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Show i be fourth Bookeofthe frit art Cima P.2.§.13, Macedonians in Perfepolis,which he had donéi i Sufa, & cauethe faine formal ear tothe Traitor:iridates,thathe haddone to4bab stessbut he that had the truft pearee ies Was Nicariaes,a creature of hisowne,. The body:o fhis dayes, of whichthe Commanders were Parmenio:and Army. he left hegs for tf ies Craterus and witha dhiscfant horfe and certainetroupesof chofen foote; he would needs view inthe Winter is thofe parts of Perfia,whichthe Snowhad couered;a fruitle fle & toolithenter: rife bik as Semecafaies: Non eirewult, fed nonpote? (are, Heehat h not awill to-poe bia hee wnable tofiandflill. Ivis faidand {pokeninhis praifesFhat whemhis Souildierstied out ag:gainft him,becaufe 5 sitio : sbecaufe they could not endutetheextieame extreame difficultythrough the faow,that Alexander fi oftyand make way; buvivith é forfoo k his horfe, & led themth e way. But whatcan be more ridiculous than to bring,other meninto extremity thereb to thew how well himfelfe can endure it? His walkin g on foote did no otherwife abo off ‘their wearinelfe that followed him 3 than' his) fométime forbearine to drinke did quench their thirft, that couldleffe endure it. For sine ownelittle iudgement Thalra ther commend that Captain,that makes carefull ftouif ion that feekes wifely to Prevent extreame.neceffity;than tholeforthofe that followhim, & witlflearrogant fools, that make the vaunt ofhauing endured equally with the commonSouldier 4s ifthat werea matter-ofgreat glory and importance, beak jeavk Wefindeiin all the Warres that Cafar made, orthe belt ‘of the Romane Coininat: ders ,, thatthe prouifion of viduals was their aying ofCo : Baperl of France; That whofo wil/bafirft.care. For it was a true faying pe that Beast(x caning Waire) maitbegin ubu Alexendersnoweturned to Perfepolis, where thofe Hiftorians, that were moft Sen eer ae rami, omplaine,that the opinion of his valour,ofhis liberal ity,of his pens on ne s - vanquifned, and all otherhis Kingly canditions, were drowne ae eis See in peren d tig all the reputation ofhis attions paft, grace aeeate ne rom the cups reuerend'Throneofthe preateft King, into rea vi ay 2 ity o bafe Harlots,he beganto be defpifed bothof his own& tons. Sor bethe perlivaded; when'e was enflamed with wine, by theinfamous Strumpet Thais,he cauled the moft fum ptuous.and goodly Gaitle & City ofPer- 3° fepolis econfumed:with & 3 ; polis;to be coniumed with fire, notwithftanding allthe arguments the contrary, who told iim thavit was'adi gument ofParmenioto a ons ofothers; which by hj itwas'adifhonourto deftroy thofethirigs by the perfivalia alee j . rich y his proper vertueand force he had obtaitied « and that itwould a ~~ per fwafionto the Afians,to think hardly ofhim; &thereby alien their ceean they might well beleeue that he which démolithedthe goodlieft Ornaments Aystrc naneiesteieda nenfantofSondesout ofCicaandgpm ny, which he meantto haue incr there compoundedhis fourthand salt é ders comming on,with whom ( leinereafed in' Baétria, had henot heard of Alexa bredat thirty or fore , hte Tees to fuch companies as he had, which was nun fore cals togetherhis Ca a sand Coned once againe totrie his fortune.Hethes lution, who being defy ae eae Commanders,and Propounds vnto them his reo" ofhis eldeft men of Wa ae good fucceffe vied filence for a while. Arta! yce,and proteftin noes who had fometime lined with Ph, lip ofMacedc the faith which Reha ne could neuer be beaten by any aduerfity of the K the fame condition pe pais him, with fisme confidence, thatall there approued the Kings reliwae they likewife affured Darius bythe like proteft fotos ee. ‘ ee tesGouernour ofBactria,had confpireda fue it byfome fuch . nal esithie King today a newfoundation for the Wart ieee : Per on ortheprefent, againft whomneither the gods norFort and Be//us whereofth h Bion. Tmo onély,and thofethe gteateft, to wit gs declared themfeluesto bean en¢my «this preamble Wabarcanes VIC, aduifed, and feruethe time, feeing Alexander Was at harid j and thathee would at leatt makethewofforgetting the offence made; which the King being ofa gentle difpofition, willingly yeelded ynto. Bef/ws makeshis fubmiffion andattends the King, whore- romoues his Army. Patrow,who commanded a Regiment offoure thoufandGreeks;which had in ali the former Battailes ferued Darius with greatfidelity, andalwayes made the retyait in fpight ofche Macedonians, offered himfelfeto