| LIVES OF THE NOBLE | | |
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| MARCUS | ashes of his bodie unto Servilia his mother. And for Porcia, | |
| BRUTUS | Brutus wife: Nicolaus the Philosopher, and Valerius Maximus | |
| Porcia, | doe wryte, that she determining to kill her selfe (her parents | |
| Brutus wife, | and frendes carefullie looking to her to kepe her from it) | |
| killed her | tooke hotte burning coles, and cast them into her mouth, | |
| selfe with | and kept her mouth so close, that she choked her selfe. | |
| burning | There was a letter of Brutus found wrytten to his frendes, | |
| coles. | complayning of their negligence, that his wife being sicke, | |
| they would not helpe her, but suffred her to kill her selfe, | |
| choosing to dye, rather then to languish in paine. Thus it | |
| appeareth, that Nicolaus knewe not well that time, sith | |
| the letter (at the least if it were Brutus letter) doth | |
| plainly declare the disease and love of this Lady, | |
| and also the maner of her death. | |
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| THE COMPARISON | |
| OF DION WITH BRUTUS | |
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| TO come nowe to compare these two noble personages | |
| together, it is certaine that both of them having had great | |
| gifts in them (and specially Dion) of small occasions they | |
| made them selves great men: and therfore Dion of both | |
| deserveth chiefest praise. For, he had no cohelper to | |
| bring him unto that greatnesse, as Brutus had of Cassius: | |
| who doubtlesse was not comparable unto Brutus, for | |
| vertue and respect of honor, though otherwise in matters | |
| of warre, he was no lesse wise and valliant then he. For | |
| many doe impute unto Cassius, the first beginning and | |
| originall of all the warre and enterprise: and sayd it was | |
| he that did encourage Brutus, to conspire Caesars death. | |
| Where Dion furnished him selfe with armor, shippes and | |
| souldiers and wanne those frendes and companions also that | |
| did helpe him, to prosecute his warre. Nor he did not as | |
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