The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D., late Master of Katherine Hall in Cambridge such as were, and such as never before were printed : in two volumes : with the authors life and large and useful tables to each volume : also three maps : one of the temple drawn by the author himself, the others of Jervsalem and the Holy Land drawn according to the author's chorography, with a description collected out of his writings.

PART III. The ROMAN Story.

§. 1. Caius still foolish and cruel.

THIS year did Caius make an expedition to the Ocean, as if he would have pas∣sed over into Britain: but the greatest exploit that he did was, that first he went a little upon the Sea, and then returning, he gave a signal to his Souldiers, that they should fall to battail, which was nothing else but that they should gather cockles and shells upon the shoar, and so he returned with these goodly spoils, and brought them to Rome in a foolish triumph, as if he had conquered the Ocean: being come into the City he had like to have slain all the Senate, because they had not decreed divine honours and worship to him: But he became reconciled to them again upon this occa∣sion: Protogenes his bloodhound (that used to carry his two Books, or Black-bills, the one whereof he called a Sword, and the other a Dagger; in which Books he inrolled whom he destined to death or punishment) he coming one day into the Court, and be∣ing saluted and fawned upon by all the Senate, was among them all saluted by Scribonius Proculus. Upon whom looking with a grim and displeased countenance, What, saith he, dost thou salute me, that hatest so deadly the Emperor my Master? Whereupon the rest of the Senators arose, came upon him and pulled him in pieces. With this piece of service so well suiting with the Tyrants humor, he was so well pleased, that he said they had now regained his favour again. Under his cruelty this year perished by name, Ptolomy the son of King Juba, because he was rich: Cassius Becillinus for no crime at all: and Capito his father, because he could not indure to look upon his sons death. Flattery delivered L. Vitellius our late Governor of Syria; and it was much to appease such a Lion, but that it was a flattery without parallel.

§. 2. Caius profane.

The blasphemous Atheist continued still in his detestable Deity, being what God he would when he would, and changing his Godship with the change of his cloths: some∣times a male Deity, sometime a female, sometime a God of one fashion, sometime of another. Sometime he was Jupiter, sometime Juno, sometimes Mars, sometimes Venus, sometime Neptune, or Appollo, or Hercules, and sometimes Diana: and thus whilst he would be any thing, he was nothing, and under the garb of so many gods he was in∣deed nothing but Devil: He built a Temple for himself in Rome, and made himself a room in the Capitol, that he might (as he said) converse with Jupiter. But it seems Jupiter and he fell out, for he removed his own mansion, and built himself a Temple in the Palace, because he thought that if Jupiter and he shared in the same Temple, Jupiter would have the upper hand, and the more repute.

Therefore that his own Deity might have room enough, he built this new Temple; and that he might be sure to get equal worship with Jupiter, he intended to set up the statue of Jupiter Olympius there, but pictured directly after his own Image; so that it must have been Jupiters statue, but Caius his picture; Jupiturs trunk, but Caius

his head and face; but this fine design came to nothing, and was clean spoiled, for the Ship that went for this statue was spoiled with lightning; and there was a great laugh∣ing always heard, whensoever any one went about to meddle with the picture, to for∣ward the business; and truly it was as fit an Omen, as likely could have been invented for it. When this invention thus failed him, he found out a new trick, to get part of the Temple of Castor and Pollux for himself, and joyned it to the Palace; and he so con∣trived the matter, that his entrance was just in the middle between those two gods: and therefore he called them his Porters, and himself he stiled the Dialis: and his dear Caesonia, and his uncle Claudius, and divers of the richer sort he ordained to be his Priests, and got a good sum of money of every one of them for their Office; nay he would be a Priest unto himself, and which best suited with him in such a function, he admitted his Horse to be fellow Priest with him; and because he would be a right Ju∣piter indeed, he would have his tricks to imitate thunder and lightning, and he would ever be defying Jupiter in Homers speech, Either take me away, or I will take thee. And thus was his Palace parted into a sensless contrariety, one part to be a Temple, and another part a common Stews; in one, Caius to be adored as a god, in another, Caius to play the Beast, deflowring Virgins, violating Boys, adulterating Matrons, exact∣ing and extracting Money from all; and using to tumble himself in heaps of Money which he had so gotten.