Before the alterations and chaunges of kingdomes and in the time of warres, seditions, and other dangerous seasons, ther most commōly happen very strange things in the aire, in yͤ earth, and amongst liuing creatures clean cōtrary to the vsuall course of nature. Which things men cal, wonders, signes, monsters, and forewarnings of matters to come. There are séene in the aire, swords, speares, & suche like, innumerable: there are heard and séene in the aire, or vppon the earth, whole armies of men encountring togither, and when one part is forced to flye, there is heard horrible cries, and great clattering of armour. Gunnes, launces and holberdes, with other kindes of weapons and artillerie, do often times moue of their owne accord as they lye in the armories. When as souldiers marche towards their enimies, and their ensignes will not displaie abroade but fold about the stander-bearers heads: if the souldiours be therewith amazed, they surely perswade themselues there is some great slaughter towardes. It is saide also, that horses will be very sad and heauie, and will not lette their masters sit on their backes, before they go to the battaile wherin they shall haue the ouerthrow: but when they are coragious and lustilie neighing, it is a sure token of victorie. =Suetonius= writeth, that the company of horses which =Iulius Cæsar= let run at libertie, neuer to be put to labour againe, did wéepe aboundantly when =Cæsar= was slaine. When =Miltiades= addressed his people against the _Persians_, there were heard tirrible noyses before the battaile, and certaine spirits were séene, which the =Athenians= afterwards affirmed to be the shaddowe of =Pan=, who cast suche a feare on the _Persians_, that they turned their backs and fled. Thereof =Terrores Panici= tooke their name, being spoken of sodayn feares vnlooked for, and terrours, suche as =Lymphatici= metus are, which driue men out of their wits being taken therewith. [Sidenote: Cicero de diuinatione.] Before the _Lacedemonians_ were ouerthrowne in yͤ battaile at =Leuctris=, the armour moued, & made a great noise in the temple of _Hestor_. At the same time the doores of =Hercules= temple at =Thebes= being fast shut with barres, opened sodainly of their owne accord: and the weapons and armour which hoong fastned on the wall, were found lying vppon the grounde. These things are to be read in =Cicero= his first booke =De diuinatione=. [Sidenote: Liuie.]