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Show ~Thefecind Booke of the. first part ~Crapaggy lay beyond the Countries ofBabylén and Mefopotansia,it wotldn ot haue' béene an calfe matterfor him,to paffe quite through another ans Kingdome w ith an Atmy, fecking booty afarre offin's/rael : the oniely action by which the name of Phul is knowne, But Sofep-ant.l.10Cap, 12. ifwe grant,that he,whom the Scitprures call Pal or Phul ,was the fame whomprophane writers hauecalled pe/ofms,Belefes, ahd Bele/fis Citlike matiner as Jo/ep hus acknowledscth,that he, whom the Scriptures Called neuer otherwife than Darias the Mede, the fonne of 4fiagesand called of the Greekes byanother name,t hat is,¢ VA varesthen isthis feruple viterly retiioued. For Babjlonand Mefopotarmia did border vpon ‘Syria and Pan leftina fo that Belofus hauing fetle@ his' affaites in A/yria towards the Eaft and N ith, might with good leifure encroach Vponthe Countries that lay on theotherfide of hist Kinedome;to the South and Weft. ‘Hethat lookes into all par ticular s, mayfinde cuery onecircumstance coneuriing, toproue that Phaliwhoimiadéd Ufrael, was nore other than Belofys. For the Princeof the Arabiags who ioyned with Arbaces, and broughtno fmall part of the forces wherewith Sardanapalus was ouerthrowne, di dienter into tar action, mecrely forthe loue of Belofas. The friendthip of thele Arabians' was a thing of maine importance, to thofe that were to paffe ouer Eaphrates with an Amiinto Syria. Wherefore Belofes, that held goodcorrefpondence with them; and whofemoft fruitfull Prouince,adioyningto their barraine quarters, Might yeerely doe themineltimable pleafures ; was not onelylikely to haue quiet paffage through their borders,but their vimoft affiftance : yea,it ftands with goodreafon,that they, who louednot reel, fhould for their owne behoofe haue giuen himintelligence,of the ftructionand cial broyles'among the ten Tribes ; wherebyas this Px/ got athoufand talents, fo itfeemes that the Spréans and Arabians that had felt an heanie neighbourof Teroboam ; recouered their owne,fetting vp anew King ta Dema/¢oand clearing thecoatt of Arabiastrom the Sea ofthe Wildernefle to HamarhJof the yebrey Garrifons. Neither vvasit alynev acquaintance, that made the Nations, diuided' by Exphrates,tiold togethier'iitlo good rearmeés offriend{hip': it was ancient confanguitity; the meniory whereof was auailea- ble tothe Syriavs,in the time of Dawid; when the Aramites beyondthe River‘cameouct willingly,to the fliccour of HadadeZer, andthe ramites about Damafio. So Belofus das i goodreafon to lookinto thofe parts: what a King teiening fo farre offas Nienfoul' haue to‘doein Syriaifthe other end ofhis Kingdome had not reached to Enphrates, t wvere hard to fhew. ae But concerningthis laft argumentofthe bufineffe whiclriitight allure the Chaldatas into Pale/lina , it may be doubted; left it fhould feemeto hauill coherence withtht! which‘hath beene faid ofthelong "Anarchie that yvasin thetenne Tribes. Forif no Crowneof//racl vvere worne by no inan inthree and twenty years,then is itlikelyt* Belofas Was either vnWilling to ftitre,or vnableto takethe adi antage whenit was' a and fit difcouered.' This might haue compelled thafe ; vwhoalone were not fiers enough,to feckeafterhelpe fromfome Prince thatlay furtheroff;andforthe ot " thofe that diftinguith Phul from Belofus vvould befoinewhat €otifirmed. Onthie ot nd fide;ifwefay,that Btlo/as did paffethe rier ofEuphrates\asfaonas he found! ikelihoo' of making a profperousiourney, then may i¢feeme that the iaver- reenum in Ira ve not f6 long as we have made it: for'three and twenty yeers lelfure would haueafforace better opportunity;which ought notto-haue bedi lor. : For anfwer hereunto,we are to confider,what Orofius and'Ew/ebias haue wilt ten COR ce : -aehey laid cerning the Chaldes the one, that after the dépatture of: Ybaces into Adediasny told on'a part ofthe Empire: the other,that they preuailedand grew mighty,bet the times of Arbaces and Detocésthe y 4edes Now, thoughit bee yeld an exrour oF us,where he fuippofeth that the occupying of Babyloniaby the Chaldeans,was ¥ ofa rebellion from the Wedes{ ee herein heand Ebjebins doe conciitte, thae the by his rity OFArbaces'did réftraine the ambition, which byhis abfence arewbold, and t Aletit death regardfull onely-oFir (elf, Now,though fome have conieCured thavall 4/7 was given to Belofus (as at ouerplis? béfides thie Pfotjince of Babylon which vv " plainebargaine made -aforehand) it tecard OF his hish deferuings , yerthe OF more commonlyréceiued, issthathee did onely @ficroach vponithat Promwn tleandlitele, whilertarbaceslitied: and afterwards dealing irrore openly,go" a felfe. Seeing therefore, that there pafled but tweliie yeeres* betweene the aie CArbaces, and thé Beginning ofAdewahem his Reign ; manifold is-is,that GOO Cxar.23.9.4. ‘ of the Hiftory of the World, 2h, ; ofAfpriaand fettling ofthat Counarey:, was worke enough to hold Belofus occupyed befidesthe reftauration of Nixeue, which alone was ableto take vp all thetime 485 remais ning ofhis Reigne, if perhaps he linedta feeit finifhedin his owne dayes. Sothat this argument may rather ferue to proue that Phxl and Belofus were one perfon;forafmuch a¢ the iourney of Phalagaintt I/rael was not made vntill Belofus could finde leifuire: && the time ofaduantage which Belofus did let flip, argued his bufineffe in fome other quarter namely in that Prouince of which Phu/is called King. Briefely, itmay who conquered A//jria, and performed fomewhat vpon a Countrey be faid, thathe fo farrediftant as Paleftina,was likely to haue been,atleaft,namedin fome Hiftoric ,or,ifnot his Countrey to haue beene {pokenof forthofe viGtories: but we neither himfelfe. yet heare of Phul, ro manly prophane Author, neither dothafiy Writer , facred or prophane, once mention thevictories or acts whatfocuer ofthe 4//jrians,donein thofeti mes ;whereas ofBelofus, and the power ofthe Chaldeans, we finde good Record. Surely , that great flaughter of fo many thoufand Affyrians,in the quarrell ofSardana- palus, together with othercalamities ofthat long and infortu natewarre, which ouerwhelmedthe whole Countrey,not ending but withthe ruine & vtter defolation of wz wene, rautt needes haue fo weakenedthe {tate of4//jria,that it could notin thirty yeeres {pace be ableto inuade Pale/tina, which the ancient Kings,reigning in Wézene,had,in all their greatneff e, forborne to attempt. Yet thefe afflittions,dilabling that Countrey,did helpeto enable Ze/o/us to fubdueit ; vvho hauing once extended : his Dominion to the 20 borders ofMedia,and being (efpeciallyif he had compou nded wvith the Medes) bythe interpofition of that Country, fecure ofthe Seythia ws,8 other war-like Nations on that fide,mi ght very well turne Southward,and try his fortune in thofe Kingdo mes, where: into ciuill diflention ofthe inhabitants, & the borderingenuyo fthe Arabiansand Ava mites about Damafco, friends and Coufins tothe Chaldea ns and Mefopotamians , did inuitehint, For thefe,and the otherbefore alleadgedreafo ns, it may be concluded, That Whatis faid of Pufin the Scriptures, ought'to be vnderftood of Belofass names of Nebachadwezzar, Darius the Mede, Artafbafbtand Ahafbuer euen as by the are thought, orknowne; to be meantthe fame, vwwhom prophane ofb, vvittithe like, Hiftorians, by names better knownein their owne Countries, haue called Nabopollaffar,Cyaxares, and Artaxe 30 érxessefpecially confidering,that hereby wefhall neither contradi@ any thing that hath beene written of old,norneede totroiible our felues and others' withframine new cone lectures. This in effe@tis that, vvhich they alleadge in maintenance ofthe opinion coms monly receiued, 5 Now this being once granted ; otherthings of more importa nce will of themfelues eafily follow-.Forit is amatter of no great confequence to know the truth of this point (confidering i apart from that which depends thereon) Whethe r Pal vvere Belofus } or fome other man; the whole race ofthefe Affyrian and Babylonian Kings, vvhetein\are found thofe famous Princes, Nabonaffar, Mardocempadus, and Nabopollafjar (famous for the Aftronomicall obferuations recorded from their times) is the maine ground ofthis 40 Contention. Iftherefore Belo/us or Belefis were that Phul which inuaded s/rae/, if he arid his pofterity reignedboth in Wiseue & in Babylon ;if he were fatherof T+eglat-P hul-Afar, an eeSalimansfar,Semacheriband Afarhaddon defcended; thenit is manifeft,that feharels bene yee! ar,the Babylonian King,amongthefe Princes ; yea,and:conclude vids psiseaeies ms than Salmanafar, who is knowne to haue reignedinthofe yeares, finpildincdsoate le athematician hathafligned vnto Nabona//ar As forMeredach,who Tee ated Afar-haddon,manifett it is, that he andhisfacceffors were of another houte: This is the fcopeand end of all his difputation. T oe ‘lat maintaine the contrarypart, will not be fatisfied with fuch coniedtures. 1ey lay hold vponthe conclufion, and by fhaking that into pieces, hopeto ouerthro w soall the Premiffes,vpon which itis inferred. For(fay they) if Nabona/far Raha), \ ,that reigned in a be Salmanaffar,or any ofthofe other 4/jrian Kings , then is it manié snioes a een difting, and that Phul and Belofus were feuerall Kings. This 4 diting ny isfop ame Hie it needes no confirmation. Toprouethat veo was folutionof} saloet sia Salmanaffar,are brought fuch arguments as would ftaggert ereof Babilop ie sae ad fworne to holdthe contrary. Forfirft, Nabonaffar was King degra OC the firft fa. part Thisofis prouedbyhis name, vvhich is meerely Chala4, S Salman, Sa/manaffars name, is proper tothe Af/jrians. Bbb 3 It |