1. AChates signifieth care , or solicitude , from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , ●o sh●w th●t Princ●s and great m●n are never withou● ca●●s : as Antig●nus told his son , when he w●s g●zing on the riches of his Di●dem , If ( saith hee ) th●n kn●w●st with what cares and v●x●tions thi● Crown is stuffed , th●● wouldst not take it up if it w●re flung to thee . 2. Achates was Aenaeas his go●d angel , or gen●● , which had a continu●ll care of him , and still wait●d on him . For the Ancients held , that ●very man had either a good or a bad genius st●ll attending on him . Aenaeas had Achates , but T●●nus had one of the Dirae , the daughter of Megae●a the Furie , which transformed her selfe into the sh●pe of an howl to wait on him before his death : so the evill genius appeared to Bru●us the night b●fore he was slain : and Saul we know was still h●unted with an evill sp●rit . 3. Achates accompani●d Aenae●s both in prosperity and adversity ; in him we ●ee th● nature of a t●ue fri●nd , which is known in affliction : but false and coun●●rfeit f●iends , like swallows , bear us company in the su●mer of prosperity , but in the winter of adv●rsity ●o● sake us . 4. Achates was A●nae●s his arm●ur-b●●rer , and st●ll ●u●nis●ed him with w●●pons as hee had 〈◊〉 F●●us quae tela ge●e●at Achates , Aen. 1. Achares fuggere tela nula A●n . 2. So the good Angels are our 〈…〉 and armour-bearers , our swords and shields , to defend us , and hurt our enemies . 5. A●hates is commended in the Poet for his fidelitie to Aeneas , therefore to him Aenae●● committed his secrets : as in all servants saith and silence are required ; so especially in Princes favourites : which are the two ve●tu●s that old Simo comm●nds in his s●rv●nt S●sia ; In ●e semp●r intellexi ●sse sitas si●em & ●acinonitat●m . 6. Achates ( Aen. 6. ) brings S●bylla the godd●sse of 〈◊〉 to Aenaeas : so a P●inces f●vorite should be wi●e , and still abl● and ready to give good counsell . 7. Aenaeas committed the care of his son , and the charge of hi● a●ms to Achates : the two main thin●s of greatest cons●qu●nc● in a kingdome are the education of the Kings childr●n , and ●he managing of his Militia ; with which he ought to trust none but A●●ates , such as in care , fid●litie , silen●● , diligenc● , ●nd wisdome exceed ●ll others : and ●ho shoul● th●s be but his gr●a● Councell ? These ought to w●lk ha●d in h●nd , and be p●rtn●rs in the same care . — 〈◊〉 fidus Ach●tes Si● co●●●●●●r partibus curis vestigia figat . Aen. 6 8. Wh●n Ae●●●● was wounded , and could not stand , hee was supported by his sonne Ascanius , and faithfull Achates : — Fi●us Ach●t●s , A 〈…〉 . Kings . 〈…〉 , ●ubject to e●rours and mortality ; from mortalitie they are kept by their children ; from errour , by their wise Councell . 9. A●ha●es●s ●s the name of a pa●tycoloured g●m . King Py●●hus had one which naturally ●epresented Apollo and the nine Mus●s ; to shew us perhaps , that wisdome and l●arning should still accompany Kings .

1. AChel●us was a River , and all Rivers are painted like men , with long haire , and long beards , leaning on their elbow ov●r a great ●arthen pitcher of water : the hair and b●ard may signifie the weeds and sedges of the river : the leaning on the elbow over a pitcher of wa●●r , sheweth that wat●r is h●avie , tending do●nwards , and is supported by the ●●rth , and contain●d within the conc●vities thereof : they are painted like men , because the supposed Deities of the rivers appeared in the form of m●n : so did the god of Tyberis appear to Aenaeas , Aenaeid . 8.

2. Achelous was a river , which as all others , hath its beginning and increase from the Sun , the Sea , and the Earth : it was called a Serpent from the many windings th●reof ; and a Bull , from its noise and bellowing . 3. The two horns are its two streams , the one whereof was cut off by Hercules , and divided unto divers brooks , by which the countrey was enriched ; and Hercule for his pains received the greater increase . 4. They that strive against mighty men had need to be both Serpents in policie , and Buls in strength . 5. They who turn themselves into wanton Buls , and spend their horn , that is , their strength , on women and wine , are at last choak●d with melancholy and hydropicall humours . 6. If great men lose their horn , that is , their power and honour , let them redeem them with their wealth , for honour is better then money . 7. If God for thy sinnes take thy power and glory away , or thy bod●es strength by sicknesse , let the poo● patake os thy plentifull horn , and choak thy sins in the river of repentance .

