tanta fuit, ac tam multiplex eruditio, tantáque vetustatis atque omnium aetatum cognitio, ut quem cum illo conferas, haud facile reperias: id quod manifeste docet opus laborio∣sissimum, quo Valerium Maximum imitatus de factis & dictis memorabilibus conscripsit. In quo omnium natio∣num, omniumque temporum exempla ita collegit, ut cunctorum saeculorum historiam brevi perstrictam ante oculos hominum posuisse videatur, quae res immensi operis atque infiniti pene laboris fuit. Vbert. Fol. Clar. Lig. Elog. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.408

  As for the Cen∣turies I dare say, I never 〈◊〉〈◊〉 five leaves of them toge∣ther, or in parts. But I dare shew to any man that doubteth of my reading of the most ancient Writers, my Book of Notes written with mine own hand, more then fifteen years past. Doctor Fulkes Rejoynd. to Bristows Reply.