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Show - a OO COL ALCOR NeLOOTAAA Lhe fourth Booke of thefirst part Cuar.t.§.9, eftatesand their freedometo thechanceof one battaile , thanto holdit either by coms i . or by the grace of Philip, But, this their. Oratours eloquence coft them deare. t is true that he could far more eafily minde themofthe vertue oftheir Anceftors than make them fuehvas they were. He might repeat yntothem (with words mouine pall on) the wondersthey wrought at Marathons but he could not transformethe Macedo= nians.into Perfians, nor. drawiftomthe dead, a Ati/tiades,an CAriftides,a Themiftocles ora Cimon, or any of thofe famous Commanders, whofe great vertues they had payed with the greateft ingratitude that euer Nationdid. A Phocion they had, but bythe ftrength of acontraryfaction hee wasat this timein difgrace, and not im ployed dn fo much.as when the: Armies.of. Philip andthe Confederates incountred, although fome thoufand of the, Athenians did abide the killing, andthe like number well-neere ofthe Thebansdied withthem ; yetthe want ofthe worthy menon that fideto hold vp the " reft, andto draw. them-on,and the many choice Captains of the Macedonians, incon raged by a King. ofa growing fortune, as it gaueto Pbilip fo thining avictory thaty uA. lexander by thelightthereof found his way (in defjpight ofall the Nations interiacent) into Perfia, India, and Egypt ; fo it cut tothe ground, and gauicend and date toall the Grecian glory : Yeajtheir liberty (faith Curtivs) with their large Dominion ‘won with fo many difficulties; continuedfor fomany Ages, and fo often. defended againkt thé greateft Kings,was now loftina moment,and forenerloft! i Now, this aduifed King (neuer. paffionate to his difaduantage) to the end he mighty Captaine-Generall-againft the Perfians, withoutany further hazzard ottrouble. was contentto let ; go thofe Athenians that weretaken at this battell ofCheronza}ias healfo forbaretoat. tempt any thing againft theit Gity : bur in Thebes (which Jatel ¥y bythe vertueof Epa: pennies triumphed ouer the teft) helodgeda Gartifon of Macedonians. And being soon ier facsording vatothe long defire which he had nourifhed ofthis Soueraignsrs obtaine the Soueraignty ouer all Greece,and be acknowledgéd fortheir ge era tates'at Corinth, ftiled the firft Commanderof all the Grecians, & frngthand-vndercheCommandementofandaeos ouertheHellef; pont into Afia,to begint S - aens, ce 30 fought the fucceffe from the OracleatD ‘ ia Of his enettprife againtt Perfia,be3 conuertible riddle, as Cra/us did- when fie:aeempted ecaiitin, e edCyrwsand 2 ine was in like fort esmiftaken stake Butas it is hard to.difcerneand withftand the flatteries of our owne appetites, fo did i: sh f Philips ambitious defireto inunde Perfi td doth : a, abufehis iudgement, ‘fo fo farre,that thethe death ie : ie farre,that death, oe was threatned, he vnderftood to begement, deliuered ofhis enemy, whom for ee he. Before his purpofed departure into fia, he prepared feat aad d as 0 re c ‘s re z aug iter Cleopatra, with Alexander King of Epirus ; to w yt paitithes thereat appointed ‘he inuited all his Friendsand Allies. with principall perfons of thé Grecj iti from whom he tener Ate maby tich pref te Grecian Cities, receiuedemuch hono y fich prefents : butthis was indeed the feat of his Funerall. For hauingr to doc iuftice to one!Pau/anias uoured by Phifjo had Gr oh BV Aztalssarate sae,' a Gentleman of his Guard; whom (great! bafe perfonssvisaie and _then leftto bee abufed by4. dione a SPA. rt made5 dranke, . ¥ carnally' oa fo foulea fadt:as whe a. grewinto fo great a deteftationof the Kings partial vudeshistond Sag pafling towards the Theater, hee drewa {wordf § gatment and wounded him to death? when he had lined fixe yeares,andreiened f » When‘hee had lited fixea faniaseo bhiiede oi sine and twenty. Zu(line reports it, that Olympais incouragec oriole the did vat . ing ber husband, which'afterhis death fhe boldly auowed,by - as i P to Apollo,by baildiiig achnete crowning his dead body}iti confécraring his {word "%,., ‘ 5 soraa