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Show Cuariig.fy Thefecond Booke of the first part g of the Egyptinn Onegreatargument. Herodotes brings to cont Priefts; which is,that if Helen had beene at Trey, it had beene \ tter madnefle for pri. ¥ Warreyand { amus to fee fo manymiferies befall him, during the » many of his fonnes flaine for the pleafure ofone,who neither was heire to th Kingdome (for Hedtorwg elder)nor equall in vertueto manyof the reft, Belides, it may feeme that Lucie fpake notmore pleafantly than truely,when he faid that He lem ,at the war of Troy,mwas almoftas old as Queene Hecuba,contidering that fhe had been rauithed by The/eusthe companion ofHercules, who tooke Trey when Priamus was Very young;and confide. ring further that fhe was fifter to Cafor'and Pellax(fhe and Pellus ng faid byfome to hane beene twins)who failed with the Argonautes,hauing Telamon the fatherofui éaxin their company before the time that Hefione was tal en:on Whom Telamon begat 5 Aiax,that was a principall Commander inthe Troian warre. But whether it were vas that the Embafh. that the Trofans could not,or would notreftore Helen, { yt there wanted notfomé dours returned ill contented,and not verywell int that aduifed to haue themflaine. The Greckes hereupon incenfed, made wards Trey:at which time Ca/chas( whom fome fay to haue bin though nofuch thing be foundin Homer) filled the Captaines many troublefome anfwers & diuinations.For he would all hafteto. runnagate Troi, & all the Hoattewith icamemmons d facrificed to appeafe Diana,whofe anger, he faid, withftood the young Lady were facriticed,or whether(as fome write)the, with a Hinde,it is not needfull here to be difputed of. Sure it is,that the maliceofthe diuell, which awaits forall opportunities, is neuer more importunate, where mensignorance is moft.Calchas alfo told the Greekes,that the taking of7 aS itt pofsible,till fomefatall impediments were remoued: and that till t¢ n yeeres were paft,the towne fhould hold out againft them. All which notwithftand ing,the Greeks proceeded in their enterprife,vnder the command of Agamemnon, who was accom panied withhis brother Afenelaus ; Achikes the moft valiant of all the Greekes,his friend Patroclus,and his Tutor Phenix;Aiax and Tencer sthefons ofTelamon; Idoment: as,andhis companion MerionessNefor and his fonnes 47 tilochus, and Thrafjmedt s; Piyffes; Muefthens the fonne ofPetreus,Captaine ofthe Athenians : Diomedes thefon}i of Tydews,a man offingular courage; the wife and learned Palamedes,Afialaphus dalmenusthe fons of Mars, who had failed with the 4reonautes; Philocictes alfo,and the fonne of Pean,whohad the arrowes of Herculeswithout which Calcha faid, thatthe Citie could not be taken; diexthe fonne of Oileus,Pencleus, Thoas,Eumelus,Tyfandras, Evuripilus,Athamas,Sthenelus,Tilepolemus the fon ofHercules. Podal yrias, and Mashon, the fonnes of Afculapins : Evens, whois {aid to -haue made the wooden horfe, by which the towne was taken 5 and Pretefilans, who firtt leapt on fhore,negl ecting the Oracle that threatned deathto him that landed firft. 5 §. IV. Of the Ais of the Gracians at the fiece. Hefe, and manyother of leffe nhote,atriuing at Troy,found fuch fharpe cate! tainment,as might eafily perfwade themto thinke that the warre wouldbe ~ more than one yeeres worke.For in thefirft encounter. tt whomHeder flew, & manyother,without any great harme done to th onlythat bytheir numbers of men,they won ground enoughto it in,as appearethin Thacydides. The principal] impediment whicl ce 4 ‘ {ont tcl "ey 2 oernalswibie a gtew vpon them byreafon of nf the 7 neffe M theit veflels,wherin they could not carry neccflarie I ereup ip ponthey were jereccompelled lle to fend their men,to labI in Cherroneffe:othersto rob vpon the fome part ofthei Sea for the reliefe of the C: Warprotracted nine whole yeeres,& either nothingdone, o1 me rece ue7 ae the2 towne + 1 eceme little ~ Boa loffe by them,hauing ea the field againtt fuch Greekes as Continued the fiege, equal] num anda more{afe retr' nhemiegot the better. i nad 4 7 7 <177 wos 5. 1 i WherforeOxia faithThat from the firft yeere,til the tenth,there was all: & Heraclide commends a n 6° Gi s very credible,the report of Herodi ay Cc cus; That the h "fos } did not lye befo re Troythe turft nine yeeres:but onely5 did beare vp3 & dows pene exc Ci av.ig.