The Powerful Favourite, Or, the Life of Aelius Seianus, by (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1628 Excerpt: ...bmorumseigethat I was already deemed worthy of the alliance of Ox-remfrecatur. fars by the mariageofmy daughter wish the son ofChu-Ta' dius: it is the foundation ofmyhope, and becaufe 1 haue fuJ? heard fay, that Augustus proposing to giue a husband nvmMHiTip..unto his daughter, had a thought to haue made election --- tqitibui ef a Romane Knight; my supplication vntoyou is, that C0"fuitavU'9' if you fieke sor i husband for%Ayztht'Widow-of: jour. jbjtne, ypu may be pleafedto remember him whom yen.-.': haue alwayes lotted, and who in that bos no other designe-', than the glory-of your alliance, without laying aside the-.. offices wherewith y $u haue, honoured me-it fufftceth me thai my bouse may haue-a, profpe against the enmitie tf c-.v. Agrippioa, W that which I doe is but for the loue of my satis tixit qri-children, for mine owiltpart I make no reckoning of my vtm "j? " life any longer then 1. may wholely imploy it in the jgr afetxttmt' uiee.offucha Prince.-..-, f..: .;-V;. '.r? l-V; T/berius hauing praised the zealq of' Seianus and in few words-put him in minde of trie fauour hee had Tti extended towards him, added, that the businessc would mem necetfars. craue some time to giue a deliberate answereand spake m Tar; -'.. in this manner, ?'interprizes of common men do ordi--'-;.."-; narily dime atprosit-Jbuf the condition oj'princes isfarre otherwise; for they ought to referrt the principall of vmipuarerum their actions and designe s vnto reputation and honour', adfamam diriwherefore swill not make anfwerevnto this request jo(r)"-T'. shone assmightdo ftijjmnuy of farfelfrefeluewh--.'. t-M-ri ther fie mere best to marry-agame or conumefiUl in mf ': -'-' "some Mtttk&Avisonnt Drusus hit hou.