Ptōchomuseion [sic]. = The poore mans librarie Rapsodiæ G.A. Bishop of Exceter vpon the first epistle of saint Peter, red publiquely in the cathedrall church of saint Paule, within the citye of London. 1560. Here are adioyned at the end of euery special treatie, certaine fruitful annotacions which may properly be called miscellanea, bicause they do entreate of diuerse and sundry matters, marked with the nombre and figures of Augrime. 2.

4. Cyri Regia.

Cyrus was a noble King of Persia, the sonne of Cambyses and Mau∣danes the daughter of Astiages, king of Media.

This Cyrus was (by the commaundement of his Grandfather Astia∣ges, when he was borne) cast out, to be deuoured of the wylde beastes, bicause he saw in his dreame a vine tree, springing oute of the children of hys onely begotten daughter, with whose braunches al Asia should be ouershadowed. He beyng cast foorth, was marueilouslye nourished a great while by a Bitche of a dog kinde. At the length being brought vp by the kinges shepheard (as Gods prouidence would) was chosen king of the Persians. Ouer whom when he had raigned certayne yeares, he was slayne of Tonigris Queene of Scithia, wyth twoo hundred thousande Persians, so that there was not one left to beare home tidynges of so great a slaughter.

The head of Cyrus being cut of, was cast into a vessell filled with mans bloud, with this exprobration: Fil thy selfe with bloud, which thou hast alwaies thirsted after. He was first called Agradatus, and afterwarde Cyrus, of a riuer of the same name, rūning through Persia, by the which riuer he was cast forth.

This man excelled al men of his time in goodly personage, gentlenes, prowesse, liberality, wisdome, and memory.

Solinus writeth, that of the exceeding multitude of men, which wer in his host, he so retayned the names, that he called euery man by his pro¦per name, when he spake vnto them.

Plutarchus also writeth, that he made a gallery al of gold & Iuery, he made also such a costly pallace, that for the sumptuousnes thereof, it was counted one of the seuen wonders of the world.

The residue of his wonderfull vertues are wrytten by Xenophon, most eloquently in Greeke.