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that stood by : but so was Lampon, soone after that Thucydides was driuen away, and that the gouern-ment of .the whole common weale fell into the hands of Pericles alone. And it is not to be wondred at (in my opinion) that the naturall Philosopher and the Prognosticator did rightly meete together in troth .: the one directly telling the cause, and the other the end of the euent as it fell out. For the profession of the one, is to know how it commeth: and of the other, wherefore it commeth, and to foretell what it betokeneth. For where some say, that to shew the cause, is to take away the signification of the signe : they do not consider that in seeking to abolish by this reason the wonderfull tokens and signes in the ayre, they do take away those also which are done by art. As the noise of basons, the lights of fire by the sea side, and the shadowes of needles or points of dyals in the sunne : all which things are done by some cause and handiworke, to be a signe and token of some thing. But this argument peraduenture may senie better in another booke. And now againe to Pericles. Whilest he was yet but a young man the people stood in awe of him, because he somewhat resembled Pysistratus in his countenance: and the ancientest men of the city also were much afeard of his soft voice, his eloque'nt tongue, and readie vtterance, because in those he was Pysistratus vp and downe. Moreouer he was very rich and wealthie, and of one of the noblest families of the citie, and those were his friends also that caried the only sway and autho-ritie in the state : whereupon, fearing that lest they would banish him with the banishment of Ostracismon, he would not meddle with gouernment in any case, although otherwise he shewed himselfe in warresvery valiant and forward, and feared not to venter his person. But after that Aristides was dead, that Themistocles was driuen away, and that Cimon being