guard his _perfon, protefting againftthe Treafon ofSe//#s; but it was not his deftity to followtheir aduice' who from the beginning of the Waire gaie hin faichfull counfell, but he enclined ftill to Beff#s, who told him, that the Greckes with Patrow their Captaine were corrupted by Alexander, and practifed the diuifion ofhis faichfull'feruants. Béfus had drawne vato him thirty thoufand ofthe Army, promifing themall thofe things, by which thé louers ofthe World and themfelues are wontto be allured, to wit, riches, fafety, and honour. a9 Nowthedayfollowing Darias plainely difcoucredthe purpofes of Be/#s,and being ouercome with paffion,as thinking himfeifevnablero makehead againft thefe vngratefulland ynaaturall Traitors, he praye | drtabazus his faithfull feruant todepart from him,and to prouide for himfelfe. In like fort he difchargedtheteft ofhisattendants,all fauea few ofhis Eunuchs; for his Guards had voluntarily abandoned him: His Perfians being moft bafe cowards,durft notvidertake iis defenceagainft theBaGtrians,notwithftanding that they liad foure thoufand Greeks to ioyne withhim, who hadbeen ableto hate beaten'both Nations. But itis true,that him, which forfakes himfelfeynoman fol- lowes, It had been fare more Man-like and King-like , to: haue dyed in the head' of thofe fourethoufand Greeksjwhichoffered lim the difpofitionoftheirlines,(to which 3° Artibazus per(waded him)thanto haue lien bewailing himfelfe on the ground, and fuf- cting himfelfe co be-bound like a Slaueby thofe ambitious Montters thatlaid handon im,whom neither the confiderationof his former great eftate, northe honour heihad giuen thei, nor the rruft repofedin them,northe worldofbenefits beftowed on them, could moue to pitty: no,norhis prefentadierfity, which aboueall things thould haue tothe endthat by anyother ornament he might not be difcouered ; & toadde defpight SL §.X IIT, difdaine preft towards Naburzaneés to haueflain him, but 82/45 & the Ba@rians whorit he commanded;being more in numberthanthe reft,with-held hima the meanewhile Naburzenes with-drew himfelfejand Be/usfollowed-him, making their quarter a-part fromthereft of the Army.: Artabazus,the Kings faithful feruant, perfwaded himtobe NowDaréas,thus forfaken,was bound & laidiin a Cart, couered with Hides of Beatts, : For it fell out os ai Boutthi fg Trea/on ofBellus againDarius, Dariushis death. and in conclufion aduifed theelection ofhis fellow Traitor Be//us,with promife thatthe wares eided,the Empirethould'againe be reftored'to Darius. The King fwollen with moued them,could pierce their viperous and vngratefull hearts. Vaine it was indecdto hopeit , forinfidelity hath no compafiion. 5 i y hadsmeant nothing leffe than (after {ach vaftation)to hold their poffeffion. Per ie SenEpill.8.4. Bolentiam cradelitas as SequiturCrue sc lty doth-cousmonly follow foone after,and often, in Alex ander; of ofthe Fiiftorie of the Worlds * and desifion to hisaduerficy, they faftned him with Chaines of Gold, and fo drew him #°on among their ordinary Catriages and Carts. ForBe/fasand Naburzanes perfwaded themfeluesto redeeme their liues and the Prouinces they held, either by deliuering him 4 prilonertoAlexarder,or,ifthat hopefailed,to make themfelues Kingsbyhis laughter, and then todefendthemfelues by force of Armes. But they failed in both. Forit was aBainit the nature of God, who is moft intt, to pardonfo ftrange villany, yea, thoughaSina Prince purely Heathenifh and an Idolater. } Alexander having knowledge that Darias was retired towards Badtria,and durft notabidehis comming,haftened after him withaviolent fpeede, and becaufe he wouldnot forcehis fyot-men bi yond their powers,he mountedon horf-back certain fele&ed comPanies of them,g& beft armed,& with fixe thoufandotherhorfe,rather ran than marched eater Darius. Such as hated the Treafon of Beffus, andfecretly forfooke him, gauc knowledge to Ale: r ofall that had happened, informing him ofthe way that Be//ws as at hand: for many men ofworth daily ran from him. Here took,and howncere Upon Alexander againe doubledhis pace, and his ‘Vant-gardbeing difconered by Refjus his Reare, Be/fus brought a Horfe to the Cart,where Darius lay bonnd; perlwading him thafeenee cone sg ehimfelte. But oe eeeeroa peg ut th, aft Darts at him,wounded him him,theyflewtwo betrayed ad thar 4 dedthe Beats drewhim,& poore Seruants tliat attendedhis perfoi. This dRONG, they all fed that could, leaping the reft to the merey Of the Macedonian donian fw fwords. Polyfiratus |