Part V*

PLATO.
The Neighbouring Trees upon a hough were Upon a Bank of tender Rofs-buds laid {hung : He(fmiling) flept ^ Bees with their noife invade Bis Rejl., and on his Ups their Honey made.
Pan Piping-
*Anth.ii. i2i ^ Dwell awful filence on the Jhady Hills ^
74. Among the bleating flocks.^ and purling rills
When Fan the Reed doth to his Lip apply.^ Jnfpiring it with Sacred Harmony.^
Hydriads.^ and Hamadyrads at that found.,
In a well order'd meafure beat the Ground,
On the Image of a Satyr in a Fountain, and Love Sleeping;
t Mth. 4. 12, f ^ fkilfulhand this Satyr made fo near To Life, that only Breath is wanting here ;
J ani attendant to the Nymphs before I fiird out purple Wine., now Water pour ;
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Who ere thou art com'' ft nigh, tread foftly,leJi Lou waken Love out of his p leafing rejt.
Another.
^ On Horned Lyxns I attend.
And pour the jtr earns thefe Nayads lend,
Whofe noife Lovers f umber doth befriend.
Another.
^ This Satyr Diodorus did not make, fAnth. 4. 12;
But charm afleep ifspricICdhe will awake, *02.
On a Seal.
^ Five Oxen grazing in a flowry Mead, * ^th, 4. 18, ■dt Jafper Seal done to the Life doth hold^
The little Herd away long fince had fled,
We'rt not inclos'd within a pale of Gold,
THE
doctrine
O F
PLATO.
Delivered by
A L C I N O US.
CHAP. I.
Of PHILOSOPHY, and how a Philofopher mufl be ^alified.
SU C H a Summary as this may be given of the Do£lrine of Plato. Philofophy is the defire of Wifdom, or folucion of the Soul from the Body, and a Converfion to thofe things, which are true and percepti¬ ble by intelleft. Wifdom is the Science of things Divine and Humane. A Philofopher is he who takes denomination from Pniiofo- pby,. as a Mufician from Mufick. He ivho is to be a Philofopher, muft be thus qualified •, Firft, he mufl: have a Natural Capacity of all fuch Learning as is able to fit and bring him to the knowledge of that EfiTence which is per¬ ceptible by Intelleff, not of that which is in continual fluxion or mutation. Then he, muft have a natural Affeflion to Truth, and an aver- fion from receiving Falfhood, and befides this. Temperate in a manner by Nature 5 for thofe parts which ufe to be tranfported with Paffi- ons, he muft have reduced to Obedience by Nature. For wholbever hath once embraced thofe Difciplines which are eonverfant in con
fiderationof fuch things as truly exift, and hath addifted all his ftudy thereunto, little va- lueth corporeal pleafure. Moreover, a Philofo¬ pher muft have a Liberal Mind, for the eftima- tion of mean things is contrary to a Man who intended to contemplate the truth of things. Likewife he muft naturally love Juftice, for he muft be ftudiousof Truth, Temperance, and Liberality. He muft alfo have an accute Ap- prehenfion, and a good Memory, for thele in¬ form a Philofopher ^ thofe gifts of Nature, if improved by Difcipline and Education, make a Man perfed in Vertue, but negleded are the caufe of the worft ills. Thele Plato ufed ^to call by the fame Names with the Virtues, Tem¬ perance, Fortitude, and fufliee.
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CHAP,
8o
PLATO.