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Show aagala LT he third Boiokeof heiipare: tc HAP,6,§ A: Cuar.6.§.5. ofthe Fiftorie of the World. gethtrasticauie vponthd-Greckith Alediwhich béing:fmall sould world bedrein Herein zeale,which the Athenians did thew forthe generall good oftheir Country, was illrequited by the other Greeks, who with much labour were hardly intreated to flay fight leauitig the wrack & fpoilstotheenemy, w ha ntuactheletic were'fain to abahdow prefently euenthe paffage whichthey had vndertaken to def end, both for thkomany: of forthem at Salamis,whileft they remoued their wiues & children out of the City. But oblythd Batbarians mayfeutite to hauhad the wore} thapthey forlook/tht place:iof thdic faipsawereiforely ciufhtiinithe bateaild,& efpecially becauleaheyhadreceivedadvertifement of thedvathiof Leomidasat Thermopyla\ Beforethey wayed‘anchors, The: wiftecies,Generalof the Avhenians,engraued vpondtone anthe watering place ambxhors tation to the Idnians,thateitherthey fhould renolt yiato the Greekes,orftand neutrall', which perfwafion, he hoped wouldeither takefomeplace withthem, or atthe leaf make themifafpetted bythe Perfians. ; e §.1V. The attempt of Xerxes upon Apollo's Temple : andhis taking ofAthens. , Hen.Xerxeshad paffed the ftraits. of Thermapyle, he waftedthe country of the Phocians,& thexegions adioyning : as forthe inhabitants they, chofe rather to flye, and referuethemfelues to.a day, of-battell, rhan|to adventure their lines into his hands,ypon hope of{auing theinwealth,, by making proffer vato him oftheir feruice., Part ofhis armyhe fent to {poylethe Temple of Delphé;;whichwas exceeding rich by meanes,of many offerings that-had there beene madeby diucts Kings and great 10 perfonages ;.of, all whichrichesit was thoughtthat Xerxes hada.better Inuentory chan of the goodsleftin his owne Palace, ‘To makerelation ofa great aftonifhmentthatfell ypoathe companies which-arrined.atthe'Templeto hauefackedit,and oftwoRockes when thecity of Athens was taken,it was prefently refolued vpon,that they fhould forfake the Ile ofSalamis,and withdraw the fleet to "/thmus :which necke of land they did purpofe to fortifieagainftthe Perfians,& fo to defend Peloponnefiss by land & feajlea uing the reft ofGreece as indefenfible, to the fury oftheenemy. So fhould the Ilands ofSalamis and Aigina haue been abandoned,and the Families ofthe Athenians (which were there beftowed as in places of fecurity) haue beerie giuen ouerinto mercileffe bondage. Againft this refolution Themiffocles , Admitall of the Athenian Fleet,ver 10 ftrongly made oppofition ; but in vaine, For the Peloponnefians were fo pofleffed with feare oflofing their owne, whichthey would not hazzard, that no perfwafions could obtaine ofthem, to regard the eftate oftheir diftreffed Friendsand Allies. Many -rethonftrances Themistocles made vnto them, to allurethem to abide the enemyat Sala- mis;Asfirft in priuate vnto Erybiades the Lacedemonian,Admiral ofthe whole Fleet, That the fel&-fame feare which made them forfake thofe coafts of Greece,vpon which they then anchored, would afterward (ifit found no checke at the firft) caufe themalfoto diffeuer the Fleet,and euery one ofthe Confederates to with-drawhimfelf to the defence ofhis owne City and Eftate: Then tothe Councell ofWarre,which Eurybiades vponthis motion did call together (forbearing to obieét what wantof courage might workein them hereafter) he fhewed that the fightat 7//bmws would be inan open Sea, whereas it was more expedient for them, hauing the fewerfhips, to determine the matterintheftreights ; and that, befides the fafeguard of Agina, Megara, and Salamis, That the broken Rockesisemained euento hismemotry.in the Temple ofAsineruaswwhi- they fhould by abiding wherethey thenwere, fufficiently defend 2#h2us, which the Barbarians fhould not fo muchas once look vpon,ifthe Greeks obtained victorybyfea; which they could notfo well hopeforelfwhere,as inthat prefent place which gauehim ther they rowledintheir fall,And furely this attempt of Xerxes was.impious,forfeeing fogood aduantage. All this would notferue to retainethe Peloponnefians, ofwhom aking.fromthe Mount Parnaffus, onerwhelmed manyofthe Barbariansjit were peraduenture fomewhat {uperftitious. Yet. Heroderms, who lined not.Jong after, faith, he beleeued that 4poilo was.a god,he fhould.not haue. dared to entertainea couctous dex fire of inriching himfelfe by committing facriledgevpon his Temple,Wh exforeit may pollibly be true;that licence to.chaftife his