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BUT the Child dying within fourth Months, new Flatteries repay'd that Loss, while the Senate decreed the Infant the Honour of a Goddess, a Cushion of State, a Temple, and a Preistess.
Says D'Ablancourt; The Child dy'd four Months after, which made 'em have recourse to new Flatteries; so that they decreed her a Temple, with Divine Honours, and all things thereto belonging.
Nero having honour'd the Infant with the Title of Augusta, upon the day of
her Birth, which was a thing for which there was no President before, the Se∣nate, according to the custome of Flat∣tery, which always strives to exceed, would also needs decree her Divine Ho∣nour, that had never yet been given to any Infant. For when the Prince himself opens the way to Flattery, the Conten∣tion then runs high among the Croud of Flatterers, who shall bear away the Prize, especially when he is under the pangs of Affliction: For that being the time, when Tenderness and Compassion softens the haughty humours of Men, it affords the most proper opportunities to conquer their Affections.