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 FOVRTH BOOK. Of such as were Famous for ZEAL IN THE True RELIGION, Or in any Kinde of Learning. (Book 4)

CHAP. I.

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IO. Gagneius.

He hath written upon all the New Testament.

Rob. Gagwin.

He wrote the French History.

Erasmus his intimate friend cals him a most discreet Hi∣storiographer.* 1.1

He compares him to Salust and Livy, for purity of speech and composition of his History.

He was sent Embassadour by the King of France into Italy, England, and Germany.

He put out some Poems.

Petrus a 1.2 Galatinus.

He takes all from Raimondus or Porche••ut.

Galeacius Caracciolus b 1.3, an Italian Marquesse. He renounced Popery, and be∣came a good Protestant.

Beza hath written his Life.

Galen, a Learned Physitian of Pergamus, the chiefest Physitian next Hyp∣pocrates.* 1.4

He coming to a shop and finding a Book under his name which he knew not of, nor never saw before, he wrote a Book de libris propriis.

The like hath Cardane and Caius of Cambridge done, that their genuine writings might be known, they having published many Works.

Some say he lived sevenscore years.

Galenus homo Graecus, & summi judicii ac doctrinae vir, ut si quis alius sui aut insequentis temporis. Caius de Pronunciat. Graec. & Lat. Ling.

His Philosophicall and Physicall Books were printed in Greek by Aldus Manu∣tius at Venice, being distinguished into Temes, with the most copious Prefaces of Camerarius, Gemaseus and Fuchsius most famous men: They were Printed at Basil in a great Folio.

Petrus a 1.5 Gallandius. Turnebus in the 2^d Book of his Adversaria, c. 1. much commends him.

Inter primos liberales disciplinas in Gallia jacontes politioris doctrinae luce illustra∣vit. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg.

Many of the famous learned men of France were his Scholars, amongst which Adrian Turnebus was one, as he ingenously confesseth in his Adversaria.

Gulilaeus b 1.6 Galilaeus of Florence, a famous Philosopher 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mathematician.

He hath published many things in the Hetrurian and Latine Language.

Henricus c 1.7 Gandavensis.

He was born at Gaunt in the Low-Countries, and was a Doctor of Sorbonne and explained the Scriptures many years at Paris.

He wrote, besides Learned Commentaries upon Aristotles Physicks and Meta∣physicks, a Theologicall summe, and a great Volume of Quodlibeticall Questions, as they called them.

Stephen d 1.8 Gardiner Bishop of Winchester, a Scholar good enough, as his Works shew, but a great enemy to the Protestants in Q. Maries daies.

He died miserably, as M^r Fox and others bear witness.

He hath written a Book De vera Obedientiae; and other Works in En∣glish.

Petrus Gassendus,* 1.9 Professor of the Mathematicks at Paris, the greatest Astro∣nomer now living.

Thomas Gataker of the Gatakers of Gataker in Shropshire, a solid, judicious and pious Divine; as his divers learned Latine and English Treatises shew.

For the Hebrew he acknowledged himself much beholding to Lively in the 9^th Ch. of the 2^d Book of his Cinnus, and for the Greek to John Boyse, c. 9. of the first Book. See his Life.

He was my worthy Friend, and receiving a kinde Letter from him not long be∣fore his death, he thus concluded it, Thus with hearty salutation of your self and yours, recommending your pious indeavours and indefatigable labours to the Lords gracious protection, I rest, Yours assured in him, T. G.

Lucas Gauricus.

He flourished at Venice Anno Christi 1550.

He was made Bishop for his Learning. He wrote many things. His Works are in two Tomes.

Pomponius Gauricus a Learned man also, was his brother.

He hath written De Sculptura.

Theodorus Gaza, Omnium sui temporis hominum doctissimus habitus est. Boiss. Icon.* 1.10

He was born in Greece, and brought up in Italy. Vir graecus, & ut doctis etiam videtur eruditissimus. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1.

He did so happily translate Tullies Book de Senectute into Greek, that he hath excellently there represented the Majesty of Tullies eloquence.

When he presented to Sixtus Quartus the Pope of Rome Aristotles Books de Animalibus, translated out of Greek, which could not be done but by one most learned in both Languages, and the Book was adorned with golden plates. The Pope asked what the adorning of it cost, his servant telling him fourty pieces of gold, he commanded so many to be given him, and no more. Alsted. Encyclop.

Many of his Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Ico••••s.

Geber, a Learned Arabian, a great Chymist, and a most acute Writer, but ve∣ry obscure.* 1.11

The Alchimists have on set purpose (saith Thenet Vies des hommes Illustres l. 2.) obscured their manner of teaching, not only thereby to make their Science more wonderfull, but also to hinder the most part of men from attaining it. He saith there that William Postell his good Friend and companion of his Travels in the East, Greece and Asia, had the Almagest of Geber, which is an excellent Work in the Arabick Tongue, containing the Explanation of the state of the years, and Ceremonies, according to the Feasts and Solemnities of the Israelites, Nestorians, Persians and Syrians, which he had got from a Jew.

There is in Sion Colledge Alchimia, De Metallorum Investígatìone & Per∣fectione.

De Fornacibus construendis Explicatio librorum Gebri, & Raym. Lullii.

* 1.12Gelasius primus Papa.

Gelasius the first of that name Pope, published five Books of the two Natures of Christ, against Eutiches & Nestorius. Two Books against Arius.

* 1.13Sigism. Gelenius.

He hath written Observat. & Emendat. in Tit. Livium.

Aulus Gellius. In the year of our Lord 98.

Ludovicus Vives censures him somewhat harshly e 1.14, but Stephanus defends him in his Notes upon him.

His Book more pleaseth with its variety then its order.

Agellius potius quàm Gellius, dictus videtur scriptor noctium Atticarum. Voss. De Anal. l. 1. c. 6.

Aulus Gellius huic, legiturque Agellius illi, Nominibus priscis hen malè tuta fides. Steph. Paschas. Icones.

Some dislike the title of his Book, because it shews the time when he wrote it, rather then the subject of the book.

Geminus.

Sir Henry Savill terms him Elegantissimum and acutissimum.

Georgius Gemistius Pletho, a Grecian, and great Scholar.

He put out a defence of Plato, he was Professour in Greece, and taught only those of his own Nation, amongst whom Bessario was one, many of whose Epistles to him are extant. Volat. Anthropol. l. 21.

* 1.15 Gemma Frisius, a great Mathematician.

Vt gemma quaedam rarior, inter aevi sui Mathematicos illuxit. Quo nomine Ca∣rolo V. Caesari, harum artium non ignaro in primis gratus, saepe Bruxellam est evo∣catus, & vicissim ab aulicis Lovanii salutatus. Castell. Vita Illust. Med. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.

He hath left many Writings in the Mathematicks.

De Orbis Divisione.

De locorum describendorum ratione de{que} eorum distantiis inveniendis.

Vsus annali Astronomici.

De usu Globi Astronomici.

De Radio Astronomico & Geometrico.

Also Cosmographia cum aliis Libellis.

De Astrolabio Catholico.

Qui liber ultimus erat eorum quos conscripserat, ad••ò ut fatis praereptus, non ipse∣met, sed post ipsum filius Cornelius Gemma eum absolverit, ideóque verisimile est, eum postremas suas hac de re cogitationes & sensus, qui plaerunque solent melioret veriorés{que} esse, patefecisse. Tych. Brah. l. 2. De Cometa Anni 1577. c. 7.

Cornelius Gemma f 1.16, a famous Physitian and Philosopher of Lovain.

Illustris parentis Gemmae Frisii non obscurus filius. Tych. Brah. De Cometa, Anni 1377. l. 2. c. 6.

Eruditionis paternae haeres praesertim quoad Artes Mathematicus, quibus ille si quis alius excelluit, Id. ibid. l. 2. c. 10.

Reliquit & Cornelius filium Philippum Doctorem medicum, rarè certè exemplo, filium, patrem, avum, & eruditos, & iisd••m deditos studiis, ut in Italia nostro aevo Manutios flornisse. Aubertus Miraeus Elog. Belg.

Gilb. Genebrard, a Divine of Paris, and the Kings Professor of Hebrew: A good Hebrician, but a most petulant Writer.* 1.17

By whom (saith B. And.) it is verified that much Learning and railing may be accidents in one subject.

Gennadius Scholaris. 1450.* 1.18

Innocentius Gentiletus.

He hath put out Examen Concilii Tridentini.

An Apology for the French Christians of the Reformed Religion, both in French and Latine.

Apologie pour les Chrestiens de France de la Religion Evangelique on Reformee foundee sur la Saincte Escrituro & approveè par la raison,* 1.19 & par les anciens Canons.

Albericus Gentilis, an eloquent Italian, the Regius Professor of Civil Law in Oxford.

His Works are most of them mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue and the Ap∣pendix.

John Gerhard, Doctor of Divinity, and Professor in the University of Jena.* 1.20

A laborious and Learned Lutheran, as his Supplement of Chemnitius his Har∣mony, and his Common places of Divinity, Commentaries on the Hebr. and Pe∣ter, Meditationes sacra shew.

At the end of Gerhardi Patrologia, there are Funerall Orations had in divers Universities at Gerhards death, where he is deservedly magnified.

CHAP. II.

JOhn Gerson, Anno Salutis 1410.1363. saith Thenet.

* 1.21A Divine of Paris right famous, he was present at the Councell of Constance, and in books written he commendeth highly the Decree whereby it is agreed that the Bishop of Rome should be subject to the Counsell. And saith the thing is worthy to be written in all Churches and publick places, for a perpetuall me∣mory. For he saith they are pestilent flatterers which bring this Tyranny into the Church, as though the Bishop of Rome ought neither to obey the Counsell, nor be judged by the same, as though the Counsell should take all its force and authority from him, as though it could not be called but at his pleasure, as though he were bound to the observation of no Laws, nor no accompt might be taken of his doings. These monstrous sayings must be utterly rejected, which are against all Laws equity and reason. For all the authority of the Church dependeth on the generall Counsell, and it is lawfull to appeal from the Pope unto it: and those which inquire whether the Bishop of Rome or the Church be greater, make as wise a question as if they should ask whether the part be more, or the whole, for it appertaineth to the Counsell, to constitute, to judge, and to depose the Bishop of Rome, as lately it was declared at Constance. Sleid. Comment. l. 1.

The greatest Learned man of his time, and the only Doctor and leader of the Councell of Constance. B. Jewels Pref. to his Defence of his Apol.

He was counted a subtill Disputer and profound School-Doctor, and for his Wisdom and Learning was thought worthy to be the Director of all the Bishops in the Councell of Constance, that is, all the Bishops of the world. Jewels Def. of his Apol. part. 4. c. 15.

The Learned and devout Chancellor of Paris. B. Bedell Waddesw. lett. p. 107.

He wrote a Book de auferibilitate Papa ab Ecclesia, intimating that it is in the power of a Generall Councell to cast the Pope out of his place, and to choose another.

He was singularly acquainted with temptations, and wrote a Book De variis Diaboli tentationibus. He was sirnamed Doctor Christianissimus.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

Quid potuit Sorbona; doces meritissimè Gerso; Magni Gerso luxque, decusque chori?

His Works are Printed in four Volumes, his French Works are mentioned by Antoine du Verdier in his Bibliotheque.

Conradus Gesnerus. He was born at Zurick the chief Town of the Helvetians, Anno Christi 1516.* 1.22

He was scarce 49 years old when he died. He died Anno Christi 1565.

Neander in the first part of his Geography highly commends him, especially for those three Works, his Historia Annimalium, and Stirpium, and Bibliotheca.

Verè sanctissimus, doctissimus, omnibusque numeris absolutissimus, & totius Eu∣ropae ornamentum. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Bulling.

Nobilis ejus fama, quam praeclaris scriptis suis sibi peperit, jampridem in omnes Orbis provincias emanarit. Waseri ad Mithridatem Gesneri Commentarius.

Caius in his Book de Libris propriis, commends him highly, and much bewails his death.

He practised Physick in Zurick and taught Philosophy for a publick stipend 25 years.

Vir pius & omni genere virtutum ornatissimus, omnia naturae arcana perscrutatus, in omni literarum genere, praesertim verò in medicina & Philosophia naturali atque Philologia clarissimas lucubrationes edidit, lumen Germaniae & decus Helvetiae. Boissardi Icones. He mentions his Works.

William Gibieuf Doctor of Sorbonne.

He hath written two Books * 1.23 De libertate Dei & Creaturae, which are often cited by Bishop Davenant and others.

Obertus Gifanius.

Vir eruditissimus, mihique obraras excellentissimi ingenii dotes carissimus. Jos. Scal. Com. in Copam.

He hath published

Observationes in Linguam Latinam.

Gulielmus Gilbertus, an English man.

He hath written a painfull and an experimentall Work, touching the Loadstone. Bac. Advancem. of Learning, l. 2. c. 13.

That admirable searcher of the nature of the Loadstone, D^r Gilbert, by means of whom, and of D^r Harvey, our Nation may claim, even in this later age, as deserved a Crown for solid Philosophical Learning, as for many ages together it hath done formerly, for acute and subtill speculations in Divinity. Sir Ken. Digb. Treat. of Bodies, c. 20.

Learned Peireskius was wont to lament, that when he was in England, he was not acquainted with this William Gilbert the Author of the Book de Magnete, nor Thomas Lydiat the famous Mathematician. Gassend. de Vita Peiresk. l. 2.

Gassendus l. 4. de vita Peiresk. makes honourable mention of his Book de Mag∣nete p. 378.

We had not any certain or satisfactory knowledge of Magneticall properties, untill such time as it pleased God to raise up one of our Countrymen, D^r Gilbert, who to his evelasting praise hath troden out a new path to Philosophy, and on the Loadstone erected a large Trophy to commend him to posterity. Carpent. Geog. first Book, chap. 3. See more there.

Pet. Gillius, a most Learned man, Aquitanus.

Duo magna hujus saeculi lumina, Petrus Gillius & Gulielmus Philander. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 82. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 16.

Sylvester Giraldus, a man elegantly Learned for those times.

Sylvester Giraldus Cambrensis, a Britain by birth,* 1.24 though by descent rather an Englishman or a Norman, as he makes himself, but a very Learned man for those times.

There is published of his Itinerarium Cambriae cum Annotat. Descriptio ejusdem, & De rebus Hybernicis.

Victor Giselinus.

Besides divers Poems, he wrote Learned Notes upon Prudentius the Christian

Poet, Notes and a Chronology upon the Works of Sulpitius Severus.

* 1.25Ranulphus Glanvile de Glanvilla, Chief Justice in the reign of King Henry the 2^d, wrote Learnedly and profoundly of part of the Laws of England.

He wrote a Book De Legibus & consuetudinibus Regni Anglia.

Henricus Glareanus, an excellent Mathematician.

He hath written well of Musick, upon Livy, Salust, and divers other Works.

Salomon Glassius, a Learned Lutheran, and the great ornament of Germany for sacred Philology.* 1.26

His Christologia Mosaica. Philologia Sacra, and other Works are very Usefull.

Rodolphus * 1.27 Goclenius.

He hath written Learnedly of divers subjects in Humanity. Many of his Works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.

Conradus Goclenius.

He was first Professor of the Latine tongue at Lovain.

Annos ipsos XX. quibus publicè professus est, auditoribus suis adeo gratus fuit, ut eos nec assiduitate, satiarit unquam, nec diuturnitate lassarit. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg.

Fr. Godwin, Bishop of Landaff.

His Rerum Anglicarum Annales: and his Tract De Praesulibus Angliae shew his Learning.

Thomas Godwin. His Roman and Jewish Antiquities are very usefull.

Damianus A Goes Lusitanus.

* 1.28It happened to him as to Homer heretofore for the excellency of his wit, seve∣rall Cities strove for his birth, as those of Paris would have Christophorus Longo∣lius to be theirs, the Romans challenged him for theirs, those of the Low-Countries for theirs, because of his great Eloquence.

* 1.29Jacobus Golius, well skilled in the Orientall Tongues.

Admirabilis ille Arabizantium Phoenix. Hotting. Analect. Histor. Theol.

Cl. V. Jacobus Golius in praestantissimo illo linguae Arab. Thesauro. Pocock. Not. Miscel. in Portam Mosis c. 7.

Vir summus in linguis orientalibus & Mathesi Jacobus Golius Salmas. de Annie Climactericis.

Whom the States of Holland for his excellent skill in the Arabick and Mathema∣ticks, have substituted to two famous Professors of the University, Thomas Erpe∣nius, and Willebrord Snellius.

He travelled into the East, and observed the condition and state of the Eastern people, and got thereby knowledge of the Orientall Languages and affairs, and brought divers Orientall Books thence, which are now at Leyden.

He hath put out lately an excellent Arabick Lexicon.

* 1.30Hubertus Golthzius, a great Antiquary. Dilher cals his Book De re Antiquaria libellum Aureolum.

Franciscus Gomarus, a Learned and Judicious Divine.

All his Works Exegeticall and Polemicall are published together in one Volume in Folio.

Christopher Goodman * 1.31, a Learned Scotch Divine, and according to his name good and holy.

Abraham * 1.32Gorlay.

He had more then four thousand exquisite Medals of Gold, more then ten thou∣sand of Silver, and more then fifteen thousand of Brasse, all choice ones, Jos. Scal. Lettre au Sieur De Bagar.

There is a Book of his styled Dactyliotheca published.

Jo. Goropius Becanus.

A Physitian, Philosopher and Historian. He obtained an exact knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek and Latine. Divino planè vir ingenio, qualem vix singulae aetates ferant, seu Philosophiam, seu Philologiam (in utraque enim ad miraculum∣usque excelluit) tractaret; ut seculi sui Varro nominari meritò potuerit. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica. Castellani Vitae Medic. Illust.

Dionysius Gothofredus, an excellent Lawyer.* 1.33

He hath written short Notes upon all the Civil Law, and all Tullies Works.

He hath written also upon Seneca, and Notes ad Varronem Festum & Non∣nium.

Jacobus Gothofredus his sonne.

He wrote first de Ecclesiis Suburbicariis.

He set out some Orations of Libanius with Notes, and his Oration de Juliano.

William Gouge Doctor of Divinity, a Learned and Pious Divine.

He was counted (whilst he lived) the Father of the London Ministers. A good Text-man, as his Whole Armour, Exposition of the Hebr. Exposition of the Lords Prayer, and other Learned Works shew him to be; and he is often Honourably mentioned by Voetius, Streso, and other outlandish Divines.

He was eminent for three graces, his Humility, Patience and Faith.

He would begin his prayer very audibly and distinctly, which was the more commendable, because of his great Congregation at Blackefriers.

Sim. Goulartius, a Learned and godly French Minister.

There is his Morum Philosophia Historica,* 1.34 and Histoires admirables de nostre temps, and other Tracts, mentioned in the Appendix of Oxford Catalogue.

Joannes Goverus, sive Gouerus * 1.35, a Learned English Knight, and Poet Laureate.

Hic nomen suum extulit partim iis quae & Gallicè & eleganter Anglicè elaboravit. Sane is & Gualterus Chaucerus primi Anglicam linguam expolire caeperunt. Vossius de Histor. Lat. l. 3. c. 3.

Jo. Grammaticus.

* 1.36He hath written upon divers books of Aristotle, and de Differentiis Linguarum; and other Works.

Saxo Grammaticus.

* 1.37He was called Grammaticus for his elegancy in the Latine Tongue.

He hath written the History of the Danes in very elegant Latine for those times.

Lud. Granatensis.

His Works are in three Tomes.

He hath written

De ratione Concionandi.

De frequenti Communione.

Sylva locorum Communium.

Dux peccatorum.

De Officio Pastorali.

Catechismus, sive Introductionis ad Symbolum Fidei libri quatuor: and other Works.

D^r Edward Grant.

He was one of the Learned Schoolmasters of Westminster.

Camden was his Usher.

He hath put out a Greek Grammer, styled Gracae Linguae spicilegium, which Camden hath contracted.

He hath also published Aschams Epistles and Poems, with his Life and Death.

Conradus Graserus.

He went some miles to the Jews to understand some Hebrew words. Vide ejus ultima verba, p. 31. in Praef.

Exquisitissimus ille ac divinitus aetate nostra excitatus antichristo-mastix juxta & doctrinae Christianae propugnator Conradus Graserus Francus. Iud. Croc. in Ficin. De Relig. Christ. c. 27.

Aurei Commentarii eruditissimi Graseri in Apocalypsin & Danielem. Id. ibid.

Franc. Gratianus. 1170.

* 1.38 A Monk of Bononia, he compiled the book called The Popes Decrees, or The Canon Law.

Also his brother Peter Lombard Bishop of Paris, which is called The Master of the Sentences, compiled his 4 Books of the Sentences. These two brethren were the greatest doers in finding out and establishing the blinde opinion of the Sacrament, that the only similitude of Bread and Wine remained, but not the substance of them, and this they call the Spirituall understanding of the Mystery.

Guilhelmus Gratarolus, an excellent Philosopher and Physitian.

Et verè pius, & bene doctus peritusque medicus. In Patria ea & sua honoratus erat & dives, solá pietas illum reddidit pauperem. Zanch. Epist. lib. 2. Justo Vulteio.

There are severall of his Works published, mentioned by Boissard.

One de Conservanda Valetudine Literatorum.

Gratius the Faliscian.* 1.39

An antient Latine Poet, contemporary with Virgill and Ovid, who bore an high esteem in that pure age, when the greatest Wits flourished, and Poetry underwent the severest Judges.

His style is every where concise, chast, and florid.

His Book De Venatione is now Englished by M^r Wase.

Ovid speaks of him,

Aptaque venanti Gratius arma daret.

Johannes Gravius, a Learned Oxonian.

Elementa Linguae Persicae.

Anonymus Persa de Siglis. Arabum & Persarum Astronomicis.

Epochae Arabum Celebriores, and his other Works shew his Abilities.

The Lady Jane Gray.

She was both Learned and Religious.

Ascham in his Epist. and Schoolmaster, and divers others commend her for her Learning.

He saith when he came to her once, whilst others were hunting and following their pleasures, he found her reading Platos Phaedon, and that she understood it so,* 1.40 that he admired her.

No marvell if she were well skilled in the Greek.

Miraris Janam Graio sermone valere? Quo primum natae est tempore, Graia suit. Ingenium, Graiis dedit ere rotundo Musa loqui.— Horat.

Richard Greenham, an eminent and experienced Divine.* 1.41

His Works are in one Volume.

CHAP. III.

GRegorius M. Gregory sirnamed the Great, the first Bishop of Rome of that name, Anno Dom. 1600.* 1.42

He was an humble, devout, and holy Bishop, and had many pious Mar∣tyrs his Predecessors as Popes or Fathers in that See of Rome: he deserved the title of Gregory the Great for abhorring the name of Universall Bishop.

Bede cals him Apostolum nostrum our Apostle, and he gives this reason for it, quod nostram, id est, Anglorum gentem de potestate Satanae ad fidem Christi sua in∣dustria convertit, because he converted our Nation by his own industry from the power of Satan to the faith of Christ. He sent Austen the Monk and other Legates hither. See Pet. du Moulins Antibarbarian, ch. 13.

He first wrote Servus Servorum Dei, putting the Roman Bishops in remem∣brance thereby, both of their humblenesse, and also of their duty in the Church of Christ.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of Gregory the first, Leo the first, and Nicholas the first.

Pontifices quot Roma tulit celeberrima sanctos; Majores nullos Nicolao, Gregorioque; Sive Leone habuit: re sunt ut nomine primi.

* 1.43Gregory Thaumaturgus, Episcopus fuit Neocaesariensis.

He was called Thaumaturgus from the greatnesse of his miracles: Basil saith, he was called by the enemies of the truth another Moses. Jerom styles him Virum Apostolicorum signorum & virtutum.

When he was Bishop of Neocesarea in Pontus, he blessed God that when he came first to his charge, he found not above seventeen Christians, and when he departed from them, he left not in all his Diocesse so many unbaptized, or un∣believers.

He was present at the Synod of Antioch, celebrated against Samosatenus, Anno 266.

He wrote a Metaphrase upon Ecclesiastes.

An Exposition of Faith.

M^r Gregory of Oxford.

His two Books shew him to be a good Linguist.

* 1.44Gregorias Turonensis.

He hath put out these Works,

Hist. Francorum.

De gloria Martyrum.

De gloria Confessorum.

De vitis quorundam Patrum.

Jac. Gretzerus,* 1.45 a Learned Jesuite, a good Grecian.

He hath commandment from Claudius de Aqua viva Generall Governour of the society of the Jesuites, to second Bellarmine in all * 1.46 his attempts, and obser∣veth in his own Writings, these two qualities, temere dicere & astute reticere.

He is unreasonably bitter against those which are both Learned and Modest.

The defender of Bellarmine, the most scurrile Writer that this or the former age hath seen. D^r Crakanth. in a Serm. on 2 Chron. 9.5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

He was chosen for the Papists Champion, in the famous Disputation holden at Regensperg, 1600; whom Possevine the Jesuite cals the very hammer of the Heretiks.

Grindall, a Learned Divine.

Johannes Groperus of Collen was offered the Cardinalship by Paul the 4^th,* 1.47 but he was then old, and thinking to honour his memory much more by refusing a

Dignity, desired even by great Princes, then by keeping it a few daies, he sent the Pope many thanks, together with his excuse, and refusing the Ornaments, would neither have the Name nor Title. Hist. of the Counc. of Trent, lib. 5. p. 396, 397.

This was after a sort commendable, but his forsaking the Gospel mentioned by Sleidan in his 15 Book of Commentaries, was most wicked.

Hugo Grotius. He was born at Delph in the Low-Countries,* 1.48 in the year of our Lord 1583.

He hath written upon all the Old and New Testament. His Books De Veritate Religionis Christianae, and De Satisfactione Christi are well esteemed.

Piscator sent these verses to him when he published Martianus Capella.

Magnus es ingenio, doctrina magnus es idem, Nomini, & magni. Magna cupido tibi est, Non temere ergo tibi, sed cum ratione, locuta Cognomen Grotî Belgica lingua dedit.

He was a very Learned Lawyer, but fell off much from soundness and Orthodoxy in the true Religion in his later daies.

Voetius in his 2^d part of Select. Theolog. Disputat. De Conversione Judaeorum reck∣ons him among the men dubiae aut variate Religionis.

Some Learned and Orthodox French Divines, as Rivet, Maresius, and others also have written solidly against him.

Therefore his diligent Translatour might perhaps have been better imployed, then in turning into English his Vow for the Churches Peace, a book so empty and Heterodox, and so well refuted by the Learned Rivet in his Apoligeticus pro vera Pace Ecclesiae.

Janus Gruterus, a famous Critick.* 1.49

He wrote Thesaurus Criticus, and Criticall Notes on Seneca's Tragedies, Sta∣tius his Poems, on Martiall, Titus Livius, Tacitus, Velleius Paterculus, and others, a great and large Volume of the Inscriptions of the ancient Romans, and divers other Works.

Simon Grynaeus, born Anno 1493.

Incomparabilis vir Simon Grynaeus,* 1.50 in quo pietatem Christianam & virtutes omnes, & musas atque charites habuisse domicilium existimo. Bibliander de Ratione Communi omnium Linguarum.

He hath written De utilitate legendae Historiae.

A Dissertation De Cometis, and other Works.

Jo. Jac. * 1.51 Grynaeus.

He hath expounded severall parts of Scripture, and published two Books of select Epistles, with other Works. Epistolae selectae plenae gravissimarum rerum le∣ctuque dignissimae. Melch. Ad. in ejus vita.

He said Erasmus did more hurt the Pope of Rome, jocando, quam Lutherus sto∣machando.

He answered thus to Chytraeus, Si non amplius in his terris te visurus sum: ibi tamen conveniemus, ubi Luthero cum Zuinglio optimè jam convenit. Melch. Ad. in ejus Vita.

Rudolphus a 1.52 Gualtherus, a Poet and Divine. He was born at Zurick the chief City of the Helvetians, Anno 1518.

His son also of the same name was a Learned Divine.

There are extant his verses in imagines Doctorum nostri seculi virorum.

Rodolph. Gualterus the sonne hath written Homilies upon the lesser Prophets, and other Learned Works.

Baptista b 1.53 Guarinus.

Stephanus Guichardus, Estienne Guichard a Learned French Linguist.

He hath written a French book entitled L' Harmonie Etymologique des Langues, an Etymologicall Harmony of Languages, in which he compares at least twelve Languages with the Hebrew, and excellently shews their originall and signification out of the Hebrew Language.

Franciscus c 1.54 Guicciardinus.

He seems to be inferiour to none of the Ancients, for he excels in faith, dili∣gence, prudence, and other vertues, and in the relation of things done, in dis∣covering of Counsels, in noting the manners of men, in describing of persons, and in recounting Orations, he hath many things which are wanting in others who have written the History of those times.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

A Tito nullus, si quis mihi credat, in orbe Clarior hoc uno floruit Historiâ.

Melchior Guilandinus.* 1.55

Vir fuit sine dubio literatissimus, qui instar Gorgiae de qualibet re proposita, copi∣osè, atque disertè poterat disputare. Castellanus de vitis Medicorum.

Johannes d 1.56 Guinterius Andernacus, a Learned Physitian.

His Works are mentioned by Castellanus De vitis Medicorum.

Gyldas e 1.57. He wrote the Annals of the British Nation.

Lylius Gregorius Gyraldus.

Petrus Crinitus and he have both written of the Poets, but he farre better.* 1.58

Longe hoc (viz. Crinito) doctior & diligentior. Voss. De Histor. Lat. lib. 3. part. 4. c. 1.

Cujus extat Historia dialogis decum perscripta de Poetis antiquis; opus sicut magni ingenii, & judicii, sic ingentis doctrinae, atque industriae: ita ut exspectandum non sit, ne quis deinceps hanc denuo provinciam suscipiat. Vossius De Poetis Latinis, cap. 7.

CHAP. IV.

[ H]

GEorge Hackwell Doctor of Divinity. A very Learned and Pious man.

There are these Works of his published:

An Apology of the Power of God in the Government of the world.

King Davids Vow for Reformation.

His Answer to Carrier.

And some Sermons.

Theodoricus Hackspanius, Professor of the Hebrew at Altdorph.

He hath put out

Quadriga Disputationum, and other Tracts.

Gualterus Haddonus, Walter Haddon, an Eloquent and Learned Doctor of the Civil Law.* 1.59

There are published his

Lucubrationes.

Poemata.

Oratio in Funere Mart. Buceri.

Responsio contra Hier. Osorium. Continuata per Jo. Foxum, l. 3

Hadrianus the Cardinall.

A man of profound Learning, as appeareth by what he hath written of the Fundamentals of Christian Religion.

There is a Book also of his published, De Sermone Latino & modis Latinè loquendi.

Thaddaeus Hagecius, ab Hayck Bohemus, Aulae Caesareae medicus, most skillfull in Physick, Philosophy and Astronomy.* 1.60

Sunt sanè hi quatuor viri (D. Thaddaeus Hagecius ab Hayck, M. Bartholomaeus Scultetus Gorliciensis, D. Andreas Nolthius. Embecksensis, D. Nicolaus Winkle∣rus, Halae Suevorum Physicus) tum in aliis Doctrinarum generibus, tum praesertim in Mathematicis scientiis excellenter periti, quorum duo priores mihi ex facie noti sunt, & Amicitia diuturna conjunctissimi, Tych. Brah. De Cometa Anni 1577. l. 2. c. 10. membrum secundum.

John Hales, a great Grecian, one who when he was young wrote Notes on Chrysostom, and is often honourably mentioned by Andrew Downes the Greek Pro∣fessor of Cambridge.

He hath printed a Sermon concerning the abuse of obscure and difficult places of Scripture.

Joseph Hall Bishop of Exceter, a Learned and pious man.

He hath written

Three Volumes of Contemplations on the Old and New Testament.

An Explication of all the hard Texts of Scripture.

And divers other Treatises.

* 1.61Bertholdus Hallerus, a Learned Helvetian Divine.

Dionysius Halycarnasseus, a grave Historian.

* 1.62He lived under Augustus Caesar.

He hath written

De Rom. Antiq. Gr.

Praecepta Rhetorica.

Opuscula varia.

De Thycididis historia Judicium.

D^r Henry Hammod, a Learned Divine, of Magdalene Colledge in Oxford.

He hath published severall Works.

Large Annotations on all the New Testament.

A practicall Catechism.

And divers other Works in English.

And a Latine Tract against Blondell, of Church-Government.

Thomas Harding.

A Doctor of Lovane, an English man, the Target of Popery in England, as he is styled by Peter du * 1.63 Moulin.

He wrote a Confutation of the Apology, and Replied severall times to Bishop Jewell.

John Lord Harrington.

He was both Learned and pious, M^r Stock the Divine hath written his Life.

William Harvey Doctor of Physick.

Gassendus makes honourable mention of his book De Circulatione Sanguinis. De vita Peireskii, l. 4. p. 323.

And other outlandish men mention him with great respect.

The Anatomicall part of Physick seems to be rising toward the Zenith of per∣fection, especially since our never sufficiently honoured Countryman D^r Harvey discovered the wonderfull secret of the blouds circular motion. Webst. Exam. Acad. c. 6.

Scientiam humani Corporis, Physicae partem utilissimam, in libris suis de motu Sanguinis, & de Generatione Animalium, mirabili sagacitate detexit & demonstravit. Gulielmus Harvaeus R. R. Jacobi Caroli{que} medicus primarius; solus (quod sciam) qui doctrinam novam superata invidiâ vivens stabilivit. Hob. Praefat. ad Elem. Philos. Sect. 1. De Corpore.

He hath put out

Exercitatio Anatomica, de motu Cordis & Sanguinis, in animalibus.

* 1.64D. Haymo, a Monk of Fulda, Anno Dom. 840. One of the learnedest of his time.

He hath written upon all the Scriptures, De varietate Librorum, and other things besides.

Casparus Hedio.

He was a most faithfull and diligent Pastor of the Church of Argentine for 23 years, and a good Historian.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

Alexander Hegius.* 1.65

Erasmus was his Scholar.

He first brought the Greek learning into the Low-Countries, as Rudolphus Agri∣cola did restore it to Germany.

Daniel Heinsius.* 1.66

Publick Professor of History at Leyden, Secretary and Bibliothecary of the same University; appointed to be Notary in the Synod of Dort.

He hath published Exercitations upon the New Testament, and many Philolo∣gicall Works.

Heliodorus, a most eloquent and sweet Greek Writer,* 1.67 whose ten Books of the Ethiopick History in Greek being snatcht out of the fire of the Library of Buda (Buda being burnt by Soliman) were Printed at Basill.

Christ. Helvicus.

His Chronology of the last edition is much commended, as most compleat and very usefull for any sacred or prophane Story.

