The Circe / of Signior Giovanni Battista Gelli of the Academy of Florence. Consisting of ten dialogues between [Ulysses and several] men transform'd into beasts: giving a lively representation of the various passions, and [the] many infelicities of humane life. Done out of Italian, by Mr. Tho. Brown.

Gelli, Giovanni Battista, 1498-1563. Circe. English

Date:: 1702

Credit: The Circe / of Signior Giovanni Battista Gelli of the Academy of Florence. Consisting of ten dialogues between [Ulysses and several] men transform'd into beasts: giving a lively representation of the various passions, and [the] many infelicities of humane life. Done out of Italian, by Mr. Tho. Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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VlyJJes] Tho* I lhould allow you to have no fear of Death, when you fight, yet fince you don’t act upon a Principle of Virtue and Honour, but either do it to reprefs Injuries, to defend your (elves and young ones, or for feme luch motive, you cannot be faid to have true Fortitude. In like manner among m Men, tbofe that voluntarily embrace Death either for being difappointed in their Amours, or to avoid Poverty or any Misfor- tune of the like nature, which does not hap¬ pen to us through any Fault of their own, are not to be reckon’d valiant but timorous. For to avoid things painful, or to chufe Death, not for being honourable, but to fly feme Mifery or Evil, proceeds from pufilla- pimity, and not from Fortitude. Lyon« How can we be faid to be fearful, who in all our Skirmiflies and Combats, don't fo much as know what Danger is? Vfyfes. For that Reafon you are Bold, and not Couragious $ for a Man may be allowed to fear certain terrible things, with' out the leaft Injury or Wrong to his Cou» rage, as for fnftance, all fuch things as fur- pafs human Power, as Earth quakes. Thun¬ der, and the like, though 5tis certain that Men of Bravery and Refolution, fuflain thefe

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