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And yet did the report never arrive thee that Alcibiades debauched this king's wife, Timaea ? — and that she herself whispered archly to her maids, that the child was not the g(>nuine offspring of her husband, but a voung Alcibiades] * Pindar, Nem. AND YET DID THE REPORT NEVER ARRIVE THEE THAT AL SABIDES DEBAUCHED AS KING'S WIFE TO MAIA AND THAT SHE HERSELF WHISPERED ARCHLY TO HER MAIDS THAT THE CHILD WAS NOT THE GENUINE OFFSPRING OF HER HUSBAND BUT A YOUNG ALCIBITES
 poAver sweeten all our toils and make labor easy. Hast thou met with any unfor- tunate success '? Hath calumny bit, or envy hissed at thee ? There is yet a prosperous gale, which sits fair to convey thee to the port of the Muses and land thee at the Academy. This Plato did, after he made shipwreck of the friendship of Diogenes. And indeed it highly conduceth to the tran quillity of the mind, to look back upon illustrious men and see with what temper they have borne their calamities. For instance, doth it trouble thee that thou wantest children] Consider that kings of the Romans have died Avithout them, — had kingdoms to leave, but no heirs. Doth poverty and low condition afflict thee 1 It is put to thy option, wouldst thou not rather of all the Boeotians be Epaminondas, and of all the Romans Fabricius? But thy bed is violated, and thy wife is an adulteress. Didst thou never read this inscription at Delphi 1 — Here am I set by Agis' royal hand, Who both the earth and ocean did command. SSETH IT AS GLORY AND HONOUR JOINED WITH POWER SWEETEN ALL OUR TOILS AND MAKE LABOR EASY HAST THOU MET WITH ANY UNFORTUNATE SUCCESS HAS CALUMNY BIT OR ENVY HISSED AT THEE THERE IS YET A PROSPEROUS GALE WHICH SITS FAIR TO CONVEY THEE TO THE PORT OF THE MUSES AND LAND THEE AT THE ACADEMY THIS PLATO DID AFTER HE MADE SHIPWRECK OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF DIAGENES AND INDEED IT HIGHLY CONDUCETH TO THE TRANQUILLITY OF THE MIND TO LOOK BACK UPON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN AND SEE WITH WHAT TEMPER THEY HAVE BORNE THEIR CALAMITIES FOR INSTANCE DOTH IT TROUBLE THEE THAT THOU WANTEST CHILDREN CONSIDER THAT KINGS OF THE ROMANS HAVE DIED WITHOUT THEM HAD KINGDOMS TO LEAVE BUT NO HEIRS DOTH POVERTY AND LOW CONDITION AFFLICT THEE IT IS PUT TO THY OPTION WOULDST THOU NOT RATHER OF ALL THE BOEOTIANS BE EPIMINONDAS AND OF ALL THE ROMANS FABRECIUS BUT THY BED IS VIOLATED AND THY WIFE IS AN ADULTERESS DIDST THOU NEVER READ THIS INSCRIPTION AT DELPHI HERE AM I SET BY AGES ROYAL HAND WHO BOTH THE EARTH AND OCEAN DID COMMAND
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