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Show easing Se 4°76 = . a T hefecond Bookeof thefirtpart Cu APLI2,§112, qece neceffity hathinforcedall good Writers,toacknow ledge thelike vacancy,twice happe. hing within fewyeeres,in the kingdome of Ifrael ¢ The {paceof time betweenezeraby. ¢ egos ae Se Ca PL22.S12 Ras en = ee Tete eee Nisin of the Eiiftory of the World, 477 amydeath,and the beginning of Zachariahs Reign, and fuch another gapfoundbetween thedeathof Peka, andthe beginningof Hofea, haue madc it eafily to be admittedinto battailes he carried away the better, driving Arbaces andhis followers in to fuch fearful termessthat had not Belofus promifed them conftantly fome vnexpected fuccours, they vvould forthwith haue broken yp their Camp, About the fame tume, an Armie our of Bactria vvas comming to affift the King ; but Arbaces encountring it vponthe way,per- flaine; doth make moreprobable to haue happenedthere, yea although the heceflity of computation were not fo apparant. Cd os Thefudden departtire of the chemy feeming tobea flight; caufed Sardanapalustofeal hisArmie,triumphing before victory. Butth¢Rebels being ftrengthenedvvith this ney Samaria; which the confideration of things as they ftoodin Iuda, when C4maxiawas For the publicke furie,hauing fo farreextended it felfe,as ynto thedeftruétion ofthe kings ownperfon,was notlikely to be appeafedwithout order taken for obtaining fome redreffeof thofe matters, which had caufedit at the firft to break forthintofuch extre. 10 mity. Wee needenottherefore wonder howit cametopafle, that they which already had throwne themfeluesintofch an horrible treafon, fhouldafterwards dare to with- fwadedfo ftronglyby promifeofliberty,that thofe forcesioyned themfelues with his, fupplys came ypon him by night, :and.torced his Campe, vvhich through Ouler-great {ecurity vvas vapreparedfor refiftance. hire acca zo This onerthrowdid fo vveaken the kings heart, that leauing his vyiues brott ler Salas. menus to keep the field,he vvithdrewhimielf into the City of Niniue 3 Which,till new aides thathee fent forfhould come, heethoughtedfily to.defend.; it haning beene pro- hold the Crowne froma Prince of that age, whichbeing inueftedin all ornaments of phecied that Niniue {hould never be takea,otill the: Riner were enemy tothe Towne, forgetful fubieas. of Ninns. Tt was fo-vvell victualled, that Arbaces (hauing,in twobattailes ouerthrown Regality,is neuerthelefle expofed to manyiniuries, proceeding from head-ftrong, and As for their conic&ure, who make 4zaria to haue beene King but one and fortie yeeres, after hee came*out ofhis nan-age ; I dare notallowit, becaufeit agrees too Of thegreatnelle andftrength of Niuiue; enough hath becne fpoken in ourdifcoutfe the Kings Armie; and flaine Salamenus) vyas faineto lyetwo vvhole yeeres beforeit, harfhly withthe Text. The beft opinion were that, whichgiues vnto /eraboam leas wen yecres of Reigne withhis Father, before hee began to reignefingle in the fifteenth inhopeto vvinneit‘by famine ; vvhereofyet he faw no appearance, It feemes that he yeeres of thofe which reignedin Ifrael (by making fuch of them compleat, aswete onelycurrent) and takeat the thorteftthe Reignes of Princesruling in other Nations. But I will not ftand to difpute¥ further of this : euery: mana mayfollow hiss owneopi' + . nion; and fee mine moreplainely inthe Chronologicall Table, drawne for thefe putpofes. zo he could not do¢in twyeeres, the Riuer. of ‘Tygris did inthe third : for being high of Amazias did it not {wallow vp almoftthe whole reigne of /ozs, and extending the ,, pF ais) : §. XII. OfPrinces Contemporarie with Amazia, andmoreparticularly ofSardanapalus. death,were lous and Jeroboam in Ifrael ; Cephrenes and Mycerinas infollowed ; 5!his39 that Egypt eleauen yeeresCorinth; in the Azamenmnonin with 4mazia, liuingSyluius wins Princes Anentinusand in