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Show T he third Bookeofehe pestpars: Cuaro.gn . in which Xerxes himfelfe was imall the reft of the Fleet, excepting thole of Zidon, as barked. = the viewofthe Arniy. | ETEA this world ofan Attywas throughly'firriifhed he'caufed alltheNal10 ‘tions.of whichit was compounded,to make their Regdez-vows,8erepaireat Sardis in' Lydia'And when hehad affembled ro:the numberoffeuenteen¢ Hilindred thoufand foot,as he entred the bodyof Celznas,he was by one Pythypsthe Lys dian eritettainedywho out of his Flocks aid Heatds ofCattell gaue food to Xerxesschis whole Army:The Feaft ended,he alfo prefented him with two thoufand Tafenrsof fil, qrerjand itt Gold foure Millions, wanting feuen thonfand ofthe Rerfian. Darici; which . make fo many ofour Markes. b UPhe King overcome with the exceeding libetality-ofPyrhins,didnot onely refufe his treafure offered,but cémandedthat feuen thowfand Davie: fhould be given himto make vphis foure Millions ; of which, fomany thoufands were wanting whenhe madethe ? -pfeferit.But foone after,when Pythias befought him to {pare one of his Aue fonnes from his attendanceinto Greece (becaufe himfelfe was'old; and had none whomhe could f6 iwelltruft'as Hig owne fon) Xerxes moftbarbaronfly caufed the young man, for whom his father fought exemption, to be funderedinto two parts, commanding, thatthe one halfe of his'carkaffe fliould be layed on the right,and the other haife onthe lefi hand of theicommonway by which the Army'marched. Twothings he commanded to be done before hecame to the Sea-fide. Theonewasa ‘paflage for'Galli¢s to be cut behinde Mount Athosij"tnaking the fame (withthe halte Ifland or Headland;whereon it ood yto be anentire [fland;fundring thereby fromthe Continent ofPrace fiue Cities,befidesthe Mountaine & the Cher{onefus orNecke of 32 Landit felfe: aworke ofmore oftentation than ofvfe,and yetanenterprife ofno great wonder,the Valley which heldit to the Continent having buttwelue furlongs (whic make aboutamileand halfe)to cut through,and the ditch being broad enough only for two Gallies to paffein front.The Cities fo feuered from the maine, were Dion, Olo- pliyxus,Acrotlioon,Thyftis,and Cleone. 1 >Healfo gaue order,thata Bridge vpon Boats fhould be made ouer the Hellefpont be- -tween Abidus & Seftos,the Sea there hauing-a myle ofbreadth, wanting an eight part; which after the finithing; was by a Tempefttorne afunderard' difleuered: wherewith Xerxes being mote enraged than difcouraged, commanded thofeto bee fl ine that Were 49 mafters of the worke, and'caufedfixe hundred threefcore and foureteenc Me eoupleditogether,thereonto frame a new Bridge'; which by the artandinduftry ofthe Phoenicians was {o well'anchored to refift bothiwinds blowinginto & from the Euxin® Sea,as the fame being well boorded and rayled,the whole Army of feuenteen hundrec thoufand foot,and fourefcorethoufand Horfe, with all the Moyles and Carriages,pat oulcr itinto Europeinfeuen dayés & feneén nights,without intcrmiffion. This tranipor imitation tationiof Armies did Ca/trafterward-vfe.And Caligu/athat mad Emperour,in ofXerxes hisiBtidge,did build thelike. + ofhe Bridge finithed,:andthe Army brought neere tothe Sea-fide,, Xerxes rooke'é 0 wiew of all his Troupes,affembled.in the Plains of Abidus,being carried vp, and feated tee $9 nee and after one pl € ouer-topping the Landround about it, and the Sea adioyning had gloriedimhis owne hippineffe, to, behold and.command fo many Nations, 4 powerfull an Army. and Fleet; hee-fuddenly (notwithfianding) burft out intote moued with thisicontemplation;Tharin one hundred yeares there fhould not 45Y frvineof that matuellousmultitude: thie caufe of whichfadden change of pafliot he viteted'toldrtabanusis Wncle; «4rtabanes {pake tothe. King tothis which is more ‘lamentable than theidiffolution of this great Troupe ber of yyearesbythe' King vemembred)is)"Fhac the life ie felfe which withio moremif¢table:thnithe lend thereof: for in thofefew dayes:ginen vsin the ¥ an RTA eucr found himfelfe foaccompanitheréis nommamdmone albehefesnor elfewhore,that withthe defire&hope edyith hap pihesbut chatihtoftentimes pléafedhimf{elfe berteres whereto tnanforrow and s, difeafc ies; calamit ident rheite ; g: ‘of deaththan oflinin selinnessan ble, that the fhorteft life'doth kinde is {ubieétsbei S515: Athos