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Show Lhe fourth Booke ofthe fritpaleCuara gy | Theremopyla,cyras the youtgerjand after him Alexanderfou rid the Gates of Cilicia wide open; howftronglyfocuer they:hadibin locked and: batted; yet were-thofe Counties open enoughtoafiect thatfhouldenter onthe backe-f ide. The defeniceof Rivers how hard athing itis, we find examples in all hiftories that beare goodwitneile The dee. peft haue many Foords ; the fwifteftand btoade ft maybe pafied by Boates; in caleip be found a matterof difficultieto make a bridge. «He that hath men cnowwto defendvall the lengthof his, owne banke,hatli alfo enow:t o beare his enemie ; and may therefore doe betterto Jet himcome ouer,to his loffe,thani by ftriuin gin vainetohinderthe pate fage,asa matter tending to his owne difaduantage , fill the heads of his Souldiets witlyan opinion,that theyare in ill cafeshauing thei: méanes of fafeguardtaken ‘from them, by the skill or valour offuchas are too good forthem, Ce rainely,ifa Riuercwere'fiffici: ent defence againfian Armie, the Tle ofAfona, nowcalled CAdnglefer, whichis diuided from North-Wales by an arme of the Sea,: had. beene'{ afe enough againft the Romans, invading it vnder conduét of Julins Agricola Buthe wanting;8 not meanin g tofpendthe timein making veflelsto tranfport his forces, did aflay the foords: Wherby hefoama- Zed the enemies attendingfoxfhips and fuch like pronif ion by Sea;thatfurely belecuing nothing'could behard orinuincibleto men,which came fominded toWarre,they humbly intreated for peace,and yeelded the Hand.Yetthe Britaines were men {tout enough, the Perfians-were very daftards. It was thereforewifely done of Alexander.to pafte the Rinerof Grasick ein face ofthe 0 enemy; not marching higher to. feekean-eafier norlabouring to conueyhis men ouer it by fomefafermeanes. For, hauing beatenway, them vponth thereby cut offno lefle oftheir reputation,than oftheir ftrengt eir owneground, he did h,leauing nohope offuccourto the'partakers and followers offch ynable Proteéors. Soone afterthis victory herecouered Sardts, Ephefus, thé Cities of che Trallians and Magnefia,which vyere rendred ynto him. The Inhabitants of which, withthe people of the Countrie,he receiued vvith grcat grace,fuffering them to be gouernedbytheir ownlawes. For he obferuedit well 3 Nouuin Imperi um inchoawtibus vtilis clementic f2ma 5 It is comsraodioves unto[uch as tay thefoundations of4 new Soueraignty, to bane the fume of being merciful l. He then by Parmeniowan Miletusand by force maftred Halicarnaffem, 30 which becaufe it refifted obftinately, he razed tothe ground. From whence he entred into Caria, where Ada the Queene, whohad beene caft ont ofall that the held( except the Citie ofAlinda)by Darins bis Licutenants, prefented ‘her {elfe vnto him, and adopted him her fon and fucceffour y Which Alexan der accepted in fo gracious part,: he lett the whole Kingdometo her difpofing.He then entred Into Lycia,and Pamphylia,and 0otainedall the Sea coafts, and fubiecting vnto him Pifidia, he dicted himfelfe towates Darins(who was faidtobe aduanced towards himwith a marvellous Armi of Phrygia: Forall the Prouince ofUsfiathe leffe,bordering vponthe Sea rie layed ynder his feer. 3 While he gauc orderfor tlle gouernment and fetling of Zycie, and Pamphylis, the) fent Cleander toraife fome newCaptainesin North, heenteed Celenas {eated onthe Riuer Peloponnefus, and marching tows Meander, vvhich vvas abandoned him, the Caftle onely holding out, whichalfo after forty dayes was giueny long time he gauethemtoattend fuccour from Darius, From Celenas hepi Phrypia towards the Exxine Sea,till he came to aCitycalled Gordium,the Re former times, of King Midas.Inthis Cityi t was thathe found the Gordian-k whenhe knewnot howto vndoe;h e cut it a funderwith his {word.Forthen cient propheciedid promife to him that could vntie it, the Lordthip ofall / fuléllingeet reipecting the manner how,fo it were done;affumed to bi ng of the p rophedie,by hewing it pieces, But before he turnedfromthis part ofinAfiath e lefle towards the eaft,hetoo! cleare the Sea-coa ft on his backe,and to thruft the Perfian s our ofthe ands of / Chio,and Coos : the charge whereofhe committed vntotwo ofhis Cap them fach orderas he thought tobe. moft conuenient for that feruice in ANSI 20Achiay the charge ; and withall out ofhis firl one aD ~ ente wents moreto dntipater his Lieute nantin Greece noe om ‘kad te remoued to ducira,nowcalled Angnori , Landing ont rr St Ot Sangari#swhich runneth through Gordiwws: there he muftered his Armic, Cyar2.