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Show Thefoweth Bokeof theirpart Cusr.6.§-6. Cuar6,g5, friends, Yet was he faineto.giue good words, For-he hadleft manyof his Chipsin their Hauen,of which he now ftood in gteatneed , & therfore was faineto {peak them faire, thatfomtimes bad grofly flattered:him, But he fhal liueto teachthemtheirold language, enough to hioldit by his proper forces from him) thatentted Vpottitas'a lawful Heéfre neither would Se/eacus lend himany. helpé,'as by the ‘rule of Confedera cy hee thould hauedone againft the common enemy. So! Phiftarchus' with very angty'complaint as & {peake vatotheiin.another tune, When he had gotten his fhips,he failedto the //fé. mus,where, he found nothing burmatter ofdifcomfort.His Garrifons were cuery where welkagainft Sedentus as Demetrius, went vnto Caffander; whither? hila,theit filter follow. edhim fhortly,co pacifie them both,and keepe all quiet y being fent for that purpofe by brokenvp ; the Souldiers hauing betaken themf{elues to his enemies pay So thathewas King only of afmall Armyand Fleet,without money. or meanes, wherewith-to-fuftaine Demetrius her husband, that was not ftrong enough to'deale with Caffander sand theres fore gladto make vfe-of that bond ofaliance betwixt them, whereofin his oWwne pros him & his followersanylong times; Allthe reftjor the greateftpart of his Fathers large Dominion, was now in diuidingamongthe Conquerers, and thofe fewplaces which asyet held for,him(hauing.not perchance heard the worft of what had happened) heno fe way knewhow-to relieue }.forto put himfelfeintoxhe field on thatfide of the Sea, he had.fo power-gand.toinclofe himfelfe inany ofthem, howftrong foeuer, were, butto imprifon hisfextune, and his bopes,otstherein. indeede to, bury-himfelfe andhis e- ftate; He therefore creeping thorow,thofe buthes that had. fewelt briers,) fell Vpon a corner of Lafmachus his Kingdome | whereot hee gaue all the {poyle that vvas got. ten ,.tohis Souldiers, his owneloffes-hauing beenetoo great to be repaied againe by {mall prizes: {petity;she neuer tooke'noticé tothe others good. About the fame time hee tooke to 10 Wifea daughterof Pto/omy (plurality of Wiues being familiar with thefé Macedonix ans, that had learned it in their Bafterne conquefts) and fo was hee by two mnattiages rather freed from'two etiemies,thah ftrengthened with two friends;forneither oftherm withed-hint any good', ‘otherwifethan inight {eeme to aduaticé theit owne ambitious defites. Selencws and Prolemy could both ofthem have been ‘contented betters that wiswith helpe oftheir countetianee,fhould feeke his fortiitie fomewhat irther Demerrja off fettle his eftate vider their nofes\ Particularly,Seleacws thoughtthat' Cilicia lay verythan fits lyforlhinfelfe :'and Ptolemy bad a great appetite(which yet he concealed a while)to the +) dn the meane while the Confederate Princes had wherewithall to bufic themfelues, in the partition of thofe Prouinces,, ofwhich their late yictory had made themLords: whereiyse/eacys had a-norable aduantage by being prefent , and Matterofthe field, forncither, Pto/omy nor: Cafander were at the ouerthrow giuen, hauing onely fentcer. taine troupes to.re-inforcé the Army*which Sedescus, led , . who/teoke hold, of 2 part of Afiathe leffe, and all Syria, being no otherwifediuided from his owne Territory, than by the River of Euphrates. For there had nor any-order beene taken by she Gonfederates,, forthe diuifion ofall thofe Lands» becaufe they did not expec fo profpe- ofshe HiitonryoftheWerld. > hts thare inthe dinifion of Antigonus his pofleffions : fox the Intruder yvas not' Aton Tileof' Cyprus: Now whether'it' were fo, that Se/eacas would fainé hatie(et hig newfas 2Othér-inslaw-vpon the heckeof Lyfimachus sor whether he were indeede'greedy ofthe bargaine;:he offered ‘tobuy of Desetrius for ready mouey, his latapurchafe ofCilicia, Hereinto Demerrine Would notharken,butmeznt to keep as much Land as he contdhas uingalteady Found in Cilicia twelue thoufand talents of his fathers treafure;thar wotild feruehimto make fpore'a whilevThis refialaltlfo dif pleafed'swruews, that in angry terns hedemanded the Cities of Tyre and Sidon) to be furrendred vito ‘him : whieh were rous aniflue of that.warre, which they:made onely, in their.owae,common defence. Tt. was therefore lawful for Seleucus, to makethe bet benefitthat hee. could of the.vi- the onely'places in'Syria, tharhadrotfollowed the fortiine "ofthe late gteat battaile, Gory, at which, .ncuertheleffe othersidid repine sand though they.neither could nor durft accufe him.ofill dealing for the prefent, yct-fecing