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Show Thethird Booktofthe first pare Cram 6§,60 a more thanthreebuhdred and fex'didiequall all theirstogethery thewholt corifitting ofbegisning to. fufpecttheir own thefe:Peloponnclians Wherefore bottorties. foiirefcore fleet of Athens had the poirits):if condition? which wonld haue food wpon dé{perate of fucha bad evento forget greater feare forfaken them werefoon perfivaded) by'the laying afide theirinfolent brat the lefferywhich they: had: conceiuedofthe Perfians:and Salamis: uety,they yeeldedtothar moft piofitable couniaileofabidingiar ofthe Hiftoryofthe World. afturedyifthedthenian fleetioyned with them which they mighteafily hope,confide- ring what abilitie thei Mafter had to recompenice for {o doing, both the Captaines with rich rewards, and the People withreftitution of theit Citie, and Territories: By thefe meanes it fell out, thar when the Greekes_ very carly in the morning were aboutto waigh hard all Anchor, they found themf{elues inclofed roundwith Perfians,who hadlaboured that night, fending many oftheirfhips about the Ifle of Sa/amis, to charge the enemicin reare, and landing many of their men inthe Ifle of P/ttalea , which lycth ouer againft salamis,to faie fuch of their owne, and kill {uch of the Grecian partie, as by any misfortune fhould bee caft vpon the fhore. This did meere neceffity enforce the Grecians to ro vadertakethe battailein thé Straights of Sa/amis, wherethcy obtained a memorable vi- Hos the Pebfans confulted about pinsne battaile sandhow ‘T Greekestotheir refolution ; with the Vidlory ab Salata Cuar.66§.7. ther capon enfuiny. Gory,fteniming the foremoft of their enemies,and chafing the reft,who falling foule one ypon another, couldineither conuehientlyfight norflic..1 doe not finde anyparticular L: the meaneé feafonthe Pérfians had entréd into confiiltation, whetherit were conuetiient to offer battell tothe Greckes; or no. "Thereft of the Captaines git occurrences in this great battaile tobe much remarkeable. Sureit is, that the Scribes of s foonagreed vpon thefight;but Arzemifia Queen of HalicarnuffinswhofollowedXerxe to thiswarte in perfon; was ofcontrary opinion : Her-counfelbwas, thatthe' King hit felfediredtly {hould-march toward Peloponnefus;wherebyit would cometopafle,that fenceof their'King,orthe regiftring of his Noraries. As forthe Greekes, they might well ding fuch aduice as they thought would beft»pleafe-the' King their Mafter, had ofprouifion) the Greek Nawie (vnable otherwife to continue long at ‘Salamis Forwant fhouldprefently be diffeuered, and euery-one fecking to prcferue his owne City atid 2 goods,they fhould,being diuided,prouc vnableto'refift him; whoi had wonfofarvpont themewhenthey heldogether:And.as the profit will be great inforbearingto giue bat e; telhsfoon the other fide, the danger will be more:(faid fhe)swhi¢h we thallindergo thanany need requiréthrystodduentiire vponsand the loffein cafeit fall vponvs,greater than the profit ofthevidiory which we defire.: Forif we compell the ehemiesto fiey tt Sea-men thafi is more than they-would hauedonej we fitting Rill: bucif they; as better that ow ours,putys tothe worft;theiourny:to Peloponnefiss is ytterlydafhr, nd-inany fent for declare for vs,will foon\rduol: uno the Greekes: Mardoninaywhom Xerxes had otherCapfentofthe commoncon Mafterthe his vilto d Pleerjrelate erothe thatpuspof 30 tainicsanid withallthisdifapreeing@epinion of Martemifid. The King well pleafedwith heraduice, yctrefotied vpon following themoregenerall;but farée-worfecounfaileot the -refty which would queftiofileffe hane beene the fame' which 4rrennifiegants had not feare: and fiatrerymadeall the :Captaines vtter that'j casout oftheir owne indgement 5 which they thoughttobesmolt conformable to theit-Princes determination. that his Soir wasindeedthat Xerxes hadentertainedavainepafwakdnof much good, owneprefence vponthefhore to-behold the conflia, wouldworl 10ng the Souldt ers. Therefore hé encamped vponthe Sea-fide;!pitching!bisiowne Tent on themount Aigalans;; whichis oppofitevnto the Ifle of Sdlamis;:whéncesat eafehe might fafely gerite dowlte 54 viewall Whichmighthappenlimvhat actions) hating Scribesabouthimto the ats andibchaitionrofentty Captaine: The neereapproach ofthe Barbarians,tost thenwith thenemesofthat timorous diligence;#hich theirG@ountri-men fhewed infor againel© tifying themusand of a Perfian Army, marching a-padethither3 didstrow terificandamazethe Peloponnefians;that no:ifitreaty, nor«conteftation would faiice to holdthem tagether-Forthey:thought it meeré madneffe ro fightfora Countly 4 pid dy lo& when they'rather fhouldiehdetourte faue'that which remained nvnconquere? 