There are also other Works of his,

De Chaldaicis Bibliorum Paraphrasibus.

Lexicon. Heb. didacticum.

Vindicatio locorum V. Testamenti à corruptelis Pontificiorum.

Tr. Historicus & Theologicus.

De Chaldaicis Bibliorum phrasibus.

De Carminibus atque Dialectis Graecorum.

Hieronymus Henninges, a godly and Learned Divine.

He hath put out Theatrum Genealogicum in 4 Volumes.* 1.68

Which Work Neander styles Opus rarum, egregium, spissum atque stupendum, and shews the heads of every Tome.

Henry the first of that Name for his knowledge and science in the seven liberall Arts, was sirnamed Clerk or Beau Clerk.* 1.69

Henry the * 1.70 8^th.

He set forth a book entitled, A necessary Doctrine and erudition for any Chri∣stian man.

See a commendation of his Learning and Severity, Eras. Epist. l. 6. Epist. 1••. ••o him. Of his Learning also in Epistola Thomae Mori ad Academ. Oxon.

Amongst the most famous Contradictors, which the Doctrine of Luther found, was Henry the 8^th King of England, who not being born the Kings eldest son, had been destinate by his Father to be Archbishop of Canterbury, and therefore in his youth was made to study: But the eldest being dead, and after him the father also, he succeeded in the Kingdom. Esteeming it a great honour to imploy himself in so famous a Controversie of Learning, he wrote a Book of the seven Sacraments, defending also the Popedom, and oppugning the Doctrine of Luther: a thing so gratefull to the Pope, that having received the Kings book, he honoured him with the title of Defender of the Faith.

But Martin suffered not himself to be scared with that most illustrious glittering name of a King, but answered his Majesty with as much acrimony, vehemency, and as small respect, as he had answered the petty Doctors. The Hist. of the Coun∣cell of Trent, l. 1. p. 16.

He drew many Learned men into England.

Desiderius Heraldus, a Learned Frenchman.

He hath written a Comment on Martiall.

Animadvers. in Salmas.

Observat. ad Jus Atticum & Romanum, and other Learned Works.

Herbert Lord of Cherbury.

He hath published a Book De Veritate & Causis Errorum, and hath written the Life of K. Henry the 8^th in English.

Hermes Trismegistus, the most ancient Doctor of the Egyptians.

* 1.71He hath written

De Lapidis Philosophici secreto, and other Miscellanies.

Conradus Herebachius * 1.72, Anno 1508. a Learned Papist.

He was a compleat Scholar, skilfull in many Languages, the Latine, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, French, Dutch. His friends were the Learned men of that time, Erasmus, Sturmius, and others.

He hath written a most Learned Commentary on the Psalmes, de re Rustica.

He put out two Books De institutione principis deque Republica Christiana admi∣nistranda: Lexicon Graeco Latinum locupletavit.

Hermannus Contractus, a Germane, Anno 1032.1058 say some.

He was descended of a Noble Count of Swedland, and was crooked and lame from his infancy, which gave him the surname of Contractus. He spake Latine,* 1.73 Greek and Hebrew as his naturall Language.

He published all his Works with his contracted and paralytick hands. Membris planè erat contractis, unde & Contracti nom••n accepit, & fortasse ea propter monachus factus fuit. Voss. de Histor. Lat. l. 2. c. 44.

He was the inventer of the Astrolabe.

Hermogenes. He was of Tarsus in Asia minor. Being scarce 18 years old he wrote the Art of Rhetorick in six books, but when he was old he forgat Learning. Thence they spake of him jestingly, that he was old in his childhood, and a childe in his old age.

Heredian, an eloquent and faithfull (yet free) Historian.* 1.74

He wrote 8 books of Histories.

Stylus Photio teste, est elegans, perspicuus, ac talis planè; ut vix historicorum ulli ulla virtute cedat. Veritati etiam studuit nisi quod fides ejus mutat in Alexandro & Maximino. Voss. de Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 15.

Herodotus.* 1.75

Although he relates stories that may seem fabulous, yet the whole body of his History is composed with singular fidelity and a diligent desire of truth, but he often prefaceth concerning other narrations, that he rehearseth them not be∣cause he thinks them to be true, but as he hath received them from others.

Hic pater historiae mendacia plurima finxit, Quippe suam Musis dedicat historiam. Steph. Paschas. Icon.

Hesiod 37 annis Hesiodus artis sua specimina publicè edidit ante Homerum, Sel∣dem. Marm. Arund.* 1.76

It is an ancient and famous question of the age of Homer and Hesiod, and whe∣ther was ancienter. Accius the Poet, and Ephorus the Historian, make Hesiod the first. Vide Agellium l. 3. c. 11.

John * 1.77 Hessuls, he hath put out severall Works mentioned in the Oxford Ca∣talogue.

William Landgrave of Hessen was the first Protestant Prince in Germany.

He died of a burning Fever 1637.

Many of the Landgraves of Hessen were Learned men.

* 1.78Helius Ebanus Hessus. He was born in the year 1488.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

Hesychius Grammaticus, Anno Dom. 400.

The most Learned a 1.79 Glossary but corruptly printed.

He was a Christian (though some seem to question it) as Casaubone on Athenae∣us, Henry Stevens and D^r Price shew.

Learned D^r Langbane in his Notes on Longinus, styles Eustathius, Hesychius, and Pollux, Literaturae Graecae Triumviri.

Joannes Heurnius.

* 1.80He was intimately familiar with the most famous men of that age, Janus Donsa, Franciscus Junius, Lucas Trelcatius, Hugo Donellus, Everard Brohorst, Joseph Scaliger, Justus Lipsius, Francis Raphelengius, and others.

His Works either published by himself or his son, are mentioned by Melchior Adam in his Life.

CHAP. V.

HJeronymus, Anno Aerae Christi 375. Helv. Chron. 390. say others.

* 1.81He matched any of his time in Learning in the Tongues, skill of hu∣manity, and knowledge in holy Scripture, yet was that time so plenti∣full of Learned men, as almost no time since.

Linguarum, Historiarum, & locorum situs peritissimus vir. Ful. Miscel. l. 2. c. 8. Vide c. 11. & 15.

He was mainly taken with Origen, so that he called him by way of praising him, Suum, his own.

His Epistles are approved of in Italy, France, Spain, all Germany and Africk: he was honoured and sought to farre and near by Bishops, by Noble Matrons, by great Rulers, many great personages came farre, having seen his Works, to see the Author. He had excellent skill in the Hebrew, which he got of a Jew Bar∣hanin ah, as Erasmus relates in his Life.

Vir perfecto omnium doctrinarum genere praeditus, Hebraeam prae terea linguam, Syram, Chaldaicam, Graecam, & Latinam callens. Ang. Roch. Bibl. Vatic.

He was over-sharp and vehement in his Epistles with Austen and with others in his Controversall Writings.

Vt ubique vehemens, ita in Eristico contradicendi genere parum interdum atten∣dendus. Montac. Appar. 9.

Omnium Traditionum Curiosissimus explorator. Id.

Hilarius Pictaviensis Antistes, Bishop of Poictou in France.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,* 1.82

Et nos exhilaras, Hilari sanctissime Praesul, Et monitis victa est Arria secta tuîs.

Hilarius Arelatensis Episcopus.

He lived in the time of Pope Leo about the year 458.

Hildefonsus * 1.83 Toletanae sedis Episcopus.

There are Opuscula varia of his.

Arthur Hildersam, a Learned and Judicious Divine; who quotes Scripture Texts pertinently.

His Comment on the 51 Psalm, and his Lectures on the 4^th of John, and other Works are excellent Treatises.

Hincmarus, Anno Dom. 850.

There are his Opuscula & Epistolae.* 1.84

Admonitio de potestate Regia & Pontificia.

Hipparchus, a great Astronomer.* 1.85

He lived about 125 years before Christ was born.

Pliny much commends him in the 2^d Book of his Naturall History, c. 26.

There are his Enarrationes Gr. Lat. Ad Arati & Eudoxi Phaenomena.

Hippocrates.* 1.86

He was the first that wrote Methodically the Art of Physick, all Greece admi∣ring him because of his knowledge.

His Works are in Greek and Latine in two Volumes.

His Aphorisms are much esteemed and quoted by Physitians.

Hippolytus.* 1.87

He hath written some Homilies, and De Consummatione mundi, de Antichristo, & secundo adventu Christi.

* 1.88David Hoeschelius, a very Learned man, to whom we owe many good books.

* 1.89Rob. Holcot, an English man, a Learned Dominican Monk.

He hath written

On the Proverbs.

Questions and Speeches upon the Sentences.

De imputabilitate peccati quomodo longa.

Determinations of other Questions.

Jacobus * 1.90 Hollerius.

Magni illius Hollerii dignissimus filius. Jacobi Augusti Thuani De vita sua. l. 1.

He hath written

De morbis internis, Observat. ad Consilia curandi.

* 1.91Lucas Holstenius, a Learned Papist.

* 1.92Franciscus * 1.93 Hottomannus, a Learned Lawyer, well skilled in History and all An∣tiquity, and a Protestant.

Divers of his Works published Concerning the Law, and other things, for the illustration of Antiquity and politer Learning, are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

* 1.94Homer. Seven Cities contended about his birth.

Leo Allatius hath written a book de Patria Homeri.

Homers Poetry is twofold, his Iliades and Odysses. In the Iliades he represents the strength of his body, in his Odysses that of his minde, both is described in an Heroick verse, the most absolute of all Meeters.

Amongst all Homers verses his Iliades and Odysses are especially celebrated, in which the light of all Philosophy, Oratory and Poetry is seen. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. l. 2.

Est perfecto regium quid Homeri poesis, & praesertim Ilias, & paraemia quidem ait malorum Ilias, haec vero omnis boni Ilias. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tomo 2^do, l. 17 c. 10.

Homer and Virgill, the two Poets that have been the admiration of all ages, which have afforded men of judgement.

Philosophers and others ascribed little less then Divine authority to Homer.

Alexander the Great put Homers Iliades in a curious Casket which he took from Darius, and laid it still under his pillow when he slept.

Homero vati haec est propria, peculiarisque tribuenda lans, quod neque, ipse de patria sua quicquam prodidit, & pleraeque illum nobilissimae civitates suum quaeque fuisse alumnum contendunt. Polit Orat. in Exposit. Hom. Vide plura ibid.

Alcibiades the Athenian coming into a School, commanded them to bring him Homers book, when they answered they had him not, he struck the Master and went away, counting it an unworthy thing for a Schoolmaster to be without Homer.

Festus Hommius.

He was in the Synod of Dort, and opposed the Arminians.* 1.95

There is his Specimen controversiarum Belgicarum.

And his Disputationes Theologicae.

Petrus Cornelius a 1.96Hoofduis, a Learned Dutch Knight.

Richard Hooker.

For his solid Writings he was sirnamed the Judicious, and entitled Theologorum Oxonium.

He hath published a Learned Book Of the Laws of Ecclesiasticall Polity, written in Defence of the Government then established, against the new desired Discipline.

John Hooper, the Learned and godly Bishop of Glocester and Worcester, and Martyr.

These are his Works,

His Answer to my L. of Winchesters book, entituled, A Detection of the devils Sophistry wherewith he robbeth the unlearned people of the true Belief in the Sacrament of the Altar.

Confession of the Christian Faith.

Declaration of the 10 Commandments.

Sermons on Jonas.

And other Tracts mentioned by Maunsell in his Catalogue.

Joachimus Hopperus.

He hath written divers Works.* 1.97

Paraphrasis in Psalmos.

De usu Psalmorum.

De vera Jurisprudentia

Isagoge in Iurisprudentiam.

De Juris Arte.

Dispositio Lib. Pandectarum.

More of his Works are mentioned by Suffridus Petrus De Scriptoribus Frisiae.

Horatius Flaccus,* 1.98 an ingenious Poet.

Qui unus plura Criticorum judiciò, quam caeteri omnes innovavit. Dilher. Dispu∣tat. Acad. Tom. 1.

Robert * 1.99 Horne, sometime Bishop of Winchester.

Et bene sonantem Hornum. D^r Humph.

There is his Answer to Fecknam.

Conradus Hornaeus Lutheranus. Vedelius terms him Virum doctissimum, and com∣mends his book De processu disputandi.

* 1.100Lambertus Hortensius.

Divers of his Works are published.

De Anabaptistis, De Bello Germanico, Explanationes in Lucanum, in Virgilii Aeneida, Dissertatio de Trajecto & Epistolis, Rerum Vltrajectinarum.

Stanislaus Hosius.

* 1.101He was imployed by three Emperours successively, Charles the 5^th, his Brother Ferdinand, and Maximilian the sonne of Ferdinand. He was President in the Councell of Trent.

All his Works are in one Volume.

Rod. Hospinianus.

He hath written

De Festis Judaeorum & Ethnicorum.

De Templis.

De Monachis.

Michael Hospitalius.

* 1.102Vnicum aevi nostri decus. Grot. Praefat. ad Poem. Chancellour of France un∣der Charles the 9^th, but removed from the Court and made a prisoner as it were, only because he opposed those wicked counsels against the Protestants in the Mas∣sacre at Paris.

Beza mentions him in his Icones Virorum illustrium.

There are these of his Works published,

Six Books of Epistles in Latine verse.

De Caleto expugnato.

Epistola & carmen, cum. aliis.

In the Preface to his Epistle one saith, it appeared by a most ancient Coin, that he much resembled Aristotle. Summum illum omnium Philosophorum principem Aristotelem sic ore toto retulit, ut alterius ex altero imago expressa videri posset.

Jo. Howson, Bishop of Oxford, a Learned man. He hath written De Divortiis, and Sermons.

* 1.103Rogerius de Hoveden, a famous Historian, who flourished about the year 1190.

He wrote two Books of Annals.

Robert Hues.

He hath written well of the Celestiall and Terrestiall Globes and their use.

Hermannus * 1.104 Hugo.

He hath written a good Book de Origine scribendi & rei literariae antiquitate.

Hugo * 1.105 Cardinal, a Dominican.

He hath written learnedly on all the Scripture.

Antonius Hulsius, a learned man.

He hath put out

Theologia Judaica, and Notes on the Psalms in Latine.

Humbertus a 1.106 Episcopus.

Whom Leo the 9^th made Cardinal for the rare Learning and vertue which was in him, and sent him to Constantinople to suppresse the andaciousnesse of another Leo Bishop of the Bulgarians.

Laurentius Humphredus.

Laurence Humfrey Doctor of Divinity and President of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford, a learned and pious man.* 1.107

He hath written Bishop Juels life in Latine, and Jesuitismus.

De Interpretatione Linguarum.

He hath written in English

Of Civil and Christian Nobility, shewing the Original, Nature, Duties, Right and Christian Institution thereof.

Also a Treatise by Philo a Jew, of the same Argument, translated.

Seven Sermons.

John Hus a Bohemian born in a Town named Hassenitz.* 1.108

He died as a Martyr of Christ at Constance Anno 1415. His Works are mentio∣ned by Boissard in his Icones.

He and Jerom of Prague were condemned in the Councel of Constance against the publick faith given them. Hus in the year 1415. but Jerom in the year follow∣ing, which Bodin (though a Papist) disliked De Repub. l. 5. c. 5.

The people which were present at the execution of Hus, so admired his constan∣cy and pious death, that they said, What that man taught or did before we know not: certainly those things are great evidences of true piety, for he prayed most fervently to God a little before his death.

Hulrichus Huttenus a Knight and Poet laureate, born Anno 1488.

He was Luthers good friend, and encouraged him to constancy.* 1.109

His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

In Vallam de donat constant.

Huttenus captivus, Huttenus illustris Satyra nemo.

De Schismate extinguendo.

Exhortatio in Concil. Basil. contra decimas.

De lande Germanorum.

De morbo Gallico.

Arminius, Dialogus.

His Poetical Works are in one Volume.

There was this Epitaph made of him.

Hic eques auratus jacet oratorque disertus, Huttenus vates carmine & ense potens.

C. Julius * 1.110 Hyginus.

* 1.111Hypatia or Hypathia, a most learned woman, daughter to Theon the Geome∣trician, she taught publickly at Alexandria, many flocking thither to hear her.

Andreas Gerhardus Hyperius a most learned and diligent Divine. Anno 1511.

* 1.112His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

CHAP. VI.

[ I]

Dr THomas Jackson a learned Divine, as his Commentaries upon the Apo∣stles Creed, and other Works shew.

Mr. Arthur Jackson, a Reverend Divine, and good Expositor of Scripture.

He hath commented on the Pentateuch, on the Historicall Part, and five Poeti∣cal Books.

* 1.113King James a learned and wise Prince.

His several Works shew his great Learning. I finde in the Appendix of the Oxford Catalogue these words, Opera Regis Lat. manu propria inscripta & Acade∣miae suae Oxoniensi dono data, in perpetuam Regiae munificentiae memoriam, in Archivis reposita.

In the Catalogue it self his Poeticall Exercises, and other particular Works are enumerated.

He died in March.

Non miror regem si Martius abstulit Anglis; Pacificis semper Mars inimicus erat. Arth. Jonstoni Epig.

Jacobus De a 1.114 Voraigne. He wrote the golden Legend.

Richard James.

M^r Selden speaks of him and Patrick Young, as his Assistants in his Work of Marmora Arundelliana.

Sed ut expeditiùs res absolveretur, rogo ut in operae societatem adsciscerentur amici communes, eruditissimus Patricius Junius, & multi jugae doctrinae studiique indefati∣gabilis vir Richardus Jamesius.

For this Richard James, there is this censure of him, that he preached three Sermons, one without a Text, another against his Text, and a third be∣sides it.

D^r Thomas James. He was a laborious man. As

His Corruption of Scriptures, Councels and Fathers.

The Downfall of Jesuites.

Bellum Papale, and other Works shew.

Jamblychus b 1.115 a famous Philosopher, and Porphyrius his Scholar.

He hath written a Book of the mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans and Assy∣rians, and three Books of the Sect of Pythagoras, with Commentaries of Simplicius the Philosopher.

Jo De c 1.116 Janduno.

Cornelius Jansenius. He was born at Hilstane in Flanders.

One of the Papists learnedest and best Expositors of the Gospel.* 1.117

He was sent by King Philip the second King of Spain to the Councel of Trent.

Fuit in hoc viro praestans ingenium, exacta linguarum trium Latinae, Graecae & Hebraicae cognitio, singularis prudentia, eximius rerum usus, inprimis verò summum religionis ac pietatis studium. Quantus Theologus fuerit, clamant doctissimi in Con∣cordiam suam Evangelicam orbis judicio probatam Commentarii; qui & aequales aliquot, in his Salmeronem & Beauxamamum in eadem arena desudantes, à suis tunc edendis deterruerunt. Auberti Miraei Elog. Belg.

He was uncle to the other Jansenius Bishop of Iper,* 1.118 who wrote Sanctus Augu∣stinus. This Jansenius wrote another Book also against the French, and styles it Patricius Armachanus, whence Petavius cals the Jansenians Armachani, or be∣cause Jansenius was so much beholding to the Archbishop of Armaghs Goteschalci Historia for his Book.

Rabbi Salomon Jarchi a learned French Jew,* 1.119who hath commented on the whole Bible, and to whom Lyra is much beholding for what he hath of the Hebrew.

Jason d 1.120 Maynus.

His Works are in six Volumes.

Jesuitae. The Iesuites.

* 1.121In the fifth year of Pope Vrbane the fifth began first the Order of the Je∣suites.

Men of famous industry and excellent reach in all subtill and profound Arts, but ignorant and besotted in matters of faith and mysteries of salvation. D^r Jacks. on the Creed, Vol. 1. l. 2. c. 1.

Thuanus and Pasquier (though Papists) speak against the titles of Jesuites, as proud and blasphemous. Novo atque ut plerisque visum est superbo nomine appelati sunt. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 15.

See Thuan. Hist. tom. 2. l. 36. at the beginning, and Pasquiers Recherches de la France, l. 3. c. 42, 43. against them.

A Book called the Jesuites Rule, discovers what they are.

See also Monarchia Jesuitica, Arcana Societatis Jesu, Mysteria Patrum Jesuita∣rum. De studiis Jesuitarum abstrusioribus, and the Jesuites Catechism.

The best Expositors amongst the Papists, are Pererius, Ribera, Tolet, Maldo∣nate, Estius, all which (except Estius) were Jesuites.

The ablest for controversies, are Bellarmine, Stapleton, Gregory De Valentia, two of which were also Jesuites.

The best Philologers, are Sirmondus, Andraeas Schottus, Fronto Ducaeus, Serarius, all Jesuites.

Some of the Papists are very bitter and malicious, as Genebrard, Gretzer, Scioppius.

Others more candid and ingenuous, Schottos, Frontones, Acostas, Petavios, Rosweydos, & aliquos alios viros eruditos & modestos excipio. Montac. Appar. 7.

* 1.122Ignatius, Anno Dom. 102.96. Helv. Chron.

He was the Scholar of S^t John the Evangelist, Bishop of the Church of Antioch, a man of great Sanctity, and a most ardent lover of our Lord Jesus Christ, he was was wont to say of him, My love was crucified.

Bishop Vsher and Vedelius shew which of his Epistles were genuine.

* 1.123Matth. Fl. Illyricus was somewhat heretical, but yet was usefull to the Church in

some of his Works, his Clavis, the Centuries, in which he had a great share, and Catalogus testium veritatis.

D^r Jackson indeed in Christs everlasting Priesthood, l. 10. c. 12. seems to justifie Illyricus his definition of original sinne, and chap. 13. labours to shew, that Cal∣vin and Peter Martyr consent with him in the description of original sinne. Yet I have elsewhere refuted his opinion, of original sins being the essence and substance of a man, and it is generally disliked by the Orthodox.

Denegarunt ei coenam ministri propter doctrinam de peccata originali, ita sine via∣tico, quia aberrarat è via, abiit ex hac vita: utinam pius & bonus. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Lavater.

Joannes De Indagine.* 1.124

He flourished Anno 1522.

He was a great Astrologer.

Indices Expurgatorii.* 1.125

There are two Expurgatory Indices, one new, the other old, one set out by Cardinal Quiringa in the year 1584. the other by the Cardinal of Squidoval and Roxas in the year 1612. B. Vsh. Answ. to the Jesuit. Challenge.

There be some Authors so purged, as Georg. Venetus, Erasmus Roterodamus, and Carolus Molinaeus Works, that their depravations being diligently noted, would amount unto whole Volumes. D. James his Remedy against all manner of Popish Corrupt. Part. 5^th.

They have put as much out of Cajetane as would make a pretty Book.

The purpose of these Indices is to corrupt the writings, and raze the records of the world, to make all Authors to become the Popes Proctors, and such as (having spake for the truth) now (being dead) must plead for the Pope. Their practise is so soon as an Author is purged, to burn all the old ones as farre as they can. Cra∣shaws Preface to his Romish Forgeries and Falsificat.

Arias Montanus was sometime a chief Inquisitor in the Low-Countreys, and had more then a finger in printing of the Antwerp Index, long since, and often re∣printed by Junius: yet now his own Works (as his learned Commentaries) upon Isay, the lesser Prophets, the four Evangelists and Acts of the Apostles, upon the Epistles and Apocalypse, and other writings of his, are purged and purged again in the Roman Index. D. James his Mysteries of the Indices Expurgatory.

Jo. Philippus Ingrassias, a learned Physician.* 1.126

His house was called eruditionis emporiam, the mart of Learning.

These of his Works are celebrated.

De moribus praeter naturam. Tomus 1.

Quastio de purgatione per medicamentum, & de sanguinis missione.

Jatrologia.

Synopsis Commentariorum de peste.

Commentaria ••n Galeni librum de ossibus.

Comment. in Artem medic. Galeni.

Ingulphus a Learned English Abbot.

He lived Anno 1050. as he witnesseth in the end of his History.

He wrote a History of the Monasteries of England. See more of him, lib. 2. cap. 13. pag. 93.

Innocentius tertius Papa, Anno Dom. 1200.

* 1.127A learned man but a great persecutour of the Church.

When he had great store of money, he said to Thomas Aquinas, Dost thou not see Thomas, that the Church cannot now say as in times past when it first began, Aurum & argentum non habeo, I have not gold and silver, Thomas presently an∣swered, Holy Father, this is true, but the Church cannot now say, as the Primitive Church did by the same man, Arise, walk, be whole.

His Works are contained in two Tomes.

* 1.128Alanus Insulensis, vel de Insulis.

There is his

Ante-Claudiani, & de Anti-Ruffino.

Abbas Joachimus.

* 1.129He was an heretick, he held a distinction of the Deity from the Persons, and so a quaternity, mistaking a passage in Peter Lombard.

Arthur Ihonston a Scotch Doctor of Physick before he was full twenty three years of age, he was laureated Poet at Paris, his Paraphrastick Translation of the Psalms is commended.

Jernandes, he was called Jordanus, he flourished Anno Domini DXXX, under the Emperour Justinian.

He being a Monk was made Bishop of the Gothes.

* 1.130Josephus Judaicus Clarissimus Judaeorum Historieus. Ful. Miscel. l. 2. c. 3. most learned in the Greek and Hebrew.

He is a diligent Historian, yet since he wrote the Antiquities of his own Nation, with an intention to communicate them to others, he described them as stately as he could, and when he thought the simplicity of the Scripture did not suffice to the commendation of things done amongst the Hebrews, he invented and added many

things himself, therefore in those things he is to be prudently read, left he deceive the unwary Reader. This fault Luther on Gen. 34. and Rivet on Exod. 2. and Chamier and others tax him with. Vide Cornel. à Lap. in Gen. 29. & in Numb. c. 11. v. 34.

There was a Jew in latter times who out of the true Josephus translated into La∣tine by Ruffinus (he himself understanding no Greek) and Hegesyppus (or rather Ambrose) his Latine History of the destruction of Jerusalem, set out an H••brew History under the false name of Joseph Ben-Gorion, whom he thought to be the same with Josephus the Historian, for whom he would be taken. The Epitome of this Hebrew History is entitled, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Josiphon, whence the name of Josippus was taken up.

Paulus Jovius.* 1.131

Some commend him, and others much dislike him.

I have heard wise and learned men say, That his whole study and purpose is spent on these points, to deface the Emperor, to flatter France, to spite England, to help Ger∣many, to praise the Turk, to keep up the Pope, to pull down Christ and Christs Reli∣gion, as much as lieth in him. Aschams Discourse of the State of Germany, p. 15.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him.

••aenal•• cui penna fuit, cui gloria flocci, Vix quid ut ille fide scripserit historicâ.

Thuanus cals him Luculentum historiarum Scriptorem Hist. Tom. 1. l. 11. Neand. in the third part of his Geography, saith Paulus Jovius in opere ejus doctissimo & elo∣quentissimo historiarum nostri temporis.

Hic situs est Iovius Romanae gloria linguae: Par cui non scripto non Patavinus erat.

CHAP. VII.

IRenaeus, Anno Dom. 180.161. Helv. Chron.

Bishop of Lions, the Disciple of Polycarpus who was a hearer of John,* 1.132 most famous among the Fathers.

His nature well agreed with his name, for he ever loved peace, and sought to set agreement when any controversie rose in the Church.

He was martyred with a great multitude of others more, for the Confession and Doctrine of Christ, about the fourth or fifth year of Severus.

Jo. Isaacus. He was a Jew, but turned Christian.

He hath put out an Hebrew Grammer.

Isidorus Hispalensis, Anno Dom. 632.

* 1.133He was called the younger to distinguish him from the senior Bishop of Corduba, or from another Bishop of Siville his Predecessor.

He was the Archbishop of Sivill, the President of the Councel of Sivill in Spain, one of the most learned Writers which have been in the Church within this thou∣sand years. B. Down. Defence of his Serm. l. 3. c. 4.

He hath learnedly interpreted almost all the Old and New Testament. He hath written twenty Books of Etymologies, wherein he hath not only shewed himself a Grammarian, but a compleat Artist.

Isidorus * 1.134 Pelusiota, floruit anno 482. Bell. de Script. Eccles.

For his famous sanctity he was called by a peculiar name 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that is, carrying God in him.

* 1.135Isocrates.

He was very bashfull, and never spake in publick but once.

Tully cals him the father of eloquence, Dilher that Attick Syren.

Isocrates quidem suavitatem habuit, vim Demosthenes.

Notae Dounaei in 36. Hom. Chrysost. in Epist. prim. ad Corinth.

Henricus Isselburgius Professor and Pastor of Brema, Doctor in Divinity.

There is a Book of his published, styled

Digeries praecipuarum quarundam Controversiarum Theol.

John Juel Bishop of Salisbury, exile in Queen Maries time for the Profession of the Gospel.* 1.136

He was born in Devonshire. John comes from the grace of God. Juel is the same in our Language with Gemma in Latine, as lately a learned Writer was called Gemma Frisius.

The Jewel of Bishops, the worthiest Divine that Christendom hath bred for some hundreds of years, saith incomparable Hooker. Doctor Hackwell. Apol. lib. 5.

Hardly is there any Controversie of importance handled at this day, of which in his Works is not to be found some learned and probable resolution.

His Apology was esteemed not only by the Tigurin••s, but by all Protestants. It was translated into the Germane, French, Italian, Spanish Tongue, and into the English by the Lady Anne Bacon, wif•• to the Lord Chancellour Bacon.

The first part of it is an illustration of the true Doctrine, and a certain para∣phrastical Exposition of the twelve Articles of our Christian faith. The second a succinct and solid Refutation of Objections.

He had at hand a great paper-book, as it were a rich treasury of Sciences, in which he wrote his divine and humane collections out of Poets, Philosophers and Divines. We call it a Common-place book.

Doctor Rainolds in his Letter to his friend concerning his advice for the study of Divinity, saith thus,

To••ching ••••••ing, you k••ow, I do not like the common custom of Common-place Books. The best in my judgement is to note in the Margent, or in some pa∣per-book for that purpose the Summe and Method of that which you reade.

In other little Books which he carried about with him (an Ephe••erides or Diary) he diligently wrote all the Apophthegmes and witty speeches, or jests which he heard from others, or observed any way, by which means he much increased his knowledge yearly.

He was very affable and courteous, amiable in his whole life, in speech witty and plea••ant, in his writings he is solid and yet f••cetious. He fled in Q. Maries dayes, and returned when Q. Elizabeth ruled.

Julian the Emperour, a Learned Prince, but an Apostate.

Quo tetrius magisque Deo s••mul & h••minibus exosum animal orbis vix vidit. Crak.* 1.137 De Provid. Dei.

He was given to Eusebius Bishop of Nicomedia to be instructed, of whom also he learned the Doctrine of the Church and was made a Reader in the Church of Nicomedia. But he was a hearer secretly of Libanius the Rhetorician, and was fa∣miliarly acquainted with the most famous Philosophers of that time. He was drawn back by these by degrees to the Heathenish Religion.

He wrote Books against the Christians, and reproved their Doctrine, especially the prohibitions of revenge delivered, which, though they properly belong to private revenge, yet he wrested them for publick revenge, and he said by these, Magistrates, punishments, lawfull warres were taken away, and all the sinews of retaining humane Societies.

Ammianus Marcellinus commends his Temperance in meat and drink, and his continual watching, and the partition of the night into private, publick and di∣vine offices.

He took away the great Gifts and holy Vessels which Constantine the Grea•• had given to the Churches use, and Ministers maintena••••••, with this scoff, See in what goodly vessels this Nazarite is served.

It was one of his scoffs when he robbed the Churches and the Christians, He did it that the Galileans (so he contumeliously called the Christians) might go more rea∣dily to heaven.

He not onely killed the Christians, but scoffed at Christ himself and the Scri∣ptures.

He had scarce raigned two years, when warring against the Persians, he was struck and mortally wounded with a Spear in that warre, as Nazianzen••, Theodo∣••••••, So••rai••s, Sozomen, and ot••ers ••n••ore d••cent, and filling his hand with bloud, c••sting it into the air, he cried out, Vicesti Galilaee, Ita simul & victori••m confessus est, & blasphemiam evomit, saith Theodoret.

Franciscus Junius.* 1.138

The glory of Leyden, the oracle of Textual and School Divinity, rich in Lan∣guages, subtil in distinguishing, and in Argument invincible. D^r Halls Dec. of Epist. Epist. 7.

He saith in his own Life written by himself, that he being once in the times of trouble very hungry, came by accident into the house of a Countreyman, and de∣siring some food, he entertained him most courteously. Hic (ô sapientiam D••i ad∣mirabilem) saith he, optimam scholam Christianitatis Dominus mens mihi paraverat. 〈…〉〈…〉 discoursing together about the troubles for Religion. Sic effecit D••us admirabiliter (saith Junius) ut bonus rusticus sanctissim••m Zelum quem, habebat, operante Domino, mihi quasi insti••••••••••••, ego verò 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Christianus, siq••idem Christianus, ei ••cientia praelucerem. Vna & eadem hora suam gratiam in utroque ••xplicavit & ostendit Deus: à me scientiam rustico, ab illo Zeli semina quaedam mihi

ingenerans. And so being each of us some way bettered by the other we departed, saith Junius.

He is censured by Doctor Twisse * 1.139 as too obscure, but by Thuanus over∣harshly, Vir desult••rio ingenio, qui multa conatus, an adsecutus sit quod molie∣batur, doctorum erit judicium. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 79. from whom he is vindicated by Vossius.

His Works are in two Volumes in Folio.

Migravit ad Christum anno 1602.

His Son Francis Junius (whom I know well) hath written a learned Book D•• Pictura veterum.* 1.140

Hadrianus Junius a Physician.

* 1.141One of the great Lights of Holland, a•• Erasmus also was.

Vir eruditissimus variaque lectionis. Ful. Miscel. l. 4. c. 5.

Fuit Medicus, Criticus, Poeta, Historicus exactissima antiquitatis cognitione egregiè claerus; linguarum plurium peritus. Melch. Ad. vit. Germ. med.

Many Monuments of his wit full of Learning witnesse his great ability.

His Nomenclator, six Books of Animadversions, Copia Cornu, and other Works.

Ptricius Junius, Patrick Young a Scotchman, a great Grecian.

* 1.142There is his

Caetena P••t. Graec. in Job Gr. Lat.

Clementis ad Corinthi••s Epistola, cum ejus not••s.

Fr. Juretus.* 1.143

He hath put out Notes on S••••eca.

Christ. Justellus a learned Protestant.

He hath published these two excellent Works.

Codex Canonum Ecclesiae Affricanae.

Codex Canonum Ecclesiae Vniversae.

* 1.144Justinian the Emperour.

He was born at Prisdena in Sertia. He was most Orthodox in Religion, a most constant Defender of the true Doctrine against the Arians, Nestorians Eu••ychians and Manichees.

He wrote four Books of Institutions, in which the Summe of all the Romane Laws is briefly comprehended.

Of these Melancthons Distich is memorable.

