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Show Lhe third Booke ofthepa rig era? rt Cuapingo, CuariG.to. nuanceoftime,to haue taken the Cities one after another,till hehad made himfelfe Matterof all.TheSpa rans with enuie,that perceiuing howthe domi were not ignorantof this,but were {o cartied nion ofthe Seas waslike to return to they chofe ratherto giue all Athens, from themfelues and others,and make all a-like i thei ation fhould grow ftrongerthan themfe weak,than lues, f is gard that the other Eftates of Greec great offer was not at the firft accepted, bo e, who hadin the Kings behalfei gainftthe Lacedemoniansjdid oyned tog by their afladors oppofethemfeluesynto & fortharit was thought fafeft forA it; rtaxerxes,rather to weaken the Laced more,than by interpofing himfelfe to bring emonians yet frien dsand foes onthe fuddento.an equality. Efpecially Strathas, who m Artaxerxes had fent as his Lieutenant into Countries, did feek to repay the harm the lowe done by Agefilaus in thofe parts : which hisintent appearing plaine,ahd all hope ofthe peace being thereby cut off into Afiato make warre Vpon , Thixebrowas fen4e Strut whereby the warre beifg {cattered hassand others were appointed to otherpl gtew almoft'to the maner ofPiracy about,all the Tes and Townes onthe firme! and Robbery, affording manyskirm Breat actions worthy ofrememb ithes,bu rance.Thimdr p wa: sflaine by Strathas,8- in his placeDi phridas was fent,who deme aned his charge at Abydus,becaufe himfelfe more wa tily.' Dercyllidas was remoued fro he had notimpeach edThrafybulus Hellefpont; Ana xibins.wl in his enterprifes ab¢ i rprifed & flaine inaskirmith by crates the Athenian. Thre(jbnlu s,de parting from Lesbos toward Rhodes, wasfl the wayat Afpendus. The city ¢ . nlans, who erected there (as of Rhodes had lo ng before ioyned withth e LacedA: was their mai her) an Ariftocrat fewthepri neipall Citizens, ie, orthe Gouernmic whera the Soueraignty into the hands s contrariwifethe Athenians were accufton ofthe people,each ofthemfeeki byerecting in the town ofthe ng to affarethen ir Confederates a gouernment doing(where more efpeciall caufe like vito their own did not hinder)caufed the Nobil Sethe Commons to enclineto ity to fauot Attica,which caufed the Athen Athens. The people of Agina roued vpon th ians to landan Armyin Agin a,& befiege their T but this fiege being raifed by the B20 a-new to moleft Attica,whi affiftance ofthe Lacedamonian fleet,the Ilan turned beaten, hauing loft foure ch caufed theAthenians to mantheir thi ofthirteen. The lofi ofthefe thips was foot fed bya victory which Chabr landers‘were faine to keepe izs the Athenian Generall had in Agina,whe home, and lean e to the Athen feemftrange thatthe City of Athens, hauine but newl ians the any forttinate & importantbattel y raifed her w l fecured her eftate from dangers by pending vpon the affiftatice offu chConfederates,as carried ten difcoiiered themfelués vnto different et itrefolute in the common caufe; would fe my to Cyprus, in defence of Ewago ras, when the maftry ofrhe thatan land lying in the eie ofPyreem had ability to vexe thecoaft ofAtti Ouer-weening ofthat City did caufe it vfually to embrace more than it coulide¢ {othe infolency & thameleffe ininft ice of thepeople, mandets,adefire to keep themf elues farre out offight,had now bred i andto feek emploi 7 ighefecure ight fecur them from the cies i ofthe enuious, ious, from pablike iudgements; dei Thich, few o? fone efcaped. For which caufe Témothens did palleaway much aa chiskime inthe Ie of Leshes slphicrates it Thrace; atid Chabrias now did carry.a- bythe Lacedaneonian. Offundryfights and othep Paffagesinthewarre. Thepeace ofAntalcidas, Bout this time the Spartans beganto perceiue how vneafiea thingit would As maintainethe warre againft be, men as goodas themfelues,affifted with the trea. fares of Perfia: wherefore they craued peac e of Artaxerxes, mot bafel offering,not onely to renouncethe Greeks inha biting Afia, and to leauet] 1¢m to theyKing difpofition,but withall ro fet the Han s ders, & euery Town in Greece,as well thegreat,atfulland abfolute liberty,wher the littleas 10 eby they {aid thata ll the princ ipal Eftates of their Country would be fo Weakened ,tha againft the great King. And fure it was, t no one, norall of them fhould be ableto ftir that the powe r of the Country being fo broken and rent into many fmall pieces, coul offenfiue warre, nor haue made any good dneither haue difquieted the Perfian, byan defence a gaint him,but would haue left iteafie for himin conti oe ee i §. 