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Show The fourth Booke of thefirpart Cwar.6.§.q) CHar.6.9.5. Sicelnahaieencsinnntennr ping himfelfethe whileft from neceflity offighting. But Babylomwas farte off sand se. dentus his preparations were too greattobe foone in:a readinefle, The Winter alfo did To helpein this needtull cafe, Demetris was called ouer into fia. byhis Fathers let- ecution."Other tokens'of bad lucke, either foregding the fightyor dfterwards dewifed;t holditneedleffe to recount: Diads of Ephefus dwelt neere to the placeofbatrel,a butte poddefle'in many great fights', and thereforelikely: to haue been thin intorhic fablesif any matter,neerly refembling a mitacle,had chanced. Itiseafie to belectie; that thefetwofo gallant Armies) contaitine well necre all the ftrengtlrofAlexanders whole Empite,performedanotable fight;béing led byfuch wor 10 ters: whichhe readily obeyed. Beforehis departure out of Greece, he made peace with jothy Commanders, and whomthe iflue thereofdid highly coaéerne. Yet are few of thé particular's recorded' an cafe loflein regard ofthe much variety,wherewith cuery fto: ry aboundethin this kinde. The molt memorable things-in the ‘battaile; were thefe ! Demetrins withhis beft force of horfe;charged valiantly vpon youngAatiochns : whom Caffandervpon-reafonable termes ptothe end he might not bedriven tovleaue any partofPhis Armyfor defence ofthe Countrie ; and that his iourny might be without atfiich blemith ofreputations as if he ‘had abandoned his' Dependants t?for-one when hehadbroken,and putto flight; he was fo tran{ported with'the heat of his good Attitleof the peace was, Thatall the Cities of Greece fhould be at libertic! Caffander fuccelle, that he ncuér gaue duet his purfuit; butleft his Father naked, and loft thereby bothhim,andthe victory. For whett Seleucusperceined this aduantage;hee entéerpofed his Elephants, betweene Demetrius and the Phalanx of Antigonus;and with many sroupes offhorfe offering to breake vponthe ehaties battaile 3 wherefoeuerit lay moft Opens hédid fo terrific the Antigontans ;' hata'great part ofchem rather cholera ee Was gladto beridde ofan Enemythat was too {trong for him. Yet would this league have donehimlittle good if things had fallen out contrariwifethan they didiin Aja; feeing theratificationthereof was referred vnto Aurigonus. It futficed, that for the prefent, everyone found meanesto cleere himfélfeofall incumbranceselfe-whert, 20 to the end thaceach ofthem mightfreely apply himifelfe to the triall of the-maine con trouerfiein A/a; ; Suolt fromeheir Lord', whilft they were fairely invited ; thant fuftainethe furyoffo dangerous ant impreflion; ‘This Cowardize, ot rather treafon of fome; difcouraged others; and firally, caftthem allinto flight ; expofitig their' Generall to‘ the lat end oF hisdeftinies? "Assieonins wasthen fourefcore yeares old; very fat and vnweildy;fo that : §. TILL. How Antigonus was/lainein.great Lattaile at Ipfussnecremmtakphefias , wherein his whole efate was loft, Eleucus, with his forne Antiochws, ioyning with Lyfimachws, compounded a great Armie, which was ¢ all corifidered ) not inferiourto ‘that of the Enemie. In greatneffe' of name‘ (‘that helpeth mach ‘itr all wartes, bur ‘efpécially in the 3° Ciuill) they were rather vnanfwerable,than vnequall to their aduerfaries: for Amtiganms had of long time keptthem vnderwitha maftering {pirit, and had! bin reputeda King helwas vnapt For fight; ifhis high {piric could haue entertained any thought thereof: He had ‘about himfoime'of his mofttrufty followers, andas many othets as he could holdtogéthei? When One that perceined 4 grea troupe making towardshis perfon,told hit, Sir King,youdér company meanes tocharge you; heanlweted; well maythey; for who deferils ne ? but anone Danetritis will réliewe vs. Thus expecting.to the very laft,thathis fon ould cometo the réfeue,he'receiued foiiany Darts into his body, as tooke away 3° his lately ambitious!but then fearfull hopes,together with his tronblefomelife: His great abilityia mattér of Arniés, togethef with his vafatiable défire of E mpires havefufficiently appeared in the whole Volume ofhis actions: He was nidié feared by itideed, whet the'reft were held but Vilitpets ofthe title. Likewife Demetrius Was ge- Scnemies; than lotied by his friends ; as One that could not moderatehié' fortune, bué vied'infolencetowards all alikeasifit had bin'foitie vertueneerent teprefenting