—De Bartas, 6me jour 1me sem.
[88.] Epimenides (Titus x. 12)—
“Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται κακὰ θηριά γαστέρες αργαὶ.”
[89.] Nero having heard a person say, “When I am dead, let earth be mingled with fire,” replied, “Yes, while I live.”—Suetonius, Vit. Nero.
[90.] Alluding to the story of the Italian, who, having been provoked by a person he met, put a poniard to his heart, and threatened to kill him if he would not blaspheme God; and the stranger doing so, the Italian killed him at once, that he might be damned, having no time to repent.
[91.] A rapier or small sword.
[92.] The battle here referred to was the one between Don John of Austria and the Turkish fleet, near Lepanto, in 1571. The battle of Lepanto (that is, the capture of the town by the Turks) did not take place till 1678.
[93.] Several authors say that Aristotle died of grief because he could not find out the reason for the ebb and flow of the tide in Epirus.
[94.] Who deny that there is such a thing as science.
[95.] A motto on a ring or cup. In an old will, 1655, there is this passage: “I give a cup of silver gilt to have this posy written in the margin:—