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Show « "482 " ThefecondBookeofthe first part CaAP.a3.S4 whereof in due placesvewill giue reafon) was ctirrent,when "zie tooke poffeffion of ep Akerthe death of Berchoris,.A/pehis followed in the K ingdome of Egypt: vito him fucceeded ¢Aayfis yand thefe two occupiedthat Crownefixe yecres. Then Sabacns, an ethiopian, became King of Egypt, and held it fifty yeeres, whereof the ten fitranne along with the latof /<zéa his Reigneandlife. OF thefe and otherEeyptian Kings, more fhall be {pokea, whentheir affaires (hall come tobe intermedled with the bufines SE ae: in, Athens,the twolaftyceres ofAriphron histwenty, the feuen and twentieth of The. feinthetwenticth of deamneflorand threethefirlt of 4/ehy/us his three andtwenty, -made enen withthe twoaud fifty of /zzia :as likewife didin Alba the laft {euen of di nius\ Auentiaus his {euen.andthirtytogether withthe three and twentyof Si/nius Proce, A aaa Amaulias, In Media ‘ his-new King. and two-andtwenty the firkt ofSiluins Arbaces began dome,in the firkt of Ye, wherein, after eight andtwentyyeeres, his Sonne Sofarmus fucceeded him,and reigned thirty yeeres, Of this Arbaces,and the diuifion ofthe Affe riam Empire, betweene himand others,whenthey had opprefled Sardamapalus, Iholdit conuenient to vfemore particular difcourfe;that we m ay not wanderin too greatvncertainty in the Story ofthe 4/jriaw kings,who haue already found thewayinto Palefins, and are notlikely to forgetit. Seeee CNT oii On yc 0 §. IIIf. Ofthe Alfyrjan Kings,defcending from Phul:and whether Phul and Belofus weereomeptt/iit or heads offandry Familiesthat reigned 4-part is Nineue and Babylon. Ythat which hath formerly beene fhewed of Sardenapalus his death, itis app rant, that the chiefe thereinwas -4rbaces the Median;to whomthereftof the Confederates did not onelyfabmit themfeluesin that Warre, butwere contet- ted afterwards to be iudged byhim;receiuing by his authority fentence of death,orpatAe po 42 Bat, Bisa shes fe ce as aanne ee iat ae "a ee cian ee fusshe Babylonian,by whofe efpeciall aduice and he Uae laneenaen iet a Sreav: Yetwasnotthis of exercifed in fo eRrnves : offence in ; that great tyrannical a , power i Arbaces giue alteratio n of thines things,eieither therto the Princ or tothegenerality ofthe people. For in the condemnation of admannerasmig aflited him ; ed _ faile ofhis other Captaines,and then pardonedhimof his oe es! ee ea hold,not onely the Cityand Prouince ofgabylon,bura lfo thofe treafures, for embezt! ling whieteof his lifehad'beene endangered: F er, Tn like manner,he gauerewards tothe reft ofhis partakers, and é hem bir ie Proninces retaining (as itappeares)onely the Soueraignty to himf : Wea immoderately he did naturally abhotre. Heis faid,indeede; to haue excited the sot ‘ againit Sardanapalus, by propoundingvnto them hopeof transferring the pe is thei Nation. And tomake good this his promife;he deftroyedthe City ofaneewlet mitting the Citizens neuerthelefle to take and carry away every one his ow sa his ihe other Nations that ioyned with him, as the Perfians and Batirians, hedte flacking fide, by the allurement of liberty ; which he himfetlfe fo greatly loued, that git Hleftate too much the reines‘of his owne Soucraignty,hee did more haimeto th ae : of Media,than the pleafure of the freedame, which it enioyed,could recompent i boththetr extitory oF that Countrey was pared'narrower by Salmanaffar (0! fe i by: fome of his Progenitors) whom wee finde in the Scripture s to he tame Townes ofithe Medes'; and the ciuill adminiftration ‘was fo difore people them‘elues were glad tofee thar reformation, which Dejoces, the fif his Line did make inthat goucrnment, by reducing themint o ftriderte = tale Pe io armes Oo" dience: ; : = een How: théforce of the Affyrians gtew to be fuch,as might in fourefcore } Ea fooneisbothi extendit felfe ynto the conqueft of//rae/,& tedreawa y fome oie ineved ibis a.queftion hardlyto be anfweredsnot onlyin regard ofthe deftructi on een mate s fubueifion of the Affprian Kingdome,whereofthe Medes,ynder Ai bates, dthe hone who mayfeeme at that timeto haue kept the A/prians 1, when vnder theirf hemicia Feft ofthe Prouinces werefet at liberty ; butin confideration oftheubiectior Kings t wie Cuara58-4. of the Hiiflorie of the World, 483 oe who reigningafterwards in Babylon and Winewe are confounded by fome, and diftinuifhed by: orhers.; Wwherebytheir Hiftory ismade vacertaine, - Twill firlt therefore deliner the opinion, generally, receiued, and the grounds whereuponit ftands :.then,pt