Unparalleld varieties: or, The matchless actions and passions of mankind.: Displayed in near four hundred notable instances and examples. Discovering the transcendent effects; I. Of love, friendship, and gratitude. II. Of magnanimity, courage, and fidelity. III. Of chastity, temperance, and humility. And on the contrary the tremendous consequences, IV. Of hatred, revenge, and ingratitude. V. Of cowardice, barbarity, treachery. VI. Of unchastity, intemperance, and ambition. : Imbellished with proper figures. / By R.B. ...

LXIII. Hypatia of Alexandria, the Daughter of Theon the Philosopher, had made such progress in Learning, that she exceeded all the Philosophers of her time, and not only succeeded in the School of Plato, but also ex∣plained the Precepts and Aphorisms of all sorts of Phi∣losophers; so that a mighty Confluence was made to her by all such as were desirous to improve themselves in Philosophy; she came into the knowledg and Courts of princes, where she behaved her self with singular modesty; and doubted not to present her self in pub∣lick amongst the Assemblies of men, where by reason of her Gravity and Temperance of mind; she was received by all sorts, till at last the long suppressed flames of Envy began to break forth, and a number of malevo∣lent and hot-brain'd men, (whereof Petrus of the Church of Cesarea was the Leader) seized upon her in her return home, pluckt her out of her Coach, vearried her to that Church, where having ostript her of her Cloths, they tore her flesh with sharp shells, till she died; then they pulled her in pieces, and carried her torn Limbs into a place called G•…•…aros, where they were burned. This deed was no small matter of Infamy to Cyrillus the Bishop, and to the whole Church of Aeran∣dria. Socrates Ecclesiast. History.