And in this opinion and hopes we are not single, but _Andreas Alciatus_ the Civilian in his _Parerga_, and _Franciscus de Cordua_ in his _Didascalia_, have both declaratorily confirmed the same, which is also agreeable unto the judgment of _Nicolaus Alemannus_, in his notes upon the bitter History of _Procopius_. Certainly sad and Tragical stories are seldom drawn within the circle of their verities; but as their Relators do either intend the hatred or pitty of the persons, so are they set forth with additional amplifications. Thus have some suspected it hath happened unto the story of _Oedipus_; and thus do we conceive it hath fared with that of _Judas_, who having sinned beyond aggravation, and committed one villany which cannot be exasperated by all other: is also charged with the murther of his reputed brother, parricide of his father, and Incest with his own mother, as _Florilegus_ or _Matthew_ of _Westminster_ hath at large related. And thus hath it perhaps befallen the noble _Belisarius_; who, upon instigation of the Empress, having contrived the exile, and very hardly treated Pope _Serverius_, Latin pens, as a judgment of God upon this fact, have set forth his future sufferings: and omitting nothing of amplification, they have also delivered this: which notwithstanding _Johannes_ the Greek makes doubtful, as may appear from his Iambicks in _Baronius_, and might be a mistake or misapplication, translating the affliction of one man upon another, for the same befell unto _Johannes Cappadox_, contemporary unto _Belisarius_, and in great favour with _Justinian_; who being afterward banished into _Egypt_, was fain to beg relief on the high-way. [SN: Procop. Bell. Persic. 1. Ἀρτον ἠ ὀβολὸν αἰτεῖσθαι.] 2. That _fluctus Decumanus_, or the tenth wave is greater and more dangerous than any other, some no doubt will be offended if we deny; and hereby we shall seem to contradict Antiquity; for, answerable unto the litteral and common acception, the same is averred by many Writers, and plainly described by Ovid. _Qui venit hic fluctus, fluctus supereminet omnes, Posterior nono est, undecimoq; prior._ Which notwithstanding is evidently false; nor can it be made out by observation either upon the shore or the Ocean, as we have with diligence explored in both. And surely in vain we expect a regularity in the waves of the Sea, or in the particular motions thereof, as we may in its general reciprocations whose causes are constant, and effects therefore correspondent. Whereas its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates. With semblable reason we might expect a regularity in the winds; whereof though some be statary, some anniversary, and the rest do tend to determinate points of heaven, yet do the blasts and undulary breaths thereof maintain no certainty in their course; nor are they numerally feared by Navigators.