Continet hic tennis legum praecepta libellus. Primaque Romani semina juris habet.

Augustinus Justinianus Episcopus Nebiae.* 1.145

Paulus Jovius saith, when he passed from Genua into the Corsick Island, he was thought to be drowned, or to be intercepted by Pyrates.

Sodalitatis praedicatorum eximius Theologus, Grae••is, Hebraeis, Arabis, Chaldais∣que literis ornaetus, qui ex Graecis Hebraicisque Latinitati plurima donavit. Ingensque volumen histor••••rum Genuensium lingua vernacula, cum insulae Corsica descriptione cona••dit. Leand. Albert Descript. tot. Ital. in Liguria.

Laurentius Justinian the Patriark of Venice was also of the same house.

Leonardus Justinianus.* 1.146

His Family had the same felicity that the Curios had, that there were three fa∣movs Orators of it, two Leonards, the Grandfather and the Grandchilde, and Bernard the Grandchildes sonne. Volat. Anthropol. l. 21.

Justin Martyr.* 1.147

A famous Philosopher, and a great Defender of Christian Religion, who first exhibited unto the Emperour Antoninus Pius, and to the Senate, an Apology in the Defence of the Christians, and afterward himself also died a Martyr.

He flourished in the Church after Christ about the year 150, so Zanchy. Others say 163.

He is the ancientest of the Fathers (whose writings remain) except Clement.

He lived in the very next Age to the Apostles, and Tertullian lived the next Age to him.

He was first allured to the Faith by the cruelty of Tyrants, and by the constancy and patience of Gods Saints.

In the year of Christ 163. he suffered Martyrdom for the faith under Mareus Aurelius Antoninus the Philosopher, and Lucius Verus Emperours.

His Works were printed in Greek and Latine by Commelinus Anno 1593.

Justin the Historian.* 1.148

He lived under the Emperour Antoninus.

Junius Juvenal.* 1.149

He is commended by learned men for the best Satyrist. That Censor morum liberrimus. He is a rare Poet, is testified by his Verse, flow∣ing

like a River, when the winde breaths gently, smooth besides the banks, strong in the current.

He was a true Philosopher, who with inimitable sweetnesse of Language, and majesty of Sentences, sets before our eyes the lovelinesse of virtue, and the defor∣mity of vice. So the learned Sir Robert Stapleton in his Preface to his exact Transla∣tion of Juvenals Satyrs.

* 1.150Juvencus Presbyter a Spaniard.

He flourished in Constantines raign, Anno Dom. 330.

He wrote four Books of Verses, in which he hath comprized the Evangelicall History.

CHAP. VIII.

[ K]

BArth. Keckermannus.

* 1.151He hath written almost on all Arts

All his Works are in two Volumes in Folio.

Thomas de Kempis, or Kempensis.

* 1.152His Book De Imitatione Christi is translated into sundry Languages.

He is translated into the Turkish Language. A Merchant going to Algiers in Mauritania to redeem some Captives from their miserable slavery, found this Au∣thour translated, and by the King wonderfully enriched with pearls, and kept (as he saith) in a more glorious Cabinet then ever Alexander kept his Homer in.

Liber quotidianarum paginarum erat ei Thomae à Kempis divinum opusculum de Imitatione Christi, de quo in libro de Scriptoribus Ecclesiasticis, Ego, inquit, ab adolescentiâ mea, & usque ad senectam hoc Opusculum saepissimè volvi & revol∣vi usum per mihi novum apparuit, & nunc etiam mirificè cordi meo sapit. Fuli∣gattus in vita Bellarmini.

Aureus ille De Christi imitatione libellus, & non modò de manibus nunquam depo∣nendus, fed & ad verbum ediscendus, tanquam pietatis myrothecium, ut jure omnium gentium linguis bodiè legatur. Aubert. Miraei Elog. Belg. Vide plura ibid.

Joh. K••plerus a famous Mathematician.

He hath put out many Works that way.

Vir ingenio, industria, & (quod omnium instar) foelicitate inventorum, Admira∣bilis, saith D^r Ward of him in his Preface to the Reader before his Inquisitio in Bul∣liald. Astronomiae Philolaicae Fundamenta.

Jacobus Kimedoncius, he was Professour at Heidelberg in the Palatinate.

He wrote De verbo Dei.

De Redemptione generis humani.

De Divina Praedestinatione.

Oratio lugubris in obitum Jo. Casmiri.

R. David Kimchi, a most learned Rabbin, and deadly enemy to Christians.

The King of Grammarians. Broughton of the ten first Fathers.* 1.153

He hath styled his Grammatical Work Michlol.

Liber Radicum, that Book of his roots or Hebrew Lexicon is Hebraica litera•••••••• locupletissimus thesaurus.

Comment in Psalmos 10. priores.

There is he and other Rabbins upon the lesser Prophets.

Adversus Christianos.

R. Moses Kimchi.

There is his Introductio aed sapientiam cum Exposit. D. Eliae & annot. Const. L'Em∣pereur Hebraicè & Lat. 80.

Athanasius Kircherus, a learned Germane Jesuite now living at Rome.* 1.154

He hath written these Works,

Lingua Aegyptiaca restituta.

Prodromus coptus sive Aegyptiacus.

Consule eruditissimum de magnete opus Athanasii Kircheri. Musaeum Wormianum l. 1. Sect. 2. c. 9.

Conradus Kircherus.

His Greek Concordance of the Old Testament is much esteemed, entitled

Concordantiae Veteris Testamenti Graecae Hebraeis vocibus respondentes.

Petrus Kirstenius a great Arabist of Germany.

He hath published divers things about the Arabick Tongue.

John Knewstub a Learned Divine.

There are his Lectures on Exod. 20.7. first 17. vers. on 1 Cor. 13. v. 4, 5, 6, 7. on Gal. 3. v. 10. on 3 Joh. v. 16. on Mat. 6. v. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.

Answer unto certain Assertions.

Confutation of monstrous and horrible heresies taught by H.N. and embraced of a number, who call themselves of the Family of Love.

John Knox a learned Scotch Divine.

Johannes Major a famous Scotchman also was his Master.* 1.155

Beza and Calvin write several Epistles to him; Calvin three, and Beza two. Calvin cals Knox and Goodman his Brethren, and excellent men.

He had a Prophetick Spirit, by which he fore-told many things that came to passe afterwards, as * 1.156 Whitaker observes.

He was the Restorer of the Gospel among the Scots.

His Sermons and other English Works are mentioned by Maunsell in his Ca∣talogue.

Albertus Krantzius, or Crantzius.

A man, as of an excellent Spirit,* 1.157 so of farre greater Place and Authority in Germany then Luther was, and one that from as earnest detestation of the Romish Churches pride and insolencies, notified as great a desire of Reformation, as Lu∣ther, yet thought he should have but lost his labour in oppugning the greatnesse whereto it was grown. The same Bishop a little before his death being made ac∣quainted with Luthers purpose; after approbation of his good intents to reform the abuse of Indulgenees, burst into these despairing speeches of his good successe, Frater, frater, abi in cellam, & dic, miserere mei Deus. D^r Jacks. on the Creed first Vol. l. 1. c. 30.

There are his Works in two Volumes mentioned by Melch. Ad.

CHAP. IX.

[ L]

LActantius Firmianus, Anno Dom. 300.

He was Tutor to Constantines Sonne Crispus, but that was (as Hierom saith) in extrema senectute.

He was so poor, that many times he wanted even necessaries. Geneb. out of Euseb. Chron.

Hic est Cicero Christianorum quemadmodum Cyprianus eorundem Caesar. Alsted. Encyclop. l. 32. c. 7.

Institutionum divinarum opus, sub Diocletiano aggressus est, ut ipse testatur libro quinto, capite quarto, & tempore Constantini magni edidit, ad ipsum Constantinum sermone converso. Forbes. Instruct. histor. Theol. l. 7. c. 8.

Quem obsecro ad pictatem accendit Lactantius? atque nihil eo nitidius. Dicas Chri∣stianum Ciceronem loqui, quanquam ille non tractat Scripturas, sed cum Ethnicis digladi tur. Eras. Epist. l. 27. Epist. 38. Inter omnes Patres audit Ciceronianus. Ames. Bell. Enerv.

He was called Firmianus from his Countrey Firmi or Firmii a Town of the Pi∣cenes in Italy, Lactantius à lacteo eloquentiae flumine, solidiorique orationis genere. Wolfii Lect. mem. Cent. 5.

Arnobii discipulus, & quidem similis fortunae. Nam utramque ex Oratoriae artis professione religionis Christianae doctorem evasisse, ex Hieronymo constat. Voss. Hist. Pelag. l. 3. part. 1. Thes. 1.

* 1.158Franciscus Lambertus. There is his Commentary on the Revelation.

Dionysius Lambinus.

A learned man and a Protestant, say some, though Thuanus a 1.159 make him a Papist.

He hath commented well on Lucretius, Horace, Plautus, Turnebus often ho∣nourably mentions him in his Adversaeria.

Dionysius Lambinus vir omnibus literis egregiè doctus & Graecè & Latinè impri∣mis eruditus, & nunc linguae Graecae professione Parisiense gymnasium ornans. Turneb. Advers. l. 11. c. 26.

* 1.160Carolus Langius.

Joannes Langius, a learned Physician of Germany,

* 1.161Illustrissimi Principis Pulatini Rheni Medicus, cujus extant Epistolarum medici∣nalium Tomi duo ab Oporino nostro Basileae impressi, opus stupendum, eruditum, vari∣um, Medicum, Physicum, Phylologicum, planéque tale ut ob rerum in illo opere pul∣cherrimarum, variarum ac scitu dignissimarum copiam, non solum medicinae candidatis, sed etiam omnibus eruditae ac Philologicae doctrinae studiosis, plurimum sit emolumenti allaturum. Extat etiam ejusdem medicum de Repub. symposium, ejusdem planè argu∣menti cum Epistolis medicinalibus. Neand. Geog. part. 1.

Steph. b 1.162 Langton, a learned Englishman.

Hubertus Languetus.

Non minus doctrina, quam diuturna totius Europae peragratione clarus. Bod. Meth. Hist. c. 4. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 74.

Thomas Lansius.

His Consultatio de principatu inter provincias Europae is a learned Work.

Cornel. à Lapide, a Jesuite of Flanders. He publickly taught the Hebrew,* 1.163 and expounded the Scriptures at Lovaine more then twenty years.

He hath Commented almost on all the Scripture.

He was of very low stature, as I have heard from one that (I think) saw him, and so I finde him described in Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica, Pusillus quidem corpore, at ingenio magnus fuit.

Johannes a 1.164 Lascares.

Lud. b 1.165 Lavaterus.

A Learned and diligent Preacher of the Church at Zurick.

His Book de Spectris, hath been often published in Latine, High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, Italian.

He first got himself a name by this Book.

Perlegi Lavateri Doctissime: non sine voluptate & fructu, eruditissimum libellum tuum de Spectris. Placet argumentum, sententia tua, methodus, perspicuitas. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Lavatero.

He hath Commented upon Ezekiel, Ecclesiastes and Esther, Ruth, Nehemiah

Jo. Baptista Laurus. He hath written two Centuries of Epistles.

Theatri Rom. orchestra, de viris illustribus.

Jacobus Laurentius, a Learned Minister of Holland.

In his singular Tractate intituled Reverentia Ecclesiae Romana erga S. Patres veteres subdola D^r Featlies Stricturae ad Lyndomastigem.

He hath Commented upon the Epistle of James, both the Epistles of Peter, hath written in loca difficiliora Epist. Pauli.

Gaspar c 1.166 Laurentius.

These Works of his are published,

Observatio de publicis disput. de Religione.

De natura in Sacramentis, cum Christi Jesu Conjunctione.

Jacobus d 1.167 Latomus, Pater sive Senior, an eloquent and learned man, most skil∣full in three Languages.

He wrote two Dialogues de trium Linguarum & studii. Theologici ratione.

And divers other Works.

Jacobus Latomus, filius sive Junior.

He turned some of the Psalms into verse.

Hugh Latimer, sometimes Bishop of Worcester, Martyr.

* 1.168There is his Conference with Ridley, and his Sermons.

Johannes Latius, or de Laet.

* 1.169Olaus Wormius in his Museum Wormianum often honourably mentions him.

He hath put out the work of the severall Commonwealths.

Americae, seu novi orbis descriptio cum Tabulis.

Hispania, sive de Regis Hispaniae regnis, & oppibus Comment.

A learned Tractate de Gemmis & Lapidibus.

De Imperio magni Mogolis. Novus Orbis, seu descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis, l. 18.

Persia, seu Regni Persici status.

Pierre De Launey, a French Gentleman.

He hath written upon all Pauls Epistles in two Volumes in French, in quarto.

The same man (by another name) hath written on Daniel and the Reve∣lation.

Wolfgangus e 1.170 Lazius.

He hath published

Com. Reipub. Rom.

De gentium aliquot migrat.

De Bello Turcico.

De rebus Graecis.

Rerum Viennensium lib. 4. with other Tracts.

Jac. f 1.171 Ledesma.

He hath written a book De divinis Scripturis in quavis lingua non legendis.

Legenda.

* 1.172It was called Aurea Legenda, the golden Legend, by the Papists, for the ex∣cellency that it seemed to have above all other stories.

It contains a report of the Lives and Miracles of the Saints, a book written by a man of a leaden heart for the basenesse of the errours that are without wit or rea∣son, and of a brasen forehead, for his impudent boldnesse in reporting things so fabulous and incredible.

* 1.173Jo. Lelandus, a famous Antiquary.

He wrote four books de viris illustribus, sive de scriptoribus Britannicis: It is pity it is not printed. That Manuscript is in Oxford Library.

Hoc opus magna diligentia, cura, & labore congessimus, atque adeò jam in tomos quatuor digessimus, ne Britanniae nostrae, fama tot eruditorum, & elegantium scri∣ptorum deperiret. Quotus enim quisque est hac nostra aetate, vel inter eruditos, qui rectè norit quos literarum flores Britanniae hortus protulerit. Certè ut ingratitudinis notam multi in hac parte ••luant, nunquam profectò desidiae maculam abstergent. Le∣landi Comment. In Cygneam Cantionem.

Civis Londinensis sum, nec me patriae paenitet meae. Speroque aliquando futurum, ut nec illam sui qualiscunque poeniteat alumni.

Nulli nota magis domus est sua, quàm mihi certè Omnia Londini sunt monumenta mei.Id. ibid.

There are some of his Works published,

Assertio inclytissimi Arturi Regis Britanniae.

Genethliacon Edw. 6^ti.

Cignaea Cantio, with a Comment, which is his best book printed. He himself in his Peroration saith thus of it, Jam praestiti quod sum pollicitus, & Commentarii qualeseunque mei in Cygneam cantionem prodeunt, opusculum ex penetralibus recon∣ditae, & sacrosanctae antiquitatis religiosè erutum, & diligentia, cura, fide quanta potui planè maxima in lucidum ordinem redactum.

Lavinus Lemnius * 1.174, a Learned Physitian.

He wrote,

Explanationem similutudinum, quae ex fructibus herbisque in sacris bibliis de∣sumuntur.

De habitu & constitutione corporis.

De occultis naturae miraculis, ac variis rerum documentis libros quatuor, multipliei eruditione refertos, with others.

Leo Hebraeus.* 1.175

Fortasse Mutiensis qui scripsit de ritibus Hebraeis.

Leo the first Pope.* 1.176

A Learned man but proud enough Leo M. primus Episcopus fuit Romanus, & quidem ambitiosissimus. Cham. de Oecumen. Pontif. l. 3. c. 4.

His Works are mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.

Leo decimus,* 1.177 Leo the tenth, Anno Dom. 450.

As one whose birth and education was noble, he adorned the Papacy with many good parts which he brought into it, amongst which were his singular Learning in humanity, goodnesse, and a marvellous sweet manner in treating of affairs, together with a pleasing behaviour, more then humane, joyned with incompa∣rable liberality, and a great inclination to favour those that were Learned, and endowed with any extraordinary quality; which vertues were not found in that Sea of a long time before, neither equall nor near unto his. And he would have been a Pope absolutely compleat, if with these he had joyned some knowledge in things that concern Religion, and some more propension unto piety, of both which he seemed carelesse. Hist. of the Counc. of Trent, l. 1. parag. 12.

He was son unto Laurence Medices, and had to his great grandfather Cosmus, that was the great honour of that House. Leo was made Cardinall when he was but thirteen years old: his successor was Adrian the 6^th a Hollander. Sleid. Comment. l. 3. p. 34.

He died at Rome in the year of his age 47, of his Popedome the 8^th.

He departed not without the suspicion of poysoning.

Paulus Jovius hath written four Books de vita Leonis decimi. See his 3^d and 4^th books especially.

There is a medall, where there is Leo the tenth of one side of it, and Roma aeterna on the other, and this a little before the rise of Luther.

Leo Imperator. His Works are in Greek and Latine.

There are his Tactica, sive de re militari, cum notis Jomeursii. Canticum compun∣ctionis, and other Works.

Joannes Leo of Africa.

A man for his fidelity, amongst the Learned in the Eastern Languages and Hi∣stories of very good esteem.

There is his Geographicall description of Africa.

Nicolaus Leonicenus, a Learned Physitian.

He taught above 60 years at Ferraria, and lived till 96. He said, Se viridi vegetaque uti senecta, quiae castam juventutem virili aetati tradidisset.

There is his

Quaestio de tribus doctrinis ordinariis.

De falsa quarundam herbarum inscriptione à Plinio.

De morbo Gallico, and other Works.

* 1.178Nicolaus Leonicus Thomaeus, a Learned Venecian.

Leonardus * 1.179 Lessius, Anno salutis 1554.

He hath written De Justitia a 1.180 & Jure, and other subjects.

He hath written a book entituled Consultatio quae fides & Religio sit Capessenda, which was translated into English.

It is answered by Meisuer, but better by Henricus Brandius in his Examon Consultationis Lessianae.

R. Levi Ben Gerson.

He hath written a Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon.

* 1.181Jo. Lewenclaius, a Learned and famous man, who hath translated many of Gregory Nazianzens Works into Latine, and added Greek expositions, translated also by him.

He hath written severall Treatises,

Juris Graeco-Rom. tam Canonici quam Civ. To. 2.

Historiae Musulmanae Turcarum cum aliis Tractat. and many other Treatises.

Libaniu•• the Sophister was born at Damascus. A very eloquent man.

Many of his Greek Orations were printed at Rome in one Volume, among which also there is one, which contains the Elogy and Encomium of Julian the Apostate his Scholar.

There be many Epistles of his to Basill, and his answers again to him.

Library.

Chrysologus saith, a good Library is the only Paradise in the world.

Some b 1.182 much commend that famous Library of Ptolomeus Philadelphus at

Alexandria: Rama c 1.183 highly extols that of Cosmo de Medicis at Florence: Some magnifie the Popes Vaticane at d 1.184 Rome. Others, and justly, that of ours in e 1.185 Ox∣ford.

Paulus Gualdus in the Life of Pinellus much commends his Library. Bibliotheca ejusdem, quae inter omnes penè Italicas, ac fere dixerim Europaeas, una eminebat. Quinquaginta annorum opus fuit, magni ex eo sal••em aestimandum, quod accuratissi∣mus vir in illud unum contulerit curas suas omnes & cogitationes: Librorum nume∣rum mihi incompertum, ex eo investigare quis poterit, quod Neapolim post ejus obitum capsae librariae plus minus centenae tricenae delatae sunt.

Lipsius hath written a book De Bibliothecis.

And Angelus Roccha at the end of his Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana hath an Appendix, De Bibliothecarum Inventione & Incremento.

Duncanus Liddelius, a Scottish Doctor of Physick.

He hath put out these Works,

Ars Medica.

De Febribus.

De Diaeta.

He was an eminent Professour of the Mathematicks, Scholar to Tycho Brahe.

Fridericus Lidembruchius.* 1.186

He hath written Observations upon Ammianus Marcellinus, and also Observa∣tions upon Jornandes, Isidore and Paulus Diaconus.

John Lightfoot.

A Learned Doctor of Divinity,* 1.187 well skilled in the Hebrew Text and the Rab∣bines, as his divers Learned Works shew.

Harmony on the Old Testament.

Harmony of the New Testament.

On the Acts.

Temple Service.

Miscellanies, and Sermons.

Gulielmus Lilius.* 1.188

One of the prime Poets of those times.

Insignem ex optimis literis laudem tulit Gulielmus Lilius, qui primus cives suos Latinè, atque disertè loqui feliciter docuit. Pauli Jovii Britannia.

Thomas Linacer vel Linacrus, an Englishman. He was the Physitian of Henry the 8^th, and Master to Prince Arthur.* 1.189

A great Physitian and Grammarian, excellency skilled in Greek and Latine.

He eloquently turned many of Galens Works into Latine, Galeni nitidissimus in∣terpres. He put forth an excellent Work a little before his death, de emendata structura Latini Sermonis.

Linacer Grammaticorum doctissimus. Beza in Act. 10. v. 15.

Gulielmus Lindanus.* 1.190

He was born at Dort in Holland. He was commended by Gregory the 13^th in the Conclave of Cardinals.

Petrus f 1.191 Lindebergius.

He hath put out

Hist. rerum in Europa gestarum. Poemata.

Aloysius Lippomanus.

* 1.192He hath published

Catena in Gen.

In Psalmos 10 Priores.

De Sanctorum Historiis.

Justus Lipsius. He was born at Bruxels.

* 1.193 Criticorum phosphorus nitidissimus J. Lipsius. Dilh. Disput. Acad. Tom. 1. Critico∣rum superioris seculo princeps. Meibom. Maecen. c. 3.

He put out Variarum lectionum libri when he was scarce 19 years old, he cals it ingenii sui tyrocinium.

Some much commend his Politicks, others think he is much beholding to others for it. Cest Juste Lipse, qui n'a rien mis du sien dans ses Politiques que des adverbes & des conjonctions. Apologïe Pour M. De Balzak.

Thompson in his Vindex veritatis adversus Justum Lipsium, saith thus of his Diva virgo Aspricollis. Hic tuus truncus non magis est Diva, non magis est Virgo, quam tu Justus, etsi illi Divae & Virginis nomen dedisti, tibi Justi arrogasti. Habeat ergo uterque suum: sit illa truncus tu Jodocus.

What pity is it, that so high a wit should in the last act be subject to dotage. All the masculine brood of that brain we cherished, and (if need were) admired: but these his silly. Virgins, the feeble issue of distempered age, who can abide? D^r Hals Dec. Epist. 5.

When he lay a dying he prayed thus: ô mater Dei adsis famulo tuo cum tota aeter∣nitate decertanti, nec me deseras in ista hora, à qua pendet aeternae animae meae salus. Miraeus. Drexellius. Melch. Ad. and he cried out, Domine Jesu, da mihi patientiam Christianam.

Henry Stevens hath written a Book De Lipsii Latinitate.

* 1.194He reckons up there tres seculi nostri Ciceromastiges Angelus Politianus, Deside∣rius Erasmus and Lipsius. To Lipsius that is objected (saith he) Quod Cicero∣nis stylum non satis aptum. Scribendis Epistolis dixerit. Praeterea laudantur ab ipso Epistolae Politiani, qui primus inter Ciceromastiges collocatur. His accedit, quòd

Ciceronianistas (qui vulgo Ciceroniani vocantur) ac nominatim Petrum Bembum, alicubi insectatur.* 1.195

Some entitle his Book de Constantia liber plane aureas, yet others say he was very inconstant himself.

Literae variae, Letters or Epistles.* 1.196

Vna quidem Epistola est, quae literarum nomine signatur sed ea verè multis constat literis. Voss. De Anal. l. 1. c. 38.

There are certain most godly, fruitfull and comfortable Letters, of such true Saints and holy Martyrs of God, as in this Realm gave their lives for the defence of Christs holy Gospell, written in the time of their affliction and cruell impri∣sonment.

Thomas Littleton, a grave and Learned Judge of the Court of Common-pleas, sometimes of the Inner Temple.

His Tenures is a Book of sound and exquisite Learning,* 1.197 comprehending much of the Marrow of the Common Law.

I affirm and will maintain it against all opposites whatsoever; that Littletons Tenures, is a Work of as absolute perfection in his kinde, and as free from errour, as any Book that I have known to be written of any humane Learning.

Edw. Lively, the Professour of Hebrew in Cambridge, and very skilfull in that Language.* 1.198

He hath written an Exposition on five of the small Prophets, and a little book of Chronology in English.

But there is a large Latine Chronology also of his, which * 1.199 Casaubone com∣mends, as worthy to be published. This Book B. Vsher hath, and he quotes it in his Book De Macedonum & Asianorum Anno Solari, c. 3. in Chronologiâ nondum editâ, vir doctissimus Edovardus Liveleius.

Titus Livius.

Petrus Crinitus l. 7. De Honesta Disciplina c. 12. saith his History was divided by him into Books not Decades.* 1.200

Neque partitiones decadum ab ipso Livio sunt, quod professorem Humanitatis ig∣norare non decebat, antiqui enim Grammatici non Decades, sed libros agnoscunt. Pignor. Symb. Epist. Ep. 44.

Benius criminatur Livianam phrasin, facere operae precium, quod neque Cicero∣nia sit, neque Terentiana: at num ideo minus Latina? affirmet cui cornea fibra est. Ego utique non affirmabo qui sciam, linguam Latinam debere uni Livio magnam co∣piam genuinae elocutionis quam apud Ciceronem & Terentium frustra quaerimus. Vt jure vocaverit novitius Livii editor omnis latinitatis refertissimum. Id. ibid. Vide plura ibid.

CHAP. X.

A Loysius a 1.201 Lollinus, Episcopus Bellunensis.

There are his Episcopalium curarum characteres.

Peter b 1.202 Lombard, Anno Dom. 1140. the Father of the Schoolmen.

He was sirnamed Master of the Sentences, because of the four books of Sentences composed by him, and collected out of the Fathers. He died in the year 1164. The Commentary which Thomas Aquinas made on Lombards Book of the Sentences was so well liked, that he was after Commented upon by fourscore Divines whose names and list are to be found within the laborious Book of Gesners Bib∣liotheca.

Quamvis in eo opere Papatum confirmet pro virili multa tamen exciderunt, quae Pontificio errores oppugnant. Illyr. Catal. Test. Ver. l. 15.

Lombardus inter omnes Papistas optimum & doctissimus. Apol. Rog. Aschani pro Caena Domini.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

Quid non Lombardo Parasina Academia debet; Qui sanctae reserat limina prima Scholae?

Dionysius Longinus, a very great Master of Rhetorick.

* 1.203He hath written a small Book 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, de grandi sive sublimi genere ora∣tio••is.

Christ Longomontanus, a great Mathematician.

He hath put out these Works,

Astronomia Danica.

* 1.204Cyclometria verè & absolutè in ipsa natura Circuli cum rectilineo inventa.

Christopher Longoly, born at Machlinia a famous Town in Germany, buried at Padua, a man excellently Learned, and a great Ciceronian, omnium Cicero∣nianissimus.

Lud. Viv. de Caus. Corrupt. art. l 4. Longolius l. 4. Epist. Nic. Draconi commends Tully much.

He hath written three Orations, four Books of Epistles.

He died when he was scarce 34 years old.

Exilis est in sententiis, non luculentus in verbis, ut tamen de eo. si vitae contigis∣set usura diuturnior, bene censeam sperandum fuisset. Sed ut nunc est, mea quidem sententia nullus est, quid enim affert exquisitum? quid singulare, quid non vulgatum, non ex quotidiana consuetudine, usuque sumptum. Paul Manut. Epist. l. 1. Epist. 4. Vide plura ibid.

Eum ut in sententiis exilem & in verbis minimè luculentum aspernantur Itali ho∣mines, qui parem in hoc laudis genere nullum ferre possunt. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog. Vide Boxhorn. Theat. Holland. p. 299.

Petrus Lorichius Abbas. He hath put out Poems.* 1.205

Jo. Lorinus, a French man. He was Professor of Divinity at Paris, Millain, Rome.

He hath written upon a great part of the Scripture.

Lucanus.* 1.206

His life was written by Suetonius.

Lucanus ardens & concitatus, & sententiis clarissimus, & ut dicam quod sentio, magis oratoribus quam poetis annumerandus. Quintill. Instit. Orat. l. 10. c. 1.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

Carmina melliflui non ambio docta Maronis; Sunt sua Lucano, sunt sua Virgilio.

Lucian the Atheist, he doth promiscuously scoff at all Religion, he reproacheth Christ and Moses.* 1.207

There are many of his Books and Dialogues extant, which were printed in Greek and Latine at Basill in Octavo, with learned Annotations.

He was torn to death by dogges.

Lucianus festivissimus & politissimus scriptor, Turneb. Advers. l. 18. c. 8.

Cai•••• Lucilius * 1.208 Acerrimi poeta ingenii, miraeque eruditionis, at{que} urbanitatis Lucilius ex Aru••ca u••be. Polit. Praelect. In Persium. Vide plura ibid

Versus Lucilli•• ipsa ra••itate & paucitate suavitatem consequuntur, etsi enim versi∣bus aliorum poetarum comparandi non sunt: tamen quadam illecebra & invitatione nos capiunt & deliniunt. Turneb. Advers. l. 27. c. 9.

Lucius * 1.209

The first Christian King of this Land.

He founded S^t Peters Church in Cornwall, the ancientest Church in London.

Titus Lucretius the Poet.

* 1.210Lucretius optimus Latinitatis actor. Voss. de Anal. l. 2. c. 24.

* 1.211Ludovicus Romanus.

* 1.212Raym. Lullus, a very Learned man. He lived about the year 1290.

Martin Luther.

* 1.213Melancthon seeing his picture i•• said to have uttered this verse immediatly,

Fulmina cra••t linguae singula verba tuae. Natus es Isl••bii Divine Propheta Luthere; Relligio sulget te Duc••, Papa Iacit. Johannes Stolsius. Lutherus Decimum confregit strage Leonem; De clava noli quaerere, penna fuit. Maior.

Both his skill in Divinity was profound, and his tongue was eloquent to utter it. No marvell if the Lord suffered him some way to take a blow of Satan, and in some respect to be foiled, that he might humble him, and teach us to trust in God and not in men. Travers his Answ. to a Popish Treatise written to the LL. of the Councell.

He wrote in his house, Res & verba Philippus, Res sine verbis Lutherus, verba sine r•• Erasmus.

He hath some lofty expressions, as I have noted * 1.214 elsewhere.

Domini sumus (saith he) ron tan••um in casu Genitivo se•• Nominativo, not only of ••he Lord, but Lords.

His Book against Henry the 8^th and contra Swirmeros is too bitter.

Agant quicquid possunt Henrici, Episcopi, atque a••eò Turca, & ipse Satan. Nos regni filii sumus, qui illum conspu••um & occisum denuò ab istis Henricis Salvatorem colimus & expectamus. Calv Epist. & responsa, p. 28. Vide plura ibid.

He wrote many things in Latine and high Germane.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones according to the order of time when he wrote them.

Beza in his Epitaphs hath these verses upon Luther,* 1.215

Roma urbem domuit, Romam sibi Papa subegit, Viribus ille suis, standibus iste suis. Quantò isto major Lutherus, major & illa, Illum illamque uno qui domnit calomo? I nunc, Alcidem memorato Graecia mendax, Lutheri ad calamum ferrea clava nihil.

Lycaphron Chalcidensis.* 1.216

An ancient and very obscure Poet.

Poetarum, siquis alius, imo ultra quam alius quis, dictionis extraneae atque inso∣lentis, quis legentibus crucem figat. Gatak. De Novi Instrumenti Styli Dissertat. cap. 41.

Thomas Lydiat, a Learned Mathematician.

There are divers Works of his published.

Solis & Lunae periodus.

De variis annorum formis.

De natura caeli, & conditione Elementorum.

Praelecti•• Astronomica.

Di origine sentium.

De quisitio Philologica.

Defens••o tractatus de variis annorum formis, contra Jos. Scaligerum.

Emendatio temporum.* 1.217

Nic. Lyranus * 1.218. Anno Dom. 1320.1334. saith Helvicus. Lyrator, or de Lyra.

Learned in Hebrew, Greek and Latine, and famous for his Notes upon the whole Scripture, according to the litterall sense.

He was a jew born, but after turned Christian, that he might more fitly attend the reading of the Scriptures, which he endeavoured to explain by Annotations, he became a Franciscan Monk, as the opinion of those times swaied.

About the year 1322, he began to illustrate the Bible with Scholia, which work within seven years after he finished and published. He distinguisheth and separates the Apocryphall books (viz. Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Judith, Tobi∣as, the books of the Macchabees) from the Canonicall. In that Work many things occurre, which do not agree with the Popish superstitions, and do demon∣strate that Lyra could have exprest many things more fitly, if he had been born in a better age. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit.

The Papists have this saying of him,

Nisi Lyra lyrasset Nemo nostrum saltasset.

CHAP. XI.

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* 1.219NIcolaus Machiavellus, a great Historian. He lived in the age of Philip Strozius, and Clement the 8^th Pope.

Although his Politicks be full of poyson, yet since his history hath much hidden wisdom in it, some think the judicious and wary may reade it with profit.

Joh. Maccovius, a Learned Divine.

There is his Theologia Polemica, and another Work.

Macrobius. Some commend his Saturnals.

Qui dapibus partim emendicatis, partim suffuratis suas caena•• instr••xit. Polit. Miscel. Cent. 1. c. 22.

Georgius * 1.220 Macropedius, a learned Poet.

Caius Cilnius Maecenas.

* 1.221He was Councellour to Augustus the Emperour, and so great a favourer and countenancer of Learned men, that he hath conveyed his name to all the Patrons of Learning.

He favoured Poets above others, and advanced them. He exceedingly loved and favoured Virgill the Prince of Poets, & absque ipso fuisset, nos hodi•• & hujus & plurium aliorum monumentis careremus.

He also favoured Horace.

Otia dat nobis, sed qualia fecerat olim Maecenac Flacco Virgiloque suo. Mart. l. 1. Epigr. 108. ad Lucium Julium.

Propertius also was his friend, and other Poets mentioned by Meibomius, c. 18. and there he addes this sentence, Ex tam propenso vero in literatos amore ac favore id praemii inter caetera retulit Maecenas, ut celebriores doctissimorum hominum lucubra∣tiones ipsius virtuti consecrarentur.

Joannes Petrus Maffeius, a very eloquent Italian.

Hujus aevi Latinae linguae lumen, he in prose honoured his Country at the same time that Torquatus Tassus did it in verse, being his Countries Tully, as the other was its Virgill.

There are Epistola Selectae published of his cum vita Ignatii Loiolae.

Raphael a 1.222 Maffeus, a most learned man, as his writings sufficiently testifie. His Works are mentioned by Boissard.

Ferdinandus b 1.223 Magellanus.

He found out the straight of Magellane.