1X. The bafe conditions offered untothe Perfian 5 ofthetHiftorieofthe World. tiene pris aeveaterforcethan his Country well coult-haue {pared: with which he enaned ie when the bufineffein Cypras came to an.end, ne lope hast dane s in Vayhereby arofeticitherthankesto hita gh: ho=hoi esto himfelfe 3 nor profit,to his City; though es th hind and it. Phe wthesians being chus carelefe ofthings.at hand,had ano 0ts rableblow giuen vnto then, fhortly after.chas Ghabriaswasg aie nee ihabrias was:one to Cypras, cuen within theirowne Haven. Bor Telewtizs53Eacedemanian, bole made Seahne 9 wan Br date Hopeoffirprifing sete ice trong ongK urprif theNauicof ic Of ‘Athens sas it layin Hise Pirwus ;thinki Sais _onuede ightithar‘it waswas an-harder 'dermiatterto i encounter ten inips:'prepared.-for, faips ‘prepared the-ficht fight, arightcharit mia ne C withhten EeCLE ‘pepe ayt vi ingia hi rhoféMarinets were afleepe ith ‘ Seitgiepane Leolasonsefailed by-night intothe mouthof the Port,which Diciiclee inl predhs ike Sfday, fide -hee found z (adedrding i to this i expects ectation) moftofthe.men, enttingatthe breake Sr ne | ord to makerefiftance v by which me 2 hsreonitheiicho H a paflengers, Deedeneietinion ee s, manly' fither-men; i ffengers, and other Veffels;; ioeboftescus meisadetenk Broken;and made vnferni¢eable, rfoure'Gallies: hahitig funke opbroken,and. tcab! as. many of: oe fk tithe would faffer: About thistime Pharnabasussthe pleuesesnarr pis, had one ofthe-Kings Daughters :ginen oo ee, eaeeoed! ie boytthe Court sand fauoure canoe Bo 5 inany Officersthat Ah fs the Lacedain f eae ck on Afie; whole vhok affittance the i Flecrofisp: fiSparta gtewsictorious about (pont; mia Gta a perhaps thiy.fhouldnottiaue tcededithepeace, whichthey A om feines race ib Antalcidas,fiom'chagreat Kingyitheconditions ere € ts ue rena sueQ coerCm giving freedome to all the Cities of Greece; andshddlngs seGam ty intoas many feuerall States as were petty ee a Aas $i re us Artaxi Shas uing bought his owne peace with money, did likewife oe is eo . eee torand decider of Controuerfies betweene the Greckes , di Boal g - se ee fuch wife as tood beft with his owne goods Theétenor of Artaxerx peri Thatall afeanedeyprasthould be his ownestheTes of wenna wie s ibeke jo labieé to Athens:. all other. Gnecke Towns,aswell the little as che grare aSs and that whofoeuer fhould retufethis peace: vpon them the. aRP rout aH hg make warre,the King affiftingthem by LandandSea, withmen;an 1 hipsi poeale ix Ashenans ysrefo sileauraged >, EHS oftheir Confederates,andghe,neceflity ofmaintaining marRatyatte selon for Sa apiics ae >it whichthey tharall Fhebans) didphemeistees confent vatothe! at (excepting Bihar.the other say anesBerle his was,called the ¢ hawGhtonecacenion Peace ofdutalcidaswhereofthe Lacedemonidns 3 ae i Mohich ynderpretence idnot i onely compel] ; the Argines 1 to depar Pa ouLt pigA Of Corzzt! uacS \ eh 1G of defending they heldibyGarrifons, lately chruft Poe yee nett the ae 49 the Thebans to Jeane Baotia free,of which Bepyibcs ea aoa the name ofthe Vilas BeotiMents the Thebans themfelues being alfo CROPISP OE RSAeededie 495 sbut caufed the Manticwansto throw downeth aE Ee orn 86: alleaging that they had.formerly beeneaccuftomed ia . coed ole tte indeed to chattife them,as hauing beencill affected soit st ee eTeee Couirlesthe Lacedemoni ins. did hope that all the {mall Townes rapier traeets Occalion fhould requireit, willingly follow,them in HasieaEr ig Ae aseae iberyy.; and that the great Cities hauing loft all their,depenaants, ©0ppofition. fo §. X. The warre which the Lacedemonjans made vpen rnsand Olyurbies, They takeSrNeb Thebéses byby trealo trea[on; Olynthus by famsine, ; ROW | fit, confumed mee Warres,which ended, without cither S E s growne fo the richesand power,ofGreece, the Citicof Obathys "uk ur Townes,but yvas m= Mighty; that thee. did not.onely command. her iet Ufobecome terrible to-places . part of24a farre remo ouedsg) 4 ,and to Spart ; Great aaod i me. was takert by, t he denia, Covcther with Pelle.the principal Citic of tbat Si OME Olnthians, |