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Cwarizif, pe they woutdull Forth-withtevolt vitohim. -Earieltly-therefore he defied them td gine ofthe Atmyto be fenty Their owne affections did cafily lead themto condefcend to gallantly borne hitnfclfe 4 while,aad fiftained theimpreffion ofarrabexds and Phawix, withinorecourapethan force 2 holding i¢noching agreeable with his honouptoretire and'procract the fightwhen hewas charged by men Oflittle eftimation.or notes Others wilesHot volikelly,that he hiighthaue either cartied the dayyor preferued himfelf to his motion 2 and good hope theréas.that the reputation of Craterss mi phe prenaile ag muchjastheforce which he drew along.For he had ini the middeft of Alexandersyani- ties, when others Gimitating' their King) betooke themfelues to the Perfian fathions of a betttr'aduencure bysiting sround,as therefti(when hee and Weeptolemus wereflaine) did: BaPwhileft he fought ro prefte his'reputation, hee loft:his life by thefall of his garinentsand ciiftonies;eetained the ancient Macedonian forin ofbehauiour,and appat- rell ; whereby he became very gracious with the commron Souldiers, who beheld thefe newtrickeSiof Afiaswith-difcontented cies,as reproachfull and derogatory to the man: horlesor his falling from hishorle;throigh force ofa wound received; vpon whichac- ners‘oftheit natiue Country. So Autipater tooketheway toward Cilicia, to hold Permenes revelling (as he hoped) according to the commonfafhion of Captaines} ‘after 4 great victory. Buthe had a wary and welladuifed-enciny to-encounter, who kept good efpiallwpon him, and with much wifedome fore=fawall thatwastobe feared; andthe 198 fuceourto his left wine;which he fufpedied muchito be diftrefled; but found accompa nied With the fame Fortane;chiat hdd affifted him when he foughtin perfon.Craterws had him aideagainft Eamewedand'efpecially tequefted that Craternd tihight haue tele: ding diccasacbayyand to Hane taken Fa- 10 4 to ioyne with Ptolemy., : Crateras fed) great! colerity, : foc oftheFlyftorie ofshe World. : jocidént Hee was'tram pled winder fooveby many thacknew him pot, and fo perithed ynknowhytilbie-was too 'late toknGwiti Enmenesc6ming'to the placewhere helay, made great lamentation, as‘hauing alwaies loted and honoured Craterm, of whofe death hee wasifiow become thein trument; "The vanquifhied Armie entertained a treatie ofpeace with'Eame#es,making thew‘ ofwillingnefs to beeonte his followers;but theirintent was meanes ofpreuentionwwhich his courage did novfaile to execiite: Eamenes was notignorant;thatCraterus was able todefeac;him withoucbattell,yea wirhoutftroke; himthereforehiifeared more than the Army:following hin s(yet the:Asmy following him was fuchiassmich exceeded his own'in fuotmen-but-was/inferior in horf-men) & thought it more vneafie to keep the Macedoniansfrom revoliingto him, than from knowihg him. only té-réfre(h thémieliéswhich (by his permiffion) hauing done, they ftoleaway by night, dhlled toward Antipater: Thisbattaile fought within ten daiés of the former, wanneto ‘Eumenes more reputation'than'good wilf:(for his own Souldiérs tocke the'deatltofcraterws heauily; and the Armiesly ing' further OF were inriged with the tiewés: ‘Biit other mattersthere were sO which incenfed ménacainkt him, befidesthe death Of Crater#s;wherofit manifeftly ap- taught him,& wife managing, profperoufly:accomplifhed.He gaue outreports, that Ne- peatedthat he was'asTorry as ay that pretended eréater heavineffe,His:Armi¢ wanted Hereuponhe took in handa ftrange peece of work,which defperationofall courles elle, eptolemas was returned with {uch company as-he could.gather together,had gotten?/gres(aCaptain ofnogreat eftimation,wholay notfar off)to ioyn with him. Haning ani mated his 'men againitweoptolemus,whom he kiiew'to be defpiled & hated among them, Gs haningbin vanquifhed by fome ofthem,& forfaken othersin'plain fieldwhile@they valiantly tought in'his.quarrel)he took great careto keep then from receiningafyintcl- ligenc¢ oftthe enemies fnatters. Peremptorily hecéiianded,that tio meflengernortrumpeter fhould beadmitted ;and.not herewith fatisfieds he placed againft Craterus io one Macedonian,nor any-other that much would haveregarded hinihad he bin known: bat Thracians,Cappadocians,&Perfians,vnder thé leading of fach,asthought more highly 3 payThis waS'a'preat fault: which te wifely aitiended by gtuing to them theifpoyle of fuch Townes as wereill-affectedto him.So he redéenied theloue of his own'men,who oftheir meere motion appointed-vnto hima guard fordefence of his perfon, Others