_Origin._--Livy, iii. 44, 47-57.

_Parallels._--_Mediaeval_: Gower, _Conf. Amant._ vii.; Chaucer, _Cant. Tales_, Doctour's Tale; _Modern_: Macaulay, _Lays_.

_Painter_, I. i. 13; II. i. 12; III. i. 31; IV. i. 35.

_Derivates._--R. B., _A new tragical comedy of Apius and Virginia_, 1575.--Webster, _Appius and Virginia_. Hazlewood also refers to tragedies on the subject by Betterton, Crisp, Dennis, Moncrieff, Brooke, Bidlake, &c. Vincent Brooke, the actor, made his greatest hit in the part of Virginius.]

VI. CANDAULES AND GYGES.

Candaules king of Lidia, shewing the secretes of his wyues beautie to Gyges, one of his guarde: was by counsaile of his wife, slaine by the said Gyges, and depriued of his kingdome.

[_Source and Origin._--Herodotus, i. 7-13.

_Parallels._--Justin, i. 7. _Mod._: Guicciardini, 44; Federmann, _Erquickstunden_, 1574, 65; Albertinus, 186; Kirchhof, iv. 1.

_Painter_, I. i. 19; II. i. 18; III. i. 32; IV. i. 46.]

VII. CRSUS AND SOLON.

King Craesus of Lydia reasoneth with the wyseman Solon, of the happie life of man. Who little esteeming his good aduise, vnderstoode before his death, that no man (but by vertue) can in this life attaine felicitie.

[_Source and Origin._--Herod, i. 50 _seq._

_Parallels._--I. _Ancient_: Diod. xvi. 56; Plutarch, _Solon_. II.

_Modern_: Albertinus, 235; Kirchhof, _Wendenmuth_, i. 4; Wanley, _Wonders of the Little World_, ed. 1774. III. li. 7.

_Painter_, I. i. 21; II. i. 20; III. i. 35; IV. i. 49.

_Derivates._--A tragedy under this name was written by Earl Stirling about 1601.]

VIII. RHACON AND CARTOMES.

Of a father that made suite, to haue his owne sonne put to death.

[_Source and Origin._--aelian, i. 34.

_Parallels._--Wanley, _Wonders_, IV. iii. 1.

_Painter_, I. i. 24; II. i. 22; III. i. 39; IV. i. 53.]

IX. ARTAXERCES AND SINETAS.

Water offered of good will to Artaxerxes King of Persia, and the liberall rewarde of the Kinge to the giuer.

[_Source and Origin._--aelian, i. 32.

_Painter_, I. i. 24; II. i. 23; III. i. 40; IV. i. 54.]

X. CHARITON AND MENALIPPUS.

The loue of Chariton and Menalippus.

[_Source and Origin._--aelian, ii. 17 [Melanippus].

_Painter_, I. i. 25; II. i. 24; III. i. 42; IV. i. 56.]

XI. CYRUS AND PANTHEA.

Kinge Cyrus perswaded by Araspas, to dispose himselfe to loue a ladie called Panthea, entreth into a pretie disputation and talke of loue and beautie. Afterwards Araspas himselfe falleth in loue with the saide ladie, but she indued with greate chast.i.tie, auoydeth his earnest sute.

And when shee heard tell that her husbande was slaine in the seruice of Cyrus, she killed herselfe.

[_Source._--Probably Bandello, iii. 9.

_Origin._--Xenophon (given as source by Painter).

_Parallels._--_Anc._: Plutarch, _Moralia; De curiositate. Modern_: Belleforest; _Hist. trag._ iv. 265; Wanley, _Wonders_, I. xi. 30.

_Painter_, I. i. 27; II. i. 25; III. i. 44; IV. i. 58.

_Derivates--Warres of Cyrus, with the tragical Ende of Panthea_, a tragedy, was printed in 1594.]

XII. ABDOLOMINUS KING OF SCYTHIA.

Abdolominus is from poore estate, aduaunced by Alexander the Great, through his honest life, to be kyng of Sydone.

[_Source and Origin._--Quinct. Curtius, IV. i. 19-16.

_Parallels--Anc._: Diod. Sic. xvii. _Mod._: Wanley, _Wonders_, VI.

xiv.

_Painter_, I. i. 33; II. i. 31; III. i. 45; IV. i. 69.]

XIII. ALEXANDER AND THE SCYTHIAN AMBa.s.sADORS.

The oration of the Scythian Amba.s.sadours to Alexander the great, reprouing his ambicion, and desire of Empire.

[_Source and Origin._--Quintus Curtius, ix. 2.

_Painter_, I. i. 34; II. i. 32; III. i. 57; IV. i. 71.]