PARt m.

inin£^ nromifing to undertake the fum ) td, In lnr-,-,7oi n, -n , ,
pay any thing ior him, fiying, That to pay a Friend, with trtom hepa™tk Jim? hd[ft m'
Judge/’that (for what he fto’od accufeij he by them to » efane thm dptprved rhe hieheft* hononre and rpw^irdc nnrl _ _ ,P 3, theiTl offered
delerved the higheft honours and rewards, and daily Suftenance at the publick charge out of the ?rytan£im^ which was the greatelf honour that was amongft the Grecians y with this an-
to caityhim away by force, which lie not oriiy
asking, If they' kncty any place out of Atrica^ whither OdtH could not come Cnto, two days before Ills death.
^ Xen. /Jpo/.
fwer the Judges were fo exafperated , that came very' early hi the
Aey Condemned him to Death by eighty Votes rtte fame pur^fe, having b; iis”fe™.enf
*The Sentence being paft, he could not for- Jaylour^^but ^findin?”hfm^^aT=em^ bearfmiling, and turning to his Friends, faith him, admiring in tlfe foundnef^of thus. They who have fuborned falfe Witneffes the happy equality of his Mind as ajainff me, and they who hat^. born fuchTe- he wa^ h^e t7d hi “ elme
a Plat. Cr:t,
Ifimonies, aredoubtlefs , confcious to them- felves of great Impiety and Injuftice bdt as for me, what fhould more dejefl: me now than before I was Condemned , being no¬ thing the more guilty ^ they could not prove I named any new Gods for Jupiter^ Jmo.^ and the reff, or fwore by fuch : How did I corrupt young Men by innuring them to fuflFerance and frugality ? Of capital offences, as Sacriledge, Theft, and Treafon, my very Adverfaries ac¬ quit mci which makes me wonder how I
Puch to him, yef to aU his Friends, that the ShiJ) -would ' certainly be at home to morrow at furtheft ( fome that came from Sumum affirming they had left it therej but that in all likelyhood it would come he fhould dyb the next. In good time be it, anfwered Socrates.^ but I 'do not believe it will come to day ^ for the day toileting I muff dye, as they fay, who have the Power in their Hands, but that I ffiall not ^^^o Morrow, but the day after, I gudfs, by
come to be condemned to dye ; yet that I dye a Dream I had this NigL, ihat
umufrlvwiTl nortmnhlptnp If ic nn*- T t - t .9
unjuftly will not trouble me , it is not a reproach to me, but to thofe who Condemned me ; I am much latisfied with the example of Fa- lamedes.^^ who fuffered Death in the like man¬ ner j he is much more commended than Ulyjfes the procurer of his Death •, I know lioth fu¬ ture apd paft times will witnefs, I never hurt or injured any, but on the contrary have ad¬ vantaged all that converfed with me to my utmolf Ability , communicating what good I could, gratis. This faid, he went away, his carriage anfwerable to his words, his Eyes,
Gefture, and Gate expreffing much chearfiiF nels.
CHAP. XI.
His Imprijonment,
fConfoLttd
Hdv.
S Derates (faith t Seneca ) with the fame re- folved LooAj wherewith he ftngly oppojed the thirty Tyrants entred the Prifon, and took away all Ignominy from the place., which could not be
* Or. HereC^being
fetter d by the elev«n Officers; he confmua
tXen. mentor. thirty d^s after he was Condemned up- 4. on this occafion : ^ The Ship which carried
Plat. phad. Thefeus and fourteen more Perfons into Greet- he vowed if they got fafe home (as it for¬ tuned they did) to dedicate to Apollo^ and to fend it every year with a Prefent to Delos^ which Cuftom the Athenians religidufly ob- fetved •, before the Solemnity , they ufed to luftrate their City, and all Condemned Per fons were reprieved till it retured from De
very beautiful, in a white Garment,' Hlured me by my Name, faying. ; "
Thou^ ere three daysgire told^ ' '
R/Vb Phithya;/;^// behold. ' ■
C Tbe fame relation, according to LaertiusAic made to JTfehines) this occafion Gv/iPtooktQ perfwade him to fave himfelf, which he preft with many arguments; ‘That his Friends would be accufed of Covetoulhefs, as more defirous to fpare their Wealth, than to re¬ deem him ; that it might be efFe£fed with little trouble and expence to them who were provided for it ; that himfelf was rich enough to do it, or if not , Simmias^ Cebes^ and others would ]oyn with him -, ‘ That he ought not vo- ‘ luntarily to thruft himfelf into deftruaion ‘ when he might avoid it ; that he fhould leave his Children in an uncertain mean Eftate- ‘ that it would not be confirued Conftancy ’ ‘ but want_ of Courage. Confider well thefe rcafbns faith he, or rather (for it is now no time to ftand confidering ) be perlwaded ‘ what is to be done, muft be done this Night’ or it will be too late. Socrates anfivered ‘ that his chearful readinefs to relieve him’ ‘ w^ much to be efteemed, if agreeable to Juftice ptherwife,^ the lefs juft,' the more blameable ; That opinion and cenfure ought ^ not to be regardea, but Truth and Equity ;
that wrong muft not be requited with wrong ;
‘ that Faith fhould be kept more ftriftly with a City than with private Perfons ; that he ‘ had voluntarily fubjefted himfelf to the ‘ Laws of his Country , by living under their ‘ Government, and to Violate them at laft.
//IP r • I ITT- 1 ana to violate tnem at lait
injuftice; That by breaking Pti- flip Solpmnv^^v of Apollo began rfon, he fhould not only draw his Friends into
Shin w/hirh'I’ the Poop of the I ‘ many Inconveniences, but himfelf alfo in-
Dangers , only to live and
vyas Condemned, occaiioned his lying in Pri Ion fo long after.
‘ Exile ; that in fuch a condition, he ftiou'Id he ‘nothing more capable to bring up his Chil-
M 2 dren
92
^ Laert.
^ Lmt.
SOCRATES.