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Show Lhethird Booke ofthe fritpart i §.I1 II. Cuar.g.s.4 of the Fisftory of the World, CwAr.9.$ul..2. - : Ofthe inter-regnum berweene Cambyles avd Darius, Of Darius the Jone of Hyftafpes. Trus and histwo fons being now dead, and' the Kingdome‘in the pofftifiog of one ofthe Magi,the counterfait'of Smerdiithe PrincesorSabrapes.or Prouinciall Te Gouernours ofthe Empire ( to wit,Oraaes,Intaphernes, Gobrias,Megaby/as, Ap he. tines, Hidarnes, and Darins, who wereall defcended from ‘Achiemenes the fir{t, Per flan King,Jhauing difcouered the fraud ofthis impofture;ioyned their‘forces together ur prifedand rooted our'the Confpirator with his Companions, and affiftants, In which ; action (faith Iuitine') Intaphernes and Afphatineswere flaine': but Herddotus otherwile, Of Datius 4s Lizage, | Arius was defcended of the ancient :Perfiaw Kings, to wit; of the Achemenide, of which, Cyrus the: Great was thelineall Succeffor: Fox imthis fort Hexedetus-derines himas before. that they were onely vvounded,for he auoweth,that all the fenen «Princes were prefent at the ele@ionfollowing. Cyrusthe firft, who had : Tei[pins;who begat 2 «4riaramees,who wasfatherof Forthe Empire being now wvithouta Gouernour, thefe Princes prewinto confilta. tion how the {ame might be ordered from thence-forth.Otares one'of the feten didnot Arfamnes,thefather of fancieany election of Kings, but that the Nobilitie and Cities fhould corifederate, and without iudgement. Megabyfus vvas ofanotheropinion, affirming that the tyiannic of a multitude vvas thrice'more intolerable) than that of one. Forthe multitude'doe ‘all things without indgement,runne into bufineffe and affaires with' precipitation) like raging ando bearing flouds. m Hetheteforethoughtit fafeft to make clection ofa few,and rholé ofrhe bet, wilen and moft ‘vertuous ; becaufe itis euer found) that ‘exctlient: Counfailes are cuet from excelent men. ; Davies gauc thethird iudgement,who perfwadedthe creation'ofa king, becaulecner among fewdiututnitic of concordis feldome fourid, and in great Empiresit doth cuet happen that the difcord of many Rulers hath infore't the eléion ofott Supreme.it vveretherefore,faith Darivs,farré fafer'to obferte the lawes ofour Countric Kingly gouernment hath beene ordained. The other foure Princes adhered to Darius,and agréedto continue the fame Impet all gouernment by God eftablithed, and male p: ofperous. Add to auoi vvasaccotded,that the morning following théfe [tien Prinéesfhatild m backe,and on him thekingdomefhould be conferred .whofehorfe ; Herl.3,p, 100. fhould'frt'hey orbrays-In the euening afterthis ppointment vyastna tok Darius confulced with the Matter of his horfe Ocheruswhoin the Subu where the election 'was refolued of, caufed thefame lorfe, whereo Darine Was mounted,to couera Mare,who asTootic as he the rt horfe that brayed. Whereupon the otherfixe horfes, atidacktiowledged Darius fortheir Lord and Ki Plato ithethitd of his Lawes affirmeth.thatin me of Darias himfelfewas one,thatdeliuered the Empir he diuided the whole into feuen gouernments; Herodots curthds Darias,furnamedCe/es,the father of Xerxes. ing as it feemed greatly terrified, by the cruelties of Camabyfes. As firft, thar it'wasn It aptto infult, andto commit all manner ofvvicked outrage, Aging, chat tyrants commonly vfe the fernices of wicked men,and fatiout them moft;they vfurpvpor lawes of their Countrey;take other mens wines by force,and'deftroywhom they' ey ; HySafpes, the father of... by iuft lawes defend their liberty in equalitie,gining diveis teafons forhis opinion, be- fafeto giue all power to any one,feeing greatneffeit felfe, eueniti dod men, doth often infeé the minde with manyvices, & the libertié and ‘freédome iti all things is Car. V. Hyftafpes'accom panied Cyrws the Great,in the warres againft the Seythians, at vVhich time cyras being madeiealous of Darius by a dreame'of his owne,caufed hinito be fent ice < DP des ye wy . intowil Perfia,others fay tobe imprifoned,from whence byrthe the death ofEy Cpras he was deliq He afterward followed Cambyfts' into Her. ne 2, } ~ atagi, 3 Gonernorofthe Perfiaw eda made vedyand : either hy . Beit; he tien ioyned withthe reft ofthe Princes againft the~ PARISA 4AE1 CIERTY Oy te ving neyingofhissfhorfe,or,#5as others OTNCTS affirme,b heobtaine the Empire,whic a d h ondyftrong 2land Be Bedi 7 r is hethe more affured to himfelfe bytaking two of Cyras Daughters, and ¢ as many_ of his Neeces for his wiues. r : cre bags errs Hyflefpes, to * H@redotus, had befides Dariw thefeeeethree fonnes, according whowere aio a; Jha/pes,ac coraing t ‘ tat > lefle, Thrace, Maceaon,,"8'5* great Commanders inthe warre which Darius made ap ode the 7 fe i fe bed " and Greece» Atarnes, Artabernesjand Artabanus,who dillw aded Xerxes ¥ m t ve Fe 1¢ go Grecian ware, HyHa/pes had alfoadaughter married to Gobryai the Father of Mardo-* oy : D ra Dy / Pe > | rcOn 4 fis, Whocommanded the Armi¢ of Dari#s in Macedon, and married the daughter"o i Dire A toxofire his Cofen germaitie. : . Assets Pa Reineccius eines to Hy fk: fiue fonnes, Darius who fucceeded Cambyfes, Artabawas, Artaphernes ;Oranesand Atarnes with twodaughters. S , ° sohese §. 11. 5 Tse) ah Dp angie Oita Ty po Of Darius his Gouerument aud fuppre[sing the rebellion of Babyto Arius deuifed equall lawes wherebyhis fubiects might bogeatets,; at to all his fi . ( ts, and x 1a being formerly promifedby Cyras.He gaue accefle ued himfelfe fo mildly to allmen,that many Nations defi -dand offered them Sto become his Vaflals: Only helayed diuers payments and taxe son the pe ple, hhad not beene accuftomedin Cyrus time, to the value of fourteene thoufand fue ithreefcoretalents, {2 th Herodotus. ; tention betweene icl Cambyfes befesmade at rreoffini Egypt, and th : ma lich TECOCOsted Babylontans Perfiet of Princes the fi F ing aduertiled, he rt ame wr tt 2 all- off ; did cut oe ied to flyé »,for haibred |