aKing* nerally acknowledged a'braue Cornmander; hauihg'sinén proofe of his worth in'many pica feruices ofall kinds,and inriched theArtof wat with many inuentions,whicheuen is enemics, and particularly Lyfimachas. did ‘much'admire, Selentws , who had fome- ly Maittty. This was the canfétharfo many of his followexs tetioltedto his enemies times flattered Yintigonus,& fearefally ftolen away from him to fatie his life;with young and finally, that great pat ofHis Army forfooke him in /his'laft necefity: Forthofe Antiachas,a Prince not heatd of before this iournie ; and Ly/imachws, that hadlined long Kingsand Princes thiticall athe carefull itideanours Of their Vaffals; only‘duty-and "Ot;and are more apt'to puniththe leaft offenees,than toreward the preareft fetuices': itta corner,hardly keeping his‘ownefrom the wilde Thracians ; wanted much Oe tionofthat which' was yeelded to their oppofites: yet fo, thatas ancient Captaines v0" det Philip atid Alexandertwo of thetn were held worthyenough,to receive any beneut that'fortune might giue; andthe third a Prince ofgréathope, whereofhenow camet? z thake'experierice. : fhall finde themfelues vpon the firft changeoffortune,({eeing it is lou¢ only that ftaies # by aduerfity) not only the moft friendleffe,but euen the moi contemptible, and defpis fedofall Other.This 4#rigonns found true in-partjwhileheliued ; in part heleftit'to be Verified vpon his fon. f The Souldiers,on bothfides,were for the moft part hardy & well exercifed: macyof hi, them hauing ferued vnder Alexander ;though of thofe old Companies, the long fpace oftwo andtwenty ycares had confumed the'greateft number. But concerning their at fections,the followers of Seleucus werecafily perfwaded; thar in this bartaile they mu : f 7 ss either'get the vpper hand,or put in extreame' dangerall that belonged vnto the Conte derate Princes: whereas 4atigonus his men could difcerne no other neceflitie of figh-? 4986 tingthan the obftinate qualitie oftheir Lord;thatfieed's would be Mafterofall. wis had about three-fcoreand tenthoufand foor,ten thoufand horfe,and three-fcoream fifteene Elephants.His enemies werefixe thoufand fhort of him in numberof their foot; inhorfe'they had the oddes offiue hundred ; of Elephants ‘they had foure hun- dted,and an hundred and twenty armed Chariots of warre : which hélpes,thought y Hid had auailed the Perfiaws, yet were they not to'be defpifed, in thé hands of ag aptaine. CAutigonus himfelfe,cither troubled with the vnexpedted greathefic ofhis cd forees,or prefaging little goodliketo cnfite, grew very penfiue, communing "ilfe , fornier times he had rleuer been fo iocund,as towards the hotite ofbattailesnor had beeh accuftomed to make liis'fon,or any other,ptiuateto his counfaile, beforeit required ext hinder his iourney : whichinforced them on bothfidés toreft.in fome quiet, withour himjand with greataid from, Ptolemi¢xhac was ioyned withhis forces. eked eens private with his fonté whom he commended tothe Army as his Succetfar "whereas ih performing any matter of importance, This delay of debating the quarrel] in open field, held all thofe Nations in/a great fafpence,& bred much expectation. Yet mightall haue come to nothing, had not Astigenus bin fo forward,that he refufedtoyeeld vpon any peaceable conditions. At length Se/ewcus drewneete witha mighty Armiéofhis owne (for he had gathered ftrengthin that Idrigtitne of leyfure, which « Antigonus had given of the Fisftory ofthe World. ! 9 ; §aV. : > Hom Deietiius} forfakén by the Athepinns afterbe onerth?ow; was reconcilid ta Scleucks dnd Proloitiy x begining anewfortane,andfborely entring'thre guarrels:? ODesberrinsavhistetiine from theidle parfuitiafyoung Axtioches; finding lal quite lofts-was gladtolfaiehinifelfe, with !foure-thoufand /horfe and. fiue'thous jo™ "and foot) byadpeedy-retrait vnto!Ephéfis, whenceiliemadegrdathafte voro As AAS; astothe plates that for his fike wouldifu ferany:extremitys Bu whitch he was ithe middeft ofhis coutfe thither;the Athenian Embafladonts met, him with adectee thecople, which tas, that:honeof the Kings fhould be adinitted intoitheir Cis « Thelé were Embaffadours!y not Thedri;:or Gonfulters with thd Graole. Itwasi4 ameleffe ingratinadé:in' the Athenigis, to tewatd:theimBertefactory iat bis/milery; ptftch adecteed neither did any-parr of Hisicalamiityqmore affid: theivnforrunare ~ ices'than td fée-higaducrfity defiled bpiciciniiieit hidthoughe wera |