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Show 488 Tbe fecond Bookeof the first part a Cwar22.§y7, how he hath ordered thefelaft-.Afjriam and Babylonian Kings. Aftet the defttuction of Sardanapalui, Arbaces being the moft mighty,fought to get al I to himfelfe. but Was opofed by Belofas; in which contention,one / ‘bul, a powerful | man in A/yria, fided with Belofus ‘ and they two preuailed fo farre , that final ly Arbaces was content se thare the Empire with them,making fucha diuifion thereof,as waslongafter madeof the Romay Empire,between O@auian,Anthowy,and Lepidus. Another conie@ure is (for Torniellns offers not this > ort he reft, as matter ofcer tainety) that Arbaces made himfelfe Soueraigne Lordof all, andplac dt he teate of his Empire in Media appointing Belofus his Lieutenant in Babylonia and Phalin Affyria. But in {hort {pace,thatis,in foureyceres, it came to paffe, bythe iuf judgement of God, to that Phal and Belofus rebelled againit Carbaces , like as Arbaces had done ; ainkSarda. wapalus;andin ftead of being his Vice-Royes, made themfelues abfolute Kings.Andto this latter opinion Tormiekus himfelfeleanes, holding it much the moreprobable, as being more agreeable to that which is found in prophaneHiftoric s. Whyhe did make Cuars 336.4.>ofthe fitorie of theWorld, Butit is nowfit that wee perufe, the Catalogue of thefe Kings ;.not pafling througt themall (for fome will require a large difcourfe in their owne times) but {peaking of their order and time in generallé 1f ‘it befo volasyfull to thinke,that fome of Agnius his tales(let themall be counted his tales,wHich are not foundin other Authors afwellas in his)may betruc,e{pecially fuchas contradict no acknowledged truth, or apparant likelihood ; whythenis it faid, that PAwf did reigne in-dffyria cight and forty yeeres ¢ For this hath no other ground than 4gaia.' It is truc, ‘that painefull and indicious Writers jue found ris number of(yceres;toagree fitly withthe courfe of things in Hiftory:yer allofthemtooke it frony Aaeiws. Letat therefore: be the punifhment ofAwaizs hisfor fogery(as queftionlefle he is often guilty of this crimé)thdewhen-hetells truth;.or probs bility; hebé not beleeued for his ownefake;though for our ownefakes wee makev{eof his boldueffejtaking his words for good, whereas(nothingelfe being offered)weate ynwilling ourfelues to be Authors of new, though not vnprofitable coniectures, Héercin we fhallchaue this commodity, that wemaywithout blufhing altera little;to helpe out owne opinions;and lay the blame vpon Annis, again{ftwh and publifh the formerfuppofition, refoluing to hold the later, I fhall a non, without any wrongto him , make bold to gueffe. Hauing thus deuifed, how Pal andBelo friends that willtake our part. might, atthefirft, attaineto be Kings, he orders their time, and their fucceflors, inthis ner. to thelength offiue and twenty yeeres the on¢,and feventeene thé other 5 Tornielias hath saan yeeres after Arbaces, Phul begins to reigne,and continues eight and forty years, Theglatpbalafar (whofe name,and the names of other Princes, Ty vrite diue rfly, accot ding as the Authors whomI haue in hand are pleafed to diuerfific them) fucceeding Vo to Phul,reigned three and twenty. Salmanaffar followed him,and reig ned tenne, After him Sewacheribreigned feuen:and whenhe was flaine, A/arhaddenhis fonneten yeares ; in'vvhomthatLine failed. : Thefametime that Phultooke vpon himas King of 4/jria, ornot long after, (why not rather afore? forfo it had beene more likely) Belofus viurped the Kin gdomeof Baby lon, and held itthreefcore and eight yeeres ; at the leaft three{core and eight yeeres did paile,before Wabona//ar followed him inthepoffeffion. ; To Nabouaffarvvhom(withScaliger) he thinkes to be Baladan, are affigned{ixe and twenty yeares : then two andfifty to Meradach , or Mardocempadus : foureand twenty' 4 to Bem Merodach :andlaftly,one and twenty to Nabolaffar,thefather of Nabuchdonfor; whois liketo offer matteroffurther difputation. -: Concerningthe originall ofthefe Afjriaw and Babylonian Kingdomes, I may truely fay; That the conlectures ofother men,whogiueall to Belofus,and confound himwith Phul,appeare to me more neerely refembling the truth. Neither doe I thinke, that 70" wiellas would haue conceited two different vvaies,by which Phal mi ght haue gotten 4/- Spria for how Belofus cameto get Babylon, it is plaine enough) if eitherofthem alone could-haue contented him. He adheresto thelatter ofthe two, asbetter agreeing Wi Diodore,and other Hiftorians, But he perceiued, that