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And yet even he who hath set such goodly praises upon his native country, left the same, went into Macedonia, and there lived in the court of King Archelaus. You have heard likewise (I suppose) this little epigram in verse:

For he also abandoned his own country, and went to dwell in Sicily, like as Simonides did before him. And whereas this title or inscription is commonly read (This is the history written by Herodotus the Halicarnassean), many there be who correct it and write in this manner, Herodotus the Thurian, for that he removed out of the country wherein he was bom, became an inhabitant among the Thurians, and enjoyed the freedom of that colony. As for that heavenly and divine spirit in the knowledge of muses and poetry:

what was it that caused so many cities to debate about the place of his nativity, challenging every one unto themselves, but only this; that he seemed not to praise and extol any one city above the rest? Moreover, to Jupiter, surnamed Hospital, know we not that there be many, and those right great, honours done.

Now if any one shall say unto me, that these personages were all of them ambitious, aspiring to great honour and glory, do no more, but have recourse unto the sages, and those wise schools and learned colleges of Athens; call to mind and consider the