1. ACtaeon was a proud man , for hee preferred himself to Diana , and bragged that his skill in hunting exceeded hers ; 'T is a dangerous thing to speak irreverently of God : neither is there any punishment fitter for a proud man , then to be metamorphised into a beast ; so was Actaeon here , so was Nebuchadnezzar in holy Writ . Hee that will not honour God ▪ shall not abide in honour , but shall be like the beasts that perish . 2. Diana is the Moon , by whose light influence , and motion the Sun worketh on sublunary bodies . Dogs madnesse ( by which they prove dangerous to their masters ) is an effect of the Moon ; which ruleth much over the brain . 3. Curiosity is dangerous ; pry not too much into the secrets of heaven , lest with A●taeon , your understanding be taken from you , and ye become a prey to the beastly imaginations of your own brain . 4. Cruelty is here forbid : hee that takes delight in murthering of beasts , proves sometime with Nim●ed● murtherer of men ; and such for want of humanity may be said to be turned into beasts , and tortu●ed with their owne dogs , that is , by an evill conscience . 5. Wh●n men neglect their estates and callings , and spend their patrimonies profus●ly on dogs and hunting , they may be said to be dev●ured by their own dogs . 6. They who suffer themselves to be abused , and th●ir ●st●tes w●st●d by Parasites and slatterers , not unfitly may be said to be a prey to their owne dogs . 7. They who look upon women , and lust after them , lose their reason , and are devoured by their own lusts . 8. ●f D●ani's nak●dnesse seen unawares was the occasion of his ●●sfortune ; how bl●me-worthy are these women , who with n●ked br●asts , immodest looks , light beh●viour , phantast●call attire , entice m●n to their d●struction , and of m●n , do metamorphose them unto beasts ?

1. THe Atheni●ns had certain festivall dayes called Adonia , in memory of Adonis his untimely death : in thes● feasts the women used to carry upon bi●rs or hearses the image of a dead youth to the grave , with much mournning and shedding of tears : and therefore Venus was wont to be painted in the forme of a mournfull woman shedding of tears , with a vail over her head , bewailing the losse of Adonis . By Venus may be meant the earth , for this is the beautifull and 〈◊〉 mother of all living creatures . By Adonis may be understood the Sun , who in winter is in a sort killed , when his hea● and presence is lessened , then the earth mourns , and loseth her beauty ; the shedding of tears is the increasing of the springs and rivers , by great and continuall rains . 2. If by Adonis wee understand wh●at , that lodgeth with Proserpina , that is , lyeth buried in the ground six months in the winter ; the six summer months it is above in the air with Venus , by which the beautie of the year is signifi●d ; by the boar may be meant the cold , frosty and snowy season , in which the wheat seems to be killed . 3. If with Macrobius , by Adonis we understand the San ; hee may be 〈◊〉 to lodge six months with Proserpina , in respect of his 〈◊〉 declination ; the other six months with Venus , for then the creatures give themselves to procreation : hee is killed by the boar , and lamented by Venus , for in winter his beams are of no force to dispell the cold , which is the enemy of Adonis and Venus , that is , of beautie and procreation . 4. 〈◊〉 in the form of a bo●r kils him ▪ 〈…〉 and hunting are masculine exercises , and not fit for weak bodies and eff●minate spirits . 5. Adonis is from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to sing , for beauty and musick are friends to Venus . 6. Adonis may signifie the good Government of a Common-wealth , which is the beauty thereof , which is killed by Mars in the form of a boar ; for Mars and wantonnesse are enemies of all Government . 7. Beautifull Adonis is turned into a fading flower ; to shew , that beauty quickly 〈◊〉 . 8. Young and faire Adonis is killed by a Boar ; so wantonnesse and letchery are the destroyers of youth and beauty . 9. Our resurrection in this may b● typed out ; for although death kill us , it shall not annihilate us , but our beauty shall ●●crease , and we shall spring out of the ground again like a beautiful flower in the Resurrection . 10. Though our bodies die , yet our good name shall flourish , and like a fair flower , shall live and smell when we are gone . 11 Myrrha of her owne Father begot this child Adonis , which Myrrha flying from her angry Father , was turned into a tree , and with the blow of her Fathers sword was delivered of this child ; because the Sun the common Father , begot the sweet Gum Myrrhe of that Arabian tree of the same 〈◊〉 ; which Gum doth cause much delight and pleasure , for so in Greek Adonis signifieth : In this Gum Venus is much delighted , as being a help to decayed beauty , to a stinking breath , to procreation , and the vitiosity of the matrix . 12. Let them remember , who hunt too much after pleasure , that the devil is that great boar who lyeth in wait to kill them .

