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Show The fourth Booke ofte firt pare OC aiur6.G8. a Bide " aa * ‘ sHAR.OS93 "of bekiiporofwheWorld 9. ot (whois highly commendedfor a wifeand vertuots Lady) did poyfon her felfe, vpon defpérate gricfe for his misfortune. ‘The firft,vpon whom he dttemptedto thewhis. ger,were the Athenians that had well deferued it. He began to‘layfic etotheir Town: [TF Sylx,. The death of Ptolomy, of Lyfimachys, and of Seleucus, that was lait of Alexanders Gap os but waspacified by Crates the Philofopher,whom theyhad made their fpokefman 3& taines witBorbeXiarrences ys S04 taking faire words in ftead of fatisfaction , paffed otterinto Afia, ‘vith elenenthoufind Souldiers, meaning to trie his fortune againtt Cy/fmachas, for the Prouinces of Lydia and Caria. At his firft comming into thofe parts ) fortiine feemedto finile vpon him. Formany good Townes, willingly,or by compnifion,yéelded to his obedience. ‘There werealfo {ome Captaines that fell from Ly/imachies to him',-vvith their coinpanies andtreaftires, TO But it was nor long ere gathocles the fonne of Lyfimachus, camé vpon him with an Ath myfoftrong, that it was not for Demetrius his good,to hazvard'his latt tocke againftir, Whierfore,hérefolued'to paffe through Phrygia‘and Armenia\into Media,andthe Prouinces of the highet' Afia'; trufting to finde a Kingdome fomewhere in thofe remote eus,{0 many ofDemetrius his men were loft,thatthereft couldno longer makerefiftance: with famine, peftilent difeafes following famine, and other ac¢idents of warre, eight thoufandof them were confumed : the reft, ‘with theif Captaine, efcaped into Cilicia Selewcus had gotten poffeffion of Cilicia, whileft Demetrius was occupied in Greece: yet wasit no part of Demetrius his errand, to lay‘claime tothe Country ; but with vehement and humble letters he befought his fon-in-law,to call to mind theifalliance, and to pitty him inhis great mifery. Thefe letters at the firft Wrought well withSe/ewcs:, and hecondefcended to the requeft:yet confidering further how Demetrius had carried himfelfe,when he recouered ftrength after the battel! ar Ipfus, he changed his purpole, and went againft him with an Aimy: Many treaties were held between them; of which none tooke effect, through the icaloufie of Se/eucus. Therefore,meere defjperation enforced Demetrius to fight likea mad man,and his furies got him fome victories,thoughof{mall importance. Atlength fickneffe tooke and held himforty daies, in which time, a great numberof his few men, ran 30 few forfookehim)to yeeld vnto Seleacas. ss Selencus hearing this, was exceeding glad, and {ent him very comfortable meflages.4? But the approbation of his owne humanity, by his followers, was fuch, as renewed mlis\hens so 2 saat med the, name.of Pre/omy). was igriettoully,ingenfed,, But Ro, man caked for his anger, only awo.ofAlexanders Captainsistt,SelencutandLy/imachas, Thele twa feeds would fight for it,who fhouldibe the longest dives ofthatbraue Gompany.-Thetrne ground-of theis.quarrell, was theis neere ¢qualityafttrengch,.and wantofone to partthem, The preterit was the murders whichAspaachushactcommitted vponmany ofhis Nobles, together with his,poyfening igathedes his eldelt foniiwholewife and children fled vn. toseleneas forlaidesiisnoc :ai.vi yidgin zit Io daworg ods onyro! 