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Show Lib foieBoefidefisiper sMAPHS. G9. NwQeaiwe Hatty tofhake i'Omifby expthienc they HaAdeitmore ighic,chan'waetae wherentiteHephid Deen Tong accuftomed? This wasterharmade the Gafcdignes hess fitchFARHAN SAAN to thE Kings ofEtietand sforthatthey goucimed mite mildely chanthe Breach: this‘tnlarséd the Venetia Trio ih Tombs tdy's fortheTyivns the they waththeyWatt ont oF Cuar58.90 aatife fie Maictdonisaswithaches Nations chat had been Abie ence the potterity naa conceiicd hopeof areat profitthat might be taifed, by gathering thé ‘Sulphure. With this'good husbatidry ofhisfon; Antivonns was well pleafed; and appointed mento the worke but they were (line by'tlie Atabians,and {fo that hope Vanithed. Thefe/petty eheerprifes with the if) Tuecete accom panying themshadtnuchimpaited the good aduatitiice againft Ptolemy when thenewes of Sexucus his Victories inthe high GConntiesiniarted aii together Por neither wasthe lofie ot thofe great & wealthy. P ufnces. a thatterto he neglected, ficithér Was it fare totran{port thé warre intoche parts béyiottd Euphrates wherby Syria and thé'lower Afia fhould haue'beeh expofed, to the dgngerof ill-affe@ed Neighbours,A middle courfe was thought the beft; and Démerziaswitrtittcene thofind footand threethoufand horfé. Was fent apalnit Sé/eacs, Thele forces bee fentaway; Aatigonus did nothing? and his {oh ‘did Lede, Par selegtud was then in Media s his Urentenants about Babylon withdrew them felues from nece fight Sfomepiaces chicy fortifiedand Kept Demet rig} could hold nothing that he withoutfettine ih Gutifon Aotemen than hée'ould fpare neicher did he get much;4 thereforeas fithé to (et outthe brane ry ofhis expedition,by burnings and {poili t Cotthtry whiclifie pid thereby the motealienate,an d'asi ackio twere wledg erobelong vate his chemy,WHothenceforth heldi t 4¢ is owne affiréd: Aptigonds hadhidVpon his fon'a peremptory comijdndéernent,' to retiitae | yaito atatimeprefixed i reafonably ttiking (as May Peenics Phiatih Michiaa VA things,bicker theWant might be ende d by thefa bevaiti¢ t6 fitite again alt diticultics likely rovariry ofthe fr bein : Or elfe fe, ‘whee want dP hecefaries f eth of time Ws like' to'becbme letfe Heible ch my. Demetrigs therefore leauingbe e bith fie thouland foor, and ‘zrhonf ratherto male Rew OFContitititg hitid and h che wartethan'te ene much, where himfe lfe, teater forcescould doelittle mare than nothi ng, forfooke the enrerprife, 26! acke to his Fathe r. ro - ha d bso ‘~s gon? t 2 dil acy / Fe ; ve tye §. Ta whereinit was concluded, that éach oftherty fhouldliold quiesly,'that' which avthe prefene hehad.in poffeffion; As no private hatred, buraneére defire of Empire hadmoued themt o-enterinto the warre'; fl was itno friends Ipreco nciliation;but onely a dulneffe growing yotalithopos, thatimade themwilling to breathevpon theflowaduancement oftheir fee a while;tilioccafion might betterfeme to fightaghine. to Befidesithat maine point, of:retaining the:Prowinces, which cwery man held; therewvere two Articles ofthe peace,thargauea fairey but afalfe. colour; tothe bufinefle: That the Sonne ofAlexander by Roxane,fhould be made King, when hecame tofull age sand,That.al she Eflates of Greece. [bould befet at liberty. Thel aduaricement ofyoung Alexander to his Fathers:kingdoine,feentes to:haue bina matter; forceably-extorted from Atstigonus :| in WhomwwasdifCoucred.a purpofe,to make himfel fe Lord of all.But this; indeede, more neerely touched Ca/fander.For in his cuftody was the go therdidhe:keepe them in'fortainfwerableto their young Princeand his Mother:neidegree; :buvas clofe prifoners, taken tathat Warre; wherein thewhad feenethe old Queene . Olympixeraken and mutdered, that foughtediput thétrinpoffeffion of theEm pire The matiallhatred and feare betweene them,todted inthefe grounds,of iniuvies donejand reuenge expected; vpon this conelut fiowofpeace, erew vp fafterthamany timebeforey inthe heatt of Caffander: who faw the Adacedonians turnecheit favourable expectation, towardsthe fonne 6ftheir late ree nowned King. Allthis,either little cqncerned Antigowas or tendedgreatly to:his good) The young Prince muft firtt hane poflefion of Macedox: where by .Ca/anderfhouldbéreduced 'te his poote-office, of Cartaine oner athoufandmen;if not left in worfe caters for therthat 3 oheld Prouinces abread,they might either doeas they had done y nder Aridenssor