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Show Lbe third Bookeof thefrst part Cuarito.§a2. -- Guar, X ofthe Fiiftorie ofthe World. Cuar.10,9.3: atthe Kings pleafure;which caufedthem toiframeallthoirdoingsto his wil;whatfoeuer irwereopthey couldiconiecture ittabe. Cyrus therefore being fetled inLyaia, began to confider.with himfelfe/ the intereft thatshe had in the Kingdomes the fmallaflurance of -« Ofthe expedition ofCyrus the younger. hisbrothetslouesheld onlyby hisMothers interceflidh;thedifgrace. endured by his late imprifonment,and the meanes whichhe had by loue of his;own people, and that good neighbourhood ofthe Lacedemontans, whomhe had boundivnto him; to obtaine the §: 1; ) ' Thegrounds ofCyrus bis attempt againft his brother 2p aS HEE matters of Greece ftanding vponfiich termes, that:no one 10 p-Eftate durft oppofe it felfe againftthat of Lacedemon ; young POSNS Gyrus; brother to Artaxerxes; King of Perfia, hauing inhis faUp thers life time very carefully profecutedithe Warreagainft Athens, did fend his meffengers to Sparta, requefting thattheir lone:might appeare no leffe to him, thaa:that which hee had thewed towards them in their dangerous war againft the Atheni~O™ ans.Tothis requeft,being generall,the Lacedzemonians gauea fu- tableanfwer, commanding their Admirall to performeynto Cyrms all feruicethathe thould require of him: If Cyrss had plainly difcouered himfelfe,&the Lacedzmonians bent their whole powertohis affiftance,very likeit is;that eitherthe KingdomeofPer- Crowde for himfelfe.* Neither was it expedient that he fhould long: fit idle, as waiting tilloceafion fhould prefentivfelfe:bur rather enterprife fomewhat:whileft yet his Motherliued,who could procurea good interpretatiomtoall hisactions;ifthey were no loworfethan‘only queftionable.' Hereupon. he firhbeganto quarrell vvith Tifaphernes, and {eizedypon many Townes efhis turifdiction; annexing them torhis own Prouince; whichdilpleafed not Artaxerxes avall,who(befides that he was of condition fomewhat fimple)being truely paid by Cyrastheaccuftomable Tributes ourof thofe places, vvas well contented to fee his brothers!hovfpirivexercifed in priuate quatrels: But Ti//apherneswhofe bafe:conditions were haved,& cowardize defpiled, 'alchough he durft notaduentuireto takearmes againft Cyras; yet peresiving that the Mie/ians were about to'giue vp themfelues into the hands of that. young Prince, asmany athertownes ofthe #mianshad dones:thought by tervour to preferyehis reputation, and keepeithe townein his own hands. Wherefore he flew many; and manythe banifhed, who flying to Cyrus, 10 were gently entértained,as britiging faire occafiémtotake armies, vvhichvvas.no {mall partobhisdefires In Leuying Souldiers he vfed great policie'y for hetooke not only the fia fhould haue been the recompenceof his deferts;or that he perifhing in battaile,as after hedid,the fubuerfion of that Empirehad forthwith enfued, Butit pleafed God, rather to fhew. ynto the Greeks the wayes, which vnder the Macedonian Enfignes,theviGorious foot-ftepsoftheir pofterity fould meafure ; & opening vnto them theriches, and withall the weaknefle of the Perfian,to kindle in them both defireand hope ofthat Conqueft, which he'referued to another generation; thanto giueinto theirhands that mighty Kingdome,whofe houre wasnotyet come.The loue which Paryfatisthe QueenMotherof Perfia bare vnto Cyrus her youngerfon,being feconded by the carnett fauour ofthe pcople,& ready defires ofmany principall men,had monedthis young Prince,in his fathers oldage;to afpire after the fucceffion. But being fent for by his Father(as hath 30 menofhis own Prouince;orofthe Gountries'adioyningy whiofelines Were ready atvhis willy butfeeretly hefutnithed fome Grecian' Captaines. with money; who being very goodmen of war, entertained Souldiers therewith, fome of them warring in Thrace, othetsin The//aliejothers elfewhere in Greece; but allof them readyto croffe the Seas, atthe firtt call ofCyrus;ti} whichtime they had {cbret inftrxctions to prolongtheir feuerallwattes, thatthe Souldiers mightbe held in continnalbexercifesand readyin armes Vponthefudden. cyr#s haningifenvapowerofmen'to befiege Miletus; forthwith