oducing the gpicétions madeagainft it;I will compare together the determination of that wou ye ae Wet A Stel. withthofe learned that fub{cribe thereunto,andthe iid gemnnisor OF ee a Na3 er eae haue followedthe Ancients inthis dou of ull.calg, va nex fhall icbe needfall to fet down a-part the feuerall authorities & arguments of fundry men adding fomewhat of weight orofclearnefle one to anather : At ayiehbe enough moiskatenhe whole fubftance ofeach difcourfe: sowhich I will. do as briefly,as| nan without fea to be taxed ofpartiality,as being no more addictedto the oneopiniont 1an to the other, by any fancy: of mine owne 5 but meerely:led by thofe reafons which ypon examination of each part, feemed to me moft forceable,though to others they mayperhaps appeare'weake, That which; votill of late, hath paffed as currant,is this 3 That-Belofus was the fame King,who,firt ofthe 4fjrians, entred Paleflina withan Army ; being called Pal, or Phul, in the Scriptures,and by Aszius his Authors with fuchas follow them, Phal Belg. chgs. Ofthisiman it is faidthat he was askilfull Aftrologer,fubtile,and ambitious; thar he got Babylon by compofition made.with Arbaces 3andthat not therewith content, ‘he gotinto his.hand part ofA/pria:finally,that he reigned eight andforty yeers,.andthen 20 dying, leftthe Kingdometo.Tegl/at-phalaffar his Sonne, in whofe Rofterity. it continued. fome few defcents, till the houfe of Ateradach preuailed. The truth.ofthis,if Aypigs his AMetafthenes were fufficient proofe,couldnot be gainfaid: for that Author(fuch .as he is) is peremptoryherein. But,howfocuer 4aninshis Authors deferug to bee fufpected ,, it ftands with no reafon,that we fhould conclude alltobefalfe whichtheyaffirme. They, who maintaine this Tradition 3 luftifie it.by diners good Allegations, as amatter confirmed by circumftances: found in all Authors >. and repugnant vnto.no Hiftory.:arall. Forit ismanifett by the relation of Diodorus (whichis indeede the foundation where- upon all haue built) that.e4rbaces and Belofus were.Partners.in the a@ion againft Sar- danapalus sand that the: BaGrians, who toyned with them , were thought well; rewar- 30ded with liberty, as likewife other.Captaines were-with gouernements : bac thar any third perfonwas foeminent,, as.to, haue -4fyria it felfe, the chiefe Countrey. of theEmpire, beftowed vponhim, it t the leaft appearance is ; } is : a thing whereofno found in oe any: Hiftory.: Andcertainely it ftood withSeas little reafony that the Afjrians fhould be committ ed ynto.a peculiar King, at fuch timeasit was;not thought meete to truftthem in-theirownewals andhoufes. Ratheritis apparant, that the deftniction.of Ninene byArbac es,& the tran{plantation ofthe Citizens,was held a needful! policy,be= caufe therebythe people of that Nation mightbe kept,downe from afpiring to recoues the Soueraignty, whichelfe they would hauethought to belong, asof right;: vnto the Seat of the Empire, 4% .Vponifach confiderations did the Remsanes, in ages long after following, deftroy Cars thage.andidiffolue the Corporation,or Body. politikeofthe Citizens of Capua s becaufe thofetwoxFowns.were capable of the Empire:a matter. efteemed ouer-dangerous,euen sry caning to-Rome it fel festhat was Miftreffe of them both. ‘This being fo, how'can it be thought sxllumora: that the 4//jriansin three or foureyeeres had erected their Kingdom e a-new,vnder.one Pal? orwhat mutt this Pa/-haue beene (of whofe deferuin gs,or entermedling, orindeed of whofe very.name,we finde no mentioninthe Warrea gaintt Sardanapalus) to whom the principal! parts of the Empire fell, either by generall confentin dinifion ofthe Pro: uinces,or by his owne power and purchafe veryfoone after ¢ Surely hewas.none other than: Belofus;whofe heet Neighbourhood gauehim.opportunity(as he was wife enough soto play his ownegameboth to gct difjriato himfelfe, and to. empeach any other man, that fhould haue attempte d.to {eize ypon it. The Prouince ofBak pou, which Belofus held, being(as Herodetus teports)in riches,and power,as goodast Empite; -was‘ableto furnith him with all that was, requifitehe third part ofthe Per{ian perodpt 3; for fuch abufinefle : if that : Wete not enough,he had-gorteninto hisowne handsall the gold and filuer that had bin in the Palace of Wineue.And queftionlefleto reftore fucha City as Néwewe,wasan entete prite Attornone'tetake inh and,except he hadfuch meanes.as Be/o/usha d; which Palit he Were nor Belofys;is likely:to haue-wanted. Belidesall this,had Paaeena diftinésperfon fromBel ofasand Lord of Afyris,which Bbb 2 hy |