Alba; Digsetus Te Pheredus,andAlladins;and Ariphron in Athens; in Lacedamon Theleclus, in whofe tine the Spattats wan from the Achaians, Getauthe,Amyclz,and fome other Townes. Butmiore notable thanall thefe, was Affyrian Sardanapalus,who in the one and twet- tieth yeere of Amaxiafacceeding his father Ocrazapes or Avacyndar axes, reigned twelty yeeres, and wasflaine thelaft of the eleuen void yeeres which fore-went the Reigh of Azéria. In him ended (as mot agree)theline ofWizus,which had held that Empite one thoufand, two hundred andforty yceres. A moft luxurious and z a he 7 a cbp palling away his time among ftrumpets, whomh ae . effeminate Tea .. ana ge e imitated both in appareurel aneg In thefe voluptuous courfes he lined an vahappylife,knowing himfelfeto be! vile, that he durft not let any man haue afight of him = yet {eene hewas at length; an . fight of hima was fo odious, thar it procured his ruine. Eor Arbaces, who gouetie se dia vnderhim, finding meanes to behold the perfon of his King, was fo that beaftly {pedtacle, ofaman difguifed in womans attire, & ftriuing incenfed with to counterfeits harlot, thatheethought ita great thame to liue ynder the command of fovaworthy? creature. Purpofing therefore to free himfelfe and others frotn fo bate fubiettion, ve was much encouraged by the predi@ion ofBélefis or Belofus a Chaldzan ; who told hist plainly, that the Kingdome of Sardanapalus {hould fall into his hands. Areaces WES pleafed with the prophecie,did promife vnto Belo/us himfelfthe gouernment of Baby: lon; and fo concluding how to handle the bufineffe,one ofthem ftirred vpthe Met i and allured thePerfians into the quarrell,the other perfwaded theBabylonians and - bians to venture themfelues in the famecaufe, Thefe foure Nations armed forty wo fiand mich againft Sardanapalus, whoin this danger was not wanting to himfelfe,bute theting fuch forces as he could, out of other Nations encountre d therebels,as oncT™ would by decdes refute the tales that they had told ofhim. Neitherdid his carriage the beginning of that watte, ‘anfwer to the manner ofhis retiredneffe.' For" les battai * vvanted Enginesand skill to force thofe vvals, vvhichyyerea hundred foote high,and thicke enough forrhreeChariots in front to pafle vponthe rampire., But that vvhich fwolne with raines;ienot onely drowneda part of the city through vyhichit ranne, butthrewdowne SWEIALY, furlongsiof the vvall;and madea faire breach for Arbaces to enters " ean cnc: soa i 5 se a 2 ' Sardanapelus,citheriterrifiedvvith the accomplifhment of the old Oracle, or feeing ho meates of refiftanceleft; fhutting vp himfelfe into his Palace, vyith his vviues,. eu- nuchesyandalbhistveafures,.did fet the houfeon fire, wherewith hee and they weretogcthetconfumed, Strabafpeakesofa monumentofhis, that, was in Anchiale a Citie } ofCilicia, wheron was found an in{cription,fhewingthat he built that Citieand Thar" ** fis vypotvone day'pbutthe addition hereto, bidding men eate and drink,and make mer- knowne,toa voiptuouslife, by his owneex: -with ver{¢es well others, heouragingthat -si- 3019; hisinatureiwasmo re pronetofenfuality y, than to any vertuebefeeAga rine, <4 Therearefome that fainely report otherwife ofhis eriddayingthat, Aréaces,when he :ws-s among fiis Concubines,was - geinged sheniodsenlynhp fcw = a Sita care Use ae general eonfent ofWritersagreeshedESLAHS tor of a pi DiedSievhastey truth a ht b,ada Be eee eeitieprhenlinns inthe icaneng aid, mhereske on"osbi = h ee : 2 : Affyria : 3 from the time|o . A sewoani Cephins tear ‘milehe oe t en rinces whieh reignediin e ie > it, incetsield yybuedieotiotones aaah cle pena oea sat shoow r ote 3¥ :_ ae truft Diodorus Sicalasjwho faith that their aaa were i ouicrpafled by, c¢fees Pieehatube heaponoeaot worthy of: memory Whatfoeuersshey <i ; on ae heaps them: or ath laid-or them ee il iglieane Delaenkohane nan Ba |