1. ADmetus was King of Thess●lie , whose sheep Apollo fed : Every King is a shepheard , who without Apollo , that is , wis●dom , can never rule and guide his people . 2. Admetus was the husband of Alceste , which signifieth strength ; and a King is or should be the husband of his Countrey , which is the Kings strength . 3. By the means of Apollo and Hercules Admetus procured his wife ; so by wisdome and power Priaces bring people to subjection . 4. He that intends to 〈◊〉 , had need take the aid of Apollo and Hercules , that i● , of wisdom , and strength of body . 5. A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is one that cannot be tamed , as many lusty young men are ; therefore it is good to marry with (a) (a) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . Alceste . 6. Many foolish women like Alceste , refuse many good matches , and at last are carryed away by a Lyon and a Boar , that is , by one that is lasciviously given , and who can put on the bold face of a Lyon . 7. Fruitful women are like Alceste , who cast themselves unto the jawes of death by child-bearing , that their husbands may live in the fruit of their womb ; for parents live in their children : But by the means of Hercules , that is , of the strength of Nature , women are delivered from death . 8. Alceste is our hope , with which we shall marry if first we can subdue the Lyon of pride , and the Boar of concupiscence . 9. Admetus , or the untamed spirit of Satan doth carry away the soul , which is the daughter of God , in the Chariot of vanity , drawn with pride and fleshly pleasures ; and in hell the soul should have continued for ever , if Christ our Al●ides had not delivered it from thence .

1. NOne were admitted into the presence of these three Judges , but naked souls , destitute of clothes , beauty , money , or any thing else that might move these Judges to partiality : in this world we must not look for justice ; when we are stript of all ▪ then shall we have it , for here somthing will be found about us that shall corrupt the Judge . And is it not a shame that there should be more justice in hell then on earth ? 2. Just Judges are the sons of God , as these three were the sons of Jupiter . 3. The good laws of just Judges shall not be forgotten , but when they are in hell , that is , when they are dead . their laws shall be still in force . 4. These three Judges are the three effects of a wicked mans Conscience , to wit ▪ to accuse , condemn , and torment the sinner : and in this sense , a man may be said to be in hell , whilst he is on earth . 5. Aeacus by his wisdom causing the barbarous inhabitants to fo●s●k● their caves and holes wherein they dwelt ; and to build houses , to leave their diet of roots and fruits , and to sow corn ; in teaching of them civility , and military discipline , whereby they overcame the Pirats which us●d to mol●st them : for these respects he was said to turn them from Ants into men . 6. In relieving Grae●ia by his prayers from the plague , doth shew us , That the prayers of the faithful avai●eth much . 7. Before Christ came , the Gentiles were but Ants , men of earthly conversation , being sed with roots of superstition ; molested with spiritual pirats ; but by the preaching and intercession of Christ , the wisdom of the Father , and the Judge of all the world , they were made men , taught to forsake the dark holes of Idolatry , and to build them an house in heaven , to feed upon the bread of Gods Word , and to ●ight against their spiritual enemies . 8. These three Judges w●re so placed , that Aeacus and Rhada●nanthus being more loving brothers , 〈◊〉 alwaies together , but Minos by himself ; this is noted for his cruelty , the other two for their gentlenesse and mercy : to shew us , that as there are two mild Judges for one cruel , so justice should be tempered with mercy , but so , that mercy be alwaies prevalent . 9. When Jupiter sent th●se his three sons to be judges in hell , he directed them to take their journey through a delightful meadow , called the field of truth ; I wish all Judges would passe through this field ; for neglect in passi●g through this field in these dist●●ct●d tim●s , many good and innocent men have been undone by false and lying informations .

BEfore that Aeolus was made King of the winds , they were very unruly , and had amongst themselves divers conflicts and encounters , so that not onely ships on the s●a , but castles and whole towns also on the land were overthrown by them : even so , till Kings and Governours were chosen by the people to rule and guide them , they were subject to con●inuall disorders , 〈…〉 , and ●ivill broils , oppressing one another ; but a wi●e King , like another Aeolus , S●●ptra tenet , mollisque animes , & 〈◊〉 ; Ni faciat maria ac 〈…〉 Quippe s●●ant rap●di secum , 〈…〉 . 2. He is called Jupiters son , 〈◊〉 the w●nds are begotten by the influence and motion of the heavens . 3. Hee was an Astronomer , and c●uld 〈…〉 storm and 〈◊〉 , therefore it was thought hee had the command of the winds . 4. His City was 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 with b●●sse , because it was guarded with armed 〈◊〉 . 5. He kept the winds in a hollow cave ; because so 〈…〉 vapours , which sometimes burst forth with violence . 6. He reigned over Ilands , because they are most subject to storms . 7. Juno could not sink Aenaeas his ships without the help of A●olus ; neither can the air violently work , if it be not moved by the vapours , which are the winds , or ●lse without vapours , by the planets . 8. The marriage between Aeolus and the sea Nymph , shewes the relation that is between the wind and the sea . 9. Hee may be called A●olus , and the God of winds , that can 〈◊〉 keep under anger , and other unruly p●ssions . 10. 〈…〉 a dangerous 〈◊〉 , when Juno and Aeolus , th●t is , wealth and power band themselves against innocent men .

