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134 who when Pisistratus had seised Athens; and he saw that all endeavours for Liberty were vain, laying down his shield and armes at the doors of the Curia: O my Country said he, I have assisted thee both with my councells and actions; and so went home, resolving for the future to be quiet. Do you thus, give place to God, give place to the times; and if you are a good Common-wealths Man, reserve your self to better and more gentle Fates. That Liberty which is now perish'd, may revive; and your Country which is now fallen, in process of time may yet arise: Why do you unadvisedly despond, and cast away your courage? Of those two Consuls at Cannas I esteem Varro a gallanter Person who fled, than Paulus that fell: Nor did the Senate and People of Rome judge otherwise, who gave him publick thanks, that he did not despair of the Common-wealth. But whether your Country do only Rh