§.4.'6f the Hiflorie oftheWorld.. exercifing their men,andintiching'themfelues; and fo by wafting ttic enemies Countric did blockévp the towne, vnto whiclithey returned not; vail the fatal time drew neeré when it Should be fubuerted? This is confirmed bythe enquirie which Priamiss made}! when'the . came itt6 the field, the tenthyeere, forte knew none ofthem - andthe ip. on an high tower (aS Homer'telsy heédeatned rheir hatnes OfHelen + which though it is like tobea fition,yet couldit not atallthaue been fuppofed that hee fhouldbee ignorant of them,ifthey had thewed themfelues befote the towne fo many yeeres together. Bei tweenethelé relations ofThucydides and Herodicas, the difference is not much; the one ro faying,thata few ofthe Grecks remainedin the Campbefore Troy, whileft the reft made purueyance by iand and by fea: the other, tharthe whole armiedid {pendthetime in wafting the fea-coafts. Neither doe thé Poets greatly difacree fromthefe authors: for they make report of many townesaiid Tlainds wafted, and the people carried into Captiuitie ; in which actions Achilles was imployed, whomthearmie couldnot well, not would haue {pared, ifany feruice ofimportance had'beene tobce performedbefore the Citie, Howfocuer it was, this isagreed by genérall cont nt, that in the beginning of that Summer,in which Troy was taken,ereat booties were brought into the Campe,and a great peftilence arofe among the Greeks: which Homer faith,that Apollofent in reucnge of his Priefts daughter,whom Agamemron had refuled to let goe, for any tanfome:: but 20 Heraclides interpreting the place, faith, chat by Apalle was nieant the Sunne » whorayfed peftilent Fogs, by whichthe armie was infected, beeing lodged ina moorifh piece of ground. And it might well'bee that the:campe was ouerpeftered with thofe, whohad been abroad, and nowwere lodgedall cloferogether:: haning alfo groundedtheirfhips within thefortifications. Aboitthe fame tiniearofe muchéontention betweerie Agamemnon and Achilles about thebootie, whereof Agamemnon, as General, haning firft chofen forhis parta captitie woman, and"chilles in the fecondplace chofen for himfelfe another, thes 4iax, Viyffessandforthe felt 6f the'chiefe Captaines inorder: When the Soothfayer Calchas hadwilled that -4gamemnons womanfhould be reftoredtoherfathet Apollo's Prieft, that 30 fo the Peftilérice might ceafe, then'did Agamemnon greatly rage,and fay, that hee alone would tor lofe his part éfrie {poylejbut would either take that which had beene giuen to Achilles, or that which had fallento l4iax, orto Vlyfes. Heereupon Achilles defied him; butiwasfaine to {uffetall patienily;'as not able to hold his Concubine byftrong hand,nor'to reuengeher lofle othérwife:rhan by tefufing to fight, or tofendforth' his Captaines. But the Greeks, incouraged by their Captaines,prefented themfelues before the Citic without him/and histroupes. TheTroians were towtelicued-with great firccours, all the neighbour Countries hauingfent themaide : partly drawhe to that warre by their Commanders, who affi- ftedPriamius for money, wherewith' hee abounded ‘when the warte began(as appeares 40 by hiswordsin Homer,yor for loue ofhimfelfeand his fonties,or hopeof martiage with fome of hismany andfaire daughters 3 partly alfo(as we may well ghefle) incited by the Wrongsreceiued ofthe Greekes, when they waftedthe Countries adioyning vnto Troy. Sothat when Heéor ified out ofthe towne,‘hee waslittle inferiourto his enemies numbers of men,or qualitie of their Léiders.T he ptincipall Captaines in the Troian in ar- mie, were Hettor,Paris,Deiphobus, Heleads,and the other fonnes ofPriamus: nets,An- tenor,and his fonnes, Polvdemas,Sarpedin, Glantns, Afias, and the fonnes ofPanthus , befides Rhefus,who was flaine the firt night'ofhis arrival; A¢emuow, Queene Pesthefilea , andothers who came towards the end of the ware, Betweene thefe and the Greeks were manybattels fought: the greatest of Which were, that atthe tombe of King //ws'vpon So the Plaine:and another atthe very trenches ofthe Campe,wherein He(for brake through thefortifications ofthe Greeks, and began to fire their fhips; at which time -4/ax,the fonne of Telamonwith his brother Teucer; were ina mannerthe onely men ofnote that remaining viwounded,made head againft Hec/or, when the ftateof the Greekes was al= moft defperate. Another battell (for foantiquitie ealsit) or rather the fame renewed, fought by Patrocles, who hating obtained leauie,drew forthAc troopes, relicuing the weary Greckes with afiefh fupply. Agamemnon, Diomedes,hilles Viyfes,and the reft of thePrinces, thoughfore wounded, yet were driuen to puton armour, and withhelpe ofPatrochws, O@ repelled |