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Show ThefecondBookeofthefirfpart Cuar.2 §.7, CGusriag.8. ofthe Fiiftorie ofthe World. bue whetherhe were §. VII. Of Bulicis thé first oppre(for ofthe Yfraclites and ofhis fucceffer Deecd-Thermutis that took "vp Moles autofthe water. Ndhetein (if I may prefumeto conie@ure) Bufiris, w ho was afterwards king, is liketo haue dealt with him, ‘as Jerobeam did with the fonneof Salomon. For that Bufiris himfelfe vvas much addicted to magnificent workes, itvve llappeaxed, bythe drudgery vvherewith he wearied the children,of J/raef in his buildings: If therefore he were emploied by the great Sefoitris,as Lereboam was by Salomon , in the ouerfight ofthofe bulineffes,he had good opportunity to workehis greatr effe with the te king by induftry ; and afterward with the people by incenfing them againft theirnew king, as Jeroboam did. For what the multitude will endureat one Princes hands i they will notat anothers : ynleffe hee haue either an equall fpirit, or-a furer foundation. If moreouerhe foughtto deriueall the paineand Jabour of publique workes fi E: kyptians, tothe y/ractites : hee furelydid that whichto his Owie people was very p ble : who(asappeares in Exedus)were nothing flack in fulfilling the kings cruelty.1 that Ors the fecond, orBufir#,was the king that firft oppreffed //rael,and.made the 4c? ofdrowning the Hebrew children, which (aith Cedrenws) lafted ten moneths 2 common opinion ofmany great and moftlearned writers ; whoalfo thinke that here- upon grewthe fable ofBuji7#sfacrificing ftrangers,Icis alfo acommon interpretation of;9 that place, Zxed.1, thatthe King who knewnot Jfeph,wase king ofanew family. That Bofires was ofanewfamily, Rermegcies doth thew sWhoalfothinkes hing. Authorofthe bloudy. Edict.Neuertheleffe,true it is, that Bufirts, according to all mens computation, beganhis reigne fiue yeares after the birth ofMefes; before whofe birthit is. moft manéfeft,that the Law was made,and much morethatthe perfecution began; which Banting thinkes to,haue lafted 87.yeares, ere the departure out ofEgypt. Let vs therefore confi; der,befides the blindneffe of Sefoftrésthe fecondhow greatthe powerofthe Regerts of Face-Royes in Egypt was, & Howgreat confidence the kings-did putin them; fecing Jeeh "Tuled withfuch fall power,, that hee boughtall Egypt , andall the Egyptians for breads Siuing at the fame timethe belt ofthe land to his ownfather brethren, for nothing: 39 Aecing alfo that when the Egyptians cried out vpon Pharach.forand bread: Pharach {aid toall the Eswptisns,Ga to lofethwhat-befaith toyou,doze. toa ftranger borne,lately fetcht out ofprifon,4 king wellableto haue goucrned himfelfe, would ciue fuch teutt,& fouereigh authority; it is not valikely that a blind Princefhonid do itto.aman of efpecial reputatlon. For a King ot onely a Regent, I cannot conmiectire, Por Herodo tus Dipdoras,andthe ancient Hiftoriang namethefonne of Sefoftris, Pheran. Perhaps his naine vas Pharaoh Amicwophis: and his daughter by the Egyptza called rather the Neece ot Gratid Child, than the daughterof Phzraohbecaufe ofthensBlory ofScfofiris,& the dif-teputation ofhis fon.' Iffo,andifthat Bafiris or Orns thefecond marrying her,pr etended any title' by her,thed is our conie@ure ftrengthened, and then was fhee both daughter, grand-childejand wife vnto Pharaoh: and furiving him,Queene ofthe land, 12\yeares. But if fe were daughter of Orw the fecond, and fifter of Arhoris, of Rathoris, a5 many thinke,to whofe coni¢@ute I will not Oppolemine, tlieh may TO brethrenwere degenerate,or tod young to tulewhenhel it feeme, thar either her Fatherdied. §.Vi4 Td. Ofthe two brethren of Queene Thertnutis sand what king it as, under whom Moles was Lorne: and wha it was that perifbed in the red Sea. Heehad two brethren : the one was Rathorisor| Ahoris ; who facceeded het ; the S Sther Teleconass vwho is onely nated by Ea/ébi us ; but his linage and off-{pring delctibed by: Reimeccivs. Rarhorisafterhis fitters death whonrchencres, thought to be his fonne,reigned ten years, reigned