29416The Hiſtory of Life and Death.
Countries, and a little before his death ſaid, That he had done nothing worthy of
blame ſince he was an old man. Protagoras of Abdera faw ninety years of age: this
man was like wiſe a Rhetorician, but profeſſed not ſo much to teach the Liberal Arts, as
the Art of Governing Common-wealths and States: notwithſtanding he was a great
wanderer in the world, no leſs than Gorgias. Iſocrates the Athenian lived ninety
eight years: he was a Rhetorician alſo, but an exceeding modeſt man; one that
ſhunned the publick light, and opened his School onely in his own houſe. Democritus
of Abdera reached to an hundred and nine years: he was a great Philoſopher, and, if
ever any man amongſt the Grecians, a true Naturaliſt; a Surveyor of many Coun-
tries, but much more of Nature; alſo a diligent ſearcher into Experiments, and (as
Ariſtotle objected againſt him) one that followed Similitudes more than the Laws of
Arguments. Diogenes the Sinopean lived ninety years: a man that uſed liberty to-
wards others, but tyranny over himſelf: a courſe diet, and of much patience. Zeno
of Citium lacked but two years of an hundred: a man of an high mind, and a
contemner of other mens opinions; alſo of a great acuteneſs, but yet not trouble-
ſome, chuſing rather to take mens minds than to enforce them: The like whereof after-
ward was in Seneca. Plato the Athenian attained to eighty one years: a man of a great
courage, but yet a lover of eaſe; in his Notions ſublimed, and of a fancy, neat and
delicate in his life, rather calm than merry, and one that carried a kind of Majeſty
in his countenance. Theophraſtus the Ereſſian arrived at eighty five years of age; a
man ſweet for his eloquence, ſweet for the variety of his matters, and who ſelected
the pleaſant things of Philoſophy, and let the bitter and harſh go. Carneades of Cy-
rene many years after came to the like age of eighty five years: a man of a fluent
eloquence, and one who by the acceptable and pleaſant variety of his knowledge de
lighted both himſelf and others. But Orbilius, who lived in Cicero’s time, no Philo-
ſopher or Rhetorician, but a Grammarian, attained to an hundred years of age, he was
firſt a Souldier, then a Schoolmaſter; a man by nature tart both in his Tongue and Pen,
and ſevere towards his Scholars.
blame ſince he was an old man. Protagoras of Abdera faw ninety years of age: this
man was like wiſe a Rhetorician, but profeſſed not ſo much to teach the Liberal Arts, as
the Art of Governing Common-wealths and States: notwithſtanding he was a great
wanderer in the world, no leſs than Gorgias. Iſocrates the Athenian lived ninety
eight years: he was a Rhetorician alſo, but an exceeding modeſt man; one that
ſhunned the publick light, and opened his School onely in his own houſe. Democritus
of Abdera reached to an hundred and nine years: he was a great Philoſopher, and, if
ever any man amongſt the Grecians, a true Naturaliſt; a Surveyor of many Coun-
tries, but much more of Nature; alſo a diligent ſearcher into Experiments, and (as
Ariſtotle objected againſt him) one that followed Similitudes more than the Laws of
Arguments. Diogenes the Sinopean lived ninety years: a man that uſed liberty to-
wards others, but tyranny over himſelf: a courſe diet, and of much patience. Zeno
of Citium lacked but two years of an hundred: a man of an high mind, and a
contemner of other mens opinions; alſo of a great acuteneſs, but yet not trouble-
ſome, chuſing rather to take mens minds than to enforce them: The like whereof after-
ward was in Seneca. Plato the Athenian attained to eighty one years: a man of a great
courage, but yet a lover of eaſe; in his Notions ſublimed, and of a fancy, neat and
delicate in his life, rather calm than merry, and one that carried a kind of Majeſty
in his countenance. Theophraſtus the Ereſſian arrived at eighty five years of age; a
man ſweet for his eloquence, ſweet for the variety of his matters, and who ſelected
the pleaſant things of Philoſophy, and let the bitter and harſh go. Carneades of Cy-
rene many years after came to the like age of eighty five years: a man of a fluent
eloquence, and one who by the acceptable and pleaſant variety of his knowledge de
lighted both himſelf and others. But Orbilius, who lived in Cicero’s time, no Philo-
ſopher or Rhetorician, but a Grammarian, attained to an hundred years of age, he was
firſt a Souldier, then a Schoolmaſter; a man by nature tart both in his Tongue and Pen,
and ſevere towards his Scholars.