bettér; asbeingbetter acquainted with their owneftrength iHein the meane time,byhis readinefletoacknowledgethe true Heire,hadfreed. himfel fefrom thatill-fauoured imputati= on,of fecking to make himfelfe Lord ofall that Alexander had Thelike aduantage had hein that Article, of7 cfloring the gotten. Greeks torheir liberty. This lis bettie had hitherto beene the fubie& of much idle difcourfe:: but it neuer tooke effect, Antigonys held fcarce any Towne oftheirs, Ca/Jand er occupied moft ofthe Countrie: Which ifhe thould fet free, he muft bea poore Prince;ifnot,there was matter enough of Qatrell aeaink himyas againft a Difturber of thecommon peace. Inthe meane feafon;the Countries lying between Euphra resand the Greeke feas,toge4 oer with agreat Armic,andmony enough to entercaine greater , might ferne to hold Vpthe credit of Antizgonus,and to.raife his hopes,as high as everthe y had beene. Withmuch difaduantage doe many men conten d; againft' onethat is equall to them allin puillance.Ca/fandersfriends had left himimanill cafe ; but he could not doe with: all: forwhere ene: y one mans helpeis: neceffa his own peace;but no onecanftand out alone,ryto the warre, there may any one make when all the reft are weary. The beft was, him frtiftrate'the valourthar by {tren : 30 mas déftroyed, Hefe ambitious headsshauing thus wearied themf elues with vneffeaual trandile, [ linofeeking to getmotethan any.one,of them couldi hold were contented.at 2a elehgthito cometo an agreement: of AeAaePS FOROWEES.LOFert THER othans patiently if nor willingly: for that by then cheyWere Calta OPhtahy Bates, which had been im poted vpott them by thtitowne Heya 98 10 wba id "UB tKAE ofthistamenetfe Which we dadein thore nae Ga pr ne g 1GaE DXsiy : ApvencrallPeace made and broken. How'allthe boufe'of Mexatider the Nanids* oF Tytannous op piHours ¥ and this did afl King®, theFEMons area ppafint. "Yet fomeorrhee there Beet Tabiedts SFthe pert! were, that'cotild narfo'ed.. fily be Contditedini'g dod opuerby the Macedoniihs - Fp they had not itidéedbeer 442° fOldtely' conqmtved by the?crfiin: Such'were the Sogdians, Bactrian' and other NationsAbotirtlte EAlpin Sea. SUK alfWere the Afabiang Borderitig ypdn Syria asain WHOmr Hntipdny fic pattOPhis Ary! chiiking therewith to-brit then vider, or ratheProget arith boty. The Caprains that he fene,Fell Vpon the Nabatheans/atfich timeasthey were bafied itf'a great Mart | whetin they'traded rabiatis,for Myrre, Fratikincenfej& orherfiach commodities, withthe more réfiote A: Wares, together with fiué hajdted talents offilner; ahd'taghy Alfor'mott ofthefe rich prifoners, the Macédoniais laid hold'v por: for their'cOniting was {udden & couerSyrig.the Nabathsuis odetrook theme findingvnexpected. But ere they couldres_ made Tuch a flaigheer, that of fourethouland foort, andthem weary with long marches," horfe efcaped. TS feuctigé this 1offe: Demerrins was fixe hund?cd horfe. onely fifty allit'vaine ; forhe'was Hot tefifved by anyArmy, bur fee Out witha greater power! yet by the naturall defence of ¢ Valle Wilderneffelackeofwater/and ofall things heceffary. Therefore he was gladto make pedee with them Wherein he'‘loMaotmnuch honour: for'they picfehts. Returning from the Nabatheans he viewed the Lake crauedit' andgatié him Atphaltites, whence he aifthe Hiftoriethe World, thatheknew all their affections : which tendedto no fuch end as the becomming SubFectS vnto any man ; much leffe tothe fonne ofan Afiatique woman, ofwhom they had 008fince refuted to heare mention. Therefore he tooke a thort cout fe, and caufed both the child ané-his Motherto be flaine: freeing thereby himfelfe in atrice, from the dan: s5° Strous neceffiry of yeelding vp hisgouernment, which he mutt haue done when the childe had come tO.age.Rexaue was a Lady offingular beauty, vvhich vvas perhaps the Saiilewhy Perdiceas defired to haue herfonne,being as yet vaborne, proclaimed Heiré tor he great Alexander, Immediatly vpon the death ofd/exanderfhe had vied thefauour *= ttWere not loue ofPerdiccas,to the {atisfying of her owne bloudy malice, Vpon StaHrasthe DaughterofKing Dariusswhom Alexander had likewife marvied,according té ‘he cuftome of thofe Countries, wheréin pluralitie of wiues is held no crime. For,ha+ sing by a counterfeit letter, in Alexanders name, gotten this poore Lady into het hands, thedid, by affiftance of Perdiccas, aurder her andher |Sifter, and threw theit Geegg bodies |