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Show -_ Guarin.§.4. The third Booke of thefirftpart hameguk Leaunhe Conh a great battaile;t to their ein g¢ as pleafing W ere ouerthrownein ottheir calamitic bein Tas anes Contede. G e tates, as to their Enemies. Guarin§ist ofthe Hiflorie ofbe World. fing afitmebody ofgood'and hardy Souildicrs was in' thort fpacedifoufled,ahd wanifhs the tras edlikea muift,vvithout effec? theft effeminate Afatiques Wwearied quickly with man ftriuing caiife; andecach nailes‘anid'dangers incident to war,forfaking the comiion t former treafonto tobe the Artithat by treafonto his'company should both redeem the OF this his Prifice; andpurchafe withall his owtte promotion witl enereaferofriches. §. LILI. Thegreat growth ofthe:Theban Eftate:Embalfages ofthe Greekes tg ibePPerfiaw: with j the rear pan Eftate. Sous why he moft fanenred the Thebans. Troubles inthe P Euspire.The fruitleffe if eResftam Evapine. The fruitlafe ifne ; of the Embaffazes; He preteen reioyced at the 4rcadians misfortune; confideting: that yt as Taco aes ofall enterprifes' proued" fovill : whereasthey Bute fant ine eine their owne poweraccomplithed' Very well' whatfSeierthey ‘ € in han' ey werebecomenot onely vidorioas ober the‘ Lacedemonians, but paae Beda and modderatouts of the great' quarrels that hadrifen in ioe Gia 3 where sorpcnoing the differences about that Kingdome,as pleafed them sthey carried Philip the Sonne of Amyntasand Father of Aexander the Great, . ethem a folute Commanders of all Greece, theyfousht meanes' ofalliance vik ia Hig king, to whomthey fent Embaffadourthe greatarid famous Captiine ikeaa 10 e reputation drew Artaxerxes to grant vnto the 7Hebaz;all that they' deswheroftwo efpeciall points were, That Meffene hould temaine free fr he cedemonians,and thatthe wtheni : forbeareto-fend Samescxrresecen aly de ies yh " cat eck their fhips of Warreto See Sea; qualified withreference with r furthé C nele two | wasS fomwhat ‘ too furthéraduice. Th : other States i c uts at z the fame é beataberake i ; whomfewor C : of GreecedidalfodendtheirEmba fladours time,of none 1receined: much: contentment.For the Ki g having i found . zi acnt.For.the Kine fenc how Geekoaen meni hauing found byJoengexperience, erned him to"4 maintainea fu re partie tie in i Greece,did i vpon ichtie con| a ypon many many welgnti¢e weightiec Gdarsione vatal ,alc La-20 tobinde the Thebans fir , im: ; iuftly i Aing, ththat tl at their prastneffe houldue,rat R pela 7 firmelyynto him expecting, STORY ae a oe is ownefecuritie, The Athenians had beetie ancient : 3 and hauing tur ci it viGori Gf 4#to the purchafe ofa great Efateis aie ia 5chet Shatin ie :t Mat ignorie in fitchils puillan ag'E eece, > Maintained theit Signorie in fucl piiiflant pot Sn gusiions misforttines notwithftanding) theyhdd endured terrible 3° ean co eoe febfaie ay allfo rts ed‘ withtreafure a of aide being followed rings NobBe by moft aes ofthe Ee Greekes, and"A, fuppli then ht oy Darius Nothus ,were not able to vanquith them, b owneindiferetion their till Rotini Bice Hb k. st roughtthem ontheirknees. The Lasedemouians being vitheir Dominion at home, thanthey vneftablifhed skiofAp theco nqueft dertooke 5 Afia,OOK from vvhich thoushby the ¢o ionraifedin with Perfian gold, they Were called backe. y thaui ee power, :and| ict"i their it: c, yet hauing renewed : + t h i n g s a d tled; things in Greece,> it was w:‘ not vnlikely,thatthey Maly sthethe Abita en flhould ypontheiranzade next eee aduantas tage | purfiied the fameenterprife, had not it they ‘3 t 2beene ethpeache s fl empeached Bae th ich But the Th perrodl bythis Theta W as naeOe had Siw difconereda good affection to the Crown + ane ided with Xerxes in his inuafidh of G. ig nr sn cedemonians againft Athens :: And MORRO And final finally, hauinge offeredae niene k contumely to aie 4 when he put to Sea, they drew him home b Ruts eieAihe Coy faded Sparta, Befides all thefe their sood beheetihice pris Rilo Sos ip erchance ES, they were no Sea-men,nada : and thfi they fhould haue anydefi perchance: cna Want byche weretheydifabled valikely to looke abroad; abr A ate vvhere on without open breach ofth: oFg00d a SOC hatien townes; which theycould notfeiz¢ Vf t Tre thi , feize ‘a Exect tors, givin libeity Sires peace, whereof they intended' ta become the opuat Aid wh tly vi re Cities that hadat any ‘timébeene free. "Wherefore 4rté* condefcend vnto the ¢ equeftsIs of of Pelodias,as ij ne i es did wholly yy C farre aot s he m f torth ast farre forth quelts F defiz Withoutgiving giuing open open defianceto the re: ¢1oaids, as ; r | eft of Greece; and by that meane he p owne quiet, being neuer afterw: meanes which the G an terward molefted by that Nation inthe lower 4) ofPerfia fhortly ae iS o hadto difturbe artaxerxes.was