monument,andiotherlike Graces. ; TX. § e(fe were tea dabli sgreatn laidby Philip. Ofhis landablt What 800dcodfoundations lati ofAlexander qualities, and iffie. Owalth a oughhee' were thentaken from the W-orld, when hee hadi Oppolition onthatfideo: ftheSea, and had feen Fruits of his hopes, 284 labours, changing' colo uur. toward ; s ripenefleSaba eaaa and perfect ion oye ; y ce " Cinna.oftMaypfateWol herein happy tharhe lined toflée his fon:Alexander avmans cftate,andhad himfelfe bi an eye-witnefle ofhis refolution,andfingularvalour in this laft battaile. The foundation of whofe future greatneffe he hadlaid fo foundly for him, with fo plaine a patterne ofthe buildings which himfelf meant to ercé,as the performance and finifhing was farre more eafieto Alexander,though more glorious than thebe int ynto Phélip,thoughleffefamous. For,befides the recouecry of Macedonit felf petition between himand the fonnes of "4ropas,zhe one lifted by the Th other by the Athenians,and befides the re-gaining of manyplacespoffeft by ans,the crufhing ofalithofe Northern Kings his Neighbours,the ouer-thr F© thus, a State that defpifed the powerofhis Father, the many Maritim ofgreat ftrength and,ancient freedome, and the fubicction of tharfamor Greece,whichforfo many Ageshad defendedit felfe againft the greatef{t Kings ofthe Worldsand won vpon them'; He leftvnto his fonne,.and had bred-yp forhing-fomafiy choife Commanders,as the moft ofthem,both'fortheit valourand indgementin the Warre,were no leffe worthy of Crownes}! than himfelfe was that ware a Crowne: For itwasfaid'of Parmenio(vhomAlexander vngratetullto fo great vertue;impioufly-‘mur- detédy Phat Pa?mesiohad performed many things challenging eréernallfame,without the King-bat the King) without Parmenioncuer did any thing worthy-of renoyne: as for the re of‘his Captaines,though ‘content to obey the Sonn¢goffuchaBachersyet did they flor after: Wexanders deathendure to acknowledge any-man Superiour to 20 themfehics: Ofthis Prince itis hard toindge; whetherhis ambition hadtaught him thee fe of moreviees.than Nature'& his excellent Edacation hadinriched him with vermes:For, belidesthache was Valiant,Wife, Learned,and Matter ofhis Affections, he hadthis' fatloukof Piety that lie rather labouredtofatisfie thofe that vveregtieued, thanro fup= prellethenn' Whereof(aitiong many_other) wéefinde a good exampléein his dealing With Artadiowand Nitanor » whorm)wher fortheir euill {peech of Philip, his far iliars petfivadedhimto put to death ; ‘He anfivered them; "That firft tought to be confidetedswhetherthe faule wetein chem that‘gaue him ill language,or'itt himfel fe: Secondly, os that it was iri euety matis'owiic power tobe well' fpokenoff: and this was {hortly ‘proo- Sedfor after Bhilip vclictied their heceffitics there were none Within his Kingdomethat did hin more honotir than they' did."Whereupon he told thofe that had' perfwa im to Vfe Viblence,that he wasabetter' Phyfirian foreuill fpeech than they were: HisEpiftles to his fornéare rernembred to C i é and Chrjfoftomié exceeding! i léd. His' Stra d 4 ( Ais Wid Frontinus His Wife L. ch. Andalbeir e not the'tri OWneripghtalfthe tine of i he Maced bnext Heir Amnitatke fonne of his brot! on during his infincyYhadthé ight. "This 4 y had by:him oi Datighter calledEurydice, who was! marric bythe Mothéts-fide : both which Oljmpias us het Vacle ther to Alexander MeGreat, put to de 2 Philip hadby‘this 0 Me taceofU4thiles)\ LA fhe ftrangled. . nus, King ofthe MolofMians (of at Viele Alexander: King atra.wasm irried to het r her brother Cdlexanders death flaine * Sardis; By thé commande Y Addate, in Wyrian,his (eeond Vi , ) NicajipelistheSifter of Ya/om, Tyra A as after he/had taken Pidna,narried;but gore Putto death. _ DYCleopatrathe Neecé Prpi esthe Mothet ofi47 tie i his --. thereof: for, © of Attalus> : ; eT ge thee head Caranas; whom others call Philip : him, O- , "A to be rofted'to death in‘a copper Pan-Others 12 this *Danghterica Y Phila and 1. chad alforn fied nafterhehad ; Prolomie King of Egypr, called the by Pb #, his fecond Concubine, a pub |