§!3. ofthe Hifforie ofthe World. thet chtred Paphlagonia; vvhowe people fubmiittedthem(elues vrito hit, and obtained freedoine oftributes wheie he lett'Caras GoterhotWith oae Resiment of Matedonians lately attitied: aa ! : i Hete He vinderftood ofthe deatofiemriod. \bavdas Licivenantwvhichheatthied hint greatly to-palle oni towards him forofthis onely'Captainehe had more refpect than of all che multittide by' Darivs affemBledjand ofall the Commanders he had' befides' For fomiueh hath the {pirit of fome one ‘tan excelledsas it hath vadertaken anid effected the alteration ofthe'greateft Srates'and ‘Commion-wéales, the erection of Monatchies,the conqueft of kingdoms and Empires, guided handfuls of men againft multitades ofe jo didllbodily ftreneth,contriued Viories beyond all hopeanddifeourle ofreafon, conuierted the feateFill paffions of ‘his own followers into inagnanimities and the valout of his enemies into cowardize: {uch {pirits hane'bir ftirfed vp'in fundry Ages of the worldiand in'diucts'parts thetofto ereét and catt downe aeainie) to eftablith and todé fttoy, andto bring all things, Perfons and States ‘to the fame teitaineends‘vvhich the infinite Spirit of thé Hiner/all,piercingmouitig; aid gouémning wil things; Hath ‘ordag ned} Cértaincly the things tharthis king did weréiifarnellows}and would‘hardly have bin vndertaken by any man elfe : andthougl ‘his Father had determined to"haue inuaded the leffer 4/fa,it is like enough that he would haue contented himfelfe with fome parttheréof, andnor hate difcowered'the River of Indus? as 'thisman' did. The {wift courfe‘ofvictory,' wherewithlie'an ouer fo large! portion ofthe World; info thofta 20 fpace,mayiuftly be im putedvntothis, that he was neuer encountred by‘an equal {pirie, conetrring with equall poweragainfthim. Herebyiit cameopaffe that hisattions being limited by to greater oppofition,than defer places, andthe! meere length of tedious iournies could make,vverelike the Colofusof Rhodes, notfo much to be adniired for theworkmanthip, thoughthereiti alfo praife-worthy, as for thehuge bulke. For certainely the things performed by Xenophon, difcoueras bt auie afpirit as Alexanders, and Working‘noleffe'exquifitelychongh theeffects were Jeffe materiall,as were alfothe for ces and power of command, by whichit yyrought: But he that vvould finde the exa@ patterne ofanoble Commander; mutt looke vponfiich as Epaminondas, that encoun3 ting yorthy Captaines,artdthoft berter folloived than themfelues, haueby their gularvertue ouler-topped their valiant enemies,and ftill preuailed ouerthofe,that wou d Hothaue yeelded one foot to any other. Such as thefe are, doe feldome liveto obtaine SteatEinipires. Foritis'a vvorke of mare labour and longer time,to mafter the equall forcésiofore hardy'& well-ordered State, than'to tread downandveterly fubdue rier utude offeruile Nations,compounding the body of a groffevaweildy ee ve fore thefe Paruo Potentes,men that withlittle haue done much vpon enemies.of ike ability,areto-be regardedas choife examples of worth , but great Conquerours,to be ratheradmited Forthefabttance oftheir ations, than the exquifite managing : exactnefle vente concurring fo feldome;thar J canfind noinftance of both in one,faueon- braue Roman, Cefar. 40 ¥that Hauing thus ea ncisd és it is nowtime that we returne vnto our Eafterne CorigiieTOrwhois trauailine haftily (owas Cilicia, witha defire torecouer the Streights therbeh 54 : there. But aticfirft making' ing adifpatetc lr intoo Greeceshe Greece,he fent fe to Darius thouldarrive otbefote thofe Cities,in which he repofed moft truft, fome of t Peafrals t ene had *COuCied in his firft battaile;v pon which,by certaine inicriptions; he made t hie takers oFhis viGory.Herein he well aduifed hi Ife; for hethat doth notas welt ini Patt of the honourwhich he gaines in the Warres,as he dothof the {poiles, fhall never Delong followed of thofe ofthe better fort. For meti whic hare either well borne or wel Sred,and haiie more of wealth than ofreputation, do as often fatisfie themf{elues with ofglory,as the weakein fortune,and ftrong in courage, doe with the gaine the purct filiicr,' gold and sue, TheGou PP hearir‘ "te Gouernour of PadCrlicés on, left-8fome Companies of Alexander comming : it ae eeslidarendl to keene -the Streights,vvhict Streichts. vvhich were indeedevery. indeede very defencible ; and withall,as Curtis no teth, he beean ouerlate't egan ouerl ate'to prife fe and and put inexea cution pa e gar e Ye e t Men ae an a lebeginn Horf, ing of the 'Waires aduifed him to wafte allthe prouifions for! bs lodgedin ; ftrong places,f ees alwayes 93 tothe Inuahat could not be to gitie3 grou nd aces Whe found foniefuch notable aduantageas might affuredly promuile him tue f 2 : f: ris bet brok lelaies, change ""ng ofisvictor For thefury ofaninuading Army 1s beft broken, by detpics, ee Vvv 3 |