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Show am -_ oe Z hefeconaBo ke of ithefirilpart Gua P25 9.4. Cu AP:26.Gol. Crefias and Atetajlbencs, Lw ill lay theburden vpon Exjebius, who lined in an agebetter farnifhed chan ours,with bookesofthis argument, Let it there fore {uthee,that thefe two Kings (whomI haue reckoned as contemporaries with J Te Medidus ve Cerdices, ‘efo eufebins : for for whether whethet Cardiceas wereC. Diodorus his Arbianes, are found in Ex/ebins Gar vanes, I will not pa y C hin XXVI, ¥ Ip to fearch. The Kings of Mediagccording to Ex/ebing, reignedin this order, Since' Sofarmus, Medidns. Cardicens: Deioces. Phraortes. -} ince. ages. | the : ings that reigned in Esypt, betweene the delinérance; of Mfrael from , and the reigne Ezekiah in Ihda when thence Egypt and Iuda made of a . 40 vei rhe ‘afihe, league a $150. reigned 9 54 f Yeercs. | 24 ; ; 3 (38 3 | 1 } \» Thefenames,and:this.courfe-offuccedlion Lxetaine, butaddevntothefe,Cyaxaresthe fonof Aityages,according to Kengber, and fometimes | allow Heresse SRG eh thelength. ofa Kings reigne,otherwife than Ex/cbiw hathit : of which variations , wi tehder nyxeafons in duc place. . : | ee ew WD a ; Arle CY Ae "YSsi pom ortather ofcricliy, that he thewed vponhis own Davghter- Forhefinding thatthe had offendedin vnchaftity,caufed her to belockt vp with anHorfe,g iuing to neither ofthem any Foode : fo the \ ; Horfe,conftrained by hunger,detioured tlie vnhappy Ww - ; In Rome,the firft Kingand founderofthiat Citi¢ Remulasdid teigne both befote,and I fomewhat after Ezehie. In Lydia, Candeutes the laft King,ruledin the fame age. ee aay This Region wasfirft called Mzonia. Zydus the fon of tye reigning in it,gauc tne 39 naineof Lydia,i Ps . "6 4 a ps ff} the Hecinulat quarrels arifingin nd thefe times, betweed mightyion& Kiigdome s ofEgypria Aifyria,do tonics Vera the moft memorable thingsig Egypt, and fetting downe brieflythe ftate of that Coun. Our painés;:in! collecting (Agi Poy {Vee Ue GOVT is History of the boly eS Nf try, which had coatinued longa dourithing Region,and was ofgrdar power; whenit contended with Affyria for che Mattric, Of Chamthie fon ofNeah.vvho fire planted that Gountry,and ofOffrit, Orusatdother ancien: Kines chatreigned thereyivntillthe Ifraelices were thence deliuetéd; ‘moré hathibeen faid already than I can ftandto ‘ CR Ase Va‘ L-hold ‘iv :no shame to faileinfec h conicRiire 2A though: s. That which [haiedeli nere din Speaking mise opinion of theKgyprian Dynafties;muft hereagaine helpe me\For it may truly be affirmed, Thar the great number of) Kings:;! which are faid tohaue reigned in Egypr, were ngne other 80 than Viceroyesiot Stewatds,: fuch.as Jofepb'was,:arid fiuch as were the Soldanes. in later ages. Therfore I f we beleeue fuch authority as wefind, This gdome was aiterwar : by the appointmentofan Oracle, conferred vpon Argon,whoKin came of Alcewstheiono Hercules, by lardana,a bond-woman. Therace ofthee Heraclid continued reigning fifty fiue yeeres(in which twoand twenty Generationspaffed) rhé'fon ceeding the father, Candaules the fon of Adyr/us was the lalt his race,continuallyfuce who doated{o much vponthe beautyof his ownewife, that he could not beoFconténtto enioyhet, e would needs enforce one Gygessthe will not only forbeareto fecke e,whom Eerodotus and Diode: 7s haue teckoned vp; froni themouthes of Egy aftenthof ptiast Priefts, deliuering St, Without rehearling their iaimes pbutwwill fauethelabourof marfhallinthem by-nbmg themin order, whofe names aul ar¢ founds.theycates oftheirreignes,a nd other circumftances Prouing them to haue been Kings in deed, being not recorded: But that} may not {eerebefore hand;to lay.an imaginary ground, wherapon after I may build what J liftidtwerd notamiffe, fon ofDaftybusto behold hernxked body;& place thevawilling man fecretly in het chamber, where he might