R. M. Maiemon, or Rabbi Ben Maimon, Anno à Nativitate Christi 1131.

One famous among Jews, Christians, and Mahometans.* 1.224

He dwelt in Egypt, therefore Aegyptius dicitur.

He hath written a Book styled More Nevochim, Doctor Perplexorum, which because it seems too much to favour the Christians, the Jews generally conspired together, and thought to burn it, but it was so much dispersed through the whole world that they could not accomplish what they had intended. Drus. in Tetrag. Not.

M^r Selden in his 2^d part de Syned. saith he hath five severall Editions of Mai∣monides, besides a Manuscript, and every edition hath somewhat that the other hath not.

The Aquinas of the Rabbins.

Inter Hebraeos celebratissimus, Merc. praefat. in lib. Job. Celeberrimus inter Ju∣daeos Maimonides. Constant. L' Empereur praefat. ad Itin. Benjam.

Diligentissimus Rabinorum Mosche ben Maymon Schickardi Jus Regium He∣braeorum. c. 1.

Jo. Major Scotus.

Johannes Major qui in studio Theologiae, magnum nomen, me puero habuit. Buchan. Rer. Scot. Hist. l. 7.

He hath written Historiam Majoris Britanniae, and on four Books of the Sentences.

Cum scateat nugis solo cognomine Major, Nec sit in immenso pagina sana libro: Non mirum titulis quod se veracibus ornat: Nec semper mendax fingere Creta solet. Buchan. Epig. lib. 1.

This was much in Buchanan, Major being his Master.

M. Ant. Majoragius.

He hath written upon Aristotles Rhetorick, upon some of Tullies Works, and Orations of his own.* 1.225

Maldonate, a Spaniard and a Jesuite.

Whose skill in expounding Scriptures (save only where doting love unto their Church hath made him blinde) none of theirs, few of our Church hath surpassed. D^r Jackson upon the Apost. Creed, first Vol. l. 3. c. 13. The most judicious Expo∣sitor among the Jesuites. Id. ibid. c. 15.

Some think him very arrogant and bitter, Vide Scalig. Elench. Trihaeres. Serar. cap. 11.

Others say that he read Lectures in Paris by way of preface (before his Expo∣sition of the Evangelists,) of the Scriptures, and said that there was more Divi∣nity in one Chapter of S^t Pauls Epistles, then in all Aquinas his Summes. Many Protestants frequented his Lectures, and he was suspected to be too favourable to them.

Ne ipsi quidem Calvinistae & Calvinistarum ministri ipsius praelectionibus absti∣nerent. Alegambe Biblioth. Script. Soc. Jes. Vide plura ibid.

* 1.226Gulielmus Malmesburiensis, a famous Historiographer of our own. Anno Dom. 1130.

* 1.227Jo. Manaraus, a famous Physitian, who wrote 20 Books Epistolarum Medi∣cinalium.

M. Manilius, sive Manlius.

* 1.228He was a Poet at Rome in the time of Augustus the Emperour, to whom he de∣dicated his five Books of Astronomy, made in Hexameter verses.

* 1.229Baptista Faustus Mantuanus, a Monk born at Mantua, as Virgill also was.

Poeta fuit doctus & pius. Bellarm. de Script. Eccles. He was a Learned and pious Poet.

Of that same that he was made equall by some to the more ancient Poets even under Augustus: Amongst other verses of his wisely written also those are wont often to be used and rehearsed,

Ambitiosus honos, & opes, & foeda voluptas, Haec tria pro trino numine mundus habet.

Stephanus Pasch••sius in his Icones hath these verses of him,

Mantua foeli••em genuit foecunda Maronem; Haec eadem faustis me tulit as spiciis.

His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

He often grievously accuseth the Church of Rome.

Th••uet Vies d••s hommes Illustres. l. 6. confesseth he was Satyricall and discovered the abuses of Rome, and then saith he was a bastard, and gives many examples of famous men that were bastards.

Aldus Manutius Senior.

* 1.230He collected and published two famous Volumes, one which Henry Stevens lately reprinted at Genevah. Another which in 2 Tomes gives 700 Epistles, 40 Volumes of Greek Authours, rare and yet full of Learning, Wisdom and Elo∣quence.

He first also published a Volume of Greek Grammers.

Paulus a 1.231 Manutius his sonne, homo & diligentissimus & doctissimus. Turneb. Advers. l. 8. c. 24.

Besides many other Learned Writings (as his Epistles) he also published ten Books of the Roman Antiquities.

Aldus Manutius minor, Vir quidem eruditus, & in Antiquorum monument is in∣dagandis accuratissimus. Ang. Roccha.

Angelus Roccha in his Appendix Bibl. Vatican, De Bibliothecis, quae adhuc ex∣tant, mentions three Manutii, Aldus, and his sonne Paulus, and Pauls sonne Aldus.

Aldus senior publicae consuluit utilitati, dum impressoriam artem miro exercuit studio, ut Latinam linguam, & Graecam, quas optime callebat, in pristinum splen∣dorem, Joanne Baptista Alberto, Nicolao Peroto Episcopo Sipontino, Francisco Phi∣lelpho, Jo. Jucundo, Theodoro Gaza, Trapezumtio, Lascare, Chrysolora, Musuro, Vrbano, & Bessarione ad eandem rem praestandam inscribendo ad laborantibus, typis perpulchris restituere.

Paulus autem Aldi filius Paulus Aldi filius▪ alter Cicero in Latine scribendo, Ro∣manam linguam collabentem in pristinum nitorem studuit revocare, dum Latinorum monumenta diligenter scrutatus est.

Aldus denique junior Aldi nepos, & Pauli filius, dum Avum, & Patrem, & typis, ac scriptis imitatur, utriusque linguae non ignarus, Avum & Patrem imita∣tione repraesentat.

Gualt. Mapes.* 1.232

Archdeacon of Oxford, a man of an excellent wit, who in his verses points forth in lively colours the life of the Popes, and he describes also the exactions, rapines of the Court of Rome, the riot and pride of the Prelates, in a book of his entitled, Diversa Poemata, de corrupto Ecclesiae statu.

Samuel Maresius, a Learned French Divine, Professor of Groning.

His books are mentioned Vit. Profes. Groningae.* 1.233

Ammianus Marcellinas. In the year of our Lord 361.

He writes a military and rough style, as himself confesseth.

He wrote 30 Books, beginning from the rule and dominion of Nerva, even to the death of Valens, in whose Court he flourished, but 13 of these are lost.

Scriptor suae aetatis fide & judicio probatissimus. Rivii Justin. Defens. adversus Alemannum.

Jo. Mariana, a Learned Jesuite.

He hath written Scholia upon the Old and New Testament.

Maximus Margunus, Cytherorum Episcopus.* 1.234

Sir Henry Savill in his notes on Chrysostoms Psalmes cals him Graecorum Neote∣ricorum longè doctissimum, and publisheth there an Epistle of his sent to David Haeschelius.

Psalterium B. Mariae,* 1.235 our Ladies Psalter.

Bonaventure the authour thereof, to shew himself a devout servant to his Lady, hath taken every Psalm of Davids Psalter (which he peculiarly made and referred to Almighty God) and hath in divers of the said Psalms and verses put out the Name of the Lord, and placed in the name of our Lady: This being done through the whole Psalms, and every one of them, it is now called our Ladies Psalter, used to be sung and said in the praise and service of our Lady.

Alsted in his Encyclopaed. l. 35. saith this book is falsly ascribed to Bonaventure, for he on Lombard saith, Cavendum est, ne dum matris excellentia ampliatur, filii gloria minuatur.

Marianus Scotus.

* 1.236He hath put out Chronicorum lib. 3.

Augustine Marlorat, one of the Ministers of the Reformed Church at Roan in France.

* 1.237A man excellently Learned, and of an unblameable life, who had the testimony even of the Papists themselves, that in his Sermons he never uttered ought that tended to sedition or rebellion.

He ha••h written upon Genesis, Esay, and the Psalmes, and an Ecclesiasti∣call Exposition upon the New Testament, which last is generally well esteemed of, and D^r Willet somewhere wisheth, that the like had been done by some on all the Old Testament. Enchiridio•• locorum Communium.

* 1.238Philippus Marnixius, Anno Christi 1538. a Learned and famous Writer.

His Works are mentioned by Melchior Adam in his life. His * 1.239Alvearium Ro∣manum, Romish Beehive (it is translated into English) and Table of the diffe∣rences of Religion are very well liked.

Gruterus wrote these verses of him being dead,

Orbis d••lities amorque Marnix, Quo digno poteris tegi sepulcro? Defunctis aliis satis sepulcro est Pars terrae brevis: orbis ipse dignum Vix totus fuerit tibi sepulcrum Orbis delities, amorque Marnix.

Clem. Marot, a French Poet.

* 1.240Poëte de Princes & Prince de Poëtes de son aage. Antoin Verd. Biblioth.

In the Vulgar tongue he surmounted far all Poets that either were before his daies, or that lived also in his time. He turned 50 of Davids Psalms into French Meeter, which are read with admiration of his excellent wit. He set them forth at Genevah, for he might not safely longer abide in France for suspition of Luthe∣ranism. See Pasquiers Recherches de la France, l. 7. c. 5.

Marguerite Queen of Navarre, Sister to Francis the first.* 1.241

There are her Memoires. In the Epistle to the Reader are these words, Que Rome vante tant qu' il luy plaira les Commentaires de son premier Empereur, La France a maintenant les memoires d' une grande Roine qui ne leur cedent en rien.

Her Poeticall Works are joyned together.

Marsilius de Sancta Sophia.* 1.242

He was the sonne of Nicolas Sancta Sophia.

He wrote many things most worthy to be known, of healing sicknesses.

His Opera varia are in Oxford Catalogue.

M. Valerius Martialit, a witty Poet but too obscene.

Scriverius hath many Elogies of him in his Comment.* 1.243

Matthias Martinius, Professor of Divinity and Rector of Brema.

Some much prize Theologos Bremenses & Salmurienses.* 1.244

His Lexicon Philologicum is very well esteemed of.

Petrus Martinius.

He hath put out an Hebrew and Chaldee Grammer, which is englished by John Vdall with Observations upon it.

Peter Martyr, a Learned Italian.* 1.245

He was born at Florence the most flourishing City not onely of Hetruria, but of all Italy.

Of whom I cannot speak without great reverence, B. Jewels Def. of his Apol.

At Padua he first obtained a full knowledge of the Greek tongue, and of Phi∣losophy, afterward at Bononia he diligently studied the Hebrew tongue and Di∣vinity. He was at first a Monk, and was counted the chief of his order; but when he more seriously punished their loose lives, he got thereby much envy.

He hath written Common-places, a large * 1.246 Book in defence of Bishop Cranmer against Gardiner of the Eucharist: and excellently expounded divers books of Scripture, Genesis, Judges, Kings, Samuell, the Epistle to the Romans, the first Epistle to the Corinthians, and hath published other Treatises.

He was Canon of Christ-Church in Oxford, as is said in his life, and as he himself affirms in his Epistles.

Andreas Masius, a great Linguist.

* 1.247He hath written Learnedly on Joshua, and assisted Arias Montanus in the edi∣tion of the King of Spains Bible, and first of all illustrated the Syriack Idiome with Grammaticall Precepts and a Lexicon. There was a great familiarity between him and Laevinus Torrentius and Augerius Busbequius, and at Rome he was inti∣mate with Antonius Augustinus, and other Learned men.

He saith in his Preface to his Grammer of the Syriack tongue, that Moses Mardenus was his Master, Ipsum Romae privatim interdum audiebam doctorem.

Masorites.* 1.248

They observed not only how many words, but also how many syllables all the Books of Scripture contained.

Christianus Massaeus.

He hath written Chronicorum l. 20.* 1.249

Papyrius Massonius.

* 1.250Such a Writer of the French Chronicle as Camden of the English.

Papyrii Massoni Annalium libri quatuor. Quibus res gestae Francorum ex∣plicantur.

Antonius Matthaeus, a Learned Lawyer.

His father was Conradus Matthaeus Professor at the University of Marpurg. He had three brothers famous for Learning, and four sonnes Professors in four Uni∣versities.

Vide vitas Profes. Grouingae, There his Works are mentioned.

Petrus Matthaeus * 1.251, a famous Historian.

Pierre Matthieu in French.

He hath written opus Historicum politicum, and divers historicall things in French.

Petrus Andreas Matthiolus, a great Herbalist.

He hath written Learned Commentaries on Dioscorides his six Books de medica materia.

Maximilian the Emperour was learned himself, he imitating the example of Julius Caesar, did write in Latine his own Acts and Feats done, and that very ex∣actly. He was also a singular Patron and advancer of Learned Students, as may well appear by the erecting and setting up of the University of Wirtenberg.

Barthol. Mayerus, a very Learned man, as his Philologia Sacra shews.

CHAP. XII.

JOseph Mede, a Learned Divine of our own.

There is his

Clavis Apocalyptica, and many English Works.

De Medicis.

The House de Medicis in Florence hath been and still is a great favourer of Learning and Learned men.* 1.252 See Les. Vies Des Hommes Illustres du nom de Medicis by Le Brillant.

They give three Pills still for their Arms.

Cosmi de Medicis, was a lover and preferren of Learned men, for he brought unto Florence Argyropylus a Grecian born, and in that time of singular Learning, that the youth of Florence might be by him instructed in the Greek tongue, and other good Learning. He intertained in his house Marsilius Ficinus, a second Father of the Philosophy of Plato, and entirely loved him. Machiav. Hist. of Florence. l. 7.

His Sepulchre in the Church of Laurence in Florence, is of Marble, with this inscription,

Decreto Publico Pater Patriae. Vide Leand. Alb. Descript. Ital. in Thuscia.

Laurentius de Medicis his grandchilde was a lover of Learning. Papyrius Masso∣nies hath written his life well. He greatly esteemed men that excelled in any Art. He marvellously delighted in Musick, Architecture and Poetry, as many of his own verses and Commentaries yet extant do testifie. He erected an University in Pisae, whither he brought the most excellent men of all Italy.

Laurentius Medicis maxima hac tempestate studiorum patronus: qui missis per uni∣versum terrarum orbem nunciis in omni disciplinarum genere libros summa ope conqui∣rit. Polit. Epist. l. 2. Epist. 6. Vide etiam l. 3. Epist. 6. & l. 4. Ep. 2. & l. 8. Epist. 1. & l. 11. Epist. 25.

Pope Leo the tenth was his Great Grandchild.

Petrus Medices.

Non minus jam sua: quam familiae gloria: scilicet in quo patris ingenium: patrui virtus: patrui magni humanitas: avi probitas: proavi prudentia:* 1.253 pietas abavi reviviscit: omnium vero majorum suorum liberalitas: omniumque animus.

Petrus Medices Laurentii filius, vir & Graecis & Latinis litteris, optimè, quod omnes fateamini, peritus. Nam hoc & scripta ejus indicant, & quaedam ex Plutarcho, de Amore conjugali, quae vidimus, traducta ab eo locupletissimè testantur. Pier. Valer. De Litteratorum infelicitate l. 2. Vide plura ibid.

Jo. de Medina.

There were three famous Medina's: John, Michael, Bartholomew.* 1.254

Jo. de Medina hath written

De Paenitentia, restitutione, & contractibus.

Michael Medina.

He hath written

De Sacrorum hominum continentia.

De recta in Deum fide.

Barth. à Medina hath written

In primam Secundae. In tertiam D. Thomae usque ad quaestionem sextam.

Joannes Henricus Meibomius.

He hath published

Commentarium in Jus jurandum Hippocratis.

Maecenatis vitam.

Marcus Meibomius.

* 1.255He hath put out Greek Authours of the Ancient Musick in two Volumes with Notes.

Balthasar Meisuerus * 1.256, Learned but haughty.

Adolphus Mekerckus, vulgò Meetkercke, a Learned searcher of Antiquities.

He wrote

De veteri & recta pronunciatione linguae Graecae.

Pomponius Mela a 1.257, a Learned ancient Geographer.

Philip b 1.258 M••lancthon. He was a great Mathematician.

Fuit Philippus ver certè magnus (ut totus novit orbis Christianus) singulari pis∣tate, summa eruditione. non vulgari judicio. Cui omnes Scholae & Ecclesiae, om∣nesque literati debent plurimum. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Pezelio.

He was excellently learned, not only in Divinity, but also in the Tongues and Sciences, and generally in all good Learning. For what Art or Science was not polished with his Learned hand? He fyled the Tongue with his Precepts of Rheto∣rick. He made reason more reasonable by his skilfull rules of Logick. He lift up our heads to behold the starres, and taught us to look back into the times that are past. Travers Answ. to a Popish Treatise.

David Chytraeus Adhortat. Ad Orat. Melancth. saith, Plus Rerum & doctrinae ac sapientiae salutaris, in una Philippi orationum pagina inesse, quàm in Ciceronianis aut Demosthenicis aliquot, utcunque verborum splendore, copia & collocatione con∣cinna praestent.

There is a Book (they say, but I cannot meet with it) styled Crisis Melancto∣niana, or Judicium de legendis Authoribus, his judgement of Authors collected out of his Works.

Melancthon thus wrote down before his death, the motives of his willingnesse to leave this world,

A Sinistris.

• Discedes à Peccatis:
• Liberaberis ab aerumnis & à Rabie Theo∣logorum.

A Dextris.

• Venias in Lucem:
• Videbis Deum:
• Intuebiris filium Dei:
• Disces illa mira arcana quae in hac vitae intelligere non potuisti:
• Cur sic simus conditi:
• Qualis sit copulatio duarum naturarum in Christo.

Fearfulnesse was a stain in all his excellencies.

Dominus eum fortiore spiritu instruat, ne gravem ex ejus timiditate jacturam sen∣tiat posteritas. Calvinus Joanni Sleidano.

Philippus timidus est, ita ut saepenumero agat, quae non probet. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Bullingers.

Stephanus Paschasius in his Icones hath these Verses of Melancthon,

Doctrina volito clarus super aesthera quamvis Cognomen dederit terra nigella mihi.

Andrew Melvin.

A learned Scotchman, an excellent Poet.

Some of his Poems are printed,

He was committed for writing Verses against the Altar in White-Hall, and the Lady Arabella was committed for being contracted to the Earl of Hartford, there∣by having a greater Title to the Crown, and so in likelihood of causing Com∣motions.

He made these Verses of the Lady Arabella,

Causa mihi tecum communis Carceris ara Bella tibi causa est Carceris, ara mihi.

Dr. Barlow Bishop of Lincoln made these Verses of him,

Cor tibi felle nigrum est & aceto lingua redundat, Ex melle & vino quam male nomen habes.

Menander an ancient Poet.* 1.259

Menasseh * 1.260 Ben Israel, a learned Jew living at Amsterdam.

He hath put out a Book in Latine, entitled Conciliator, in which he endeavours to reconcile out of the Writings of the Rabbins Loca Pentateuchi 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

Jacobus Menochius. A learned Lawyer of great fame.

His Works are in nine Volumes in Oxford.

Stephanus Menochius.

He hath written a brief and literal Explication of all the Scripture, collected out of the best Authors, and also a learned Treatise De Republica Hebraeorum.

Paulus * 1.261 Milissus Schedius a learned Poet.

He hath put out

Schediasmata Poetica.

Epigrammata in urbes Italiae.

Gerard Mercator, a most famous Mathematician and Cosmographer,* 1.262 and the Ptolomy of our age, he was born at Rapelmonda in Flanders.

* 1.263Jo. Mercerus, a learned Protestant. A man singularly versed in the Hebrew Tongue, and Hebrew Writers.

He succeeded Vatablus in the profession of the Hebrew Tongue at Paris.

He escaped (as I have heard) at the great Massacre at Paris, being thrown into the River, and lived after, and put forth his learned Commentary on Genesis.

Joannes Mercerus, vir totius humanioris literaturae intelligentissimus, Regius Hebraeae linguae Professor, eruditione solertia, diligentiáque praestantissimus. Prane Jun. Orat. Funeb. in obitum Lucae Trelcatii. Vide Ludovic. Elsevir Praefat. ad L••cto••em ante Comment. Mercer. in lib Job.

Josias Mercer * 1.264, a Frenchman, and Sonne to John Mercer, as Thuanus and others say.

He hath written learnedly upon Tacitus.

Josias Mercorus praestantissimi ingenii vir, nec doctrina tantùm & eruditione, sed & singulari rerum agendarum solertia 〈◊〉〈◊〉, Salmas••i socer, notis suis ad Novium Grammaticum. Herald. Animadvers 〈…〉〈…〉. Observat. Ad Jus Att. & Rom. lib. 4. cap. 1.

Hier. Mercurialus, a learned Physician of Padua.

* 1.265His Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

* 1.266Mercurius Trismegistus.

A noble and excellent Mathematician, called by the Aegyptians Trismegistus, be∣cause he was a most excellent Philosopher, a soveraign Priest, and a most vertuous King.

His Works are in one Volume.

Marinus Mersennus.

Leo Allatius in his Apes Vrbanae speaks honourably of him, and M^r Solden often mentions him with respect.

His Life is lately written in French by a French man, where his several Works are mentioned.

Quaestiones celeberrimae in Genesin cum accurata textus explicatione.

La veritè des sciences.

L' Harmonie vniverselle, contenant la Theorie & la Pratique de lae Musique, with many others.

* 1.267Merlinus.

He is commonly called Merlin the Prophet, though some question whether there were such a one.

There is in Oxford Catalogue under him.

Expositio de arcano lapidis, and in the Appendix Ses propheties & histoires.

Peter Merlin a godly and learned French Divine, who was Bezas Scholar, and miraculously preserved, when there was a great Massacre of the Protestants at Paris on Bartholomew-day.

He hath put out an Exposition upon Job and Esther.

Georgius Merula.

There are in Politians sixth Book of Epistles, the second, and the third, and the eighth against him, and in his eleventh Book of Epistles, Epist. first and second against him, to which Merula answers Epist. 5^th and 7^th, and Politian replies Ep. 6^th and 10^th.

Paulus Merula.

After many voyages he was made Professour of History in his own Countrey in Holland.

He hath three Books of General Cosmography, and four Books of particular Geography.* 1.268

D. Methodius a Christian Poet, and Martyr.* 1.269

Jo. Meursius, a most learned man, Quo vix alius literis minori tractabat ambitio∣ne. Vossius De vitiis Sermonis l. 2 c. 2.* 1.270

Vir meritorum in Remp. litterariam clarissimorum. Dilh. Disputat. Acad.

Minutius Foelix Octavius, Anno Dom 230.

He was a famous pleader of Causes at Rome, contemporary to Tertullian.* 1.271

Jo. Picus Mirandula.

He was skilled in the Greek, Latine, Hebrew, Chaldee and Arabick Tongues.* 1.272

Johannes Picus Earl of Mirandula. That Phoenix of Learning (as appears in the entrance of his Apology) proposed openly at Rome nine hundred Questions in all kinde of faculties to be disputed, inviting all strangers thither, from any part of the known world, and offering himself to bear the charge of the travel, both coming and going, and during their abode there.

His Epitaph composed by Tibaldeus runs thus,

Iohannes jacet hic Mirandula, caetera norunt Et Tagus, & Ganges, forsan & Antipodes.

D^r Hackw. Apol. l. 3. c. 6. Sect. 2.

Vir sane prae omnibus quae sint: quique fuerint admirandus. Polit. Epist. lib. 7. Epist. 5. Baccius Ugolinus Roberto Salviato.

Qui tam multis unus bonis abundat, ut unus omnium laudes exhauriat. Polit. Ugo∣lino Ep. 6. ibid.

Gratulatus sum huic saeculo virum tanta doctrina: ut nihil feré: tanta cura: ut nihil omnino scire videatur. Video te poetam egregium: oratorem eminentissimum. Animadverto te Philosophum prius Aristotelicum: nunc etiam Platonicum esse fa∣ctum. Videris literas Graecas quae in te solae desiderari poterant: & sine quibus nihil eras futurus non didicisse modo: sed haufisse. Polit. Epist. lib. 9. Ep. 3. Manil.

De isto prae cunctis admirando: non Pico jam sed (ut ipse appellare soleo) phoenice potius: qui nunc in tua lauru indificat. Polit. Praefat. ad Miscel. Ad Laur. med. Vide etiam Miscel. Cent. 1. ad finem.

Johan. Franc. Picus Mirandula his Nephew was also most learned in Greek and Latine.

Extant ejus sacra po••mata suis quoque Commentariis illustrata, ne legentibus mi∣nus clara viderentur: & libri de veritate fidei Christianae, in quibus disciplinarum omnium aceruus eminet. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doctorum virorum. Both their Works are mentioned by Boissard in his Icones.

* 1.273Aubertus Miraeus, very skilfull in Ecclesiastical History.

CHAP. XIII.

* 1.274LEo Modena a Learned Jew now living.

He hath many things (in his Italian History, of the Rites, Customes and manner of Life, of the present Jews, throughout the world) of the Jewish matters, which are not in others.

It is translated into English by M^r Chilmead of Christ-Church in Oxford, but I have heard that Master Selden had a Manuscript of Modenas, which had much more in it then there is in that in English.

Michoel Moestlinus.

* 1.275These of his Works are published,

Alterum examen Gregoriani Calendarii.

De dimensionibus orbium juxta Tabulas Prutenicas, ex sent. Nic. Copernici.

Epitome Astronomiae.

* 1.276Joannes Molanus.

He hath written divers Works mentioned by Anton. Sanderus. De Scriptoribus Flandriae. l. 2.

* 1.277Carolus Molinaeus, a Learned Lawyer, and a Protestant.

His Life is written by Papirius Massonus.

* 1.278Petrus Molinaeus.

Peter du Moulin, a Learned and pious French Divine, yet living.

I do admire him upon the Eucharist, and on Purgatory, he hath my heart when I reade his Consolations to his Brethren of the Church of France, as also in treat∣ing of the love of God. I would willingly learn French to understand him only, and have a long time desired, and still do to get any thing that he hath written. D. Twisse.

Dominicus Molinus.* 1.279

Cujus benevolentia erga probos omnes & doctos viros (quotquot Sol aspicit & Solum sustinet) Patrio non clauditur Agro, sed latè conspicua pervagatur. Pignor. Symbol. Epist. Ep. 43.

Henricus Mollerus.

He hath written well on Esay, on the Psalms, Hosea and Malachy.

Richard Montague, a very expert Grecian, and a great Antiquary,* 1.280 but an Ar∣minian.

There are his

Analecta Ecclesiasticarum exercitationum.

Antidiatribae ad priorem partem diatribarum Jul. Caes. Bulengeri, adversus exercita∣tiones If. Casaub.

Apparatus ad Origines Ecclesiast.

Diatribe upon the first part of Mr. Seldens History of Tithes, and other Works.

Arias a 1.281 Montanus, a great Linguist.

He was skilled in ten Languages.

De me, ac de meo labore & industria (quantalacunque ea est) nihil profiteor. Hoc tamen unum recensebo: me scilicet, continuo immortales Deo gratias agere, quòd de∣ceus idiomatùm cognitionem mihi pro sua clementia & benignitate imperitus sit. Arias Mont. Praef. in Sac. Bib. Quadril. Reg. Edit.

A man that for his sincere dealing about the Kings Bible procured unto himself much hatred and ill will. Insomuch, that he was constrained to write an Apology of set-purpose, for to prove his integrity, wherein is contained a full satisfaction to all his Adversaries Objections, and the whole History of his troubles, the be∣ginning, successe and progresse of that costly Work, written in the Spanish Tongue, never yet printed. The Copy was found at the surprize of Cales. D. Jam. his Def. of Bellum Papale.

Vir toto orbe celeberrimus qui Bibliis Regiis Antwerpiae praefuit. Gomarus.

Michael Montanus Michel De Montaign.

His elegant Books of Miscellanies written in French, and modestly styled Essayes, full of various Learning, and in which he freely discovers his own spirit, shew his love to the Muses.

He hath by that Book gotten a great opinion of his Learning and wisdom, and Rome hath chosen and adopted him for one of her Citizens. Vide Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum Elog. & Bibliotheque D' Antoine Du Verdier.

Ant. Montecatinus, an exquisite Aristotelian.

He hath written on Aristotles Politicks, and on some part of his Physicks.

On Plato's Book De Rep. & Legibus.

Olympia Fulvia Morata, a learned and pious woman.* 1.282

Andivimus eam in aula ita latinè declamantem, Graecè loquentem, Ciceronis para∣doxa explicantem, ad quaestiones respondentem, ut cum veterum puellorum quavis,

quae quidem ingenii laude excelluerit, conferri posse videatur. Est literis & discipli∣nis tum Graecis, tum Latinis, suprà quam quis credere possit, exculta, & sci∣entia Religionis illustrata. Caelii S. Cur. Epist. l. 1. Xysto Betulcio. Vide plura ibid.

There are Orations, Dialogues, Epistles, Verses both Greek and Latine of hers, with the Testimonies of the Learned concerning her, and their Elogies.

There is an Epistle in the second book of her Epistles written by her husband Andreas Grunthler Doctor of Physick of her pious Death to Caelius Secundus Curio.

Sir Thomas More, sometimes L. Chancellor of England.

He was esteemed a man both witty and learned, but he was a bitter persecutor of good men,* 1.283 and a wretched enemy against the truth of the Gospel, as by his Book may appear, wherein he writeth most slanderously and contumeliously against Lu∣ther, Zuinglius, Tindal, Frith, Barns, Bayfield, Bainham. He stood wilfully in the Popes quarrel against his own Prince, though the Papists reckon him and Fisher among the number of their Martyrs. Foxes Act. and Monum. vol. 2. p. 353. And my L. Herbert of Henry the 8^th out of Fox.

He was so given to jesting and scoffing, that he continued it unto his death.

One of the Officers at the Tower demanding his upper garment for his Fee, meaning his Gown, he answered, that he should have it, and gave him his Cap, saying, it was the uppermost garment he had.

* 1.284Coming to the Tower-gate, a poor woman called unto him, and besought him to declare, that he had certain evidences of hers, in the time that he was in Office (which after he was apprehended he could not come by) and that he would intreat that she might have them again, or else she was undone. He answered, Good woman have patience a little while, for the King is so good to me, that even with∣in this half hour he will discharge me of all businesses, and help thee himself.

Also when he went up the stair of the Scaffold▪ he desired one of the Sheriffs Officers to give him his hand to help him up, he said, When I come down again, let me shift for my self so well as I can. Also the hang-man kneeled down to him, asking him forgivenesse of his death, as the manner is. To whom he answered, I forgive thee; but I promise thee that thou shalt never have honour of the striking off my head, my neck is so short. Also, even when he should lay down his neck on the block, he having a great gray-beard, stroaked out his beard, and said to the hang-man, I pray you let me lay my beard over the block, least you should cut it; others relate it thus, that he said, it never committed treason; thus with a mock he ended his life.

His English Works are mentioned by Maunsel in his Catalogue.

Joh Morinus, a Learned Papist.

There are his

Exercitationes Biblicae de Hebraeo Graecoque Textu. Exercit. Ecclesiasticae.

Phil Mornay, Lord of Plessis.

* 1.285His Work concerning the truth of Christian Religion, was written in French against Atheists, Epicures, Paynims, Jews, Mahumetists, and other Infidels, be∣gan to be translated by Sir Phil. Sidney, and at his request finished by Arthur Golding.

His other Works translated into English are mentioned by Maunsel.

Thom. Morton, * 1.286 Bishop.

He hath written learnedly against the Papists, confuting them from their own Au∣thors. There is his Apologia Catholica, Causa Regia, Catholick Appeal, & other Works.

Thomas Morton.* 1.287

He hath written a learned Commentary in Latine upon the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians.

And some English Tracts.

Simeon Muis, an excellent Hebrician.* 1.288

He hath written well on all the Psalms, and also learnedly asserted the Hebrew truth against Morinus.

Sebastian Munster a Germane, a learned Hebrician and Mathematician.* 1.289 He was born Anno 1489.

Marcus Antonius Muretus, a very eloquent and diligent Writer.* 1.290

What Latine Author hath he passed by, either Historian, Oratour or Poet, which he hath not explained, amended and restored to his purity, either with his Commentaries Scholia, or Notes? Terence, Petronius, Tibullus, Catullus, Proper∣tius, Tully, Seneca, Salust, Tacitus; and how learned he was, his book of divers readings sheweth.

His excellent Orations shew his great eloquence. Quis humiliae subtilius, ampla sublimius, mediocria temperatius, potuit dicere? quibus virtutibus, perfecti oratoris laus continetur. Jani Nicii Erythraei Pinacotheca. Vide plura ibid.

Gesner, mentions his Latine works, and Antoine Du Verdier his French.

Musaeus.* 1.291

He wrote the loves of Leander and Herûs, he lived (saith Vossius, De Poetis Gra∣cis c. 9.) sub Augustis, & quidem post quartum seculum.

Wolfangus Musculus, a judicious and solid Divine Anno 1497.* 1.292

He hath written Commentaries

In Genes.

In Psalmos. Fol.

In Isaiam. Fol.

In Matthaeum. Fol.

In Iohannem. Fol.

In Ep. ad Rom. & Corinth.

In Epist. ad Gal. & Ephes.

In Ep. ad Phil. Colos. Thess. & ad Tim.

And Loci Communes Theologi.

Joachimus Mynsingerus, Anno Christ. 1514.

His Commentary upon Justinians Institutions is well liked.

He hath written other Works mentioned in the Oxford Catalogue.

The End of the fourth Book.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Robertus Gaguinus Annali•••••• Galliae scri∣ptor egre∣gius, Ludo∣vico XII. inprimis ca∣rub vir cert••∣non in histo∣ria modò, sed in Oratoria quoque ac poetica facultate, omnique politiori litteratura egregie versatus. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Mirai Elog. Belg.
• a 1.2

  Scito illos libros esse compendium duorum ingentium voluminum, quibus titulum Pugionem fidei facit auctor Raimundus Sebon Monachus Domi∣nicus eximius Philologus, Scalig. Epist. Casaub. Vide Scalig. l. 2. Epist. 44. & 93 & Observat. Jo••e••h de Vo••sin in Proaemium Raym. Mart. Pug. Fid. Galatinus nec à se, quae scripsit, habuit, nec etiam rem intellexit. Norum est, illum Raymundi Martini Pugionem compilasse, & ex eo quaecunque habuit, in solidum hausisse. Qua de re ego testari possum qui utrumque habeo. Joan. Buxtorf. Simco••i de Muis. Vide Cartw. Praetat. ad Annotac in Genes.
• b 1.3

  Genevam parte & con∣juge ac liberis relictis con∣cessit; cum aloquoties cum patre primum in Italia, & postea cum patre ac conjuge simul collocutus, nec illius reverentia, nec amore hujus, aut liberorum collo paterno haerentium blandiciis ac lacrymis adduci posset ut propo∣situm mutaret. Postremo Genevam reversut, quasi uxor secum prima divortium fecisset, aliam duxit, primum con∣sultis Pastoribus, sicuti scribunt, qui res eas prodidere. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 85. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.4

  Anno Aerae Christi 143. Calvis. Chron. 138. Helv. Chron.