Quintus Fabius Maximus was Augur ſixty three years, which ſhewed him to be
1112. above eighty years of age at his death; though it betrue, that in the Augurſhip No-
bility was more reſpected then age: a wife man, and a great Deliberator, and in all
his proceedings moderate, and not without affability ſevere. Maſiniſſa King of Nu-
midia lived ninety years, and being more than eighty five got a ſon: a daring man, and
truſting upon his fortune, who in his youth had taſted of the inconſtancy of Fortune,
but in his fucceeding age was conſtantly happy. But Marcus Porcius Cato lived above
ninety years of age: a man of an Iron body and mind; he had a bitter tongue, and loved
to cheriſh factions; he was given to Husbandry, and was to himſelf and his Family a
Phyſician.
1112. above eighty years of age at his death; though it betrue, that in the Augurſhip No-
bility was more reſpected then age: a wife man, and a great Deliberator, and in all
his proceedings moderate, and not without affability ſevere. Maſiniſſa King of Nu-
midia lived ninety years, and being more than eighty five got a ſon: a daring man, and
truſting upon his fortune, who in his youth had taſted of the inconſtancy of Fortune,
but in his fucceeding age was conſtantly happy. But Marcus Porcius Cato lived above
ninety years of age: a man of an Iron body and mind; he had a bitter tongue, and loved
to cheriſh factions; he was given to Husbandry, and was to himſelf and his Family a
Phyſician.
Terentia Cicero’s wife, lived an hundred and three years:
a woman afflicted with
2213. many croffes; firſt, with the baniſh ment of her Husband; then with the difference
betwixt them; laſtly, with his laſt fatal misfortune: She was alſo oftentimes vexed
with the Gout. Luceia muſt needs exceed an hundred by many years; for it is ſaid
that ſhe acted an whole hundred years upon the Stage, at firſt perhaps repreſenting
the perſon of ſome young Girl, at laſt of ſome decrepit old Woman. But Galeria
Copiola, a Player alſo and a Dancer, was brought upon the Stage as a Novice, in what
year of her age is not known; but ninety nine years after, at the Dedication
of the Theatre by Pompey the Great, ſhe was ſhewn upon the Stage, not now
for an Actreſs, but for a Wonder: neither was this all, for after that, in the So-
lemnities for the health and life of Auguſtus, ſhe was ſhewn upon the Stage the
third time.
2213. many croffes; firſt, with the baniſh ment of her Husband; then with the difference
betwixt them; laſtly, with his laſt fatal misfortune: She was alſo oftentimes vexed
with the Gout. Luceia muſt needs exceed an hundred by many years; for it is ſaid
that ſhe acted an whole hundred years upon the Stage, at firſt perhaps repreſenting
the perſon of ſome young Girl, at laſt of ſome decrepit old Woman. But Galeria
Copiola, a Player alſo and a Dancer, was brought upon the Stage as a Novice, in what
year of her age is not known; but ninety nine years after, at the Dedication
of the Theatre by Pompey the Great, ſhe was ſhewn upon the Stage, not now
for an Actreſs, but for a Wonder: neither was this all, for after that, in the So-
lemnities for the health and life of Auguſtus, ſhe was ſhewn upon the Stage the
third time.
There was another Actreſs, ſomewhat inferiour in age, but much ſuperiour in
3314. dignity, which lived well-near ninety years, I mean Livia Julia Auguſta, wife to
Auguſtus Cæſar, and mother to Tiberius. For if Auguſtus his life were a Play, (as
himſelf would have it, whenas upon his death-bed he charged his friends they
ſhould give him a Plaudite after he was dead) certainly this Lady was an excellent
Actreſs, who could carry it ſo well with her husband by a diffembled obedience,
and with her ſon by power and authority: a woman affable, and yet of a Ma-
tronal carriage, pragmatical, and upholding her power. But Junia, the wife of Caius
Caſſius, and ſiſter of Marcus Brutus, was alſo ninety years old; for ſhe ſurvived
the Philippick Battel ſixty four years: a magnanimous woman, in her great
3314. dignity, which lived well-near ninety years, I mean Livia Julia Auguſta, wife to
Auguſtus Cæſar, and mother to Tiberius. For if Auguſtus his life were a Play, (as
himſelf would have it, whenas upon his death-bed he charged his friends they
ſhould give him a Plaudite after he was dead) certainly this Lady was an excellent
Actreſs, who could carry it ſo well with her husband by a diffembled obedience,
and with her ſon by power and authority: a woman affable, and yet of a Ma-
tronal carriage, pragmatical, and upholding her power. But Junia, the wife of Caius
Caſſius, and ſiſter of Marcus Brutus, was alſo ninety years old; for ſhe ſurvived
the Philippick Battel ſixty four years: a magnanimous woman, in her great