very benefi ri C aitert ti i tor ee Conn as Forhad then ee aifeitel oFchoiG sa aoe reperon of all'the Marit empeachnient ofthe reft Bisass pate d Pop: eenee ey of a ranfported an Armie. ftt Vice-rayes Caria,Phryei, Bait oh See Ph 4,Pbry ey Sek ¢ia; humanereaon cantar Myjfia,Lycia,Pifidia, Pampbilia, prefered fiomthatrui ardly find the meanes, by which the Empire ALEBist this Eee which the diuine Counfell had deferredvatothe uethis great Confpiracie offo many large and wealthy P d, on ofthitigs moreimpbrtant;but fortliat it was likea fadden ftorme;rathly commence effect, idlely followed,and toolifhly layed downe,' hauing thade a great noife vvithott whole io and hauing {mall reference to'any otheraction regardable; as all becaufe inthe nothing finde I Egypt, 6f inuafion the o ofCyrus,c warre e s,fromth Artaxerxe reigne of ofany (this infirrrection,and a fruitleffe iourney againftthe Cadufians excepted) worthy mention, much leffeof digreffion from the courfe ofthe bufineHein Greece. All, or-the moft of his time ‘paffed awayfo quietly,that he'ehioyedthe pleafures whichan Empire fo great atid wealthy could affoord vnto fo abfolutea Lord,with little difturbance. The asa Hoftage "ing ae vnto Thebes.cree Haning theref: i sak Lietle feerniad ‘wan: wank erefore obtained fuch repiitation;thatlitt le feemed ane. , cominiotion;Which incourfe oftime followed fome actions not asiyet relatedjh havera~ ther'cholen to take {hort mentiortin'this place, than hereafterto intersupt the Narrati- troubles'which he found wereonelyor chiefly Domefticall,' growing out ofthe hatred which'Pa7y/aris the Queene-Mother bare vato his' wife Statira, andto fuch as hadbeene thegreateft"cnemiesto her fonne Cyrms,or gloried in his death: "vpon. whom; when. by poyloriaiid mifchieuous practices fhe had fatisfied ‘her feminine appetite of reuenge; fo thenceforth fhe wholly-applyed her felfe to the Kings difpofition, cherithing in him the lewd defire'of mattyinz his owne Daughter,and filling him "with the perfwafion,which will Princes;not endued withan efpeciall gracejdoereathily enteitaine That his owne Was the fupreamie law ofhis fubiedt, andthe ruléby whichall things were to be meafuted atid aditidged to be goodor euill.Inthis imaginarie happifiéfle Pelepidas,-and the other Binbaffadours'of Greece,both found and left himybut left himbyfo much moreaf fired thanthey found'him,by how muchthe conélufionofhis Tréatie withthem,being e perpetuitiesa Jong enaltogetherto his owne adiiantage,did feemeto promiftifnotth dutanceofthe fame felicity to him and his,or(at theleaft)a full fecuritie of danger from Greecewhence onely could any danger be feared. But fuch foundations ofeternitylaied fhaken front 30 by mortall menin this tranfitory world, liketh« Tower ofsabées; ate either by heighth, ull raifedtoif carbe fratne tlie ‘ere ; profitable vn heauensoriiade vaine and confufion Oftongues amongthe builders.Hereof was fourid a good exampleinthe The- ours to the Perfien. For whereas bensand other Eftates of Greece that had fent Enibaffad ithad beene concluded,that allTownes, as wellthe little as the steat, fhould'befer ae peace whothetbyfhouldbeliberty, and the Thebaas made Protedors of this eonition rt arife, and Leaders"in warre ofall that comethe Iudges ofall controuerfies tha Would enter into thisConfederacy;the kings letters being foleninly publithedat Thebes; inthe prefence of Embaffadoursjdrawne thither from all patts of Greece; when an oath a dilatorie an{wer Was required for obferuation ofthe forme ofpeace therein fet down, heaié the artick snotta 40 Was made by the Embafladors,who faid, tharthey were fentto fiweare viito them.Hereby the Thebans were driuentofend vito each ofthe Cities to re+ guitethe Oath; But in yaine, For whenthe Corinthians had boldly refufed it, faying; to doe thellike, dif> 1 hatthey did not neede‘it: others tooke couragebytheir example Artax- owhom this néegotiation with "ppointing the Thebans oftheir glorious ho ,but lefethemasit foundthem greatneffe ionof erxes Sane neither addition nor confirmat to relyevpon their own {words. Vv ae : S. ye Bs, one fide, andd on tie -, How 39 re was divided,betweene the Athenians and Lacedemonians, ans On the other. Of the great tunsults rifing im Arcadia. Athens and SparHecondition of things in Greeceat that time didftand thus, and ea hevpon Nation, that all ed' ta,which informer times. had command aha mnusic ofthe others greatneffe drawneall their tollowets into a cruel! insettia rz eet the whole Countrie,and efj ally the Eftate of thefetwo Cis.» . theT tehasi, Wo fou in aS ake then, verylow,did nowconioyn their forces againft llowed whic pay o thefe wae Lords ofall. The Eleams Corinthians, & Achaiansfo rec ssi in BouCrning Citics;ecither forthe old reputation ofthem,& benenhts diflike |