  Hic cunctis Philosophis & Philologis utilis, loquitur ubique, puro, eleganti, sim∣plici, & nun∣quam affecta∣to sermone, non sine mag∣na vocum & sententiarum supellectile: adeò, ut nulla satierate lectorem offendat: sed ubique progrediendi cupidum, rhetorico artificio demulceat, homo ad eloquentiam factus. In hoc praecepta quaedam philosophica rara & eximia, magisque illustria quàm apud ullum alium scriptorem, invenias. Nhil obtrudit lectori, quod non firmis rationibus de∣monstret, ac ejus contrarium refutet, qui 〈…〉〈…〉 ••abet perpulchra, affectibus moderandis. Ambitionem & avaritiam praecipuè insectatur, & de quali••et ••••ctè & eleganter disserit. Nullis non ad ingenii Cultum ejus lectio utilis. Heura. Dissertat. De Studio Medic.
• a 1.5

  He wrote an Oration contra Academiam Rami, and ano∣ther of the praises of Fran∣cis the first.
• b 1.6

  Sidereus Nuncius, mag∣na, longéque admirabilia spectacula pandens, suspiciendaque proponens, maximè Philosophis, atque Astronomis, quae per∣spicilli nuper à se reperti beneficio sunt observat•• faciae Lunae, Leouis Alla••ii Apes Vrbana. Vide 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Chronol. clarorum Mathematicorum. Florentiae nobili ac vetere prosapia, non tamen legitimo thro, natus. Jani Nicii Eryibraei Pinacotheca. Vide plura ibid.
• c 1.7

  Anno. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Christi ••291. Helv, Chron. Henric•••• à Gandav•• qui vulgo doctor sole••nis voca∣tur, floruit ante 350 annos. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit l. 16. Nemo Belgarum Henrico Gandavensi in Theologicis ac Philosophicis studiis, aut acrior aut subtilior fuit, ut qui admirandis Commentationum Voluminibus, communi Gymnasiorum consensu, Doctoris Sole••nis cognomen assecutus sit. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
• d 1.8

  Homo is & doctissimus & vaferrimus, Pontificiaeque factioni dedi∣tissimus, it•• tamen ut tem∣poribus se accommodans vivente Henrico (qui in legationibus illius opera multum usus fuerat, & magnam au∣thoritatem ipsi detulerat) iis quae semel legibus constituta essent, nunquam voluerit refragari. Godw. Rerum An∣glic. Annal. l. 2. Edw. 6. Vir fuit procul dubio haud indoctus (quod opera ejus satis resfantur) & ingenio ultra quam expediret acri, eo••nisi rectius usus fuisset. Pro odio quo veram religionem prosecutus est capitali, non solum multos bonos viros flammis tradidit absumendos, verum & in hoc omnibus ingenii nervis incubuit, ut Eliz••be∣tham nuper Reginam quoquo modo tolleret è medio; frustra dicens, folia decuti, ramusculos amputari; radicem hanc & haereticorum spem unicam excindendam ac stirpi••us eradicandam, alias nihil eos actutos. Godw. De Praesul. Ang. Comment. In lecto decumbentis Cadaver ita pu••ridum faetidumque ante Mortem suit, ut praesen∣tibus qui eum curabant nihil molestius ipso odore esse potuit. In ipso mortis momento haec verba ejaculatus est. Erravi cum Petro, non flevi cum Petro. Antiq. Britan. p. 342.
• * 1.9

  Petrus Gassen∣dus Diniensis Ecclesiae ••he∣ologus, vir primatius, qui novo ingenii acumine, diserta orationis textura, & admirandorum monumentorum copia Europae innotuit. Leonis Allatii Apes Urbanae.
• * 1.10

  Anno Aerae Christi 1440. Helv. Chron. Historias Ari∣stotelis de Animalibus, & Theophra∣sti de plantis, im Latinas fecit, ut Romanae linguae facultatem, quum nova vocabula solerter effingerer, audaci, sed generosa iranflatione locupletavit. Paul Jov. Elog. Vir. Doct. Magn••m incomparahisemque jacturam jampridem fecimus Pontifex Maxime in Theodoro Gaza, qui vir Graecus Latinca omnes in hoc munare scribendi interpretan∣dique superavit. Is si diutius vixiffet: hac quoque parte locupletasset. Quod & tecit in libris illis absoluti•••••••• de animalibus Aristotelis, & Theophrasti de stirpibus. Ab hujus scriptis adjutum me & fateor & 〈…〉〈…〉 ego non magno••e••e in curiosius legi, quam M. Tullium, Plinium, Columellam, Varronem, Senec••m, 〈◊〉〈◊〉, & ••••∣teros, quos in hoc genere Commentandi diligenter en••••nere ••eoeff••rium est. Polit. Epist. l. r••. Epist. 218. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Barb. ad Sixtum quartum Po••••. Max. Vide Pier. Valer. De litteratorum infelicitare, l. 4.
• * 1.11

  Arabs fuit Geber, quo nemo de rebus Chymicis scripsit erudi∣tius, sublimi∣us, doctius, melioti metho∣do, subtilius & acutius, ita tamen tempe∣rata tota illa sua scriptione & tractatione, ut lectores non doctiores sed ferè incertiores & magis dubios à se dimittat, cùm, si quis attendat, ultro deditaque opera & studio involuat, quae dicit & tradit omnia, ne quisquam unquam videlicet acquirat ex librorum ejus lectione. Centum annis post Ma∣humetem vixit, quem natione Graecum aiunt fidem abjurasse. Neand. Geog. part. 2.
• * 1.12

  An. Dom. 496. Gelastus Cyri∣cen, 476.
• * 1.13

  Bohemus, vir diversis linguis & variarum rerum cognitione doctissimus. Gesneri Bibliotheca.
• e 1.14

  Homo rhap∣sodus plane, congestor po∣tius quam di∣gestor, & ostentator quam peritus, loquaculus sine eruditione: in verbis ac sententiis putidulus. Quae de significatu vocum disserit, sunt plerunque imperita ac falsa. Legendus est quidem, sed ita, ut te rem levem scias inspicere. Lud. Viv. de Tradend. Discip. l. 3. Aulus Gellius Romae Magistrarum aliquando gessit. Noctium Atticarum (philologiam eruditam & variam) libros 20 reliquit, qui in manibus eruditorum hactenus versantur. Neand. Geog. part. 1.
• * 1.15

  Gemma à Pa∣tria Frisius vulgo dictus, Lovanii Me∣dicinam pub∣licè professus, sed Mathema∣ticarum scientiarum; quas domi docebat, rarâ scientiâ longè illustrior fuit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l 16. Est autem Gemma apud Frisi••s nomen frequens & usitatum. Suffrid. Pet. De Script. Fris.
• f 1.16

  Poem, Rhe∣tor, Philoso∣phus, & Me∣dicus egregius acceptem à patre famam, praeclaria in∣genii su••••••o∣nument•••• sic auxit, ut uter alteri plus debeat, merito ambigas. In libris certè, quos De Arte Cyclognomica, deque naturae divinis Characterismis edidit dum altissima Philosophiae mysteria recludit, se ipsum quodammodo superavit. Castellani Vit. Illust. Med. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
• * 1.17

  Eruditum sed petulan∣tissimum pro cacitatis ani∣mal. Montacui. Praefat. ad Apparat. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tomo 5^t• lib. 119.
• * 1.18

  Gennadiu•• Massiliensis floruit in fine quinti seculi fub annum Domini 490. Forbes. Instruct. Histor. Theol. l. 13. c. 8.
• * 1.19

  Apologia pro Christianis Gellis religio∣nis reformatae.
• * 1.20

  Doctor Ger∣har••us, quem unum pro om∣nibus afferam; quia quicquid Chemnitius, Hunnlus, & alii habent, accurate collegit. Albertinus De Sacramento Eucharistiae l. 1. c. 13. Libellus cedro dignus meditationum quin∣quaginta sacrarum: quo fato fuerit exceptus, tot versiones, Germanicae, Gallic••, Anglic••, Italicae; tot editiones, litteris exscriptae certissime vel me tacente, proclamant. Non magnus quidem est, verum aureolus & ad verbum ediscendus. Mich. Dilher. Laudat. Funch. Venerem illam Evangelicam à magno Chemnitio pingi caeptam, à disertissimo Lysero continuatam, quis, praeter Gerhardum, attigit? Hic erat alter ille Apelles, qui absolvere•••• Id. ibid.
• * 1.21

  Johannes de Gerson natione Gallus, Can∣cellarius Pa∣risiensis, Petri de Aliaco Cardinalis Cameracensis ••lim discipu∣lus, vir in divini•• scri∣pturis erudi∣tissimus, & seculatis Phi∣losophiae non ignarus, inge∣nio subtilis, sermone Scho∣lasticus, sen∣tentia certus & stabilis consilio cautus & dubiorum clarissimus interpres, vita & conversa∣tione insignis, Theologorum sui temporis longè prin∣ceps. Trithem. de Script. Eccles. Johannes Ger∣son Cancellarius Parisiensis quòd in Consilio Constantiensi emendationem Ecclesiae Romanae plurimis rationi∣bus proposuerat, dissoluto Concilio, domo, patria, dignitatibus, &c. spoliarus, & à Pontifice pulsus Lugduni consenuit, ibique mortuus est. Anno Aera Christi 1429. Calvis. Chronol. Vir doctus & pius. Bellarm. de Scripti Eccles. Joannes Gerson Cancellarius Parisiensis & ••amosissimus sua aetate Theologus. Is Caroli septimi tem∣poribus regius ad Constantiense Consilium Orator auctoritate sua & doctrinae opinione pernicerat, ut multa in eo salutaria & memorabilia insererentur, indeque re bene ad Dei gloriam & decus regni gesta reversus, doctoris Christianissimi non solum apud nos, sed inter exteras nationes summo consensu nomen meruerat. Thuan. Hist. Tomo quinto parte secunda, l. 137. Le plus grand theologien que nous cusmes iamais en France, fut maistre Jean Gerson qui florit sous le regne de Charles sixiesme. Pasquier de Recherch. de la France, lib. 3. pag. 44. Vide Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 15.
• * 1.22

  Tigurinorum decus immor∣tale. Casaub. in Athen. l. 7. c. 18. Germaniae nostrae Plinius Conradus Gesuerus. Alsted. Encyclopaed. l. 32. c. 5. Vir longissima vitâ dignissimus, & quam exegiste videbitur iis, qui aetatem ejus ex librorum, quos plutimos ac utilissimos confecit, industriâ suâ illustravit & editit, non ex annorum, quos vixit, numero metientur. His accessit praeter do∣ctrinam, quae in co ••timia fuit, incredibile juvandae reipublicae litterariae studium, quo usque ad ultimum vitae spiritum flagravit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 36.
• * 1.23

  Cujus liber Lutetiae pro∣diit ante trien∣nium Pontifici Romano di∣catus, & no∣vem variorum autorum & ordinum ap∣probationibus munitus. Beve∣rov. De Vitae Termino. p. 220.

  Gilbertus no∣ster artis tam Magneticae quam Medicae scientissimus. Full. Miscel. Sac. l. 4. c. 19. Consulendi sunt qui de Magnete scripserunt, praesertim Gulielmus Gil∣bertus Gloce∣strensis Philo∣sophus & me∣dicus Londinensis, qui ante triennium tres amplissimos Commentarios de ea re edidit, quibus magis mihi proba∣vit doctrinam suam quam Magnetis naturam Nam incertior sum, quam dudum. Jos. Scalig. Epist. l. 2. Epist. 200. Quidam Anglus ante triennium libro de Magnete edito, nihil dignum expectatione ea, quam excitarat, protulit. Scalig. Epist. Casaub.
• * 1.24

  Sylvester Gi∣raldus, vir suo seculo inter literatos non parvi precii; scri∣psit topogra∣phiam totius Hiberniae. Lel. Comment. In cygneam Cantionem.
• * 1.25

  Vir Nobi∣lissimi gene∣ris, & in utroque jure eruditus. Balem De Script. Britan. Cent. 3.
• * 1.26

  Theologus longè meri∣tissimus, & Interpres Scripturae felicissimus. Dilher. Disput. Acad. Tom. 2.
• * 1.27

  Ut••iusque literaturae pe∣ritissimus, stilo cum pri∣mis felici, sive ipsam orationem tractet, sinc metri legibus astrictam, Philosophicae rei non vulgariter doctus, moribus incorruptis, spectataeque integritatis. Erasm. Epist. l. 12. Epist. 30. Vide etiam l. 17. Epist. 7. & 12. ejus elogium.
• * 1.28

  Lusitanus, non Belga fuit, ut ait Cornelius Cal∣lidius Bata¦vus Biblioth. Hispan. secunda Classis Lusitanorum, Tom. 3.
• * 1.29

  Clarissimus vir Dominus Golius Arabicae linguae & Ma∣thematum Professor in Academia Leydensi ex∣cellentissimus. Specimen Arab. Johann. Fabric.
• * 1.30

  Cui antiqui∣tas Graeca at Romana se∣cundum O. Panvinum, Antonium Augustinum, Fulvium Ursinum debet plurimum, & qui arte caelandi ac scriptis propriis ad utramque multum contulit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3^••o l. 79.
• * 1.31

  Non vulgare solatium est, quod Knoxus te adjutorem fidissimum & apprime idoneum nactus est. Calvinus Christophoro Goodmanno.
• * 1.32

  Vir fuit ret antiquariae, ac praesertim nummariae, quâ prisci Romani Grae∣cique Usi, in∣primis amans & gnarus; ejusque domus cimelioriorum generis omnis, omnisque adeò antiquitatis fuit quoddam velut receptaculum. Valerii Andrea Bibliotheca Belgica.
• * 1.33

  Secull hujus Papinianus Dionysius Go∣thofredus. Cujus erudi∣tissimè Do∣cti viri notas in Jus Civile universum, amaenitatibus Philologicis perspersas, tota suspicit Respublica littera∣ria. Dilh. Disputat. Acad. Tom. 2.
• * 1.34

  Annos LXXXV. vixit. LX. totos 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 ministerio sacro functus est fidelissimè & constantissimè. Laboris erat indefessi, candoris incomparabilis, sanctissimae in acerbissimis, qua publicis, qua primatis dolocibus ferendis patientiae exemplum. Walaei Epist. Walaeo Turretinus.
• * 1.35

  Ita ille in doctis studiis florentes ado∣lescentiae suae annos exegit, ut inter no∣biles Anglos, literatos quidem illos, suae aetatis facilè antesignanus fuerit. Ante ejus aetatem, Anglica lingua inculta & ferè tota rudis jacebat. Nec erat qui opus aliquod vernaculo idiomate elegante lectore dignum, scriberer. Patrio multa scripsit sermone, non solùm rhythmis, verùm etiam soluta oratione, quae vel hoc nostro florentissimo tempore à doctis studiose leguatur. Balaus De Script. Britan. Cent. 7.
• * 1.36

  Insignis Ora∣tor, qui ut Leonardus A∣retius dicti∣tabat, primus in Italia studium eloquentiae caepit reparare, jam tum unà cum Imperii Romani majestate pror∣sus fere deperditum. Albert. Descript. Ital. in Romanula.
• * 1.37

  Historiam scripsit libris XVI. in qua non pauea sunt fabulosa. Tanta ejus dictionis elegantia, ut aetatis illius captum planè excedat: imò cum antiquorum, & nostri seculi plu∣rimis certer. Vossius De Histor. Lat. l. 2. c. 54.
• * 1.38

  Gratianus De∣creta. Pontifi∣cum Romano∣rum in unum volumen pri∣mus congesle∣rat circa an∣num Domini 1040.

  Mirum quod Decretorum opus ad usum forensem, ac quaestiones & lites illo saeculo vexatas praesertim ac commodatum, cau∣sam & argumentum praebuit, ut Pontifices Romani deinceps quaedam alia decreta conderent, quae & ipsa posteà à Gregorio nono Pontifice Romano circa annum Domini 1230. in unum quoque corpus ac volumen pluribus libris distinctum sunt Collecta & Decretalia nominata. Pezel. Mellif. Hist. Circa. annum MCLVII. sub Eugenio tertio Gratianus Monachus Bononiensis, Juris Valde peritus, composuit librum Decreti praesertim ex Canonibus Conciliorū, Scriptis Patrum Latinorum Graecorum{que} & Constitutionibus Pontificum, quas vel soli vel cum consilio Cardinaliū edebant, quibus & aliquas Leges Caesareas adjiciebat; & praeter haec ipse Rubricas addidit, multa{que} dicta sua interseruit, Horum omnium Authoritas adhuc Controversa est, cum Gratianus saepe errare deprehendatur, in reci∣tandis canonibus Conciliorum, dictis Patrum, & Pontificum Constitutionibus, aliterque se habere plurima reperi∣untur in ipsis fontibus è quibus Gratianus haec desumpsit; de Rubricarum verò fide & dictorum Grariati omnes derogant, quod Gratianus homo privarus Logis fetendae potestatem habere non potuit. D^r Duck De Author. Jur. Civ. Roman. l. 1. c. 7. Vide Illyr. Catul. Tom. Verit. l. 15.
• * 1.39

  Gratius poeta Augusti aevo floruit, deque venatione scri∣psit. Voss. l. 1. de Analog. c. 34.
• * 1.40

  Sic loquitur & scribit Grae∣cè, ut vera referenti vix sides adhiberi possit. Asch. Ep. l. 1. Sturmio,
• * 1.41

  See Perkins.
• * 1.42

  Gregorius Pa∣pa primus ob doctrin••m magnus cog∣nominatus, cujus opera Theologica varia in magno folio excusa habentur Neand. Geog. part. 1. Erat natione Romanus, ex patre Gordiane, genus à pro avis non solum nobile, sed & religiosum ducens. Librum Jobi, quomodo juxta literant intelligendus, qualiter ad Christi & Ecclesiae Sacramenta referendus, quo sensu unionique fidelium sit aptandus, per trigi••••••quinque libr•••• expositionis miranda ratione perdocuit. Beda Hist. Eccles. Gentis Angl. ab A. Whelm ••dita l. 2. c. 1. Antiquidem Pontifices construendis ornandisque vel auro vel argento Ecclesiis operam debant, hic autem retus erga animarum lucra vacabat. Id. ibid. Gregorius Papa vir in divinis Scripturis eruditisimus heologorum princeps, splendor Philosophorum & rhetorum lumen, vita & conversatione integer atque sanctissimus. Irklem. de Script. Eccles. Is non sibi ipsi, sed utilitati hominum, ac honori divino consulens, quem certe ob religionem & pietatem rabus omnibus semper ante tulerat, spretis opibus, post habitis voluptatibus atque omni ambitione & patentis, guberna∣cula reipublicae Christianae suscipiens, ite vixit, ut usque ad tempora nostra neminem 〈◊〉〈◊〉 successoribus patem ha∣buerit, nedum superiorem vel sanctitate vitae, vel diligentia in rebus agendis, vel doctrin•• & scriptis Platina de vitis Pontificum Romanorum.
• * 1.43

  Floruit circa annum 233. Gerhardi Pa∣trologia. Episcopus suit Neocae∣sariensis, & a magnitudine miraculorum patratorum Thaumaturgus appellatus. Bellarm. de Script. Eccles. Quod miraculis Clareret. Originis discipulus. Eras. Epist. l. 28. Epist. 6.
• * 1.44

  Antiquissimus & fidelissimus Francorum scriptor. Chiflet. Anast. Child. Reg. c. 10.
• * 1.45

  Jacobus Gret∣zerus magnae vir doctrinae, sed saepe nimis affectui indul∣gens, Vossius de vitiis Serm. l. 3. c. 11. Hic Doctissi∣mus Gretze∣rus praeter mo∣rem satis mo∣deste: qui quavis occasione non sine sannis arietat in Junium, & alios, itidem candidissimi pectoris, & praeclarae doctrinae Utinam foedus iste scribendi modus, qui sic nostris temporibus in famam hominum grassatur, sublatus esset de terris, scriptoribus salvis. Vossius De vitiis Sermonis l. 2. c. 2.
• * 1.46

  B. Hows. 2^d Serm. to prove that Peter had no Monar∣chicall power over the rest of the Apost. Vide Praefat. ejus ad tom. 1. Defens. Bellarm.
• * 1.47

  Johannes Grop∣perus Germa∣nus Dignita∣tem Cardinalis ultro oblatam, quam caeteri morrales plerunque ardentissimis votis ambiunt, rara hoc aevo modestia & animi magnitudine repudiavit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 16.
• * 1.48

  Non divina∣rum minus quam huma∣narum rerum scientissimus. Hugo Grotius Voss. Praefat. ad defens. l. de Satisfact. Christi. Quae pio & erudito opere de Christi sa∣tisfactione scripsit divina∣rum humanarumque literarum scientissimus. Voss. in Maimon. de Idolol. c. 6 Summus virorum Hugo Grotius, lumen illud ac columen literarum: de quo nihil tam magnificum dici aut scribi potest, quin virtus & eruditio id superarit sua. Meibomii Maecenas c. 4.
• * 1.49

  Autuerpiae nascitur anno Christianae salutis 1560. J.C. Histori∣cus Criticus utriusque linguae & omnis Antiquitatis petitus. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Vir eruditissimus & de bonis literis optime me∣ritus. Scalig. Animadvers. in Euseb. Casaub. not. in Aelium Lampridium illum ut eruditissimum & clarissimum virum celebrat. Vide Jos. Scalig. Epist. l. 3. Epist. 216. Patritius Gandavensis, vir multae eruditionis ac Poeta suavis: varios versus scripsit, Justo Lipsio ab ingenii amaenitate ac doctrina charissimus Sanderus de Gandav-Erudit. Claris. l. 2.
• * 1.50

  Homo Lati∣nè Graecéque ad unguem doctus, in Philosophia & mathema∣ticis discipli∣nis diligenter versatus, nullo supercilio, pudore penè immodico. Eras. Epist. l. 26. Epist. 39.
• * 1.51

  Jacobum Grynaeum Si∣monis illius magni genti∣lem, aliquoties. Sleidani hi∣storias publicè praelegentem audivit, ad quas ille multa singularia & citu digna, quae Sloidanum fugerant, ex familiari, quam in aulis principum Germaniae habuerat, notitia hausta addebat, & elegantissime explicabat. Thuan. De vita sua Comment. l. 4.
• a 1.52

  Hic annus ultimus fuit Ludovico La∣vatero & Ro∣dolpho Gualtero ambobus ••igurinis & illius Ecclesiae Pastoribus, & ille quidem Henrici Bullingeri gener multis editis scriptis etiam extra religionis controversias claruit; hic Josiae Simleri socer, Homiliastes inter suos celeberimus. Thuan. Hist. Tom 4^to l. 85.
• b 1.53

  Ejus opera Alphonius se∣cundus Ferrari Dux usus est in scribendis Epistolis, in quo munere rantum valuit, ut etiam de eo elegantissimum librum, qui Secretarius inscribitur, edidit. Nulla fuit in Iralia Paulo illustrior Academia, quae non summa ambitione ab eo expetierit, ut nomen suum ad ipsius Academiacotum numerum adscriberet. Jani Nicii Erythraei Pinacotheca. Vide plura ibid.
• c 1.54

  Acris judicii vir, uti, & usus in publi∣cis rebus ad∣ministrandis. Possev Biblioth. Sel. tomo 2^d• l. 16. c. 41. Prudens peri∣tusque scri∣ptor, & qui tales, lectores suos facit, liber est & verax, ab affectibus immunis, si tamen ab odio, quod retegere mihi non semel videtur in Ducem Urbinatem. Sententias bonas utilesque inserit, sed parum astrictas. Vitia. duo propria hujus aevi non effugit, quod & justo longior est, & quod minutissima quaeque narret, parum ex lege aut dignitate Historiae. Sed nec orationes ejus satis vegetae mihi, aut castigatae, languent saepe, aut solute vagantur. Denique uno verbo, inter no∣stros, summus est Historicus: inter veteres, mediocris. Lips. not. ad 1. lib. Polit. Vide Thuan. Hist. tom. 4. l. 96.
• * 1.55

  Qui plura vo∣ler, consulat Guilandinum de Papyro, qui amplo commentario Plinium illustravit. Museum Wormianum, l. 4. c. 12. Vide Thuan. Hist. tom. 4. l. 96.
• d 1.56

  Qui de Me∣dicina veteri & nova tum cognoscenda, tum facienda, volumina duo varia & erudita scripsit, ••ubi Theophrastaea medicina accuratis∣sime excutitur & examinatur. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a.
• e 1.57

  Antiquissi∣mus inter eos qui side digni sunt, Britranicarum rerum scriptor. Antiq. Eccles. Britan. Gildas Cambrius, poeta Britannus, eo tempore natus erat, quo maximè per universum mundum eloquentia Romana floruit. Coaetaneus erat Martiali, Flacco, Silio, Statio, Stellae, Juvenali, & id genus aliis: sed nec ipsis inferior judicatus. Vide Lil. Gyrald. in Poet. Histor. dial. 5. Balaeus de Script. Britan. Cent. 1.
• * 1.58

  Vir solide de∣ctus & in scri∣bendo accura∣tus. Casaub. Not. ad Diog. Laert. l. 8. Utriusque lin∣guae & omnis politioris lite∣raturae & an∣tiquitatis, quam vatiis scriptis illustravit, longe peritissimus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 11. Vir omnis eruditae anti∣quitatis ac literatae doctrinae callentissimus, qui plerasque manuscriptas Bibliothecae Graecas in Italia excussit, è quorum lectione conscripsit libros illos suos eruditos, & varios de diis gentium; opus admirandum, historiam veterum & recentiorum Poetarum, & ••aetera plurima exquisita singula. Neand. Geog.
• * 1.59

  Civilis Do∣ctor, orator dulcis & fa∣cundus. Hum∣phred. in vita Juelli.
• * 1.60

  Cujus in Ma∣thematicis ex∣cellens cogni∣tio, & judici∣um profun∣dum, tum ex aliis ejus scriptis, tum inprimis è Dialexi de Nova Stella omnibus in propatulo est. Tych. Brah. L. 2. De Cometia Anni 1577. c. 10. membrum secundum.
• * 1.61

  Natus anno 1492. Primus suasor & persuasor fuit, Evangelicae doctrinae in patria suâ amplectendae, in quo negotio Hulricum Zwinglium simul collegam habuit. Boissardi Icones.
• * 1.62

  Omnium Confessione, Scriptor, Gra∣vissimus, & in Romanis Antiquitati∣bus pervesti∣gandis, de scribendisque accuratissimus perhibetur. Whear. Method. leg. Hist. parte 1^a Sect. 16. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.63

  In his Ami∣barbarian, ch. 3.
• * 1.64

  814. Helv. Chron. Vir in divinis Scripturis eruditissimus & in secu∣laribus literis nulli suo tempore secundus, ingenio acutus, sermone disertus, vita & conversatione devotus, in declamandis ad populum Omeliis celeberrimae industriae fuit. Trithem. Catal. Illust. Vir.
• * 1.65

  Primus Grae∣cas in Belgio litteras exci∣tavit, exem∣plo Rod. A∣gricolae, prae∣ceptoris sui, qui Germaniae easdem restiturrat. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica. Erasmus XIV. annorum adolescens, sub Hegio praeceptore, studia literarum Daventriae colebat. Cum autem Rudolphus Agricola in Hegii Scholam venisset, & Hegius ei aliquot adolescentum scripta monstrasset: his consideratis, cum Erasmicum caeteris anteferret videre adolescentem voluit. Accersitus é sua classe Erasmus adolescens ad Hegium accedit. Ibi Rodol∣phus arreptum Capillo in vertice tacitus intuetur, & quasi considerata indole ex lineamentis, adiecit hanc vocem, Tu cris magnus. Chytraeus Orat. de Westphalia. Vit. Profos. Gron. in Rodolph. Agric.
• * 1.66

  Gandavi na∣scitur anno M.D.LXXXII, Incredibiie quanto amore illum prosecu∣tus fuerit Josephus Scaliger, Janus Dousa, aliique viri doctissimi. Naturâ ipsa instructus ad Poeticam facultatem, patrio etiam rythmo excellit, ut paucis agam. Quaecunque ab eo profecta sunt limam sapiunt politiorem: Phrasis tersa & elaborata: Conceptus sublimes: ita ut cum illis prisci sermonis scriptoribus certare velle videatur. Swertii Athenae Belg. Cum versus Graecos tuos lego, Homerum non Heinsium puto me legere: Cum Latinos Ovidium, aut Propertium. Casaub. Epist. 52. Tam severiorum quam amaeniorum litterarum ••ol. Seld. Praefat. ad lib. De Dis Syris.
• * 1.67

  Magna semper infamia flagravit He∣liodorus Epi∣scopus, qui praeelegit Episcopatu abire, quam libros suos amatorios perdere, ut scribit Nicephorus l. 12. c. 34. Raynaudi Erotem. de malis ac bonis Libris, partit. 1. Erotem 7.
• * 1.68

  Vir praestaus pietate, do∣ctrin••, cog∣nitione rerum sacrarum & historiarum, aetatum, temporum atque gentium omnium. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a.
• * 1.69

  After the Con∣quest King Henry the first the Conquerors sonne, a man excellently Learned, because he abolished such customs of Normandy as his father added to our Common Laws, is said to have restored the ancient Laws of England. Sir Edw. Cooks Prof. to his 3^d Rep.
• * 1.70

  He wrote some thing•• with his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hand on Austen ••e Civit. Dei. In tanto nu∣mero adver∣sariorum Lu∣theri, Britan∣niae Rex, Henricus octa∣vus, illum etiam oppug∣nat, & primò quidem judi∣cium illius de indulgentiis convellit & pontificatum defendit: post omnem illam dispu∣tationem de Sacramentis Ecclesiae reprehendit, sumpto scribendi argumento ex libro de captivitate Babylonica. Lutherus, ubi cognovit, acerrimè respondet, in ejusque causae, defensione, nullius hominis dignitatem aut splendorem quicquam apud se valere, demonstrat. Leo Pontifex honorificum regi cognomen idcirco tribuit, defensorem appellans Ecclesiae. Sleid. De Statu Relig. & Reipub. Comment. l. 3. Vide Vossii Epist. ad Artem Grammat. Prodiit libellus ille, ad eo provectioris aetatis, & exercitato aliquo Theologo dignior quam adolescente Rege (cui quanquam maximè voluerit, non licuerit tamen in literarum studio aetatem terere) ut alii Thomae Mori, alii Fisheri Rostensis, plurimi verò alterius alicujus summi viri opus id fuifle haud sine causa suspicatentur. Ut ut fuerit, edito libello sic respondit Lutherus, ut multi sanè, qui sanctum hominis Zelum laudarent, modestiam tamen Spiritu sancto dignam, in eo haud immerito desiderarent, regiaeque dignitatis magis reverentem Scultet. Annal. Dec. 1. Henricus octavus princeps omnibus naturae donis cumulatissimus, & in quo, si in voluptates solutior non fuisset, nihil merito desi∣derare posses: nam post divortium, nisi quod Pontificiam autoritatem execratus, se caput Ecclesiae constituit, nihil in Religione mutauit, & Episcopos ferè bonos & doctos toris illis XIII. annis, quibus ab R. E. se separavit in regno ordinavit, doctorum & literatorum fautor eximius, ingravescente demum aetate multi succi ab domine adeo gravis & iners evaserat, sanguine in pinguedinem verso, ut vix posset per ostia ingredi, ac neque scalas posset conscendere, sed in Cathedra positus machinis in superiora aedium subveheretur, tandem vehementi febre correptus propter inflammationem virulenti in crure herpetis, cum LVII aetatis annum ageret, & 37 annos, LX menses, VI dies regnasset, è vita de migravit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 3.
• * 1.71

  Suidas Trisme∣gistum, sic ap∣pellatum tra∣dit, quia de Trinitate quodam divini spiritus instinctu, locutus sit. Dickinsoni Delphi Phaeniciz.
• * 1.72

  Dispeream si quiquam adhuc vidi illo juvene absolutius, sive spectes utriu••que lin∣guae periti••m, sive f••elle••en∣tem ingenii, sive morum comitatem integritati parem. Eras. Epist. l. 28. Epist. 18. In Germania proxima Conradus Heresbachius vir dig∣nitate & doctrina praestans in majorum suorum Heresbachiano Castro in Clivensiditione natus, hoc anno in suo Lo••i••sul••no p••idie id. Octobr. ad Deum migravit, cum LXVII. annum exegisset. Commentarium in Psalmos eruditissimum ••didit, & de re rustica in illo otio post alios scripsit, non minus morum suavitate de suis quam eru∣ditione de republica bene ••••••itus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 62.
• * 1.73

  Cum is om∣nibus mem∣bris contractus esset, ut hinc inde tantum de portaretur (unde etiam suum cogno∣men acquisi∣vit) parentes eum in monasterio S. Galli collocarunt. Erat trium linguarum Graecae, Arabicae & Latinae peritissimus praeterea Theosogus, Philosophus, Astronomus, Rhetor & Poeta nulli suo tempore secundus, scri∣psit itaque carmine & prosa multa praeclara volumina. Pantaleon de Vir. Illust. Germ.
• * 1.74

  Nam mihil vere persuadeo, Graecum vi∣rum Herodia∣num: qu••m ipse nuper Civitate Ro∣mana donasti: si in mille volumina diligenter impressus: transcriptusque ad manus literatissimorum hominum semel referatis carcerious pervenerit: de eo singulorum judicio expectationique satisfacturum: ut in eo libello nihil nisi candidum, nisi sublime, nisi luculentum: atque omni ex parte perfectissimum contineri omnes ingenue fateantur. Polit. Epist. l. 6. Epist. 6. Vide l. 8. Epist. Epist. 1.
• * 1.75

  Herodotus Graecus, ne quid omisisse videretur, om∣nia sine dele∣ctu congessit, quorumque pleraque non ab antiquis scriptis, sed à vulgi fabulis accepit. Qui quanquam oratione concinnus sit atque elegans, eorum tamen qui sanè & incorruptè judicant avertit ab illa tam coacervata & referta narrationum multitudine fidem. Et quanquam à quibusdam quod videtur affectasse historiae pater dicatur, ab aliis tamen fabulatum pater meritò dictus est. Praefat. ad Anti∣quit. Eccles. Historiam multi scripsere praeclarè, sed nemo dubitar duos longe caeteris praeferendos, quorum diversa virtus laudem pene est parem consecuta. Densus & brevis & semper instans sibi Thucidides: dulcis & can∣didus, & fusus Herodotus: ille concitatis, hic remissis affectibus melior: ille concionibus, hic sermonibus, ille vi, hic voluptate. Quintil. Instit. Orat. l. 10. c. 1. Displiceant huic rosae, & balsama, cui non placet Herodotus, Hortus est ejus historia variis arboribus consitus, innumerisque florum distinctus areolis, ex quo aeterni spirant odores. S••il•••• certe is est, qui non nisi ab impetitis aut malevolis reprehendi possit. Totus est dulcis, candidus, fusus, sine illis salebris quasi sedatus: amnis fluens. Caussen. Eloq. Sac. & Human. Paralel. l. 1. c. 14.
• * 1.76