5 ptopounditig chiefly to themfeluts-whar mifery would-befall them, iflofing the vito ry,theyfhould be driueninto Salamis,there to be fhut vpj;and:befieged roimidina poor' oie A? fi : detdlaréTladds noir: been n¢ly ot ey pe 7ithamus: pit for : s d forthwithto ; re Hereupon theyrefolue fecfaile whiclhad pt entlybeen yi 9? rave done,ifthe wifedome ofThemiflacles had:not prevent oleat fear hadftoprup theirearesiagaintt all good counfailedid aod forth-withdabourto preudnithe execution ofthis vaw hol ring thevery honredfpeyformance tofinde him asthe Colincell brake vpjhe difparchedfecretly:a ty fleet ; which ill acquitted it felfethat day, doingno one pieceof feruice worthy thepre{eeme to haue wrought outthat victory with equallcourage, were itnot that the principall honour of that day wasafcribed tothofe of Agina,and to the Athenians, of whom ttisrecorded,, ‘That when the Barbarians didflie towards Phalerus, where the Land-ar- r0micot Xerxes lay, the fhips of Aegina hauing poflefled che Straights, did finke: or take them, whileft the Aehevians did valiantly gine charge vpon thofe that keptthe Sea, and made any. countenance of refiiting. 3 §. VI. Of thingsfollowing after the battaile ofSalamis: and of the flight of Xerxes. Fter this viGore,the Greeks intending by wayof {crutinie,to determine which m ofthe Captaineshad beft merited of them;in all this great feruice; eucry Cap@ tain,being ambitious ofthat honour,did in the firft place write down his own ? name,but in the {econd place,as beft deferuing next vnto himfelfe,almoft eue- ty Safftagedid concur vpon Themiflocles. Thusprivate affeéion yeekled vnto verture,as foone asherowneturne was ferued. The Perfiaz King, asnoramazed withthis calamitic, began to make newpreparation for continuance of warte ; butin fuchfathion, that sfaint heart; they which were beftacquainted with his temper, might eafily diicernchi throughhis painted lookes. Efpecially aterdonius, Authorof the warre, beganne to calta watyeyc vpon his Mafter, fearing left hiscounfell fhould bee rewarded according totheeuent. Wherefore purpofing ratherto aducnturc his life in purfuite of the vi- Garie, than to caft ic away by vndergoing his Princes indignation; heeaduifed the promifed Kingto leaue vnto. him three hundred thoufand men, with whichforces hee 4otOteduce all Greece vnderthe fubiection ofthe Perfiam Scepter. Herewithall he forgot hottofooth Xerxes with manyfaire words; telling him, That the cowardife of thofe 4e- E9ptians, Phoenicians, and Cilicians, with others ofthe like mettall, nothing better than ales,who had {0 ill behaved them felues in the late Sea-feruice,did not concerne his ho- the better part of Nout, who had alwaies beene victorious, and had already {ubdued Thefe principally intended. Greece, yeataken Athensit felf,againft which the Warre was betooke himfelfe to Wotds found very good acceptancein the Kings care, who prefently his iourney homewards, making the morehaft,for that he vaderftood, howthe Greekes and intercept ada Purpofe to {aile to Hellefpont, and thereto breake downehis bridge, his hafty wifhed rather but , fuchintent no had Greekes the that was. $0 ispallage. True it haue fhould asit ftrong, fo not Armie his leauc would hee that Spatture, knowing giue coun€ene, hadhe in perfon remained withir. Andfor this caufe did Eurybiades left nece flirie they fhould attempt the breaking of that bridge, cll, that by no meanes men, than ty inforce the Per/ians to take more courages and.rather to fightJike ae Wherefore Themiflocles did, vader pretence of friendfhip, fend a falfe aie re vnto this timorous Prince; aduifing him to conuay himfelfe ine tooke very kindly, and h peed,before his bridge were diffolued: which counfelfoXerxes that hee foundthe bridge tainess informing themtruely! bfithe intended ix "ofthemWanie aboutthe Handy which incoinps elcapesgining them|withall afalfe hope ofhis a thanbelecuedthefe good Aewes } well khiow Xerxes had-a wearifome taske of writing downe many difafters that befell the Perfias aflily followed, as before is fhewed. Whether it were that thezwictory vwa Wholesand thereby repafled into 4a; or whether it were torne in funderby rene, Non an |