before Chriſt. Alſo there was Titus Liuius Magnus, an Hyſtoriographer, about the time of Ouidius Naſo, which I ſuppoſe to be the excellenteſt writer: he flouriſhed. 20. yeres before Chriſt. He lyued 80. yeares, buryed at Patauium: he dyed about the fourth yéere of Tiberius Caeſar, Patauium a citie in Italy called Padua or Pauie, nigh vnto Venice. Alſo a Citie in Bithinia, nowe called Polmen.
Theophilus Medicus, de vrinis.
Ptholome the name of many famous men, whereof Philadelphus, Diſciple to Strabo the Philoſopher, builded the notable Librarie at Alexandria, and was there burned of the Romanes, the other reſtored the Mathematicall ſciences, hée was in the time of Antonie the Emperour, he alſo wrote diuers works.
Varro a noble Romane, alſo ſingularly learned, before Chriſtes incarnation. 48.
Virgil the famous Poet of Mantua, a noble Citie in Lumbardie, where Virgil was borne, with whome flouriſhed Horace, Ouid, Saluſt, Liuius, Hortenſius, Antenodorus, with many others. Theſe men were in the happie time of Ieſus Chriſt, his comming in the fleſh.
Gilhelmus Couches.
Ypocras a Philoſopher.
Yſaac.
Zeno a Philoſopher[1], called Zeno Eloates, by adoption became Permenides ſonne, about. 340. before Chriſts incarnation. This béeing taken of Nearchus the tyraunt, was ſtamped to death in a morter, whoſe conſtancie for his countryes ſafetie was inuincible.
Zoroaſtes Magnus, a king of the Bactrians, in the time of Ninus, and was before the warres of Troya. 400. yeres, he firſt, as Plinie writeth, inuented Magical arts, and was in many other things excellently well learned, hée left bookes written, he was ſlaine with fire from heauen. This was that Zoroaſtes that laughed the ſame daye in the which he was borne.
Andrew Bord of Phiſicke Doctour, an Engliſh man, The Breuiary of health, printed Anno. 1547.
Andrew Theuet his Antarctike or new found world, printed, and from the French tranſlated. Anno. 1568.
Barnadine of Eſcalanta, of the realme of Galiſia Prieſt, his diſcourſe of the Eaſt Indias, Anno. 1579.
Sir Humferie Gilbert Knight, his diſcourſe to Cataia. 1579.
Ortelius, otherwiſe Abraham Hortelius, his vniuerſal deſcription of ye whole world. A Dutch man.
Hernan Lopes, a Portingall of Caſtaneda, his diſcouery of the Eaſt Indias, tranſlated into Engliſh by Nicholas Lichfield, gentleman, 1582.
Cornelius Agrippa forth of his ſecrets of Philoſophie. A Spaniard of excellent learning. Anno. 1530. he was a knight in the court of Charles, the 5. Emperour, & had to name Henrie Cornelius.
Doctor Turner Phiſition, Anno. 1551. one that for his trauailes in forren coūtries, for the onelye benefit of this our realme of England, deſerueth perpetuall praiſe.
Sir Thomas Eliot knight, in his booke The Caſtle of health. 1541.
Thomas Lanquet Hiſtoriographer, whoſe work was afterward finiſhed by T. Cooper.
Thomas Cooper, Doctor of Diuinitie, & Biſhop of Lincolne, who ſet forth the great Dictionary called Theſaurus linguae Romanae & Britanicae, an excellent worke printed Anno. 1578.
Anthonius Roberger, his Chronicle printed Anno. 1493.
Iohn Stow, in his laſt abridgement.
FINIS.
- ↑ The firſt inuenter of Logike
