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CHAP. LXXIV.
Of Agriculture.
AGriculture, to which feeding of Cattle, Fishing and Hunting is to be annexed, was so highly honour'd among the Ancients, that it was no shame for many Roman Emperors, and most Potent Kings and Princes to Till their own Lands, to Sow, Graft, and Plant: this course of Life did Dioclesian follow, having quitted his Empire; and Attalus forsaking his Kingly Throne. Cyrus also, that great Monarch of the Persians, was wont to glory very much, that when his Friends came to see him, he was able to shew 'um a Garden of his own Planting. Seneca also Planted Plane-Trees, digg'd Fish-ponds with his own hands, and made his own Water-works, and delighted to be no where more willingly than in the Fields. Hence the Sirnames of those most noble Families of the Fa∣bii, the Lentuli, the Cicero's and Piso's, from the Multi∣tude of that sort of Grain.
Of Agriculture.
AGriculture, to which feeding of Cattle, Fishing and Hunting is to be annexed, was so highly honour'd among the Ancients, that it was no shame for many Roman Emperors, and most Potent Kings and Princes to Till their own Lands, to Sow, Graft, and Plant: this course of Life did Dioclesian follow, having quitted his Empire; and Attalus forsaking his Kingly Throne. Cyrus also, that great Monarch of the Persians, was wont to glory very much, that when his Friends came to see him, he was able to shew 'um a Garden of his own Planting. Seneca also Planted Plane-Trees, digg'd Fish-ponds with his own hands, and made his own Water-works, and delighted to be no where more willingly than in the Fields. Hence the Sirnames of those most noble Families of the Fa∣bii, the Lentuli, the Cicero's and Piso's, from the Multi∣tude of that sort of Grain.