nine yeares: after and 20 Sea:Duringthe reigtie of Chencres, Enfebiué faith: that Telegon then ‘perifhed in the red us begat Epaphus vpon Io: of which Hiftory elfewhere he reporteth otherwife. After the fome tall Aceacheres':but all or mot doe tile Oebeayos, afisht death of Chencres (whom erapaintt God) Acherres reigned 8.yeares,and then Cherver' 15, This défcent feeiis from Fatherto Sonne.Inthe Lyecere of Cherresitis {aid by Eafebias, that -Epaphus reigning in'the lower part of ELypesbuilt Memphis, T his isan arginent ofthat which otherwife wasiiot vnlikely ::viz, That Beyer Was sréatly brought out of order by the plagues which God had ‘laid vpon itjand the defruGion of het king and aimy in thé red Sea: elfe could it not haue had tworeighing ia it atonce: the latter ofwhoih, or his pofter ity feemesto haue taker all from Cherres the ptatid -childe-of chentres: Fox wherea s Aymats is {aid to hauereigned 30 fouresyeares after Chery; : and Armefis one after Avmad': thefe two Kites are by Eufebins andiothers accounted as ote, arid his réigne faid to Hane Telegonus : Epaphus : Godoften profpersnot only the good(fuch as so/eph ps hisinftruments agaitift the day ofwrath. Therfore perhaps was) but wicked men alfo, the king did(as many haue done)religne Lybia, who had his kingdame to him,thoughhis reigne was ngtjagcounted. to haue beghts till the death of Se/ofiras, ,But whether Bufirés did yfurpethe kingdome or, protection of the land byviolence:or whetherthe blind king refigned it,keeping the Baliris were oply Regent, whilft the king lined, & afterwards(as King himfclicrit might well be faid thar Pharaohsdaughter 3 9-Yeares, according to Eafebing :whomyey, Thin' ludicious authors herein approue.A fter himhis danohter who tooke Males ourors the vvatersis faid byall that I hauéread,tohaue reigned15"years, Her name yvas Ther "saa Pharets,or according to' Cedrenus: Eufeb.cal her Acexcris.and benus his HiftoryMathis out of47 Meris:tofeph cals her both Acenchere & Thermutis.Eviphavin faith that{hee was honoured afterward , ofthe Eo visians by ite Paice ae. Therr 7, danghter of AAmenoph, thefon of Pharaoh, Ofthis much fpoken :forthe Scriptures calf Agenor, Belusand Bufiris. title.or whether F is acknowledged byall)4? tooke vp Ato/es,andthat Phir Taob yexed Yraclfecing he both atthat time wasking ineffect, and fhortly after, kingia deed andtirleboth. Tc were not abfurd for ys to fay thatthe blind king sefaftris the {er ford Opprclied Y/rael bur forafinuch as itmay feeme that the wicked Tiranitb ewed his Paine Seath fiPao ; pibinks itmorelikely, that Bufiris.did it, ving : fedteivce the; beaiteing Lainene ae Peghe ginning ofSeat file, Chg of the.122ofnEATES itris nis reigne,& the departure Pof Ifrael vyuch of Egypia #7 sing spetitsthe 75 ‘Which remain, are to be accounted to Rafiris ox Orgsour the fecondy and his children. Bajiris himfelfe reigned lat title queftion ohne me her nhotPharaohs fons dauchter.butPhara ter. dmecnophis indeedis fet next before Bafiris or Orusthe fecond by Exfe ta bette flue years. His name is called: Armeusjotherwife Danaus: and his pedigree thus defcribed by Reineccinsin HéStoria Valin: cfigyptus or Rameffes whogaue nameto the | Country, hauing expelled his brother | Danaus or Armens expel- led by his brother v£- | Danaus, reigned, and Lyptas , after hee had reignedfiue years, became king of .47ges in begat Lynceus, matri- Greece: was Fatherto ed to Hypermnefira. Hypermueftra. Howit might come to paffe that the Nephewesfons ofEpap has fhould haue occupied the kingdome after Cherres,itis hard to fay:¢ onfidering thatEpaphus himfel fis reported byEx/ebius to haue beeneborne in thetime of Chencr es.But forafmuch Epaphus-his birth,is diuerfl ytelated by Enfebins,i t mayfuffic asthe Hiftory of e,that Belus the father of Da mans & Aoyptusotherwife called Armeus and Rameffes was equallydiftant from Bafiri s ot Oras the fecond, with Cherres the grand-childe ofChen eres. Andthat the pofterity of Telegenus did marryveryyong,it appears by the Hiftor y ofthefetwo brethren, Danaus 2 3 and |