1. I Finde Aesculapius painted like an ancient man with a l●ng b●ard , crown●d with 〈◊〉 , having in one hand a knottie or knobbed staste , with the other hee leans upon a serpent , and hath a dog at his feet , by which are represented the qualities of a Physi●ian ; hee ●ught to be grave and aged , wise as the serp●nt , vigilant as the dog , and should be a conquer●ur of 〈◊〉 , as his 〈◊〉 garland shewes ; the knobbed 〈◊〉 sign●●ieth the d●fficultie and 〈◊〉 of physick . 2. As the Tyrant 〈◊〉 robbed 〈◊〉 of his golden beard , ●ffi●ming that it was unfit he should have so 〈◊〉 ● beard , whereas his father Apollo was 〈◊〉 : even so did Julian 〈◊〉 Tyrant and 〈◊〉 rob the Churches of Christians , affirming that it was unfit , they being disciples ▪ should be rich , whereas their M●ster was poor , and that being poor , they shall be meet●r for heaven . 3. Aes●ul●pius was brought from Epi●aurus in shape of a serpent to Rome , where he drove away the pestilence ; it seems the Romans had heard of the b●sen s●rpent which in the defart h●aled all the beholders of their stings and wounds . 4. Aesculapius is the milde temper of the air , as the word [ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blandus ] sheweth , which is the effect of the Sun , or Apollo , and is the cause of health ; therefore Hygiaea and ●aso , that is , health &c cure are the children of Aesculapi● . His mother is 〈◊〉 , [ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 misi●● & ●●mpe●o ] or the due mixture and temper of the aire ; which because it depends from the influence of the Sun , therefore Apollo is said to bege● Aesculapius of her ; but when he killed her with his arrowes , is meant , that the Sun with his beams 〈◊〉 over-heat and in●●ct the air with a pest●lence . 5. I had rather understand by this fiction the true temperament of a sound mans body , caused by Apollo and co●cnis , that is , the due proportion of the naturall heat and radicall moisture , called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , and the true cause of health . Then 〈◊〉 is killed with Apollo's arrows , when the naturall heat dege 〈◊〉 into a feverish inflammation , and dri●th up the moisture ; but when the heat returns to its former temper , 〈◊〉 , that is , health is recovered , and nourished by a goat , because goats milk is good to seed and restore decayed nature . 6. By this fiction , I think , is represented to us the properties or a good Physician ; hee is the son of Apollo and Co●enis , that is , of knowledge and experience ; knowledge kils experience , when the learned Physician trusts not to experiments , but by art and knowledge hee cures ; for indeed in physick , experience is little worth ; for what experience can one have of such infinite varieties of temperaments which are amongst men , every man having a pecul●r constitution , which is also still differing from it selfe ? as 〈◊〉 was nursed by a goat or 〈◊〉 , so , Physicians are maintained by gluttony and Venery . Chi●on , Saturn's son , was Aesculapius School-master ; for time hath brought the knowledge of physick to perfection ; or because Chiron being half a man , and half a horse , sheweth that a Physician must be a Centaur , that is , a man in judgement , and a horse in courage : it is fit that Physicians should be brought to Rome , that is , to great Cities infected with sicknesse : the Serpent , Cock and Raven were consecrated to Aesculapius , so was the Goat also , to shew that a Physician must have the Serpents wisdome , the Co●ks vigil●ncy , the Ravens eye and forecast , and the Goats swif●nesse ; for delayes are dangerous , and if Physicians cure desperate diseases , they must not be proud , and attribute the glory to themselves , or skill , but to God , lest they be punished in his just anger , as Aesculapius was . 7. Christ is the true Aesculapius , the Son of God , and the God of Physick , who was cut out , as it were of his mothers womb , by the power of God , without mans help , and cured all diseases ; the true brazen Serpent , hee onely who was struck with the thunderbolt of his Fathers wrath , and sent to hell , to deliver us from death and hell .