ward. This was not fo clofely cartied, but thatthe Quien fee ier pieparing tobe 9 peictiited Gyees at bis going 9 to giue vatotheReader fych fatisfaction in this pointy‘asapparant reafon; dnd truthof Hiftory dothdfford ; Firft therefore, we oughr 4 hotto belecucthofe humbersiof Generationswhieli the lying Prieftshance reckoned VP, forth,and vnderftanding the matter,tdokit in fuch difdaiisthige the forced himth¢ next dayto requite the Kings folly with treafon. Sohigh Gyges beitigbrotight againeinto fe dame chamber by the Queen,flew.Camdau #2 to magiifietheir Antiquities, For we know; that from bra bai; Our Sasioar Chrift was pamoued onely forty two defcents;. which makes itouident, thatinfarce (hoster time namelybefore the PerfiahEmpire,thére cbuld nothatie palledawa . 20nS tt Eaype °» cfpecially confidéring:that many, ofthefe, ytwice as manyfircwhofe continuanceis nPteffedshaning reigned longetthan fatty.earsittifollowesthatavefhoul d {quare the edie of the Egyprian Kings in fonieenen proportions.to.thofe whichdid beate rule tnothep Countries; As! forthe les,and was tewarded ndronly withhis Wits butwiehtheKingdome of LydiasHe reigned thirty cight yeeressbe ginningia hela Exckiasone year beforethe-death of Romulus. Like After Gyges, his onArdys reigned nine & forty years, then Sadyettes, twelue; Haliahtes fifty feuen 3 and finally Crafus,the fon pf Halyattes, fobrteen years : who loft the King: dome,and was taken by Cyrus ofAerffax . si ; "s nitor difpoffeft,are deduced from Hercules,fo ofthefame ther Kings, which gouerned fcudall Countries very lonigRersxle# there {pxangmany er # ; as if A fia,the Myfianss f : : Greece,the Lacedzmonians,M effeniahs, R hodia: ns, Corinthians: & Argiuee es; and iro) the Argiue Maced onians - 2¢ likewife from the Gorinthiansythe ghee :Ses,the arche ac Famou Sy s,choboh Brinate, Families racufa nes + ¥ BP TAC oy' a But.of the Heraclidz that reigned 1in Lydia, 2 I haye fottroubled my felfto take nous in the timeoftheir feuerall reigh es ! FOF Title #5fotind ofthem; bsfide the bare nameb™ theifally ofthis laftking Candanlet,, ee * aes 4 ; ; boViceroyes: Ap exarapleprouing this ont of Williata of Tyre. ; whom Cra/uhis Prog? 4 That many names of Egyptian Kings, found in Historie, are Like to bine belonged onelj THerwentic nine yeeres.of Ezekie were conéurrent,in part, withthe rule‘of the foure Andhereby the way we may noté,chat as theLydidn Kings os atts firlt that were chofen Gouernars of Athensfor ten yeers,thatis, of Charops, Aimedes, 10 Elidicus,and Hippenes. Touching the firtt ofthefe! heare nothing, fae that Rome was built in his firft yeere. of which perhaps himfelf did not heare. Of the fecond and third Find only the names, The fourth made himfelfknown bya ftrange example oftuftice, ren | K Of ee 30 2 of the Hiftory of theWorld, reft;-whofenamesireedindé feastered hereandthere we man nc will take the painestoreadeshe nintteent ; hbooke afthe holy War; .writ- degenArchbilhop of: T7r4, daily iperfwadehim/elfe, shatitis not hard'ta 50 deh a chow, of fuchas inightmay: bethoughtto-hauereigned é in Epypt, being-none erthan Regents or Vicerdyes, Yerwill- There infertyasbriefly.es-t. can, {ome things tothe ): pofefdithe a pledf : ure and. infor tMaking. emiei totha - oc matio t pir Se n ofae fuch,.as-wili nes withturnin l not,troubllee goner mady Authors: q : - berebldkdedbthe Calip 7 h rated non Hey pt,one: Dargdv.a powerfulla nda fubtile man, Sol™ imfelfe Soldan,biy fouéeand gdbning; chafing away Sazar an-Arabian, who was an before andatter:hitn, This Dargan minilt red matter ofquarrel to Amalzick kig of Totu fshas ‘and OF tctufal Exboe fuftained, with little lofle,an inuafian, whichAyistrick made ¥pon a iai oe hegrew fo infolentand Proud , that savarthe foumer Soldanihaped wodio Petty good againtt himsifhe couldgcsanyi fercesiwhtereitheo entesEgy pr, ¥ Briefly |