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Show The third Booke of thefirpart Cuar8.§.6: Ofthe negotiations, andpractices, . held betweene man y States of Greece, by occafi j peace that was concluded, i at Tta He admitation whereinall Greece held the valour ofSparta as vnrefiftable, and oe romels way through allimpediments, had bin fo excefliue, that when by ¥ z < . . ~ - (as eee ually in things extreame ) was changed into muchcontempt. For itwas 19 eet ee thatany Lacedemonian would haue:enduredto lay downhis weapons,& yee rus e : prifoner, nor thatany misfortune fhould haue bin fo great as fhould " u es cing - aied by enemies,in the Iland before Py/zs, had rather chofentolive nce uit an ees fight,and that Pylus it felte,fticking as athorne ‘inthe foot of ie a S ag anguifhin that Eftate,as vtterly wearying the accuftomed Sparie se - ution, : made itfit down,and feeketo refrefh it felfe by difhonorable cafe: ee ae onely the Corinthians and Thebans begin to conceiue bafely.of chofe men a oa ere Vv eeee vnfortunate ; but otherleffer Cities ioyning with thefe in 20 Pe - poeicias caft their eies ypon the rich & great Gitie ofArgos, of whofeabi- Siit haddonenoot Oe Eo . oj ch,the y conceiued tie. eeeies Sans? a {trong beleefe,becaufeof long time thing. dortas e bafe condition,which throughfoolith Psat aie ig if enuieie is be becomee almoft natura natural ee ae mankind. Wecurioufly {earchinto their vices,in whom,bad they a tar ance,we a haue difcerned only the vertues; and comparinginiutoi iy. me ae with their worft,are iuftly plagued witha falfe opinion ofthatgood ie te nich we know to be wantingin ontfelues a 1¢-firft that, publithed their difli cs ethudubiesls t the Corinthians,at whofevehement were Sparta of oe moted psepiolicusirhaeee yenuy atthe greatneffe ofAthens daily encreafing)the entr Cooaee eas ee ne prefent Warre.Butthefe Corizthians did oncly mut 39 or pee aonBing as ee fome townesoftheizs were left in the thenia hacen P Aantinaans, who during pele ; ren g the time imeof of Warre, had procuredd fome tome a pci = to nr. theirfollowers,and forfake their Nlopssidante ees a haat cee reely and readily difcouer themfelues ; feare ofreuenget pens & Sparta excepted)withour any further PH sr y oo "he " eC mr ay a, fhewed againft them more ftomacke than force , but gaue themto ofthat alliance,which c Jaimethe benefit might be fafe cnough from them,ifthey would ts ; yet finally they granted vnto Athens had lately made with Sparta & her dependan theirold Allies had re themfelues dependants of Sparta) ately be fee nethe great aduantage vvhich re ferued by voluntariess tly followedas Sparta he : tten bytheir m teonfent,which had them in prefent p< a . But in performance of {s good, by excluding greed ypon: of rfuch Townes as 2 yvar,c Id not be reftore 1 with- ons;and particularly the Towne of be obtained from them by the Laby no mea | #adlewhich the Thebans held,couldit, that by reftitution thereof vnto the Athenians; defired y ~Sdemonians( vvho earneftl Pylus ) vnleffe thatthey vvould S camneftly demanding it, themfelues might recoucr ni ance with Thebes V shich thereupon they vvere conftrai ement betweene them itto be contrarie tothe laft agre } federacyforafinuchras it had bi aie ne uss theconfent ofthegreater ae agreed betweenthe Spartans and their theleffer number to perk : Part,/whichhad yeeldedvnite peacewith4 orme whatwas concluded,ifnedinine impedi hem, Hereuntothe Corinthians made anfi wer, thacth shom oper wrong, in concl oncl uding uding the warr w; eivhIerein tl rt ment with one Citic that had joonetime, did notgreatly care to come to any appoint vnderftand.that they Yominion,whereinthey demeaned tk Gitions agreed vpon,the 4theni anyState out oftheir Confeders Which the Lacedemenians could d naliiotieseielvuartnier . terete adorsS found in > imbaf Em i the© Coriathiansaveryt Cori , Dates, "on : tg ing the opinion which they hadconceined of a had dealt with all Greece. at \Atheniansand hardly obtainedit.Forthe Athenians who it {elfe,being all as free: nd fome ofthem little inferiour toiue meanes gotten their was by fo. many States,a compulf r had s Athenian wife,the Wheteas contrari con- confederacy; fome-incited by pru y at hians, who know- jealt- with them to. enter into ferent formes of gouernment, rather with Sparta, that was ruled vied