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Show & ArHTTT NY Nk 1 i i 2. The fecond Bookeof thefir(? part Cwdreas. Sent2. re ee i} DRE 544 rn rn i Saal , Ocean and bounds:ofthe Earth,or in the Notth,as being farre from the Sunhejand co. the fartherthey went on, the more pleafant Lands they found,and the more effeminate uered witherernalldarknefle ycertainit is that he would hauethemnearneighburizy to Hell: for he had the fame quarrell tothemywhich Herodorus had, and thereforebelike would haue madethem {eemeakinde of Goblins. It wasthe manner ofthis great Poet (as Herodotus writinghislife affirmes)toinfert into his works the‘natnes offuchaslined jnhis owne time,miaking fuch mentionofthem,as the goodor ill done by them tohimfelfe deferued.And for this reafonit isproued by Ea/fathins,thatthe Cimmeriansweéte people. fo difgraced by him, becaufethey hadwafted his Country, Perhaps that inuafion of Phrygia by the Amazons,wherof Homer puts a remembranceintoPrsameshis difcourfe with Helém; was thevery famie,which En/ebius noteth to haue happened fomewhatbe- 7 fore theage of Homer, at what time the Cinimerians with the Amazons,togetherinua: ded Afia. : i Pele Of the Cimmerians warre in Lydia. pus firft Company of thefe, confifting for the moft part of Cimmerians, held the way ofthe Euxine Seas, which they hadftill on the right hand; leauing on the other fide,é< behind them,the great Mountains of Caucafus. Thefe hauing paffed through the Land ofColchis, that isnow,called Mengrelli, entered the Country of Pontus, and fo being artiued in Paphlagonia,fortified the Promontory,whereon Sinope,a famous Ha- Heradlib.qi uen Towne of the Greekes, was after built.Here it feemes that they beftowed the wea- This is certain,that both the Amazons the Cimmerii (whoin after-times were cal led Cimbrij did often breake into Greeceand A fia ; which thoughit be not in: expreffé tearmes written;that they did with ioynt-forces, yet {eeing they inuadedthe felfe-fame places,it maywell be gathercd,that they were companions. One iourncy of theAmszons into Greece; mentioned alfo by Ex/ebius,was by the ftreights of the Cimmetians, Diodlgc-». "as we finde in Diodore, who furthertelleth vs, thatthe Scythians therein gauethemafPisthacgs, fiftance. Thefame Authour, before his entry into thofe difcourfesofthe Amazons, whichhimfelftacknowledgeth to be fabulous, doth report them to have beene wittes »9 of the Scythians, and no leffe Warre-like than their Husbands ; alledging the example ofthat Queen whois {aid to haueflaine thegreat Perfian Cyrus. Thatit was the manner of the Gimbrito carry their wiues along withthem to the Warres; and how defpe- tate the courage was of thofe Women ; the terrible defcent oftherinto Italy ; when Marins the Romancouerthrewthem; giues proofe fuficient. I will not hereenterintoadifcourfe of the Amazons another place will giueme better leifiureto {peake of them : but feeing that they are noted by diuers Hiftorians to haue belonged vnto the Cimmerians, tothe Scythians, and to the Sarmatians,we maytherefore the better ap- prouc Gorepius his conclufion,Thatthefe three Nations were one,at leaftthatthey were neare allies, 30 Nowasiconcérning the expulfion of the Cimmerians by the Scythians,it appeats haue beenenone other than the fending a Colony of themforth into Atia; with an Armyof Scythiansto helpe them,in purchafing a new feate, and eftablifhing the plantation. The Sarmatiansalfo were companions in this iourney. For the City. ofNouégrad in Rutfia (which Countryis the fame that was called Sarmatia) ftoodin their wayhome: wards, as fhall'anon befurtherfhewed. So thatal! the North was vp in Armes : a8 therefore it is tio maruell though many Countriesfelt the weightof this great inunda- 49 tion. Such atiother voyage was that, whichthe fame peoplemade fiue hundred yea! and motéafter this , when they were encountred by the Romans. For theyiffued from Plitarch in thethe parts about the Lake Mzotis ; they were then likewife affifted(faith Platarch inthe Sot Mars mot likely report ofthem) by the Scythians their neighbours: they had in their Armie aboue three hundred thoufandfighting men , befides.a huge multitude of wome® keftand moft vaferuiceable oftheir traine, togetherwith the heauieft part oftheircar- riages,vnder fome good guard:as drawing nearto thofe Regions, in conqueft whereof they Were totrie the vtmoft hazzard. Forin like fort afterwards did the Cimbri (of whom Ifpakeeuen now) difpofe oftheir impediments, leauing them in a place of ftrength,where Antwerpe nowftands, when