  Floruit ante Christum 944. Homerum ante Chri∣stum 907. Seldeni Marm. Arundel. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.77

  Professor Lovaniensis, quem Rex Hispan. Phi∣lippus misit ad Concli∣um Tridentinum. Gerh. Confess. Cathol. l. ••. c. 5. Art. 2.
• * 1.78

  Vide Eras. Ep. l. 30. Epist. 6. Non injuria sui saeculi Poetarum princeps & Rex nuncupatus fuit. Is multis praeclaris ingenii sui elaboratis monumentis in quibus veluti gemma preciosissima eminet opus illud Psalmorum Davidicorum vere sacto sanctum, quo vel uno opere singularem sibi spem & fiduciam divinae gratiae atque benevolentiae comparavit, posteris verò admirationem sui & caritatem reliquit fragrantem. Boissardi Icones.
• a 1.79

  Glossogra∣phorum longè princeps. Ca∣saub. in Athen. Grammatico∣rum Alpha Montac. Orig. Eccles. Tom. 1. parte posteriore. Omnium veterum criticorum, quos habemus hodiè, longe si quid judico doctissimus, & serio Graecantibus apprime utilis. Casaub. Epist. 49. Ex nuda indicis percursione structorem vocabularii illius (rem nondum omnibus creditam) patebit Christianum fuisse. Quis enim (ut novi Foederis tot 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 mittam) Evan∣gelistas, Apostolos, Prophetas, Prophetarum expositores, à vera fide alienus suo operi inseruisset. Pricaeus praefat. ad Ind. Alphab. Scriptorum qui in Hesych. Graec. vocab. laudantur. Gregorii Nazianzeni auditor & discipulus H••sychius, vir in divinis Scripturis multum versatus, & Hierosolymitanae Ecclesiae Presbyter. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 5. Vide Suidam.
• * 1.80

  Primus in Academia Leydensi pro∣priâ manu anatomiam administra∣vit, efflagitan∣tibus id studiosis cum insolens hoc exercitium patriae eo tempore esset. Melch. Adam in vita Heurnii.
• * 1.81

  He was born at Sriden in Hungary. Latinos, Graecos, He∣braeos, Chal∣daeos, scri∣ptores plures evolvit, ac∣curatius ex∣cussit, quam eorum qui post eum quis∣quam, nempe homo summa industria prae∣ditus, indefa∣tigabili studio & longa vita usus. Lud. V. v. de Caus. Corrupt. art. l. 2. Quem unum habet Ecclesiasticus orbis utraque doctri∣na sacra & gentili ut vocant juxta absolutum. Eras. Epist. l. 9. Epist. 15. Quamvis non defuerit temporibus nostris presbyter Hieronymus homo doctissimus, & omnium trium linguarum peritus, qui non ex Graeco, sed ex Hebraeo in Latinum eloquium easdem scripturas converterit. August. de Civit. Dei l. 18. c. 43. Flagrat jam olim mihi incredibili ardore animus Hieronymianas Epistolas Commentariis illustrandi. Et nescio quis Deus mihi pectus accendit agit{que} ut rem tantam, & à nullo hactenus tentaram, audeam animo concipere. Movet me viri caelestis & omnium Christianorum sine controversia longè tum doctissimi tum facundissimi pietas: cujus scripta cum digna sint quae ab omnibus passim legantur & ediscantur, vix pauci legunt, pauciores mirantur, paucissimi intelligunt. Eras. Epist. l. 5. Epist. 19.
• * 1.82

  Anno Aerae Christi 351. Calv. Chron. Hilarius La∣tinorum pri∣mus eloquen∣tiae suae gladium strinxit in Arianos ea quoque res illi plurimum famae conciliarit, praecipuè quòd res esset cum hoste nobili. Nam non dubito, quin apud Graecos; praeter Athanasium plures idem fe••erint. Eras. Epist. l. 28. Epist. 8. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.83

  Vir in divi∣nis Scripturis eruditissimus, & saecularis quoque litteraturae non ignarus metro excellens & prosa; ingenio subtilis, sermone disertus, & super omnes sui temporis facundus, eloquens. Trithem.
• * 1.84

  Fuit Archie∣piscopus Re∣mensis, vir doctus & pie∣tatis studiosus sub Carolo secundo Ludovici pii filio circa 870. Domini annum: rametsi & magni Caroli tem∣pora adolescens atrigerit. Is dum corrigere vitia morbosque Clericorum conatus est, multum molestiarum à perditae vitae Clero, eorumque ad Papam apellationibus, imò & à Papis: ipsis sustinuit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 9.
• * 1.85

  Ptolomaeus Hipparchi men∣tionem ferè nullam facit, sine aliquo novo laudis titulo. Rami Schol. Mathem. lib. 1. Qui occasionem è nova quadam suo aevo conspecta Stella (referente Plinio) nactus, omnium aliorum loca, quae visui discretè occurrerent, studio quam maximo designavit. Tych. Brah. De Nova Stella. l 1. Qui omnium Siderum octavae Sphaerae loca, usque ad minimas sextae magnitudinis, imò & nebulosas, in normam expandere sustinuit, ut de eo loquitur Plinius. Tych. Brah. ibid. Hyparchus Bythinus, Plinio nunquam satis Laudatus, qui annumerare posteris stellas est ansus ac sydera ad normam expangere, organis excogitatis, per quae singularum loca atque magnitudines signaret. Plin. lib. 2, cap. 26. R. Episc. Usser. Annal. pars posterior.
• * 1.86

  Verus meden∣di dictator habitus sem∣per, hujus scri∣pta tanquam oracula, & non humanae lin∣guae verba, tota amplectitur antiquitas tanquam ducem & auctorem omnium disciplinarum. In hoc, verborum pressa proprietas, sententiarum concisa subtilitas, sermonis veneranda antiquitas, artificii commendabilis dignitas: in cujus scriptis nihil superfluum, ociosum nihil; sed arguta brevitate rotunda omnia, & significantia, ita ut ubertas & amplitudo rerum verborum numerum longe vincat. Heurn. Dissertat. de Stud. Medicinae.
• * 1.87

  Episcopus Portuensis & Martyr, Clementis Alexandrini discipulus, sub Alexandro Severo Martyrio coronatus. Gerhardi Patrologia.
• * 1.88

  Quantum & hoc praesens, & futura sae∣cula, tot bonis auctoribus, quos edidisti, demerearis, scriberem tibi, nisi scirem te hoc non facturum, nisi intelligeres, quantum eo ipso literas juves, quae per negligentiam quotidie pereunt. Jos. Scalig. Epist. l. 4. Epist. 389. Vide Epist. 383.
• * 1.89

  Vixit is mo∣nachus docti∣ssimus ante annos trecen∣tos. Vossius de Vitiis Sermo∣nis, l. 4. c. 16.
• * 1.90

  Medicus om∣nibus numeris absolutus, sive perfectam artis cogniti∣onem spectes, sive in morbis curandis usum & solertiam. Scav. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog.
• * 1.91

  Hamburgen∣sis, erudito∣rum ocellus. Gassend. de Vita Peireskii. lib. 4.
• * 1.92

  Anno 1590.
• * 1.93

  Qui litteris egregiè instru∣ctus, cum juri civili operam Aureliani dedisset, ob religionis causam patriâ profugus, Lausanae primum docuit. Juventuti in jure dicendo assiduam operam longo tempore navavit, post quem patriam omnino deseruit. Thuan. Hist. tomo 5^to l. 99. Erat omnino ille vir habili & faecundo ingenio, variaque eruditione, ac potissimum eximia quadam in Romanorum jure illustrando facundia conspicuus. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illustrium Elogia.
• * 1.94

  Inscripsit li∣bros de rebus ad Ilium ge∣stis Iliades. Voss. de Annal. l 2. c. 28. Clarissimum deinde Homeri illuxit inge∣nium, sine exemplo maximum: qui magnitu∣dine operum & fulgore carminum solus appellari Poeta meruit, in quo hoc maximum est, quod neque ante illum quem ille imitaretur, neque post illum qui eum imitari posser, inventus est: neque quenquam alium, cujus operis primus auctor fuerit, in eo perfectissimum, praeter Homerum, & Archilocum reperiemus. Paterc. Hist. l. 1. Homerus putatur vixisse annis circiter centum & quinquaginta post bellum Trojanem. Incidit ejus aetas in tempora Esaiae Prophetae. Hesiodus existimatur vixisse centum annis post Homerum. Pezel. Mellif. Histor. parte 2^da c. 1. p. 97. Vide Seldeni Marmora Arund. Hunc nemo in magnis sub∣limitate, in parvis proprietate superaverit. Idem laetus ac pressus, jucundis & gravis, tum copia, tum brevitate mirabilis: nec poetica modo, sed oratoris virtute eminentissimus, Quintil. Institut. Orat. l. 10. c. 1. Ortus pleni∣oris eloquentiae siquis rectè repetat, est ab Homero. Nempe hic orator & planè orator à Marco Tullio, ab Hermo∣gene Rhetorum praestantissimus, à caereris uno omnium consensu magister eloquentiae agnoscitur. Caus. Eloq. Sac. & Humani Parallel. l. 1. c. 10. Primus omnium pater elegantiarum Homerus. Casaub. in Athen. l. 9 c. 8. Qui omnis eruditionis fons & norma semper est habitus. Casaub. De Rom. Sat. l. 2.
• * 1.95

  Defuncto Arminio, cum Pastores ali∣quot, ejus discipuli, no∣vos quosdam Articulos Illust. Hollandiae & Westfrisiae ordinibus, insciis Ecclesiis, per Remonstrantiam uti vo∣can•• (unde Remonstrantes deinceps sunt vocati) obtulissent simulque allaborarent, ut iisdem Ecclesiis publica autoritate obtruderentur, Festus Hommius huic istarum conatui se cum aliis Ecclesiarum Deputatis cordatè oppo∣suit. Meursi Athen. Batav. l. 2.
• a 1.96

  In praeclaro, nec intermori∣••uro, Annalium Belgicorum opere: in quo ambigas, magisne ames veri amorem, an eximiam mirere prudentiam, an purissimam lectissimi sermonis patrii castimoniam. Vossius de Vitiis Sermonis l. 3. c. 34.
• * 1.97

  Natus est Anno 1523. Suffridus Pet. De Script. Fris. and Au∣bertus Miraeus in his Elogia Belgica much extoll him. Hopperorum familia, tum in Angl. tum in Schot. propagata in hunc usque diem durat: ex qua memoria nostra fuit ille Vigorniensis & Glo∣cestrensis Episcopus Joannes Hopperus, de quo multa Scriptores Anglici. Suffrid. Pet. De Scriptoribus Frisiae. Ejusdem familiae vestigia reperiuntur in Germania superiore unde & Marcus Hopperus Basilcensis originem duxisse videtur. Id. ibid.
• * 1.98

  Horatius est omnium Lati∣norum Graecorumque poetarum elaboratissimus. Scalig. Hypercrit. c. 1. Lyricorum Horatius ferè solus legi dignus. Nam & insurgit aliquando, & plenus est jucunditatis & gratiae, & variis figuris & verbis felicissimè audax. Quintil. Institut. Orat. l. 10. c. 1. Quis enim, qui de poetis modò judicare aliquid possit, uni inter Latinos omner Horatio, vel acumine ingenii, vel sententiarum gravitate, palmam non tribuit? Manut, Epist. l. 6. Epist. 7.
• * 1.99

  Robertus Hornus An∣glus, compo∣suit Anglico sermone Apo∣logiam Chri∣stianam l. 1. De missae abominatione l. 1. Transtulit in linguam vernaculam quasdam homilias Calvini. Gesu. Biblioth.
• * 1.100

  Aubertus Mi∣raeus mentions him honourably in his Elogia Belgica.
• * 1.101

  Polonus Car∣dinalis, inge∣nii sua eximia monumenta reliquit, bis & trigesies ipso vivente, variis locis excusa, & ex Latina in Gallicam, Germanicam, Polonam, Scoticam, Anglicam, Armenicamque linguam translata. Nomenclat. Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalium. Stanislaus Osius Episcopus Varmiensis Cardinalis, vir doctissimus & ut in Deum sic in patriam praecipua pietate insignis. Thuan. Hist. ••om. 3. lib. 57. Vide etiam lib. 68.
• * 1.102

  Cùm ipsum Galliae Can∣cellarium via rum amplissi∣mum Michaelem Hospitali∣um hoc tan∣tùm nomine, quòd hujusmodi conciliis nefariis adversaretur, ex aula removerint, atque uti captivum habuerint Historiola de Laniena Gallica. Vide Thuan. tom. 3. l. 56.
• * 1.103

  Hic mihi non placet Rogerius Hovedenus, vir alioqui laudandus, qui scrinia Simeonis, suppresso ejus nomine strenuè compilavit, & aliena pro suis gloriae avi∣dulus, supposuit. Lelandi Comment. In Cygn. Cant.
• * 1.104

  Natione Belga patria Bruxellensis, vivido ingenio, Canendi & scribendi arte ac laude praestans Humanioribus litteris eximiam adjunxit Philosophiae ac Theologiae peritiam, Flandricâ, Italicâ, Hispanicâ, Germanicâ, Gallicâ, lingua velut materna utebatur. Alegambe.
• * 1.105

  Hugo Cardi∣nalis Anno Aerae Christi∣anae 1212. Helv. Chron. Vir omni probitate ornatus, ac doctissimus, qui universam Scripturam sacram quaddru∣plici sensu explanavit, & in Psalmos luculentissimum edidit Commentarium, Bibliorumque judicem, quem Con∣cordantias vocant, laboriosissimum sane, & immensi taedii, ac temporis opus, sacrarumque litterarum studiosis magnopere necessarium, primus excogitasse, excogitatumque promulgasse perhibetur. Ang. Roc. Bib∣lioth. Vat.
• a 1.106

  Cardinalis Episcopus Syl∣vae candidae; à Icone nono Legatus Con∣stantinopolin missus, vir sui saeculi longe doctissimus. Vixit anno Domini 1054. ante annos sexcentos. Dallaeus De Pseu∣depig. Apost. lib. 1. cap. 1.
• * 1.107

  Patria Buchin∣gamius, ad meliores lite∣ras, & praeci∣puarum lin∣guarum cogni∣tionem vir na∣tus, parentum industria ad Oxonium translatus fuit, hoc nomine ne ejus ingenii foelicitas inculta torpesceret. E Graeco in Latinum transtulit, Originem de recta fide, contra Marcionistas: sunt enim tres Dialogi. Baleus de Script. Brit. Cent. 9.
• * 1.108

  Bohemus, vir eruditione & sanctitate vitae praeclarus fide publica Casaris data & accepta ad Synodum Constantien∣sem venerat. Sed capiebatur mox à Pontificiis, & in tetros inclusus Carceres, ad revocandam suam doctrinam multum & improbè urgebatur: tandem verò cùm omnino revocare nollet, crudeliter vivus comburebatur anno 1415. Pezel. Mellific. Histor. part. 3.
• * 1.109

  Multa auda∣cter & libere in Romanenses dixit & scripsit, Musarumque & Gratiarum Hierophantes incomparabilis. Boissardi Icones. A nullo magis flagi∣tio semper abhorruit, quàm mendacio: neque detestabilius quicquam duxit quàm non simpliciter optima fide & loqui & facere omnia: & à puero usque studuit: ut sincere versaretur & candidé. Melch. Ad. in ejus vita.
• * 1.110

  Pro quo cor∣ruptè vulgo Higynus vel Hi••inus scribitur. Hodiè nihil Hygini habemus praeter Poeticon astronomicon ad M. Fabium, & fabularem librum. Voss. De Histor. Lat. lib. 1. cap. 20.
• * 1.111

  Haec tantos in literis fecit progressus, ut omnes Philo∣sophos sui temporis longè superaret. Quinetiam propter gravem animi fidentiam, quam ex doctrinae fontibus hauserat, in conspectum principum, summa cum modestia venire non dubitavit. Socrat. Hist. Eccles. l. 7. c. 15. Buntingi Chronologia.
• * 1.112

  Quicquid boni habent ejus∣dem De forman∣dis sacris Cencionibus libri duo, Deque rectè formando studio Theologico libri iv. id in suos similis argumenti libros tran∣stulit Laurentius à Villavincentio, ex Ord. Augustiniano Doctor Theol. Lovaniensis. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Bel∣gica. Praeter raram pietatem & eruditionem, quae in ejus scriptis relucet, aiunt hominem esse mansueto ingenio, magna synceritate praeditum. Calv. Epist. Christophoro Thretio.
• * 1.113

  Jacobus Rex. Vide Vossii Epist. ad artem Grammati∣cam.

  Quis doctus (& quotidiè ad eum confluunt) non stupuit tanti ingenii miraculum Rerum incredibilis varietas, mirabilis antiquitatis peritia, selecta oratio, & nihil ab iis abhorrens qui perpetua aetate deduxerunt studium velut ad robustam maturitatem. Cryptai Britannia Triumphans.
• a 1.114

  Sic dictus quod esset qua∣si vorago Bibliorum, propter Crebras allegorias. Alsted. Encycloped. lib. 32. cap. 7.
• b 1.115

  Magnae vir apud Graecos authoritatis. Pier. Valer. Hier. l. 33. c. 41.
• c 1.116

  Gandavensis, vir longè eru∣ditissimus, circiter ante 270 annos primatum Papae oppugnavit. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. lib. 8.
• * 1.117

  Vigilantissi∣mus sacrarum literarum In∣terpres. Montac. Apparat. Cornelius Jausenius in omnibus, quae scripsit, praesertim in Concordiam Evangelicam, & in Proverbia, ut etiam Psalmos, se magno valentem judicio, uti & eruditum ostendit. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tomo 10. l. 2. c. 49. Theologus Egregius, cui exacta trium linguarum cognitio. Swertii Athen. Belg.
• * 1.118

  Hoc ipso tem∣pore plurimi Sorbonistae Jesuitarum dogmati pa∣lam adversan∣tur excitati ad id opere quidem posthumo, egregio tamen Cornelii Jansenii Yprensis Episcopi, quod Augustinum inscripsit. Vi∣deatur Apologia pro Jausenio à Doctissimo Sorbonista anonymo, D. Arneldum esse putant, conscripta. Mares. Exeg. Confess. Belg. Art. 16.
• * 1.119

  Rabbi Salomon Jarchi, quasi lunaris dictus. Is à nostris Judaeis Salom•• 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 vocatur. Natione Gallus erat & patria Trecensis; contrivit tamen aliquam aeratis partem in Germa∣niâ, commoratus aliquandiu Wormatiae ad Rhenum, cujus Synagogae Judaei etiamnum ipsius praesentiae mon∣strant vestigia. Authoritas porrò hujus Jarchai tanta est apud Rabinos, ut quamvis Interpretum numero abun∣dent, hunc tamen unum caeteris longè praeferant cunctis, non tantum quod tempore antiquior sit & clarorum inter medios ferè primus, sed quia in utroque Bibliis & Talmud laboraverit, & illa subinde cum hoc conferat. Schickard. Bechinath Happeruschim. Potius Jerarchi. Obiit anno Servatoris nostri 1105. Quia scripturam & plera∣que Talmudis explicavit, ideoque magnae inter Judaeos est authoritatis. Constant. L'Emperour. Not. in Benjaminem.
• d 1.120

  Patricius me∣diolanensis, eques auratae militae & Senator Ducalis. Vir corporis habitu eleganti, moribus facilis, in colloquiis familiaribus facetus & hi∣laris, in rebus magnis gravis, acutus, & perspicacissimi ingenii: prudens in consiliis, cujus autoritas maxima fuit apud Fridericum & Maximilianum Imperatores Romanorum: ad quos missus est legatus à Ludovico sfortia duce Medio∣lanensium excellens Philosophus, in juris prudentia nulli suo tempore cessit. Mortuus est Papiae 84. aetatis anno, Christi verò 1519. Boxhorn. Monum. Illust. Vir. & Elog.
• * 1.121

  1521. Ignatius Loyola Hispa∣nus societatis Jesu fratribus initium dedit. Decem alios sibi adjunxit, quibus comitatus Luteria Romam obtinuit an. 1540. ut suae religionis institutum à Pontifice confitmaretur. Ge∣neb. Chronol. lib. 4. Ordo Societatis Jesu à Paulo tertio P.P. primum approbatur an. 1540 & ab eodem con∣firmatur 1543. Post eum Julius tertius, Paulus quartus, ••ius quartus & Tridentinum Concilium Sest. 9. cap. 15. Eum ordinem iterum confirmarunt.
• * 1.122

  Patriarcha Antiochenus, vir, quod in orientis parti∣bus perrarum est, singu ari eruditione. Scalig. Canon. Isag. l. 3. Solus Ignatius est intra primum Christi saeculum, & quidem sub sinem. Est enim occisus anno secundo Trajani, qui incidit in annum Christi centesimum secundum circiter. Irenaeus vixit circa annum centesimum sexagesimum, Tertullianus circa ducentessimum. Cham. De Oecum. Pont. l 2. c. 12. Antiochenae Ec∣clesiae Episcopus praesuit Ignatius vir magni spiritus, fidei, & zeli, de quo testari possunt ejus Epistolae Graecae ple∣nae fidei ac parrhesiae Concionantes de pectore pro Christo cuncta impendere parato. Neand. Geog. part. 2. Vide De ejus Epistolis. Albertinum De Sacramento Eucharistiae. l. 2. c. 1.
• * 1.123

  Matthias Flac∣ous Illyricus, haeresi infamis, alioqui de Ecclesia non malè meritus, edito Catalogo restium veritatis, & adornatis sua ipsius, Johannis Wigandi, & Matthaei Judicis opera Centuriis Ecclesiasticis Magdeburgensibus. Pezel. Mell. sic. Histor. part. 3. Testes veritatis à Christo ad nostram usque aetatem: id est, qui puram religionem amplexi fuerint, prolixè & accuratè de∣scripsit Matthias Flaccius Illyricus in Catalogo Testium veritatis, quam Simon Goulartius recensuit & auxit. Alsted. Eu∣cyclopaed. l. 32. c. 7. Quanquam verò cum aliis, tum imprimis paradoxo illo de peccati substantia, non exiguas in Eccle∣sia Christi turbas dedit: tamen sua etiam laude defraudandus non est, ob egregia scripta quibus aut Antichristi re∣gnum oppugnatum, aut Theologiae studia studiososue ivit adjutum Commendantur enim ex illis primùm Clavis sacrae Scripturae, deinde Centuriae Ecclesiasticae historia congesta Flacii potissimum consilio, opera autem Wigandi & alio∣rum. Tertium locum obtinet Catalogus Testium veritatis. Melch. Ad. in vita Flacii. Homo vehemens, & quocun{que} lo∣co pedem sigeret acerrimus turbarum incentor. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 38. Vide ejus Tom. 3. l. 61.
• * 1.124

  Vir politioris literaturae, & S Theologiae studiosissimus, edidit suis im∣pensis Librum introductionum Apotelesmaticarum in Chiromantiam, Physiognomiam, Astrologiam naturalem, cum Periaxiomatibus de faciebus signorum, & Canonibus de aegritudinibus, nusquam fere simili compendio tractata. Liber Argentorati est impressus in folio anno 1522. Cum viva authoris effigie in titulo praeformata Boissardi Icones.
• * 1.125

  Peritos scillos Chirurgos imitantes, qui expurgationi∣onibus suis sanguinem e∣mitrunt saepius saniorem. Prorisum imprimir, ut prohibitae lectionis librorum usus omnino interdiceretur, ita∣que Lovaniensibus Theologis id negotii datum, ut librorum censura dignotum loca notarent, eorumque diligentia & Benedicti Ariae Montani inprimis qui tunc in Belgium ex Hispania Philippi mandatu venerat, ut Bibliorum re∣giorum editioni praeesset, index expurgatorius est Concinnatus, ac sequenti anno regia auctoritate publicatus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 45.
• * 1.126

  Pestem in Si∣cili•• longè la∣téquè grass••n∣tem extinxit, unde Siculus Hippocrates vulgo appellabatur. Et, quod de Livio legimus, illi, etiam accidit; ut ex ultimis terrarum fi∣nibus ad eum visendum cujuscunque ordinis venirent. Castellan. Vit. Illust. Med.
• * 1.127

  Unus ille om∣nium teterri∣mus Evange∣licae veritatis hostis, qui 1215. in Sy∣nodo Latera∣nensi omnium fe••è turbarum, quibus hodiè orbis concutitur Christianus, seminaria in Ecclesiam profudit. Quum primum non ante auditam transubstantia∣tionem invexit, confessionem auricularem à Christianis extorsit: criminum remissionem non aliter quam à sacer∣dote accipiendam mandavit: Laicis alteram sacrae Communionis partem eripuit: Exurendi tartaream hanc con∣suetudinem eos maximè qui hiscere adversus Romanam sedem auderent, induxit. Cui potissimum Pontifici acce∣ptum debetur, quicquid hodiè vel clad a vel dissidii inter Protestantes, & Pontificios in Ecclesia deflagret. Foxus contra Osorium l. 3. p. 23.
• * 1.128

  Vir in divinis ac saecularibus disciplinis nulii suo tem∣pore secundus per annos multos. Sorbonae Parisiensi praefuit, ubi scientiarum omnium cognitione Clarissimus Universalis cog∣nomen est adeptus. Anton. Sanderus De Script. Fland. l. 1.
• * 1.129

  Calaber, homo eruditionis & etiam sanctita∣tis vitae nomi∣ne cum primis celębris, qui floruit anno 123. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 17. Magister sententiarum in libro primo dixit. Quaedam summa res est, Pater, Filius & Spiritus Sanctus, & illa non est generans, nec genita, nec pro∣cedens. Haec magister, ex quibus verbis, Abbas Joachim hujusmodi doctrinam haud recte percipieas, quaternita∣tem colligebat: & quartam in divinis rem adstruebat, hujusque generis errorem & notam magistro impingebat. Ang. Roc••ha Biblioth. Vatic. Concil. 2. Lateran.
• * 1.130

  Hieronymus Graecum Livi∣um appellat, propter ingenii excellentiam •• Senatu & ••••∣pul•• Rom•• promeruit, u•• eo viven••e libri ejus publicae Bibliothecae trad••rentur, ipsi vero post mortem aenea statua poneretur. Amicus fuit Christiano∣rum, quanquam Judaeus esset: & Dominum nostrum Jesum Christum in 18. Antiquitatum libro insigni elogio celebravit, qua de causa D. Hieronymus eum in Catalogo Ecclesiasticorum scriptorum digna cum laude recenset. Sixt. Seneus. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Is in omni Latinorum & Graecorum Scriptorum genere versatus, omnem Genti∣lium historiam & Chronologiam excussit & perdidicit, ideoque ab istorum Hebraeorum ineptiis remotissimus fuit. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tomo 10. l. 2. c. 63. Vide 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Ceisuram Dub, Evang. & parte 2^da Dub. 2. & Ne••nd. Geog. parte 2^da. Decepti sunt Judaei post Josippum Josephi nomine. Item quòd uterque esset sacerdos, doctu••; no∣bilis, &c. quod uterque idem de Antiquitatibus Judaicis & de bello argumentum tractarit, unus tamen Hebraicè, alter Graecè. Geneb Chronol. l. 2. c. 4. Vide Bodin. Method. Hist. Flavius Josephus autor omni laude dignus, & cui post sacrorum voluminum scriptores prima esse debet fides. Etsi gravitate supra cunctos Judaeos eminet, tamen haud ubique à deliramentis abhorret popularium suorum. Cuneus de Repub. Heb. l. 3. c. 1. Vide Voss. De Histor. Graec. l. 2. c. 8.
• * 1.131

  Vir mult••e e∣loquentiae, in∣gentique acer∣rum, medici∣nam primo ex••rcuit, non sine foelici suc∣ceslu. Scripsit historiam sui temporis, de rebus quae quinquaginta annis gestae erant in Italia, Hungaria, Asia, Af••ica, aliisque regionibus. Licet ejus Historiae libri sex primae decadis magna reipublicae literariae jactura per••erunt, dum Roma capta 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Hispanis duce Carolo Borbonio. Boissardi Bibliotheca, & Boxhorn Monum. Illust. Vir. & Elog. Paulus Jovi•••• mu••••••tum judicia, magis acerba, quam libera experitur. Acriter valde in virum eunt. Ego de eo sic cen∣s••o. ••tylo bonum gravemque esse, & plane ad Historiam: judicio ac fide, ambiguum. Ubi affectus non detra∣h••••t, rectum; ubi illi adsunt, obnoxiom. Ad gratiam sudat & aurum. Laudationum nec caussam saepe habet nec 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ora••ionibus quoque aut frigidus interdum, aut ineptus. Laudandus tamen legendusque ab multi∣plicem & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cu••um seriem quas redegit composite & dilucide in unum Historiae corpus. Lips. Not. ad 1. Lib. Polit. Vide Vherii Folietae Elog in Bendinelo Saulid. Card.
• * 1.132

  Magnus ille Ecclesiae pro∣pug••ator ac pro sui nomi∣nis augurio pacis Ecclesia∣sticae, vindex. Spirant illius scripta priscum illum Evangelii vigorem; ac phrasis arguit pectus martyrio paratum. Habent enim martyres suam quandam dictionem seriam, forrem ac masculum. Fuit vicinus Apostolorum temporibut, quum adhuc martyrum triumphis floreret Ecclesia. Nam puer audivit Polycarpuris in Asia, Polycarpus antem Joannis Evangelistae fuit di∣scipulus, à quo & Episcopus Smyrnae is datus. Eras. Epist. l. 28. Epist. 5. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.133

  Archiepisco∣pus. Hispalen∣sis quem ad alterius diffe∣rentiam Juniorem nuncupant. Fuit hic omnium litterarum cognitione tinctus. Hispan. Biblioth. Tom. 2.
• * 1.134

  Theodosio juniore impe∣ratore regnan∣te claruit mo∣nachorum Pelusiaci montis in Aegypto abbas, Chrysostomi Discipulus, & Cyrilli familiaris. Illyr. Catal. Ver. l. 5.
• * 1.135

  Nitidus & Comptus, & Palaestrae quam pugnae magis accomodatus, in inventione facilis, honesti studiosus: in compositione adeò diligens, ut cura ejus reprehendatur. Quintil. Instit. l. 18. c. 1. Omnium oratorum ela∣boratissimus. Scalig. orat. 1. cont. Eras. Quo simplicius aut purius cogitari nihil potest. Lud. Viv. de trad. disc. l. 3.
• * 1.136

  ••ewellus An∣glice sonat Gemmam, vel potius monile gemmis con∣sertum: Et certe qui in illo viro in∣signes animi dotes quibus tanquam im∣mensi pretii Gemmis orna∣tus est, spe∣ctarit; fatea∣tur necesse est, rarò cuiquam nominis signi∣ficata aptiùs convenisse. Godw. De Praesul. Ang. Comment. Apologia ejus ab exteris piis summopere in pretio habita est, & in varias linguas, Germanicam, Hispanicam, Italicam, Gallicam transfusa. Humphred. in vita Juelli. Si spectetur ordo, nihil distributius: si perspicuitas, nihil lucidius: si stylus, nihil tersius: si verba, nihil splendidius: si r••s, nihil nervosius. Id. ibid. Apologia tua Ecclesiae Anglicanae non tantum mihi, cui omnia tua probantur & mirificè placent, omnibus modis & numeris satisfecit, verùm & jam Bullingero, ejusque filiis & generis, nec non Gualthero, & Wolphio, tam sapiens, mirabilis & eloquens visa est, ut ejus laudandae ••ullum modum faciant, nec arbitrantur hoc tempore quicquam perfectius editum fuisse. & Mart. Juello.
• * 1.137

  Et genere no∣bilissimo, & forma liberali, & ingenio ad litetas & ad arma accom∣modato cele∣bris statim à pu••ri••ia fuit. Christianos non tam vio∣lentis persecu∣tionibus quam dolis & per∣suasionibus à veri••ate fidei abducere conatus est. Pezel Mellific Histor. part. 2. p. 273. Vide plura ibid. Cum oblata essent ei aliquando scri∣pra Christianorum, quibu ••efendebatur doct••ina Evangelii, deridens eam, sub••cripsi•• haec verba 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, legi, intellexi, damnavi; sed respondi••, nomine aliorum Episcoporum Basilius, 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Legisti, sed non intellexisti, s••eni•• int••l••existes non damnesses. Pezel. ibid. Vide Crinitum De honesta Disciplina. l. 5. c. 10. E▪ Crakanth De Provid. Dei.
• * 1.138

  Translatio illa Veteris Testamenti edita saeplus, & qu•• hodie utuntur multi, magnum ipsi nomen pep••it. Verbeiden.
• * 1.139

  Nihil ferè Junio magis familiare quam obscuri∣ta••. Twissus A∣nimad vers. in collat. cum Jun.
• * 1.140

  Omnifariâ doctrina & generis splen∣dore ornatissimus, Franciscus Junius Francisci filius affinis m••u••. Voss. De Orig. & Progressu Idol. l. 3. c. 5.7.
• * 1.141

  Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l 61.

