Part XIH.

in the beginning of the 4444th Year of the
Julian Period. Upon what day of January icth of Gamtiion might fall, it is not eafie to de¬ termine. But it v^e may make Gamelion com¬ mence (as is done in the time of the Nativity,) from the 14th Moon, or from the 7th Full Mcon, after the Summer Solftice, forafmiich as thenew l^oon bapned upon the ^oth of December ^ and confequently the 14th Moon upon the 12th of January ; Hereupon if we make that the iftof Gdmelion^ the loth will fall upon the 21ft of rfry, upon which the death of might fall.
Where we muft further cbierve. That whereas Epicurus is faid ro h^ve lived 72 Years, it muft be underOood of the Grecian Years, not Julian^ for fo it would fall lliorr two Days, it being al¬ ready proved, he was born the 2;dof January. Now, to reduce the Death of Epicurus to our Account is eaile: For if we fubltradt ten Days, and for the Cycle of the Sun that Year which is 20, and, for the Dominical Letter D, accord¬ ing to the Old Style, put G, according to our cw'n, it vvill appear dniEpicsirus died the ; ilf of January, it being the 4t!i Day of the Week, or Wednefday, before the computation of Chrilf, 270 Years.
(t) Lib. ro.
(h) Lib. 35. Cap. 2.
(c) Lib, 7. Rivier.
("*) Loc. Citat (e) Dit fin. T.
(/) Mix. ab 1. 19.
(s) Epin-.iy.i
(h) Da fin. i.
6Lrbid.
CHAP. XIV.
How dear his Mesvosy ivas to bis FeUezi^ers.
IT remains, that we briefly tell how the Me¬ mory of Epicurus y after his death, was re- fpecaed by his Followers. For, to omit, that his Country honoured him with brazen Statues, as (a) Laertius writes j 1 obferve, that the Set- days and Ceremonies appointed in his Will were punduaily kept by his Followers, (b) Vliny, (writing ; yo years after upon this thing) On his Birth day, faith he, the tvtentieih Mocn, they Sacri¬ fice , and keep Feaits every Month , yvbkb th.y call hades 3 whence it may be conceived, that the EpicTureans were by Greek W'rirers, as {c) Aths- naus, termed fiom oblerving iiniS'ett
as Rbodigmus alfo takes nonce. Although (i) fome theie are who think, they were called lea- d'tfiat, fiom«/Kwan Image, beciufe there was not one of them, hue had the Pidlure of Epi¬ curus. And of thefc Images, (*) chus^
They keep (faith. he) the Coanttnanre of Epicurus in their, Chambers^ aud carry it up and down ‘With them; And (f) Cicero, in the Peifon of Atticus, “ Neither, faith he, can we forget Epicurus of “ any Man ; whole reprefentation we have not “ only in PirSutes, but in Cups, and Rings alfo. (f) There are who add, that fome took great *■ care to have Pictures of Epicurus^ not only in “ Rings, but in Cups, as conceiving it a fortunate “Omen, to the N.ation, and their own Name. As for the Affc^ion which they bare to him, hear ‘Pa>ro, Honour, faith ig) Cicero, “Office, Right ‘‘of Wills, the Authority of Epicurus, the At- “ teflatiem of Theedrus, the Seat, Houfe, Foot- “ Heps of excellent Perfons, he faith, that he ‘Tnutt preferve ,♦ but cfpecially (h) Toiquatus, “ Owe we not much to him, faith he, who, as if “ he had heard the voice of Nature her felf, did “ fo firmly and loundly comprehend her, as that he brought allingenious Perfons into the way “ of a peaceful, calm, quiet, happy Life? And (i) again, Who, faith he, I think only faw “ Tiuch, and freed the Minds of Men from the
“ greatelf Errors, and delivered all things app,er“
“ tainingto well and happy living.
And becaufe Epicurus dying, advifed his friends ^ ^ to be m/ndful of his Dodrines, (kl) Cicero faith, (j) pe 5^^ that all of them got by heart his Maxims, and*
! fome there were who learned without Book all his Doctrines, as particularly Seyro, mentioned in his Academicks. But let it fuffice, to alledge fome few Verfes of (/) Lucretius, by which we (/; Lib. 4. may perceive how affedionate they Were to the Memory and Dodfrines of their Mafter. He be¬ gins his Third Book thus ;
Who fir fi from Darknefs could' fi a Light fo clear Strike forth, and make Life’s Benefits appear^
Great Ormament of Q\^c\q, 1 am lead By thee, and in thy facred Foot-fiefs tread :
Not to Contend, but kindly imitate.
For how can chat f ring Swallows emulate
The Swans ? Or tender Ktds keep efiiai face
J-Pitb the ficut weU^breath'd Steed’s impetuous race ^
Trim thee, O Father, every thing receives Invention, thou givft Ereeepts, from thy Leaves,
As Bees skip up and down and fweetly fuck.
In fiow'ry Groves, we Golden Sayings pluck:
Golden, diferving an Eternal Life,
And again ,•
Bytheje a Pleafure Ireceiv d from Thee . Divine ; withal, a Reverence, to fee That Nature every way thou badfi unvalfd.
And afterwards.
Great Epicurus died, his Lives race run,
Wbofe Wit Mankind exceeded, as the Sun Eclipfeth by his Rifing all the Stars,
CHAP. XV.
With what Con fancy and TJndmmity, the SucceJJkn of his School fiourifhed. ' ,
IT deferves to be taken notice Of,not only that the fucceffion of his School was conftant,buc that his Succeflbrs and Followers did always ib agree, as was indeed wonderful. As concern¬ ing the Conftancy, it is known that the Prefi- dents of the Gardens, or Mailers of the School, from the death of Epicurus, to the times of Ju. liusC^Jar, and fucceedingone another
in a continued Series, were, according, ro ( Suidas, XIV. and that for 257 Yeats: In which ■
later iim«5, Hovv many Epicureans thete were, eminent Perfons, and of great account in the State, appears from Cicero. ( b ) Lucian alfd^/jT t writes, that in his time there was a ifipend al-^ n ui^ lowed to the Epicureans, by the Emprrbr, no lefsthanto other Philofophers ,* adding, that when any one of them died, he,whom they moft approved of, was fubftituted in his room, (cj i».
ertius who lived after Lucian, declares, that whereas the Succeflions of the other Philofo- phers did almoll quite fail 3 yet the Succeffion of Epicurus did conllantly perfeVere, fo hiany fuc- ceeding one another in government of the Di- fciples, as could not be reckoned up. Numenius (cited by (d) Eufebius) adds, that this Succeffi-if^)P)f«p-Lib:l on lalled till his time, and that fo perfedly, as *4- it was likely to endure a great while after." AT- ter thefe (e) LaEtantius • The DlfcipUne of Epi- Lib.3.Cfip. curus, faith he, was much more celebrious. In a word, as long as Learning fiourilhed in Greece^ and Rome was preferved from the Barbarians, the School and Difeipline of Epicurus continued e- minent; As