impiety, in fuch. mannerasis reported, Was 30 granted ynto the Diuell,by thatHoly one,whofaith, ill 2 man[paile bisgods tandelles Lewszve. where; Hath any astion changed their goas,which yet areno gods ? Goe.to the Les of Kittin, and beholdandfend to Kedar,andtake diligent heede,andifce whether there be anyfuch things. & Io. Malac.2.8. Nowthis impiety ofXerxes was the more inexcufable, for that the Perfians:alleadged the burning ofCybeles Temple by the Athenians, whenthey, fet fireon the City ofSadis in Afia,' to bethe ground & caufe of the wafte. which they, madein buraing ofCities and Temples in Greece. Whereas indeede, intheenterprife againft Delphos, this Vizzorof holy andzealous reuengefalling off, difconered.the face of couetoulhelle fo muchthe more vgly , by how much the more:themfelues. had. profelled.a de teftation of the offence which the Athenians had:committedin.that kinde-by mect¢ mifchance, The remainder ofthat which Xerxes did,may be. expreffed briefly. thus : Hee came! Athens, whichfiading forfaken, hee tooke and burnt the Cittadeland Teuple mhich wartherein, The Cittadel indeedewas defended a while by fome of more courage than wiledome, who litterally interpreting Apollos Oracles that Athensfhould befafein woodden wals, had fortified that place with Boords and Paliffadoes: too weaketo hold ontlongs though bytheir defperatevalourfo well maintained at the firft affau It, thacthey @ ight haue yeelded it vpon tolerable conditions,had they notvainly relied ypon the prophecy; whereof(being fomewhat obfcure) it was wifely done of Themiftocles, to make 59 cretion the interpreter, applying ratherthe words tothe prefentneede,thanfafhionl0s the bufinefle to words. ; one, vaworthy ofmemory, vpbraided Themiffocles with theloffe of Athens, blaming ‘go 2arpbiades for fiffering one to fpeake in the Councell,that had no Country of his owne toinhabite, A bafe and fhamefull obiection it was,to lay asareproachthat loffe,which being voluntarily fuftained for the common good; was intrue eftimarion by fo much themore honourable,by how muchit was the greater. But this indignity did exafperate Themiftecles , and put into his moutha reply fo fharpe, as auailed more than all his formet perfwafions. He told them all plainely , Tharthe Athenians wanted nota fairer City,than any Nation of Greece could boaft of ; hauing well-neeretwo hundred good ippes of Warre, the better part of the Grecian Eleet, with which it was eafie for them totranfport their Families and fubftance into any part of the World, and fettle themfeluesin a more fecure habitation,leauing thofe to fhift as well as they might,who 4o'theit extremity had refufed to ftand by them. Herewithall he mentioned a Towne in Italy belonging of oldto the State of'Athens, ofwhich Towne he {aid an Oracle had foretold,That the Atheniansin proceffe oftime fhould build ita-new, & there (quoth he)will we plant ourfelues,leauing vnto you a forrowfull remembrance of my words, and ofyour own vnthankfulneffe. The Peloponnefians hearing thus much,began to enterinto bette: confideration ofthe Athenians, whofeaffaires depended not,as they well Petecined,vpon fo weak termes,that theyfhould be drinento crouch to others; but ra- ther Were fiich; as might inforce the reftto yceld to them, and condefcendeuen to the ee oftheit owne demands. L : { ‘or the Athenians,when theyfirft embraced that Heroicall refolution ofleauing their soonnudsand houfes to fireand ruiae, if neceffity fhouldinforce them fo farre, for the Preletuation oftheirliberty ; did imploy the moft oftheir priuate wealth, and all the fommontreafiure, in building a great Nanic. By thefe meanes they hoped (which acCotdingly fell: out)that no fuch calamity fhould befall them by Land,as might notwelt : C counterpoifed by greataduantages at Sea: Knowing wel,that a ftrongfleet would ei- y set How Themiftocles the Athenian drewthe Greekes to fight at Salatats. He Athenians hadbeforethe comming ofXerxes remouedtheir wines andc#** dren into Troezene;Agina,and Salamis,hot fo highly prizing th 3 fis 2 the commonliberty ': XT euerthel rhe lands,as theirSes freedome,& ofc Greece. N . Procure victory at home, or a fecure paflage to any other Country. The other ae of Greece heldit fufficient,if buildinga few new fhips, they did fomwhat amend - Nauie:Wherbyit came to paffe,that,hadthey bin vanquifhed,they could nothaue fortune than cither prefent death otperpetual: flaueryneither could' th Pefted any otherBee °Y hopeto be vidtorious without the affiftance of the Athenians, ese: fea |