fum= _ monedthefe bands ofthe Greekes,..who'very readily cameouertothis affiftance,: being Hthitteenethoufand very firme Souldiers, andableto makehead (whichis almoft incre- before bin fhewed) whofe meaning wasto curbethisambitious youth ; he foundhis elder brotherArtaxerxes eftablifhed fo furely by the old Kings fauour,that itwerenotfafe toattempt any meansof difplanting him,by whofe disfauour himfelfe might cafilylofe theplace ofaVice-roy,which he heldinA fiathe leffe,& hardly beableto maintaine his dible)againftthe whole powerof artaxerxes. With this: Armie; aid that whiclhe had leuied befoveshe could very eafily haue forced: adiletas, atid: chafed away: Tif/aphernes ontoAfiathe leffe but his purpofe wasnot fo! to lofe :timein {mall matters, that was tobeimployed in the accomplifhment ‘of "higher defignes: 'Prerending therefore that ownie life. The neereft neighbour to cyrus ofall the Kings Deputies in the lower Afia, the Pifidians. apeople of -4fa the leffe,not fubiedttothe Lerfiaz, had inuaded his Ter- Was Ti//aphernes,a-man compounded ofcowardife,trechery,craft,&& all vices which accuftomably branch outofthefe. This man accom paniedCyrwsto his Father,vfing bythe wayall faire fhewesoffriendthip,asto.aPrince,for whom it might wel be thought,hat Tiephernes much amazed,vvhohad tio leifuré to reioyce thatcyrws hadleft himto him- titorigheraifed the fiege of Atiletus, and. with all {peede marched Eaftward, leauing felfe, when he confidered,that fo great an Army,and {0 ftrong, was neuerleuied againtt Queene Pery/ates had obtained the inheritance ofthat mighty Empire. Andit was very ,5 true,that Pary/atis had vfed the beft of her endeatiourto that purpofe, alleadging that 4 (which in former ages had bin much auaileableto¥erxes,in the like difceptation with his elder brother)Artaxerxes was born whileft his father was a priuate man,but Cyrus,when he was'a crowned King.All whichnotfufficing, when the moft thar could be obtained for Cyrus, was the pardonof fome prefumptuous demeanour, and confirmation of his he Roiiers of pifidéasbut rather again(t the great King his Mafter.' For' whichcable: t2- # hing abanid offue hundred horfe,hé pofted awayto carry tidings to the Court ofthis Stat preparation. 6.1L Hoy Cyrus tooke his journey intothe higher Alia, 4nd came up clofe to bis Brother. placein Lydia, and theparts adioyning: thendid this Tiffaphernes dif{couerhis nature, and accufe his friend:Cyrasto the new King 4rtaxerxes,of a dangerous treafon intended againtt his perfon.Vponthis accufation,whethertrue or falfe, very eafily beleeued, © rus wasarrefted, and by the moft vehement intreaty of his Mother very hardly deliueted,and fent backe into his owne Prouince. 5° fi iF i §. 11. The preparations of Cyrus, avdhis firft entryinto the warre. a forme of gouerament which the Perfian Lieutenants vfed in their feueral! TOUINCES, Was INnmany points almoft Regall. For they made Warand Peacts as they thoughtit meet not onely forthe Kings behoofe, but for their owne Teputation ; vfually indeede with the Kings enemies, yet fometimes one with 2" other : which was the more cafily tolerated,becaufe theirowne heads were held oncty Hetumult which his comming brought wasvery greatand greatthe exclamati Otis Ofthe Queene statira,acaintt Parsfatis theQueen-Mother,whom fhe called the Authorand occafioner ofthe war.Butwhilefithe King in great feare was‘ais ~ Cyrus forms the high Countriesin his defetice,the dangevhalted ypomhimvery faft.For' > "great marches, hauing his number much increafed, bythe! repaire of his Countri+ as ugh moft ftrengthned by the accefl¢ of fendi hundted Greeks, Be of other fonre indred oFthe famé Nation, who redolted vntotim from the King, How terrible the deen Weteto the Barbarians,he found by triallina Matter, which copleaferhe Qusens the Greeks by-his direGus on a,Who had brought him aideyhe madein Phrygia,where a Hundred thoucontained ch Amiewhi ofhis vporithe'reft ae offerofa chargé the Cate?thewhole Caimpée(not peicdining that thiswas but bravery Aedamaines fe andbagsacers forfiking theit cabbins;and running all away forivery fearbs Wate Cyray aloyfull fpectacleiwhis knew very wellchat his brother was on Hh Qq4 9 |