to make Phul onthe fuddain King of Afjria'; ortogiuehim fo noblea Prouince, as would, ofit felfe, inuite him to acctpr the name and power of a King,was athing moft vnlikely to haue happened, vnleffe : deferts (wheréofwee finde no mentionyhad beeneproportionable to fo higha se j Andforthis:caufe(as I take ityhath he deuifed the meanes, wherby PAu/ might bemact eapable offo-¢grear a fharein the Empire. If this vverea true or probable {uppofition then vvouldanew doubtarife, Whythis Poul, being one of the three that diuidee betweenethem,was vetetly forgotten byall Hiftorianse yea, why this Diuifionit te and the ciuill Warresthatcaufed it, wereneuerheard of¢ Queftionleffe, theinte a ting offome Treafuresby Belofus, with his Tudgement, Condemnation, and Pardon following, were matters of farre leffe note. Therefore I doe not fee , how one ot a two:inconueéniences can this way be auoyded;but that eyther we muft con feffe,the en inion giuento Phal to hauebeene exceedinghis merits ; or elfehis merits, and nen Withall,to‘haue beene {trangely forgotten: either of which is enough to make vs Te that ratherthee coniecturesinferring fucha fequele,is wide ofthe truth. As for the peek lion of Phuland Belofus againk Arbaces, it was almoft impoffible for the Affyrians a Couerfiuch ftrengthin fouré yeares, as might ferueto holdout in rebellion: for mn ; it was needleffe to rebell, confidering,that 4rbaces didnot fecke to moleft him, ak thet permitted (as being an ouer-great fauourer ofliberty) cuenthe Aedes, that We vnderhis owhe Gouernment ,to doe what theylifted, But om vve thall be fureito finde Thereignesof Theelathalafar and Selmknaffar didreach;, by "aniashis micafur cut offtwo-fiom the fotmer,and feuenfrom thelater ofthem,to fit(asil thihkejhi sown 2© computation ; vling the liberty whereofI {pake laftsfor'that any Authorfa e our good Metafthenes orthofeth at borrowed ofhim, hath goncabout to tell haw long eachof thefedid reighe,it is morethan I have! yee;foundsi Fo .Sewacherth and Afarbaddons Tor: wielies cines thetame lerigth of rcigne, vvhithisfoundiin Metafthenes:| I chinke: there arenot many, ‘that will arrogate fo muchvntothemfelues, 2s may Verywell bee.allow: edvntoaman fo:iudicions ias is. Torwiel/us:and: yet Tcouldowith that héehad forborne to:condemne the followersof Axmixs., im this: bufincies wherein hee shimfelfe-hach chofen;in partsrather to become one ofthem,than to:fay, as elfehe mufthane done,al: moftnothing. sd IF-90t 09 2990991 Thelike liberty we findethat he hath vfed inmeafuringthe reignes ofthe Chaldedas: $° filling vpallithe {pace beeweene the endofSardanapalus;andubielbeginning Sarwith thethreefcoreand ight yeares ofBelofas..In this refpectitwas, ofNabone/: perhaps; thar he thought Bélo/is mighthaue begun his reign fomewhar later than Pha/:: for threefeore and eightyears would féem along time for himto hélda Kingdome; that wasnd yong manwhemhe tooke poffeffion ofit:Buthowis any vvhitofhisageabared byfhortnin g his reigné,.feeing his life reacheth to the end of {uch atime; as werealone without ads ding the time wherein he was'a priuateman,; enoughtora Jong liner? Indeedseight and forty-yeares had been fomewhat of thé moftsconfidering that heifeemes by the ftory tot hauebeene liteleleffe,at {ach timeas he ioyned with: Arbatess and therfore the addition of twenty years,did welldefertiethat note (which Torwiellus aduifedly: pines) that ifhis 4° rcigne extended not fo far,-then theréigne offuchascame after him,occu pied the mid= dletime,vato Nabomaffar. oA Ineither doe reprehend the boldneffe ofTorniellws,in conie@uring, northe modefty of Scaliger and Sethus Caluifivs,in forbearing to fet downeas warran table,fuch things as dependonlyvpon likelihood. For things, whereofthe perfect knowledgeis taken away from vs by Antiquitysmuf' bedefcribed in Hiftor y, s'Geographers in their Maps de{cribethofe Countries,wheivofas yetthereis made no truedifcoutry{that is, either hy Feauingfore part blanke} oriby inferting the Land of Pigmies, Rodkes ofloade-fforie with Head ands, BayesigreavRiuets; and otherparticula rities, agreeable to conimon report,though many timesicontrolled by following:éapeticn ce, and foundcontrary 86 50 truth, Yer indeed theignorance growing fromidiftanceofplace;|a llowes'not fitch ti bettytoe Defcriber, as that which atifech from the remedileffe obliyion of confiming Ume. it'is'truetharthy Poet faith; Neg,feruidis Parsinclafacaloritus>: Mundi,uecBorexfimit imum Latus, > Diirvabeg, fole Nines, Mireatorem abignat:borrida cahigs Vinewnteguora Nusita. 3 |