were notfo cafie to be reconciled. They who had been Traitors to Perdiccas,hated him for his faithfulneffe, as greatly, as they thought he would hate themfor their falthood ; neitherfound they anyfairer way of excbfing theirlate renolt, than by accufing &con- demning the fide which they had forfaken. Wherfore they proclaimedFamenvsa Trai,_totatid convenined him to die: butit was. aneaffer mattérto gine that fentence,thanto 32 put ititt'¢xedittion; ofnone,than of Perdiceas & himfelfe: To thefealfo he gauein éharge,that without! king orhearkningto any word,they fhould run vpon the ertmy;' & give him no leifure to fay.ordo‘any thing,butfight.The dire@ions which hc gauetoothers,hedidnot faile to execute inhis ownperfon:but:placing himfelfin the right wing'ofhis batttll,oppo §. X, Resrrels berween Bury dice she Queene, and Pythonthe Protedlor, Pythonrefignes bis ofSits into which Anti pater % chofen. fiteto Neoptolemis,whotas hevnderftood)conducted the left wing onthe contraryHCC, he held the Macedonians arranged if good order, & ready to chargethe enemy25100! as thediftance would giue leauc.A rifing piece ofieround lay between them," afcended theArmies difcouered each other:but tharofEumenes euciy way preps the fight, the other weasied with long iourhies,»which ouershaftily they hadmade king the deceitful iffue of friuolous hopes. Then-was ir hightime for Craterus ~ ~ @ Ladie of 4 mafculine fpirit,vvell Vnderftanding vvhatfhe vvas or fhould be, and chin- king her felfable to fupportthe weight which Fortune layed vpon her foolith husband, fouldicrs,of whom he could fee none. Phenix aTenidians&! Artabaznsa Perfia leading.ofthat fide, who mindefull oftheir inftru@ions,be gan to give vponhim, % fuch countenance as'told himhis errdr;which to redeemshebadtismen fight éereece the day,& take the {poy! to themf{elues:But theBear whofe'skin he {els is no The ground whercon the battehwas fought gaue moft aduantage to theh countred very roughly onall parts: efpecialy-about Ewmenes/and Neoptlew! : foon astheyhad difcoucred oncanother,could nor containe themifelues, bue with Eo rage metbody to body,écletting loofetheir bridlesygrap pled foviolen therst ther,caufing him tofal down é&fightvpon onckneeiIn this conflict theyreceiued ™: wounds,but Neoptelemus giuing flight ones tooke fuch as were.deadly,bywhich in.the place, and was there (being halfe-dead:halfe-aliue) ftripped by hismo tie, whofe pelos heerequited, lying even acthe laft gafpe, with one woUn' fo dangeroushadit not wanted force: Alexatider, tooke the way to Afia the leffe, cotiduéting the ArmicthroughSyria. Of thefetwo, Python was thegreatet in reputation, yet farre too weake to fuftain ¢/°importanca charge. For Ewrydice, wife to King Aridems, was cometo her husband, failedin furprifing themas cnemics) todifcouet himfelfe tohis'oldfriends their horfes ran from vnder themsleauing both ofthem tumbling.on tl tolemus role firtt vp,butEnmenes had his fword firtt drawn, wherwith he lov Tehon and \Arideus being chofen Protectors of King Arédiers and the children of g ~"Fhedeath of eoptolemus' caulee 2 seit oWetsto runne away vpon the fpurre, and {eekefhelter. behinde the battailes OP co fore... They were hothing hotly purfued. For:Ewmenes. pained himfelfe to.fucco® Cingdueto her ownetitle. Her Mother Cyne, fitter to Alexander, by her Father King to the ue, Was matried (as hath beene fhewed) to Amyntas, who was the right Heire mpdonis Of Macedon, beeing the onely fonne of King Perdiccas, Philips elder bro- of Alexander) ThisCyig Was 2 watlike woman ; fehad led Atiies,and(asatruefifter herfelfe; iphting hand to Hand with Ceris Queene of the Phrygians, a V#rago like ynto ily Art of Warre, vnwomat tame the in £erydice vpthis brought Shee er. suidinth the rudiments of her ‘edtica 4 sou, © Now among the Souldiers beganne' to put in pra@tice inter too curious =>"; tothefinalf contentment of Pyfhér, that could not brookeberpurpole to adnance sedling in his charge. Whetheritwere fo, ‘that Python had fome ; (as oncehe had fouightto do)or ay one Of Alexander by Roxane, tothe Kingdome nt; or whether only defire of rule fuchinte offome him fulpect did Queene he mnsthert difturbed the proceeding awhich did, {hee quartell ; him with quarrell to maled lier er-as erases vn tanke-rid 2 fuch off aken hauingfh Armie The ememes. Hoes vpon Ms once, himfelfe bearing Python thred. twined a with reified bee rd afterwa . vi hitn to giue directions in the Kings name, which the Qaeen did oftentimes f the Souldiers. the fame‘naine, with more aurhoritie;and betterlikingo f Ddddz Python, |