theydrew neare ynto Gaule, vpon which they determined to aduenture themfelues in the purchafe. From Sinope, the way vnto Phrygia,Lydia,and Ionia,wasfaire and open to the Cimmerians,without any ledge of Mountaines, or any deep Riuersat all to {tay their march; for Iris and Halysthey had 20 already pafled. Whatbattels were fought betweenthefe inuaders and the Lydians, & with what variable fiicceffe the one or other part waane andloft, I finde not written,not amable to conieGure. This I find,thatin thetime of Ardys, the Cimmerians got poffeffion of Sardes the capitall City of Lydia;only the Caftle holding outagainft them. Further I ob- ferue, that whereas Herodotus tells of the aéts performed by Gyges and Ardys Kings of Lydia,before this inuafion, and by Halyattes and Cri/ws in the times following;all that Ardys did againft the Cimmerians, & all, faue burning the Milefians Corne fields, that was done in twelue years by Sadyattes his Son(who perhaps had his hands fo full ofthis bufinefle, that he could turne themto nothing elfe) is quite omitted : wherebyit may 30 feeme,thatneither ofthe two did any thing worthy ofremembrance in thofe wars, but were glad enoughthat they did lofe all. _ Ceitainly the miferies ofwar are ncuerfo bitter and many, as when awhole Nation, Orgreat part ofit,forfaking their owne feats, labourto root out the eftablifhed pofieffours ofanother Land, making roome for themfelues, their wiues and children. They that fight for the maftery,are pacified with tribute,or with fome otherferuices and acknowledgements ; which had they beene yeelded at the firft, all had been quiet, and no fivord bloudied. But inthefe migrations, theaflailants bring fo little with them, that they need all whichthe defendants h aue, theit Lands and Cattell,their houfesand their goods, euen to the cradles ofthe fucking infants. The mercileffe tearmes of this 4° colitrouerfie arme bothfides withdefperate refolution: feeing the onepart muft either winne, or perith by famine; the other defend their goods, orlofe their lines without tedemption. Moft of the Countries in Europe haue felt examples thereof ; and the and childien ;they wandered ouer many Countries , beating all downe before then; mighty Empire ofRome was ouerthrownebyfuchinuafions. But ourIfle of Britaine for themoreeafie paflagethither, and were confumed in three terrible ba mans, gotten the knowledgeofall Ciuill Arts, in exchangeofliberty, that was but enderlyinftruéted therein before ; whereasthe iffue of the Saxonand Danifh Wars, and finally, thinking to haue fetled themfeluesin Italy, they dinidedtheir Compaty, s bythe Roman Confuls. Meereneceffity enforcedthefe poore Nationsto trouble the World, in following fuch hard aduentures. For their Country being more fruitfull of ie than of fnftenance, and fhut vp on the North fide with intolerable cold,wl ichdeniee iffue that way to their ouer-fwelling multitudes ; they were compelled to onthe South, and byright 6r wrong to drive others out of poffleffion , as haut he to all that they had powerto get, becaufe they wanted all, that weaker, but people had. Their fturdy bodies, patient of hunger, cold, and all hardn them greataduan age oucr fuch as were accuftomedvnto amore delicate| not be without athoufand fuperfluities. Wherefore moft commonlythey pt ty farre ; their next neighbours giuing themfree paflage, that they might t Beridde of thein'; others giuing them, befides paflace, victuals and guides to cont" &hento more wealthyplaces ; others hiting them to,depart withgreat prefents; oe . can beft witneffe the diuerfity of Conquefts ; hauing by the happy vidtory of the Ro- Was, aswerethecaufes, quite contrary. For thefe did not feckeafter the Dominion Onely, butthe entire poffeffion ofthe Country, which the Saxons obtained, but with horrible ctuelty, eradicating all of the Britifh Race,& defacing all memoriall ofthe an- 5&c¢ ient inhabitants throughthe greater part ofthe Land.. But the Danes (who arealfo of the Cimmerian bloud)foundfuchend of their enterprize,as it may feem that the Cimmerians in Lydia,& Scythiansinthe higherAfia,didarriue vnto.Sothat by confidering the Proceffe of the one,we fhall the better conceiue the fortune ofthe other.Many battatles the Danes wonne,yet none offuch importance,as fufficedto makethem abfolute 4 Suess : Many the Saxons won vponthe Danes,yet notfo great, as could driue cominare away , and backe from hence,afterthey had gottenfirme footing. But in time,the long continuance euenofvtter enmity, had bred {uch acquaintance Ggg 3 between |