| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | | |
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| DION | that with divers men, of all the which, not a man of them | |
| AND | once fayled him: but it is rather to be thought, that from | |
| BRUTUS | the beginning he chose them honest men, or else that by | |
| his choyse of them, he made them good men. Whereas | |
| Dion, either from the beginning made no wise choyse in | |
| trusting of evill men, or else bicause he could not tell how | |
| to use them he had chosen: of good men he made them | |
| become evill, so that neither the one nor the other coulde | |
| be the parte of a wise man. For Plato him selfe reproveth | |
| him, for that he had chosen suche men for his frendes, that | |
| he was slaine by them, and after he was slaine, no man | |
| Brutus | woulde then revenge his death. And in contrarie maner, of | |
| honored of | the enemies of Brutus, the one (who was Antonius) gave his | |
| his enemies | bodie honorable buriall: and Octavius Caesar the other, re- | |
| after his | served his honors and memories of him. For at Millayne, | |
| death. | (a citie of Gaule on Italie side) there was an image of his | |
| in brasse, verie like unto him: the which Caesar afterwardes | |
| passing that way, behelde verie advisedly, for that it was | |
| made by an excellent workeman, and was verie like him, | |
| and so went his way. Then he stayed sodainly againe, and | |
| called for the Governors of the citie, and before them all | |
| tolde them, that the citizens were his enemies, and traitors | |
| Brutus image | unto him, bicause they kept an enemie of his among them. | |
| or statue | The Governors of the citie at the first were astonied at it, | |
| standing in | and stowtlie denyed it: and none of them knowing what | |
| brasse in | enemie he ment, one of them looked on an other. Octavius | |
| Millaine, was | Caesar then turning him unto Brutus statue, bending his | |
| preserved and | browes, sayd unto them: This man you see standing up here, | |
| kept by Octa- | is he not our enemie? Then the Governors of the citie were | |
| vius Caesar. | worse affrayed then before, and could not tel what answere | |
| to make him. But Caesar laughing, and commending the | |
| Gaules for their faithfulnes to their frendes, even in | |
| their adversities: he was contented Brutus | |
| image should stand still as it did. | |
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