from the Continent :his Xerxes Army entertained by Pychius: his cutting off Mount bridge ofBoates onerthe Hellef, boat <and the dsfcentle betweene him and Artabanus por Fiz) ; Camog.2. ofthe Hiftory of the World, many and ineuira njthereis neither refuge'norreft;but in defired pearyato ys ouerlon 5 ; toauoidallwhic deathalone. pleafedyprayed Artdbania hor Withthis mtlancholydifcouyfeyxvrves being not much And nbr: t ith w uit ainpuri hadinow they to ouet-caft thofe ioyes which Condemme ithe inuafio holding ftill'a atoubifull coaddin, that sArtabenuanstetly ginch manyfrog ‘eafons\defiredhimto de Greece,againftwhich hehad fort To edto bis frie olution,tharthe retutn elwere et Wheth hinds freely.with according tothe change of the Orwhe otise profper Gicece could not-be good ifuecelle * Artabanus, erwofi confid tohimiby-his latoVilion,he was not b goeon, aud dared ding thar hee aflured him felfe gf the Kings rdulutionto toldithe King, T yethee lfe, ofcirfe pul t. thegrea batter co umenits new,Arg e} whichthe King fho werg two things which masuellouflya rightedhim,-andLand : The Sea,becaufeit had the caand thes wit, festo asheteared,to bemoftadiier fo great a Fleet : infomich,as if nowhere in that part ofthe wotld.any-Port capable hardly receive them,nor all could Greece ntof. Contind the rife,all fhould.a tempelt any n any fuch thelter fhall.bé orewhe theref tyrand nyfafe dthema faflor go the Hanens thereo of extremity, mictt acafe fiich tnatia rftand, to.wide :kim prayed wanting-ypto th, will and difpofitithe to e Fortun andnot , ion of Fortune dif areleftto the will and odities, will be found by fomucht emore ides other i on ofmen. The ah enemy,by he i of manto obtaine more and more thereof, to giue refiftance,yet the want of doth leade him forward; for were there ho man found anotbe preuented, will withwhich , Famine the nd meanesto feede fuch at Armya t. By thefe Arguments 47ta- ont any othei vrotence offered diftinable atid cont rchiance to vtter what indeede he Pandehoped tovhime diuerted Xerxes; N0t dari bothby Sea and Land, ' vhich moft feared gtoavic;the overthrow ofelie Armyit {elfe weighty, if Xerxes his obftinaing exceed were ns Cautio go fooneafter followed: "Thefe a perillous Coaft, being neion Sea'vp by intiade ci¢hadnot mifprifed thent+"For,to by any party, may better fit a Prince therid poffeffion cfany Port ,-nor fuccouted anding. Such was the enterprife prefiming on his fortune, than entiched with vodertt ard of this ofPhilipthe fecond'vpon Englandin the- year's 5 38 avhohad belike neuerhe : Counfellof.Arrabanustoxerxes,or forgottenit." wna cali that Retixes his Army Nowcontertiing the fecond point,itwas.very likely, his beafts couldnothaue init leffe thantwo millions of Soules, befides ¢ vhich a vfing 44 chi dele OFA M our ire Carriage,thouldiafter a few dayestufier fafiiine, and : For Greece, ag ragged, { le t impofli was it For knife. a Sarscoufteos die without fhe feruea what fides food(be yeeld ey,to 40 2ndimountainous Countr ent hundredthoufand ftrangers,whomthey neuer meant to whatfoeuer they co Ned points oftheit weapons deftroying withall Terodotus che Army-of Xers é and defend, Nay, if we may belecue two hundred eighty three tf Thermopylx; confifted of fiue mil and Horfes; ana we dredtwenty men,befides Lanndreffes, Harlots, cndireafpeedy: famine. Y if Sa impoffible toprouide fo Theeffect of Xerxes his anfwer was, That it was ethe he: matter,if hi y andthat whofoeuerfhould enterprifean great neuer purfuett ©fame could be obieted ofaccidental inconueniences, hefliould- 9 Perlian I ltation « whichifhis Predeceffois, the $o ther, tharithe difpute and confu ft fo many Kingd omes ant e, ad done,they had neuer growne tothatereatnefi or pofle d, tgteat enter prifes werenery Nations asnow they did; and therefore conclude s Was NOt to Bee condrar n Xerxe of utio hrefol Whic s. vadertaken without great peril g the many Nationa ; feein . But ware that c't himto bed, ifany neceffity had enfor conftrained ane ed, 'weremore than could bee ; ¥-conquered , whichhe already comm endured and f the Perffansians enc ty'o peri prof ull y. erf erit pow rofp who ab | j r e any longet thanthe (of whof s fof nion Domi s tie edie xerxe tt-of . ncewas hesxe fromt Sea the feparated by Greece tefolution: his Father Darius had:made aideare expetience) the fruit of this bert . |