  Vir in quo omnia excel∣lerent, Medi∣cinae, Histo∣riae, Antiqui∣tatis peritia, ingenium ad Poeticem factum. Linguas praeter vernaculam septem tenuit, Graecam, Latinam, Italicam, Gallicam, Hispa∣nicam, Germanicam, Anglicam. Meurs••i Athenae Batavae. Horrenda lectione sua, eruditione, & tot elegantis∣simis scriptis, quibus Latinas Graecasqu•• litteras illustravt, meritus est Hollandiae & litterarum post Erasmu•• Phoenix appellari. Obiit anno M.D.LXXV. Middelburgi. Boxhorn. Theat. Holland.
• * 1.142

  Patritim Ju∣nius homo ad literaturae omnis, dun∣taxat Graecae beneficium natus. Pric. Not. in Apol. Apulaei.
• * 1.143

  L••mati judi∣cii multae que lectionis vir Franciscus Juretus. Blondel. De ••••rmul. Reg•••• Christi. In vet. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, ••s••.
• * 1.144

  Justinianus Imperator m••gnus, vir magni & ex∣cellentis inge∣nii, locum in∣ter Ecclesiasticos scriptores meritò acquisivit. Omnes Constitutiones principum quae in multis voluminibus ha∣bebantur ad 12. libros redigens codicem appellavit. Quatuor etiam institutionum libros composuit, in quibus nucleus legum comprehenditur & ••xponitur. Trithem. De Script. Eccles. Imperium adeptus anno Christi 527. Imperavit annis 38, sicut de illo scripserunt Evagr•••• l. 4. c. ult. & Marianus Scotus, ac Sigebertus Gemblacensis ad annum 527. Hic est ille Justinianus Imperator, cujus jussu collectae sunt leges, & volumina illa edita sunt Insti∣tutionum, & Pandectorum, & Codicis, & Novellarum. Hic Italiam à Gothicis, & Africans à Vandalis recup••∣ravit. Z••orbes. Instruct. Hist. Theol. l. 3. c. 1. Vide Geneb. Biblioth. Pezel. Mellif. Hist. part. 2. & ult.
• * 1.145

  Justiniaenus Genuensis sine dublo Roma∣nensium om∣nium doctissi∣mus est. Vedel. Epist. Dedicat. ad Comment, de tempore utriu••que Episcopatus S. Apostoli Petri. Episcopus Nebi∣ensis, qui Pialterium octaplum anno Christi 1516 in magno folio exc••sum Genuae edidit, ut inter praecipuas lin∣guas ibi essent Hebraea, Chaldaea, Arabica, & Graeca Fuerat autem in totidem linguis daturus aliquando tota Biblia, nisi calamitosa morte ante tempus fuisset praereptus. Neand. Geog. part. 1.
• * 1.146

  Fuit vir maxi∣mi confilii pa∣risque facun∣diae. Juvenis ad huc versus lingua verna∣cula p••urimos arte magna panxit: aetate vero confirmata dein eloquentissimus as litteratissimus evasit: neque so∣lum ••ratione soluta, verum etiam recitatione carminis sermone vernaculo mirifice delectatur, usque adeò ut inter aetatis suae doctissimos homines sit habitus, praeterquam quod eximius reipublicae consiliarius erat. Albert. Leand. Descript. Ital. in Venet.
• * 1.147

  Est vir ille ad Philosophiae tum nostrae, tum potissi∣mum profanae summum e••e∣ctus fastigi∣um, multipli∣cisque erudi∣tionis, & hi∣storiarum Copia circum∣fluens. Photi•• Bibliotheca. p. 309.

  Apologiam scripsit, cam∣que Imperato∣ri Pio obtulit, anno Christi centesimo quinquagesimo. Et in ea genus & nomen suum, religionemque Christia∣nam prositetur, Justinum se esse dicens, Prisci Batti silium, Flaviae (quae nova civitas est Syriae Palestinae) ortum. Antequam verò Christianus fieret, sectator fuerat disciplinae Platonis, ut ipse de se testatur, in altera Apologia ad Senatum Romanum. Ubi etiam qua occasione adductus fuerit, ut de Christianis benignius sentire inciperet, tan∣demque iis ••e adjungeret, commemorat his verbis. Nam & ego ipse (inquit) Plato••is Disciplinae sectator, cum calumnicsè deterri Christianos audirem, intrepidè autem ad mortem, & alia quae terribilia esse censentur, ••••nis adire conspicerem, statui ipse mecum, fieri haud quaquam posse, ut illi in vitiorum pravitate & voluptate amore vi∣verent. Forbes. Instruct. Hist. Theol. l. 1. c. 3. Vide R. Episc. Vsser. De editione LXX. Interp. p. 30.
• * 1.148

  Anno A••rae Christianae 138. Helv. Chron.
• * 1.149

  Anno Ae•••• Christianae 96. Helv. Chron. Candidus, ac Satyrorum facile princeps. Nam ejus versus longe meliores quam Horatiani: sententi•• acriores phrasis apertiot. Scalig. Hypercrit. c. 6. In taxandis moribus, nostrorum patrum memoria, primum locum habere putabatur adeo, ut is tunc d••ctior existimaretur, qui plures ejus versus memorites re••i••••res. Lil. Gyrald. D•• Poet. Histor. Dial. 4.
• * 1.150

  Vit nobilis∣atque doctissi∣mus: Philo∣sophus, Poeta, Rhetor & Theologus in∣signis, & non minus conversatione, quam scientia Scripturarum Ecclesiae venerabilis. Biblioth. Hispan. Tom. 2. Sacerdos Hispanicus nobili genere natus, Constantiui magni temporibus. Scripsit quatuor Evangelia hexametris versibus, penè, ut ait Hieronymus, ad verbum transferens. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet Histor. Dial. 5.
• * 1.151

  Vir caetero quin eruditus, sed novello∣rum scriptorum, quam antiquitatis studiosior. Voss. De Hist. Graec. lib. 2. cap. 13.
• * 1.152

  Nasnitur cir∣ca annum M. CCC. LXXX. De Imitatione Christi. l. 4. verè aurei, non Latine solum sed Ger∣manice, Belgicè, Hispanicè, Gallicè & Graecè saepius excusi. Nullus post sacros codices tam crebro fuit excusus libellus, nullus tam cupidè ab omnibus expetitus & lectitatus, a summis, mediis, & infimis. Swertii A∣thenae Belgica. Valeri And. Biblioth. Belg.
• * 1.153

  Vir talis, qui, quod litteram, quod Histori∣am, quod de∣ri••ur idioma∣•••• ••••cum a••••••∣tinc•• pluri∣mum 〈◊〉〈◊〉 an militatis 〈…〉〈…〉 adferat. Nonne ex solo ipsius libro Radicum sole clarius ipsius Ebraica eruditio solidissima refulget? Ce•••••• suo Michlol omnem laudem est supergressus. Dilbor. Disput. Acad. Tom 1. David Kimchius, author, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 doctus, ita (nisi ubi nimio in Christianos zelo praeceps rapitur) sobrius & gravis. Pocock. Not. Miscel in Porta•••• Mosis cap. 4. Nomen est fa∣miliae quae tres viros insignes habeit, Josephum, viz. Patrem & Davidem Mosemque si••ius: quo••um ute••que gram∣maticam edidit, sed ille plenissimè scripsit de hac arte, quem Christiani doctores plurimum sequantur. Drus. Not. in Tetrag.
• * 1.154

  Athanasius Kir∣cheus Germa∣nus vir è Soci∣etate Jesu eru∣ditionis oppido magnae. Is per∣hibetur exi∣miè callere Hieroglyphi∣corum myste∣ria. Gassend. De vita Pei∣reskii. l. 4.
• * 1.155

  The King of Scotland said, He was a good man, and that he was more afraid of his prayer then of a great Army.
• * 1.156

  De Eccles. qu. 5. c. 13.
• * 1.157

  Decessit eo∣dem anno quo Lutherus nun∣dinationem indulgentia∣rum reprehen∣dere coepit. Melch. Ad. In ejus vita.
• * 1.158

  Edidit pri∣mus omnium Evangelicorum Commentarios in Apocalypsin. Pezel. Mellif. Histor.
• a 1.159

  Hist. Tom. 3. l. 52. V••de ••caev Samarth. Elog. Gal.
• * 1.160

  Quem Belga∣rum op••imum, doctissimumque initio operis de constantia Justus Lipsius appellar. Vossius De vitiis sermonis, l. 4. c. 33.
• * 1.161

  He was born Anno 14••5. Reliquit mo∣numenta in∣genii sui egre∣gia, referta eruditione, & rerum scitu dignissimarum explicatione varia & rara inter quae principem. locum tenet Epistolarum medicinalium opus miscellaneum, in senecta ab ipso scri∣ptum: cujus lectio non solùm medicinae; sed omnis etiam naturalis historiae studiosis plurimum emolumenti sit allatura. Melch. Ad. in ejus vita, & Boissardi Icones.
• b 1.162

  Anglus Pari∣siensis Doctor, ejusdemque Gymnasii Cancellarius, in Philosophia Aristotelica nulli suo tempore secundus habitus est. Scholasti∣cam{que} Theologiam subtilissimè docuit, demum Cardinalis & Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis effectus, non inferiori studio divinis impalluit. Plura quam quisquam alius volumina publicavit, quae in aerates perstabunt. Nomenclat. Sanctae Romanae Eccles. Cardinalium.
• * 1.163

  Exstant ejus Commentarii in Pentateu∣chum, Pro∣phetas majo∣res & mino∣res, Proverbia, Ecclesiasten, Cantica; totum N.T. Sed quid in iis desideremus breviter dicemus. 1. Interpretationes Pontisiciotum suorum, & Patrum non semper omnes refert. 2. Nostrorum rara refert, aut non ex professo: aut sicubi hoc faciat, tantum occasionem quaerit calumniae. 3. In plurimis locis difficillimis & illustri ac prolixo Commentario illustrandis, saepe jejunus est, imo mutus magis quam piscis. 4. In philologicis sacris hospes est, & consequenter admodum parcus, inprimis etiam in Hebraea, caeterisque Orientalibus, & consequenter in illarum linguarum idiotismis, elegantiis, antiquitatibus. 5. In moralibus & practicis, postillisticas quisquilia••, & carbones pro thesauris, ex Discipulo de tempore, legendis, vitis patrum, & similibus sabularum promis condis, plerumque obtrudit. Voet. Biblioth. Studios. Theol. l. 2. c. 4.
• a 1.164

  Graecorum ferè omnium, qui Othomannicis armis patria pulsi in Italiam confugerunt, nobilissimus atque doctissimus fuit. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doct. Vir.
• b 1.165

  Juellus in libro in Pro∣verbia multi∣plicem & va∣riam lectio∣nem, & do∣ctrinam re∣conditam ag∣novit, ita ut nihil in eo genere putavit extare cum eo conferendum, ingenuè confessus so multa illius sapientissimi Regis proverbia tum demùm intellexisse, quae antea ignorabat.
• c 1.166

  Vir pietatis & doctrinae haut vulgaris. Lectius De vi∣ta Sadeelis.
• d 1.167

  Elegiaco carmine tres Psalmorum Libros inte∣gros, cum Threnis & Canticis felici carmine reddidit; ut patruo suo illo Jacobo Latomo Theologo (cujus & scripta omnia una volu∣mine edenda Lovanii typis Barth. Gravii curavit) non indignus cognatus fuerit, & heres. Aub. Mir. Elog. Belg.
• * 1.168

  Honestissi∣mus simul & doctissimus Vir Gulielmus Latymerus. Paceus lib. de fructu qui ex doctrina percipitur.
• * 1.169

  De hujusmodi rebus solus ferme recte judicare po∣test, pro lin∣guarum cog∣nitione qua valet, & in∣signi ac sin∣gulari Histo∣riarum & Graeciae peritia, qua caeteris praecellit. Constant. L' Empereur Praefat. ad Itin. Benjam.
• e 1.170

  Fuit nostra∣tium medi∣corum decus egregium, philologus, historicus, Romanarum & Ge••mana••ū rerum scri∣ptor celebris, antiqui••atis indagator fidelis: professor in Academia patriâ, primùm attium liberalium: deinde medicinae per a••nos novemdecim continuos. Melch. Adam Vit. Germ. Medic.
• f 1.171

  Natione Hispanus vir suit ingenii & doctrinae magnitudine. Nobilissimus. Biblioth. Script. Societ. Jes. A Philippe Alegambe edita.
• * 1.172

  Vulgò dicitur Legenda seu historia Lon∣gobardica. Neand.

  De Legendae auteae (au∣thore Jacobi de Voragine) in ipsa Hispania à Ludovico Vive. de Caus. corrupt. art. l. 2. & Melchiore Cano de loc. Theol. l. 11. c. 6. jamdudum lata est sen••entia, ferrei oris eum virum fuisse, atque plumbei cordis. Episc. Usser. De Britannic. Eccles. Primord. c. 1.
• * 1.173

  Lelandus ge∣nere Britan∣nus in suae gentis anti∣quioribus monumentis proferendis homo apprimè diligens. Buchan. Rerum Scotic. Hist. l. 2. Ego quidem in∣gentem numerum scriptorum tractantium res Britannicas diligenter excussi. Lel. Comment. In Cign. Cant.
• * 1.174

  Excellenti Medicus in∣genio, forma{que} egregia, ut vel aspectu suo & elo∣quentia aegros recrearet. Scripsit ele∣ganti stilo varia omnium artium Candidatis apprimè utilia. Melch. Adam. in ejus vita.
• * 1.175

  There was also Leo Judae, Ebraicae lin∣guae peritissimus. Pezel. Mellif. Histor. Vide Biblia.
• * 1.176

  Leo Papa pri∣mus fuit Ec∣clesiasticae dictionis Tul∣lius, sacrae Theologiae Homerus, rationum fidei Aristoteles, authoritatis Apostolicae Pe••rus, & in Christiano pulpito Paulus. Trithem, de Scriptor. Eccles.
• * 1.177

  Leo Decimus Angeli Poli∣tiani discipu∣lus, eleganti∣um litterarum amantissimus, ipse quoque eleganter do∣ctus. Sub hoc Pontisice Ci∣ceroniana va∣luit eloquen∣tia: nam illi priores non∣dum eo condescenderant. Camp. de Imit. Rhetor. c. 31. Joannes Medices Cardinalis, qui postea Leo Papa An∣gelum Politianum à prima aetate institutorem habuit, Picoque Mirandulano, Marsilio Ficino familiariter usus est, unde tantus ei literatu••ae politioris amor, non solum enim elegantissimas Epistolas, quae ad manum sunt, con∣scripsit, sed & poetica laude clarus habitus est, cum referente Jobo nullo negotio, versus ex tempore funderet: nec minus ei literae quam Nicolao 5^to debent. Nomenclat. Sanctae Rom. Eccles. Card. Bembum, Sadoletum, Li∣lium Gregorium Gyraldum in famu••is habuit. Joannem Lastarem in Graeciam misit, ut omnibus ibi Bibliothecis excussis Vaticanam repleret, cui Philippum Beroaldum juniorem donec majores illi pararet honores praefecit. Id ib. Vide Platinam de vitis P••ntificum Romano••um, & Pier. Valcrian. De Litteratorum in••aelicitate. l. 1.
• * 1.178

  Cujus etiam∣num extant Dialogi de∣cem Academicorum more Confecti, de varia praeteres historia libri tres in multa capita divisi jucundissimi lectu, & ad utriusque linguae historiarum multiplicem cognitionem apprimè conducibiles. Neand. Geog. parte 1.
• * 1.179

  Natione Belga, in Bra∣bantia tenui loco natus.
• a 1.180

  Hoc opus omnibus nu∣meris absolu∣tum implevit orbem terrarum fama & fructu. Biblioth. Scriptorum. Soc. Jesu. A Philippo Alegambe edita. In Jure utroque, Mathematicis disciplinis, medicâ, Historica, ac Graecanicae in primis linguae peritiâ, nullo ufus magisto. Valeri Andreae. Biblioth. Belg.
• * 1.181

  Industrius ac fidelis harum rerum scri∣ptor. Thuan. hist. Tom. 1. l. 12. Leoncla••ius in erudito opere, quod Pandecten Historiae Turcicae inscripsit. Voss. De vitiis Sermonis l. 2. c. 10.
• b 1.182

  Bibliothecae Alexandrinae instructissimae in qua studio ac sumptibus Prolomaei Philadelphi laudatissimi principis deposita fuerunt, in omni doctrinarum ac linguarum eruditarum genere voluminum septingenta millia manuscripta, Biblia etiam Graeca ac Hebraea, a septuaginta duobus interpretibus Judaeis Graece conversa & aureis literis descripta, meminêrę, tùm multi alii Graeci & Latini scriptores, tum etiam inter caeteros Gellius, Livius, Seneca, Galenus, Josephus & Epiphaniu••. Neand. Geog. part. 3. Vide Rev. Episc. Usser. Annal. 4437.
• c 1.183

  Ergo floren∣tissima biblio∣theca illa à Cosmo insti∣tuta, à Laurentio non solum tabulis & signis excellentium artificum, sed tot tantisque Latinorum Graecorumque virorum vigiliis & monimentis ornata, publicis studiosorum desideriis, tam grandibus impensis dicata, omnes orbis bibliothecas longissime superavit. Rami Mathemat. praefat. 3^tia.
• d 1.184

  Angel. Rocc. Biblioth. Apost. Vatic.
• e 1.185

  James. praefat. ad Catal. & Wake Rex Platon.
• * 1.186

  Vir eruditis∣simus, & propter sin∣gularem mo∣rum probitatem mihi Charissimus. Casaub. in Capitolin.
• * 1.187

  A Stafford∣shire man.
• * 1.188

  Summo vir ingenio & doctrina, cum suae novae Scholae, quam Londini erexerat, primum praeceptorem elegerit, in qua annos quindecim docendo se exercuit, scripsit compendium Grammaticae per utile. Lil. Gyrald. de Poet. nostri temporis Dial. 2.
• * 1.189

  Homo prae∣cellentis judi∣cii, qui inter multa praecla∣ra opera collegium medicorum Londini, anno 1525. instituit. Caius de lib. prop. In arte Grammatica Thomas Linacer, à quo multa sunt Latinae linguae mysteria ostensa, ac fine impietate prodita. Lud. Viv. de Tradend. Discip. lib. 3. Quem Jo. Claymundus Comment. in librum C. Plinii. 7. c. 51. Anglorum praecipuum lumen ac singulare decus vocat. Middendorpius pro Cantabrigiensi habendum censuit, quem Collegii omnium animarum Socium fuisse Oxoniae Archiva testantur. Twine Antiq. Acad. Oxon. Apol. l. 3. Linacro ingresso Vaticanam Bibliothecam Ro∣mae, & Graecos, codices evoluenti, supervenit Hermolaus Barbarus, ad pluteumque humaniter accedens, non tu her∣cle, inquit, studiose ho••pe, uti ego planè sum, Barbarus esse potes, quòd lectissimum Platonis librum (is erat Phaedrus,) diligenter evoluas. Ad id Linacru•• laeto ore respondit, Nec tu sacrate heros, alius esse jam potes, quàm illi fama notus Patriarcha Italiorum Latinissimus. Ab hac amicitia (uti casu evenit, feliciter conflata) egregiis demum voluminibus ditatus, in Britanniam rediit: datusque est praeceptor Arcturo Regis filio cui dicatam Procti ••phaeram legimus. Paul. Jov. Elog. Doctorum Virorum.
• * 1.190

  Gulielmus Lindanus ex illustri, apud Dordrechten∣ses Lindano∣rum familia ortus, plurima scripsit, quorum bene longum Catalogum videre est apud Andream Valerium & Franciscum Swertium in Athenis Beligicis. Boxhorn. Theat. Holland.
• f 1.191

  Poeta lau∣reatus & clarus, in suo rerum me∣morabilium Commentario. Olai Wormii literatura Danica cap. 6.
• * 1.192

  Erat alicu∣jus certe eruditionis, magnae vir industriae & laboris, sed judicii nullius vel prudentiae. Montacut. Antidiat. ad c. 6, 7. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.193

  Antiquas Le∣ctiones con∣scripsit, quae in Plauto potissimùm emendando versantur. Cor∣nelium deinde Tacitum, hi∣storicum om∣nium pruden∣tissimum, in manus sumsit, notisque pri∣mùm Colo∣niae illustravit: quem scripto∣rem neque notum satis antea, neque luce aut me∣dicina digna donatum, bono publico ipse produxit, Plenum postea Commentarium Lugdun. Batavis adjecit. Placuit is labor universae Europae: & multi deinde, quasi muscae, ad odorem bonae famae convolarunt, atque in eodem mustaceo, quod dicitur, lau∣ream quaesiverant. In his M. Antonius Muretius, Josias Mercerus, Ludovious Aurelius, Galli; Curtius Pichena, Julius Salinerius, Annibas Scotus, Itali; Emanuel Sarmientus Mendoza, Hispanus; Janus Gruterus, Belga; Savillus, Britan∣nus, alii. Aubert. Miraei Elogium Justi Lipsit. Enim verò quid tesellato Politicorum opere sublimius, quid illo De una Religione Commentario divinius? Id. ibid. Vide plura ibid. Justus Lipsius brevem, sed auream, ut de aliis ferè omnibus solet, Epistolicam institutionem suis dictavit Adolescentibus. Possev. Biblioth. Select. Tom. 2. l. 18. c. 1. Cui homini sane plurimum debet Tacitus, solertissimo ingenio, diligentia, judicio, ab eo correctus, illustratus. Quod necesse est agnoscant & fateantur etiam inviti, qui tanti viri singulari eruditioni invide & maligne detrahunt. Merceri Not. in Tac.
• * 1.194

  Steph. De Lipsii Latinitate Palaestra 1^a p. 144, 145, 146.
• * 1.195

  Sibi gloriam famamque quaesivit, ac mu••torum in se studia di∣ctionis novitate, convertit: illud enim Latine scribendi genus induxit, quod proprium est suum, nec aliorum: & quemadmodum Ciceronis studiosi, Ciceroniani vocantur, ita etiam qui ad ••ipsii stylum se exercent, Lipsiani ap∣pellantur. Genus orationis est breve, concisum, verbis inops, creb ò incidens, nunquam fere circuitum, & quasi orbem verborum, apta atque eleganti compositione conficiens. Jani Nicii Erythraei Pinacotheca. 3. Vide plura ibid.
• * 1.196

  See Epistles. Literae Cardi∣nalium Pet∣roni & D'Oslat gallice: quas quia ad historiam Ec∣clesiasticam & politicam non parum conferunt, longe satiùs est linguae Gallicae causa legi à Theologo, quam Epistolas Troncheti aut Balsaci, aut similes. Voet. Biblioth. Studios. Theol. l. 2.
• * 1.197

  S^r Edw. Cookes I reface to the 10^th part of his Reports.
• * 1.198

  Cui in erat in summa doctri∣na summa modestia. Mon∣tacut. Antidiat. ad Exercit. 3. Vide Gatakeri Cinnum. c. 9.
• * 1.199

  Lectori in∣dicabo Eduar∣duus Liveleum in opere Chronologico suo nondum edito, &c. In toto hoc argumento Chronologico Josephum Sca∣ligerum virum maximum maxime admirans, non rarò tamen ab eo dissentit: verùm ita; ut modestiam priùs laudes an doctrinam non scias. Casaub. Exercit. 16. ad Annal. Baron. Num. 34. An. 34.
• * 1.200

  Latinae histo∣riae princeps. Eras. Ep. l. 28. Epist. 15. Veteribus re∣rum Roma∣narum scriptis ab origine re∣petitis, re∣ctoque & ac∣curato judicio perpensis at{que} comparatis, edidit. histo∣riam Dominio ac Imperio Romano dignam. Praesat. ad Antiq. Eccles. Britan. Vide Boxhorn Monum. Clar. Vir. Magnitu∣dine quidem & majestate operis ante omnes. Diffusus ille & placidus, in Concionibus maximè disertus. Patavi∣nitas ei objecta ab Asinis, id est, nisi fallor, sermonis quaedam peregrinitas, nec tam in verbis quam stylo toto. Lips. Not. ad 1. lib. Polit. Vide Pignor. Symb. Epist Ep. 44. Ante alios Livius qui praeter quam quod pure adeô & perspicuè scribat, quodque exempla ac praecepta adfert, quae Dei providentiam doceant, at prudentiam augeant moralem ac civilem; etiam orationes habet in vario admodum argumento multum profuturas eloquentiae studioso, Vossius De Studiorum Ratione.
• a 1.201

  Italicae erudi∣tionis, & Episcopalis apicis (dum viveret) cla∣rissimum de∣cus. Pign. Symb. Epistol. Ep. 50.
• b 1.202

  Is enim cum in fascem seu congeriem quandam lo∣cos antiquo∣rum Theolo∣gorum quam▪ plurimos pro suo arbitrio delectos ad subtilitatem magis quam ad utilitatem aedificationemque pertinentes, colle∣gisset▪ sententiarumque appellatione deornasset, evenit ut ejusmodi ita consarcinatum opus plurimorum illius saeculi hominibus Sophistices avidissimis arriserit pacueritque. Hinc autem factum est, ut ipsum opus Magistri Senten∣tiarum, & ipsum authorem Principis Theologorum, titulis insigniverunt. Postea autem qui huic subtili Theologiae (quam Scholasticam Speculativamque nominarunt) operam dabant, incubuere omnes certatim ad illud opus Sen∣tentiarum Commentariis illustrandum, seu veriùs Conspurcandum. Gentilet. Apol. pro Christianis Gallis Relig. Evangel. c. 18. Parisiensis Episcopus, quem omnes Theologorum Scholae singulari quadam venerationis excellen∣tia Magistrum ••ententiarum appellant, & in cujus Theologiae compendium innumerabilia disputationum volumina eruditissimi Clarissimarum to••o Christiano orbe Academiarum ••heologi elaborarunt. Sixt. Seuens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Quamvis Lombardus Magister appellatur, tamen discipuli ejus non omnia probant, quae ipse docuit, notantur enim ad calc••m libri à Parisiensibus 26 articuli, in quibus velut erroneus rejicitur. Gerb. Confest. Cathol l. 1. General. part. 2. c. 15.
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  Cum notis viri Cl. Guil. L.
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  Ego enim Macliniae sum narus, Macliniae edu∣ca••us, Germa∣nicae linguae & Caesarum ditionis oppido, cum aliis laudibus multis illustri, tum verò Philippi & Caroli Hispaniae regum incunabulis percelebri. Longol. Orat. Vide ejus vitam. Dijudicari vix potest, Germaniae Maclinia sit an Galliae: Facit lingua, imperium, vulgi opinio ut Germaniae adscribenda videatur. Rursus hominum ingenia, mores, victus, vestitus, ac ille gentium omnium celebratus monumentis Galliae ac Germaniae limes Rhenus eam Galliae adjudicat. Quae quidem mihi causa est, ut utrisque honestissimè cupiam. Longol. Epist. l. 3. Baptegnati. Juvenis cum ad omnes bonas disciplinas, ••um ad eloquentiam factus. Eras. Epist. l. 11. Epist. 5. Ille satis magnam laudem tulit, periit Ciceronianus. Id. l. 20. Epist. Epist. 9. Vir in literis magnus, futurus maximus, si fata didis∣sent longius aevum. Id. l. 27. Epist. 11. Vide etiam Epist. 38. Nimia cura imitationis bonam naturam Corrupit. Verba habet Ciceroniana, mira religionis ac superstitionis observatione; sensus est ineptior propterea quod dicta grandia rebus exiguis aptabat. Ludov. Viv. in opusc. de conscrib. Epist. Gesneri Biblioth. Si M. Tullio Ciceroni eloquentiae primas damus; meritò Transalpinorum omnium eloquentissimus audit Longolius, qui peritè admodum verba illius singula rebus ap••ando sublegit. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica. Conditus est Patavii in D. Francisci, habitu ejusdem ordinis, ut Picus antea Mirandulanus, & è nostri Rudolphus Agricola. Id. ibid. Cibi & potus erat parcissimus, mero nunquam, dilutissimo semper utebatur, maximè vero frigidae potu delectabatur: quo etiam saepius usus fuisset, nisi medici, quòd maxime inimicum stomacho dicerent, eum magnopere detetruissent. Somno parum indulgebat, cum plurimum, non amplius sex horas dormiebat. Reliqua genera voluptatum summus ille ardor in studia literarum ita restinxit, ut nulla prorsus in eo aliarum rerum cupiditas appareret. Longolii vita. Vide plura ibid.
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  Anno 1544. abjecto Pa∣pismo Evangelium pure praedicavit ipse, & quos antecessores in pigros monachos contulerunt sumptus, ipse in edu∣cationem puerorum ingenuorum liberalem impendi••, inter quos etiam fuit nepos ipsius ex fratre Petrus Lor••chius, qui se secundum, quod patruo cognominis esset, dixit: Cui multum debet poesis elegantior. Scultet. de Curriculo vitae.
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  Uxor Lucani Polla Argen∣taria post ex∣cessum ma••iti Pharsaliam ejus emenda∣vit: imò & viventem in carmin•• dici∣tur adjuvasse. Vossius de Poetis Latinis c. 3. Vide ejus l. 1. De Historicis Latinis. c. 26. Lucani carmen plurimum habet vi∣rium, ut etiam bellicis sint propè pares, nec praelia videatur canere sed c••mmi••tere, & ••ona•••• C••••stii••um eod••mque ar••ore arma scribere quo Caesar tractavit, ita ut illum quorundam au••es ta••quam 〈…〉〈…〉 ac immodi••un non ferant. Lud. Viv. de tradend. Discip. l. 3. Fuit Cordubensis ex Annae familia, u•• scitis, in qua ple∣rioue insignes doctrina viri nati. ut Gallio, Seneca, Mela, alii. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Hist. Dial. 14. Vide Stradae prolus. Acad. l. 2.
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  Anno Aerae Christianae 98. Helv. 104. Calvis. Luciani verba sunt tersa & phrasis di••u∣cida. Lud. Viv. de trad. discip. l. 3. Lucianus ille blasphemus, fuit concionator primum Antiochiae, postea defecit ad gentiles, & tandem à Canibus dilaceratus est. Suidas. En coryphaeum ipsum & magistrum nostrorum omnium Atheorum, ve••ò u••nti••am & cloacam vitiorum, Scurram dico & Apostatam Sam••satensem Lucianum; qui primis eis hanc Scholam circa Trajani t••mpora aperuit; quique tam eff••aeni insolentia Deum ac divina omnia subsannavit, ut in Atheorum cognomen, i••lius nomen ••am ab••e••it, & ab eo Luciani, aut Lucianistae, merito nuncupentur. Pro nugis iste ac annum fabulis habebat sacra eloquia: Prophetas, & Apostolos, praestigiatores, & impostores, Christum ipsum de palo suspen••um sophistam, rabido ore & blasphemâ voce spureissimus nebulo nominabat. Crakanth. De prov. Dei.
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  Satyra qui∣dem to••a no∣stra est, in qua primus ••nli••nem lau∣dem adeptus est Lucilius, qui qúosdam i•••• deditos sibi adhuc hab•• amato••es, ut eum non ejusdem modo operis autoribus, sed omnibus poetis praeferre non dubitent. Quintil. Instit. Orat. Vide Crinit. De Poet. Lat. l. 1. c. 9. l 10. c. 1.
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  Lucius Rex Britannicus, Omnium ut opinor prin∣cipum p••imu••, qui Christianam fidem amplexus palam, subditis etiam publicè amplectendam proposuit. Godwinus de Conversione Britanniae ad Relig. Christ. Vide Antiq. Eccles. Britan. p. 4, & 5.
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  Vide Pet. Crinit de Poe∣tis Latinis. l. 2. c. 19. Nemini dubium esse potest, Lucretium inter eos, qui carmine de rebus naturalibus scripsere, subtilem, argutum, e••ucleatum, limatum, elegantissimum esse, licet antiquorum obtineat in verbis, quibus ma••na ex pa••••e ex••leris, alia deinceps mitiora successer••unt. Possev Biblioth. Sel. tomo 2^do l 17. Lucretius Poeta Epicu••ae tum amatorio poculo ••n sur••rem versuo, cum aliquot libros, per insaniae intervalla conscripsille••, quos Cicero emendavit, se sua tandem manu consecit, ae••atis quadragesimo quarto. Geneb. Chron. l. 2.
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  Celebris seculi sui Juriscon∣suitus, qui Concilio Basileensi interfuit & diem suum in eo obiit, sepultus Basileae. Gerh. Confess. Cathol.
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  Hunc ego inquirendo comperio, apud Anglos te quidem vera praestisse, quod suis libris pol••••••••••ur. Et in arc•• Londini jussu regis pro∣batiss••mum au 〈◊〉〈◊〉 confecisse, mihique genus nummi ostensum e•••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 adhuc appellant nobile Raymundi auri, viz. puri, & obrizi, summ••e{que} judicaturae. R. Constantin. Nomen••lat. ••nsig. Script.
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  Vide Polyd. V••rg. De In∣vent. Rerum, l. 8. c. 4. Anno Aerae Christi 1483. nascitur. Calvis. Chron. Homo ••udus omni p••aesi∣dio, non clam & per cuni∣culos insidi••? 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (ut fraterculi so∣lent vitae Im∣peratorum & Principum) sed aperro marte Monarchiam aggressus est Pontificiam, exercitatissimos belli duces, Cajetanum, Sylvestrum, Eckium, alios instructissim••s ab omni app••ratu•• genere 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & in enti animo heroicoque ausu, tutrim aggressus Babylonicam, pene jam, quod ••oe••••x in po••te••um ••au••tumque sit, demolitus est. Montacut. An••id••at. 9. Vide plura ibid.
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  Saints Incou∣ragements.
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  Paulus Luthe∣rus a Physitian, brother to Martin Lu∣ther.

  There is Orat. de Vita & Morte ejus per Matth. Dresterum. And his life is written by Melch. Ad. among his Germane Physitians, as I remember.
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  Unus è septem Poetis, quibus Pleiades no∣men à numero tribuitur. Gesu. Biblioth.
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  Vide Neand. Geog. Ocean. Ins.
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  Bibliorum apud Pontifi∣cios interpre∣tes primarius. Gomari Anti∣costerus.

  Anno Aerae Christi 1322. Calvis. Chron. Nicolaus Lyra∣nus Judaeus genere, post factus mona∣chus Francis∣canus Biblia Sacra Scholiis illustrate in∣cipit. Calvis. Chronol.

