 He assured me upon his
Honour that he was not poisoned, but dyed of a Fever by excessive Drinking.
    Next I saw Hannibal passing the Alps, who told me he had not a Drop of
Vinegar in his Camp.
    I saw Cæsar and Pompey at the Head of their Troops just ready to engage. I
saw the former in his last great Triumph. I desired that the Senate of Rome
might appear before me in one large Chamber, and a modern Representative, in
Counterview, in another. The first seemed to be an Assembly of Heroes and
Demy-Gods; the other a Knot of Pedlars, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen and Bullies.
    The Governor at my Request gave the Sign for Cæsar and Brutus to advance
towards us. I was struck with a profound Veneration at the Sight of Brutus; and
could easily discover the most consummate Virtue, the greatest Intrepidity, and
Firmness of Mind, the truest Love of his Country, and general Benevolence for
Mankind in every Lineament of his Countenance. I observed with much Pleasure,
that these two Persons were in good Intelligence with each other; and Cæsar
freely confessed to me, that the greatest Actions of his own Life were not equal
by many Degrees to the Glory of taking it away. I had the Honour to have much
Conversation with Brutus;, and was told that his Ancestor Junius, Socrates,
Epaminondas, Cato the Younger, Sir Thomas More and himself, were perpetually
together: A Sextumvirate to which all the Ages of the World cannot add a
Seventh.
    It would be tedious to trouble the Reader with relating what vast Numbers of
illustrious Persons were called up, to gratify that insatiable Desire I had to
see the World in every Period of Antiquity placed before me. I chiefly fed mine
Eyes with beholding the Destroyers of Tyrants and Usurpers, and the Restorers of
Liberty to oppressed and injured Nations. But it is impossible to express the
Satisfaction I received in my own Mind, after such a Manner as to make it a
suitable Entertainment to the Reader.
 

                                  Chap. VIII.

A further Account of Glubbdubdrib. Antient and Modern History corrected.
 
Having a Desire to see those Antients, who were most renowned for Wit and
Learning, I set apart one Day on purpose. I proposed that Homer and Aristotle
might appear at the Head of all their Commentators; but these were so numerous,
that some Hundreds were forced to attend in the Court and outward Rooms of the
Palace. I knew and could distinguish those two Heroes at first Sight, not only
from the Croud, but from each other. Homer was the taller and comelier Person of
the two