the. ouer-greatnefle of, See and fpake it toutly;T hat were he ouercomeathoufand times,yet wotild he not hire Se- leacas brought no leffe danger tothe reft of the new Kings, than chat.of Aatiganas had done,, they confulted vpon the fame reafon of State as before, how to) oppole it 10 59 Inftead of;giting' them vp, Demetrius took prefent o¥derto haue them bétrer manned $ teacusto become his Son-in-law.' Ta'this quarrelSeleweuswas generally reprehend ed, $9 as oneofa malignant difpofition, that would breake friend(hip withhis Father-inslaw for tivo Townes,from whom he had already taken more than well he knew howto gos uerne, But the fire‘confumed it felfein words, which had it faftned vpon armes,like i¢ tume. _Neither.wasSe/eucus ignorant ofwhat they. had determined for he read it in the Law.vniuerfall of Kingdomes and States,.needing no otherintelligence. Hereupon,they. forget friendfhips on allfides, and curethemf{eluesofall vaprofitable pation, the-hatred ofeachto other, and their loues being Jaid onthe one fide, againft rheirprofits.on the other,were foundfo far too light,as Sdlewcus;who had to day-flaine Aang isthatthe weaker fhould haue foundfriends out ofenvietothe ftronger, ie gE the father, and driuen Demetrius the fon out ofAfia, fought tomorrow howto match himfelfe with S¢ratovica, Demetrias his daughter, and lo by. Demetraus to ferue his turne againit Lyfimachas.,| st aaa othe ftory ofthis, Stratonica., with whom young <Antiochus,the fonne of.Seleagns fel jt {9 paffionately in loue, and fodiftem pered,as Selégcus his father,t {auc his fonnes{ife gaue her (though the were his wife) vnto him 3 and howhis paffio n.was difconered y hts pulfe, is gencrally noted by all Writers. But neither did thisalliance betweent Se lencus-ancd Demetrius; berweene Prolomyand Lyfimachus + berween Demetrins 20 Caffander , betweene Demetrius and. Fto/gm; ;thoughforthe prefent it brought = againe. into the. ranke of Kings ; othertvife tye any.of them: to, cach other ee marriages betweene Chriftian Kings, banedone inJater times namely betwee? abs e ftrians,the Aragonians,the French,& other Princes.neither haue the Leagues of hoe eldertimes beene found more faithful; than thofecotthe fame Liter. times hatte: BMG asinthe ftories ofcharles theeighth ofPtance,andiofcharlesthe Emperour, of ‘sf i the firftsand ofthe Kings ofNaples," Dukes of Millanand others, the Readebmiy of ferue: betweenewhom fromthe ycaré ofiour Lord, One shoufand,foare bande a a24fiue; whencCharles the-cighth vndertookethe: CongueftofiNaples, racheyert a0 thaxfand: fucchinsred fifty dad eight. when's Hoary the fecond sdied:; the iho iu ofcthofe times:télb vs, thav-all the bonds, \cithériby the:Béddle dmibyythe ner therby Weddings; ot SactameidllOarhes; had:neithet faithfull purpole nok mance.etdid!Démetrins teapthis profit es gininghis daughter to his cncmysie" sharetecoucred CiliciaftomPliferchaschebrother ofCaffandérivetio had geste? it‘a How Demetrius wan the City of Arhens,andprewailed im Greecebut lofin Afia. Oftroubles 18 Macedonfollowing the death ofCallander, 42 WNthemeane while, the Athenians not knowing how to vfetheliberty, which Des metréas had beftowed on them,, were fallen ‘by fedition, vnder the tyranny of Las thares.Through whichalteration theit diftempered:City was fo weakened, thatit feemed ill able to keep offthe punifhment dueto their lareingratitude. This aduahrage ened him,whomthey had once called their God and Sauiour,to prefent himfelfevn> fothemsin the habitofa reuenging fury. He brought againftthemall the force thathee Souldwell {pare from other employments ; whichiwereatthat time perhaps the mare; scaufehis doubrfull Eafterne friends, were vawillingto giue impediment to any bufi- helesthar might entangle himin Greece. His firft enterprife in Athenshadill fucceffe'g & gteat part of his fleet perithing in a tempeft. But he foone repairedthe loffe ; and (after OMe ViGories in Peloponnefus,where he wandiuers Towns that had fallen from him) é ‘turning to the etiterprize, wafted the Country ofAttica, and cut offall reliefe froit the City,both by Land andSea, j thens wasnotableto feed the great multitude within it,any longtime? for it food Ma barren foile,andwanted now thecommandofthofe Iands,and placesabroad,from Whenecit was wont tobe ftored with vidtuals;being alfo defticuté ofmeahs tokeep faci @Nauic,as might bringinfupplyyoridareto doany thing at Sea,jagainftthat ofDemptria #*.Yet wasthere fomeho pe offuccourfrom Ptolemy, who (trufting theteby to win the OU Of Greeceyhad loaden ahundyed and fifty hips with corne,and fentthemto relieve ; Hhhh 2 the |