ss many times, saith [6157]Vives, they make away themselves
and others. Which induceth Cyprian to call it, _Foecundam et multiplicem
perniciem, fontem cladium et seminarium delictorum_, a fruitful mischief,
the seminary of offences, and fountain of murders. Tragical examples are
too common in this kind, both new and old, in all ages, as of [6158]
Cephalus and Procris, [6159]Phaereus of Egypt, Tereus, Atreus, and
Thyestes. [6160]Alexander Phaereus was murdered of his wife, _ob pellicatus
suspitionem_, Tully saith. Antoninus Verus was so made away by Lucilla;
Demetrius the son of Antigonus, and Nicanor, by their wives. Hercules
poisoned by Dejanira, [6161]Caecinna murdered by Vespasian, Justina, a
Roman lady, by her husband. [6162]Amestris, Xerxes' wife, because she found
her husband's cloak in Masista's house, cut off Masista, his wife's paps,
and gave them to the dogs, flayed her besides, and cut off her ears, lips,
tongue, and slit the nose of Artaynta her daughter. Our late writers are
full of such outrages.

[6163]Paulus Aemilius, in his history of France, hath a tragical story of
Chilpericus the First his death, made away by Ferdegunde his queen. In a
jealous humour he came from hunting, and stole behind his wife, as she was
dressing and combing her head in the sun, gave her a familiar touch with
his wand, which she mistaking for her lover, said, "Ah Landre, a good
knight should strike before, and not behind:" but when she saw herself
betrayed by his presence, she instantly took order to make him away.
Hierome Osorius, in his eleventh book of the deeds of Emanuel King of
Portugal, to this effect hath a tragical narration of one Ferdinandus
Chalderia, that wounded Gotherinus, a noble countryman of his, at Goa in
the East Indies, [6164]"and cut off one of his legs, for that he looked as
he thought too familiarly upon his wife, which was afterwards a cause of
many quarrels, and much bloodshed." Guianerius _cap. 36. de aegritud.
matr._ speaks of a silly jealous fellow, that seeing his child new-born
included in a caul, thought sure a [6165]Franciscan that used to come to
his house, was the father of it, it was so like the friar's cowl, and
thereupon threatened the friar to kill him: Fulgosus of a woman in
Narbonne, that cut off her husband's privities in the night, because she
thought he played false with her. The story of Jonuses Bassa, and fair
Manto his wife, is well known to such as have read the Turkish history; and