  Nicolaeus de Lyra, Natione Anglicus, ordinis fratrum minorum, vir in Scripturis sanctis studiosissimus, & longa exercitatione peri••us, Hebraica lingua ad perfectum instructus, ingenio promptus sermone Scholasticus, nec minus conversatione quam scientia venerandus. Trithem. de Script. Eccles. Natione Anglus, vel ut quidam scribunt, ex Lyra Brabantiae oppido, genere Judaeus, & Hebraicis literis à prima pueritia imbutus, Scholasticae Theologiae professor, tanta queque divinarum Scripturarum vera, pura, ac germana intelligentia praeditus, ut in eis exponendis, nullum eruditissimorum Theologorum sui temporis habuerit parem. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Nicol. Ly∣ranus ex Judaeo linguae Hebraicae & rerum Judaicarum peritissimo ad Christianismum conversus (ut refert Anto∣ninus, tit. 24. c. 8. Sect. 2.) quamvis superstitionibus sui temporis, utpote circa annum 1420. Franciscanorum cu∣culla suscepta imbutus: tamen literae Hebraicae & historiae veteris Testamenti doctissimus erat. Carol. Moli••. Annot. in Evangel.
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  Historicus & secretarius Florentinus, floruit ante annos 80. Is sua historia impressa Ita∣licè saepè clarè ostendit, ex ambitione & crudelitate Pontificum, pleraque mala ac bella Christianis provenisse. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 19.
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  Rarae soeli∣citatis Poeta, plurima cùm sacra tum profana argumenta Comico stylo exornavit: exactae insuper diligentiae Grammaticus, utriusque linguae Rudimenta, & Dialectica non memoria modo, sed & litterarum monumentis complexus est. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
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  Horatim Ode. 1. Maecenatem vocat suum: —praesidium & dulce decus. In pace nem∣pe decus, prae∣sidium, colu∣men & tute∣lam in bello. Meibomii Mae∣cenas, c. 17. Fuit is & ipse elegantissimè doctus, & doctorum hominum patronus munificentissimus, ut & nomen ejus, jam à tot seculis posteritati transcriptum, jerit in proverbium, ac Maecenates dicantur, qui litterarum aut litteras amantium tutelam ac patro∣cinium in se recipiant. Meibomii vita Macenatis. c. 1.
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  Vir fuit ha∣bitu corporis venusto, fa∣cundia elegante, & morum gravitate vitaeque sanctimonia clarus, Boissardi Bibliotheca.
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  Ferdinandus quidam Ma∣gellanus, Nati∣one Lusitanus, cui fretum Magellanicum una navigatione simul & immortalem gloriam, & mortem attulit. Bon∣hornii Historia Universalis.
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  De hoc apud Hebraeos cele∣bratissimum fertur elogi∣um, quod A Mose usque ad Mosem non sur∣rexit alter Moses, sicut iste, hoc est à Mose legisla∣tore usque ad Mosem Aegy∣ptium, non fuerit ullus huic Mosi eruditione conferendus. Hunc Judaei Rambam, hoc est, Rabbi Mosem, Ben Maimonis vocant, nomen ipsius ac dignitatis ipsius, & patris ipsius unico vocabulo, ex quatuor capitalibus earundem appellationum literis composito, perstringentes, quod & in plerisque aliis Rabbinorum titulis facere solent. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. Sanct. l. 4. Rabbi Moses Maimonides omnium Judaeorum doctissimus & acutissimus. Scalig. Canon. Isagog. l. 3. Vide Buxtorf. Praefat. ad More Nevochim. Fuit autor iste candidus minimeque superstitiosus. Plus certè veritati addictus erat, quam naeniis importunis Neotericorum Judaeorum. Drus. in Tetragram. notae. Moses Maimonides Cord. ubae, na∣tus, circa quadringentos octoginta ab hinc annos in Hispania floruit, ubi Judaeorum suorum juris, etiam quod ibi in usu erat scientissimus. Seldenus De Syned. Vet. Ebr. l. 3. c. 3.
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  Eruditissima Commentaria in quatuor Evangelistas meliora & in∣tegriora mul∣torum judicio futura, si su∣perstite autore edita fuissent: quibas tamen si pari diligen∣tia elaboratae in Acta Apo∣stolorum & Apostolicas Epistolas interpretationes, quas scripsisse illum constat, olim accedant, habebunt profecto omnes docti & pii opus paucis in hoc genere comparandum, & quod unum multorum instar esse possit. Lansius Orat. pro Hispania. Vide Casaub. ad Front. Duc. Epist. p. 41. Vir judicii exasciati & veritatis Historicae Hyperaspistes, si quis alius, Jacobus Thuanus (Hist. tom. 3. l. 79) alium nobis vita & moribus Maldonatum depingit, quam se nobis ille exhibuit in Commentariis. Montacut. Orig. Eccles. Vide ejus Apparat. & Orig. Eccles. Tom. prior. part. poster. p. 26. & Anti∣diat. ad c. 23. Scripsit succinctos & literales Commentarios in Jeremiam, Ezechalem, Dominion. Prae omnibus verò laudantur ipsius Commentaria in quatuor Evangelistas paulo fusius & nervosius conscripta. Sixt. Senens. Bibli••••h. Sanct. l. 4.
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  Inter quos cum & narra∣tionis fide, & judicii maturirate principem locum teneat Gulielmus Malmesburiensis, homo, ut erant illa tempora, literate doctus, qui septingenterum plus minus annorum res tanta fide & diligentia pertexuit, ut è nostris propè solus historici munus explesse videatur. Savil. praefat. ad rerum anglicarum scriptores. Vir erat suo saeculo in omni genere bonatum literatum plane eruditissimus, & in eruendis antiquitatibus ingenio, diligentia & industria singularis. Balaus De Script. Brytan. Cent. 2.
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  Vir▪ Graecè & Latinè do∣ctissimus rem medicam & naturae arcana iisdem vestigiis prosequitur, cujus rei specimen dare possunt Epistolae quas proximo edidit. Eras. Epist. l. 20. Epist. 54.
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  Historiae ac Literaturae omnis inda∣gator, floruit temporibus Marii & Syllae. Voss. De Histor. Lat. l. 1. c. 9.
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  Florebat Anno Christi 1494.

  Boiss. Icon. Laudo insti∣tutum pi∣umque pro∣possium▪ ve∣rum ex••em∣••••••••••, magis quam poeta 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ex∣ta•••• illiu•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 penè in∣numerabiles, ex quibus apua vulgus & ba••ba••os qui idom Inu∣dem tan••am est adeptus, ut unus p••opè poeta, & alter penè Maro habatetur, at bone Deurquam dispar ingenium. Nam ut ubique Maro perfectus, ita hic immodica & penè teme∣ratia ubique usus est licentia, quam & magis atque magis indies auxit. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet. Nostr. Temp. Dial. 1. Anno Dom. 1516. Obut Baptista Mantuanus, omnium qui unquam fuerunt, fraterculorum doctissimus, anno aetatis suae 72 vitae severitate, morumque sanctitate clarus, ac disciplinarum omnium scientissimus. Nemo aut pulchriu•• aut culcius poema scripsiste legitur. Wolf. Lect. Memorab. Fuerunt ejus scripta tanto in precio & aesti∣matione, ut Baptistae Hispaniolae (sic enim cognominabatur, licet Mantuae natus) opera cum Vergilanis con∣ferrentur. Boissardi Icones.
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  Typographus Venetus, ce∣leberrimus, laboriosissi∣mus, & do∣ctissimus, & qui primus è Bibliothecis manuscriptis plerosque Graecos autores in omni doctrinarum genere pulcherrimis typis excusos in publicum edidit. Neand. Geog. parte 1^a. Vide Jani Nic. Eryth. Pinacoth.
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  Hic annus nobis eripuit duo magna Italiae & Germaniae lumina, Paulum Manutium ct Joachimum Camerarium. In Paulo quidem praeter exactam puritatis Latinae & Anti∣quitatis Romanae cognitionem, quam ad Ciceronem suum illustrandum attulit, plerisque scriptis dum vixit publi∣catis, & post mortem a filio Aldo virtutum paternarum haerede editis, &c. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 59.
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  Vir literatissi∣mus Gualterus Mapes, Henrici secundi An∣glorum Regis Clericus fa∣miliaris fuit. Romam visitavit, & Pontificis vidit fastum execrandum. Vidit Cardinalium & Praelatorum superbiam, luxum, libidines, avaritiam, nec potuit, domum reversus, perditorum istorum nebulonum oblivisci, sed illos quam diu vixit, Satyris aculeatissimis ad sanam mentem revocare, conatus est. Illyr. Catal. Test. Verit. l. 14.
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  Principum virtutes ac vitia, ut opti∣mus quisque scriptor sum∣ma fide no∣tavit. Bod. Method. Hist. cap. 4.

  Fidei & judi∣cii satis clarus est, modo styli. Lips. Not. ad 1. Lib. Polit. Vide plura ibid. Floruit sub Gratiano ac Valentiniano, ac libros scripsit 31. ex quibus tredecim primi deperierunt. Est verò hic scriptor gravis planè, ac serius, & dignus qui ab omnibus, ac Germanis praecipuè ametur. Mirificè enim illustrat veteris Germaniae situm, eóque majorem hac parte fidem meretur, quia in hoc stipendia ipse meruerit adversos Germanos. Dictio horridior est. Sed virtutes hujus scriptoris sunt tantae, ut hoc in rationem venire non debeat. Et quid mirum, si duri militis phrasis quoque duriuscula sit, homóque Graecus Graecas sapiat loquendi formas. Vossius De Histor. Lat. lib 2. cap. 9.
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  De vitis San∣ctorum Gr. per Sim. Me∣taphrasten.
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  Psalterium B. Mariae, ex impresso Pa∣risiensi codice descriptum, Martinus Cheminitius inscruit tertiae parti examinis Concilii Tri¦denti••i, in quo sunt centeni quinquagima Psalmi, quibus Davidicae preces & laudes, quas ille Domino obtulit, transferuntur in B. Virgi∣n••m Mariam, ho••rendo planè sacrilegio. Hoc opus Bonaventurae Doctori Seraphico & Cardinali tribuunt. Bellarminus lib. de script. Eccles. & Possevinus in Apparatu sacro. Forbes. Iustruct. Historico. Theol. l. 7. c. 7.
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  Anno Aerae Christianae 1056. Helv. Chron. Fuldensis Monachus Theologus & insignis historiographus, praeter alia annales ab orbe condito duxit: optimo ordine usque ad annum Domini 1082. qui erat aetatis suae 56. Geneb. Chronol. l. 4.
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  He was hang••d upon a gibic•• before our La∣dies Church in Roan.
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  Natus est Bruxellis no∣men ejus per Europam to∣tam Clarissi∣mum; & in viro genus, in∣genium, eru∣ditio, eloquen∣tia, virtus at{que} industria cer∣tabant. Melch. Ad. & Meursi Athenae Batavae.
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  Editum hoc scriptum anno septuagesimo primo, quo tempore crudelissimè in viscera Belgicae saeviebat Albanus, estque varietate historiarum, & acumine sententiarum refertissimum jocis faceriisque, in Papistarum theatrales nugas & fabulas mirè conditum: adeò ut lectoribus istorum temporum praecipuè, singularem attulerit voluptatem: & occasionem multis praebu••••••, de religione Christiana seriò cogitandi. Et hic liber ut populari applausu exceptus, sic non sine fructu plurimorum lectus, plus rei Belgicae illa tempestate in religionis negotio profuit; quàm eruditi aliquot commentarii. E••idit & tabulam, qua differentiam exponit Christianae & Pontificiae Religionis. In hac multa ex alveario hausta: mu••ta nervosis argumentis serio tractata: à Belgis Gallisque summo studio desiderata & lecta. Melchior. Ad. in eju. Vira.
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  Equidem vere∣or ut absurdum videatur inter literatos illum collocare, cui defuerunt literae. Quae si adfuissent, vix ullus erat futurus poeta melior. Hoc certè Galliae praestitisti, quòd cum illius temporis scriptores sermone uterentur tam impuro, ut nec intelligi possent, pri∣mus in meliorem aptè & dilucidè loquendi viam ingressus es. Scaev. Samarth. Gal. Elog. Is propter ingenii facili∣tatem ad P••ësim naturali inclinatione ferebatur: adeoque promptus, ut qui ejus scripta legunt, nihil in iis requi∣runt, praeter exactiorem Graecae, Latinaeque linguae cognitionem, in quibus non satis instructus erat. Quamvis Metamorphosis Ovidii ab eo versa, & Psalmi Davidis satis indicant, non vulgari doctrina fuisse praeditum. Boissardi Bibliotheca.
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  Princesse qui a esté sonne: rainement parfaicta en poësie, docte en philosophie, a escrit en sa langue autant doctement (selonque portoit le temps auquel elle vivoit) que les Grecs ou les Latins out faict en la beur Bibliotheque La D' Antoine Du Verdier.
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  Celebratur à Plinio Secun∣do pro re ma∣ximè mitabili, quòd in una familia Cu∣rionum, tres continuata serie oratores extiterin. At quanto majori celebritate digna res est, quòd Sancta Sophia nobilis familia Paravii habuer it continuata serie sep••em philosophos, simulque illustres medicos, ut quasi prodigii loco haberi possit gentis hujus cognomen: quando sicut Sophiae nomine decoratur, sic etiam reipsa in ea tam diu perfusus Sophiae splendor illuxerit. Bernardinus Scardeonius De Clar. Medic. & Philosoph. Patav.
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  Floruit à Christi natali anno ferrè centesimo. Biblioth. Hispan. Juvenalis, Martialis, Sta••ius Poetae, item Quintilianus, Josephus, Phi∣lo &c. sub Domiciano scripserunt. Calvis. Chronol. Multa sunt ejus epigrammata divina: in quibus & sermonis castitas & argumenti species luculenta est, versus verè candidi, numerosi, pleni; denique optimi. Alia foeda ne legerim quidem, tantum abest ut ad censuram vocem Scalig. Hypercrit. c. 6. Vir fuit, ut Plinii verbis utar, in∣geniosus, acu••us, acer, & qui plurimum in soribendo & salis haberet & fellis, nec candoris minus. Cui quantum accedendum censeam, haud facilè dixerim, non certe ejus omnia epigrammata, nec plurima quidem video doctis placere: Romae diu versatus est, Domitiani, Nervae, & Trajani temporibus, id quod ex ipsius versibus, facile colligitur. Lil. Greg. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 10.
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  Alma illa op∣timorum in∣geniorum nu∣trix, Germa∣nia, & in ea illustre vestrum Gymnasium, multos pietate, ingenio & eruditione insignes juvenes ad nos transmisit S. Amam. Matthiae Martinio.
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  Anno à parta salute 1500. Tanto fuit ingenio, tam excellenti do∣ctrina, ea praeterea pietate, modestia, morumque facilitate, ut non modo iis quibuscum vixit, gratus, charus, reverendus fuerit, sed ab hostibus quoque & adversariis inter summos numeratus sit, & admirationi illis fuerit. Orat. de vita & obitu Pet. Mat. Natione Italus, Italiam ob Evangelii professionem relinquere coactus multum valet eloquen∣tia, & in tribus linguis eruditionis est Clarissimae. Gesn. Biblioth.
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  Opus longè accuratissi∣mum, in quo quicquid de Eucharistia in sacris lite∣ris, Patrum, Conciliorum∣que monumentis proditum est, accuraté & Copiosè tractatur. Verheiden. Vide Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 3.
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  Vir fuit 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉: nam praeter Italicam, Gal∣licam, Hispa∣nicam, cete∣rásque Euro∣pae linguas, & jam Latinae, Graecae, He∣braicae atque Syriacae cognitione non vulgari claruit. Valeri Andreae Bibliotheca Belgica. Bruxellensis omnium seculorum memoria vir dignissimum. Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Doctissimus ••osuae interpres. Geneb. Chronol. l. 1. Vir Syncero, Candido, & aperto Ingenio; ad haec rarâ & reconditâ doctrinâ praeditus, & qui ad Hebraicae, Chaldaicae, ac caeterarum Orientalium linguarum cognitionem, summam animi pietatem & exactum rerum sa∣crarum studium artulerat, variaque in eo genere Commentatus fuerat: plura etiam daturus, si viro bono per vale∣tudinem ferè semper adversam licuisset. Specimen eorum praebent doctissimi & accuratâ diligentrâ scripti in Jo∣suam Commentarii, ante biennium ab ipso auctore publicati. Thuan. Hist, Tom. 3. l. 56. Praeter eximiam La∣tinae, Graecae, Hebraicae, & linguarum exoticarum cognitionem, cum Romae ageret, tantam linguae Syriacae noticiam, Mose Mardeno, Patriarchae Antiocheni ad Gregorium XIII. Pónt. Max. Legato, docente, brevi ad∣secutus est, ut aliquanto post Nestoriani populi patriarcha pariter Romam veniente. Nemo illo aptior repertus sit, qui quas hic a suis popularibus attulerat Syriacas litteras, interpretaretur. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
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  Masoreth est sepes legis.
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  In quo mirum adeò illud fuit, virum occupatissimum atque assiduis ludi curis implicatum, tantum otii decidere potuisse, ut praeter Grammaticas Pra∣ceptiones, Chronicorum Libro: XX. ab orbe condito ad annum usque sui seculi decimi quinti quadragesimum, Ka∣lendariis Aegyptio, Hebraico, Macedonico & Romano praemissis, commentaretur. Quae de Psalmorum Titulis à Joan. Trithemio (quo cum de studiis per litteras saepe communicabat) eximie laudata conscripsit, an lucem aliquando viderint, ignoro. Auberti Miraei Elogia Belgica.
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  Non tam undiquaque Pontificius, quin verò Pontificum vitia libere fareatur. Mortoni Causa Regia, c. 3. Sect. 19.
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  Praestantis∣fimus hujus aetatis Histo∣••iographus. Meric. Casaub. ••ietas.
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  Mediceorum nomen, etsi pluribus de causis fuit ce∣lebre, hac ta∣men potissi∣mum re cele∣brius evasit, quòd Musas è Graecia exu∣lantes hospi∣tio exceperint, & libris prae∣sertim Graecis maximo sumptu tota Graecia, & Asia conquisitis non solum Bibliothecam instituerunt & ornarunt, sed bonarum ardium studia in Italia, non sine magnis impensis foverunt. Cosmus enim senior insignem construxit Bibliothecam, quam Petrus ejus filius, nec non Julianus, & Laurentius Cosmi Nepotes, & Petri filii auxerunt, viri sane clarissimi, & bonarum artium, nominisque Platomei, ejusque doctrinae cultores. Ang. Roccha Append. Biblioth. Vatic. De Biblioth. Medicorum domus publicum omni doctrinae liberali hospirium Florentiae fuit, & Cosmus Medicus magnus propterea cognominatus est. Hic enim Chrysolo••as primus Graecas literas tota Europa La∣tina multis jam seculis inter mortuas excitavit, unde Luteriam à Tifernate Chrysoloiae discipulo protinus indeque in omnes Europae regiones delarae sunt. Hic Argyropylus Graece Aristotelis Philosophiam docuit, & è Graece in Latinum conversam, Cosmo nuncupavit. Rami Praefat. 3^da Mathematicae. Vide plura ibid. & Pet. Crinit. De Honesta Disciplina l. 15. c. 9. & Paul. Jov. de vita Leonis decimi l. 1. & Pauli Manut. Praefat. ad Epist.
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  Polit. Epist. l. 12. Epist. 7. Avus tuus, magnanime Laurenti, mag∣nus Cosmus, Petrus deinde pius genitor me à teneris annis, quo philosophari possem, suis opibus aluerunt. Ficini proaem. ad Laurent. Med. de Religione Christiana.
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  Tres illustres Medinae cog∣nomento scri∣ptores fuisse competi. Joannem quidem Theologum Complutensem, Michaelem verò familiae Divi Francisci, Bartholomaeum autem pro∣fessorem Salmanticae vidimus. Biblioth. Hispan.
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  Antiquae Mu∣sicae Auctores Sep••em Graece & Latine.
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  Acutus quidem Phi∣losophus, sed superbus & magnorum virorum insignis contemptor. Baron. Philos. Theol. ancillans de ori∣gine animae Art. 8. Exercit. 2.
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  Anno Aerae Christianae 41. H••lv. Chron.
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  Theologiae Corcu••••m ••e forma••ae. Montac. Praefat. ad Apparatum. Natione Ger∣manus, & totius Germa∣niae summum decus, unus ex primis & praecipuis re∣nascentis lite∣rariae rei pub∣licae, omnisque sapientiae re∣virescentis parentibus ac restauratoribus, aeterna posterorum memoria dignissimus. Multum ei debet Ecclesis, multum quicunque bonas artes & studia amplectuntur. Gesu. Biblioth. Vide Thuan. Hist. tom. 1. l. 26. Philippus Melancthon libe••a••ium artium ac Philosophiae magister, anno aetatis suae 22. Wirebergam vocatus est, ut in tanta corona doctissimorum virorum Graecam linguam doceret. Urbem paulò pòst ingressus est 25 die Augusti, eodem hoc anno Domini 1518. Bunt••••gi Chronologia. Theologus & Philosophus aetatis suae post Lutherum, facile princeps▪ & omnium fe••è in Germania eruditorum communis praeceptor. Melch. Ad. in vita Wigandi. Hoc tan∣tum dicam, Locos tuos illes p••iotes, fuisse mihi primum ad perfectam Christi cognitionem paedagogum, quantum aurem quisque debeat suis primis praeceptoribus, illis praesertim qui nos in vera Christi cognitione catechila••unt: tuo optimè nosti. Te igitur observari à me, & fieri quam maximi, potes ex hoc uno colligere. Zanch. Epist. l. 2. Melanchr.
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  Inter omnes novae Come∣diae Poetas facile princepa. Lil. Greg. Gyrald. De Poet. Histor. Dial. 7.
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  Judaeus sin∣gulari mode∣stia, & lauda∣bili S. Scriptu∣ras Vet. Test. explicandi studio praeditus; de quo spes non infirma, fore, ut arbori, ex qua excidit, inseratur. Dilher. Di∣sputat. Acad. Tom. 1.17. Dissertat.
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  Anno Christi 1539.
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  Temporum emendatissi∣mus scriptor. ••ed. De Repub. l. 4. c. 2. Mathematicorum sui temporis princeps. Fuit home sedatissimo ingenio, singulari animi c••ndore, pacis & tranquillitatis tum publicae tum pri••atae autentissimus. Swertli Athenae Belgicae. Vide Thuan. hist. tom. 5. l. 109. Pinacographus acutissimus, idem{que} Mathematicus peritissimus. Ful Miscel. Sac. l. 2. c. 5.
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  Quatuor lin∣guarum peri∣tissimus, ad in∣credibilem di∣ligentiam acer∣rimum judici∣um attulit, ac∣cedente rursus ad eximiam doctrinam candore, modestiâ & summâ morum innocentiâ, adeo ut ex ipsius poene unius Scholâ, quicunque in Gallia hodiè paullò melius Chaldaicam & Hebraicam linguam callent. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 56. Corpore fuit gracili & à studiorum laboribus macilento, sed voce robusta & virili quae auditorium probè impleret, temperantia autem, pudore, modestia & caeteris animi bonis supra variae doctrinae laudem nulli se∣cundus. Scaev. ••amarth. Elog. Gall.
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  Vir eruditis∣simus, magni illius Johannis filius tali pa∣rente dignissi∣mus. Casaub. in in Spartian. not. Galliarum lumen tanto patre dignissimus filius. Montacut. Antidiat. Vide 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Prolego••••••d Solinum. Et Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 56. Fa∣mae alicujus radius tibi quoque illucet à magno 〈…〉〈…〉 virtus c••ara apud omnes. Et tu succe∣des, imo praecedes: si pergis modo in hoc 〈◊〉〈◊〉 studio 〈…〉〈…〉 recto & foelici pede. Nam notae tuae ad Cornelium nostrum quas mittis (verè non blande dicam) vix tuae aetatis. Lips. Epist. Cent. 1. Epist. 32. Jofiae Merecro.
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  Vir doctis∣simus. Casaub. Not. ad Diog. Laert. Medicus celebris sed homo 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Scalig. Animadvers. in Euseb.
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  Ethnicorum Pontificum princeps Her∣mes: quem tanto in hono∣re Aegyptii ha∣buerunt, ut in Deorum nu∣merum referre∣tur. Crakanth. De Provi. Dei.
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  Fuit quidem Merlinus vir in rerum natura∣lium cognitio∣ne, & praecipuè in Mathesi vel ad miraculum usque eruditus: quo nomine Princibus ejus aetatis meritó gratissimus erat. Lelandi Assertio Arturii.
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  Juris, historiae, antiquitatum, variarum lin∣guarum Callentissimus, & in istis omnibus cum paucis comparabilis. Boxborn. Theat. Holland.
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  Methodius Graecus (nam plures fuerunt) Tyri Episcopus, florult circa 255. Domini annum. Illyr. Catal. Test Verit. l. 2. Christianus Poeta & Martyr sub Decio & Valeriano Martyrii coronam adeptus sub est. Lil. Gyrald. De Poet Hist. Dial. 5.
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  Ad Graecae linguae studi∣um natura pronior, vix tredecim annorum carmen scribebat. Remotissimam Graeciae historiam & sepultas poene cum ipso tempore Anti∣quitates, eruit. Meursi Athenae Batavae, & Swertii Athenae Belgicae. Anno aetatis decimo sexto in Lycophronem obscurissimum totius Graeciae Poetam: Commentari insticait. Meursi Athen. Bat. l. 2.
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  Romae insignis Causidicus scripsit dialo∣gum Christiani & Ethnici disputantium, qui Octavius inscribitur Jac. Fris. Biblioth. Philos. Nihil certi fortassis de ipsius aetate definire potero, quantum ramen colligere licet, incidisse in tempora Severi Imperatoris non omnino à vero abludere videtur. Adnumeratur enim ab antiquis iis scriptoribus, qui ejus imperio illustres enituerunt. Ju∣niorem quid••m, sed ferè aequaevum Tertulliano crediderim. Joan. à Wower. ad Minut. Foel. Octav. Not. Aequalem Tertulliano Minutium fuisse semper mihi persuasi & quae in utroque scriptore totidem verbis perscripta extant, uter ab altero mutuatus sit dubito. Sub Heliogabalo ambos scripsisse verisimile est. Jos. Scalig. in Epist. ad Johan Wower.
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  Obiit anno Salutis 1449. vixit annos XXXII. Propter gene∣ris nobilitatem & raram sin∣gularemque formosissimi corporis & animi pulchritudinem, venustatem, Phoenix cognominatus, vir ingenii pene prodigiosi; & in omnium artium scientiarum & linguarum varietate usque ad miraculum exculti. Sixt. Senens. Biblioth. l. 4. Inter Nongentas Theses, quas Romae publicè dispuravit, hae leguntur, utrum Corpus Christi in Coelo localiter, in Altari sacra∣mentaliter. Non potest per Dei potentiam idem Corpus esse simul in diversis locis, nempe quod induceretur impli∣catio contradictionis, quod ex Thoma Aquinate tuetur. Morn. myst. Iniq. Phoenix seculi sui, illustris vir Picus Mi∣randula, delitiae musarum, atque alumnus Philosophiae. calig. Comment. in l. 3. Manil. Mirandulae Comes vir ingenio & doctrina pro aetate maximus. Bellarm. De Script. Eccles.
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  Rerum Belgi∣carum ac totius Historiae Ecclesiasticae eximiè peritus. Gassend. De vit. Peiresk. l. 2. Bruxellensis nascitur anno Domini 1573. Vir historiae Ecclesiae cognitione inprimis excellens. Swertii Athenae Belgicae.
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  Imprimis & jam memoran∣dus M. S. tra∣ctatus Italicas R. Iuda de Mo∣deus etiam hodie archisy∣nagogi apud Veneros, De Doctrina, moribus, & Ceremoniis Judaeorum. Post primam hujus Disp. editionem anno 1637, Videor mihi inaudivisse, tractatum illum R. Juda Modena typis descriptum nunc prostare. Voet. Select. Disput. Theol. par•• secunda. De Judaismo.
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  Academiae Tubingensis Professor ma∣thematum, cu∣jus solida, in rebus Astrono∣micis cogni∣tio, & veritatis in his inquirendae, illustrandaeque studium eximium, inprimis commendabile mihi censetur. Tych. Brah. Lib. 2. De Cometa anni 1577.
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  Lovaniensis, & Theologiae in celebri illa Academia pro∣fessor historiae Ecclesiasticae, quam compluribus scriptis illustravit, admodum gnarus. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 4. l. 82.
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  Tam eruditio∣ne ac judicio quam probitate conspicuus. Thuan. Hist. Tom 10. l. 6. Vide plura ibid. & Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 37. & Scav. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog.
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  Praeceptor quondam me∣us in Philoso∣phia peripatetica, à quo & unum me summa liberalium artium laurea in hac Academia decoratum fuisse non sine grati animi memoria recordor. Gerard. Voss. Orat. in obitum Erpen.
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  Vir egregie de me, ac pluri∣mis hominibus eruditis, & me∣ritus & me∣rens: quem verè Palladium musarum ac praesidium, & tutelam omnis doctrinae dixeris. Voss. De Histor. Lat.
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  Richardus Mon∣tacutus erudi∣tissimus vir, qui eruditionis suae specimen in editione ali∣quot opusculo∣rum Graeco∣rum Nazian∣zeni luculen, tum edidit. Scultet De curric. vitae.
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  Benedictus Arias Monta∣nus linguae sanctae appri∣mè peritus ac summè pius, Bibliis Complutensibus elegantiore formâ recudendis à Philippo destinatus, egregiam admodum operam in suorum editione cum Fabritiis Boderianis fratribus Falezianis Antuerpiae navavit, unde sibi aemulos tanto odio accendit, & in iis Leonem Castrensem, qui de LXX interpretibus Commentarium scripsit, ut ad Caussam dicendam citatus Ro∣mam, vix Veniâ impetratâ protantorum laborum praemio seceslum in Baetica sua, in quo se bona conscientia fretus sacrorum librorum lectione ac lucubratione solaretur, acceperit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 5. l. 120.
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  Morum san∣ctimonia, in∣genio & eru∣ditione cum quavis prisci aevi com paranda foemina. Graecè & Latinè scribere eleganter, & versus utraque lingua pangere didicit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 1. l. 16.
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  Thomas Morus aequalis fuit Joannes Fische∣ri eique ami∣cissimus & no∣bilis Cohega martyrii: Fuit autem vir do∣ctrina varia excultu, & in∣genii amaenis∣simi, quippe Theologus, Philosophus O••ator, Poera, Historicus, linguae G••aecae & La••i••ae peri••us. Bellarm. De Script. Eccles. Cujus opera & alia plurima opu••cula tam Latina quam vernacula lingua conscripta not••o••em re••dicerunt eruditionem ejus, quam ut à me opus sir praedicari. De moribus etiam qui lever••ssimè jud••cavi••, dic••ci••atem solum reprehendant, tanquam ad sales & facetias (ne dicam scommaca) promptiorem, quam tanti 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gravitatem deceret, quibus ne in ••psa qui∣dem calamitate, & mortis articulo vix aut ne vix abstinui••: Siquidem carceris custodi summum corporis indumen∣tum tanquam ex consuetudine sibi debitum deposcen••i, pileum tradidit: Tonsori pro opere navato jam damnatus nihil à se deberi contendit, Regis il••ud esse caput dicens quod raferat: ut sui juris esse probaverit, amplissimam mercedem relatutum. Pegina sine locum supplicii conscensurus, manum praecedenti cuiquam porrexit, & ascendentem (inquit) a••juves quae••o, ad de••censum quod attinet non sum sollicitus Corvicem ve••o jamjam caedendam postquam su∣pra stip••em objectam p••••tenderer, barbam (quam prolixam alebat) manu amovit, capiti•• non item barbae amputan••ae potestatem carnifici fact••m ••enidenti vultu professus. Godw Rer. Angl. Annal. l. 1. Anglicus ille Socrates. Jul. Scalig Ep.
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  Qui tum alia eruditè scri∣psit, tum etiam ad imitatio∣nem Reipubli∣cae Platonicae composuit de optimo Rei∣publicae statu, deque nova in∣sula Eutopia librum verè aureum nec minus saluta∣rem quam fe∣stivum. Neand. Geog.
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  Philippus Mor∣naeus P••esseus, vir inf••eni fa∣cundia, & in explicancis negotiis soler∣tia praeditus. Thuan. Hist. Tomo 4^to. l. 95.
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  Smithae a Chalced men∣sis Ep••scupus nuncapativu••, Theologus sane eruditus, cur in me vehementius excandesceret, rationem hanc reddidit, quod Pontificio•• ex Ponti∣ficiorum testimoniis impugnandi rationem, ut ait, primus injerim. Morton. Braefat. ad Refutat. Confut. C. •• &c.
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  Tho Mortonus noster, acutus sa•••• accu••t∣tusque Scri∣ptu••ae sacrae interpres. Gatakeri Cinnus cap. 6.
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  Quem ob ••x∣ce••••atem r••¦rum Hebra••••∣rum peri••i••u••, egregia{que} in originalem divini foedetis literaturam merita praecipuo semper, ut par erat, loco ac numero habui. Dall••••s.
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  Natione Ger¦manu••, vit cum in veins lin∣guis, tum Hebraica praecipuè doctus: & variis scientiis, maxime vero mathematicis praeclare imbutus: ingeri••sis ac piis lucubrationibus Germanice, Latine & Hebraice conscriptis, de bonis literis omnibus, linguis, philosophia, & theologia, optimè meritus est. Gesu Bibliothec. D••ctus sane vit fuit Munsterus, cui muitum debent literae He∣braicae. Scalig. Elench. Trihares. Serar. c. 4. Duo sunt opera quae inter reliqua Munsterum clarum reddiderunt, He∣braica scilicet Biblia cum planè nova ejus translatione, vetustissimis & probatissimis ejus linguae collaris undique scriptoribus, adjectis item adnotatioribus ex Rabinorum desumtis Commentariis: Alterum Cosmographi•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Carolo V consecrata, quae variis postea gentium linguis edita, mundo se suo passim exhibuit, spectandumque dedit. Verbeid. Praestant. aliquot. Theol. qui Rom. Antichrist. praecipuè oppugnarunt Effigies & Elogia.
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  Magnum non fo••um Galilae nostrae, sed ip∣sius Romae su∣men. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 3. l. 80. Vide etiam ejus Tomum 4^tum. l. 82. Suo ipsius in∣gento & abs∣que ulla p••aece∣ptoris opera eruditus tantas in literis fecit progressus, ut praeter exactam Graecae linguae scientiam, ipsis etiam Italis peculiarem illam Latini sermonis laudem unus eriperet. Neque vero id Muretus in oratione soluta solùm, sed in versibus etiam affecutus est, in quibus tam erat Catullo similis quàm ipse Catullus sibi. Accedebat ad excellens & divinum illum ingenium incredibilis morum Candor & Urbanitas quae mirifica sua aetate hominum animos afficiebat atque attra∣hebat. Scaev. Samarth. Gallorum doctrina illust. Elog. Vir, in quo non eruditio solùm varia, sed comitas etiam & lepos multus. Lipsius De Recta pronunciat. Lat. Ling. c. 1.
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  Musaeus Orphaei filius, vel aemulus, & Linus circa Trojana tempora floruerunt. Geneb. Chronol. lib. 2.
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  Magni inter suos nominis Theologus, qui Monasticam olim, dein abjecto Cucullo Protestantium doctrinam professus, vitam aliquando opere manuario texttinam exercens toleravit; postea seriò animum ad litteras jam aetate provectior appulit, in quibus improbo la∣bore tantum profecit, ut famam concionibus quaesitam etiam laboriosissimis editis in S. Scripturam Commentariis auxerit. Thuan. Hist. Tom. 2. l. 34. Mi Pater Muscule, ego omnes viros doctos & pios observo & colo: sed mihi credas, te, Bullingerum, & Martyrem meum, singulari & pecullari non dicam tantum observantia, sed amore quo∣dam tenero complector, ut majori etiam fiducia mihi videar posse vobiscum quàm cum aliis uti: In caussa est v••str•• singularis non doctrina tantùm & pietas, sed etiam humanitas, spiritus lenitas, & morum suavitas. Zanch. epist. ad Musc.