in Thebes and Argos,caufed the Thebansto hold on, by ioyning with fuchas bythe principal! men,than toincurre the danger of innouati to the multitude. committed the whole bethinke them felues of This bufineffe hauing ill {ucceeded, the Carint jens beganto truce with Athens, andyet were vnpretheir owne danger,who hadnot fo muchasan y agreement with the pated for warre. They fought thereforeto cot netofometemporary Wethall hardly finde. any Signio1 ie, that new to: do.as themoft did. Whatinconu vileft thinking irrethe {pects, others seibbevriGe ssinduneie rvs = way Gat teebaladenea tee oe s,theZ acedamonians cafily difcerned;&th chinkehad Laetdliod hese ee well perceiuedthatt 2 in. war,yet rather the Argines ethe ingthatthe Tcbaus wereaffected like vnto them the focietie ofthe Argives, asthey had done: but Herein,as in many. otherpaff abfolute Lords haue,as well in pea eueryparticular bufineffeto the multitud Wh I Ys of. Se eutniee thusope Argos werefet of manyCities gates Mati inte i Pesqponne to allcommers;the leadethe toe.Whenthe i sthe Mentineens be cade the way,and w ities ofPeloponne italiaanaittheuenned sisbourbieachofdekca. Se ee Embaflie wasthis:: "Phar the coriath™ eedsaeck aoe notforfakethe alliance; which they-hadlo ie neal lavely : ee a did as well bindethemto hold themfelue 20 inwar than theLacedemonians in peace.Of this nu make peace norwarre vvithout the other. ropoundil etm nee comer ae canfedall Cities which had noventred yet Ghicetama a - gents tothem,in'whofe prefence they gaut ives je they would.not admit them, it thetrueethat they defired;butinto private conte tans, That the one fhould not the:Spar d theman between league ofthe article an being 3 + abfol their 4 Citizens,a rens,: ful & abiolute commiffion tomake oFaiiierssecstchees to omake alli alliancebetweene betwi them &any 1 xv any free : the peace concluded fameafectionto be inueterate ; others d would rather haue followed the Spartaws th thele Corinthians ( vvhich wereloth to ack ore effectually, thanindigaation at things already paft.: The4 ines profperousFortune that began fil their their failes; {ai preparedthemlcclues eganto the asas muchofitas as theycould to take ake ftand vnder: gluing giuing for for tkthat purpofe DOLEY,vato twelue, yelue ot : they fhould yndertaken,As forthe alliance with Arges, they faid that they would do ashafteto ioyne made they an{wer, this with dors Embafla the d 10 find caufe.Hauing difmiffe & Athens were themfelues with drgas,& caufed otherStates to do the like;fothat Sparta vpon the point to jnamannerleft to themfelues,the Thebanes and Megariansbeing alfo diuers, which caufed haueentred into this new confederacie. Butas theaffections were to pafle. that the came likewife fo it Argos, to iends fuddenfr of this haftieconfluence ieand ofcontinufincerit of both ie diuerfit much friendfhip itfelfe, fuch.asit was, had he Lacedemonians : as the Mastineans atice.For fome there were that hated or f Argines,in whomthey knewthe and Eleaws: thefe did firmelybetake the ; and thefe auc ee hat Citic to relicueit felfe otherwifethanby force of Armes. But whea oe a a saructe that many oftheir Citizens,among whomwere fome ofefpeciall ecling the gale.of --- impediment,than into protection; forthat an oath was no leffe to be accounted aDiuine the performance of things were peftilence, tempeft, or any the like accident, hindering 3 omefinifter accidents,that Citie was compelled totake andfeeke peace, vpon anes not ome very honourable,this common opinion wasnotonely abated, but ee - 79. oftheFiyftorte oftheWorld, dors, did ac; prouifion ofreftitution;and thatthe very claufe, alledged by the Enibaffa asthey had ch fora{mu peace, late the to ing fub{erib of: y neceffit quitethem fromany that they Athens, againft rebell. to ed perfwad they: fworn ynto, thofe people whom. the tyrannous would neuer abandon:them, norwillinglyfuffer themto fall againe into bothin' reafon & telihands ofthe Athenians.Wherefore they held themfelues boundconfent they; had taken common by: whom thofe, ng ypholdi of gion to vfeall meanes §.VI. E Cu8.r 6.6 Beet semenions hauing broken oneartic : nade betweenthem and ormance ofan- perf aohe vat by fo doing they migh = who did notgiue vp hed 1 1 . eir hopesby the Thebanes;wv! od « fully. difappc e it ofnoworthto yererly demolilhedit, and mad the |