40. TheMacedansafter feuen Moneths pait{e,haniag fpengrheirfirlt heavof adinivation, os begante harken fo well tohifiriesAwsy, their. naturall Couptiyicman, thasthey forfBoke: Pyrrbus,vpon none othergroundthan becaufe he an Aliens ‘Phis they hadknowne well enough before s but they did himno.greas iwong hiking lightly{rempbim, thar they lightly gauchintn Zypimachkwsbadneigned about 508 alone) wha the Gityi ofLyfimachia(buil byhimjand-aalied afcer-his nanie) ngiby.29-catch.quakeyappea« redibyionents;,tatraun foralhewed the fall.of his boule Hisdwite iealgufte, and theink ftigation. ofa Mothertin-law;i¢avfed himrto poyfonhis Son «-4gatbaé/estiwhichidtews yponhimsrhar War;wherein(afret.the Jofie of all:his fifteenchildren.thattivere takenaWayby divers.accidencs)hé perihed.himfelfe, A La a 308 Selewcus was encountred by.4 ufiaacbus onA fia fide,where one battell concluded the Wattewith iLy/tmechashis deathe;lp-plealedss¢/eueusmove.than:thev ictonys, thar h¢ was thelatofall che.cxeatHurdesthat followed Alexander. For now he fe¢medto himfelfe, aLordand Heire ofallthe canquered World,Sohe paffed oneitihto Macedon;te take Pelleflion.ofRuropéay here there wasnone ra.syithftand,him,; But theneyhesended hig ayes, and within, feauen Monéths followed 4yfzchas;and other, ofthis fellowessbyia bloudy death, beinetyeacheronflpflaine by Arolamy Cerannus, whole friendand Ratron he had bin.Seuenty andifeneniyearold he wasyhen he fought withzZ pfirasachs sant Lyn Simsebusycas feuentyand foure With them ended the generation of old Captaines,that had feen the daies.as.it were ofanother World ynder the Rerfian: yetwas there leftore 49 ¢quallto any,oftheminthe Arnof Watres,cuen Pyrrbus the Epirot,of whomwefpake cfoe, thatis now teady.to enter into warrewith the Romans, a more warlike people, tan dexander him{elfe did euer-encounter, Ofwhich warre;and.of which peopleit icalous thoughts ; and hindred him from admitting Demetrizs to his prefence, though otherwife he vfed him with as much fauour,as anyprifoner could with.He SA Thereforehe wentto.Sedentas, whoigaue him lquing entertainment, There were now to the enemy. This notwithftanding he ftill held outjand once had like ro hane taken S¢Teucus in his bed, had not his comming beendifcouered by fugitiues, that gauealarme. Finally,when all his Army had forfaken him, atid left him with afew ofhis friends to fhift for himfelf,he was compelled by the laftofthofe adherents(foreuen fomeof tholt 45 ' intheinheritance ofthe KingdomencAt this,2taleniy Cerannys (forall ofthat honfe aflus purfuedhim clofe, and'cuitoffaltthis prouifions ; driving hit-to take which waies he could,without following his intended courfe.In manyskirmithes Demetrins vanquifhed this troublefome Enemy : nevertheleffe,he could not be fhaken off, but continued affii- bur weredriven to trauaile with {uch {peed as might well be called plain flight.Sothat 20 ‘ "Bout the fame time that Dimetriusdied died alforrolomy KingofRoypr,a verte Ae Prince,warlike,gentle,bountifull,and (which in thofe times was rare com>mendation) regardfull of his word. He had, by many Wiues and Concubines, manychildven,out of whomhe feleced PtolemyPhiladelphus, and caitedhim to reigne together with himfelfe,two orthree years before he died, thatfo he might confirmhim quartets. The exectition of this counfaile was gricuoufly impeached by Agathocles: who Ging the poore titulary King, with extreame famine. At létigth,in paffingthe riuer Ly- hh Needfullthat wehefe make mention,as ofa ftory more important, than any likelye@ failiein Greece, or inthe great Kingdomes.that were held by Alexanders Succeffours, was V1 der fure guard in a demy-Iland, wherein were goodly Walkes, Orchards, andkept Parkes With leffecand full décreafing)vértue,than was thatjby whichthey were firlt-purchafed, for hunting. Hee had all that he asked royally, and friends allowedto vifit him, # his, andtheir pleafure. Onely ‘hisliberty was referued vnto the comming of yeung Antiochus and Stratonica, out ofthe high Countries. Inthis fort he fpentthree years liuing merrily all the while (as one that now enioyed the happineffe, which with10 such trauaileand bloud-fhed, hee had fought in vaine) and then dyed, leauing 0 ee fonne «4atigonus, the fame which his father had left vnto himfelfe ;that is, friends ane hope. His athes were honourably buriedin Corinth;his qualities appeared #8 _ actions, and the fortune ofhis Houfe will thew it felfe hereafter, haue in times and pact conuenient. §: vill E CHAP, |